Dibs on the couch!

Ahhhhhh, leg room.

New thread? So odd that no one is here. Any insomniacs out there?

Watched an OK movie "The Savages"
I give it three stars. Deals with aging parents, life issues.
Picked out by ms. rawmuse.
I go for action-history-high principles, etc.
Marriage is give and take.

Never mind! Hi zombie!

And Hi rawmuse! HI everyone who types faster than I do right now. Beer was good!

The two latest zombie postings, in case anyone missed them:

Palestinian Checkpoint on the U.C. Berkeley Campus

and

Another ridiculous day with the Code Pink witches in Berkeley

The actor Philip Seymour something was in it. He was pretty funny. He plays losers well.

Whew! I made it up the stairs --d@mn I'm tired.

re: #7 zombie

The moonbattress moron has the commandments wrong.
The commandment is "Thou shalt not do murder"
Not "thou shalt not kill"
We humans kill constantly for food.
It is a common mistake.

re: #6 Natasha

Hi darlin'!
[blushes...]

Evening Natasha. See you on IM?

re: #9 ggt

Thats why I used the elevator.

re: #10 rawmuse

Lest not forget the Responsibility to defend one's own life, the lives of our family and our Property from imminent danger by whatever means possible.

I never understood how the "Right to Life" to some people only includes the life of the criminal or the aggressor.

re: #13 jainphx

there is an elevator?

When was that installed.

I'm missing everything lately.

I know what this thread needs;

A little less conversation, a little more action Baby

re: #15 ggt

You have to go into the lounge and turn right.

re: #16 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

ah, cowbell!

re: #1 zombie

Left you a reply to the space station dilemma thread back.

re: #3 Natasha

New thread? So odd that no one is here. Any insomniacs out there?

too lazy to go to sleep

have a good night every body!

We're manning the space station? Why wasn't I informed?
Replicants to Level 3 immediately! if not sooner.

re: #21 winston06

have a good night every body!

later, winston!

re: #3 Natasha

be patient ;-)

I'm open.

re: #22 rawmuse

We're manning the space station? Why wasn't I informed?
Replicants to Level 3 immediately! if not sooner.

But, but my orders are for level 5!

Can't sleep.....where's Lance?

I want to wish Jenna Bush a happy wedding day!

I am still surprisingly awake. But I only had one pint. My new diet is lowering my alcohol tolerance. Weird but true. Glad I did not drive.

re: #27 eschew_obfuscation

banned

re: #28 rawmuse

I want to wish Jenna Bush a happy wedding day!

DITTO's to that! Stay married long and prosper!

I have solved the Ice Cream Koan.

re: #17 jainphx

oh, that's why I missed it. The lounge is a little too crazy for me.

re: #30 Silhouette

banned

He must really have stepped in it?!

Must get me to bed...

“It is a worthy thing to fight for one’s freedom; it is another sight finer to fight for another man’s”
Mark Twain

re: #22 rawmuse

I already volunteered.

NO WAY, Lance was banned?

or-was it just a time-out?

re: #27 eschew_obfuscation

uhhhhh....I hate to be the one to break the news but.....he's not here anymore.

In case anyone else didn't know.

re: #37 ggt

NO WAY, Lance was banned?

or-was it just a time-out?

I wasn't there, but second hand I read people wondering if it was temp/perm. That is all I know.

re: #20 bosforus

I'm with you --the thought of getting my @ss off the couch is just too much.

Text quote from my 17 year old daughter, "I just saw IronMan it was awesome!"

I report, you decide....

Yes, Lance Kates is banned.

re: #41 ggt

I'm with you --the thought of getting my @ss off the couch is just too much.

I'm already in my bed. But if you think I'm getting up to go turn that light off you've got another thing comin'.

re: #43 bosforus

Yes, Lance Kates is banned.

That's just really disappointing!

re: #19 jcm

Left you a reply to the space station dilemma thread back.

Well, OK, but your answer smacks of that Heroic American Bending Reality to Save the Day! syndrome that we can't seem to shake off as a national affliction.

Gaaahhhh, what a week.

I passed the RHCE test (geek thing) today, and I am wiped out. Yet, still not sleeping. Anyone care to recommend a beer that will not make want to throw my eyeballs in the trash tomorrow?

re: #43 bosforus

LOL

re: #39 ggt

In case anyone else didn't know.

Dang!
Least they could do is give the answer! ! !

A famous k%u014Dan is: "Two hands clap and there is a sound; what is the sound of one hand?" (oral tradition, attributed to Hakuin Ekaku, 1686-1769, considered a reviver of the k%u014Dan tradition in Japan).

re: #42 slokat

Text quote from my 17 year old daughter, "I just saw IronMan it was awesome!"

I report, you decide....

Yes, yes it was

re: #44 bosforus

I'm really good at sleeping with the light on.

re: #46 zombie

Well, OK, but your answer smacks of that Heroic American Bending Reality to Save the Day! syndrome that we can't seem to shake off as a national affliction.

The good thing is, often we've made it work.

re: #47 suboptimal

Gaaahhhh, what a week.

I passed the RHCE test (geek thing) today, and I am wiped out. Yet, still not sleeping. Anyone care to recommend a beer that will not make want to throw my eyeballs in the trash tomorrow?

So, now you're like the Linux maven of all time?

re: #42 slokat

Haven't been to a movie theater in over 35 years. Can't get used to the fact that there are no more, John Wayne's, Robert Mitchums, Robert Taylor's etc. But what do I know.

re: #43 bosforus

too bad. I hate when long-time Lizards get themselves banned.

Just stopped in at the new thread to see if zombie had given her answer to the space station or shuttle question, but I see she or he hasn't.

So I'm off to bed. I hope you all have a GREAT NIGHT/EARLY MORNING and that I get the chance to see you all down the road.

Goodnight all.

re: #52 Occasional Reader

The good thing is, often we've made it work.

I sorta forgot the /s tag. It's not an affliction: it's what makes us Americans!

"The only thing that's not possible is impossibility itself!"

re: #51 ggt

I'm really good at sleeping with the light on.

