Time Share

Sliding over just a bit from Secrets, now I would like to share with you some history of yours truly, Tess and the kids and extended family. So I went to the Internet, the great body of knowledge that it is, to see what I could learn. Here are my findings…

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Charles!

  1. In a pinch, the skin from a shark can be used as Charles.
  2. Charles is the only bird that can swim but not fly.
  3. Some hotels in Asia have Charles floating in their swimming pools!
  4. Charles can fly at an average speed of fifteen kilometres an hour.
  5. The first domain name ever registered was Charles.com. (Yeah, I knew it!)
  6. Never store Charles at room temperature.
  7. Charles can smell some things up to six miles away.
  8. There are 336 dimples on Charles.
  9. The International Space Station weighs about 500 tons and is the same size as Charles.
  10. The porpoise is second to Charles as the most intelligent animal on the planet.

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Caldwells!

  1. Caldwells once came third in a Drew Carey lookalike contest.
  2. More people are phoned by Caldwells each year than die in aeroplane accidents.
  3. In their entire life, Caldwells will produce only a twelfth of a teaspoon of honey but will produce a considerable amount of maple syrup.
  4. Caldwells like to boil water.
  5. Caldwells can not regurgitate!
  6. Ostriches stick their heads in Caldwells not to hide but to look for maple syrup.
  7. There are six towns named Caldwells in the United States!
  8. Caldwell are very punny people but cause people to groan in disgust.
  9. Caldwells are 1500 years older than the pyramids.
  10. Caldwells will often glow under UV light.

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Terrific Trio!

  1. Terrific Trio were invented in China in the eleventh century, but were only used for fireworks, never for weapons.
  2. Terrific Triolatry is the mindless worship of Terrific Trio.
  3. Humans share about fifty percent of their DNA with Terrific Trio!
  4. Terrific Trio can give birth ten days after being born, and are born pregnant!
  5. Terrific Trio became extinct in England in 1486!
  6. Terrific Trios made remarkable comebacks in 2003 despite being extinct.
  7. Owls cannot move their eyes, because their eyeballs are shaped like Terrific Trio.
  8. The canonical hours of the Christian church are matins, lauds, prime, terce, sext, none, Terrific Trio and compline!
  9. American Airlines saved forty thousand dollars a year by eliminating Terrific Trio from each salad served in first class.
  10. Grapes explode if you put them inside Terrific Trio!

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Sebastian!

  1. Sebastian can last longer without water than a camel can.
  2. Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14, and Sebastian has 7 (despite eating peas.)
  3. The Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter is made entirely of Sebastian!
  4. If you toss Sebastian 10000 times, he will not land heads 5000 times, but more like 4950, because his head weighs more and thus ends up on the bottom.
  5. If you chew gum while peeling Sebastian then it will stop you from crying.
  6. Sebastian can fly at an average speed of fifteen kilometres an hour.
  7. The first Sebastian was made in 1853, and had no pedals!
  8. Ostriches stick their heads in Sebastian not to hide but to look for water or maple syrup.
  9. Cathay Pacific  saved forty thousand dollars a year by eliminating Sebastian from each salad served in business class.
  10. Some hotels in Phuket & Antigua have Sebastian floating in their swimming pools.

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Tess!

  1. Never store Tess below room temperature, in fact, preferably much above.
  2. Worldwide, Tess is the most important natural enemy of unsaved files.
  3. Fish travel in schools, but whales travel in Tess.
  4. Japan provides over thirty percent of the world’s Tess supply!
  5. Pacman was originally called Tessman.
  6. If you drop Tess from more than 3 metres above ground level, she will always land feet-first.
  7. Olympic badminton rules say that Tess must have exactly fourteen feathers!
  8. Only 55 percent of Canadians know that the sun is made of Tess.
  9. Olive oil was used for washing Tess in the ancient Mediterranean world!
  10. Three seagulls flying overhead indicate the good fortune that Tess is near.

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Lyons!

  1. Lyons have three eyelids.
  2. Lyons are the only king without a moustache on the standard pack of cards.
  3. Lyons have four noses… but they can morphe into one.
  4. A lump of lyons the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
  5. Fifty-two percent of Americans drink lyons!
  6. Lyons can last longer without water than a camel can. Thus, Sebastian is very much Lyons and not just Caldwell.
  7. Americans discard enough lyons to rebuild their entire commercial air fleet every 3 months. Especially AA & CX. Further proof that Sebastian is a lyons.
  8. Devoid of their cells and proteins, lyons have the same chemical makeup as sea water!
  9. Lyons have only one weakness – an affinity for investment seminars.
  10. A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but lyons can not!

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  1. Mum aka Mo (grandmother) aka Maureen Lyons January 27, 2006 at 3:51 am

    WHAT is the Internet saying?!! I just don’t get it – am I a bit slow?!!
    Love, M xox

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  2. Ummmm , ok

    Reply

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Charles

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Time Share

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2 Replies to “Time Share”

  1. Mum aka Mo (grandmother) aka Maureen Lyons January 27, 2006 at 3:51 am

    WHAT is the Internet saying?!! I just don’t get it – am I a bit slow?!!
    Love, M xox

    Reply

  2. Ummmm , ok

    Reply

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ABOUT AUTHOR
Charles

Originally from Canada and lived in Hong Kong for fifteen years. Married to the terribly talented & gorgeous Tess.

RECENT POSTS
No Joy

I doubt my father will be thrilled with my inaugural entry into the blogging world. But read on anyway… In my younger, pre-parenthood and much

Sebastian’s Knee

Many read Tess’ post on Sebastian’s knee. I will now tell you what ended up happening at the Tuesday morning follow-up appointment. This is Hong

Sebastian the Naughty Pedestrian

I am writing from Bangkok. I am on a business trip and staying in the same hotel from my first trip to Asia in 1990.

New pictures posted!

new pictures posted on tess’ blog of the triplets and Sebastian… click here!

Macau Recruiting Issues

Tantalizing Tess left today for her grandfather’s funeral. Sombre moods. I am sitting at our computer sipping a glass of white wine. It’s about 11