And now for a pig rodeo!
(I’ve spent a lot of time in Japan, and really love the country and the people. However, no one can deny that in some ways, the Japanese are a little … odd. And I mean that as a compliment.)
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Daffy Duck Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:13:27pm |
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lostlakehiker Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:13:43pm |
Groan. Pork a better play on words to start the thread with next time.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:14:20pm |
Monday Night Football or pig rodeo. Hmm. MNF, pig rodeo. MNF, pig rodeo. Ah, I need pork rinds.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:14:38pm |
re: #3 lostlakehiker
Groan. Pork a better play on words to start the thread with next time.
Be faster.
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DEZes Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:15:01pm |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:16:41pm |
I the pigs had monkeys riding them, that would rule!!
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:16:50pm |
Personally I think progressives are nice people but a little odd.
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Daffy Duck Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:18:07pm |
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Digital Display Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:18:08pm |
re: #4 Cannadian Club Akbar
Monday Night Football or pig rodeo. Hmm. MNF, pig rodeo. MNF, pig rodeo. Ah, I need pork rinds.
I'll have my half time report ready very soon...2:31 left
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Erik The Red Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:18:54pm |
re: #12 HoosierHoops
I'll have my half time report ready very soon...2:31 left
I am watching Miami and Jax.
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brookly red Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:19:09pm |
didn't we used to do something similar with greased pigs?
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:21:39pm |
Goat Polo in Afghanistan is odd, also, but it's still interesting to watch.
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brookly red Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:22:19pm |
re: #18 SasquatchOnSteroids
Goat Polo in Afghanistan is odd, also, but it's still interesting to watch.
oh gosh, what do they do to the losers?
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Lee Coller Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:23:50pm |
re: #19 brookly red
oh gosh, what do they do to the losers?
It's not what they do with the losers, it's what their "ball" is.
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brookly red Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:26:17pm |
guess they don't worry much about swine flu, huh?
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Ringo the Gringo Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:26:49pm |
Went to a rodeo just last Saturday, saw little children ride bucking mutton...I'm not kidding (no pun intended).
They called 'em mutton busters. The winner was a girl who kept holding on past the buzzer and rode the sheep 1/4 way 'round the ring.
Both of the boy contestants chickened out.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:26:59pm |
re: #22 brookly red
guess they don't worry much about swine flu, huh?
You can't get swine flu from little Japanese people!
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:28:13pm |
re: #25 MikeySDCA
It has been said that during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, they once used a captured Soviet officer.
Would not surprise me in the least.
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right_on_target Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:28:38pm |
re: #15 brookly red
didn't we used to do something similar with greased pigs?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
There are STILL a lot of local rodeo and county/state fairs that have greased pig contests.
FUN to watch and a blast to participate!
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Throbert McGee Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:29:51pm |
I know that the Japanese have a reputation for being obsessed with cleanliness, but couldn't they grease up the pigs just a LITTLE, to make it more sporting?
(That way they could even get rodeo sponsorship from detergent companies: "Observe how Mr. Sparkle with Color-Safe Bleach thoroughly cleans this soiled buronko-basteru rodeo shirt, sending pig bowel movements AND axle grease to the land of wind and ghosts!")
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:29:59pm |
Speaking of pig rodeos... It is posts like this that cause me to get snippy.
I had said...
"We actually care about bigger issues like preventing an ecological catastrophe that will kill millions of people."
To which I got...
Yeah, chug that Kool-Ade.
How many millions would die if your insane Luddite prescriptions were implemented?
The real war on science is that being waged by the AGW religious zealots, hucksters and profiteers in thir attempt to silence dissent, pretend it doesn't existor (like you) "discredit" (i.e. slander) the many, many dedicated and often cases eminent scientists who are not buying the AGW scam.
Now, how does one even hope to reason with someone like that?
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saberry0530 Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:30:42pm |
re: #29 Throbert McGee
I know that the Japanese have a reputation for being obsessed with cleanliness, but couldn't they grease up the pigs just a LITTLE, to make it more sporting?
