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Beyond simple bigotry and an urge to point and laugh is there any evidence that any of these children are being maltreated? (I'd say yes, since they are being raised with religion but I'm generally alone in considering that a form of child abuse.) On my paternal side my grandparents are two of a total of 25 children. There's nothing inherently lacking in it and they both grew up in perfectly loving and supportive families. |
Alex: in all things, moderation. Having only one child, IMHO, is almost as bad for the child as having 10.
I think 2-6 children is probably the range that best balances the benefits of having siblings with the benefits of having the attention of their parents. Of course there is no one-size-fits-all answer to family size. But I think we're all capable of recognizing that in every bell curve there are extremes which are, well, extreme. |
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Feh, don't mind me Alex, I'm not in top debating form tonight. I can barely pay attention to anything long enough to write a coherent post, let alone engage you in intelligent discussion.
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However, I don't mind if religions are introduced to a child, but they should also be encouraged and taught to follow their own thoughts and beliefs, first and foremost. (i.e. I don't think children should be told to pray to make things happen. I think they should be told to find strength within themselves to make things happen. And, if that strength comes from an imaginary friend, then that's fine - it's what they want to believe, rather than being told to believe.) |
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ohHHHhhh....that kind of nut
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Oh, I read his reason for doing it. I was just wondering aloud why people do stupid things to their bodies in general.
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The Next 9 Children's Characters That Should Come Out of the Closet
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Finally answering the old joke question about "why do the doors at Denny's have locks?"
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Airman from WWII found dangling in tree in New Guinea.
They suspect he was trapped in his parachute... he's now trapped in moss. |
That's not so odd. Just the day before yesterday I saw an Airman from WWII shaking hands with Cindy McCain.
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I was going to say something witty here but it kept coming off stupid. Thanks for the laugh Alex.
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Actually, I was surprised at how gimpy he was and that he was shorter than someone he was shaking hands with who didn't seem that tall.
First time I've seen George HW Bush look like a really old man (which, of course, he is). |
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26559643/>1=43001
Heh. At what point do you realize this is a problem and put a sign in your front yard warning people that the parrot makes human sounding cries? |
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Actually, that thought had occurred to me... something along the lines of those people who keep other people prisoner for decades.
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More of a link then a news story and totally NSFW! You should be intrigued but forwarned - I give you the Hooter Shooter.
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I might not have been the one I was thinking of, but it couldn't have happened to a nicer fellow.
I've still got my money on a Liam/Noel murder suicide. |
Never heard of either the band or the person so definitely not the one I was thinking of.
So when you said it was one I wasn't thinking of I picked Peter Gallagher title holder in the category "Creepiest Lips in Hollywood (Non Jolie)." |
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Interestingly, even if had been the one you were thinking of, it still mightn't have been the one you were thinking of. His younger brother, who looks almost identical too him, the lucky guy, stole his act and toured. Though the younger brother lost in court over it, so theoretically he's no longer doing so.
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Life Endangering or Life Preserving?
A Big Mac a day since 1972 prolong life? Or is it just cause he's from Wisconsin, 3984?
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Miso is fine but avoid tofu? Isn't miso soup MADE WITH tofu?
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Miso is not tofu but it is certainly (in almost every place you're going to find it) soy. However, it is fermented soy so would be ok (per the quote article above) for the same reason soy sauce is ok.
I don't really by into most of the soy hysteria you can find out there. I do have problems with it being used as a protein replacement in so much processed food but that stems from the same reasons I have a problem with corn becoming the primary source of carbohydrates. Both soy and corn have become methods of turning oil into food. |
I buy that, Alex. Our food manufacturing industry is a major player IMHO, in the nation's obesity epidemic. Our food in this country is crap, quality wise.
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That's funny - the vegetarian at work is one of the biggest horn-dogs I know.
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Actor Beats Cat to Death
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It's almost bad enough he was associated with Sex In The City.
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Breast Art
My friend found this ad on our local Craiglist which leads to the above link. I guess if people can paint with their hands and feet, why not? |
For man cut nearly in two by train, ‘life is good’
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Here's an illustration to go with the ASU Milk story-
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Ya know, I clicked on the first one, and I would normally click the second even if there's a warning saying "not for the squeamish"
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No butts were harmed in the last two stories. I'd actually forgotten about the stapled-shut one when I posted it.
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This seems appropriate for the month of October:
Coffin elevator kills funeral home worker: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26978142/ |
Ever feel like the weather always seems the worst on weekends?
