Phuket, no really!

[rowangolightly]

I'm off to get trimmed and re-redded but I wanted to leave you with a few things in my absence, stuff I ganked from others on my flist.

How an island rebuilt successfully after a disaster.

http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/travel/11phuket.html

And this, which is NOT work safe, but tremendously funny. You have to listen to it with the sound, really!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqt3Zb7BItA&eurl=http://lj-toys.com/?journalid=980668&moduleid=18&preview=&auth_token=sessionless:1231977600:embedcontentiurl=http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/Uqt3Zb7BItA/hqdefault.jpg

Now, this is one I ganked from softpaw I LOVE this! Anybody why knew Perry-dog or the great Barney-killer, Dixon, can understand why I love this clip so much.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4VMntSUskg&eurl=http://lj-toys.com/?journalid=495831&moduleid=333&preview=&auth_token=sessionless:1232035200:embedcontentiurl=http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/E4VMntSUskg/hqdefault.jpg

And this amazing story, of which I'd already heard, but not in this much detail.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFz-FMj-9Ps&eurl=http://lj-toys.com/?journalid=495831&moduleid=334&preview=&auth_token=sessionless:1232035200:embedcontentiurl=http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/aFz-FMj-9Ps/hqdefault.jpg

Yeah, I admire the sentiments of his conclusion...yes indeed.

Sorry I didn't embed them but I'm in a hurry...

Comments

[abookmom.livejournal.com]

The dog-elephant story is lovely. (tears running down my face!)

[rowangolightly.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I had to grab a hankie too....

[ericcoleman]

There are outtakes for the first video

http://superfad.com/player.php?project=251&item=566

[rowangolightly.livejournal.com]

They didn't play well on my laptop for some reason, but the one that punctures and flies away made me guffaw.