A couple decided to go to the local Chinese restaurant for dinner.

They looked at the menu and agreed to share the chef 's special, Chicken Surprise. The waiter brought the meal, served in a lidded cast iron pot. Just as the woman was about to begin the meal, the lid of the pot rose slightly and she saw two beady eyes looking around before the lid fell down.

‘‘Good grief,did you see that?'' she asked her husband. When the husband reached for it the lid rose again and he saw two little eyes looking around before the lid was firmly put back down.

They called the waiter over and explained what had happened. The waiter asked what they had ordered and was told ‘‘Chicken Surprise.” ‘‘Oh,I do apologise.This is my fault,'' said the waiter.‘‘By mistake, I've brought you the Peeking Duck.''
District 9450 Newsletter

Practise safe eating. Always use condiments.

When an actress saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she’d dye.

Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead- to-know basis.

Acupuncture is a jab well done.
Wauchope, N.S.W.

A woman walked up to a little old man rocking in a chair on his porch and said: ‘‘I couldn ’t help noticing how happy you look. What ’s the secret for a long and happy life?’’

The little fellow replied:‘‘I smoke three packets of cigarettes a day. I also drink a case of whisky a week, eat fatty foods and never exercise.’’

‘‘That ’s amazing,’’ the woman said. ‘‘How old are you?’’ ‘‘Twenty-six tomorrow,’’ he said.. Warkworth District,N.Z.
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District 3110 now has a Taj Hosting and Fellowship Society to host Rotarian visitors for one or two days in the historical city of Agra where the Taj Mahal is situated.

Many visitors to Agra are involved with Rotary as Group Study Exchange team members, on friendship exchanges,on projects funded by a Matching Grant from The Rotary Foundation or with polio eradication.

The Taj Hosting and Fellowship Society has entertained many Rotarians since 2001.India is scheduled this year to have National Immunisation Days on May 14, June 25, August 20, October 8 and November 25.

Further information: Past President Surendra Bansal on email tajhosting@sancharnet.in or Taj Hosting and Fellowship Society at 4/99 Gwalior Road, Baluganj, Agra,282001 or phone 91-562-2363300 or 91-2265405.


The Rotary Club of Robina Art Show, sponsored by Robina Holden,will be held in the Paradise Room at the Gold Coast Arts Centre, Bundall, Qld., from April 29 to May 1,2006 (the Labor Day long weekend in Queensland).

A record number of Gold Coast artists will enter this year ’s show and works on display will be for sale. Beneficiaries of the 2006 Show will be the Gold Coast Hospital Children ’s Ward, Care for Life (a youth suicide prevention program) and Rotary Overseas Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC).Art Show co- ordinator is Ken Oberhardt.

Further information:Telephone on 5593 3035 or email oberhardt@iinet.net.au

The 16th Rotary Club of Springwood Annual Antiques and Collectables Art Show at Robina Springwood has June showing

Fair, pictured, will be held at Springwood High School,Grose Road, Faulconbridge, N.S.W., on June 3 and 4.

Twenty-six quality dealers from N.S.W.and Victoria will offer furniture, silverware, porcelain, jewellery, lighting, tassels, pens, watches, linen, crystal and other collectables.

Weekend entry is $A5 with concessions for families, students and seniors.

On June 3 the fair will be open from 9.00a.m.to 5.00p.m. and on June 4 from 9.30a.m.to 4.00p.m. All funds raised this year will be for Blaxland Riding for the Disabled and Winmalee Girl Guides whose hall burnt down in 2002.

Visitors can make a family day out with discounts available to the nearby Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum.

The Rotary Club of Winston Hills, N.S.W.,will have a Model Railways Exhibition on April 29 and 30, 2006, in the Winston Heights Public School, Buckleys Road,Winston Hills.

The school is opposite the Winston Hills shopping centre on Caroline Chisholm Drive. Many layouts will be on show and fellow enthusiasts in attendance. Other entertainments, a barbecue and coffee stop will be part of the day. Other local community groups will be involved.

Dilys Kindleysides is exhibition organiser.

Further information: dilys_k@hotmail.com
Model railways on show