You may be right! According to a German study that compiled 15 years of weather data, Saturdays have the most rain, Sundays are the cloudiest, and Wednesdays are the warmest. Stupidly they are claiming a causal effect from work week traffic (a week's worth of traffic allows particulate matter to accumulate in the atmosphere and encourage condensation/clouds/precipitation). It's a good hypothesis, but certainly not supported by study. link |
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Unless he posted the ad from an easily traceable computer (that pins the post to the individual), I gotta say that it was a smart tactic. I can't of course condone what he did, but he does get points for creativity.
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oy....looking at the house, I suppose she could recoup her cost in firewood by knocking the place to the ground....with her fist
and knowing ebay, it was for the house only...and she now has 72 hours to get it off the land underneath it. |
I wonder if she is going to finance with an option ARM. If she plays her cards right within a couple years she could end up owing $5.
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I demand any Australians present explain this behavior! I will have to demand that American zoos bar admission to Australian children.
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Unfortunately, Bindi turned ten (according to Wikipedia) this past June 24.
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I was sickened by that story and the fact that they won't do anything to the child because he was too young!
It said on the news he killed a crocodile, how the hell did he manage to do that?! This kid needs serious help or something! |
Managers will be thinking twice about putting a play on against this guy with a runner on base...
Mets Pitcher Ambiorix Burgos Allegedly Kills Two People in a Hit and Run For those that don't follow baseball, a "hit and run" also happens to be a term used to describe strategy play in baseball. |
punishment is not the most important thing for the Aussie kid. he needs serious....SERIOUS mental and emotional help, lest he become another Dahmer...who also started out killing animals before graduating to...the next level as it were.
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I can't look at that winged cat and see anything other than giant, "well cultivated", hair mats!
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Yeah, that is what I was thinking. Any evidence that there is anything other than hair there?
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I'd love to know what the parents are like... If they're actually decent parents, and the kid just snuck out to do this without them knowing, then I hope they force him to do volunteer work there shovelling sh|t every weekend until he's 40 (and no Playstation, Wii, or Bacon) |
They said they can't do anything because of his age. Bull pucky if you ask me. They could send him to counsiling before he starts doing that kind of thing to humans. Next hell be beating babies and throwing them in to the crock. He is a mental case.
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How sad. They isolate her and "worship" her until she hits puberty then they're done with her. No education and will probably never marry. What an effed up thing do to to a little girl... and what an "honor". ?
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What would you know about the average American teenage girl?
(Wait.... No, don't answer that. I don't want to know....) |
Wow, that (my post above) didn't come out correctly...
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Remeber the lady who was stuck to the toliet?! Well her boyfriend won the lottery, it sounds like twice literally. It doesn't mention her in the article, I just thought it was an interesting aside http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27073475/from/ET/
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A little too late to help GusGus I think, but good to know anyway:
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As a brunette, she decided to take a drive in the country. After she had been driving for a while, she saw a farmer and a flock of sheep and thought, "Oh! Those sheep are so adorable!" She got out and walked over to the farmer and said, "If I can guess how many sheep you have, can I take one home?" The farmer, being a bit of a gambler himself, said she could have a try. The blonde looked at the flock and guessed, "157." The farmer was amazed - she was right! So the blonde, (who looked like a brunette), picked one out and got back into her car. Before she left, farmer walked up to her and said. "If I can guess the real color of your hair, can I have my dog back?" |
So, this blonde called her brunette friend. "I'm so upset", she sobbed.
"What's wrong", asked the brunette. "I've been trying to put together this jigsaw puzzle of a rooster for weeks! None of the pieces fit together! Can you come over and help?" "I'll come by this evening", replied the friend. That evening, the brunette walked into the blonde's kitchen, took one look pieces spread across the table, and told the blond, "Honey, put the corn flakes back in the box." |
what goes "blonde, brunette, blonde, brunette, blonde, brunette,"?
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Why are all blonde jokes one-liners?
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A blonde needs to earn some extra money. So she decides to hire herself out for odd jobs around the neighborhood. The first door she knocks on is answered by a guy who takes one look and says "sure, I need someone to paint my porch. When can you start?" The blonds says "Right away." The guy's wife says "what are you, nuts? You're going to let HER paint the porch?" "Don't be so negative" he says to his wife. "You're buying into the blonde stereotype. She seems like a nice kid and she's willing to work"
So the guy tells the girl there's paint and brushes in the garage and the blonde gets to work. She knocks on the door later that afternoon. "All finished!" "That's great! And so fast! How much do I owe you?" "Fifty dollars" The man hands her fifty, and another fifty on top of that. "Wow, thanks!" says the blonde. "You're welcome. I'll be happy to have you work for me again if you'd like to come back." "Sure, I'd love to. But I think you should know something. It's not a porch. It's a Lexus." |
This is a good sort of WTF story- I think this guy rocks:Sheriff refuses to evict people
I'm not sure what the answer is in this situation, but since most of the banks are just letting the homes deteriorate I can't see where it hurts them any. They need to work out a deal with tenants that ensures the property is continued to be cared for and allows tenants time to get up the funds to move. Anyway, it's nice to see some compassion in action. |
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Honey helps infected wounds, too. Helps keep scarring down on non-infected cuts and scrapes. I can't find the article but it works against stuff that is resistant to antibiotics.