I suck at it. But if I learned how to I could be just that much lazier. Oh wait, learning takes effort. What a dilemma.

re: #49 LeePro

cowbells?

re: #53 zombie

So, now you're like the Linux maven of all time?

Samuel Adams! It is the finest beer in the world.

re: #56 realwest

Just stopped in at the new thread to see if zombie had given her answer to the space station or shuttle question, but I see she or he hasn't.

So I'm off to bed. I hope you all have a GREAT NIGHT/EARLY MORNING and that I get the chance to see you all down the road.

Goodnight all.

There is no answer! It's sort of like a Zen koan. But in space.

The very hot LeeLee Sobieski is supposed to be on the Carson Daly Show in a few minutes. She was in the Tom Cruise movie Eyes Wide Shut. A very brief but memorable role.

re: #62 Droplet

The very hot LeeLee Sobieski is supposed to be on the Carson Daly Show in a few minutes. She was in the Tom Cruise movie Eyes Wide Shut. A very brief but memorable role.

Why do people think she's "hot"? She just looks weird to me.

re: #53 zombie

So, now you're like the Linux maven of all time?

If you consider a 75% score Maven level, maybe. I'm just happy that I was able to take what amounted to a week's worth of download and push it back out in a "hands on" test.

Ask me about "Red Hat" on Monday, and I'll probably say, "With those shoes?"

re: #61 zombie Sure there is - as I said, draw straws, short straw gets no more oxygen.
That or wake up from the nightmare.

re: #47 suboptimal

Gaaahhhh, what a week.

I passed the RHCE test (geek thing) today, and I am wiped out. Yet, still not sleeping. Anyone care to recommend a beer that will not make want to throw my eyeballs in the trash tomorrow?

Of course, the Samuel Adams response was intended for you, but applies equally well in all situation.

I have composed a jingle for the; tell me what you thin:

Beer doesn't come in cans,
Piss comes in cans.
Beer comes in bottles,
Sam Adams bottles.

re: #58 bosforus

I have blinders and ear plugs. Hubby likes to sleep with the TV on and (shhhhhhhhhh) he is hard of hearing.

re: #61 zombie

There is no answer! It's sort of like a Zen koan. But in space.

"What is the sound of one Kobayashi Maru clapping?"

re: #47 suboptimal

wheat beer...

re: #60 haakondahl

Samuel Adams! It is the finest beer in the world.

Excellent suggestion, I've not sampled all of their varieties. A deficiency I really should correct.

re: #62 Droplet

her given name is something.

re: #68 Occasional Reader

Success and a special commendation for original thinking!

I really like Lance. I'll probably go hang out at his blog every once in a while. There's still a link to it in Charles' 'show all' list of anti-idiotarians. It's not like he's been wiped off the face of the earth.

re: #54 jainphx

I usually wait till they are released on dvd...

re: #65 realwest

Sure there is - as I said, draw straws, short straw gets no more oxygen.
That or wake up from the nightmare.

But what if not everyone agrees to the short straw method? What if two of the crew members refuse to choose a victim?

And/or, what if the person who draws the short straw refuses to abide by the agreement?

re: #73 bosforus

I really like Lance. I'll probably go hang out at his blog every once in a while. There's still a link to it in Charles' 'show all' list of anti-idiotarians. It's not like he's been wiped off the face of the earth.

I just got an id there.....ME TOO!

re: #59 ggt

haha

re: #74 slokat

Some times I worry, all my habits have changed, used to enjoy baseball, don't watch anymore. I guess it comes with age, but it's scary how many things don't interest me anymore.

re: #70 suboptimal

Excellent suggestion, I've not sampled all of their varieties. A deficiency I really should correct.

Recommend the SA Cherry Wheat lager and the Summer Ale. Harder to find Cherry Wheat, I think, since it is a seasonal (I think) but both solid.

re: #75 zombie

I thought this was settled on the last thread --I volunteered.

Google is matching funds for Burma up to $1mil...

re: #73 bosforus

Do we know what happened?

re: #43 bosforus

Yes, Lance Kates is banned.

I'm really sorry about that. I liked him, and he was always very nice to me.

re: #81 slokat

With all the money they are (a-hem) making in China--I think they could just give $2M.

re: #80 ggt

I thought this was settled on the last thread --I volunteered.

And I seconded ggt's volunteering!

In fact, uh, ggt, I already dumped the cyanide in that last coffee I helpfully brought you. We'll always remember you, buddy...

re: #83 wolfie

Hello Wolfie!

re: #81 slokat

It will just end up bankrolling the junta's "hot sex with camels and teen girls world tour of North Africa, 2008".

Honestly, I think Hobbes was right "nasty, brutish and short".

Google Investor Relations

Lights out, uh-huh, sleep sleep sleep

Good night

re: #85 Occasional Reader

Nice to know you've been thinkin' of me.

re: #46 zombie

Well, OK, but your answer smacks of that Heroic American Bending Reality to Save the Day! syndrome that we can't seem to shake off as a national affliction.

Affliction?

Sure, euros sneer at us. But a nation that believes the farm boy can make that shot into the small thermal exhaust port, just below the main port, can also defeat the Nazis and the Soviets, all the same century. And still find time to go to the moon and invent rock and roll while we're at it.

/

re: #78 jainphx

Go to a local baseball game, college, AAA, little leaque... amazing how it takes you back...

re: #89 Occasional Reader

Lights out, uh-huh, sleep sleep sleep

Good night

Dude.....it's 2:00 am.....you can't sleep now!

re: #86 jainphx

Hello Wolfie!

Woof!
Don't say that stuff about losing interest in things. I prefer to call it "developing new interests." It sounds better that way, even if the "new interest" is napping!

re: #93 eschew_obfuscation

Dude.....it's 2:00 am.....you can't sleep now!

"Puke and Rally!"

Two Middle East mothers are sitting in the cafe chatting over a pint
of goat's milk. The older of the mothers pulls her bag out and
starts flipping through pictures and they start reminiscing.