(That way they could even get rodeo sponsorship from detergent companies: "Observe how Mr. Sparkle with Color-Safe Bleach thoroughly cleans this soiled buronko-basteru rodeo shirt, sending pig bowel movements AND axle grease to the land of wind and ghosts!")
Hey it is the other white meat you know!
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The Shadow Do Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:30:46pm |
Get along, get along, get along little hoggies
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Robbins Mitchell Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:32:24pm |
Well,now that is just ichiban bakatari
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:34:14pm |
re: #31 MikeySDCA
I like to remember that story whenever someone waxes optimistic about Afghanistan. Anybody read The Kite Runner?
No, but I will if you tell me it's worth the read.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:34:53pm |
re: #31 MikeySDCA
I like to remember that story whenever someone waxes optimistic about Afghanistan. Anybody read The Kite Runner?
I saw "Kandahar."
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Digital Display Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:35:25pm |
Monday Night Football...Car Vs.NYG
Half time report...I'm going on the record right now...The defense of the Giants are not only...Really big guys...They are faster than f*ck...I am stunned folks...6 weeks from now and everybody can't beleive how good NY is..Remember this...They are big and faster than hell...jeez..
The speed on the offensive side is amazing...The Giant backfield is fast and punishing...But crap the line is big and really fast..It's early in the season...But so far...Don't bet against the Giants...Just let it ride for a month or so. They are really athletic...
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Sheila Broflovski Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:36:26pm |
re: #30 LudwigVanQuixote
Speaking of pig rodeos... It is posts like this that cause me to get snippy.
I had said...
"We actually care about bigger issues like preventing an ecological catastrophe that will kill millions of people."
To which I got...
Now, how does one even hope to reason with someone like that?
I would trade in my gas guzzling clunker for a more fuel efficient vehicle except that:
1. My gas-guzzling clunker is not on the approved CFC trade-in list.
2. I could not afford to buy a new car even with the $4500 CFC rebate.
Now, what else am I supposed to do to "save the planet"?
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MandyManners Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:36:42pm |
Pigs? In Asia? Near Viet Nam? Man, this brings back some fucked-up, recent memories.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:37:09pm |
re: #38 HoosierHoops
Monday Night Football...Car Vs.NYG
Half time report...I'm going on the record right now...The defense of the Giants are not only...Really big guys...They are faster than f*ck...I am stunned folks...6 weeks from now and everybody can't beleive how good NY is..Remember this...They are big and faster than hell...jeez..
The speed on the offensive side is amazing...The Giant backfield is fast and punishing...But crap the line is big and really fast..It's early in the season...But so far...Don't bet against the Giants...Just let it ride for a month or so. They are really athletic...
And turn overs by a group of Carolina guys who will be Wal-Mart greeters next week helps:)
/
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Killian Bundy Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:37:17pm |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:39:02pm |
re: #39 Alouette
I would trade in my gas guzzling clunker for a more fuel efficient vehicle except that:
1. My gas-guzzling clunker is not on the approved CFC trade-in list.
2. I could not afford to buy a new car even with the $4500 CFC rebate.Now, what else am I supposed to do to "save the planet"?
Give Algore money.
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mfarmer1 Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:39:12pm |
I guess when you have 500 people standing at an intersection and not one of them dares step onto the roadway until the light gives them the OK to do so, that some smothered angst has to be let loose in other ways. Hence, pig rodeo, and well, we won't get into some of the more truly *ahem* sexual stuff involving human waste and such.
Of course, any true aficionado of Japan has been here: [Link: www.engrish.com...]
Makes me laugh as hard as The Onion does.
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Racer X Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:39:39pm |
re: #41 MandyManners
Pigs? In Asia? Near Viet Nam? Man, this brings back some fucked-up, recent memories.
Hi Mandy!
