Candace Bushnellova

 When we were in Amsterdam, September, 2 years ago, we suddenly noticed hundreds of beautiful young women dressed to the 9s in the immediate area . . .  some even wanted us to take a picture of them for them . . . then we rounded a corner and there was a theatre mob scened . . . the movie showing . . . Sex in the City . . . so I suppose Czech women are as wild about that show as women in NL or US . . .

 

but I just think it's funny how Czech women's names always have "ova" attached to them, meaning "belongs to" either a Father or a Husband, but some man . . . I mean when I contemplate the jist of the Bushnell message, if you see how I mean . . . 8^D . . .

Kampa Door Handle

kinda goes with the door knockers I saw in Barcelona . . .

Kafka & Svjck

a poster on sale at the Kafka Museum in Kampa

Little Dog

brňavka - funny bone

A new word to add to my ever-growing Czech vocabulary . . .

My colleague says I need to learn “useful” words, rather than “hromonice”, for example,

But somehow my mind latches onto these instead….

 

But the derivation of “funny bone” is more elaborate than I would have tho’t . ..

The latinate for the elbow is “humerus”, hence, funny bone,

The antics of those afflicted, not with standing .  ..

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humerus

Lichtenstein - Sweet Dreams Baby

always good for a laff .  . .

the National Galerie near Vysteviste has this blown up huge onto a wall, also . . .

I asked my czech friends if Vysteviste sounded as funny to them as it does to me . . .

"Only whey you say it", they answered . . . 8^D . . .

Ouch!

Cancel your credit card before you die

 
 Now some people are really stupid!!!!
 Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die.
 
 This is so priceless, and so, so easy to see happening, customer
 service being what it is today.
 
 A lady died this past January, and Citibank billed her for
 February and March for their annual service charges on her credit
 card, and added late fees and interest on the monthly charge. The
 balance had been $0.00 when she died, but now somewhere around
 $60.00. A family member placed a call to Citibank.
 
 Here is the exchange :
 
 Family Member: 'I am calling to tell you she died back in January.'
 
 Citibank: 'The account was never closed and the late fees and
 charges still apply.'
 
 Family Member: 'Maybe, you should turn it over to collections.'
 
 Citibank: 'Since it is two months past due, it already has been'
 
 Family Member: So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?'
 
 Citibank: 'Either report her account to frauds division or report
 her to the credit bureau, maybe both!'
 
 Family Member: 'Do you think God will be mad at her?'
 
 Citibank: 'Excuse me?'
 
 Family Member: 'Did you just get what I was telling you - the
 part about her being dead?'
 
 Citibank: 'Sir, you'll have to speak to my supervisor.'
 
 
 Supervisor gets on the phone:
 
 Family Member: 'I'm calling to tell you, she died back in January
 with a $0 balance.'
 
 Citibank: 'The account was never closed and late fees and charges
 still apply.'
 
 Family Member: 'You mean you want to collect from her estate?'
 
 Citibank: (Stammer) 'Are you her lawyer?'
 
 Family Member: 'No, I'm her great nephew.' (Lawyer info was given)
 
 Citibank: 'Could you fax us a certificate of death?'
 
 Family Member: 'Sure.' (Fax number was given )
 
 After they get the fax :
 
 Citibank: 'Our system just isn't setup for death. I don't know
 what more I can do to help.'
 
 Family Member: 'Well, if you figure it out, great! If not, you
 could just keep billing her. She won't care.'
 
 Citibank: 'Well, the late fees and charges will still apply.'
 
 (What is wrong with these people?!?)
 
 Family Member: 'Would you like her new billing address?'
 
 Citibank: 'That might help..'
 
 Family Member: 'Odessa Memorial Cemetery, Highway 129, Plot Number 69.'
 
 Citibank: 'Sir, that's a cemetery!'
 
 Family Member: 'And what do you do with dead people on your planet???'
 
 Priceless!! Have you wondered why Citi is going broke and need
 the feds to bail them out!!