Bananas with dark patches on yellow skin

The fully ripe banana produces a substance called TNF (Tumor Necrosis Factor) which has the ability to combat abnormal cells.

So don’t be surprised very soon the shop will go out of stock for bananas.

As the banana ripens, it develops dark spots or patches on the skin. The more dark patches it has, the higher will be its’ immunity enhancement quality .

Hence the Japanese love bananas for a good reason.

According to a Japanese scientific research, banana contains TNF which has anti-cancer properties.

The degree of anti-cancer effect corresponds to the degree of ripeness of the fruit, i.e. the riper the banana, the better
the anti-cancer quality.

In an animal experiment carried out by a professor in Tokyo University comparing the various health benefits of different fruits, using banana, grape, apple, water melon, pineapple, pear and persimmon, it was found that banana gave the best results. It increased the number of white blood cells, enhanced the immunity of the body and produced anti-cancer substance TNF.

The recommendation is to eat 1 to 2 bananas a day to increase your body immunity to diseases like cold, flu and others.

According to the Japanese professor, yellow skin bananas with dark spots on it are 8 times more effective in enhancing the property of white blood cells than the green skin version.

Women’s revenge

He said to me . … . I don’t know why you wear a bra; you’ve got nothing to put in it
I said to him …. . . You wear pants don’t you?

He said to me … . ………. Shall we try swapping positions tonight?
I said . That’s a good idea – you stand by the stove & sink while I sit on the sofa and do nothing but fart

He said to me.. … What have you been doing with all the grocery money I gave you?
I said to him . ….. Turn sideways and look in the mirror!

He said to me. ….. Why don’t women blink during foreplay?
I said to him .. . They don’t have time.

He said to me. . How many men does it take to change a roll of toilet paper?
I said to him .. .. I don’t know; it has never happened.

He said to me. . Why is it difficult to find men who are sensitive, caring and Good- looking?
I said to him . . . They already have boyfriends.

He said….What do you call a woman who knows where her husband is every night?
I said. . . A widow.

He said to me…. Why are married women heavier than single women?
I said to him .. . . Single women come home, see what’s in the fridge and go to bed.
Married women come home, see what’s in bed and go to the fridge

Myths, strange facts and mind-blowing questions about English

Who said that language is a logical system?

There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.

English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France.

Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.

Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham?

If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth beeth?

One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese?

Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.

If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? Is it an odd, or an end?

If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?

Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?

Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all.

That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

Is time really just money?

Academy Award Winners – Behind the Scenes

Title: The King’s Speech (2010)

Plot Summary: The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.

Director: Tom Hooper

Writer: David Seidler

Stars: Colin Firth, Geofrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter

Budget: $15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: $355,450 (USA) (28 November 2010) (4 Screens)

Gross: $123,546,104 (USA) (6 March 2011)

Trivia:

The film was originally rated 15 by the BBFC, for 17 occurrences of the word “fuck”, but on appeal this was reduced to 12A, with the information “Contains strong language in a speech therapy context”.

Guy Pearce plays George VI’s older brother Edward VIII. In actuality, Pearce is 7 years younger than Colin Firth.

The author, David Seidler suffered from a stammer as a child. Having heard George VI’s wartime speech as a child, he (later in his adult life) had written to the Queen Mother asking for permission to use the King’s story to create a film. The Queen Mother asked him not to during her lifetime, citing that the memories were too painful. Seidler respected her request.

The role of King George VI was written with Paul Bettany in mind but Bettany declined to spend more time with his family and later admitted that he regretted his decision. Colin Firth was cast instead and later nominated for and awarded with an Oscar for his performance.

While talking about Shakespeare, one of Logue’s sons mentions ‘the Scottish play’. The play he refers to is ‘Macbeth’; according to a widely held superstition, this particular play is cursed, and it brings bad luck to say the title ‘Macbeth’ aloud.

Speech therapist Lionel Logue’s diary was discovered just nine weeks prior to principal photography. Quotations from original clinical notes in them were worked into the film’s screenplay.

Read more at  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504320/

Pink Floyd – Coming Back to Life (clip)

For those who don’t know the song and for those who already know and have got disappointed to find just the lyric!

We’re back!

After a long long winter (actually summer and not that long), we’re back! A new year (once Carnival is through…). New students (they’ve  kind of grown in number since last year). And new posts (hopefully interesting ones). So, to get it started here you have a nice lyric by Pink Floyd to celebrate the re-opening of English Daily (at least I’m happy to re-open it…). See ya’!

Coming Back To Life (Pink Floyd)

Where were you when I was burned and broken
While the days slipped by from my window watching
Where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless
Because the things you say and the things you do surround me
While you were hanging yourself on someone else’s words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun

Lost in thought and lost in time
While the seeds of life and the seeds of change were planted

Outside the rain fell dark and slow
While I pondered on this dangerous but irresistible pastime
I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the moment had arrived
For killing the past and coming back to life

I took a heavenly ride trough our silence
I knew the waiting had begun
And headed straight… into the shining sun