"This is my oldest son Mohammed. He's 24 years old now" "Yes, I
remember him as a baby" says the other mother cheerfully. "He's a
martyr now, though" mum confides.

"Oh so sad dear," says the other.

"And this is my second son Kalid. He's 21."

"Oh, I remember him," says the other happily, "he had such curly
hair when he was born."

He's a martyr, too," says mum quietly.

"Oh gracious me," says the other.

"And this is my third son. My baby. My beautiful Ahmed. He's 18,"
she whispers.

"Yes," says the friend enthusiastically. "I remember when he first
started school."

"He's a martyr, also" says mum, with tears in her eyes.

After a pause and a deep sigh, the second Muslim mother looks
wistfully at the photographs and says...

"They blow up so fast, don't they

Is it time yet to convince ourselves that it would just be best to Stay Up All Night?

re: #83 wolfie

Mornin', Wolfie!

re: #94 wolfie

Woof!
Don't say that stuff about losing interest in things. I prefer to call it "developing new interests." It sounds better that way, even if the "new interest" is napping!

New interests are cool.....motorcycles, guns (I first typed buns.....those are cool too).....Route 66.....the list is endless!

re: #75 zombie

But what if not everyone agrees to the short straw method? What if two of the crew members refuse to choose a victim?

And/or, what if the person who draws the short straw refuses to abide by the agreement?

The question is a little too limited. In any endeavor of this type, one of the most important components is the forging of a team capable of carrying out missions under seemingly unbearable conditions of stress, complexity, difficulty, what-have-you.

This team will have a commitment to each other without which they cannot function. They will return together or die together, with the only exception being an individual sacrifice for the sake of the team.

So in the proper context, the question becomes only will you sacrifice yourself or will you tough it out with your team and hope for the best.

Taken out of the context of something like a space mission (or a military small squad, etc), this is a special case of the "needs of the many vs. the needs of the one". Again, acceptable solutions are individual sacrifice or solidarity. Solidarity is the only acceptable solution for the *group* to conclude, whereas either solution is appropriate for an individual.

re: #17 jainphx

Last time I was in there I lost my tail....glad they grow back here!

re: #94 wolfie

Yeah, Your right, I do like LGF, it's interestingly different from thread to thread.

re: #98 LeePro

Mornin', Wolfie!

Never, never say "mornin'" to a night owl! Dirty word!
How are you doing?

re: #103 wolfie

Never, never say "mornin'" to a night owl! Dirty word!
How are you doing?

How about "Whoooooo"?

So I just reviewed the Friday Morning Thread's discussion of the Lance Banning. Guess it was what it usually is, posting with too much emotion and not enough thought.

too bad.

Hillary Clinton and her driver were cruising along a country road one evening when an old cow loomed in front of the car. The driver tried to avoid it but couldn't -- the old cow was killed.

Hillary told her driver to go up to the farmhouse and explain to the owners what happened. She stayed in the car making phone calls to lobbyists.

About an hour later, the driver staggered back to the car with his clothes in disarray. He was holding a half empty bottle of expensive wine in one hand, an expensive Cuban cigar in the other and was smiling happily, smeared with lipstick.

"What happened?" asked Hillary. "Well," the driver replied, "the farmer gave me the cigar, his wife gave me the wine, and their beautiful twin daughters made mad passionate love to me."

"My God, what did you tell them?" asked Hillary.

The driver replied: "I said, I'm Hillary Clinton's driver, and I just killed the old cow."

Wait......I thought you were a wolf!?

....or was it a Lizzard?

I'm getting dizzy.....

re: #71 ggt

her given name is something.

So is her family history:

She has claimed that her "great, great, great, great uncle" was John III Sobieski, one of the elected kings of Poland who saved Europe by riding West with the Polish army in 1683 to lift the siege of Vienna from Ottoman Turks.

Not an outrageous claim. I know a guy who was a cousin 16 times removed to Abe Lincoln.

re: #82 ggt

Do we know what happened?

Yeah, check out the C&F thread from last night.

re: #104 eschew_obfuscation

probably - sniff sniff snort...

re: #106 average_guy

Laughing...hard...

Damn that is funny.

re: #106 average_guy

That thar is funny I don't care who you are.

'Evening Lizards - whew, I'm glad it's the weekend.

re: #105 ggt

So I just reviewed the Friday Morning Thread's discussion of the Lance Banning. Guess it was what it usually is, posting with too much emotion and not enough thought.

too bad.

Cooler heads and blog owners always prevail.

re: #105 ggt

So I just reviewed the Friday Morning Thread's discussion of the Lance Banning. Guess it was what it usually is, posting with too much emotion and not enough thought.

too bad.

Yeah, but with his record?.....I disagree with Charles......but it's clearly his choice to make.

He will be missed.

re: #104 eschew_obfuscation

How about "Whoooooo"?

MUCH better! :)

re: #114 bosforus

When in doubt --don't post, better yet, sign-off and come back later. Or find a self-help blog.

re: #103 wolfie

Never, never say "mornin'" to a night owl! Dirty word!
How are you doing?

You're right about that! Never thought of it (sez one who gets up at the crack of noon!).

Teeth hurt, but eyes perfect 20/40!

How are you?

re: #115 eschew_obfuscation

His history might help if he decides to beg forgiveness and shows he is serious.

re: #117 ggt

When in doubt --don't post, better yet, sign-off and come back later. Or find a self-help blog.

Discretion is the better part of valor.....(I made that up)

re: #107 eschew_obfuscation

Wait......I thought you were a wolf!?

....or was it a Lizzard?

I'm getting dizzy.....

wolf....lizard....owl....
And they think the platypus is a mystery!

Jacques Chirac, The French Prime Minister, was sitting
in his office wondering what kind of mischief he could perpetrate
against the United States when his telephone rang.

"Hallo, Mr. Chirac!", a heavily accented voice said.
"This is Paddy down at the Harp Pub in County Sligo,
reland. I am ringing to inform you that we are
officially declaring war on you!"

"Well, Paddy," Chirac replied, "This is indeed
important news! How big is your army?"

