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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Nov 6, 2009 4:50:20pm |
Is this thing on? I can't get it to work!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Nov 6, 2009 4:54:17pm |
re: #2 Sharmuta
YES! Primus SUCKS!
Those guys put on one of the best live shows I have ever seen in my life. When the Primus Sucks! chant went up from the crowd, Claypool had the biggest grin on his face.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Nov 6, 2009 4:54:35pm |
Where in the hell am I supposed to get $650.00?
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Sharmuta Fri, Nov 6, 2009 4:54:47pm |
I'm getting me one of these cars, just so I can enjoy this Primus hit.
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Bloodnok Fri, Nov 6, 2009 4:55:23pm |
re: #7 Sharmuta
I'm getting me one of these cars, just so I can enjoy this Primus hit.
Awesome song.
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Sharmuta Fri, Nov 6, 2009 4:55:45pm |
re: #5 WindUpBird
Those guys put on one of the best live shows I have ever seen in my life. When the Primus Sucks! chant went up from the crowd, Claypool had the biggest grin on his face.
One of the best shows I've ever seen too, and I was on the floor as front and center as I could get. Les is a madman on his bass. You have to see it to believe it.
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 4:55:59pm |
re: #4 solomonpanting
Ford is developing a new feature.
"...may be uncomfortable for some people, particularly pregnant women and large-bellied folks."
There goes half the US market.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Nov 6, 2009 4:58:41pm |
re: #9 Sharmuta
One of the best shows I've ever seen too, and I was on the floor as front and center as I could get. Les is a madman on his bass. You have to see it to believe it.
Mine was Lollapalooza, they played with Alice in Chains. I was being jostled around a lot in the pit, but it was so worth it. The man's fingers, I think there are tiny brains in each one. It's unreal.
You've seen his collaborations with Buckethead, right?
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solomonpanting Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:01:32pm |
re: #10 Pepper Fox
"...may be uncomfortable for some people, particularly pregnant women and large-bellied folks."
There goes half the US market.
No problem. The Feds will mandate that this new feature cover 96% of residents.
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:02:59pm |
re: #12 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Hey I'm one of em, got me a beer belly. But w/e I have a brand loyalty to Toyota. My family has bought nothing but for 30+ years.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:05:00pm |
When I was shopping for my first new car, in 1993, I test drove a Taurus. But that one was probably a 94. I ended up buying a Saturn.
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Sharmuta Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:05:20pm |
re: #13 WindUpBird
I don't remember who opened for Primus that night I saw them... Marylin Manson? I think he opened for the NIN show I saw in the same venue, again on the floor and I saw him (MM)- dude is butt ugly.
Anyways- I have seen Buckethead. Anything Les does just rocks.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:05:43pm |
If I had to pick a favorite Primus video, it would be Mr. Krinkle:
One continuous stationary five minute shot of a pig playing a standup bass, guys on fire, circus freaks... what's not to love?
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:06:04pm |
The only Primus song I know is the South Park theme.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:07:08pm |
re: #21 Sharmuta
I don't remember who opened for Primus that night I saw them... Marylin Manson? I think he opened for the NIN show I saw in the same venue, again on the floor and I saw him (MM)- dude is butt ugly.
Anyways- I have seen Buckethead. Anything Les does just rocks.
I actually met Marilyn Manson once at an NIN concert, probably the same tour. (Downward Spiral) Weeeird face on that guy, especially with his contacts, but he was nice to us!
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freetoken Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:09:13pm |
From the waxing xenophobia files: the current outrage by the true Americans is that the MVP of the World Series is... Japanese!
I kid you not.
Really.
It may only be the more obviously racist of the Americanists who are mentioning this now... but with hard times persisting I expect we will see an increase of this sort of idiocy.
Wait until Obama decides to tackle illegal immigration...
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:10:37pm |
re: #26 freetoken
//damn crafty Japanese and their nanomachine enhancements.
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recusancy Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:10:42pm |
re: #26 freetoken
From the waxing xenophobia files: the current outrage by the true Americans is that the MVP of the World Series is... Japanese!
I kid you not.
Really.
It may only be the more obviously racist of the Americanists who are mentioning this now... but with hard times persisting I expect we will see an increase of this sort of idiocy.
Wait until Obama decides to tackle illegal immigration...
Haha... Really? Who's saying that?
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Ojoe Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:10:55pm |
"Basically I just need a car and the taurs is one."
LOL
I wish cars still had wind wings and floor mounted dimmer switches.
BBL
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Sharmuta Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:11:27pm |
re: #24 WindUpBird
I actually met Marilyn Manson once at an NIN concert, probably the same tour. (Downward Spiral) Weeeird face on that guy, especially with his contacts, but he was nice to us!
Yep- that was the tour! With Hole too. I saw that show twice in 3 days- traveled. I got to see Frances Bean... I was up on my girl friend's shoulders so I was up above the crowd and Frances' nanny pointed me out to her and she looked at me, so I gave the girl the peace sign, poor thing.
Anywho- if I had to pick a favorite Primus song I would have to go with:
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seamonkey Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:12:30pm |
Does satire need a target? What is the target of this "humorous" sketch?
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Ojoe Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:12:38pm |
re: #26 freetoken
It is the other way around, baseball conquers other countries.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:13:27pm |
re: #21 Sharmuta
Being a Primus fan, you may like a local Portland band that we are all smitten with here in Oregon. They're called Floater, and they're sort of in the same vein: very bass forward, bass driven virtuoso power trio, funky and strange rhythms, lots of odd imagery. They're a little more dark and angry than Les and co, though. Sorta like Primus mixed with some Floyd.
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albusteve Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:14:54pm |
re: #33 WindUpBird
Being a Primus fan, you may like a local Portland band that we are all smitten with here in Oregon. They're called Floater, and they're sort of in the same vein: very bass forward, bass driven virtuoso power trio, funky and strange rhythms, lots of odd imagery. They're a little more dark and angry than Les and co, though. Sorta like Primus mixed with some Floyd.