Lavender can help burns, too. |
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Huh. Religion, so full of the love they neighbor and all that, certainly makes people crazy at times. If only they'd practice what they preach - literally.
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Lawyer attempts to convince jury that rape victim can't possibly have suffered terribly from her rape because her Facebook page has pictures of her "laughing and smiling at a fancy dress party in the years since the rape."
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I have no words
this is sickening. :(
I hope Bobo does survive. It's a crazy world, I know people have many stresses in life, but I simply cannot ever understand cruelty to animals, period. Unbelievable story not for the faint of heart |
What's really sickening is that the perp will get next to nothing if convicted of animal cruelty. Disgusting. Poor puppy.:(
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Some people have apparently just got something *wrong* with them. You don't hurt an animal. You just don't.
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Pro-Life' Pharmacy Declines to Stock Contraceptives
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Because I need something besides stories that keep pissing me off:
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I just noticed that I spelled "dictatorship" wrong in my above post. It just glares out at me.... It makes my cheese sad. :(
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I just thought... What do we do with Utah?
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Hey! Lagoon is in Utah, and so is S&S Power...
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6th man on the moon claims aliens have visited earth and the government's been covering it up.
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Miss Louisiana Teen USA loses crown after pot bust
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So let me be the first to ask: why were they peeling off scotch tape in a vacuum chamber? And what made them think to measure x-rays while doing it?
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Yup, the one good thing about being on the East Coast. We get our news three hours before you. :D
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Swedish hockey game delayed by sex-toy shower
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Perhaps english is not his first language?
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WTF is this beverage?
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"wrong on soo many levels" just doesnt seem sufficient |
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Is it an alchoholic drink? If so, maybe it's a warning to women of what will happen if they drink too much...
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It's the cheeky cream liquor with a spermy lable that says "I'm coming".
This would be a great gag gift for a bachlorette party! |
Can't the South just let this go already?
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I wonder how long it took them to realize it wasn't HSM3? I mean, why would this one be in theaters intead of cable if it wasn't going to be just a wee bit more risque?? ;)
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Why is sex vulgar again? I keep forgetting.
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Joe the Plumber hires a publicist.
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OMG - I was posting that at the same time as you, Kevy.
Jinx :p |
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Runaway teen compacted by recycling truck
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13-year old girl gets raped by 3 men, so she gets STONED TO DEATH for adultery
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And people rebuke me when I say Islam is the most fücked-up religion on Earth.
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I was just headed here to post the same link, only in a different thread.
What I don't get is that other people watched. 1,000 people watched this happen. Were they forced to go? Or did they just have a sick fascination with watching someone else be killed? I just don't have any words for a culture that considers the public, drawn-out execution of a child victim of a brutal attack to be a spectator sport. |
Show me please, any Muslim official that condemns this act. Just one will suffice.
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And not a thing was done to the men that were accused - per the article. One has to wonder - nothing? As in - they didn't even ask them about it or consider they might be a danger to other people?
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I wasn't sure if this post fit better in this thread or in the Vent thread. Feel free to move if appropriate.
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Or the Ford Cadillac car? Or the Coca Pepsi Cola beverage? Or Sacramento, New York? :rolleyes: or Hollywood, Florida? ;) |
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Oh, I guess that's a rant also. If you move Sczc's you can move this along with it. |
Maybe they wanted you to look at Windows Media in "QuickTime", as in "Double Time, Look Sharp!" ;)
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While it is funny that Bush is showing the shocker, it is even funnier if (as I just read elsewhere) that is the official hand gesture of Arizona State University (it is supposed to be the pitchfork of their mascot sun devil).
Just proves that Arizonianers are all perverts. |
I have learned many things from that photo and the resulting research about it. It sure doesn't look like a pitchfork though.
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What is the genesis of that? Was it featured on a show or movie? Or is it just "one of those things?" |
I would like to research the origins, but I am not about do so from work.
If you haven't encountered it yet, add to your searches the phrase "two in the pink, one in the stink" or "two for you, one for poo." Obviously not the origin (I don't think) but the gesture gained some additional notoriety a few years ago when it was discovered that a high school yearbook committee had peppered that years edition with photos of people making the gesture. There was somehow outrage when it was explained to the adults in the area. |
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Peaches also did a song - "Rock The Shocker"
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Huh. I never thought to give it a name. Oh well you learn something new every day.