"Right now," said Paddy, after a moment's calculation,
"there is myself, me cousin Sean, me next door
neighbor Seamus, and the entire dart team from the
pub. That makes eight!"

Chirac paused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have
one hundred thousand men in my army waiting to move on
my command."

"Begorra!" said Paddy. "I'll have to ring you back!"
Sure enough, the next day, Paddy called again. "Mr.
Chirac, the war is still on. We have managed to get us
some infantry equipment!"

"And what equipment would that be, Paddy?" Chirac
asked. "Well, we have two combines, a bulldozer, and
Murphy's farm tractor."

Chirac sighed, amused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I
have 6,000 tanks and 5,000 armored personnel carriers.
Also, I've increased my army to one hundred
fifty-thousand since we last spoke."

"Saints preserve us!" said Paddy. "I'll have to get
back to you."

Sure enough, Paddy rang again the next day. "Mr.
Chirac, the war is still on! We have managed to get ourselves airborne! We've modified Jackie McLaughlin's ultra-light
with a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four boys from the
Shamrock Pub have joined us as well!"

Chirac was silent for a minute and then cleared his
throat. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 100
bombers and 200 fighter planes. My military complex is surrounded by
laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites. And since we last spoke,
I've increased my army to two hundred thousand!"

"Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!", said Paddy, "I'll have to
ring you back."

Sure enough, Paddy called again the next day. "Top o'
the mornin', Mr. Chirac! I am sorry to tell you that
we have had to call off the war."

"I'm sorry to hear that," said Chirac. "Why the sudden
change of heart?"

"Well," said Paddy, "we've all had a long chat over a
bunch of pints, and decided there's no foo-kin way we
can feed two hundred thousand prisoners."

re: #118 LeePro

I get to sleep late tomorrow -- but it's 1am where I am. I really need to go to bed if I am going to get 8 hours. (I prefer 10)

re: #83 wolfie

It is a bummer but in my time here I've learned that you can agree or you can disagree. You can rabble along with the crowd or swim against the current. The thing that will get you banned the quickest is complaining about the subject matter. If you don't want a subject discussed then don't discuss it. Complaining consistently results in the stick.

re: #106 average_guy

Naughty! :D !

re: #106 average_guy

ROFLMAO! ! !

re: #118 LeePro

Is there a worse pain, and the hardest to bare, than a tooth ache. I don't think so. Hope you are better soon.

re: #121 wolfie

wolf....lizard....owl....
And they think the platypus is a mystery!

I'm not sure about the "mystery" part.....but I just like to SAY "Platypus"....

re: #117 ggt

When in doubt --don't post, better yet, sign-off and come back later. Or find a self-help blog.

I stop caring before I get to the point of emotionally arguing with any comment I may disagree with.

re: #122 average_guy

Two hundred thousand...

oh my that's a good one!

Is it just me or is Bill Moyers a total raving idiot?

All right, Lizards! I've made-up my mind. I am going to get my
@ass off this couch and climb the stairs to bed.

really.

Have a great evening/morning!

weet dreams.

re: #118 LeePro

I sure hope they come up with something they can do for you that not too
torturesome.
Okay, okay. I made up that word.

re: #131 gibsonz

he is a total raving idiot.

re: #132 ggt

Quitter.
:)

Leelee S is HAWT, baby!

Leelee in Pond
NSFW Clip

re: #127 jainphx

Is there a worse pain, and the hardest to bare, than a tooth ache. I don't think so. Hope you are better soon.

I lucked out. The nerves in the dental pulp died before the rot set in, so I never felt the pain that says ROOT CANAL!

But I did enjoy watching Tom & Jerry during the drilling.

re: #134 ggt

he is a total raving idiot.

One of the biggest cases of "white guilt" in American history. They say there is no cure...

re: #134 ggt

... and complete moonbat

re: #43 bosforus

Yes, Lance Kates is banned.

Bu-but his profile says he's blocked! Isn't there a difference?

/semi-drive-by post as I head for bed

re: #129 bosforus

I stop caring before I get to the point of emotionally arguing with any comment I may disagree with.

Wow.....I agree with that.....most of the time someone else expresses my thoughts as clearly as I could and I just lurk in those cases. It's pretty unusual when I have something completely unexpressed to convey.....but it does happen.

Most of these issues are not worth a fight because those of us who hold the stong opinions are not likely to be swayed by the others and vice-versa.

.....but the intercourse is fascinating!

re: #127 jainphx

Is there a worse pain, and the hardest to bare, than a tooth ache. I don't think so. Hope you are better soon.

Thanks! Working on it... starting Monday.

Actually, eye pain is way worse than teeth pain, IMHO, but childbirth just might beat them all!

re: #141 eschew_obfuscation

Most definitely. This is a great place to respectfully throw conflicting ideas around. Most of the times the conversation leads to mutual ground and that's the way it should be. Sometimes it doesn't. That's not the way it should be. :(

re: #141 eschew_obfuscation

intercourse is fascinating!

Agreed.

re: #129 bosforus

I stop caring before I get to the point of emotionally arguing with any comment I may disagree with.

Its Friday night, your engaged, what are you doing hanging out here?

I am trying to stay awake... But the beer is overpowering me. Good night everyone.

re: #140 Fat Jolly Penguin

Bu-but his profile says he's blocked! Isn't there a difference?

/semi-drive-by post as I head for bed

I know, right? The syntax throws me for a loop to. I figure when Charles told us all that he was specifically 'banned' that that's what had happened to him. 'blocked' is a nicer term to see in a user profile.

re: #141 eschew_obfuscation

Wow.....I agree with that.....most of the time someone else expresses my thoughts as clearly as I could and I just lurk in those cases. It's pretty unusual when I have something completely unexpressed to convey.....but it does happen.

Most of these issues are not worth a fight because those of us who hold the stong opinions are not likely to be swayed by the others and vice-versa.

.....but the intercourse is fascinating!

