Friday, January 31, 2014
Some Lucky Guy Will Get Tons of Cash and the Girl Too (18 pics)
Cecil Chao is a Hong Kong Tycoon and only last year offered $65 million to the man who convinced his daughter, Gigi, to marry. But this unbelievable deal has one very big catch….
Gigi is actually lesbian. Not surprisingly then, she was not at all interested in any of the 20,000 respondents who applied after the first advertisement so her dad has doubled the original bid to $130 million to find more suitors!
Gigi is actually lesbian. Not surprisingly then, she was not at all interested in any of the 20,000 respondents who applied after the first advertisement so her dad has doubled the original bid to $130 million to find more suitors!
Popeye Village in Malta
When Walt Disney and Paramount Pictures decided to make a movie based on the popular cartoon strip Popeye, the production team picked the opened faced Anchor Bay in the north-west corner of the Mediterranean island of Malta, two miles from the village of Mellieħa, as location for Popeye’s fictional village of Sweethaven.
Construction of the film set started in June 1979. A construction crew of 165 worked over seven months building the village as described by the comic strip’s creator E.C. Segar. Nineteen authentic wooden buildings were built from hundreds of logs and several thousand wooden planks imported from the Netherlands, while wood shingles used in the construction of the roof tops were imported from Canada. Eight tons of nails and two thousand gallons of paint were consumed in construction. In addition, a 200–250 foot breakwater was built around Anchor Bay's mouth to protect the set from high seas during the shooting.
Construction of the film set started in June 1979. A construction crew of 165 worked over seven months building the village as described by the comic strip’s creator E.C. Segar. Nineteen authentic wooden buildings were built from hundreds of logs and several thousand wooden planks imported from the Netherlands, while wood shingles used in the construction of the roof tops were imported from Canada. Eight tons of nails and two thousand gallons of paint were consumed in construction. In addition, a 200–250 foot breakwater was built around Anchor Bay's mouth to protect the set from high seas during the shooting.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband
Graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, who were not allowed to be buried together. On the Protestant part of this cemetery J.W.C van Gorcum, colonel of the Dutch Cavalry and militia commissioner in Limburg is buried. His wife, lady J.C.P.H van Aefferden is buried in the Catholic part. They were married in 1842,the lady was 22 and the colonel 33, he was a protestant and didn’t belong to the nobility.
This caused quite a commotion in Roermond. After being married for 38 years the colonel died in 1880 and was buried on the protestant part of the cemetery against the wall. His wife died in 1888 and had decided not to be buried in the family tomb but on the other side of the wall, the closest she could get to her husband. Two clasped hands connect the graves across the wall.
Location: Het Oude Kerkhof, Roermond, the Netherlands
Latitude:50.936944
Longitude:5.341667
This caused quite a commotion in Roermond. After being married for 38 years the colonel died in 1880 and was buried on the protestant part of the cemetery against the wall. His wife died in 1888 and had decided not to be buried in the family tomb but on the other side of the wall, the closest she could get to her husband. Two clasped hands connect the graves across the wall.
Location: Het Oude Kerkhof, Roermond, the Netherlands
Latitude:50.936944
Longitude:5.341667
Cats And Dogs With Their Famous Humans (25 Pics)
Salvador Dali With His Ocelot Babou
Paul McCartney And His English Sheepdog Martha
Freddie Mercury With One Of His Many Cats
Jack Kerouack And Tyke
Franklin Roosevelt And His Black Terrier Fala
Billie Holiday And Her Loyal Companion Mister
Audrey Hepburn And Another Mister, Mr. Famous

James Dean With Marcus, Gift He Received From Elizabeth Taylor
Humphrey Bogart And Mac, the Scottish Terrier
John Lennon and Yoko Ono With a Black Feline Friend
Marilyn Monroe And Maf
Winston Churchill With One Of His Buddies Rufus
Brigitte Bardot And Her Black Spaniels
Elvis Presley And His Hound Dog
Elizabeth Taylor And Her Dogs
Kurt Vonnegut With His Dog Pumpkin
Lucille Ball and Her Spaniels
Stephen King And His Corgi Marlowe
Alfred Hitchcock With His Sealyham Terrier Sarah

Frank Sinatra With His Dog Ringo

Pablo Picasso With His Cat and Wiener Dog Lump

Freddie Mercury With One Of His Many Cats
Jack Kerouack And Tyke
Franklin Roosevelt And His Black Terrier Fala
Billie Holiday And Her Loyal Companion Mister
Audrey Hepburn And Another Mister, Mr. Famous

James Dean With Marcus, Gift He Received From Elizabeth Taylor
John Lennon and Yoko Ono With a Black Feline Friend
Marilyn Monroe And Maf
Elvis Presley And His Hound Dog
Elizabeth Taylor And Her Dogs
Kurt Vonnegut With His Dog Pumpkin
Lucille Ball and Her Spaniels
Stephen King And His Corgi Marlowe
Alfred Hitchcock With His Sealyham Terrier Sarah

Frank Sinatra With His Dog Ringo

Pablo Picasso With His Cat and Wiener Dog Lump

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