I can't wait to miss them...warn me if they pass through Albuquerque
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Sharmuta Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:15:12pm |
re: #33 WindUpBird
Cool- I'll try to keep an ear out for them.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:15:28pm |
re: #30 Sharmuta
Mud is one of the songs I play along to on my kit. :D So much fun to go bonkers on the double kick to that big fat bass lick.
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:15:44pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:16:15pm |
re: #35 albusteve
I can't wait to miss them...warn me if they pass through Albuquerque
No such luck, they generally stick to the left coast. ;-)
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freetoken Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:16:29pm |
re: #28 recusancy
Haha... Really? Who's saying that?
We don't link to those sites here, but a particularly scuzzy person by the name of Guzzardi (who blogs at the Michelle Malkin approved blog VDARE) is pushing that idea.
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recusancy Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:16:44pm |
I posted this before but Stewart did an impressive immitation of Beck last night: Watch here.
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Sharmuta Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:16:52pm |
re: #37 WindUpBird
Mud is one of the songs I play along to on my kit. :D So much fun to go bonkers on the double kick to that big fat bass lick.
It was the first song I ever used for a link in my nic. And yes- I love it for the spastic drumming. LOVE IT.
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albusteve Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:17:56pm |
re: #39 WindUpBird
No such luck, they generally stick to the left coast. ;-)
so I don't have to kill myself then...cool
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Varek Raith Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:18:50pm |
re: #37 WindUpBird
Mud is one of the songs I play along to on my kit. :D So much fun to go bonkers on the double kick to that big fat bass lick.
Nods head while pretending to understand what this means.
/:)
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:19:38pm |
re: #42 Sharmuta
Now I'm looking up Herb from Primus' discography, I just discovered he played drums on The Hollow, one of my favorite Perfect Circle songs. Wikipedia is fun!
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Killgore Trout Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:21:46pm |
re: #31 seamonkey
Does satire need a target? What is the target of this "humorous" sketch?
The economy stinks and we're all poor.
/Ya gotta laugh
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Gearhead Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:22:44pm |
Maybe they should've taken that bailout money...
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:23:09pm |
re: #44 Varek Raith
Nods head while pretending to understand what this means.
/:)
Double kick means having two bass drums, each operated by its own bass drum pedal. One for each foot: Pearl Double bass kit
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Four More Tears Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:25:48pm |
I had almost forgotten all about "cassette tapes."
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Gearhead Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:27:11pm |
re: #49 JasonA
I had almost forgotten all about "cassette tapes."
I'm so old that the things of my youth are now presented in quotes.
[sob]
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:27:27pm |
re: #18 Pepper Fox
Hey I'm one of em, got me a beer belly. But w/e I have a brand loyalty to Toyota. My family has bought nothing but for 30+ years.
If I can fit in a Southwestern seat, I can probably fit in a 1993 Ford Taurus. This is not to say that my hips will be happy about it.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:28:26pm |
re: #26 freetoken
From the waxing xenophobia files: the current outrage by the true Americans is that the MVP of the World Series is... Japanese!
I kid you not.
Really.
It may only be the more obviously racist of the Americanists who are mentioning this now... but with hard times persisting I expect we will see an increase of this sort of idiocy.
Wait until Obama decides to tackle illegal immigration...
Do they question his value, or just feel that the title should have gone to an American?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:29:45pm |
re: #18 Pepper Fox
Hey I'm one of em, got me a beer belly. But w/e I have a brand loyalty to Toyota. My family has bought nothing but for 30+ years.
I wouldn't mind a twin turbo Supra or a nicely tuned MR2. But Toyota needs a hot hatch in its lineup bad.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:30:17pm |
Les Claypool - "Red State Girl"
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freetoken Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:30:25pm |
re: #41 recusancy
I posted this before but Stewart did an impressive immitation of Beck last night: Watch here.
[Link: www.thedailyshow.com...]
Yes... it's a cute skit... and it was posted over at HA by AP, which produced this illuminating comment:
AP kinda reminds me of Charles Johnson.
The Notorious G.O.P on November 6, 2009 at 6:40 PM
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:30:31pm |
re: #49 JasonA
I had almost forgotten all about "cassette tapes."
My car has a 6cd changer and a cassette deck. When you listen to lots of books... kinda necessary if you get them from the library.
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Four More Tears Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:31:35pm |
re: #50 Gearhead
I'm so old that the things of my youth are now presented in quotes.
[sob]
There, there. I have hazy memories of "8-tracks", too.
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:33:11pm |
A little Ray Charles for a Friday evening.
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:34:52pm |
re: #53 WindUpBird
I wouldn't mind a twin turbo Supra or a nicely tuned MR2. But Toyota needs a hot hatch in its lineup bad.
Does Scion count? Sorry I drive a Rav4 lol and it's decked out with antennas, radios and emergency supplies. I buy for function.
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solomonpanting Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:35:14pm |
re: #50 Gearhead
I'm so old that the things of my youth are now presented in quotes.
[sob]
How do think those who remember 33, 45, 78 feel?
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Sharmuta Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:36:28pm |
re: #62 Killgore Trout
I almost went with Too Many Puppies, so I'm glad I thought twice.
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:36:31pm |
re: #51 SanFranciscoZionist
I'm 6'6" and 280. I have trouble with airlines. On those damn regional jets I practically have to sit with my knees against my chest and my head at an angle if I'm in a window seat. And I can just forget about using the bathroom.
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austin_blue Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:36:54pm |
Odd that they picked on Ford. At least they have their head above water.
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:37:07pm |
LOL!
$650???
When I traded in my '92 Taurus all I got was $300.
It was clean, but over 125,000 miles.
Basically falling apart.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:38:13pm |
Ian McKellen rips out Bible pages of Leviticus..for a reason
Taking a bit of a break from what's frankly a hard chore of paying attention to shooting (Fort Hood), after shooting (Orlando), after shooting (Tokyo) to share a bit of light news.
I clicked over to Jewcy.com and learned that great actor Sir Ian McKellen (Lord Of the Rings, The X-Men series) has an interesting habit he practices in hotel rooms. He rips out a specific page of the Bible from Leviticus, Chapter 18, verse 22, which reads:
"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."
