Some say "naughty bits" have the most value.

Serenity Now!

110100110?

Thanks for the nice bits here at LGF, Charles.

re: #3 hermit

11010011010?

PIMF!

re: #4 wrenchwench

Thanks for the nice bits here at LGF, Charles.

Thanks wrenchwench for all the southern border news links.

To quote Animal farm.

But some bits are more equal than others. Binary Hu Akbar !

I'm getting a Festivus pole this year.

re: #6 jemima

Thanks wrenchwench for all the southern border news links.

You're welcome! You must be one of my 3 or 4 regular "clickers."

Caption contest time!

The most important bits are often those "left over" after you've already "finished" assembling something.

re: #4 wrenchwench

Thanks for the nice bits here at LGF, Charles.

What happened to the naughty bits?

re: #8 DesertSage

I'm getting a Festivus pole this year.

I'm getting an Obama cheesewheel.

re: #12 Buster Bunny

What happened to the naughty bits?

Those are in the Lounge.

re: #13 NYCHardhat

I'm getting an Obama cheesewheel.

Instead of a Christmas tree?

re: #13 NYCHardhat

I'm getting an Obama cheesewheel.

I'm getting a special black Obama mouse .. it can ride around in its little wheel until it stops having fun on its wheel. After that its being given to the cat.

re: #15 DesertSage

/////Yeah, I want a piece of the government cheese he is promising.

re: #10 lawhawk

Caption contest time!

The man, who was masked so as not to be identified, would only say that it seemed like a good idea at the time.

How about some nice obambi waffles instead?

1+1=10

re: #12 Buster Bunny

What happened to the naughty bits?

Well, I managed to post mine without considering the possible implications of previous posts. I may go back to deleting more comments in the preview window than I actually post.

*sigh*

young bits are better than old bits.

Thanks to Binary, I can count up to 1024 on my fingers. But its a lot of fingers up and fingers down. So i go back to decimal and .. uh .. 10.

re: #10 lawhawk
A paleostinian freedom fighter shows off their latest sekret weepon.

But, some bits are more equal than others.

re: #25 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

But, some bits are more equal than others.

Dont you know its now Socialism? All bits are equal !

WE ARE ALL ZEROS NOW

NERDS!

re: #27 shay4l

NERDS!

Careful or I will slap you with my slide rule. ;)

Islamic terrorism will end only when people start treating Islamic terrorists the way the people in Fallulujah treated the American contractors. When people don't run screaming from the gunmen, but overwhelm them and tear them into tiny ... bits.

re: #10 lawhawk

Caption contest time!

"You call this a honeymoon suite?"

re: #10 lawhawk

Thats the LAST time I play five minutes in heaven with YOU guys.

re: #22 yochanan

young bits are better than old bits.

I prefer experienced bits to young, whippersnapper bits.

re: #28 BlueCanuck

Careful or I will slap you with my slide rule. ;)

Whats a slide rule, mate? Some thing you measure slides with?

re: #28 BlueCanuck

Careful or I will slap you with my slide rule. ;)

It's all right, I imagine many of us earn our bread using bits and bytes.

I'm hoping the next transformative tech boom is related to energy, personally.

re: #3 hermit

110100110?

01101100 01101001 01110100 01110100 01101100 01100101 00100000 01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 01101110 00100000 01100110 01101111 01101111 01110100 01100010 01100001 01101100 01101100 01110011

re: #33 LoFlyer

Whats a slide rule, mate? Some thing you measure slides with?

The slide rule is, one person at a time.

re: #26 Buster Bunny

Dont you know its now Socialism? All bits are equal !

WE ARE ALL ZEROS NOW

Thats not so bad: a 0 is definitely slimmer than an O ... I might fit into my skirts again, if I'm a 0 ...

and we're having a bit of vog...........

But the other bits are quite valuable.

re: #36 Outrider

There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary, and those like myself who don't.

re: #36 Outrider

01101100 01101001 01110100 01110100 01101100 01100101 00100000 01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 01101110 00100000 01100110 01101111 01101111 01110100 01100010 01100001 01101100 01101100 01110011

Old joke .. heard it before. The other guy was a Polack and not Irish though. A change of two bits.

re: #33 LoFlyer

Whats a slide rule, mate? Some thing you measure slides with?

I think it has to do with running to the next base in baseball.

Is this the FADT?

Who wants to share a Guiness?

Why all these 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111?

I thought we're all 000000000000000000000000000000000000000?

I'm confused now ...

re: #37 Tigger2005

The slide rule is, one person at a time.

Fell off a slide when I was a tyke, mate! Really rang 'me clock! A slide rule would of helped!

re: #39 IslandLibertarian

and we're having a bit of vog...........

But the other bits are quite valuable.

Now is the time for all good bits to come to the aid of their bytes?

re: #40 The Other Les

There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary, and those like myself who don't.

Math fascinates me, mostly because I'm a word person. Numbers are not my thing--I transpose them in equations and make other stupid mistakes. Whereas there are only 26 letters of the alphabet and a finite number of words, there is an infinite number of numbers.

Some bits are very important.

re: #41 Buster Bunny

Old joke .. heard it before. The other guy was a Polack and not Irish though. A change of two bits.

No no. This is the one about the dog, three fleas, a cigar and the elephant.

Gotta go, Lizards - Miss Dog is telling me she needs out - now!

I have no idea why I thought of

this

re: #44 yma o hyd

Why all these 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111?

I thought we're all 000000000000000000000000000000000000000?

I'm confused now ...

No Barack is the zero. We are straight.

re: #43 Kenneth

Is this the FADT?

Who wants to share a Guiness?

JEEZ. i am stuck at work ..... thanks.

re: #51 FrogMarch

wtf?

ignore that post.

There are 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

re: #45 LoFlyer

Fell off a slide when I was a tyke, mate! Really rang 'me clock! A slide rule would of helped!

I ran between two occupied swings once as a kid and got knocked out cold when one boy's foot caught me in the jaw. Therefore I introduce the Swing Rule: No running between the swings.

re: #54 FrogMarch

wtf?

ignore that post.

HA. self corrected. thats funny.

re: #49 Outrider

No no. This is the one about the dog, three fleas, a cigar and the elephant.

Actually, it's the one at the vet's that ends: "Put to sleep? Hell no! I'm just getting my nails clipped!"

re: #36 Outrider

I've heard that one. Gosh, a little corny don'tcha think?

re: #43 Kenneth

Is this the FADT?

Who wants to share a Guiness?