We sure missed you on the downstairs thread.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:40:51pm |
Here's the group that organized the gun nuts at the Obama speech today. (with pics). Some Ron Paul t-shirts and 4409 (an Alex jones/NWO youtube channel)
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:40:58pm |
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Digital Display Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:43:29pm |
re: #42 Cannadian Club Akbar
And turn overs by a group of Carolina guys who will be Wal-Mart greeters next week helps:)
/
LOL
You don't get to play even for one hour on Monday Night Football unless you are a world class athlete..You are bigger, Badder, faster and more competive than any person on the face of the Earth...And you will fucking win at all costs within the rules...That is pre season monday night football...Dreams are make..Nightmares are created...There are only studs on the field tonight...
Hope you are well
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:43:53pm |
re: #39 Alouette
I would trade in my gas guzzling clunker for a more fuel efficient vehicle except that:
1. My gas-guzzling clunker is not on the approved CFC trade-in list.
2. I could not afford to buy a new car even with the $4500 CFC rebate.Now, what else am I supposed to do to "save the planet"?
Well a start might be not putting scare quotes around save the planet. A little more might be getting real about the situation. You want to do something cheap and efficient, how about buying more energy efficient lights and turning them off when not using them?
Here's another one, how about you buy less crap from Chinese sweat Shops?
Here's a third, how about getting really educated about AGW, enough that you could make a sound scientific argument for why the Cap and Trade bill won't do the right things - and suggest something better to your congress-critters like going nuclear and deploying better batteries so that we could have more solar power?
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:45:48pm |
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saberry0530 Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:46:45pm |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:47:57pm |
re: #52 DEZes
How do you get deleted on a pig post?
Actually, I missed it.
Maybe something about riding a pig and a reference to a certain congressperson from the left coast ?
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Killgore Trout Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:48:05pm |
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Digital Display Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:48:08pm |
re: #54 Cannadian Club Akbar
Not dismissing anyone.
I know...just giving you a bad time...I know I should shut up at half time..*wink*
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DEZes Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:48:53pm |
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DEZes Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:49:32pm |
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DEZes Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:50:07pm |
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saberry0530 Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:50:36pm |
re: #60 DEZes
A spit, go back to your bong.
Bongs went out with the 70's. Roll your own man, roll your own!
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DEZes Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:50:58pm |
re: #62 saberry0530
Bongs went out with the 70's. Roll your own man, roll your own!
I am so out of date. ;)
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saberry0530 Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:51:29pm |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:51:45pm |
re: #62 saberry0530
Bongs went out with the 70's. Roll your own man, roll your own!
An ice bong is NEVER out of fasion. So I hear...
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DEZes Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:52:24pm |
re: #64 saberry0530
I understand being the late 80's and all
///
Your stuck in the disco years?
OH dude.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:52:44pm |
re: #63 DEZes
I am so out of date. ;)
I get a fresh one every night after I drink my Pepsi.
punchpunchpunch.
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saberry0530 Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:52:46pm |
re: #65 Cannadian Club Akbar
An ice bong is NEVER out of fasion. So I hear...
You really should try dry ice! Talk about mellow, So I've been told also.
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DEZes Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:53:36pm |
re: #67 SasquatchOnSteroids
I get a fresh one every night after I drink my Pepsi.
punchpunchpunch.
2 litter bottles. ;)
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saberry0530 Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:54:12pm |
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Digital Display Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:54:36pm |
re: #66 DEZes
Your stuck in the disco years?
OH dude.
Why the Hell did I miss the Free love 60's? Huh? It's just not fair...
/
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Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:54:57pm |
re: #70 quickjustice
Pig on the runway! Pig on the runway!
CONSPIRACY!! The flying pig is coming!! What does Charles know and when did he know it?!!
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Dreader1962 Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:55:01pm |
I lived there for 5 years total - it takes a while to get your mind around the country and the people. It was very enlightening, but there are many times where I just couldn't figure out the reason for certain things.
