I have one of these too. Except mine is now 5'7" tall, 163#s, just turned 12 and never stops eating.

Hey Gals, or Guys...

Get the true measure of your man.

Probably NSFW.

That's gonna hurt business

Yeah, but everyone looks good in centimeters

Two things...

I certainly hope that scale is in centimeters. :eek:

-And-

The "click to enlarge" button made me giggle.

That is cool!

I wonder how long it will be until someone tries to mount that on a ring.

I don't think any of us heard about the environmental disaster in Tennessee a few days ago. I just read this blog post about it. Eeep.

Hope this will solve the problem of people talking during the movie..

http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news...ing_movie.html

'bout damn time - I've wanted to beat the crap out of idiots that leave their cellphones on.

What really sucks is when you're looking for the asshole with the ringing phone and realize that the asshole is you. Not that I would know or anything.

I don't know, I find small arms fire also distracting when trying to watch a movie.

Silence is Golden :evil:

I SWEAR, it was an accident!

Scaramanga?

What is it about having a third nipple that make you want to gild your firearms?

Brilliant Swedish Man Tries Self-Immolation To Impress Girlfriend

Here's my text recreation of the incident

Lucky girl! She's got herself a hottie. :D


(Oh, come on. You know you guys were thinking it...)

I wonder if he'll do a Jag/hearse conversion next

Hot time, in the old town, TO-NIGHT!!!

Apparently, Prince William caused a stir by showing up at the family Christmas festivities wearing a beard. He says he's going to shave it off. Tis a pity... He looks much better with one.

Hopefully he'll have the beard when he's King. Very Richard the Lionhearted.

His great-grandfather did.

Fish is expensive....

http://news.aol.com/article/tuna-fet...mh=dm25.185224

Porn industry seeks own stimulus ... package
Adult industry titans say economy has made Americans ‘go limp’

The whole story.

Boy, these guys sound pretty hard-up!

That's a stimulus that I can get behind! ;)

Just...ew.

For you to get behind it would require a little extra "capital". The financial crowd are a "stiff" lot.

I'm now officially nauseous. Thank you.

(Ew indeed)

Am I weird for eating Jelly Bellies while reading that story?

Correction - Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. Soap makes for an interesting surprise. Should have read the beans more carefully.

Too bad he didn't have a little Chianti to go with it.

I haven't seen this one here but thought it was crazy! Woman burns husbands genitals for hugging another woman. My fav quote is.... Boord quoted Narayan allegedly saying: "I just wanted to burn his penis so it belongs to me and no one else. ... I didn't mean this to happen."

Oh My!



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28518932/

Cirque's post then led me to a similar story from right her in California:

Men sentenced for setting friend's crotch ablaze
The victim suffered second-degree burns on his testicles

The whole story

Was it one of those "set your fart on fire" stunts?

No. From the story:

I would insist they wave all charges, then kill them both in their sleep

Is there an Eyeball flavor?

Friends don't set friends' crotches on fire.

Great Balls of Fire!

well....not in THAT way at least :D

Baby, you set my
CROTCH ON FI-YAH!

Baby you are my
ONE DE-SIYAH!

'Cause Baby, you set my
CROTCH ON FIIIIIII-YAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!

I'm not sure if "workplaces may still be sexist but it is nothing like 70 years ago" is quite a WTF story.

The 'WFT' aspect was pretty much dropped pages ago, now it's more of a offbeat news thingy.

I know. That was kind of my backing into way of saying the letter doesn't really surprise me. Though I did think there were some women in other art departments before then but was probably wrong.

So I opend Google Earth, went to 2719 Hyperion Hollywood, CA. in street view. Is that a grocery store?

Yup

How could I not post this here?

I produly present, direct from the Detroit Auto Show, and I'm guessing some fairly serious recreational drugs......

The Cadillac WTF

Yes. That's it's real name....

appropriately named. it was indeed my first reaction.

whereas I'm thinking this should have been called the ROFL

Looks like a Scion that has been left out in the sun too long...

I think it looks like a milk truck from the 60s:

the difference being Id actually drive the milk truck

The Cube looks like the minivan version of the Pacer.

It's Borg-riffic!

The Cube is just a large PlaySchool vehicle. The WTF is, ummmmm, WTF?

The Cube is dumpy. I do like the wraparound window idea.

The cube is meh.