According to Jewcy, McKellen told Details magazine:
"I'm not proudly defacing the book," he asserts, "but it's a choice between removing that page and throwing away the whole Bible."McKellen says his actions have inspired others to do the same. "I got delivered a package of 40 of those pages that had been torn out by a married couple I know. They put them on a bit of string so that I could hang it up in the bathroom."
Destroying personal property and proud of it, how nice. They should ask him what he does to korans next time.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:39:54pm |
re: #64 Pepper Fox
I'm 6'6" and 280. I have trouble with airlines. On those damn regional jets I practically have to sit with my knees against my chest and my head at an angle if I'm in a window seat. And I can just forget about using the bathroom.
Aaargh. I'm a foot shorter than you, dude, and I can't even imagine.
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austin_blue Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:40:18pm |
re: #67 NJDhockeyfan
Ian McKellen rips out Bible pages of Leviticus..for a reason
Destroying personal property and proud of it, how nice. They should ask him what he does to korans next time.
Gideon's Korans?
Haven't seen one of those...
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albusteve Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:40:21pm |
re: #61 solomonpanting
How do think those who remember 33, 45, 78 feel?
our younger gen Xers here probably have no clue about stacks of 45s or long play records...or where rock and roll came from...they cannot associate music without video and theater...some can and I'm not disssin the kids...it's just the way it is
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Racer X Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:40:36pm |
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:41:54pm |
re: #64 Pepper Fox
I'm 6'6" and 280. I have trouble with airlines. On those damn regional jets I practically have to sit with my knees against my chest and my head at an angle if I'm in a window seat. And I can just forget about using the bathroom.
Pardon me but, I've thought of you as a girl Lizard. Which kind are you?
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:41:59pm |
re: #67 NJDhockeyfan
Gideon bibles aren't private property. They just chuck em at people and people just kinda leave em there.
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Four More Tears Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:42:27pm |
re: #74 Pepper Fox
Gideon bibles aren't private property. They just chuck em at people and people just kinda leave em there.
Yeah, it really is more like littering.
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:42:34pm |
re: #73 MandyManners
I'm a furry D: and gay. I guess I should make my icon reflect that :P
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Sharmuta Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:42:44pm |
re: #65 austin_blue
Odd that they picked on Ford. At least they have their head above water.
I thought the Onion was using Ford as an analogy to Hollywood's stale and tired ideas. I mean- it's not like you can really mock the studios for trotting out the same crap remakes and franchises. They make a mockery of themselves.
[I have no idea who the Onion was trying to spoof, but it did make me think of Hollywood.]
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:43:05pm |
re: #67 NJDhockeyfan
Ian McKellen rips out Bible pages of Leviticus..for a reason
Destroying personal property and proud of it, how nice. They should ask him what he does to korans next time.
Hmmm. I'm sort of torn (so to speak) on this one. I don't like people defacing Bibles, but I can kind of see the anger factor here...
Then again, I guess I'm just a big old hypocrite, because I nearly blew a gasket when a college friend's girlfriend did an 'art piece' where she trashed a Bible. I have no idea why I'm more willing to give Ian McKellan a break than Miss "I'm A Lesbian Performance Artist", except of course, that he is Magneto and she is not.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:43:45pm |
re: #69 austin_blue
Gideon's Korans?
Haven't seen one of those...
Don't get the Saudis going on it. They might like the idea.
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alexzander Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:43:56pm |
I watched a bunch of Onion videos (including this one) earlier today, in the hope of normalizing things, both on an international/national level and on a personal level.
It has been a very strange couple of days and I just want to send a little love out into the ether.
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Four More Tears Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:44:20pm |
re: #78 SanFranciscoZionist
Hmmm. I'm sort of torn (so to speak) on this one. I don't like people defacing Bibles, but I can kind of see the anger factor here...
Then again, I guess I'm just a big old hypocrite, because I nearly blew a gasket when a college friend's girlfriend did an 'art piece' where she trashed a Bible. I have no idea why I'm more willing to give Ian McKellan a break than Miss "I'm A Lesbian Performance Artist", except of course, that he is Magneto and she is not.
Perhaps because he sees it as a piece of hate speech, directed at him, and he really shouldn't be expected to sleep next to it?
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:44:48pm |
re: #76 Pepper Fox
I'm a furry D: and gay. I guess I should make my icon reflect that :P
I got the gay part but, what's a "furry D"?
(Kids these days.)
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:44:49pm |
re: #67 NJDhockeyfan
At least it's or a better cause than Conservapedia editing out all that meddlesome hippy liberal stuff like "love they neighbor" and "he who is without sin".
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jaunte Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:44:51pm |
re: #79 SanFranciscoZionist
Harun Yahya is doing with their big coffee-table creationism book.
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Racer X Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:44:55pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:45:01pm |
re: #76 Pepper Fox
I'm a furry D: and gay. I guess I should make my icon reflect that :P
I love your avatar. Do not change it.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:45:08pm |
re: #74 Pepper Fox
Gideon bibles aren't private property. They just chuck em at people and people just kinda leave em there.
I just assumed they belong to the hotels. Every time I stay at a hotel they have one in the drawer next to the bed.
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Bloodnok Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:46:14pm |
re: #70 albusteve
our younger gen Xers here probably have no clue about stacks of 45s or long play records...or where rock and roll came from...they cannot associate music without video and theater...some can and I'm not disssin the kids...it's just the way it is
I love 45's. I used to be a record collector as a kid and still love the sound of crackles and pops on an old 45. It's like listening to old Elvis songs. Something's missing without a little hiss from an old record.
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albusteve Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:46:22pm |
re: #77 Sharmuta
I thought the Onion was using Ford as an analogy to Hollywood's stale and tired ideas. I mean- it's not like you can really mock the studios for trotting out the same crap remakes and franchises. They make a mockery of themselves.
[I have no idea who the Onion was trying to spoof, but it did make me think of Hollywood.]