One thing I remember was a promotion in the A&W Restaurants that had someone singing, "Hello! Tokyo girl!" repeatedly, only changing the musical style every now and then.
Then there was the Shakey's Pizza with toppings such as - potatoes, tuna, squid, corn - you name any ingredient that doesn't fit with pizza, it was there.
Another restaurant had a menu in English with a featured special - "Fresh Canadian Horse".
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DEZes Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:55:07pm |
re: #71 saberry0530
I had a "DISCO SUCKS" t-shirt in 1978.
I hated disco, but I went where the girls were. ;)
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The Shadow Do Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:56:09pm |
re: #72 HoosierHoops
Why the Hell did I miss the Free love 60's? Huh? It's just not fair...
/
Yeah, you really missed out. Some of us only got the crabs one time.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:56:09pm |
re: #69 DEZes
2 litter bottles. ;)
Yeah, I switched to them, and Diet. Nasty.
But I will lose 10 lbs.
I've been thinking it would be less painful to lose a foot.
I loves and misses my icey cream.
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DEZes Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:56:12pm |
re: #74 Dreader1962
Another restaurant had a menu in English with a featured special - "Fresh Canadian Horse".
Goodbye Mr. Ed.
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Randall Gross Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:56:53pm |
re: #48 Killgore Trout
Here's the group that organized the gun nuts at the Obama speech today. (with pics). Some Ron Paul t-shirts and 4409 (an Alex jones/NWO youtube channel)
Good find KT
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quickjustice Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:56:59pm |
re: #80 DEZes
Alberta beef is tasty, but the horse-- not so much! ;-)
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The Shadow Do Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:57:41pm |
re: #80 DEZes
Another restaurant had a menu in English with a featured special - "Fresh Canadian Horse".
Goodbye Mr. Ed.
Ed en croute? My favorite.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:57:54pm |
re: #74 Dreader1962
I've never been there but I hope to visit someday.
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MandyManners Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:58:08pm |
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DEZes Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:58:44pm |
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Killgore Trout Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:59:02pm |
re: #81 Thanos
It'll be interesting to see what the next escalation in this will be. I'm not sure how much further they can legally take this.
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Gus Mon, Aug 17, 2009 6:59:31pm |
re: #48 Killgore Trout
Here's the group that organized the gun nuts at the Obama speech today. (with pics). Some Ron Paul t-shirts and 4409 (an Alex jones/NWO youtube channel)
Looks like they're also Moon Hoaxers.
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Gus Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:00:11pm |
re: #87 Killgore Trout
It'll be interesting to see what the next escalation in this will be. I'm not sure how much further they can legally take this.
I think seeing the Alex Jones, Ron Paul and Moon Hoax connections should be enough to label these people as unstable.
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Sheila Broflovski Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:00:20pm |
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SteveC Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:00:36pm |
What the... oh, hell no!
The tobacco enema was used to infuse tobacco smoke into a patient’s rectum for various medical purposes, primarily the resuscitation of drowning victims.
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DEZes Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:00:51pm |
re: #89 Gus 802
I think seeing the Alex Jones, Ron Paul and Moon Hoax connections should be enough to label these people as unstable.
Thats a bid 10-4.
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gymmom Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:01:00pm |
Spent a summer in Japan between college and med school with my Japanese college roomate. Her mother spoke no English and my Japanese was very limited, but we could drink beer together every afternoon!
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SteveC Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:01:37pm |
re: #88 Gus 802
Looks like they're also Moon Hoaxers.
$5 on Buzz in the third round. He's got a wicked left cross!
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Erik The Red Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:02:16pm |
re: #86 DEZes
You would have blown a gasket.
More than one. If that one poster was not on my permanent GAZE list I would have blown all my gaskets.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:02:31pm |
re: #88 Gus 802
Looks like they're also Moon Hoaxers.
They have a tip jar!! 10%. Good luck with that.
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MandyManners Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:02:37pm |
re: #56 SasquatchOnSteroids
Actually, I missed it.