But the WTF? Why do they make concept cars? Why not spend the money on making actual cool cars people will want to buy? (and can actually buy)

While Nirvanaman can answer the question much better than I, the answer I would give is that concept cars are the beginning of new cars for the future. Sort of like a big brainstorming session. Actual production models/features/designs evolve out of the concept cars.

I don't believe you. They take cool cars and take one little element and put it on a lame car no one wants anyway.

http://www.thelocal.de/society/20090115-16793.html

When you're too drunk to bartend, just let the cops know and they'll finish up for you.

It's the same idea as you see in fashion with those clothes that no one really actually wears. It isn't about the specific reality, but about the ideas. Trickle down creativity.

They take cool looking cars and take the ideas from them and turn then into practical cars. You know, ones that you can actually fit in, don't cost $200,000, have trunk space, and won't instantly crush you in an accident.

Okay - this isn't a story - but a funny I email I just rec'd from sprint. Note the part where I'm supposed to click on a link (nothing was linked by the way):

:rolleyes:

It's been too long since we had one, so here ya go:

Boy poses as police officer and goes on patrol

It's bad enough that he fooled the whole station and his partner in the patrol car, but how did he even get on the roster????

Source
Uh, yeah. Congratulations you little murderous punk bastard.
:(:p

Ew. :(

Newly discovered catfish species climbs rocks
Fish's pelvic fin decouples from body and moves backward and forward

The whole story

Octuplets stun doctors at California hospital

The whole story

The poor woman: she went in expecting to only have seven, but ended up with eight.

What a large litter!

musta looked like closing time at chuck-e-cheese

Boy, 3, filmed smoking, mother convicted

What the hell is this lady thinking?

I suppose a good education might very well be out of the question. They'll need to take out a loan just to cover the diapers.

Oh, and any sarogates available for brest feeding?

The term is 'wet nurse' :D and I heard that she WAS planning on breast feeding.

And from around here...
There was a murder of a 'popular bartender' in the Quarter on the 17th. Here's an article about two of the being remanded to adult court. (The third, a 14 year old, is jailed but there's a big difference in LA law between 14 and 15)
But the part that gets me:
Ok, good for the Mom's for turning them in, but now there's talk about them maybe getting the Crime Stoppers Reward (standing reward for turning in murders). Yea, you "raise" a kid who goes around in a group of 2 15 year olds and a 14 year old, with gun(s), planning to rob people in the Quarter, and you might be eligible for a reward? I think not.

(Fortunately, I did NOT hear that the Mother's were ASKING for the reward, but some people think they should be offered it)

Bart Simpson promotes Scientology

WTF was Cartwright thinking?!

Keeping with the character of Bart, I gotta think it was a setup. Now Fox can go after scientology both legally and on the show...

Cartwright donated $10 million to the Church of Scientology. Don't think it's a setup.

Wow, that was astonishingly stupid of her.

As was doing a Scientology ad as Bart.

Florida couple clones beloved dog for $155,000


I think this qualifies for this thread.

even as much as I love dogs and animals in general, this disgusts me to the core. sure, hes cute and cuddly and all. so are the thousands being put to sleep because they cant find homes for them.

OK, so it was revealed today that the mother of the octuplets already had 6 children - two of those are twins. She's 33 year old.

Who the HELL decided she needed fertility treatment? (I could really go on a rant right now, but I'll refrain.)

LA Times Story.

Unbelievable. I'd rant, but I am at a loss for words.

And, some organizations or private donors will "honor" her by supplying them with a big house and all the needs for the children, and some college will probably even grant them all scholarships. :rolleyes:

I know this is kinda fascist, but I don't think artificial fertility methods/drugs should be available until all unwanted children have been adopted. If nature wants you to have kids, then you would, but if you can't for some reason, then why not just adopt?

And she's living at home with her Mom - correct?

Is there any mention of a Dad?

Or is she now the single mom of 14?

I am holding back on this detail as the LA Times story says "Neighbors said she and her six children ... live there with her mother." That could be that Mom lives with her and 'father of the children.'

Again from the story "... noting that her daughter's father is going back to Iraq, where neighbors said he worked as a contractor, to help support the expanded family."

But yeah, this story makes my blood boil.



ETA: in reading the story more closely, the person who said "... noting that her daughter's father is going back to Iraq..." is the new Mom's Mother: the new babies' Grandmother.

