Best Posts in Thread: Where's the funny stuff?

This is why the dog is happier...

 

Why don't I have any tattoos?

 

I know that case - the farmer (Tony Martin) lived in a remote part of Norfolk (the 'North Folk' in Anglo-Saxon) and the burglars were gypsies (no slur against gypsies but most of them are thieves, scammers, vicious trouble-makers, etc - and I'm not allowed to say that truth in the UK!) ).

But his BIG mistake was to shoot one of the burglars in the back! That means the burglar was moving away from him at the time and the laws states that there is a need to prove 'honest belief that your life is in danger'.

A pity he did not get the b@st@rd in the front a bit earlier. I am a mild guy but my view is that if anyone enters a property illegally - the assumption being that it is for a negative purpose and how are we to know what that is - then that intruder should not leave in good health.

I owned a small farm (not in Phils) and therefore was a target for criminals to steal equipment - so in one of the locked sheds I put a sign stating that because they have entered this shed an alarm has now gone off in my house and within minutes I will be there with a shotgun (which I did own) and will kill them and say as it was dark and I thought they swung around with a gun (silly me, it was only a shadow and I was already very scared for my life!). I would be perfectly content to tell a Jury (usually composed of mostly stupid people) that I honestly believed I was about to be shot and that I had the shotgun with me because I heard a noise outside and thought it was a pesky fox (incidentally, I would never kill other animals (only humans) unless they were injured). Look the Jury in the face and say it with conviction (unintended pun) - and with a modicum of sadness and terror on the face - and it should work. I would have said how VERY sorry I was at the tragic outcome (whilst crossing my fingers behind my back).

That method is not copyright but only use it if you get them in the front, are willing to state without hesitation to the law that you had that honest belief (you can say it 99 times but if you fail to say it just once then that is the evidence they will use against you) and can act remorseful-plus-terrified!

In case there are any Miss Marples out there: Yes, I would have removed the sign before phoning the cops and would have ensured I was the only living person who had ever read it. Also, I would have done the same in my house - the shadows issue and the belief. Just have that water-tight in your mind way before the event.

 

The Flat Earth Society

 

Safety in 1965

 

PARAMEDIC: What happened to him?

 

The most curious thing about this raven picture is.....

 

All the lines are straight....

 

A 103 year old comic....

 

I agree with the principal of the comments but but here the reality is MUCH different.
1. The schools in this area not only need to "teach" and are reviewed on the student performance but because we are in an agricultural area each grade level is also responsible for a garden and crop growing area beginning with 1st grade. School may begin at 7:30 but then the first 45 min or more is spent hand pumping water to bottles to water the vegetables (dry season). If a student is not on water duty then they sweep the leaves or fill the buckets in the bathrooms. If they do well on the garden evaluations then the school gets additional funding.

2. Also, Siaton nor Bayawan have a public library. Access to worthwhile reading materials are in Duma (I looked for anything closer).

3. In addition, wi-fi service just became available in May of this year via Filproduct. The minority of people here have smartphones. (women mor than the men but still not all). Perhaps 1 per family. And then they use prepaid data on a weak signal. For 3 years we used only my wife's phone and could get decent signal on the beach before 8 am or between 3 and 6 pm. The rest of the day was just keep trying ao if I needed to be online I drove 45 min to a cafe in Bayawan.
I say this because we lived on the hiway, I imagine the farmers on the other side of the rice field or the side of the mountains had even less signal.

4. Regarding the comments on no class, yes, way to many days off and added out here due to rain and when the rivers flood 10-15% of students are unable to walk from their homes to the school because the walking path is flooded.

While I agree that parents need to encourage and even force their kids to learn and have a better living than the previous generation I cannot, in good conscience, blame the students or teachers.
Some parents do push and try to get their kids off to collage but when asked what they want for their children it is to get a job in Cebu or Manilla (with no other plan). Sad