I'm going to go pound one.

re: #60 NYCHardhat

I'm going to go pound one.

you guys need to stop.

re: #60 NYCHardhat

I'm going to go pound one.

Can't drink Guiness. Does that make me a "girly man"?

I have no idea why I thought of this?

(tries again - I'm such a putz)

re: #59 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I've heard that one. Gosh, a little corny don'tcha think?

Hey, sometimes the old ones still work. Vaudeville, you know what I mean? And... well... it ain't like I'm playing to a paying audience either. ;-)>

re: #56 Tigger2005

I ran between two occupied swings once as a kid and got knocked out cold when one boy's foot caught me in the jaw. Therefore I introduce the Swing Rule: No running between the swings.

I think a seesaw rule should definately be in effect for guys. Don't ask, cause I won't tell;P

re: #62 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Can't drink Guiness. Does that make me a "girly man"?

No. Just not as Irish as me.

Bush is really spending another $800 billion ON TOP of the $700 billion already spent that's accomplished nothing? Where does he find all this money? Was it stuffed in a mattress in the Lincoln bedroom?

re: #64 Outrider

Hey, sometimes the old ones still work. Vaudeville, you know what I mean? And... well... it ain't like I'm playing to a paying audience either. ;-)>

Most of mine are just for me.

re: #62 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Can't drink Guiness. Does that make me a "girly man"?

Better than a "hurley man" mate!

re: #43 Kenneth

Is this the FADT?

Who wants to share a Guiness?

Did someone say Guinness?

re: #9 wrenchwench

I just read the art. on the El Paso emails being sent to the bars..
The whole southern US border expanse is getting pretty tense with the drug lords going wacko.
: (

re: #55 Kenneth

There are 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

1337 Enuff

re: #68 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Most of mine are just for me.

That's what counts.

re: #70 lawhawk

Hadn't seen that one. Eggcellent.

re: #70 lawhawk

I want my Guinness...

re: #62 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Yes, that and the tofu.

Anyone watching CNN? (yes, I know....CNN)

re: #45 LoFlyer

re: #56 Tigger2005

In Obamaland we won't have to worry about such things.
No tag, no dodgeball, no seesaws....it's just a beginning!
Soon we will have no slides or swings!
It's for the trial lawyers children!

re: #67 Tigger2005

Bush is really spending another $800 billion ON TOP of the $700 billion already spent that's accomplished nothing? Where does he find all this money? Was it stuffed in a mattress in the Lincoln bedroom?

Doghouse. He follows Saddams example. Barney has the most comfortable billion dollar bedding a dog ever wanted.

re: #76 Kenneth

Yes, that and the tofu.

Nah, you gotta have gonads to choke down tofu.

(Okay, I like it but, takes guts to even try it).

Walmart employee trampled to death, several shoppers injured as Christmas shoppers stampede.

re: #81 Paul

Walmart employee trampled to death, several shoppers injured as Christmas shoppers stampede.

But did they save money?

re: #55 Kenneth

There are 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

I think that it is more like 01 people that understand binary.

re: #77 WrathofG-d

Anyone watching CNN? (yes, I know....CNN)

TV is off - should I turn it on?

re: #81 Paul

Walmart employee trampled to death, several shoppers injured as Christmas shoppers stampede.

See how evil capitalism is.
//

re: #57 bellamags

HA. self corrected. thats funny.

I wish I could request a [delete].

re: #78 wolfie

re: #56 Tigger2005

In Obamaland we won't have to worry about such things.
No tag, no dodgeball, no seesaws....it's just a beginning!
Soon we will have no slides or swings!
It's for the trial lawyers children!

We will probably get a new "young socialists WPA" program to indoctrinate all the youngsters that can't find a job or get into collage...

I think obama bit off more than he can chew.

re: #83 Steve
Binary is easy. Try to teach octal or hexadecimal!

re: #84 FrogMarch

no. not really.

I just saw them interview a guy from the U.S. that was a victim of the Terrorist attack in India, and I was exceptionally impressed with his statements. He also happened to be Jewish, so the host asked him what it felt like to hear about the Jews that were killed, and how it feels to be constantly targeted.

The guy gave a response to the point of: We are strong, These guys are terrorists that don't care if you vote Left or Right, their ideology is disgusting, we must do something, and Jews are resiliant, and are probably today buying tickets to go to Israel, won't be made to live in fear/change our lives, have always suffered these types of things, are resiliant, and won't back down.

Then a bit later Wolf Blitzer was hopeing "cooling heads would prevail". I am just wondering why we need "cooler heads" when people are attacking us.

re: #85 Soona'

See how evil capitalism is.
//

Yeah. If they were dying for food, it'd be okay.

/

re: #70 lawhawk

Did someone say Guinness?

Just popped one open after spending all day fixing a snafu on my laptop!

I can do that right? It's Friday, right?

/have I lost a day?

re: #89 pingjockey

Binary is easy. Try to teach octal or hexadecimal!

You computor and math geeks can just byte me.
/:)

re: #67 Tigger2005

Bush is really spending another $800 billion ON TOP of the $700 billion already spent that's accomplished nothing? Where does he find all this money? Was it stuffed in a mattress in the Lincoln bedroom?

The clinton's might have left it.

In 2nd grade I kneeled down over a seesaw, face inches over the heavy wood, to make it straighter. A big kid jumped on the other end.

The Dr. told my mom, well, looks really aren't that important if she developes a good personality.

So don't teeter over the tooter.

re: #90 WrathofG-d

It's time to tell the idiots to GET OUT OF THE WAY!

re: #62 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Well since you don't eat meat. . . . . . . . .

/real men don't eat quiche. ;)

re: #90 WrathofG-d

no. not really.

I just saw them interview a guy from the U.S. that was a victim of the Terrorist attack in India, and I was exceptionally impressed with his statements. He also happened to be Jewish, so the host asked him what it felt like to hear about the Jews that were killed, and how it feels to be constantly targeted.

The guy gave a response to the point of: We are strong, These guys are terrorists that don't care if you vote Left or Right, their ideology is disgusting, we must do something, and Jews are resiliant, and are probably today buying tickets to go to Israel, won't be made to live in fear/change our lives, have always suffered these types of things, are resiliant, and won't back down.

Then a bit later Wolf Blitzer was hopeing "cooling heads would prevail". I am just wondering why we need "cooler heads" when people are attacking us.

Revenge is a dish best served cold?