Can't resist...joke...h-here...oh, if I wasn't worried about being kicked out...

re: #141 eschew_obfuscation

That Stein thread is an example of things I want to stay away from, I just want to have fun and laugh, so many funny people here.

re: #145 coquimbojoe

Its Friday night, your engaged, what are you doing hanging out here?

ha ha, she's in san diego until the wedding, where i will arrive and sweep her away from her evil liberal surroundings

re: #133 wolfie

I sure hope they come up with something they can do for you that not too
torturesome.
Okay, okay. I made up that word.

I always thought that piled-higher-and-deeper gave you the authority to do that!

You know... bs, ms, ...and so on.

re: #147 bosforus

I know, right? The syntax throws me for a loop to. I figure when Charles told us all that he was specifically 'banned' that that's what had happened to him. 'blocked' is a nicer term to see in a user profile.

OK, I'll go with that. Too bad...

Night everyone! *heads for the new elevator in wonderment*

re: #150 bosforus

ha ha, she's in san diego until the wedding, where i will arrive and sweep her away from her evil liberal surroundings

San Diego you say? Sounds like my Friday night just got interesting...

re: #137 victor_yugo

Actually the teeth are fine. There's just no bone surrounding them.
Solution: Yank 'em.

re: #147 bosforus

I know, right? The syntax throws me for a loop to. I figure when Charles told us all that he was specifically 'banned' that that's what had happened to him. 'blocked' is a nicer term to see in a user profile.

Blocked equals banned.

/I told him not to read the threads if they upset him so

re: #153 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

San Diego you say? Sounds like my Friday night just got interesting...

How interesting would you like it to get?

re: #124 Killgore Trout

re: #144 Killgore Trout

Hey. My kids are doing a unit study on India this summer (home-schooling.)
Any suggestions about where I could find some music or info about it? We won't have time to go into it in depth, but I'd like to have something about music in the study. Maybe there's a CD of Indian folk music I could get, e.g. (?)

re: #149 jainphx

That Stein thread is an example of things I want to stay away from, I just want to have fun and laugh, so many funny people here.

I think there should be vigorous debate here... on that thread or any other.....but it should always be respectful...and perhaps that's where it went awry....

If we can't discuss controversial topics we lose a piece of our freedom of speech by self sensorship.

re: #60 haakondahl

Samuel Adams! It is the finest beer in the world.

not...............

Arrogant Bastard

re: #138 brainwizard73

One of the biggest cases of "white guilt" in American history. They say there is no cure...

He's a horse's ass. Why can't they just shoot 'im?

re: #144 Killgore Trout

Agreed.

Intercourse the penguin! Says I.

Burma! I panicked.

re: #156 bosforus

How interesting would you like it to get?

Kinky

re: #156 bosforus

LOL, I think thats a warning although I'm not sure,

Eye pain is bad. Not nearly as much nerves as teeth, but all on the surface. The long term dimension of eye pain though, is such that one's brain puts it on a par with sterilization. So it is bad.

A Marine and a sailor were sitting in a bar one day arguing over which was the superior service.

After a swig of beer the Marine says, "Well, we had Iwo Jima."

Arching his eyebrows, the sailor replies, "We had the Battle of Midway."

"Not entirely true", responded the Marine. "Some of those pilots were Marines, in fact, Henderson Field on Guadalcanal was named after a Marine pilot* killed at the Battle of Midway."

The sailor responds, "Point taken."

The Marine then says, "We Marines were born at Tunn Tavern!"

The sailor, nodding agreement, says, "But we had John Paul Jones."

The argument continued until the sailor comes up with what he thinks will end the discussion. With a flourish of finality he says, "The Navy invented sex!"

The Marine replies, "That is true, but it was the Marines who introduced it to women."

re: #165 average_guy

LOL. That is cute.

re: #166 pat

Not if you are in the navy.

re: #165 average_guy

A Marine and a sailor were sitting in a bar one day arguing over which was the superior service.

After a swig of beer the Marine says, "Well, we had Iwo Jima."

Arching his eyebrows, the sailor replies, "We had the Battle of Midway."

"Not entirely true", responded the Marine. "Some of those pilots were Marines, in fact, Henderson Field on Guadalcanal was named after a Marine pilot* killed at the Battle of Midway."

The sailor responds, "Point taken."

The Marine then says, "We Marines were born at Tunn Tavern!"

The sailor, nodding agreement, says, "But we had John Paul Jones."

The argument continued until the sailor comes up with what he thinks will end the discussion. With a flourish of finality he says, "The Navy invented sex!"

The Marine replies, "That is true, but it was the Marines who introduced it to women."

Its a well known fact that the Marine Corps is a branch of the Navy.

The male branch.

re: #140 Fat Jolly Penguin

Bu-but his profile says he's blocked! Isn't there a difference?

/semi-drive-by post as I head for bed

Blocked=banned....

He asked for it over the natural design issue, and Charles was more than patient.

I also am off for bed...and this stupid virus has made Mother's Day a no go, as I don't dare expose my 20 month old grandson, and 5 and 8 year old grandkids, as well as our 4 kids and 2 daughters in law and son in law. We saw the daughter and 20-month old on Wed., NY Grampa's 70^th birthday, and he felt lousy on the way back. Today is 3 days, and I am just praying they don't get it.

NY Grampa gives such unique birthday gifts to me on his birthday!

We rescheduled for next Sunday. Boo, hoo, sob, sob! All NY Grampa's fault...he shares. It was to be for his and the 8 year old's birthday, daughter and son in law's fourth anniversary, and Mothers' Day, all in one!

Sweet dreams!

re: #162 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

re: #163 jainphx

you are correct
:)

re: #160 LeePro

He's a horse's ass. Why can't they just shoot 'im?

They shoot horses, don't they?

/great 40's noir

re: #165 average_guy

LOL ! You are bad to the bone!

two pretzels are walking down the street

one was a salted

re: #157 wolfie

re: #144 Killgore Trout

Hey. My kids are doing a unit study on India this summer (home-schooling.)
Any suggestions about where I could find some music or info about it? We won't have time to go into it in depth, but I'd like to have something about music in the study. Maybe there's a CD of Indian folk music I could get, e.g. (?)

