Trivia

The beautiful 'pampas grass' that we are kind of accustomed to, is not indiginous to New Zealand. The one that 'belongs' here, looks like these photographed for you  - these are particularly healthy and full-looking specimens. For the most part, they are sparse and straggly looking and not anything to write home about!
Limp and sad-looking with moth-eaten edges!


Found a 'World's best Trivia' book at the library today - all sorts of useless information to add to the plethora which we already have!
On a kiwi note - "Taumatawhakatangihangakauauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu" is the name of a hill in New Zealand that boasts the longest name still in use and means: 'The hill where Tamatea, the great warrior, climbed over after returning from a long voyage abroad and played the flute to his beloved upon arrival' or words to that effect! 

" Young and impoverished  Pablo Picasso is known to have kept warm by burning his own paintings" - Having not ever acquired the finesse or expertise to fully appreciate all of the above-mentioned artists' paintings, I can only say that it was a smart move on his part! Clearly, art-plebs are we!

I am also glad that we are not Chinese - "Half the population of China is  myopic (short-sighted) and a further thirty percent require some sort of vision correction"
 "The average Chinese family has three bicycles and no car"

CANADA is an Indian word meaning "big village"

"The first computer bug was found by Admiral Grace Hopper, a legend in her own time, in a naval computer. It was a moth, caught in the computer relay switch that was giving rise to errors. This is the etymology of the word bug as used to describe problems related to computer hardware and software."

"The Spanish word esposa has two meanings - wife and handcuff."

Dis al!