audience participation recipes
riddle #5
What kind of cheese is made backwards?
this weeks prize is a map of thee hornsby train station bus interchange
Riddle #4
How would you rearrange the letters in the words “new door” to make one word? Note: There is only one correct answer.
this weeks prize is a water saving shower head (I hate the damn things)
riddle #3
| Two men are in a desert. They both have packs on. One of the guys is dead. The guy who is alive has his pack open, the guy who is dead has his pack closed. What is in the pack? |
this week you are playing for an almost unlimited supply of jenny’s business cards
Riddle #2
What is the only English word for a number that when spelled, it’s letters are in alphabetical order?
this weeks prize is 3 paddle pop sticks glued together
riddle of the week
| What’s the least number of chairs you would need around a table to seat four fathers, two grandfathers, and four sons? |
solve this for your chance to win a musli bar
100 to go until the ultimate prize
only 100 visitors to go until howie’s halfpipe will have had its 50,000th visitor!
will it be you?
if it is you what do you win?
both a very good questions, the asnwer to the first question is still unknown but the asnwer to the second is this.
If you are the 50,000th visitor to this blog and you leave a comment, you will recieve a framed certificate with your name on it highlighting your achievment. But also if you live in Sydney you get to go on a fun train adventure somewhere with me on the cityrail netowrk with lunch or dinner provided at the destination.
If however you live outside of sydney i will post you a pair of my underpants or something.
question time
If you where conducting an interview with me and you could only ask one question, what would you ask?
All aboard!
Next sunday is the Hornsby Shire Centenary, Country Fair and Steam Train Day.
The country fair sounds boring but the steam train bits sounds fun. They have a steam train running from waitara station to Gorson station, then you come back with to waitara with some vintage diesel locco.
You have to pre book tickets for the train trips and they have 4 trips throughout the day.
Today i went to buy some tickets for the 11:55am train. THe lady said that it was all pretty full and how many ti kets did i want. I asked for 7. She didnt think there would be 7 tickets left. But my friends there was.
So i now have 4 tickets available if anyone wants to join myself, jenny and sam.
first person to get the anser right wins one of my socks
guess who is under 60kg
I made another quiz
click here to take the quiz.
or click here to be taken somwhere completely irrelevant
One event to rule them all
this new years eve there is only one place to be, unless of course you go somewhere ekse.
and that place is observitory hill in the city. Beautiful views and luscious green grass to lay our your picninc rug and enjoy the company of frineds and foes for sydneys party night.
some of you may feel that trecking into the city is too much but belive me its worth it, the fireworks oh how good the fireworks are.
come, bring frineds, bring foes bring family, come and go whenever you want.
and you never know a few celebrities from podcasting with howie and tom may even be there.
email me if you want more details to work out times and stuff.
Missing You Already
Dear Beth,
You haven’t commented on my blog for while.
Love,
Howie
your opinion
What is your view on wearing hats, caps, beanies etc in church?
Personally i think its fine to wear a hat in church, I dont think its disrespectful to God or the people around me. People should be able to come before God in way that is comfortable for them, i guess thats why there are so many denominations and different styles of services and stuff within those denominations.
Today is the day
Today is one of those days that will go down in history.
There are two ways this day can be recorded in history.
Option One
On this day the 1st of July 2005 the 8 richest nations in the world got together in Edinburgh, Scotland. They discussed money and power and the subject of dropping world debt, in giving more money to overseas aid and helping rebuild the globe that these rich 8 nations destroyed. They will discuss doing something about the 1 Billion people around the developing world who live in slums because these 8 nations do nothing.
They will discuss the future of this planet. But Alas greed and power is more important than ‘loving our neighbour’. It is their own fault they are poor. The UN development goals are unachievable.
Option Two
On this day the 1st of July 2005 the 8 richest nations in the world got together in Edinburgh, Scotland. They discussed money and power and the subject of dropping world debt, in giving more money to overseas aid and helping rebuild the globe that these rich 8 nations destroyed. They will discuss doing something about the 1 Billion people around the developing world who live in slums because these 8 nations do nothing.
They will discuss the future of this planet. And yes due to an overwhelming global response to make poverty history. The UN development Goals are achievable and we can work together to ensure that by 2015 the number of nations and people living in poverty is halved. The women have equality right throughout the globe. That the spread of disease such as HIV / Aids is eradicated. That every child on the face of this planet has an opportunity to be educated in a school. That all humans have access to safe drinkable water and sanitation. Today is a day that changed the world forever, at last we can work together to ensure that Poverty Really is History.
Peoples we can help, We have a voice. And if like me you want to see poverty history lets make sure we make today option two.
Wear a white band, Wear a white shirt, encourage your friends to do the same. Head down to a rally to support the Development Goals. Let the meeting in Scotland see this global response to poverty and let them see that we want equality.
for more info click on the howie’s halfpipe banner at the top of this page, or the image on the right hand side menu.
You’re invited
who wants to see a film with me tomorrow night (thursday night) i dont know what film and i dont know what time.
location. Greater Union Hornsby
time to jump on the wave
The blogging world seems to be dominated by these little surveys lately. So here is mine.
I think it would be interesting to see who all you people are who read this.
So here is the Questions.
Name:
Age:
Where are you:
Colour of underpants you are wearing right now:
How long have you been visiting this site:
Why do you read it:
Pepsi or Coke:
The end.
UN Millenium Development Goals
All memebers of the UN (including Australia) have promised to halve world poverty by 2015
These are the eight Goals:
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
a) reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than $1 (US) a day.
b) reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.
2. Achieve universal primary education..
ensure that all children complete primary schooling.
3. Promote gender equality and empower women.
Ensure girls have the same access to education as boys.
4. Reduce child mortality.
Cut infant and child deaths by two thirds.
5.Improve maternal health.
Reduce by three quarters the proportion of women dying in childbirth.
6.Combat HIV / AIDS, malaria and other diseases.
a) halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV / AIDS.
b) begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other diseases like TB.
7. Ensure environmental stability.
a) reduce by half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water.
b) transform the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020.
c) reverse the loss of environmental resources.
8. Develop a global partnership for development.
Address issues such as trade, debt, aid and public health to promote economic growth and poverty reduction.
Well there it is. Pretty good goals I think. All we have to do is make sure the Government sticks to its word in honouring the UN goals.
We can show that we care and that we do want the government to commit to helping halve world poverty by singing the Micah challenge. Sure its not the only way we can help but its defiantly a start.
Show the government that we want to as a nation help reduce world poverty.
poo is funny
I made a clay dog poo at work today.
hands up if you want it
but why should you get it over other people?