I didn't either because by 93 (after some transmission problems) the Taurus and sister Mercury Sable were two of the best built cars in America...selling like hotcakes and people were very happy with them...I owned a 94 Sable
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:46:24pm |
re: #83 Pepper Fox
At least it's or a better cause than Conservapedia editing out all that meddlesome hippy liberal stuff like "love they neighbor" and "he who is without sin".
What is Conservapedia and what did they edit?
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austin_blue Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:46:39pm |
re: #77 Sharmuta
I thought the Onion was using Ford as an analogy to Hollywood's stale and tired ideas. I mean- it's not like you can really mock the studios for trotting out the same crap remakes and franchises. They make a mockery of themselves.
[I have no idea who the Onion was trying to spoof, but it did make me think of Hollywood.]
Well, Hollywood does recycle a lot of crap. But if it had been a 1984 K-car, from the *last* time we bailed out Chrysler...
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Four More Tears Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:46:45pm |
Maybe he won't have to do this much longer:
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:46:55pm |
re: #91 NJDhockeyfan
[Link: conservapedia.com...]
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:47:32pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:47:46pm |
re: #81 JasonA
Perhaps because he sees it as a piece of hate speech, directed at him, and he really shouldn't be expected to sleep next to it?
I can see that. On the other hand, I'm sure that if you take the Bible down to the desk, and explain that you do not want it in the room, they'll take it. Especially if you are Ian McKellan. And it's more respectful of the text. But really, not my biggest problem. What you do in the privacy of your hotel room is your own business. And why there should be bibles in hotel rooms has never quite made sense to me.
For some reason I had an image of him ripping the page out and eating it, which seems improbable.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:47:48pm |
re: #60 Pepper Fox
Does Scion count? Sorry I drive a Rav4 lol and it's decked out with antennas, radios and emergency supplies. I buy for function.
The Scion is not a bad ride, but it's sort of underpowered. I guess the bigger engine in the Toyota Matrix has some pep to it? I drive a lot for fun, and I go on road trips, whatever I buy will generally handle well and be fast. 8-)
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:49:04pm |
re: #78 SanFranciscoZionist
I'm not willing to give him a break. If he doesn't like it, he doesn't have to read it. If he did once as a statement, it wouldn't be so bad. But to make a habit of it is destruction of others' property and just plain being an asshole.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:49:41pm |
re: #96 SanFranciscoZionist
For some reason I had an image of him ripping the page out and eating it, which seems improbable.
This sentence, and the image, made me laugh :D
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:50:32pm |
re: #91 NJDhockeyfan
What is Conservapedia and what did they edit?
Conservapedia is a website that attempts to do what Wikipedia does, but without liberal bias. (This is not to say without bias.)
They had a project going, which seems to have withered due to withering scorn from everyone, to redact the Bible to reflect a conservative perspective. The part about the 'free-market message' of the parables was what got me howling, but there's a lot more. Charles posted on it a while ago.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:50:49pm |
re: #97 WindUpBird
The Scion is not a bad ride, but it's sort of underpowered. I guess the bigger engine in the Toyota Matrix has some pep to it? I drive a lot for fun, and I go on road trips, whatever I buy will generally handle well and be fast. 8-)
Scions are marketed toward college-age kids. They are not really made for long trips. The Tc with a 5-speed transmission is a fun little car. I don't care for the others though. I never cared for the box shaped car designs.
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albusteve Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:51:18pm |
re: #89 Bloodnok
I love 45's. I used to be a record collector as a kid and still love the sound of crackles and pops on an old 45. It's like listening to old Elvis songs. Something's missing without a little hiss from an old record.
[Video]
agreed, there is a rich warmth that you get from vinyl that is missing from digital recordings...minus the scratches and hiss that is
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:52:01pm |
re: #95 NJDhockeyfan
Just another evangelical christain group.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:52:34pm |
re: #94 Pepper Fox
[Link: conservapedia.com...]
Why do people have to fuck with the Bible? Leave it alone. It's fine the way it is.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:52:39pm |
re: #91 NJDhockeyfan
What is Conservapedia and what did they edit?
He's referring to this: Conservapedia's new and improved non-commie bible
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:53:11pm |
re: #95 NJDhockeyfan
Gideons, are they like Jehovah's Witnesses?
No, it's a Bible distribution organization. The Gideons. Evangelicals of some stripe. They don't just do hotels, they distribute free Bibles worldwide. Quite an interesting operation, really.
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albusteve Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:53:14pm |
re: #98 Dark_Falcon
I'm not willing to give him a break. If he doesn't like it, he doesn't have to read it. If he did once as a statement, it wouldn't be so bad. But to make a habit of it is destruction of others' property and just plain being an asshole.
who is this guy and why does anyone care what he does with books?...man you people get so hung up on life's minutia
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:53:47pm |
re: #98 Dark_Falcon
I'm not willing to give him a break. If he doesn't like it, he doesn't have to read it. If he did once as a statement, it wouldn't be so bad. But to make a habit of it is destruction of others' property and just plain being an asshole.
I think you may be right. Sigh. It's just that I like Ian McKellen.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:53:50pm |
re: #104 NJDhockeyfan
Why do people have to fuck with the Bible? Leave it alone. It's fine the way it is.
Quite Concur.
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:54:27pm |
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:55:02pm |
re: #103 Pepper Fox
Because it's obviously not enough to pick and choose what you want to believe in it. Gotta edit it out to fit whats most convenient for you now.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:55:03pm |
re: #104 NJDhockeyfan
Why do people have to fuck with the Bible? Leave it alone. It's fine the way it is.
//Ah, but it's not. The liberals have been messing with it for centuries!
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austin_blue Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:55:23pm |
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:55:41pm |
re: #108 SanFranciscoZionist
I think you may be right. Sigh. It's just that I like Ian McKellen.
I like his acting as well. But I am able to like an actor's work and still think he's an asshole. Not saying you aren't, it's just how I deal with actors doing or saying stupid things.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:55:57pm |
re: #112 SanFranciscoZionist
//Ah, but it's not. The liberals have been messing with it for centuries!
Have you seen this?