So who knows what the fvck is going on.

If she can care for the kids to a sufficient minimum level then I don't care one way or the other.

Is it less than ideal? Surely. But kids are raised in all kinds of less than ideal ways all the time (and many that would be well defended).

I'm curious why standard implantation methods for a woman her age weren't used, but it is just curiosity.

I know the Google van hitting a deer story has already been posted. I'm submitting this link because I want to know Who The Fück thought that was a good background image!?! :eek:

Who gives fertility treatment to a 33 year old with 6 kids???

Will we be paying any public assistance to this person of their family?

I saw this one today, man wants implants back from ex; http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28926834/

Ummm wow

I wonder if the ruptured implant really was "repaired" or if it was replaced. I'm only willing to rely on duct tape for so much.

Bewbies.

Tom Leykis was ranting about that guy yesterday... saying it was very wrong of him to do - but people should be careful how far they push others - everyone has a snapping point eventually. And then they come stab you and try to steal your tits.

With the Mom of octuplets - they said that she received counseling about the risks of carrying 7 babies to term, and she refused selective abortion. I respect her right to make THAT decision, but WHAT fertility clinic implanted that many embryos in the FIRST place without going through extensive counseling. I was under the impression that they would implant fewer embryos if you weren't willing to go through selective abortion.

The fact that there's been NO mention of a fertility clinic makes me think they KNOW they messed up. I mean, what clinic doesn't make sure a mother gets prenatal care in her first trimester? (Or maybe they did, but it didn't come from the place that delivered the babies)

And where the heck is Daddy?!

It's unlikely that they were implanted.

The deal with these super-multi-pregnancies is that it's generally people who do step 1 of fertility (hormone injections to promote follicle growth), but, for whatever reason, fail to stick to the rest of the procedure. It's impossible to predict exactly how much follicle growth will result from an injection, so you're supposed to get blood work done to monitor it. If too many follicles are detected, a responsible doctor will either tell them to hold off on trying to conceive until the next cycle when they can reduce the hormone dose, or they'll harvest eggs for invetro. But if they just got the hormone injection and went ahead and conceived without checking, or ignoring the advice to wait until next cycle....... (I read a good article yesterday).

THAT makes sense. (Well, as much sense as a mother of 6 getting step one of the process can be)

I don't understand WHY a 33 year old with 6 children already would NEED fertility treatments in the first place? Her most recent birth was twins that are only 2 years old. She obviously doesn't have a problem conceiving.

I wonder about her real motives. Publicity? Guiness Book? Charity? Or, maybe it's just stupidity.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/...n4764432.shtml

Apparently she's abandoned her home and applied for bankruptcy.

I read in another article she was implanted with 8 and they all "took".

Greeeeeeat.

So, looks like our tax dollars will be helping her out after all. :rolleyes:

kinda thinking the first 3 are the same as the last one


personally, that borders on a mental illness

According to GMA, she is a single mother and the embryos were implanted. The ethics of this entire situation is grossly fascinating.

Where are the ethics?

I really hope with all the negative publicity this has attracted that companies are not just giving them handouts like they usually do with free diapers, a house,a van or college tuition! She obviously knew what she was doing and should not be rewarded!!

Although I would hate to see the babies suffer for her wrongs.

Then, I have no problem if they receive as much as orphaned or needy children... but nothing more than that.

But if she were judged a better person they would be deserving of more than orphaned and needy children?

In my opinion, still no. (Coincides with my earlier post about fertility treatments vs. adoption.)

I think that before we can make a fully informed decision about the morality of the situation, we need to know her skin color.

Ok, that's fine. Was thrown off by the "then" in your post which implied that otherwise your view would be different.

I've never understood society's desire to help only those people they see on the news. (Whether women who whelp litters while the foster mom taking in 8 kids gets no extra help or a specific dog that survives a fire while dozens more go unwanted at the same shelter or providing food to the homeless on one single day a year.)

I don't care if she's purple! If you can't afford the children you bring into this world then I guess you shouldn't have had them. It's not like this was a surprise to her. She obviously delibrately intended on having this many children.

I feel for the grandfather who is going back to work just to support her children.

The woman is only a little whelper if she's black. If she's white, she's Bristol Palin x 8: a brave single mom with a healthy respect for life.

A pic of Michael Phelps taking a bong toke
With this new-to-me bit of news, I'd say SacTown may just be the LoT's best swimmer.
Apparently, he acknowledges that it's a real pic, too.