I wonder what they call..... |
I personally call it the "Don't you ****ing dare."
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Add me to the apparently sheltered-- and I can see why Alex wasn't going to Google it at work.
To clarify: Apparently "the shocker" has the middle and ring finger together...not to be confused with the ASU "pitchfork" (which has the middle and index finger separated, like a "peace" sign). I can just hear the WH photog... "Okay, everyone spread your middle and index finger far apart..." |
Inmate escapes German jail in box
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Egads, Betty! That's gross!
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I really don't wanna look...but I'm not sure I can help myself. :rolleyes: |
Man Caught with Penis in Pasta Jar
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I nominate this as the most what-the-fückiest thing I have ever seen (probably NSFW)
Natural Harvest - A Collection of Semen-Based Recipes |
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I'm not even gonna click that link.
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So, considering that a challenge ... i clicked, and it's completely safe for work. No images, just um, text, about the bizarre subject matter (and yes coming from someone who occassionally has the opportunity to .... well, ya know :p )
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So, considering that a challenge ... i clicked, and it's completely safe for work. No images, just um, text, about the bizarre subject matter (and yes, that judgment coming from someone who occassionally has the opportunity to .... well, ya know ;) )
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Whoa... deja vous.
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Loved the comments. I wonder if there are any placenta recipes there.
I'm kicking around a dystopic reality sci-fi story where the twist is that semen burns better than oil--resulting in immediate redeployment of our armed forces from the middle east. |
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Let's me honest here - it's not exactly the most appealing tasting substance under "fresh" conditions - let alone collected. Therefore, I'm very sincerely hoping that's a joke and not serious. If it IS serious, who here is man enough to give a recipe a test just to brag that they did? |
iPhone Owner Sues McDonald's for Leaking Wife's Nude Photos
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Which is worse: listening to Manilow or Barney.
Personally, Barney is the biggest nightmare. ________________ In watching the video, one of the songs was "Come Sail Away" as done on South Park. Probably not the best choice as the teens probably watch South Park. I was wondering if the bailiff has to sit in the room while the music is being played. What did he (or she) do to deserve that punishment? |
a) the stereo's not big enough
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I could think of lots of things to add.
How about making them listen to a recording of their parents having sex? |
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Aussies call McDonalds "Maccas"? WTF!?!?! |
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So, what are your thoughts on mantyhose?
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That it is a word as ugly as herstory.
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Now, I'm not saying it's for GD...;) |
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I'm not opposed to the idea of pantyhose. When I was running, I ran in just lycra running shorts which actually was very comfortable.
The problem with full leg tight covering like pantyhose, though, I can't think of how you'd put them on so that every single one of my leg hairs wouldn't end up being pushed in the wrong (and uncomfortable) position. I could shave my legs but can barely be bothered to shave my face regularly so that would be a losing battle. But all style is inherently silly and arbitrary so if this caught on it wouldn't be any sillier than t-shirts. |
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it was a costume and definitely NOT my idea...but rarely can I refuse the request of a beautiful woman. truly, moreso tights than "mantyhose", although I cant really imagine them being different except mine didnt have the "comfort panel" sewn in so I made my own...so yes, not only hose, but crotchless to boot :rolleyes: and before you ask, yes, there are pictures...and never shall eyes fall upon them again (even if I actually knew where they were) |
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I don't get the need for a "comfort panel" Most pantyhose have a crotch halfway down to your knees anyway. The going joke is that a man must have invented them b/c no woman has a crotch that low.
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Ive known more than a few that would not only wear it but point to it and glare at you while waiting for their discount.
some of those oldsters are cheap, mean and downright belligerent about spending even a nickle more than they have to. |
AND it "brings plenty of smiles from onlookers"! What more could you want from a hat?
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Finally, urine recycler passes astronauts’ test
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Had this fix not been successful, it would have been a real pisser. |
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Did you see the video? Not that there's much to it.
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I did. A little light flying across the sky.
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How turkey farms prepare for the Thanksgiving Onslaught
Under the heading of, "Phrases the Do Not Need to be Hot Links": "manually stimulated and "milked" for their semen" |
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For Sale: Miracle "Jesus Image" doggy door
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What a load of crap. Here's the tag I saw for what I thought was an awesome story:
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What I pictured was an uber-awesome snow-melting machine with a matrix of lasers blasting snow out of its path. The reality? It's a laser guidance system designed to prevent the snow plow from hitting things like mailboxes and signs and crap. And even worse, all it is is a fvckign laser pointer. It's not even a sophisticated laser system that can map the terrain and identify obstacles hidden in the snow. It's a bloody green laser pointer that puts a dot on the ground in front of the plow to show the dirver where their plow will go. How fvcking disappointing. |
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Hahhahaha-- how do the women with the choloroform on their boobs avoid going under themselves? The stuff rises, and they're closest to it...
