What's the difference between a teddy and a turkey?
If you don't know that, then I won't ask you to cook
Christmas dinner
What's the difference between a teddy bear and a biscuit?
You don't dunk your teddy into your tea
WEEKLY QUOTE
"He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when
there is nothing at all to weep about."
- Oscar Wilde
BEAR
SIGHTING
Tropical Polar Bears A Hot Cause In Congress
WASHINGTON - Sixteen U.S. senators and 55 members of
Congress are demanding speedy federal action to rescue seven
overheated polar bears from a circus in tropical Puerto Rico.
The polar bears climb stairs, slip down ramps and do other
tricks for the Suarez Brothers Circus, a Mexican show that travels
the Caribbean islands and Latin America. Even animal rights activists
are surprised at the attention that Boris, Wilhelm, Marsha and four
other polar bears are getting on Capitol Hill. "Maybe they are all
sick and tired of terrorism (issues)," said Naomi Rose, a marine
mammal scientist with The Humane Society of the United States.
In a letter Wednesday demanding federal action on
this "serious matter," 16 senators cite a report that the bears
sometimes endure temperatures as high as 110 degrees "without a way
to deal with the heat." They ask for "immediate steps" that may
include "seizing the polar bears for safe and proper keeping."
The plight of the "Suarez Seven" is also attracting
attention in the House, where 55 members of Congress signed a letter
Thursday calling for action "to confiscate these polar bears and send
them" to a qualified zoo.
In August, the Puerto Rican Department of Natural
Resources filed animal cruelty charges against the circus for keeping
the polar bears in filthy cages without relief from extreme heat. A
trial is scheduled for Jan. 22.
Polar bears are protected under the Marine Mammal
Protection Act. The bears easily overheat in temperatures above
freezing unless given access to cool water for regular immersion.
SPECIAL INTEREST FEATURE
I'm really Edward George St Clare
Aubrey Adolphus de la Bear
Son and heir of the Baron Bear
But you may call me Teddy Bear.
So please, squeeze me, I don't care.
Inscribed underneath a drawing of a brown velvet
bear in an autograph album belonging to Mrs. James
Chartham
near Canterbury, England, 6 Febuary, 1912.
MIGHTY COOL
RECIPES
Buttermilk Pie
Ingredients:
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup melted butter
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 cup of sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs pie shell (the Pillsbury brand from the dairy
section)
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350. Mix all ingredients well and pour
into pie shell. Bake for 30 - 45 minutes or until golden brown on
top. Add coconut to this to make it more like a coconut custard pie.
. POSTIVE
LIVING TIP OF THE WEEK
Expressiveness and Marital Happiness
A study of 325 European managers, all male, found a strong
relationship between "expressiveness" on the husband's part and
marital happiness. Expressiveness was defined as taking an active
interest in one's wife, talking with her about herself and her
problems and concerns and expressing affection toward her. Eighty
percent of the marriages in which the husband saw expressiveness as
an important part of the relationship were happy. On the other hand,
80 percent of the marriages in which the husband did not value
expressiveness were unhappy.
- Harold Bloomfield, M.D.
.CURLY'S CORNER
Don't Lye Too Yewr Teddy Bearz
Lazt summur when it wuz hot, uz wented down too texis
too see my Anty. Wile uz wuz down dere uz wuz drivin
arown an i seez dis bildin wif alot of kolored litez on
it. I asked da daddy whut dat bildin wuz an hee sayd
dat it wuz da beer joynt. Okidoki.
Now uz wented bak down too my Antyz howse fur da
Thankzgivin in texis. Uz haded da bery good timez an uz
eeted da big chikin an lotz of pyez an da peeplz eeted
sum krankberry sauz an had fitez an blowd up stovez an
ebrythin. Aftur da Thankzgivin uz started drivin bak
too da cansis where truly yewrz livz an i notised dat
dere wuz lotz an lotz of bilding wif all kolored litez
on dem now. I thot too myself dat wow, dey shure iz
puttin lotz of beer joyntz in texis now.
On da wayz bak i notised dat da beer joyntz wuz reely
takin obur texis now. When uz gotz to oklyhomy, i
notised dat it wuz fulled of da beer joyntz now too!
Eben hole townz had putted up beer joynt kolored lites
an eben da cansis had maked thousantz an thousantz of
beer joyntz wile i wuz goned! Dere wuz kolored lytez
ebrywhere!
Den uz drived ontoo owr street an kwite a few of owr
nayborz had turned dey howses intoo beer joyntz. I
telled my mummy dat i didnt think uz shud haz da beer
joyntz on owr street. When hur asked mee whut i wuz
talkin abowt i telled hur dat all da howses an bildingz
an townz wif kolored litez on dem wuz beer joyntz, her
telled me "Curly Bear, those are Christmas lights, not
beer joints! Who in the world told you that those were
beer joints?" When i telled hur dat hur husban wuz da
wun dat misleeded me, hur startin skoldin him reely bad
abowt misleedin da poor teddy bears. He wuz aktin lyke
he didnt knowd whut hur wuz talkin abowt but uz know
beddur dan dat!
So, dat iz da lessun too be lurned. Alwayz telled da
troof too yewr teddy bearz. Da troofz will set yew free!
Give lots of bear hugs
Curly Bear
BEAR LINK OF THE
WEEK
new Embridge teddybears' website!
If you're looking for a teddybear with a difference to
add to your collection, you've come to the right place!
Introduction and Information
Have you ever seen a teddybear with an open mouth
that's cute, cuddly and adorable? No?
Then you haven't seen the brand new range of Embridge
bears!
WEEKLY
TRIVIA
Try your luck at this week's trivia question...
The answer will be posted in next weeks newsletter.
In the fairy tale, what was wrong with Papa Bear's
porridge?
A. It was too hot
B. It was too cold
C. It was just right
D. It was too high in fat
Last week's trivia question and answer:
High above the lowly earth,
and yet I flourish for all I'm worth.
I hang between the earth and sky,
green or brown as the seasons pass by.
As around me all the birds do fly,
and just before winter, away go I.
Tell me true,
What am I?
A Leaf
UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
There are no upcoming holidays this week
Final
Note
We have 316 membears in the club at this time!
Just letting everyone know that the caption contest has
begun!!!!
The picture is posted in the club, look in photo album
under caption contest.
The rules are you need to email them to
bearlover11@yahoo.com with the word caption in the subject
line...I will post them as I get them and members will vote for
them..I will not post the sender's name as it will be an anonoymus
contest :o)
The contest will go on for a month and you can send as
many entries as you like.
I hope everyone will participate!
If anyone is interested in a Christmas exchange please
email and I will
add your name to the list..We need more pople to
participate..
Just to let everyone know...I am no longer sending out
email through the club..I had a lot of requests to remove them from
the mailing list and in order to do that they had to delete
theirselves from the club...I do not want to lose members because of
that..So I have a mailing list now, so if you would to receive club
related email here is what you do:
To subscribe to Terri's Bear Domain News e-mail:
STAY TUNED...Listbot.Com has changed to a
paid service. I'm using Topica.Com which is free, from now on. I'm in
the process of setting it up.
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Stay tuned for this months contests...Scrambler contest
will continue...
