Sunday Family Humour 26th June

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Prince Philip, the king of gaffes, turns 90

Thanks to Ray

PRINCE Philip turns 90 today and while he may be second to the Queen, he's still the king of gaffes. The Duke of Edinburgh admits he has learned only by trial and error in his role as the Queen's consort and reveals he plans to back away from public life.

"I reckon I've done my bit," Prince Philip said in the interview screened in Britain last night.

"I want to enjoy myself for a bit now. With less responsibility, less frantic rushing about, less preparation, less trying to think of something to say.

"On top of that the memory is going and I can't remember names ... I'm just sort of winding down."

Over the years there is no doubt the Duke has raised eyebrows for a number of gaffes

including asking Aboriginals if they still used spears.

But any offence aside, his birthday is still worth celebrating so to mark the occasion,

news.com.au has compiled a list of his greatest foot in mouth moments.

1. "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?"

To a driving instructor in Scotland.

2. "If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed."

To a group of British students in China in 1986.

3. "Do you still throw spears at each other?"

To indigenous leader William Brin during a visit to the Aboriginal Cultural Park in Queensland, 2002.

4. "You look like you're ready for bed!"

To the President of Nigeria, who was wearing traditional robes.

5. "If it has four legs and is not a chair, has wings and is not an aeroplane, or swims and is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it."

To a World Wildlife Fund meeting in 1986.

6. "You managed not to get eaten then?"

To a British student trekking in Papua New Guinea in 1998.

7. "Aren't most of you descended from pirates?"

To an inhabitant of the Cayman Islands.

8. "You are a woman, aren't you?"

To a Kenyan woman in 1984 after she gave him a present

9. "Do you know they're now producing eating dogs for the anorexics?"

To a blind, wheelchair-bound woman who was with her guide dog.

10. "It looks as though it was put in by an Indian."

Prince's verdict on a fuse box he noticed during a tour of a Scottish factory in 1999.

11. THE QUEEN ASKED A RETURN SERVICEMAN HOW MUCH SIGHT HE STILL HAD? !! PHILLIP CUT IN "JUDGING BY THE TIE HE'S WEARING, I'D SAY NONE!"

Does this goal count?

Thanks to Tony H.

Balance

Thanks to Jane

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New Michelin Tyre

Thanks to Ray

New Michelin Tires. Look for them in August.

These tires are made in Greenville, South Carolina, USA.

SEE-THROUGH TIRES

Radical new tire design by Michelin. The next generation of tires.

They had a set at the Philadelphia car show.

Yes, those are 'spoke' like connections to the inner part of the tire from the outside tread 'wrap!' The next picture shows how odd it looks in motion.

Makes you wonder how the ride feels doesn't it?

These tires are airless, and are scheduled to be out on the market very soon. The bad news for law enforcement is that spike strips will not work on these. Just think of the impact on existing technology:

A. no more air valves.

B. no more air compressors at gas stations.

C. no more repair kits.

D. no more flats.

These are actual pictures taken at the South Carolina Michelin plant.

I have a question

Thanks to Tony H.

This is Nagasaki in 1945, after the atomic bomb…