/ just sayin

re: #89 pingjockey

Binary is easy. Try to teach octal or hexadecimal!

sounds more like 'OH HELL' LOL

re: #93 Soona'

You computor and math geeks can just byte me.
/:)

I'll buy nary of those comments

re: #90 WrathofG-d

Wolf Blitzer - another dork du jour. Yes - we must cool our heads in response to the wholesale slaughter of innocents. Maybe Barry can sit down and sip some tea with the "terrorists" and straighten the whole thing out?

re: #67 Tigger2005

Bush is really spending another $800 billion ON TOP of the $700 billion already spent that's accomplished nothing? Where does he find all this money? Was it stuffed in a mattress in the Lincoln bedroom?

Nope just call the Mint and order it printed...:)

re: #99 SteveIt was part of the operating and filtering program for a sonar. 1 and 0, okay. Base 8 and Base 16, the students looked at me like I was mad!

re: #98 vapig

Revenge is a dish best served cold?

/ just sayin

Just as long as Osama is dead. Don't care whether it is served, hot, cold, or in pieces.

Then a bit later Wolf Blitzer was hopeing "cooling heads would prevail". I am just wondering why we need "cooler heads" when people are attacking us.

I take it was not talking of the terrorists.

re: #101 FrogMarch

Wolf Blitzer - another dork du jour. Yes - we must cool our heads in response to the wholesale slaughter of innocents. Maybe Barry can sit down and sip some tea with the "terrorists" and straighten the whole thing out?

Cooler heads, to me, just means you have plenty of time to think of a really ass kicking way of bitch slapping them back to ah-la-la!

Didn't Obama already throw Poland under the bus?

re: #104 LoFlyer

Just as long as Osama is dead. Don't care whether it is served, hot, cold, or in pieces.

I think he IS dead. I mean, he's been so chatty lately.....

Byting naughty bits, say no more, say no more!
From one of the posters:
"I ran between two occupied swings once as a kid and got knocked out cold when one boy's foot caught me in the jaw. Therefore I introduce the Swing Rule: No running between the swings."
Question, did you live in a swing state now?

It also appears that some Brits are worth more than others:
"Tory Shadow Immigration Minister Arrested by London Police for allegedly disclosing Security Ministry's hiring of illegal aliens and the hiring of an illegal alien by the Labor House of Commons. This has caused a fury in Parliament as the article below discloses:

Cross-party fury over MP's arrest

Cameron: In our democracy I do not think what has happened is right
The Lib Dems have called shadow immigration minister Damian Green's arrest a "mayday warning" for democracy amid cross-party anger over the move. Mr Green was arrested, held for nine hours and had his two homes and offices searched by police investigating alleged leaks from the Home Office. Tory leader David Cameron called the police operation "alarming" and said the government had questions to answer. But the Home Office said ministers were not informed until after the arrest.

'Democracy in danger'
Mr Cameron, London mayor Boris Johnson and Commons Speaker Michael Martin were all informed about the raids. But Downing Street insisted ministers had not been given advance warning and Prime Minister Gordon Brown said it was purely a police matter. The decision to make today's arrest was taken solely by the MPS without any ministerial knowledge or approval

"I had no prior knowledge, the home secretary had no prior knowledge, I know of no other minister who had any prior knowledge," he told Sky News, adding: "I knew about it only after it had happened." But the former Conservative Home Secretary and Tory leader, Michael Howard, said he would be "astonished" if he had not been told about the police investigation when in office. "I would have expected to be told. This was an investigation we know initiated by the Home Office. Are we to believe that nobody in the Home Office was told?" He added: "If nobody knew it tells you something about the way government is working at the present time, and about the relations between ministers and senior civil servants."

Mr Green was not charged with any offence but was released on bail until February, when he could face further questioning. The Ashford MP, the Tories' immigration spokesman since 2005, has denied any wrongdoing and said "opposition politicians have a duty to hold the government to account". Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg told the BBC that he was "really shocked" by Mr Green's arrest. Nick Clegg said the arrest was a "mayday warning" for democracy in Britain. "This is something you might expect from a tin-pot dictatorship, not in a modern democracy," he said.
Given the culture of "extraordinary secrecy" in Whitehall, it was getting harder to hold the government to account and opposition MPs had a constitutional duty to keep "ministers on their toes", he added. He called on Gordon Brown to "rule out any further use of anti-terrorism powers in cases that have nothing to do with terrorism," although the Metropolitan Police stressed the arrest was made under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act and not anti-terror legislation....

LINK:

[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

re: #103 pingjockey

It was part of the operating and filtering program for a sonar. 1 and 0, okay. Base 8 and Base 16, the students looked at me like I was mad!

I'm looking at you like you're mad.
/

re: #103 pingjockey

It was part of the operating and filtering program for a sonar. 1 and 0, okay. Base 8 and Base 16, the students looked at me like I was mad!

Taught some base 20 to my students when we studied the Maya. heh - that really blew their tiny circuits!

re: #43 Kenneth

Is this the FADT?

Who wants to share a Guiness?

I'm going to go pound one.

MMMMM Beer!... Marge I'm going to Moe's!

re: #29 Tigger2005

Islamic terrorism will end only when people start treating Islamic terrorists the way the people in Fallulujah treated the American contractors. When people don't run screaming from the gunmen, but overwhelm them and tear them into tiny ... bits.

The strategy should be to inflict on them what they fear most.
They tell us that they do not fear death & they demonstrate that.
What they fear is not gaining entry to heaven to be with Allah.
Assure them that we will deny them entry. They will be executed with bacon in their mouths & buried upside down. Black Jack Pershing knew that & it worked.

re: #100 Steve

I'll buy nary of those comments

Does one binary pun equal two regular puns?

re: #110 Soona'

Not to worry. I think I've forgotten most of it!

re: #111 hermit
What in hell is that? Really heavy computer math?

re: #98 vapig

Because the Blitzers of the world believe that anger for any reason is not a good thing for us to hold onto. They think that talking through the UN and IAEA will resolve all the anger in the world. And if they don't work, then we're supposed to TRUST everyone else in the world to make the best decision for us. And all the while they keep throwing money and more bureaucracy at the problem.
None of these rationalizations as answers to our anger are working .....

re: #98 vapig

Revenge is a dish best served cold?

/ just sayin

And I say Absolute Total Victory over the scum.

re: #114 TaeJohnDo

Does one binary pun equal two regular puns?

No, it equals 10 regular puns, but only if they make you laugh -- in binary. If not, no pun in ten did.

re: #108 vapig

I think he IS dead. I mean, he's been so chatty lately.....