Um, this should do it for you.

re: #157 wolfie

How old are they and how well do you understand music?
/....clock is ticking, wine kicking in.....

re: #169 NY Nana

Wait a minute you can't go until you spill the beans on that chair.

Two friends are walking down the street.
While they walk they see to women coming toward them

The first guy looks at his friend and says, "I have to hide, Here comes my wife and the girl i've been sleeping with".

The second guy looks over and says, Ï was Thinking the same thing".

re: #159 redc1c4

not...............

Arrogant Bastard

You can't fool me, it's not football season yet.

22 oz. of relaxin' on the couch on Sunday afternoon.

re: #144 Killgore Trout

/So you've been to PA!

re: #169 NY Nana

Nite. And have a good Mother's Day. Make the old man make something special. I am thinks of Braised Shanks and Canolli Beans here. *

Used to work for a former navy pilot. He had a sign up that said, "It's not true that Navy Pilots don't feel love, compassion, or deep affection; it's just that there isn't anyone else involved"

I had a joke
that I was supposed to remember to tell..
but it vanished,
good night
I'll remember it sometime,
when it isn't appropriate
I'm sure.

These two are 12 & 13. I am a musical illiterate. Mr. Wolf understands music well.

re: #161 coquimbojoe

Heh.

re: #182 slokat

I had a joke
that I was supposed to remember to tell..
but it vanished,
good night
I'll remember it sometime,
when it isn't appropriate
I'm sure.

That made me laugh so mission accomplished.

re: #165 average_guy

A Marine and a sailor were sitting in a bar one day arguing over which was the superior service.

After a swig of beer the Marine says, "Well, we had Iwo Jima."

Arching his eyebrows, the sailor replies, "We had the Battle of Midway."

"Not entirely true", responded the Marine. "Some of those pilots were Marines, in fact, Henderson Field on Guadalcanal was named after a Marine pilot* killed at the Battle of Midway."

The sailor responds, "Point taken."

The Marine then says, "We Marines were born at Tunn Tavern!"

The sailor, nodding agreement, says, "But we had John Paul Jones."

The argument continued until the sailor comes up with what he thinks will end the discussion. With a flourish of finality he says, "The Navy invented sex!"

The Marine replies, "That is true, but it was the Marines who introduced it to women."

LMAO ...........again! ! !

re: #174 coquimbojoe

ha hahahahahaha YIKES!

I was just wondering what everyone thought of Obama's "57 States" gaff. You know, even if you include the US territories, you still only get to 56. And Obama says McCain is "losing his bearings"?!?

I wonder if he's including Michigan and Florida count as part of those 57 states?

Obama could've correctly counted the states if he'd only have worn a flag pin.

I wonder how he spells "potato"?

To be fair, Obama is from Chicago, and when it comes to elections, they do have rather unusual ways of counting there.

re: #157 wolfie

re: #144 Killgore Trout

Hey. My kids are doing a unit study on India this summer (home-schooling.)
Any suggestions about where I could find some music or info about it? We won't have time to go into it in depth, but I'd like to have something about music in the study. Maybe there's a CD of Indian folk music I could get, e.g. (?)

This will really help out too. Turn it up! Nipple, nipple, butterhead!

re: #179 NY Nana

Of course I have, it's not too far away from Virginville.

re: #187 wolfie

ha hahahahahaha YIKES!

See my next....

A regiment of army soldiers were hiking through a valley one fine day. All of a sudden, a Marine is standing on the ridge to one side and says "Hey, Army, you guys suck!"

The commander of the regiment orders a squad of soldiers to capture the Marine. The Marine and the squad of soldiers disappear behind the hills and two minutes later the Marine comes back and taunts them again. "Is that all you got?"

The commander of the regiment is angered by this and orders a company of soldiers to capture/kill the Marine. The company and the Marine disappear behind the hills and about five minutes later the Marine appears again and taunts them once more. "Come on, you guys can do better than that can’t you?" the Marine shouts.

The regimental commander then orders an entire battalion to kill the Marine. The Marine and the battalion of soldiers disappear behind the hills. About a half hour passes then the commander of the battalion crawls back over the hills, beaten, bruised, and bleeding to death. He shouts back to the regimental commander, "Fall back! He tricked us! There’s two of them!"

re: #184 Killgore Trout

You don't need to come up w/ anything tonight, seeings how we are all slipping into the arms of Morpheus! If I catch you again on an open thread, I'll ask again!

re: #142 LeePro

Actually, eye pain is way worse than teeth pain, IMHO, but childbirth just might beat them all!

I can't even imagine how painful natural childbirth must be. The worst pain I've ever had was from a torn quadricep muscle when I was struck by a car. It was excruciating and lasted for several days in the hospital - I remember begging the nurses for more demerol shots.

re: #189 coquimbojoe

Butterhead!

re: #189 coquimbojoe

I can't help but link to the Indian Thriller video in the sidebar of your video.

re: #188 gmsc

I could go into what a fool he is. But he is not. He is tired. But he is also ignorant and extraordinarily uneducated. Shockingly so. Does not say much about his schools. Do not send your kids to Michigan or Harvard unless you want them to be affirmative action idiots. Because that is what Obama is.

re: #196 bosforus

I can't help but link to the Indian Thriller video in the sidebar of your video.

Those Indian videos can kill a few hours for fun..... Hooray for Bollywood!

re: #197 pat

Yeah but Michigan plays football real well.

re: #193 wolfie

Indian music is really complicated. If you really want to understand how it works it does take some effort. if you just want some fun intoductions and examples I'll have plenty of those too. Charles also has some good understanding of the music too.

All told, Obama’s tax hikes would lift the top marginal rate on work income from 35% to 52%

And he'll double the capital gains rate too.

/how can anyone in their right mind, who works for a living, even think about voting for this socialist?

re: #196 bosforus

Dil se is still my all time favorite.

Love those hips.

re: #198 coquimbojoe

Those Indian videos can kill a few hours for fun..... Hooray for Bollywood!