Maybe something about riding a pig and a reference to a certain congressperson from the left coast ?
Oh, dear no. I hope not. There is no need to stoop to that level.
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DEZes Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:03:54pm |
re: #96 Erik The Red
More than one. If that one poster was not on my permanent GAZE list I would have blown all my gaskets.
I came into the thread real late, but the smell of ass was still strong.
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Digital Display Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:04:19pm |
re: #78 The Shadow Do
Yeah, you really missed out. Some of us only got the crabs one time.
I've heard so many stories...I'm only teasing about free 60's sex...:)
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Gus Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:04:22pm |
re: #97 Cannadian Club Akbar
They have a tip jar!! 10%. Good luck with that.
Yeah.
Are these the guys that organized the "event?" The one with the RP4409 is related to the kooks.
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Kosh's Shadow Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:04:46pm |
re: #80 DEZes
Another restaurant had a menu in English with a featured special - "Fresh Canadian Horse".
Goodbye Mr. Ed.
I was going to refer to the Chinese restaurant menu with things like "cowboy leg" but I get a security warning on the page now (didn't months ago) so you might want to avoid rahoi.com for a while.
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tradewind Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:05:50pm |
re: #44 Cannadian Club Akbar
Head to your nearest Obamacare ' last five years ' counselor and tell them you've decided to opt out early, for the sake of the planet.
/sarc/**
**You wouldn't think the sarc tag necessary, but nowdays, ...
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Randall Gross Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:05:57pm |
re: #88 Gus 802
Looks like they're also Moon Hoaxers.
The Alex Jones ads tell you all you need to know about them
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:06:28pm |
re: #105 DEZes
Gun stunt thread--->
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Digital Display Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:07:08pm |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:07:13pm |
re: #108 SasquatchOnSteroids
< ---ass smell
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MandyManners Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:07:30pm |
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SteveC Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:07:50pm |
re: #100 HoosierHoops
I've heard so many stories...I'm only teasing about free 60's sex...:)
Free sex was great in the '60's. In the '70's they started taxing it. :(
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MandyManners Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:08:10pm |
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MandyManners Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:09:26pm |
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livefreeor die Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:10:08pm |
re: #90 Alouette
Cato accused me of being a mini-Mandy.
I would take that as a very nice compliment (whether it was meant that way or not!)
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Digital Display Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:10:15pm |
re: #106 Erik The Red
Hey 2H. Check your mail.
Hi Erik! I'll reply in the Am over coffee..Thanks for the email...
I hear ya...
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The Shadow Do Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:10:55pm |
re: #100 HoosierHoops
I've heard so many stories...I'm only teasing about free 60's sex...:)
Me too, I actually caughty 'em twice!
Free love my butt, have you seen the price of blue ointment lately?
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MandyManners Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:10:56pm |
re: #90 Alouette
Cato accused me of being a mini-Mandy.
He goes after Palin all the time. Some suspect that he has a "thing" for her.
Draw your own conclusions.
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Hucbald Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:11:19pm |
I lived in Japan for almost two years. Became a big fan of the people and the culture, but they get really, really into some very, very bizarre sh!t.
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MandyManners Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:12:52pm |
re: #117 livefreeor die
I would take that as a very nice compliment (whether it was meant that way or not!)
*smoochie*
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gymmom Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:13:35pm |
re: #121 Hucbald
I was there in the mid 80s. Elvis impersonators were all the rage. Went to the outdoor park where they all gather and sing. Interesting. Being a blonde, many asked to take picture with me. Don't know how many Japanese families have pics of me in their albums!
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MandyManners Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:14:12pm |
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Digital Display Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:17:35pm |
re: #122 MandyManners
*slap slap*
Young lady...About a million posts ago one early morning and alot of we were talking about high school...We talked about our sizes and sports...Some of us know exactly what size your cheerleading outfit was...And you can still fit in it...LOL
/I'm just giving you a bad time Mandy... Hope you are well...