I really like his watch.

6 Popular Fashion Trends That Killed People - NSFW

Blingage.

Man, I hate that SI pic of him with his medals. He looks like a lady gypsy.

Doesn't that make Phelps' gold medals an even MORE impressive achievment?

See - you can still partake and be successful.

He looks just like anyone else take a hit from a bong.

nice bong. better than those old beer bottle ones ...erm...I used to see :rolleyes:

Okay, I'm gonna say it. Did any of my mo bros see the picture of Michael Phelps putting his lips on that cylindrical object and immediately imagine him putting his lips on "something else"? Cause I sure did.

Umm, No.

No, not really.

Wait, better take a look at the photo.

Nope. Still no. Especially since he has his mouth inside the opening.

No. The only thought I had was trying to figure out just how many hundreds of years ago it was that I last took a bong hit.

uh...he said mo-bro


none the less...no, but I have had heter-bro mental images for other inane, banal pictures...so except for that specific one, yeah...been there.

What I thought was 'he is really taking that hit in really deeply'....looks like his chest is completely full of...air.....I guess 'cause the tube part is so long? Makes for a long hit.

I mean, just cause it looks like it would be.........

And none of the people who responded fall into the category of ZSZsZCSXXXserbiac's "mo bros". Unless Moonie's got something to tell us...

Not in the category but no to me either. But then I've never had that image from a woman with a bong either. The general mechanics of the mouth just aren't the same (unless mo-bros do it differently).

Moonie's not entirely sure what a "mo-bro" is but none the less, I don't think any announcements along that line will be forthcoming.

It means your parents recently had another son.

I don't think that is the correct definition in this case.

I tired looking it up in the Urban Dictionary, but that did not seem to help much either.

"Did any of my fellow homosexual males see the picture of Michael Phelps using a bong and think of him engaging in oral sex?"

(I can't tell if you're serious or not so I'm reduced to answering seriously.)

Well if that's really what he meant, why would he post it here on LoT?

I have to mark this day down. Alex answered a question seriously, that wasn't about politics!


Of course, obviously Moonie needed some help on that one but kudos for Alex.

Alex correctly decrypted my que(e)ry.

As for Moonliner's follow-up question, it was my understanding there was at least one other Friend of Dorothy skulking around in the Lounge. Though based on the responses to my earlier question, I may have been in error in supposing so.

Ohh I love the Wizard of Oz! Dorthy is so hot!

Well... I fall into that catagory, and no. It never crossed my mind.

Duely quoted (out of context, of course) for posterity! :evil:

There are a lot more than one "friend of Dorothy" on LoT! Hello?!

I had never heard that before... it rather tickled me. tee hee.

As I read down the page I came across this:

Dem some ugly legs!

I didn't realize that pigeons were so desired that there was a pigeon smuggling ring. Eggplants either, for that matter.

Methinks maybe he just likes stuffing things in his pants.




(And Kevy's right on the legs...they look like chimpanzee legs)

I just assumed this was one more in the list....

Guess I was wrong once again....

I see "Person caught trying to smuggle [pick your animal] in their pants" stories so often that it leads me to believe that there must be a healthy amount of people who DON'T get caught.

Yes there are. Exotic animal smuggling is a fairly good black market business and the mortality rate is high. My parents were involved in bird breeding for a while and it was surprisingly easy to find illegal animals available.

Oh, I know exotic animal smuggling is big trade. It just surprises me that "down that pants" is a common, effective practice.

Little Miss Over-breeder is now shopping around her story and weighing offers.

I will support any fundraising towards sterilizing this woman.

I liked the quote from her spokeswoman on GMA today...

Q? Are you selling her story?

A: No! We are still looking at the multiple offers.

So - yes - but we're just not sure to which group.

I don't care if she sells her story or not. At this point - does it matter? I'd rather have some tv station pay for her expenses instead of taxpayers.

Cloaca No.5: A machine that poops
work safe

Heather bought me the Cloaca t-shirt, hardcover book and coffee mug from the last installation. Good stuff.

867-5309
$400,000+? Really?

Well, he is a little inaccurate in the description:

He should check out this page and this page. (The original on this was here.)

And they've been spelling CP's name wrong all this time! Poor Caddie.

I like his note:

sort of akin to getting blood out of a turnip isnt it?