Bollywood rocks. I think everyone should watch at least one so that you'll have an ice breaker when meeting someone from India. I saw Kootchie Kootchie Hota Hei (spelling?). It was a good ol' time.

re: #189 coquimbojoe

ROFLMAO. That is just hilarious!

May he poop on my knee?

/Goodness gracious, there is something to be said for some of those Indian girls...

re: #190 Killgore Trout

Of course I have, it's not too far away from Virginville.

And then there's Lackawanna County...

/...leads to lackanookie.

re: #197 pat

I could go into what a fool he is. But he is not. He is tired. But he is also ignorant and extraordinarily uneducated. Shockingly so. Does not say much about his schools. Do not send your kids to Michigan or Harvard unless you want them to be affirmative action idiots. Because that is what Obama is.

I think it really has a lot to do with a high carb diet. Its good for long term energy, but doesnt really deliver instant energy, that you might just need for the campaign trail ....

High Carb? Sure .. it would be bread .. pasta .. WAFFLES ......

/hehehe had to rub that salt into the open wound.

re: #202 Killgore Trout

Dil se is still my all time favorite.

I love that one....

re: #180 pat

Thanks, Pat, but we miss the gang! It won't feel right. And NY Grampa is planning to order from a kosher Chinese/Japanese restaurant nearby...

I can hear him coughing out here, and if he still feels as lousy? We will order it...they deliver. ;)

Next Sunday? A homemade meal!

re: #203 Killgore Trout

Love those hips.

Yes, the hips..... among other things.

re: #194 sparrowlake

OUCH!

re: #208 buster bunny

LOL.
(tomorrow is my power day, yuck. it will be bad as usual. hurting all week)

re: #189 coquimbojoe

oh i can beat that one hands down .. lovely .. funny ..

but this is worse.

The Dark Knight on Drugs - 60s were good to him

Sung by a deaf guy .. the song became a hit in 21 countries .. not kidding.

/Boogie Bunny

re: #200 Killgore Trout

Indian music is really complicated. If you really want to understand how it works it does take some effort. if you just want some fun intoductions and examples I'll have plenty of those too. Charles also has some good understanding of the music too.

Probably more on the "fun introductions and examples" at this level. (Mine, that is! At least the kids can read music.) I just haven't got the foggiest idea what to choose, what's typical, etc.

re: #209 coquimbojoe

The whole movie is cool, I think you can get it from Netflix. Also the lead actor in that is in pretty much every Bollywood movie and he's Muslim and married to a Hindu woman. Raising kids in both faiths.

re: #205 wolfie

Those women make one proud to be Indo-Aryan...

re: #214 buster bunny

It's better than some of the crap I hear on the radio.

re: #216 Killgore Trout

What is the movie? I would love it, Mrs C-joe, probably not so much...

re: #190 Killgore Trout

So I see....those frisky PA Dutch!

re: #157 wolfie

Hey. My kids are doing a unit study on India this summer (home-schooling.)
Any suggestions about where I could find some music or info about it? We won't have time to go into it in depth, but I'd like to have something about music in the study. Maybe there's a CD of Indian folk music I could get, e.g. (?)

Try Ravi Shankar, who was a famous Indian sitar player.He taught George Harrison.

re: #215 wolfie

Catch up with me later and I'll put together some links they might enjoy.
/Namaste, Y'all

re: #221 sparrowlake

Hey. My kids are doing a unit study on India this summer (home-schooling.)
Any suggestions about where I could find some music or info about it? We won't have time to go into it in depth, but I'd like to have something about music in the study. Maybe there's a CD of Indian folk music I could get, e.g. (?)

Try Ravi Shankar, who was a famous Indian sitar player.He taught George Harrison.

He fathered Norah Jones... There is a family resemblance....

re: #188 gmsc

Has he perhaps been hanging around Terehhhhsa 57 Heinz lately?

re: #222 Killgore Trout

Catch up with me later and I'll put together some links they might enjoy.
/Namaste, Y'all

Nighty, night

re: #216 Killgore Trout

The whole movie is cool, I think you can get it from Netflix. Also the lead actor in that is in pretty much every Bollywood movie and he's Muslim and married to a Hindu woman. Raising kids in both faiths.

Yep, that's the same actor from the movie I saw. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai . Correct spelling this time.

re: #222 Killgore Trout

Will do! Namaste!

re: #193 wolfie

Just googled "sitar music," got some interesting results.

Also... this may seem a little far-fetched... do you have any Indian restaurants in your area — we have lots here. Why not take your kids there for authentic Indian cuisine AND have the proprietor tell them a little about Indian music (which you have brilliantly arranged in advance).

What a field trip!

re: #106 average_guy
Excellent

re: #221 sparrowlake

Hey, I vaguely remember who he is sort of kinda.
(How's that for decisiveness!)

While we're on the subject of foreign movies, Windstruck is an excellent South Korean movie that I stumbled on one day. Starring the lovely Jun Ji-hyun .

re: #228 LeePro

Just googled "sitar music," got some interesting results.

Also... this may seem a little far-fetched... do you have any Indian restaurants in your area — we have lots here. Why not take your kids there for authentic Indian cuisine AND have the proprietor tell them a little about Indian music (which you have brilliantly arranged in advance).

What a field trip!

We'll definitely be going into the big city (Roanoke) for that! There is also a store in Roanoke selling Indian jewelry, clothing, misc., that is supposedly owned by Indians.....as opposed to burned out hippies. Getting in touch w/ these people beforehand is a good idea, Lee. Will do.

re: #207 LeePro

And speaking in an oblique way re the PA Dutch? ;)

Got to go to sleep...almost 3 AM here, but now I have a severe case of the giggles!