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More Than 130,000 Inflatable Breasts Lost at Sea en route to AUSTRALIA
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I love the photo included in one article about this:
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Ripped from the pages of Duh Magazine:
Male science 'nerds' most likely to be virgins, study says Get out of town! |
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Does this mean that the males are less likely to engage in a circle jerk?
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Well, don't believe her.
The first rule of quilting bee is you don't talk about quilting bee (to a man). |
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Oh yes. Must schedule quilting class for the new year.
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If it wasn't for bad luck, this guy'd have no luck at all.
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Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede
What the fück is wrong with those people!?! You're gonna kill someone to save 20 bucks? You can not tell me that people didn't know they were walking over someone. A human body does NOT feel like a level floor. |
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While I typically am against lawsuits (not all: I just think this society files WAY too many), this is one instance where I am in favor of it (at least at first blush). I have also heard on the news that they were reviewing the video to see if they can spot anyone in the crush who is criminally negligent in this case (although I couldn't find on-line corroboration). |
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Well, at least they saved a few bucks on a new TV to watch the news about the people they trampled. :rolleyes: I hope they can pick out the people who actually pushed him down. If they're going to act like animals, they deserve to be in cages. I hate the way some people act this time of year, all over "stuff" that they can get any other time of year, and for the same price or much cheaper most of those times too! And, I don't want to hear that "people can only afford it this time of year". That's bull****. I grew up in a lower class family with only one working parent, and Christmas shopping started January 1st, and was usually completed by the end of October. If my family did it, so can others. If my siblings and I wanted a "hot item", we had to wait until after the holidays for it. And, because my parents spread the shopping expenses out all year, we often received more than a lot of kids. There's just no reason or excuse for manic behavior this time of year, especially over material crap. |
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When the chanting started to break down the doors, people had a choice to not play a part, and could leave. But, that would have meant giving up the chance for a "deal" on a TV. :rolleyes: I'm not going to hurt anyone or watch anyone get hurt over a stupid item. If I'm surrounded by any kind of hostile crowd situation, I'm going to remove myself from it. Nothing in life is worth that. |
If you look up walmart trampling or stampede (I forget which - but saw it last night) on youtube you'll see another video of a different event.
It's true about the push of people. They all just start walking and when someone falls the people in the back just keep going causing the front people to fall on the person already on the ground. What's disturbing is knowing that this has happened before and they haven't fixed it. Makes you sick to watch it. They could pass out numbers and let people in 10 at a time until there was no longer a line out front. Of course, they may not make the same amount of money - but what price does WalMart place on a life? |
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There's a cell phone video from this year that I chose not to watch. It was after the event and they were giving him CPR and I shut it off. Don't need to see that. |
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So, the guy with the cellphone doesn't exactly have my respect either. It's a shame that the cops weren't immediately available when the crowd was chanting about pushing the doors down. In situations like that, I'm all for the beanbag guns, and the store refusing to open until people behave themselves. But, most stores probably wouldn't do that, because the money is more important. It's just sad all around. How many lives have to end until people get a clue? My heart is with the victims and their families. I have zero compassion towards the shoppers. |
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It's my (limited) understanding that the crowd at the WalMart actually broke down the doors.
Talking to a BF shopper last night, he said EB Games didn't let anybody into their store. Everybody waited in line, you told them what you wanted, they brought it to you, and you paid for it. Easy, nothing got stolen, nobody got trampled, and everybody got as much as they were going to get (considering some things were out of stock). I'm all for limited access when things get that nuts. |
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Should we replace "Break a leg" with "Slice a jugular"?
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Not really WFT material but still interesting...
The smoking gun website has a copy of the infamous Van Halen "No Brown M&M's" rider. |
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He's busy attending weekly tapings of Saturday Night Live in support of his daughter who recently joined the cast (how did he get that old?).
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That's ok. He was just telling me what a jerk he thinks you are.
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You know how when you were a kid the other kids told you to stay away from the drain in the bottom of the pool because it would suck you down and you would drown. Turns out - they were right.
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I suppose one can debate the costs vs. how many lives are likely to be saved, but I don't see that as nanny government. It would be nanny government if the government were intervening to alleviate a risk of harm that only happened to 1) adults 2) when they were drunk or stoned.
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Why should the owners of these pools be forced to either fork over thousands of dollars or be forced to close? Where are the parents? Who in their right mind allows a child that young to swim in a pool unsupervised? Why should the rest of the public pay the price for parents who don't adequately supervise their children?
