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Golden News
Volume 18, Number 19 - Monday 8 November
2004
The official bulletin of the Rotary
Club of Kowloon Golden Mile is published
most Mondays and is distributed to all club members, District officials and to "friends of KGM". Winner "Best English Language Bulletin" in District 3450, 2001/2002 Visit our award winning website Also see our Cellular WAP Sites: http://tagtag.com/rckgm & http://tagtag.com/d3450 This Week's Meeting:
Our guest speaker this Wednesday
is Dr. Bruce Vaughn, who
will be telling us "Stories Of A Brazilian
Cowboy".
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From
Under The Kitchen Sink: Our spy in the Holiday Inn
kitchen, Vincent "Mulligatawny"
Lam, informs us that this week's fare is Indian food, namely Madras tomato soup,
followed by either salmon tandoori on cucumber raita with
mashed potato & saffron rice or bindi masala with mini cutlet
& basmati rice, ending with mango slices with berries &
pistachio ice cream, plus coffee or tea. Milestones: Birthday
greetings for: 8 November to Peter
"Chubby" Lam who shares his birthday with actress Tara
Reid.
12 November to Thomas
"Chemical" Mo who shares his birthday with baseball player
Sammy Sosa.
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KGM Induction Anniversary greetings on:
13 November to Terrence "Mr. T" Annamunthodo, who was
inducted into KGM in 1996, and therefore celebrates his 8th Anniversary.
Fellowship News:
Our next club fellowship event will be um, er, ah ............... we'll let you know ........ ++++++
HEADS UP: There'll be a joint fellowship of all the clubs in Area 7 of District 3450 (which includes KGM), on the evening of Wednesday 1 December, at a venue (and at a cost) to be announced soon. Fund-Raising News:
Our old mate Brian "The
Full Monty" Hodgson is, ahhh, tickled pink (some would
say tickled "pasty white"), to announce that his latest,
um, titillating project has finally been launched, and he sincerely
hopes that he hasn't made an, er, ass of himself.
Anyway, twelve valiant
members of our club have bared all in the name of charity,
and the results can be seen in a 2005
Calendar, the making of which was, according to Brian,
"Both a privilege and a joy, as it provided a source of great fun for all
contributors".
Of course a major contribution was made by
Colin Beere, a hugely creative
and immensely talented photographer, who turned an idea into a reality.
Apparently he also owns an industrial strength air-brush (thank God for
small mercies!).
All proceeds raised through sales of the calendar will
benefit various local & overseas charitable organisations
which KGM has supported over the past 18 years, and these
include Aids Concern. Cancer Research HK, Christian Action,
Crossroads International, Cleft Lip surgery for children in the
Philippines, Gift of Life (hole-in-the-heart surgery for children in
China), Haven of Hope Hospice, Lok Chi Association for the Disabled and
the St. James' Settlement.
Brian hopes that every member will buy at
least 10 copies of the calendar to give to family, friends or
customers. The price of each calendar is
HK$150 (or only HK$125 if you order before 1
December).
The calendar should be viewable online at http://www.professionalsexposed.com/ by
the time you read this (viewer discretion is
advised) but, if not, keep trying, because it takes a
while for the Internet to resolve (what is known as) the domain-name
server (DNS) look-up.
For more information, contact Brian on telephone 9191 7508 or by
email.
District 3450 News & Events:
Where, oh where, is our beloved DG Alexander Mak's latest monthly newsletter? The most current one available on the District website is the August 2004 issue, but it's already, like, November, dude. Wassup? And when, oh when, is the DG going to make his Official Visit to KGM? Sure, it's nice getting together with the other clubs in Area 7 for a slap-up dinner, dance & tickle, but surely KGM is entitled to a visit where KGM has our DG's undivided attention? So many questions, so few answers .............. hello? HELLO? Upcoming District
events:
"A Day At The Races", 23
February 2005 - details
Rotary
International News:
Repeat: The
RI Presidential Celebration
will be held from May 6 2005
in Taipei - details.
Repeat: The
RI Centennial Convention will
be held from Saturday 18 June
2005 in Chicago - information.
Repeat: An appeal for funds to help purchase
RI Founder Paul Harris' home
in Chicago - information.
Repeat: Read about the new RI President's "Four Emphases" during
his presidency - here.
Repeat: Download your personal copy of
"Rotary World" - here. Repeat: Order the Rotary Centennial book online - here Rotary Information: Some Rotary "Firsts": • The first Rotary club meeting
was in Chicago, Illinois, on February 23, 1905.
• The first regular luncheon meetings were in Oakland, California, chartered in 1909. • The first Rotary Convention was in Chicago in 1910. • The first Rotary club outside of the United States was chartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1910. • The first Rotary club outside of North America was chartered in Dublin, Ireland, in 1911. • The first Rotary club in a non-English-speaking country was in Havana, Cuba, in 1916. • The first Rotary club in South America was chartered in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1918. • The first Rotary club in Asia was chartered in Manila, Philippines, in 1919. • The first Rotary club in Africa was chartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1921. • The first Rotary club in Australia was chartered in Melbourne in 1921.. Golden Smile: A Priest was called away for an emergency. Not wanting to leave the confessional unmanned, he
called a Rabbi friend and asked him to cover for him. The Rabbi told the
Priest he wouldn't know what to say, but the Priest told him to come on
over and he'd stay with him and show him what to do. The Rabbi comes and
he and the Priest are in the confessional.
After a few minutes, a woman comes in and says, "Father
forgive me for I have sinned."
The Priest asks "What did you do?" The woman says "I committed adultery." Priest: "How many times?" Woman: "Three times." Priest: "Say two Hail Marys, put $5 in the box and sin no more." A few minutes later another woman enters the
confessional and says: "Father forgive me for I have
sinned."
Priest: "What did you do?" Woman: "I committed adultery." Priest: "How many times?" Woman: "Three times." Priest: "Say two Hail Marys, put $5 in the box and sin no more." The Rabbi tells the Priest that he thinks he's got the
hang of it, so the Priest leaves.
A few minutes later, another woman enters the
confessional and says, "Father forgive me for I have sinned."
Rabbi: "What did you do?" Woman: "I committed adultery." Rabbi: "How many times?" Woman: "Just once." Rabbi: "Go do it two more times. We have a special this week, three for $5." Quotable Quotes:
"The trouble with some women is they get all excited
about nothing, and then they marry him."
Cher
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