I guess I don't understand why you'd want that number. It's not like they expect a DJ service when they call, they want Jenny. How is it good to get a bunch of annoying calls?

couldnt agree more. half the time I dont even want the number I have...why would anyone want one that brings in a constant stream of feckless twits?

Its actually not a bad marketing idea. While I would also have a "main" number (as inevitably, one will be getting a lot of "Jenny" calls), it is a great hook to get people to remember your company in what is a highly competitive and saturated market.

The mobile DJ company that I worked for here in Orange County is called "Fly By Night." It is a funny name that people remember. They have been in business for over 30 years and are well known (and they also provide great service to their clients!).

Were you a part of their company in 1994? I think you guys were my DJ at my wedding.

Yes. I have finally 'retired' (after about three years of trying to do so) about 2 years ago. I was with them for about 20 years.

It would be very weird if I were the DJ at your wedding. Do you remember who your DJ was? Oddly, I remember most of the weddings by the location: where was your reception?

Ya think! It was in Mission Viejo in my parents back yard...

More to the point, was he wearing a dress and frilly panties?

If only I'd known that was an option! ;)

Maybe I ought to dig out my wedding album and see... what a strange coincidence that would be!

While I do not claim to remember every wedding I have ever performed, I do not have a recollection of playing any backyard receptions in Mission Viejo.

I just find it so odd that I remember receptions by the location: I have no idea why this is.

BTW: if you have a picture of the DJ and send it to me, I may be able to tell you who it was. I trained many of the DJs around that time.

They wouldn't let me where a dress to the receptions, but I always had the panties on underneath my tux.

Why am I believing you? :p

Yes, you CAN has cheezburger.

Oops

China TV sorry for fireworks that caused blaze
Unlicensed display sparked fire that destroyed luxury hotel in Beijing
The hot story.

Naked hikers in Switzerland to be fined

Here's my favorite part of the article, right at the end.

How cheeky.

ok, Im offended...well, ok...in a sorta way..but IMO naked is not immoral

at times, it might not be a persons best look, but I object to it being called immoral.

Naked is especially not immoral in Switzerland (ask our nudist relatives).

Um yeah, I was just thinking of my mountaineering cousin who lives in Appenzell and wonder if she or my aunt and uncle are among the offenders...

I give you The Most Disturbing animals on earth.

I haven't even read the entire article. Just got to the vampire squid (from hell) and knew I had to post it. Check out the video of that thing. :eek:

Your President and mine is one bad mutha shut yo' mouth!

All I got was

I got that too, so I followed the instructions.

Link

I don't follow instructions. I am too macho for that.

I like your new president !! :D

I'm so glad the FBI is totally on top of this extremely important issue.

Comcast offered customers a whole $10 each if they were impacted by the incident. What do you think of that offer?

If you had kids watching - does it scar them in a way worth more then $10? Or $5 each if you have 2 kids etc.

I think it sets up false expectations in our youth that you get paid to watch porn.

I think they should have said:

Oh you clever man.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/11...ss_mostpopular

(sham)Wow!

From what I've read the concern is that the interruption was a test run for a terrorist attack during next year's Super Bowl. Had the clip gone on longer, every drunk man in America and our fighting men overseas would have been hypnotized into dropping trou and shaking our dicks from side to side.

This would have left us vulnerable.

Two satellites collide.

Phil Plait at Bad Astronomy calculates they must have hit at a closing speed of about 1.5 kps or 3,355 miles per hour.

According to the update on the linked article, the speed was more like 8 kps.

Yep, the update wasn't showing in my RSS aggregator.

17,895 miles per hour. Definitely need to wear a helmet at those speeds.

yeah...they "collided"....suuuuuure

truth....its a prelude to an alien invasion. theyre practicing taking out all our communications systems. first they started with broadcasting porn, then crash satellites and crashing twitter. they should be landing the invasion force any day now!
run for your lives!!!!


btw, is my foil hat on straight?

If they broadcast free porn, I welcome our new overlords.

The porn was was to get all you men ready for your anal probe.

eww..............ok, now adjusting my foil 'hat' to foil 'boxers'

I hereby formally withdraw my earlier comment.

Can you even f'n believe that people have a problem with stemcell research?? Holy crap. :eek:

Octomom is is hiding. She fears for her life. Drama much?

I'm interested in why people are so caught up on caring about her.