It’s nanny government any time laws or regulations are enacted that take away personal responsibility – in this case, the responsibility of the parents to keep their children from harm. |
At the least there should be a warning about staying away from the drain - don't you think?
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Perhaps drain suction may or may not be an uber-deadly hazard, but it is a hazard and one with a solution, so it's not unheard of to insist on public facilities to have a certain level of safety precautions in place. |
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I think a reasonable start would have been requiring it of all NEW pools, or requiring changes when reasonably possible, such as the next time the pool is drained, etc.
Also, I think someone could've come up with a domed fixture that could be installed over existing drains, rather than requiring a complete change to the drain system, which would make changes cheaper and more reasonable. And again, there are many much more deadly and avoidable things they could've focused on. |
Playing with the drain was the best part of going to the public school when I was a kid. That moment of fear when you poked a toe in and it took some work to pull it out was the reason for going.
Why must they destroy my childhood! Plus, if you went down there and peed you could convince yourself it left the pool almost immediately and therefore wasn't so wrong. I have no real opinion on whether the government should be doing it, but I wonder if it would be doing it if one of the 33 people in 20 years wasn't related to a former secretary of state. |
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Ditto all of the above. Especially the anti-child part. From the article's description, it sounds like it isn't about whether a parent is watching or not. It cited an example of a child getting pulled under, and people trying to free her from the drain and her drowning anyways. It's not like no one noticed she was under water. So, yeah, I think pool companies should make products that don't kill people. |
I know it is cold and heartless, but on a cost benefit basis, is spending $1.2 billion* justified to save 1 life per year? It would be way more effective to allow that one kid to die and require pool owners to send $5,000 to Africa for water purification tablets (I know, that's not particularly fair, pretty much any home grown safety measure is not cost effective compared to purification tablets for African water).
*Article says 240,000 are not yet compliant and that change costs $1,000 to $15,000. So using a picked as a guess number of $5,000 per retrofit that is $1.2 billion still needing to be spent. ETA: When the EPA does impact assessments for proposed regulations they value a human life at $6.9 million. If we assume that the new drains will last 20 years, work 100% perfectly and therefore save 33 lives, that is a value of $36.4 million. |
Oftentimes laws to "protect the children" are pushed through by people/companies who stand to make money on the regulation (remember the uterine cancer vaccine?). Now, obviously this one has something to do with a lawmaker's personal grief, but I do question such expensive regulation, because it does seem obvious to me that someone stands to make a lot of money on this.
Again, I wouldn't mind so much if the reaction were less extreme (eg: applying it only to new or remodeled pools, coming up with a less expensive alternative such as fitting a dome over an existing flat grate, etc.) Safety and reasonability must be kept in balance. Else we'd have extremes like banning cars because they kill so many people. |
I don't think aggregating it is a sensible way of addressing what the responsible approach of each property owner is.
Our idiot prior owners planted sequoia trees on our .11 acre lot. Very pretty. Totally inappropriate for the lots. One of them had a split trunk, to make matters worse. The trees are an inevitable hazard to driveways, fences and, eventually, rooves and brains. We just spent about a thousand having them out (to the indignation of our neighbors who called us tree-hating cretins but said that, no, they would not sign a perpetual release of liability) We felt that spending this money now was the responsible thing to do even though it might take ten years for the one tree to crush our neighbor's house and, even then, they might not be inside at the time. If you frame the question as whether a property owner should spend one thousand, five thousand, etc. to alleviate a clear risk of harm that would result in far larger liability, then the decision becomes clearer. Aggregating the effect of that decision among everyone in the country who has a similarly costly risk on their property shouldn't distort what the right thing to do in particular cases is. |
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Except that aggregating is very common for evaluating whether government imposed regulations are sensible (just because something is the "right thing to do" does not necessarily mean it should be mandated by the government).
Also, I'd argue that if the only reason you removed the tree now was because of a 1 in (let's say to just pick a number) 100,000,000 chance of killing someone in any given year beyond 15 years from now that your $5,000 was very poorly spent. If the odds of damage or death from the tree, however, are significant then aggregating might very wear bolster the case. Conversely, what if a rather than the $5,000 fix there is a $40 fix that would save 70% of the lives (I have no idea if there is). At what point is the cost disproportionate to the minuscule -- though very real -- risk? |
There may "only" be 33 kids that have been killed by the drains but many more have been permanently injured (usually after evisceration). Further, it is thought that many more deaths are probably attributable to pool drains but are listed as drownings since that is the actual cause of death.