Berlin, Germany, Nov 9, 2006 / 12:00 am (CNA).- A group of 52 biblical “specialists” have released a new version of the Bible in which inclusive language and “political correctness” have replaced some “divisive” teachings of Christianity in order to present a “more just language” for groups such as feminists and homosexuals.
According to the AFP news agency, the new version of the Sacred Scriptures was presented at a book fair in Frankfurt. Entitled, “The Bible in a More Just Language,” the translation has Jesus no longer referring to God as “Father,” but as “our Mother and Father who are in heaven.”
Likewise, Jesus is no longer referred to as the “Son” but rather as the “child” of God. The title “Lord” is replaced with “God” or “the Eternal One.” The devil, however, is still referred to with masculine pronouns.
“One of the great ideas of the Bible is justice. We have made a translation that does justice to women, Jews, and those who are disregarded,” said Pastor Hanne Koehler, who led the team of translators.Last December, Matin Dreyer, pastor and founder of the sect “Jesus Freaks,” published the “Volksbibel” (The People’s Bible), in a supposed attempt to make the message of Christianity more “accessible.” Jesus “returns” instead of resurrects, and multiplies “hamburgers” instead of the fish and loaves. In the parable of the prodigal son, the younger son squanders his inheritance at dance clubs and ends up “cleaning bathrooms at McDonald’s.”
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:57:18pm |
re: #95 NJDhockeyfan
Gideons, are they like Jehovah's Witnesses?
It's a group of Christians who raise money, purchase bibles and put them in hotel rooms. They are put there with the idea that if you want one, you can simply take it. It is not even considered stealing. It's yours for the taking if you want it.
That being said, the only Gideon joke I know...
Definition of a dilemma... When your 17 year old daughter gets home at 3am with a Gideon Bible under her arm...
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:58:06pm |
re: #101 NJDhockeyfan
Scions are marketed toward college-age kids. They are not really made for long trips. The Tc with a 5-speed transmission is a fun little car. I don't care for the others though. I never cared for the box shaped car designs.
I don't dislike them, the TC is purty, especially with those wheels. The Toyota strategy is the kids buy the Scions, then they grow up and move to Toyotas, then they "make it" and buy a Lexus.
But my sweet spot for shopping for cars are compacts-gone-wild like the Subaru WRX STI, the Mitsu Evo, the VW R32. Something that will make me cackle with lurid glee and frighten my passengers. I'll drive my GTI until the wheels fall off, but if it were totaled tomorrow, that's what I'd be looking at.
I understand the box shape of the Nissan Cube and the xB because it maximizes interior space in a small wheelbase. You get a compact car with the cargo potential of a much larger vehicle. But they do look weird. 8-)
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:58:09pm |
re: #115 NJDhockeyfan
Hahaha that's just as silly as the feminist movement to stop calling computer motherboards by such a name.
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:58:24pm |
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jaunte Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:58:41pm |
Repeatedly ripping out a bible page seems like an act of superstition.
It doesn't seem like an effective means of changing anyone's mind.
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freetoken Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:59:12pm |
More anger at Matsui:
[Link: pregame.com...]
Just one of the entries:
Its no different than my kids having to learn spanish...HALF THE PAPERS THEY BRING HOME FROM SCHOOL ARE IN SPANISH!
LERAN ENGLISH OR GET NO BENEFITS...YOU ARE IN AMERICA AND OUT FOREFATHERS AND AMERICAN KIDS DIED ON THE BATTLE FIELDS FOR OUR RIGHTS...IM SURE THEY ALL SPOKE ENGLISH LEARN IT OR LEAVE
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Nov 6, 2009 5:59:23pm |
re: #115 NJDhockeyfan
He multiplies hamburgers!
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Decatur Deb Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:00:29pm |
re: #108 SanFranciscoZionist
I think you may be right. Sigh. It's just that I like Ian McKellen.
I liked him more before this. Destroying any book is an attack on
civilization.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:01:00pm |
re: #120 Pepper Fox
Hahaha that's just as silly as the feminist movement to stop calling computer motherboards by such a name.
Never heard of that one. Why shouldn't it be called a motherboard?
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Sharmuta Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:01:02pm |
re: #122 jaunte
Repeatedly ripping out a bible page seems like an act of superstition.
It doesn't seem like an effective means of changing anyone's mind.
is there anyone who ever remembers
changing their mind from the paint on a sign
is there anyone who really recalls
ever breaking rank at all
for something someone yelled real loud one time
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:01:03pm |
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Baier Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:01:07pm |
Anyone know about ACORN having all the computer seized for an embezzlement and tax fraud investigation? Is there anything to this?
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austin_blue Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:01:21pm |
re: #124 freetoken
More anger at Matsui:
[Link: pregame.com...]
Just one of the entries:
Oh, have mercy. That's just rock dumb.
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:01:41pm |
re: #127 SanFranciscoZionist
//because its obviously sexist as it does all the work on the computer just like a woman works in the kitchen!
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:02:00pm |
re: #116 Pepper Fox
I named my dog after that song.
Have you ever opened up your garbage can around 10:00 at night to find a raccoon staring up at you?
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jaunte Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:02:18pm |
re: #128 Sharmuta
is there anyone who ever remembers
changing their mind from the paint on a sign
'Bridge Out' has always worked for me.
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:02:55pm |
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sattv4u2 Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:02:57pm |
re: #130 Baier
Anyone know about ACORN having all the computer seized for an embezzlement and tax fraud investigation? Is there anything to this?
Nothing to see here ,,, move along
Just because the founders brother embezzled a cool million from them (taxpayer money, mind you), there's no need to worry!
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Racer X Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:02:58pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:03:06pm |
re: #119 WindUpBird
Funniest liscence plate frame I have ever seen,
was on a "box" car, I think it was the Scion.
"It's not a box, it's a toaster".
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sattv4u2 Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:03:24pm |
re: #133 MandyManners
Have you ever opened up your garbage can around 10:00 at night to find a raccoon staring up at you?
Why did you throw away a perfectly good raccoon?
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:03:35pm |
re: #124 freetoken
More anger at Matsui:
[Link: pregame.com...]