As for porn and anal probes I must be doing it wrong. Never has porn done anything to prepare me in that direction (though I am extremely straight).

Yes, I can believe it (in that they don't have a problem with stem cell research but rather the manner in which the cells are obtained). And the argument isn't a bad one. Just one I disagree with.

Well they are aliens - can you really expect them to cater to your specific fantasies?

Hey, if you had 8 parasites trying to suck nutrients from you 24 hours day, you'd hide too.

Is there a line? Mind if I cut in front?
Alex, you have a standing invitation to come over to my place and we will watch some porn that absolutely will prepare you for that direction.

That is an exit not an entrance.

If God wanted men to be fücked, He would have put holes in their asses.

The lead story on yahoo this morning was that her 14 kids would be costing the tax payers $1.5 million.

I've heard God called upon to support any number of human activities but I do believe that is a new one. :D

I can honestly say it won't. I'm not opposed to such things but haven't enjoyed them.

So if you mean "prepare" me in the sense of making me aware of what could possibly happen. Then yes I guess I see that.

I guess I was taking it more as "prepare" in the sense of putting me in a condition to make me more accepting of what could happen, and as such: no.

Well just come over and we'll see what happens.

:eek:

I have video proof as well as personal experience that your assertions, Capt Jack and Moonliner, that your statements are simply not true.

no assertions here.....thats just my new tatoo

;)

Where's it at? :D

Why can't they just give Octomom all that salmonella tainted peanut butter?

And now you can donate. Thank God they take all major credit cards. :rolleyes:

She better start selling Thin Mints to be able to raise the money !!

Oh, you mean the taxpayers are paying so she can raise her kids??

we need one of these smileys ----->

Dad at 13... and Mom at 15.

Can't hot link the photo - but the Dad looks to be about 8... the age difference of the parents seems exceptionally dramatic in the photo.

Let's see if this works

Looks like she's the babysitter for them both!

oh for geebus sake. wtf is wrong with this planet?

Teenagers having sex? I'm shocked!

Sex as teens resulting in babies? I'm double shocked!

Teens having babies and deciding to keep them? I'm triple shocked that there is gambling in this establishment.

On one had it's irritating that she's getting paid for her story. It just encourages bad behavior. I'd rather they drop her into oblivion. On the other hand, the more she makes off her story the less the tax payers will have to pay. I think 20,000 state workers are being laid off today because the budget hasn't been signed.

He doesn't look old enough to have the functions to create a baby (sperm production). And how in the heck does a 15 year old girl end up with a 12 year old boy?

I blame the girl in this situation. There's no reason for a girl that age to be with a boy that age if she isn't deliberately trying to have a baby.

When I was 13 I had sex with a 15 year old girl. We were in the same grade. Doesn't seem all that mind boggling.

He was 12 at the time the baby was conceived.

I'm with Alex I don't think it's all that shocking.

It's not all that shocking. It was the picture of them that got me. What does a 15 year old girl want with a boy that looks 8? I know he's 12/13/whatever but come on. Is he really charming or something?

its not shocking. thats what makes it so sad

Same could be asked of Michael Jackson

Everyone involved should move here and run for high office.

13 year old may be the Dad... or it could be one of these 2 to 8 other boys.

So she was the inverse of the Octomom?

Or craigslist, don't forget that site....

Having recently watched Six Pack (Kenny Roger's shining screen achievement), I suggest Armstrong check if any of his fellow racers recently picked up an unusually young support crew.

Armstrong's bike is one of a kind, so it's not like it's going to be easy to sell.

At least they know what the getaway vehicle looks like.

Wow, just wow.

from the CNN article, "The founder of an Islamic television station in upstate New York aimed at countering Muslim stereotypes..."

So how's that stereotype countering working out for ya Muzzammil?

I wonder if this will turn out to be an "honor killing".

Sounds like it was a good old-fashioned American-style divorce-slaying.

It sounds more like a mixing pot of cultures. Good old-fashioned American divorce-slaying combined with radical Muslim thinking.

Maybe that's why he confessed - he thought he wouldn't be prosecuted.

People seem to think the big deal in this story is that Madonna is about the same age as her new beau's grandma.

But hold on just a moment...the "kid" is 22. Madonna is 51. His grandma is 51? Oh, and his mom is "14 years younger than Madonna" and is pissed.