Examples: Here. Here. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00016693.htmAnd here. I'm amused by the idea that somehow these kids aren't "supervised". Only someone without kids would make a blanket statement like that. The pool we go to is very well supervised. I also supervise my 8yo. Nonetheless, she is often underwater...playing games, swimming, exploring, etc.. She is an excellent swimmer. I don't get up and follow her every time her head dips underwater. I don't expect there to be a freak hidden danger like a drain that would hold her down so firmly it would suck her intestines out. Maybe in some of your minds this makes me a bad parent. Maybe you think I don't adequately supervise my daughter. But I also think that if there wasn't a "hidden" danger, and you saw me hovering* to that extent, you would think I was a total nutjob. *Personally, I think this kind of extreme supervision at 8 would go beyond hovering and border on some kind of pervasive psychological condition. |
I'm sorry, but if I were a parent, there is no way I'd allow my 7 or 8yo child swim in the deep end of the pool.
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I am a parent and I let my 7 or 8 year old swim in the deep end all the time. She took swim lessons for years and is a fairly strong swimmer. When we were that age we spent hundreds of hours at the public pool diving in the deep end. There were these square blocks you could check out and dive for them in the 8ft, which I hated cause I always feel like I'm drowning if I go that deep. And diving for them was a part of our swim lessons as well.
And I don't think it's all lack of supervision, although it could be. Kids can do the darndest things so fast you can't stop them. Madz got her head stuck in the fencing at the Tomorrowland Train Station when she was two. They finally got her out with bolt cutters but they thought they might need to weld. She did it in a second and none of us could figure out how she even got her head in a position to get in the space so we couldn't get her out. |
The second link is to a personal injury law firm trolling for cases. That doesn't mean what they say is inaccurate just that they have a financial incentive to maximize the perceived risks.
The third link to the CDC is to a case where the protective drain cover was missing for some reason so very well might have happened regardless. But my point is not that this regulation is unwarranted (as I said, I don't know enough to know), just that just as the "supervise your kids" thing is misguided, I think the "it's a real risk so the cost is a moral obligation which justifies making it a legal obligation regardless of the relative risk" is also misguided. |
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My five year old swims in the deep end. He's been swimming since he was a toddler. Without any sort of floatie/vest since he was a young four. He can also do the six foot high balance beam at gymnastics, climb to the top of the rock wall, etc. Seriously, I get so tired of people who obviously have no clue about kids or parenting criticizing parents all the time. It's fvcking hard people!
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I didn't want to go in any pool for a while when I was a lil kid, because of a news story about this kind of thing.
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Back to the pool issue... Not that I feel strongly either way about a new law for pool owners, but the linked stories remind me about a moment I had on our family vacation this year.
We were sitting by the pool at the hotel, and I started reading Chuck Palahniuk's "Haunted", one of the books from my "get around to sometime" pile. Unlike "Fight Club", "Choke" and "Lullaby," this book is a collection of linked short stories... most of them pretty darn gruesome. One of the early stories involves a character who uses the drain of the pool for his own pleasure, until something horrible happens. I actually got physically ill and had to put the book down for almost a half hour. |
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Interestingly I don't think he's quite understanding the nature of the controversy yet. I don't think it is blacks, specifically, that would have the most issue with a friend named Adolf Hitler.
It is hard to take at face value the statement that he picked the name just because it was nice sounding and would be unique but then has apparently requested a swastika on the cake in the past (and named another child after Aryan Nation). So, I guess I can understand both sides. Yeah, I'd probably go ahead and make the cake but it would be borderline. I don't buy for a moment that no political statement was being made when they chose the name of this child and I don't really have a problem if others choose to not participate in making that statement. My mom owns a seamstress shop I don't know that she'd be eager to make the young child's klan hood for his 4th birthday costume party. |
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Kids will do the darndest and most dangerous things. I was swimming in a pool that was half covered by the winter pool cover. My Dad and his friend were standing nearby. I thought it would be cool to swim beneath the cover, and it was! The colors and the calm were amazing. I figured I get to the the end, and simply stick my head up, imagining the cover would be light enough to raise up along with me. I tried to come up for air and the cover was too heavy to budge. I was quickly running out of air and almost panicked, but instead swam as fast as I could to the open end of the pool. I emerged gasping for air. My Dad and his friend were still chatting away; had no idea I was in any danger. Reproached him later for not paying more attention, and he pretty much told me to be less of an idiot. Heh. Anyway, I could have died, and I hardly blame lack of supervision. My father simply had a higher opinion of my intelligence than he should have. :) For the record, I am not anti-child. I just don't want children of my own. (There are many reasons for this, and one of them IS because I know how hard it is.) I don't like how some people have tried to make me feel like this is a severe lack on my part. I've had a co-worker say, "You can never really know love until you have a child." I've had people who barely know me say, "Oh, but