Al Quaada has not been bashful about announcing high-level martyrs. The new guy usually has a big ego and will announce the change in management....
Later mates, BBL tonight....

re: #119 hermit

No, it equals 10 regular puns, but only if they make you laugh -- in binary. If not, no pun in ten did.

Oh, very nice indeed!

re: #116 pingjockey

Only if the Mayans had computers...I'm thinking, no.

Al-Qaeda top dog to U.S.: Avoid financial meltdown by converting to Islam.

Me to Al-Qaeda top dog..."EAT MY SHORTS!"

re: #122 hermit
Well they did figure out that in 2012 we will be aligned with the center of the galaxy!

re: #102 Dustyvet

Nope just call the Mint and order it printed...:)

And does anyone think that maybe there will be some kind of inflation because of this? Maybe big time!

re: #121 goddessoftheclassroom

Oh, very nice indeed!

Thankee! Thankee, kindly. I'll be here all afternoon...don't forget to tip the hamsters!
/...and no, that is NOT a threat!

re: #119 hermit

No, it equals 10 regular puns, but only if they make you laugh -- in binary. If not, no pun in ten did.

That was ONE good pun! I feel like such a ZERO for not thinking of it myself.

It was TOO good to pass up so I gave it an upding.

re: #119 hermit

No, it equals 10 regular puns, but only if they make you laugh -- in binary. If not, no pun in ten did.

Oh lord, here we go.
/

re: #106 vapig

Cooler heads, to me, just means you have plenty of time to think of a really ass kicking way of bitch slapping them back to ah-la-la!

I hope so. The thought of appeasement makes me ill.

Cooler heads will prevail = "Calm down! Don't do anything rash like fight back. If you spend weeks mulling over all the possible pros and cons of each potential response, you'll see they all have cons, and will therefore be paralyzed, which is the only proper way to be."

re: #47 goddessoftheclassroom

Math fascinates me, mostly because I'm a word person. Numbers are not my thing--I transpose them in equations and make other stupid mistakes. Whereas there are only 26 letters of the alphabet and a finite number of words, there is an infinite number of numbers.

Afternoon, Lizards.

I'm just the opposite. I transpose letters, especially when I'm typing (for instance, I just now typed "Lizrads' and had to correct it.) No, I'm not dyslexic, just sort of dumb.

On the math side, I've always been the guy who finished the quiz in class before everybody else. And who gets fascinated by screwy facts, like the fact that back when I was in college, computers programmed in binary had trouble handling dates sequentially because there were 365 days in a non-leap year, and 365 is the product of two prime numbers, 5 and 73. Leap years with 366 days were no problem, because 366 is divisible by 2 or multiples thereof, which made the old IBM mainframes happy.

So if you ever wondered why, back in the day, your paycheck kept being late, this might just be one reason. I know mine often was.

/And yes, I do watch Numbers every Friday night. I love that show.

cheers

eon

re: #129 FrogMarch

I hope so. The thought of appeasement makes me ill extinct.

Fixed that fer ya'

re: #131 eon
You are such a weirod!

re: #133 hermit

You are such a weirod!

You just noticed? :-)

cheers

eon

BBL

re: #131 eon

Afternoon, Lizards.

I'm just the opposite. I transpose letters, especially when I'm typing (for instance, I just now typed "Lizrads' and had to correct it.) No, I'm not dyslexic, just sort of dumb.

On the math side, I've always been the guy who finished the quiz in class before everybody else. And who gets fascinated by screwy facts, like the fact that back when I was in college, computers programmed in binary had trouble handling dates sequentially because there were 365 days in a non-leap year, and 365 is the product of two prime numbers, 5 and 73. Leap years with 366 days were no problem, because 366 is divisible by 2 or multiples thereof, which made the old IBM mainframes happy.

So if you ever wondered why, back in the day, your paycheck kept being late, this might just be one reason. I know mine often was.

/And yes, I do watch Numbers every Friday night. I love that show.

cheers

eon

Geek! :D

I remember when I was in school, the rules were that if someone hit you, under no circumstances are you to fight back. I came home after the first day and told my parents. My dad immediately showed me how to throw a punch. He said "someone hits you you knock them the f*ck out".

Thats the difference between us and them. We will knock them the f*ck out.

re: #117 notutopia

Because the Blitzers of the world believe that anger for any reason is not a good thing for us to hold onto. They think that talking through the UN and IAEA will resolve all the anger in the world. And if they don't work, then we're supposed to TRUST everyone else in the world to make the best decision for us. And all the while they keep throwing money and more bureaucracy at the problem.
None of these rationalizations as answers to our anger are working .....

No - you are correct. Big BOOMS are much more satisfactory!

re: #133 hermit

You are such a weirod!

I love em.

re: #136 Soona'

Geek! :D

Yep. I wore a pocket protector all through school , too.

/Good thing I did- those damn Bic pens leaked all the time.

cheers

eon

FNC reporting that two of the terrorists were registered as guests at the Taj Hotel & two others worked on the housekeeping staff.
They were able to do a real good recon.

re: #137 bellamags

I remember when I was in school, the rules were that if someone hit you, under no circumstances are you to fight back. I came home after the first day and told my parents. My dad immediately showed me how to throw a punch. He said "someone hits you you knock them the f*ck out".

Thats the difference between us and them. We will knock them the f*ck out.

Even though I'm a teacher and I know that the school district treats victim and aggressor the same in a fight, I told my boys never to throw the firs punch, but that they could throw the last one.

re: #140 eon

/Good thing I did- those damn Bic pens leaked all the time.

Isopropyl alcohol is a good solvent for most pen inks. (Rubbing alcohol).

Some "household hints" say use hairspray, but it is the alcohol in the hairspray that is doing the job, so just use IPA and skip all the sticky hairspray additives.

re: #140 eon

Yep. I wore a pocket protector all through school , too.

/Good thing I did- those damn Bic pens leaked all the time.

cheers

eon

...and you're probably getting payed more than I am, too.

re: #142 goddessoftheclassroom

Even though I'm a teacher and I know that the school district treats victim and aggressor the same in a fight, I told my boys never to throw the firs punch, but that they could throw the last one.

Good mom. I think those rules lead to bullying. I love the scene in a Christmas Story when Ralphie finally beats up the bully. He left them alone after that.

re: #128 Soona'

Oh lord, here we go.
/

If these puns annoy you I'll try to byte my tongue and say no more.

I'm off to grill some steaks. Have a good evening!

re: #145 bellamags

Good mom. I think those rules lead to bullying. I love the scene in a Christmas Story when Ralphie finally beats up the bully. He left them alone after that.