Let's see, 51-14=37. 37-22=15.

So, lady, you had your boy at age 15. And grandma had you at around that same age. At least your son's an adult!

Man Sues Walmart After Being Bitten By A Snake But Keeps Going Back For Deals

Have you been reading the "National Enquirer" again ??

[Off-Topic] ....Oh, and the Lemonades were YUMMY!! [/Off-Topic]

The Consumerist

Those are Olivia's favorites. :D

I don't know about you, but I think I've just resolved to be perfectly happy with whatever height my chairs are manufactured at and not care so much about adjustability:

Boy Killed anally when office chair explodes

:eek:

The grammatical awkwardness of the headline makes me suspicious as to the validity of that story. But I suppose it is plausible.

The article GD links too is also suspicious of the validity of the story.

The original headline Gizmodo got its story from is "Boy Killed By Anal Penetrating Chair." Not sure that is much better, grammatically.

*sniff* This is hurtful

Guess they didn't have the balls to do that face to face?

GD, instead of coming by for a visit, you should egg their house next time. Or at least TP the place. That wouldn't be very original, but they already think you're uninteresting.

This is the thanks I get for sharing my collection of potted grass blades. Well, we'll just see how they feel when they don't receive their rice cake variety pack gift basket this December.

So is it worse to be a Scientologist or swinger?

Sometimes you eat the fish - sometimes the fish eat you... well not all of you. Just your dead skin. Or at least they did.

If I stick my feet in my fish tank.............?

Don't you love a country where things are banned "just to be safe" without any evidence of problems? :rolleyes: There's some serious Big Brother shyte here.

Personally, I wouldn't do it, but that hardly matters.

Damn, the guy was taking in $28,000 a month off this. That's a lot of lost taxes for the state in a tough economy.

I don't think that is so much the issue here. This wasn't a new law passed, knee-jerk, to ban something. It is an existing law that is specific but can't easily expand to accommodate a new development.

It has always been the law in Florida that cosmetology devices used for certain purposes must be cleaned to certain standards between customers. It isn't surprising that nobody writing the law thought to add "unless said device is a small fish." But this issue of overly specific (and therefore inelastic) statute and rulemaking is an ever running discussion. For one point of view on it I would recommend a booked called The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America by Philip K. Howard.

And even then I'd say a strong case could be made that this is a situation where, if cosmetology is going to be a regulated industry, the burden should be on the practitioners to show safety rather than the regulators to show harm.

After all, for the same reason the nail people wear gloves and are required to change them, these fish will be potentially in contact with bodily fluids. If they were offering a treatment where mosquito bites were shown to relax wrinkles I think we'd all see why it wouldn't be good for the same mosquitos to be used on different people. A fish's mouth isn't necessarily all that different.

That said, I assume offering this as simply a "fun experience of fish eating your toes" would probably be perfectly legal so long as it wasn't under the cosmetology banner (and therefore regulated by those standards).

Until the SPCA and/or PETA folks start getting involved...

Is no one but me grossed out by fish eating the dead flesh off of you?

You clearly have an imbalance of humours. We'll have to bleed you.

Can you pretend to be a vampire while you do it? Perhaps let me read a vampire book or two first? Not that I'm out looking for someone to bite me and suck my blood but if I've got to do it, let me pretend.

Speak to the leeches about it.

Doesn't bother me. But then when we were kids we went camping up in the mountains and swam in a local lake. Came out of the water just covered in leeches like in that scene from Stand by Me. After the shock the first time (I didn't even know leeches existed) I was going in on purpose because it was cool.

And then even cooler when my mom and stepdad used a cigarette to get them to detach.

My knee-jerk reaction was to be grossed out, but once I thought about, I realized that it really isn't that big of a deal to me. They are not getting inside my body or traveling up my legs. Yeah, it might be a little weird at first, but all in all probably safer and better for me than other methods.

I bet it tickles.

Plus your toes are pretty tough. It's not like these salons are doing something weird, like, oh, to make something up, pouring hot wax down your ass to yank the hair out.

I LOVE when they do that.










Oh wait; was that my outside voice?

Being gay or lesbian gets you booted from X-Box Live.

Link.

On the one hand, it's a gaming platform and one's sexual preference doesn't really come into play does it? So why is it part of their profile or name? Or is XboxLive now a pick up place for xbox sex of some kind? (with our ongoing issues with the red ring of death I don't have a lot of hope out for ever going on Live again to find out.)