you will. Someday. Trust me." If some people feel those without children speak out of turn about parenting, it goes both ways. Parents often make non-breeders feel like there is something wrong with them. My boss needing to take time off from work watch his daughter's ballet class is no more important than my needing to take time off from work to meet an old friend for dinner. He wants to be a good father, and I want to be a good friend. We mutually respect our different lifestyles. So, I'm not anti-child. I love new baby smell and smart toddlers. I love playing with kids because I've always dreamed of playing with monkeys. And I love talking with kids because I find I often learn something new, too. I don't think kids should be cleaning up lint in cotton mills with their tiny hands, but I also don't think they should be coddled and "cute"ified into prolonged adolescence. My aunt stays home from work if her sixteen year old has a tummy ache. I don't understand that. My favorite parents are the ones who don't make their children feel like they are the center of the universe, who treat them like like they are raising a future adult, and who take their newborns OUT of the movie theater as soon as they start crying because they recognize that other patrons may mind. A child crying at Disneyland? Fair game. If anything, I'm anti-parents who think their more important for being parents, and who treat their children as though they are somehow more special than everything, everyone and anything else. I feel fortunate that most of the parents I know aren't like that, and they're raising some seriously awesome kids. |
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My uncle's wife raised one of those "center of the universe" children. This girl was her last child, and my aunt's main goal seemed to be to not allow the child to grow up (I think the woman would be happy for her daughter to be perpetually age 4). She wanted to do every little thing for the girl. I think there was some guilt with this as well as the fear of the child growing up, but independence was quite a challenge for her. Luckily, the girl seems to realize that constant dependence on one's mother is not normal, and seems to have made a somewhat independent life for herself, but it wasn't easy. And like you say- crying babies in movie theaters? Not so ok. Crying babies at Disneyland? Happens. |
I can totally relate to that. I was married for 25 years and folks would constantly ask us "dont you want kids?" we'd sort of look at each other puzzled, as neither of us seemed to understand that 'want children' phrase. I still dont. I 'want' a steak. I 'want' to get laid. I "want" all sorts of things. not one of those seems to be "I want to create another life"
however I dig kids (Im not much removed from being one myself except for actual age), get along great with em and they do seem to like me (see the previous note, as I think kids recognize their own, regardless of age) dunno. just not a thing I ever saw or see myself doing. and while I do applaud those that have, I fully appreciate the benefits of being one who doesnt |
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But seriously: I see no "anti-child" attitude on this board. I know that many people on this board do not have kids, but that does not make any of us "anti-child." I personally spend a fair amount of time with friends who have kids, and have no problem talking to the children themselves. One family, who currently have a ten-year-old, a seven-year-old, and a three-year-old have been our friends since before they were married (actually, we've known the wife since before she even met her now husband). We've watched the kids grow and it has been a true joy. We've been on camping trips together and will often watch after the kids while Mom and Dad and get a respite. |
I'm not anti-child. I just don't think they're the bees knees.
Have them if you want them, just don't expect me to think they (or you for having them) are all that interesting or special. They seem to like me though. |
I hate when the edit function disappears and my inappropriate "their" can not be corrected to "they're". I know the difference! I do! Just...in the heat of the writing moment...I am sometimes illiterate. Heh.
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I didn't plan on having kids at all. I love them but never felt any maternal urge. I got all sorts of grief from everyone...someone even told me I was being selfish (which to be fair, not gracing humanity with more of my gene pool would have been rather selfish). Then, at 32...ooops! (let's just say that 99.7% figure for the pill leaves a little wiggle room) So I've been on both sides of the fence and respect both sides. I can also honestly say that to some degree I agree with your co-worker; in my wildest imagination, I couldn't have imagined loving anyone or anything as much as I love my daughter. I don't mean to imply at all that you are lacking or crazy because you don't want kids. I've known the feeling. Having said that, it annoys me every bit as much if not more when people say, "if I was a parent" or, "if I had kids" as when people would say things about my decision not to have kids. Personally, I think the "stick to what you know" factor applies here (and never make definitive statements about things removed from your experience, I used to say, "if I were a parent..." all of the time but reality is a lot different from observation). |
I have a child. He just happens to look and sound like a piggie.
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Damn, Damn, Damn.
This story was sooooo close to being the coolest news event ever! Imagine this, you are with your family for a fun day at the water park. You send the kiddies down the big water slide, while you wait at the bottom to snap a photo or two. Down come the kids and right behind them comes a live 6' tiger shark. Close. Oh so close... |
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My first thought was the that Sherman from the Sherman's Lagoon comic strip met a terrible end while on vacation.
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my sharky cheese is sad - yes, the image of a shark on a water slide is a highly enjoyable one, but I loves the tiger sharks, and I'm sorry to hear that this one died. :(
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