You're so right. I've mentioned to some colleagues that the best anti-bullying stance is to allow victims or their champions to hit back.

re: #142 goddessoftheclassroom

Even though I'm a teacher and I know that the school district treats victim and aggressor the same in a fight, I told my boys never to throw the firs punch, but that they could throw the last one.

Is that different from a cedar punch?
/

re: #116 pingjockey

What in hell is that? Really heavy computer math?

Nah. The Mayans just used all their digits when counting, instead of just their fingers.

But don't tell Erich von Daniken that. He thinks that the Mayans' apparent compulsion to overcomplicate is proof positive that they were really applying knowledge gained from The Space Gods in their Chariots.

/ Of course, any halfway-smart space-faring culture is going to use binary, just on grounds of reliability- but don't tell Erich that, either.

cheers

eon

re: #144 Soona'

...and you're probably getting payed paid more than I am, too.

Um,.... if you're an editor, then....yeah.
/ heehee

re: #8 DesertSage

I'm getting a Festivus pole this year.

I have many grievances to air

Somali pirates hijack yet another ship, this time a chemical tanker.

[Link: apnews.myway.com...]

I don't see why these companies can't hire guns for hire with heavy ammunition and grenade launcher to protect each ship. I'm sure they could budget it into the cost of each shipment. God knows there are enough mercenaries out there willing to make a fast buck

re: #147 goddessoftheclassroom

You're so right. I've mentioned to some colleagues that the best anti-bullying stance is to allow victims or their champions to hit back.

You can apply the same logic to terrorism. Screw with us, we screw with you. If you don't fight back or have a strong national defense, you are going to get bullied, just on a much more evil scale. The liberalism in schools with the anti-fight-back rules is the same logic as "lets sit down and have tea with terrorists" Doesn't work you A-holes.

re: #149 eon

Nah. The Mayans just used all their digits when counting, instead of just their fingers.

So, ummmmm....why wasn't it Base 21?
/ducks back into cave -- [smoke puff]

re: #151 Shug

I have many grievances to air

Did you bring the pole?

re: #143 Silhouette

Isopropyl alcohol is a good solvent for most pen inks. (Rubbing alcohol).

Some "household hints" say use hairspray, but it is the alcohol in the hairspray that is doing the job, so just use IPA and skip all the sticky hairspray additives.

Thanks! I still sometimes have that problem today. And I always have IPA handy, both in the medicine cabinet and on my workbench. (Good decal setting solution for models, and a fast-evaporating way to remove the "frost" caused by CA-type adhesives, aka "super glue".)

cheers

eon

re: #10 lawhawk

Caption contest time!

How about:

"Before you go to romp with 72 virgins, have I got a goat for you!"

re: #155 Sharmuta

Did you bring the pole?

I thought we weren't allowed to joke about the poles anymore? or the italians!

Slightly OT. - Just saying, in order to divert my stress from those hideous attacks in Mumbai I'm currently listening to Rob Zombies 'Scum of the Earth'.
And Marilyn Mansons 'Burning Flag'
and Slipknot's 'Pulse of the Maggots'

Such a nice and peaceful sort of music /sarc.

FBI to investigate Mumbai killings.

re: #153 bellamags

You can apply the same logic to terrorism. Screw with us, we screw with you. If you don't fight back or have a strong national defense, you are going to get bullied, just on a much more evil scale. The liberalism in schools with the anti-fight-back rules is the same logic as "lets sit down and have tea with terrorists" Doesn't work you A-holes.

Absolutely. That's one of the reasons I admire President Reagan and Maghir Thstcher.

re: #147 goddessoftheclassroom

You're so right. I've mentioned to some colleagues that the best anti-bullying stance is to allow victims or their champions to hit back.

It is basic logic.

If you want to stop or lessen bullying, whose behaviour are you more likely to be able to change? The bully, who has already shown a penchant for disobeying direction, or the victim?

re: #158 hermit

I thought we weren't allowed to joke about the poles anymore? or the italians!

I thought it was Belgians.

Question: How can you have an OT on an open thread.

/not a trick question

re: #163 Sharmuta

I thought it was Belgians.

Wait...? Is it Tuesday? Already?

re: #163 Sharmuta

I though it was the terrorists?

re: #164 So?

Question: How can you have an OT on an open thread

And more importantly, why wouldn't OT stand for Open Thread? I am soooo confused!

re: #159 callahan23

Slightly OT. - Just saying, in order to divert my stress from those hideous attacks in Mumbai I'm currently listening to Rob Zombies 'Scum of the Earth'.
And Marilyn Mansons 'Burning Flag'
and Slipknot's 'Pulse of the Maggots'

Such a nice and peaceful sort of music /sarc.

I like your music. Have you heard Apocalypticas "I'm Not Jesus" ? Thats my fave right now. don't click if you don't like hard rock

re: #150 hermit

Um,.... if you're an editor, then....yeah.
/ heehee

Nope! I look for mistakes on computor chips.
/

re: #138 vapig

That last 30 secs of footage of the copter 180 upturns, and reverse dives were awesome. Now that's a pilot I'd cook suppers for in a heartbeat.
Thanks for the link.

re: #162 Silhouette

It is basic logic.

If you want to stop or lessen bullying, whose behaviour are you more likely to be able to change? The bully, who has already shown a penchant for disobeying direction, or the victim?

Logic doesn't seem to be of much importance these days.

re: #155 Sharmuta

Did you bring the pole?

That was one of my feats of strength

re: #164 So?

Question: How can you have an OT on an open thread.

/not a trick question

My bad. Should have started with the "Just saying, ..." -bit anyway.

re: #145 bellamags

Good mom. I think those rules lead to bullying. I love the scene in a Christmas Story when Ralphie finally beats up the bully. He left them alone after that.

OK, a quick story and then off to cook.

In 5th Grade my oldest (Jon) had a teacher he could not take -- the man was always forcing him to follow all of his rules. For example, if you did not fold your homework in half and put you name in the upper right hand corner you got points taken off. It drove him nuts.

So one day he was doing something in class and for some reason, there was only one other kid with them. And this kid, the class bully, came over to my son's desk, and took a pencil. Well, Jon had enough, and he just hauled off and hit him. The bully stood there shocked, and Jon turned and saw that the teacher saw the whole thing. Jon's heart sunk -- the school has a zero tolerance policy. The teacher smiled at Jon, nodded and winked, and turned away.

The bully just gave Jon his pencil back and didn't say a word -- and never bothered him again.

