When Regan Speyer asked her mother to take care of her plants while she was away, her mum took the opportunity to troll her daughter and drop some big hints about wanting grandchildren, sending her daughter pictures of her reading a storybook to her plants and taking them for a walk to the park. She even dubbed herself a "grandplantrent".
Beer prices tough to swallow
When deciding on where to travel, the price of beer can be a consideration. At the very least, it pays to know how much of a beer budget you will need. A survey by amica-international.co.uk found Hong Kong has expensive brews, with patrons shelling out an average of $16 a pint. In Geneva, pints cost $15.94, and in Tel Aviv $14.11. Pints in New York City cost on average $13.28. Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia have much cheaper brews. A pint costs an average $3.39 at bars in Bratislava. Kiev will set you back $3.42 and Ho Chi Minh City $3.82. Auckland came in at $5.60. The average supermarket price was combined with the bar price to get the average. (Source: Mental Floss)
Mondegreen confessions
1. Neville Nielsen of Orewa writes, "Our son was about 3 or 4 when we heard him singing: 'All things bright and beautiful, all peaches great and small'. He knew about peaches but not about creatures."