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:23:30pm |
That is just wrong, I don't care who you are.
Those little piggies are scared out of their minds.
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lucius septimius Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:41:10pm |
As far as Japanese weirdness goes, few things trump Futanari Hentai.
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Cato the Elder Mon, Aug 17, 2009 7:59:26pm |
re: #109 HoosierHoops
Really? mmm...Cato?
In respect to their ladylike used of the f-bomb, yes. But gentile Alouette has far to go before she dare compare herself to mannerly Mindy.
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austin_blue Mon, Aug 17, 2009 8:39:15pm |
re: #30 LudwigVanQuixote
Speaking of pig rodeos... It is posts like this that cause me to get snippy.
I had said...
"We actually care about bigger issues like preventing an ecological catastrophe that will kill millions of people."
To which I got...
Now, how does one even hope to reason with someone like that?
You can't. You're a Luddite? You call for more nuclear power generation. You call for more technology to address our energy requirements ongoing. You accept the fact that extractive industries must, by definition, at some point have nothing to extract.
You are sage, they are fools.
You are being batted around because you believe in science.
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austin_blue Mon, Aug 17, 2009 8:43:02pm |
re: #74 Dreader1962
I lived there for 5 years total - it takes a while to get your mind around the country and the people. It was very enlightening, but there are many times where I just couldn't figure out the reason for certain things.
One thing I remember was a promotion in the A&W Restaurants that had someone singing, "Hello! Tokyo girl!" repeatedly, only changing the musical style every now and then.
Then there was the Shakey's Pizza with toppings such as - potatoes, tuna, squid, corn - you name any ingredient that doesn't fit with pizza, it was there.
Another restaurant had a menu in English with a featured special - "Fresh Canadian Horse".
I'll have the personal squid and octopus pizza, red sauce, please, with extra potatos. (With apologies to Dan Quayle)
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medaura18586 Mon, Aug 17, 2009 9:10:35pm |
Charles,
You call that odd of the Japanese?
Watch the movie Paprika and get back to me...
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Cato the Elder Mon, Aug 17, 2009 9:20:01pm |
re: #134 medaura18586
Charles,
You call that odd of the Japanese?
Watch the movie Paprika and get back to me...
I don't know that movie, but all I can say is that Japanese culture, in an outsider's eye, is so exuberantly other I can only say - hmm. I love it.
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Suihei Deloi Mon, Aug 17, 2009 9:25:08pm |
re: #135 Cato the Elder
All I can say is nowhere else can you enjoy watching 'human tetris' & 'car soccer' live. ; )
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Seax Mon, Aug 17, 2009 9:50:03pm |
"..no one can deny that in some ways, the Japanese are a little ... odd."
Whoa..no kidding - have you seen the one where a whole bunch of Japanese ride a huge log down a hill?
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tokyobk Mon, Aug 17, 2009 10:48:28pm |
In one of my first trips to the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, the neighborhood I ended up living in for three years, I asked a waitress which part of the Tuna I was eating since it was so chewy and bloody tasting. "The raw horse jaw part," she answered.
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bemused Tue, Aug 18, 2009 6:44:37am |
You were in Japan? Curious as to how ong and where. I started living there when carter was President and came back when Clinton was in office.
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medaura18586 Tue, Aug 18, 2009 7:05:57am |
re: #135 Cato the Elder
I don't know that movie, but all I can say is that Japanese culture, in an outsider's eye, is so exuberantly other I can only say - hmm. I love it.
Need I say more?
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koedo Tue, Aug 18, 2009 8:52:41am |
Charles,
I, too, have spent a lot of time in Japan. I've gone on average twice a year for the last 9 years, at least two to three weeks at a whack per visit.
I love Tsukigi, onsens, isukiya, Shinjuki, Roppongi and a host of other places and things. I have to say even though I'm comfortable making my way around, I do scratch my head at least once per trip. Yes, the Japanese are odd, in a good way.
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