Jon came home and told me the story and ended with, That Mr A, he's OK. And Jon never had a problem following his 'stupid' rules again.

re: #166 NYCHardhat

I though it was the terrorists?

That might be a problem with The Airing of Grievances. It's religious, so it's protected by the First Amendment, right?

re: #167 hermit

And all this time I thought you guys were quoting the Old Testament.
Live and learn.

re: #162 Silhouette

It is basic logic.

If you want to stop or lessen bullying, whose behaviour are you more likely to be able to change? The bully, who has already shown a penchant for disobeying direction, or the victim?

A recent study (by NIH), quoted by AP this AM on the radio, says that bullies are bullies because (a) their brains are actually wired differently , so that they get a pleasure reaction from hurting people and (b) the emotional "circuit breaker" that most of us have that keeps us from doing wrong (like maybe a conscience?) doesn't exist in their makeup.

Which probably explains terrorists, gang-bangers, and maybe even a few politicians.

cheers

eon

These attacks were caused by approximately 40 people.

There are currently 2,020 people online on LGF. (229 signed in)

Food For Thought

re: #145 bellamags

I sooo love that movie!

Caught on Video: Fatah 'Work Accident' Death

A Fatah terrorist in Gaza was killed during terrorist training in 2005, and more than three years later the cellphone video recording documenting the event is circulating in terrorist websites.

The Blue Eye website, which brings this information, calls the video "very rare."

It shows Fatah terrorist Khalid Hamid of Khan Younis trying to fire an RPG at a vehicle marked with a More..n Israeli flag. The rocket goes off prematurely and the other terrorists on the scene begin shouting 'Allahu Akbar' and crying after realizing Hamid is hurt.

Allahu Ackbar, indeed.

re: #168 bellamags

I like your music. Have you heard Apocalypticas "I'm Not Jesus" ? Thats my fave right now. don't click if you don't like hard rock

Very melodic but good. Thanks.

re: #172 Shug

That was one of my feats of strength

A Festivus Miracle!

I can think of at least A4FE reasons why hexadecimal is ridiculous. Don't make me list them all until I've had more beer.

I went 72 hours without internet. Parent's house.

re: #178 WrathofG-d

These attacks were caused by approximately 40 people.
.
There are currently 2,020 people online on LGF. (229 signed in)

Food For Thought

A good lesson in "conservation of forces".

re: #175 Sharmuta

That might be a problem with The Airing of Grievances. It's religious, so it's protected by the First Amendment, right?

Definitely a problem since many are so against the 1st amendment.

keyboard for blondes

re: #94 Sharmuta

The clinton's might have left it.

doubt it. they seemed to have taken everything that wasn't nailed down when they left.

re: #55 Kenneth

There are 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

LOL!

re: #113 opnion

The strategy should be to inflict on them what they fear most.
They tell us that they do not fear death & they demonstrate that.
What they fear is not gaining entry to heaven to be with Allah.
Assure them that we will deny them entry. They will be executed with bacon in their mouths & buried upside down. Black Jack Pershing knew that & it worked.

I like that. These are medieval, superstitious idiots and we should use that against them.

re: #180 Killgore Trout

oops

OK, I am an old octal sort of guy, so here is one from way back.

Why do computer geeks confuse Halloween and Christmas?

Because DEC 25=OCT 31.

/and don't forget to clear your core

re: #152 So?

Somali pirates hijack yet another ship, this time a chemical tanker.

[Link: apnews.myway.com...]

I don't see why these companies can't hire guns for hire with heavy ammunition and grenade launcher to protect each ship. I'm sure they could budget it into the cost of each shipment. God knows there are enough mercenaries out there willing to make a fast buck

You're right. This is being tolerated for some bizarre reason. this could end in 5 minutes if somebody were to blow a few of them out of the water.

re: #180 Killgore Trout

AFLAAAAAAAAC !

re: #189 LGoPs

I like that. These are medieval, superstitious idiots and we should use that against them.

I think that part of the problem is that we are thinking that their vision is like ours.
There is a psychological disconnect that they welcome death, raise suicide bombers, honor kill their daughters etc.
We really need to understand what they value & take it away.

Attn: Hempsters.....
2,700-year-old marijuana found in Chinese tomb

Researchers say they have located the world's oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote part of China.

The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly ``cultivated for psychoactive purposes," rather than as fibre for clothing or as food, says a research paper in the Journal of Experimental Botany.

The 789 grams of dried cannabis was buried alongside a light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man, likely a shaman of the Gushi culture, near Turpan in northwestern China.

re: #180 Killgore Trout

Allahu Ackbar, indeed.

I think it went more like "Allahu Ack-ack-aa--cc--kkkk--gurgle--gurgle..."

re: #195 Killgore Trout

Attn: Hempsters.....
2,700-year-old marijuana found in Chinese tomb

/I would so put that in my pipe and smoke it.

re: #177 eon

A recent study (by NIH), quoted by AP this AM on the radio, says that bullies are bullies because (a) their brains are actually wired differently , so that they get a pleasure reaction from hurting people and (b) the emotional "circuit breaker" that most of us have that keeps us from doing wrong (like maybe a conscience?) doesn't exist in their makeup.
Which probably explains terrorists, gang-bangers, and maybe even a few politicians.
cheers
eon

So bullies are amoral sadists?
Maybe the worst bullies are, but certainly most are not monsters.

re: #189 LGoPs

HOW TO STOP ISLAMIC TERRORISTS...... it worked once in our History...

Once in U.S. history an episode of Islamic terrorism was very quickly stopped. It happened in the Philippines about 1911, when Gen. John J. Pershing was in command of the garrison. There had been numerous Islamic terrorist attacks, so "Black Jack" told his boys to catch the perps and teach them a lesson.

Forced to dig their own graves, the terrorists were all tied to posts, execution style. The U.S. soldiers then brought in pigs and slaughtered them, rubbing their bullets in the blood and fat. Thus, the terrorists were terrorized; they saw that they would be contaminated with hogs' blood. This would mean that they could not enter Heaven, even if they died as terrorist martyrs.

All but one was shot, their bodies dumped into the grave, and the hog guts dumped atop the bodies. The lone survivor was allowed to escape back to the terrorist camp and tell his brethren what happened to the others. This brought a stop to terrorism in the Philippines for the next 50 years.

Pointing a gun into the face of Islamic terrorists won't make them flinch.

They welcome the chance to die for Allah. Like Gen. Pershing, we must show them that they won't get to Muslim heaven (which they believe has an endless supply of virgins) but instead will die with the hated pigs of the devil.

re: #195 Killgore Trout

Attn: Hempsters.....
2,700-year-old marijuana found in Chinese tomb

Vintage marijuana?

was 700 BC a good year for dope?

re: #164 So?