Just one of the entries:
1. Doesn't this guy's kid's school offer French or something, or would that just make him more hysterical?
2. No, all the kids who died for America did not speak English, and many of those who did didn't speak it as a first language.
3. Ever hear of the code talkers, JERK?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:04:11pm |
re: #108 SanFranciscoZionist
I think you may be right. Sigh. It's just that I like Ian McKellen.
I've gotten a little numb to the strange antisocial tics of creative people. I would have to toss my record collection out if I had to approve of the behavior of the musicians I like ;-)
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freetoken Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:04:11pm |
re: #131 austin_blue
Xenophobia is a human trait... and as such is part of the American landscape as much as anywhere else.
Now, the Japanese are notoriously xenophobic... so it is ironic that this is being dumped on Matsui...
Nevertheless, as joblessness lingers I expect that there will be enough anger at "foreigners" that it will splash over from the usual target, Mexicans, onto others.
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:04:16pm |
BTW, my dinger is fucked up so I won't be dinging either way until I fix it. I keep on getting kicked to the front page despite my rebooting, clearing my cache and sacrificing a chicken and sprinkling the blood over my keyboard.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:04:44pm |
re: #124 freetoken
More anger at Matsui:
[Link: pregame.com...]
Just one of the entries:
They're mad because a baseball player can't speak English? Why the hell does he need to speak English?
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Baier Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:04:52pm |
re: #137 Racer X
Primus is the best live rock band I've ever seen.
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Gearhead Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:05:03pm |
re: #141 WindUpBird
I've gotten a little numb to the strange antisocial tics of creative people. I would have to toss my record collection out if I had to approve of the behavior of the musicians I like ;-)
True 'dat.
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albusteve Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:05:08pm |
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freetoken Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:05:30pm |
re: #144 SanFranciscoZionist
They're mad because a baseball player can't speak English? Why the hell does he need to speak English?
Because it's an American game. And Americans speak English, dammit!
/heh
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austin_blue Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:05:32pm |
re: #126 Decatur Deb
I liked him more before this. Destroying any book is an attack on
civilization.[Link: www.ifbremen.de...]
Well, really, it's not as if he's cleaning out hotels and burning bibles in the parking lot. I wouldn't mind if the prohibition on lobster and pork wasn't in the bible, would you? Same chapter, different pages.
I likes my sea roaches and my crispy bacon.
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:06:02pm |
re: #143 MandyManners
BTW, my dinger is fucked up so I won't be dinging either way until I fix it. I keep on getting kicked to the front page despite my rebooting, clearing my cache and sacrificing a chicken and sprinkling the blood over my keyboard.
It's not just yours...
IIRC, it's an extra character in Charles's file name...
Or, it was in the past.
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:06:17pm |
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jaunte Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:06:23pm |
re: #143 MandyManners
BTW, my dinger is fucked up so I won't be dinging either way until I fix it. I keep on getting kicked to the front page despite my rebooting, clearing my cache and sacrificing a chicken and sprinkling the blood over my keyboard.
Warren Zevon:
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:06:52pm |
re: #133 MandyManners
That's what my .22 with a flashlight ziptied to the scope is for!
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:07:43pm |
re: #150 Floral Giraffe
It's not just yours...
IIRC, it's an extra character in Charles's file name...
Or, it was in the past.
I can't even hit "quote" unless I refresh.
Maybe it's just me 'cause I'm using IE.
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austin_blue Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:08:02pm |
re: #142 freetoken
Xenophobia is a human trait... and as such is part of the American landscape as much as anywhere else.
Now, the Japanese are notoriously xenophobic... so it is ironic that this is being dumped on Matsui...
Nevertheless, as joblessness lingers I expect that there will be enough anger at "foreigners" that it will splash over from the usual target, Mexicans, onto others.
Your point on Japanese xenophobia is interesting. Also spot on. Hell, they still treat the ainu as second-class citizens, and there is every indication they were inhabitants before most of the ethnic Japanese arrived!
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:08:23pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:08:44pm |
re: #133 MandyManners
Have you ever opened up your garbage can around 10:00 at night to find a raccoon staring up at you?
There's a young adult novel about a teenage boy living in Los Angeles after his family moves from Mexico. His mom is terrified of possums, and several of them get into the trash one night when her husband is away, causing her to panic and call 911. She yells into the phone that there are tlacuaches in her backyard.
"There are Apaches in your backyard?" says the operator.
"Tlacuaches!" Mom yells. "Don't you speak English?"
Five of LAPD's finest show up. They're not pleased when they're shown the possums, but they do dump them out of the trash and shoo them out of the yard.
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solomonpanting Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:09:26pm |
re: #138 Floral Giraffe
Funniest liscence plate frame I have ever seen,
was on a "box" car, I think it was the Scion."It's not a box, it's a toaster".
I've seen:
"I'm not speeding, I'm qualifying"
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ryannon Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:09:31pm |
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:09:41pm |
re: #153 Pepper Fox
That's what my .22 with a flashlight ziptied to the scope is for!
I'm gonna' call PETA on you!!
Seriously, I love raccoons.
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:10:29pm |
re: #160 MandyManners
They are cute, but not when they rip open my trash compactor bags and strew trash all over my lawn.
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:11:42pm |
re: #160 MandyManners
I'm gonna' call PETA on you!!
Seriously, I love raccoons.
Speaking of PETA have we heard their reaction to this yet?
[Link: www.wired.co.uk...]
I know they threw a hissy fit over Obama swatting at a fly.
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SteveC Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:12:25pm |
re: #144 SanFranciscoZionist
They're mad because a baseball player can't speak English? Why the hell does he need to speak English?
You think Carlton Fisk's home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series would have cleared the fence if he used body Japanese on it?
///
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:12:26pm |
re: #152 jaunte
Warren Zevon:
[Video]
I useta' have a link to a really good video of Lawyers, Guns and Money but some greedy capitalist pigs shut it down, man.
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Decatur Deb Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:12:31pm |
re: #149 austin_blue
Well, really, it's not as if he's cleaning out hotels and burning bibles in the parking lot. I wouldn't mind if the prohibition on lobster and pork wasn't in the bible, would you? Same chapter, different pages.