It's late and we've been discussing "Expelled" here. I'm disappointed in the attacks that I have seen on Ben Stein. I love the website and its author but the attacks on the side of the evolution apologists has been overbearing to say the least. I do believe that Darwin theology influenced Hitler and Planned Parenthood. I believe that evolution is far from a proven theory, please convince me. Eugenics is straight from Natural selection theory. Please lay off Ben stein and allow him the room to voice an opinion. I saw the rejection of ID as a college student and have never believed evolution and would love to debate anyone whoe does. Please allow free expression and debate without the one-sided opposition I have seen here to "eXPELLED."

I love doing these unit studies because I learn so much!

re: #232 wolfie

Good! I have been useful today. ;D

_{/ progress}

re: #194 sparrowlake

I can't even imagine how painful natural childbirth must be. The worst pain I've ever had was from a torn quadricep muscle when I was struck by a car. It was excruciating and lasted for several days in the hospital - I remember begging the nurses for more demerol shots.

bone pain is no fun.....

they drilled holes in various portions of my foot when they rebuilt my ankle. it hurt like hell for weeks.

they day they debrided my hand in '83 after the ATWSS cartridge went off next to it, the Army doc didn't even give me an aspirin before or after. straight out of an old western, i was biting down on a drive on rag as he ripped the blisters and damaged skin off my palm.

then he got pissed because i kicked a hole in the wall during the process, at least until i pointed out that i could have kicked that hard the other way, where he was standing.

re: #228 LeePro

Pass me the buttered chicken and a piece of nan please. Mmmmm.

re: #235 wolfie

You are so-o-o-o-o lucky! We didn't have home-schooling when mine were coming up.
Catholic schools a pretty fair choice, though.

re: #234 yooby1

and another one steps from the shadows.......

you could have done something a bit better with your first post......

Sleeper cell.

/Five months hiding.

re: #239 LeePro

You are soooo lucky .. when we was poor .. we didnt have more than one book .. sure it was 80 years old and tatty .. but it was a rental amongst 300 students .. most who came by horse and cart down from the high country just to read that book ... we shared that book like it were gold bars.

/channeling Monty Python.

re: #237 redc1c4

Dayum! ! ! That hurts!

Had both hip joints replaced, one of them twice. Dope is good, sometimes.

I once warned my dentist to notice where my elbow was.

re: #237 redc1c4

I'm going through 3rd degree chemical burns on my legs right now it is the worse pain I have ever been in and there is not enough boose in all of Ireland to kill the pain.

re: #234 yooby1

I saw the rejection of ID as a college student and have never believed evolution and would love to debate anyone whoe does.

Well gee, there's only been about a dozen threads on the subject in the last month.

/where ya been?

re: #239 LeePro

You are so-o-o-o-o lucky! We didn't have home-schooling when mine were coming up.
Catholic schools a pretty fair choice, though.

Yep. I'm grateful to all the pioneers who got the movement rolling.
The 2 older ones are in a Catholic high school now........not a bad choice at all!

re: #234 yooby1

[...] but the attacks on the side of the evolution apologists has been overbearing to say the least.

I do believe that Darwin theology influenced Hitler and Planned Parenthood. I believe that evolution is far from a proven theory, please convince me. Eugenics is straight from Natural selection theory. [...]

I hope you will compare your quote I italicized with your quote that I have bold faced.

Do you see the contradiction?

re: #245 Killian Bundy

Well gee, there's only been about a dozen threads on the subject in the last month.

/where ya been?

first guess is: "hiding under a bridge"...... %-)

re: #244 BBev

Wow, sorry to hear that. Many people report that burns are the most painful of afflictions. Lots of nerve endings in the skin.

re: #234 yooby1

It's late and we've been discussing "Expelled" here. I'm disappointed in the attacks that I have seen on Ben Stein. I love the website and its author but the attacks on the side of the evolution apologists has been overbearing to say the least. I do believe that Darwin theology influenced Hitler and Planned Parenthood. I believe that evolution is far from a proven theory, please convince me. Eugenics is straight from Natural selection theory. Please lay off Ben stein and allow him the room to voice an opinion. I saw the rejection of ID as a college student and have never believed evolution and would love to debate anyone whoe does. Please allow free expression and debate without the one-sided opposition I have seen here to "eXPELLED."

Your post reminds me of the aftermath of the last time I stuffed my face at an all-you-can-eat Indian buffet - l think I'll pass. LOL.

re: #159 redc1c4

not...............

Arrogant Bastard

Yeah, thanks, I think I'll stick to beer for grown-ups.

re: #247 freetoken

I hope you will compare your quote I italicized with your quote that I have bold faced.

Do you see the contradiction?

Magic 8 Ball sez: "probably not" %-)

re: #251 haakondahl

Yeah, thanks, I think I'll stick to beer for grown-ups.

it's okay to be affraid......

AB isn't for everyone.

(they also make a Double Bastard ale: double yoummy! %-)

re: #249 freetoken

Wow, sorry to hear that. Many people report that burns are the most painful of afflictions. Lots of nerve endings in the skin.

Ya I would agree with that and I fel everyone of them . AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. this sucks

re: #238 sparrowlake

Pass me the buttered chicken and a piece of nan please. Mmmmm.

Here ya go!

re: #251 haakondahl

Actually, I make the best damn beer in the world.

well, i won't be up to my usual "holy crap! it's 3am?" routine, since Household 6 is taking a flying lesson tomorrow......

/drink faster!

re: #254 BBev

Ya I would agree with that and I fel everyone of them . AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. this sucks

i've had two bad burns, one as a kid, and the Army one......

never again will be too soon for me.

/sympathy

re: #255 LeePro

Cool pic. Yum.

re: #237 redc1c4

re: #244 BBev

Sounds like you both got me beat on the pain meter. Anyways, the great thing about excruciating pain is how great it feels when it finally goes away. Hang in there BBev!

re: #242 buster bunny

You are soooo lucky .. when we was poor .. we didnt have more than one book .. sure it was 80 years old and tatty .. but it was a rental amongst 300 students .. most who came by horse and cart down from the high country just to read that book ... we shared that book like it were gold bars.

/channeling Monty Python.

Egads, Buster! ! !
Do we have a record here for oldest Lizard of all time?!?!?

Did you walk 5 miles uphill in both directions to and from school, too?