Question: How can you have an OT on an open thread.

/not a trick question

I was told there would be no math.

re: #186 So?

keyboard for blondes

I want one!

re: #195 Killgore Trout

Attn: Hempsters.....
2,700-year-old marijuana found in Chinese tomb

So that's where they buried Jerry Garcia.

re: #194 opnion

We really need to understand what they value & take it away.

I think the Israeli policy of tearing down the houses of bombers is akin to this line of thinking. The next best step would be to move the green line over every time, but the house things seems to drive them just as nuts.

This is what the Islamic terrorists want us to do:

first photo

re: #195 Killgore Trout

Attn: Hempsters.....
2,700-year-old marijuana found in Chinese tomb

Who says you can't take it with you?

re: #183 David IV of Georgia

I went 72 hours without internet. Parent's house.

You are a brave, brave soul. (No sarcasm here)

re: #205 yah

This is what the Islamic terrorists want us to do:

first photo

wow

re: #195 Killgore Trout

Early draft translations of the writings on the wall say, "It ain't mine, man. I was just holdin' it for somebody."

re: #195 Killgore Trout

Attn: Hempsters.....
2,700-year-old marijuana found in Chinese tomb

How'd they know the dude had blue eyes? I'm assuming he was - like - a mummy?

re: #117 notutopia

Because the Blitzers of the world believe that anger for any reason is not a good thing for us to hold onto.

What I really resent is that our media treats us as a dangerous mob who's passions must not be stirred up. Note how the 9-11 images disappeared within a year and many of us started to forget that outrage......
These media propogandists know exactly what they're doing. Remember the endless repetition of video of the Rodney King incident until riots started in South Central LA.
They know exactly the power they have in stirring us up and it's instructive in how and when they exercise it.

FYI:

8 bits is a byte
4 bits is a nibble
2 bits is a crumb.

Whoever said that computer geeks don't have a sense of humor obviously doesn't know what they are talking about :)

re: #186 So?

keyboard for blondes

Paris Hilton says, "That's like, totally hot. Like, whoa."

re: #210 vapig

Good question.

re: #205 yah

This is what the Islamic terrorists want us to do:

first photo

An awful lot of ass sniffing going on there.

re: #212 uncc_compman

FYI:

8 bits is a byte
4 bits is a nibble
2 bits is a crumb.

Whoever said that computer geeks don't have a sense of humor obviously doesn't know what they are talking about :)

2 bytes, you set the hook.

re: #212 uncc_compman

2 bits is a crumb

Also, the price of a shave, including a haircut.

re: #180 Killgore Trout

Caught on Video: Fatah 'Work Accident' Death

Allahu Ackbar, indeed.

I wonder how to say "My god has a cruel sense of humor." in Arabic? That's what they should be yelling. Or perhaps, "My god may or may not be quite as good as yours."

Allahu achbar means god is greater. What is left out is what this Allah is greater than. It is merely assumed that he (she? it?) is greater than some other god—perhaps Allah is only greater than rancid milk curds. What is Allah greater than?

re: #211 LGoPs

What I really resent is that our media treats us as a dangerous mob who's passions must not be stirred up.

The infamous "backlash" that they are always so afraid of, but never comes.

They are so obsessed with it that they never notice the "lash."

re: #192 vapig

You're right. This is being tolerated for some bizarre reason. this could end in 5 minutes if somebody were to blow a few of them out of the water.

Historically, all pirate "outbreaks" have ended abruptly when the pirates succeeded in pissing off one or more major naval powers enough to do exactly that, and keep doing it until they ran out of targets.

Note to would-be pirates; screwing with vital commerce is a terrific way to piss off major naval powers. Ask the Cilicians, a German pirate named Stortebeker, Edward Teach aka "Blackbeard", Bartholomew Roberts, and/or the Barbary States.

Please note that making such inquiries requires either a Ouija board, a trance medium- or just the capacity to read and absorb the contents of any decent historical text on the subject.

/My guess is, most wannabee pirates around today flunked History.

cheers

eon

re: #210 vapig

Mummies have eyes. Who knew?
Eyes of Two Mummies Restored in California Lab

re: #205 yah

This is what the Islamic terrorists want us to do:

first photo

That's gotta be Great Britain!

re: #177 eon

A recent study (by NIH), quoted by AP this AM on the radio, says that bullies are bullies because (a) their brains are actually wired differently , so that they get a pleasure reaction from hurting people and (b) the emotional "circuit breaker" that most of us have that keeps us from doing wrong (like maybe a conscience?) doesn't exist in their makeup.

Which probably explains terrorists, gang-bangers, and maybe even a few politicians.

cheers

eon

I vote for natural selection to take them out.

re: #199 vapig

HOW TO STOP ISLAMIC TERRORISTS...... it worked once in our History...

Once in U.S. history an episode of Islamic terrorism was very quickly stopped. It happened in the Philippines about 1911, when Gen. John J. Pershing was in command of the garrison. There had been numerous Islamic terrorist attacks, so "Black Jack" told his boys to catch the perps and teach them a lesson.

Forced to dig their own graves, the terrorists were all tied to posts, execution style. The U.S. soldiers then brought in pigs and slaughtered them, rubbing their bullets in the blood and fat. Thus, the terrorists were terrorized; they saw that they would be contaminated with hogs' blood. This would mean that they could not enter Heaven, even if they died as terrorist martyrs.

All but one was shot, their bodies dumped into the grave, and the hog guts dumped atop the bodies. The lone survivor was allowed to escape back to the terrorist camp and tell his brethren what happened to the others. This brought a stop to terrorism in the Philippines for the next 50 years.

Pointing a gun into the face of Islamic terrorists won't make them flinch.

They welcome the chance to die for Allah. Like Gen. Pershing, we must show them that they won't get to Muslim heaven (which they believe has an endless supply of virgins) but instead will die with the hated pigs of the devil.

This is an outrage! I demand to know why they weren't given a Koran, a prayer rug, prayer oils, arrows painted towards Mecca, and an hourly hug!

/

re: #221 Killgore Trout

Mummies have eyes. Who knew?
Eyes of Two Mummies Restored in California Lab

That damn Visine is good stuff.

re: #211 LGoPs

Good point!

Best line of the day so far by Dylan Ratigan on CNBC's Fast Money:

The pirates captured another ship today, a chemical tanker. Not making monetary demands, just going long commodities apparently.

