MASQUERADE

Ok, Philippa was right. When I wrote down everything I was thinking about, it made me look like a nutcase. But I think it would be that way with anyone who wrote down all their thoughts - try it for an hour and you’ll see what I mean.
So instead of the planned list of all my thoughts from one shift at work, here instead are 10 RANDOM THINGS I FOUND OUT ONLINE WHILE PRETENDING TO PUT THROUGH A DELIVERY ORDER: (not the snappiest title ever for one of my lists, I grant you..)

There is a place in India called MANGALAMPET. (It has instantly gone to the top of my ‘favourite place names in the world’ list.)

You can get your recommended daily allowance of Folic Acid by eating 10 spears of ASPARAGUS

The top speed hit by SPRINTER Usain Bolt in winning the 100m at the last Olympics was just under 28mph (which, coincidentally, is roughly the top speed my LoveMachine can reach)

The coloured squares on a standard Rubiks Cube can be arranged in approximately 43 QUINTILLION different permutations.

URTICARIA is the medical name for ‘hives’

The highest temperature EVER recorded in the UK is 38.5C, at Brogdale in Kent on 10th August 2003.

The dying words of American President Theodore ROOSEVELT were “Please put out the light”

The collective noun for a group of widows is an AMBUSH

The Rat Pack singer DEAN Martin died on Christmas Day (in 1995)

‘Mi amas vin’ is ‘I love you’ in ESPERANTO

…and as a bonus fact - if you take the first letter of each of the words in capitals above, it spells out the title of today’s blog.

Sleep well.
　
RC 24-8-11