Do you know that there are more than 24 hours in a day? Planet Earth takes 8,766 hours to orbit the Sun; and 24 hours and 59.184 seconds to complete a rotation. Which is why we have this thing call the leap year once in every four.

Now for some nonsense! Planet Earth is 93 million miles away from the Sun. The study of astronomy suggests that if Planet Earth during orbit moves closer to the Sun by 63,699 miles, then the number of hours in a day shall be exactly 24 ... and we all shall all be good as suckling pigs! If not, then the inflammable rays of the Sun shall cause seismic force to the soil of Planet Earth to quake resulting in perpetual tremors and tidal waves to occur ... and we all shall be as good as dead ducks! Dreadful isn’t it?

This idiom means rules that are exact, definite, and strict.

NOTE: OFTEN USED IN THE NEGATIVE.


There are not hard and fast rules for planning healthy meals - the ages of your children and the kind of food they like, should be taken into account.

Obviously in motor insurance we can't lay down hard and fast regulations that apply to every car.


Source: Longman Idioms Dictionary

Tim

The only possible thing Mike could do was to deflate the lorry's tires

甜蜜蜜，你笑得甜蜜蜜，好象花儿开在春风里，开在春风里。


在哪里，在哪里见过你？你的笑容这样熟悉，我一时想不起。

啊，在梦里，梦里，梦里见过你。

甜蜜，笑得多甜蜜，是你，是你，梦见的就是你。


在哪里，在哪里见过你？你的笑容这样熟悉，我一时想不起。

啊，在梦里。

To all the mei mei's out there......

mon, thank you for sharing it. Could you explain the sentense to us why "2 days later the moon is still pretty"?

Hello xia:
You could try to write your answer and post it ,too. Dont worry. and I might try it later. hehe then hope others could correct it for me.

good pics and good song. Thank you for sharing them. Indeed because you guys post ,let Kathy learn more things I never try before.

One evening after dinner, two lady neighbours were sitting in their respective backyards opposite each other chatting and smoking away.

All of a sudden, there was a light drizzle and one of the ladies (LUCY) took out a condom, cut off the tip, slipped her cigarette into the condom and continued with her smoking.

The other lady (NANCY) looked at her neighbour in disbelief and astonishingly asked. “Say, what are you doing; is that ‘thing’ for this purpose?” she cried out.

“Don’t you know that this is to protect from the rain!” she replied mischievously. “Ah! … I see, what a brilliant idea, Lucy.” Nancy exclaimed. “Where can I buy them, Lucy?” Nancy asked with an expression of impatience.

“Oh, any convenience store would sell them.” replied Lucy.

The next morning, Nancy ran down to the nearest 7 Eleven store and asked to purchase a condom. The young cashier looked at Nancy and was extremely surprised.

He thought to himself … ‘Whoa! This lady, her age probably in her late seventies, is still in the game!

Nevertheless, he said, “Madam, we only have DUREX and it comes in Strawberry, Tingle, Comfort and many others. Which flavour and size are you looking for?”

Nancy retorted, “Now will you cut that out young man, I don’t care what you have, just let me have something that will fit a CAMEL, (and reiterated in a raised voice) … a CAMEL! Do you understand?

Timidly, the young man handed over a packet of condoms, collected the money from Nancy and murmured … “Wow! His surely must be an oversized colossus of sorts!”

柴拉可汗
作詞：靳鐵章　作曲：靳鐵章　編曲：陳揚
os: 西元十一世紀末　　蒙古一帶　部族分立
　　每為爭奪水源牧草　而戰亂不已
　　就在黃色平原　出現一位英雄　驍勇善戰　才智過人
　　族人尊其為柴拉可汗

月亮親吻著銀白色的草原
露水寒營火亮情歌聲聲唱　牛羊都睡了
太陽燃燒著金黃色的沙原
微風吹黃沙略炊煙冉冉升　駝鈴陣陣響

沙原上看我馳騁　烈日當空聞我狂笑
捲入千層沙浪中　柴拉可汗　英勇剽悍沙原上　柴拉可汗

風沙狂任我遨翔　高歌一曲豪邁奔放
捲入千層沙浪中　柴拉可汗　英勇剽悍沙原上　柴拉可汗

風馳電掣浩瀚山河　柴拉可汗　柴拉可汗　柴拉可汗



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