/financial humor

re: #224 gclaghorn

teehee

re: #222 vapig

That's gotta be Great Britain!

It bears a strange resemblance to the newsroom floor of the BBC.

re: #147 goddessoftheclassroom

You're so right. I've mentioned to some colleagues that the best anti-bullying stance is to allow victims or their champions to hit back.

I was one of the smallest Guys in my high school class but I got no shit from anyone because I fought back. I broke the nose of one guy after he attacked me. He got suspended I went back to class.

re: #212 uncc_compman

FYI:

8 bits is a byte
:)

I thought 8 bits equal a dollar.

re: #230 BBev

I was one of the smallest Guys in my high school class but I got no shit from anyone because I fought back. I broke the nose of one guy after he attacked me. He got suspended I went back to class.

That happened to me once. The other girl was always getting into fights and I was this sweet little angel (ahem!) that never got into any trouble. Daddy insisted that I learn how to defend myself though.

I turned myself in after the fight and she was expelled.

re: #232 vapig

Seems us lizards are cut from the same cloth.

re: #168 bellamags

That song will be great in tHunderdome
;0

I have beaten the crap out of every bully I have ever met.
/in my dreams/

re: #195 Killgore Trout

Attn: Hempsters.....
2,700-year-old marijuana found in Chinese tomb

Dude- pass the bong!

re: #231 Crimsonfisted

I thought 8 bits equal a dollar.

All for our team, stand up and hollar.

re: #235 notutopia

That song will be great in tHunderdome
;0

It sounds great on a good system. I think Corey Taylor (Slipknot) only does that one song on the whole album.

re: #230 BBev

I was one of the smallest Guys in my high school class but I got no shit from anyone because I fought back. I broke the nose of one guy after he attacked me. He got suspended I went back to class.

A similar thing happened to me as well, in 8th grade a bully hip checked me into the railing. I turned around and slapped him. Unfortunately, it was right in front of the principle. The next day in his office, he said something to the effect of," Although I don't approve of violence, sometimes you have to do what you have to do." The bully never picked on me again.

re: #233 ploome hineni

derived from:

pieces of eight

Isn't one bit 12.5 cents, hence:
2 bits, 4 bits, 8 bits, a dollar!
something, something, something a holler!

Wasn't that a cheer.

re: #192 vapig

You're right. This is being tolerated for some bizarre reason. this could end in 5 minutes if somebody were to blow a few of them out of the water.

They don't intentionally harm anyone and treat their prisoners well. They're in it for the money.

Think about it. If you were an uneducated local there ... what would you be doing to earn money?

BTW - I am a frustrated as you over this.

India may grant your/our wish.

Surprise ... : Terrorists sailed from Karachi, attack planned 6 months ago

Good evening, lizards!
Any Black Friday shoppers here?

re: #239 Silhouette

All for our team, stand up and hollar.

THAT was it! I couldn't remember! Thanks.

re: #230 BBev

This was in a suburban Michigan High School.

I was the smallest guy in my class (grad in 68), I was beat on all of the time by the Jocks. If I dared to strike back (or not) if the teacher saw I was sent home...the Jocks went back to class laughing....

Once when confronted with a bleeding skull by my parents, the comment by the Principal was "Well boys will be boys". They said I was just asking for it being so small.

A friend of mine had the same problem in a neighboring school. His problem was Polio at the age of 10 and crutches. The jocks of that school that it was great fun too. So one day he produced a baseball bat out his pack and took on the brave trio that wanted to punch him out. He had to finish High School in a different state and only avoided prosecution because the DA didn't want the spectacle of three 6 ft 200+ lb men calling out a small regular guy in crutches in court saying he was picking on them.

The fighting back thing hasn't always worked for a long time now.

re: #245 Irish Rose

Evening, Rose. I did mine at Amazon.

re: #223 bellamags

I vote for natural selection to take them out.

Anyone who talks about how "dangerous" our society is today needs to realize that one reason we have a seemingly large number of incompetent, anti-social, or simply dysfunctional people around is that our society is in fact the safest in known history. Whether the person in question is an amoral troublemaker, a simply confused type who makes trouble as a way of "acting out", or (in another context) is simply someone who never bothers to think before they act and ends up making a mess purely inadvertently (see H. Beam Piper's short story, "Day of the Moron"), the question you have to ask is;

In an earlier age, would this person have survived to reach adulthood?

In most cases, the answer would be "no". Previous eras even in our own Western culture were far more brutally Darwinian than our modern world. Even if you disregard wars, pestilence, etc., the fact remains that in earlier ages, stupid behavior tended to be self-correcting- because the person behaving so rarely survived to repeat the behavior. Someone behaving like a modern-day bully would probably have been done in by somebody they irritated 400 years ago. And someone today who habitually drives like an idiot would probably have killed themselves rather quickly trying to operate a team of draft horses just a century or so back.

I've always assumed that there's a price for everything. The price of our extremely safe society, at least in part, is that stupidity is apparently no longer a self-correcting problem.

cheers

eon

re: #199 vapig

Think we could convince the ammo contractors to start mixing dessicated swine blood into the powder mix. Modern day Islamic vampire ammo.
; )

re: #195 Killgore Trout

Attn: Hempsters.....
2,700-year-old marijuana found in Chinese tomb

The extremely dry conditions and alkaline soil acted as preservatives, allowing a team of scientists to carefully analyze the stash, which still looked green though it had lost its distinctive odour.

damn. musta been some H*dro

I need a question answered by non-Jews here (or maybe Jews too)

I keep hearing the media use the name "Ultra-Orthodox" to describe the Jews murdered by the Muslim Terrorists in India.

Could someone please explain to me the difference between "orthodox" and "ultra-orthodox".

Thanks (or should that be "Ultra" thanks)

re: #242 Crimsonfisted

Isn't one bit 12.5 cents, hence:
2 bits, 4 bits, 8 bits, a dollar!
something, something, something a holler!

Wasn't that a cheer.

So was this...

Rat shit, Bat shit, Dirty old twat!
Sixty-nine assholes tied in a knot
Hooray! Lizard Shit! Fuck!
-George Carlin

And

Die, You Gravy Sucking Pigs
-Steve Martin

Took a walk today with hubby to our neighboring little town. Stopped at a downtown Christmas tree lot. Saw some nice medium sized real trees. Hubby took a look at the price...$130.00. Haven't bought a real tree in years, is this a common price?

re: #245 Irish Rose

Hiya Rose! Purrrrrr.

re: #239 Silhouette