A Grave Situation

In the hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting room, where their family member lay gravely ill.

Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber.


"I'm afraid I'm the bearer of bad news," he said as he surveyed the worried faces.


"The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant.  It's an experimental procedure, very risky but it is the only hope.  Insurance will cover the procedure, but you will have to pay for the brain yourselves.."


The family members sat silent as they absorbed the news. After a great length of time, someone asked, "Well, how much does a brain cost?"


The doctor quickly responded, "$5,000 for a male brain, and $200 for a female brain."


The moment turned awkward. Men in the room tried not to smile, avoiding eye contact with the women, but some actually smirked.


A man unable to control his curiosity, blurted out the question everyone wanted to ask,  "Why is the male brain so much more?"


The doctor smiled at the childish innocence and explained to the entire group,


"It's just standard pricing procedure. We have to mark down the price of the female brains, because they've actually been used."

Ha ha ha ha ha!!! And look what I found...

Of Dragons and Vikings!

     I chanced upon this pic on IMDB today.

 

     Then I saw the title of the movie where the scene came from, "How To Train Your Dragon" and was just so tickled. Yeh, just what everyone needs to know! Ha ha! That sure made my day!  

 

     The movie is due for release soon by the way, and based on a 2003 novel by Cressida Cowell set in a mythical world of dragons and vikings. Seems like an awesome movie to chill with!

Unexpected Treat! Yummm!

     I thought to give myself a little breakfast treat today, seeing how I was part of a skeletal staff required to work today (and I literally mean skeletal! but that's a story for another day).  

     I couldn't decide between McDonald's, Burger King and Coffee Bean.  In the end, I decided on Coffee Bean since I've never had breakfast there and there's this little thing called time constraint too. Okay okay, what can I say, it was just a little more difficult dragging myself out of bed this morning!

     When I placed my order, the staff asked if I wanted the 1-for-1 breakfast deal. I'd totally forgotten about it since I was going by myself.  He said that I didn't have to have it but I could if I wanted to. Heck yeah! Who'd be so stupid to turn down a freebee right? Okay, so I did not say that to him, that was just my inner squeal, LOL. I asked if it was possible to have one there and take away the other and he said, no problem. So wicked cool, I paid $7.40 for breakfast and lunch, woo hoo! I just love these sort of little pleasurable surprises!

     After dithering for a bit, I finally decided on the Eggs Ben set to have there and the Salmon N Egg Muffin set to go.

Coffee, food and a good book, what a wonderful way to start the morning! 

 

Wow, this pic turned out interesting. Looks like one of those pics in brochures for plastic ware. 

     Though both were yummy, I dare say that my favourite is the Eggs Ben. I'd recommend anyone to give it a try. I was in heaven with the first bite I took. Mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm..... Bliss!

Grossed Out!

     I was waiting in line to pay for my purchases at the supermarket yesterday and my eyes were drawn to the packets of cigarettes behind the counter. 

     Singapore is one of the countries that require cigarette companies to add health warnings on their packaging and some of them are really gross!

     I can never understand how the smokers here can still buy cigarettes and not be grossed out! They are pretty graphic!