Sweetshop owner Jose Martinez found the nickel piece
while cashing up the day’s takings in Spain. The head of Spanish King
Juan Carlos has been morphed into the unmistakable profile of the
world’s favourite cartoon slob.
The monarch’s visage with
full head of curls has been skilfully crafted into the pop-eyed,
big-nosed, bald-headed features of beer-swilling Homer, complete with
his 5 o’clock shadow.
“The coin must have been done by a
professional,” Mr Martinez said from the Asturian town of Aviles,
northern Spain. “It’s an impressive piece of work.”
Meanwhile,
Mr Martinez said neighbours and friends had offered him €20 (£16) for
the piece. As news of the find rippled around the globe thousands more
bids started to emerge from the Netherlands, Japan, Canada and the US.
But the shopkeeper maintained he was keeping the coin for himself.
Poll results: Nachos is the food most craved by mothers-to-be.
Goats do not have upper front teeth.
The
inventor of Vaseline ate a spoonful of the stuff every morning! (And,
while you might think he would have died young because of it, he
actually lived to 96!)
Cattle are the only mammals that pee backwards.
You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider!
‘Vodka’ is Russian for ‘little water’.
More people have a phobia of frogs than rats.
Just Joking:
Letter To God:
Chucky wanted $100 to buy a remote control car, so he prayed like crazy for two weeks ... but nothing happened.
Chucky
decided to write God an urgent letter, requesting $100. When the post
office received the letter addressed to God, USA, they forwarded the
letter to the president.
The president was so amused by the
letter that he told his secretary to send Chucky a $5 bill, figuring
this would appear to be a lot of money to a little boy.
When Chucky received the cash, he was so delighted that he wrote a thank you note which read:
Dear God:
Thank you very much for sending the money. However, I noticed that you
sent it through Washington, D.C. Next time, don’t do that because, as
usual, those jerks took 95%.
Love,
Chucky
Deep Thoughts:
- Save the whales. Collect the whole set.
- A day without sunshine is like...night.
- On the other hand, you have different fingers
- 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
- 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
- Remember, half the people you know are below average.
- He who laughs last thinks slowest.
- Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
- The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.
- A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
- Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.
- If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.
- How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand.
Birthday Flowers:
A fellow was very much
in love with a beautiful girl. One day she told him that the next day
was her birthday. He told her he would send her a bouquet of roses...
one for each year of her life.
That evening he called the
local florist and ordered twenty-one roses with instructions that they
be delivered first thing the next morning.
As the florist was
preparing the order, he decided that since the young man was such a
good customer, he would put an extra dozen roses in the bouquet.
The fellow never did find out what made the young girl so angry with him.
If you had
any doubt as to whether or not The Simpsons were a part of pop culture,
put those doubts to rest. The face of Homer Simpson, the dull-witted
father of the Simpson family, can now be seen on the Spanish 5 cent
coin.