I likes my sea roaches and my crispy bacon.
It's not about the Bible for me. If you burn Mein Kampf, the Gods of Irony
should devour you.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:12:44pm |
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Bloodnok Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:12:55pm |
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Gearhead Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:13:03pm |
re: #160 MandyManners
I'm gonna' call PETA on you!!
Seriously, I love raccoons.
THe wife and I used to volunteer as a wildlife rehab center. Raccoons are hilarious. They're like really smart cats with nearly human hands. We would clean out their "litter box" - a kiddie pool and put fresh pine straw down. They would go bananas.
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:13:04pm |
re: #154 MandyManners
No, I have the same issue...
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:13:23pm |
re: #157 SanFranciscoZionist
There's a young adult novel about a teenage boy living in Los Angeles after his family moves from Mexico. His mom is terrified of possums, and several of them get into the trash one night when her husband is away, causing her to panic and call 911. She yells into the phone that there are tlacuaches in her backyard.
"There are Apaches in your backyard?" says the operator.
"Tlacuaches!" Mom yells. "Don't you speak English?"
Five of LAPD's finest show up. They're not pleased when they're shown the possums, but they do dump them out of the trash and shoo them out of the yard.
There's an old joke about road-kill possums making good cold sandwiches.
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austin_blue Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:13:41pm |
re: #160 MandyManners
I'm gonna' call PETA on you!!
Seriously, I love raccoons.
I have an inside/outside cat (demands to be fed outside), and the nightly parade of raccoons seeking kibble is hilarious. We've got one named tripod (no right paw- genetic? accident?- who knows?), who hobbles up and gets into a hissing match with the cat who will invariably back down. Haven't seen tripod in a few weeks.
Worrying...
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:14:09pm |
re: #162 Pepper Fox
They are cute, but not when they rip open my trash compactor bags and strew trash all over my lawn.
Those bags hold a LOT of garbage.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:14:18pm |
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solomonpanting Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:14:51pm |
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:15:11pm |
re: #169 Gearhead
THe wife and I used to volunteer as a wildlife rehab center. Raccoons are hilarious. They're like really smart cats with nearly human hands. We would clean out their "litter box" - a kiddie pool and put fresh pine straw down. They would go bananas.
I actually knew a family who lived in rural west Texas who ate road kill, they'd hear the tires squeal and run out there. If you got to it in minutes it'd be ok before the vultures did. Just like hunting your game but letting someone else do it for you with their car on accident.
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:15:46pm |
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:17:13pm |
re: #166 Decatur Deb
It's not about the Bible for me. If you burn Mein Kampf, the Gods of Irony
should devour you.
I am always amused at people who try to ban Fahrenheit 451 because it mentions burning the bible. The irony is overwhelming.
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:17:16pm |
re: #163 Pepper Fox
Speaking of PETA have we heard their reaction to this yet?
[Link: www.wired.co.uk...]
I know they threw a hissy fit over Obama swatting at a fly.
I'll never forget the night I saw some "activists" harassing a woman wearing a mink at night in LoDo. I got between them and her and read them the fucking riot act.
It won't happen where I live now but, if I catch any shit for wearing mine, I pack pepper spray.
The very idea that an American is harassed for wearing such a thing!
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Gearhead Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:17:32pm |
re: #177 Pepper Fox
I actually knew a family who lived in rural west Texas who ate road kill, they'd hear the tires squeal and run out there. If you got to it in minutes it'd be ok before the vultures did. Just like hunting your game but letting someone else do it for you with their car on accident.
I've seen people do that with deer. They aren't on the side of the road for very long.
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:17:59pm |
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ryannon Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:18:10pm |
re: #169 Gearhead
THe wife and I used to volunteer as a wildlife rehab center. Raccoons are hilarious. They're like really smart cats with nearly human hands. We would clean out their "litter box" - a kiddie pool and put fresh pine straw down. They would go bananas.
Racoon Willie: Extreme Racooning
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:18:46pm |
re: #169 Gearhead
THe wife and I used to volunteer as a wildlife rehab center. Raccoons are hilarious. They're like really smart cats with nearly human hands. We would clean out their "litter box" - a kiddie pool and put fresh pine straw down. They would go bananas.
I wonder how closely the are related to cats.
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:19:13pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:19:55pm |
re: #177 Pepper Fox
I actually knew a family who lived in rural west Texas who ate road kill, they'd hear the tires squeal and run out there. If you got to it in minutes it'd be ok before the vultures did. Just like hunting your game but letting someone else do it for you with their car on accident.
I saw a feller interviewed on the Today show once who wrote a cookbook for roadkill. They asked him how he knew the roadkill was fresh and he said he kept chalk in his truck. On his way to work if he saw a dead animal he would stop and put a circle around it. On his way home if he saw a dead animal that wasn't circled he knew it was fresh.
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solomonpanting Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:20:13pm |
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Decatur Deb Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:20:16pm |
re: #180 Pepper Fox
There's about three layers of irony in there, I think.
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:20:51pm |
re: #173 austin_blue
I have an inside/outside cat (demands to be fed outside), and the nightly parade of raccoons seeking kibble is hilarious. We've got one named tripod (no right paw- genetic? accident?- who knows?), who hobbles up and gets into a hissing match with the cat who will invariably back down. Haven't seen tripod in a few weeks.
Worrying...
Dave Robicheaux has one named "Tripod".
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SteveC Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:20:52pm |
re: #176 solomonpanting
Best "NO TRESPASSING" sign:
If You Can Read This
You're in Range
1) Dig a hole, 2 inches deep, 17 inches long.
2) Place a 15 inch PVC pipe in hole horizontally.
3) Cover hole, making sure to create small mound over pipe.
4) Place sign that reads "Here lies the body of the last dog that crapped in my yard!" next to mound.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:21:20pm |
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:21:21pm |
re: #184 ryannon
Racoon Willie: Extreme Racooning
[Video]
Oh man his place is torn up! I would triple kill that thing and stuff it for that.
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:21:59pm |
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:23:02pm |
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Gearhead Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:23:25pm |
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SteveC Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:24:27pm |
re: #180 Pepper Fox
I am always amused at people who try to ban Fahrenheit 451 because it mentions burning the bible. The irony is overwhelming.
Question: In the world of Fahrenheit 451, the fire department burns books. Their equipment seems to be designed exclusively for burning; for example the hoses pump kerosene. So... who do you call when really you have a fire?
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solomonpanting Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:24:47pm |
re: #195 MandyManners
Hoist by my own petard!
Couldn't resist the belt-high slow pitch over the middle of the plate.
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:25:02pm |
re: #191 SteveC
1) Dig a hole, 2 inches deep, 17 inches long.
2) Place a 15 inch PVC pipe in hole horizontally.
3) Cover hole, making sure to create small mound over pipe.
4) Place sign that reads "Here lies the body of the last dog that crapped in my yard!" next to mound.
Warning: Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again.
Best one I've seen. Goes well with our Castle Law too.
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Gearhead Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:25:06pm |
re: #191 SteveC
1) Dig a hole, 2 inches deep, 17 inches long.
2) Place a 15 inch PVC pipe in hole horizontally.
3) Cover hole, making sure to create small mound over pipe.
4) Place sign that reads "Here lies the body of the last dog that crapped in my yard!" next to mound.
That's a little more forceful than my neighbor's "I don't poop in your yard, so don't poop in mine!" sign.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:25:22pm |
re: #197 SteveC
Question: In the world of Fahrenheit 451, the fire department burns books. Their equipment seems to be designed exclusively for burning; for example the hoses pump kerosene. So... who do you call when really you have a fire?
The gas company?
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:25:33pm |
re: #197 SteveC
They don't have em. All the buildings and materials are nonflammable.
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:26:00pm |
re: #198 solomonpanting
Couldn't resist the belt-high slow pitch over the middle of the plate.
That's a baseball reference, right?
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Gearhead Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:26:43pm |
re: #201 MandyManners
They're both very curious critters.
We saw a spotted skunk that was pretty cool, too, but we kept our distance.
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MandyManners Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:27:07pm |
I'm gonna' shut down to see if that will fix this dinger problem. bbiab
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Decatur Deb Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:27:07pm |
re: #197 SteveC
Question: In the world of Fahrenheit 451, the fire department burns books. Their equipment seems to be designed exclusively for burning; for example the hoses pump kerosene. So... who do you call when really you have a fire?
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Gearhead Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:28:29pm |
re: #206 MandyManners
I'm gonna' shut down to see if that will fix this dinger problem. bbiab
I wonder if anything like that ever happened to C-3PO...
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:28:49pm |
re: #205 Gearhead
We saw a spotted skunk that was pretty cool, too, but we kept our distance.
We get possums out here, they are just plain dumb and blind. Coyotes but they are timid. What you really have to be weary of are boar.
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SteveC Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:31:57pm |
re: #203 Pepper Fox
They don't have em. All the buildings and materials are nonflammable.
Is that serious? My 15 year old niece stumped me with that question, it's embarrassing!
"Fire department."
I have a grease fire in my kitchen!"
"Well whadda expect US to do, lady?!?!?"
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Gearhead Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:32:41pm |
re: #209 Pepper Fox
We get possums out here, they are just plain dumb and blind. Coyotes but they are timid. What you really have to be weary of are boar.
Yep. The Coyotes can get pretty brazen if they're hungry. We think that's what happened to one of my in-laws' cats. And I've never seen them, but I know we have plenty of boar around here.
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:34:05pm |
re: #213 Gearhead
Boar are why I keep a high caliber rifle or revolver on me when I go hiking in rural areas. We also have foxes but they are like the coyotes, you only catch a glimpse of them and they are gone.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:37:07pm |
re: #213 Gearhead
Yep. The Coyotes can get pretty brazen if they're hungry. We think that's what happened to one of my in-laws' cats. And I've never seen them, but I know we have plenty of boar around here.
We've got coyotes around here, too, and I live in a fairly well-developed suburb. Here, though, they tend to stay on the forest preserves. One thing they have done is forced the deer to herd. I've seen deer gathered together, with the fawns in the center, and a coyote skulking around the exterior.
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:38:25pm |
Oh yeah we get bobcats too. I heard one snatch a neighbors cat in the middle of a neighborhood. Horrible horrible noise.
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Gearhead Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:42:32pm |
re: #216 Pepper Fox
Oh yeah we get bobcats too. I heard one snatch a neighbors cat in the middle of a neighborhood. Horrible horrible noise.
I've actually been in an enclosure with a bobcat. Had to clean out his litter box once. They're pretty shy. This one just paced back and forth. Every now and then he would stop and stare at me. When that happened I would just back out of the pen and let him be for a minute.
Beautiful animal.
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Pepper Fox Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:45:03pm |
Seriously Japan, what the hell?
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austin_blue Fri, Nov 6, 2009 6:45:53pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Nov 6, 2009 7:16:37pm |
re: #74 Pepper Fox
Gideon bibles aren't private property. They just chuck em at people and people just kinda leave em there.
Awesome. Now I have an image stuck in my head.
People innocently walking along the sidewalk to whatever their destination, while a Buick full of angry Gideons speeds by and hurls insults and little orange books at them.
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Oh no...Sand People! Sat, Nov 7, 2009 12:11:14am |
re: #2 Sharmuta
YES! Primus SUCKS!
WHAT!? I just listened to 'Pork Soda' just the other day...FYI, as well as 'My Name is Mud'.
Grab yourself a can of pork soda
You'll be feeling just fine
Ain't nothin' quite like sittin' 'round the house
Swillin' down them Cans of swine
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Sharmuta Sat, Nov 7, 2009 12:14:22am |
re: #221 Oh no...Sand People!
Dude...
It was during these early years that the catch phrase "Primus Sucks" started. It began with people constantly stating to the band just how good they were. One day when someone told the band they were good, Claypool turned around and said "No, we suck" and from then on it stuck.
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