On the other hand, would someone be banned for having "straight" in their profile or as part of their name? I suspect not.

Funny (not really) how they also banned the guy who's last name is actually Gaywood.

Sexual orientation is always "in play". As one of the comments said, would someone with the handle "ladiesman" get banned? It's an expression of sexual orientation. I'm tired of straight people who think it's ok to project their sexual orientation any time, and in any way they feel; but tell us we can not.

Why is a straight man talking about his wife or girlfriend is considered normal, but a gay man talking about his husband or boyfriend is considered "flaunting his sexuality"? Double standards, anyone?.

Why would you assume that she was in XboxLive for sex just because she identified herself as lesbian? Personaly, I find that implication to be very insulting. Someone identifying themselves as lesbian or gay does not automaticaly mean they are there for sex; no more than if someone identifies themself as straight.

:snap:
And THIS is why we need to legalize gay marriage.

No offense was meant...

Perhaps it's a personal thing to me and I project that a bit? My sexual orientation isn't something I go around proclaiming... when it does come up I think "sex"? I dunno. That's how it initially struck me though. That may have to do with me being old and married? (and yeah - I see the irony of that statement when so many people aren't allowed to be married to the one they love.)

Just excuses on my part?

You're right though - and it shouldn't be an issue. If they allow womanizer or ladiesman then they should allow other references to whatever orientation. They certainly shouldn't allow the harrassment by other players because of their orientation... Their poor gaming skillz though are another matter. Would they allow womanizer for a man and not for a woman?

And again - no offense was meant. I know it's a touchy subject and I should have thought my post through more carefully before I hit submit.

So, you never mention your husband to anyone? Your marriage is never brought up in conversation? You and your husband never hold hands, or hug, or kiss in public? Legal documents you've signed list him as a "roommate" or "friend"? You've never done or said anything that would indicate you are straight?

If you answered "no" to any of those, then you have proclaimed your sexual orientation. In fact, I'll wager that you do so many times a day.

Define: Mentioned
A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.


Define: Proclaimed
To excitedly, verbosely and candidly describe

I don't think Betty proclaims her sexuality on a regular basis. Nor do I think the X-Box gal proclaimed hers.

Semantic pedantry is what one falls back on when one has no valid argument.

Or abuses when trying to make a point irregardless of the facts.

Geez. First off, she apologized and conceded your point, not sure why you're piling on.

Secondly, it's not "semantic pedantry." There is a big difference between, "I went to dinner with my wife last night," and, "Hey everyone, I prefer f*cking pussy to sucking dick!"

The question is, where on that spectrum does "Hey, I'm a lesbian" fall? I don't think it's particularly strong of a declaration. I wouldn't expect "I'm straight" to raise anyone's eyebrows, so I do consider XBox's actions out of line.

I don't know what X-Box live is, but I get the sense that all the gays should be kicked off.

Then, when all the straights are kicked off, the world will be a better place.

My second post was in response to Moonliner, not Betty.

And while she did apologize, I think she (and others) missed the point. "Proclaiming", "flaunting", "mentioning", (whatever) your sexual orientation is not something only gays and lesbians do. Straights do it also. Just because heterosexuality is considered "normal" by society does not mean that straights do not constantly, and in thousands of little ways, display it. I get tired of the double standard that a straight person can bring up their sexuality any time they want, and no one bats an eye; but if I or my fellow homosexuals do, we are told it's "inappropriate" or that we are "flaunting" it, or "shoving it down normal peoples throats".

I don't disagree with your view.

But to play a bit of devils advocate for a moment, because heterosexuality is the overwhelming majority, gays do end up having to be more overt about their "declarations" of their sexuality. If a straight man is hanging out in a typical bar, hoping to perhaps meet a prospective dating partner, they don't need to do anything in particular to attract the attention of said prospective partners. Whereas a homosexual man is likely to do something "out of the ordinary" to actively identify themselves as homosexual to be noticeable to their set of prospective targets.

People are assumed hetero by default, if someone wants to be quickly recognized as homosexual, it's going to take some sort of overt display.

This is just the reality of the fact that you're only about 10% of the population. It's a necessity of the circumstances.

The divergence comes with those that decide that ANY such display is de facto "wrong" and "inappropriate". I disagree with that assessment, obviously. But knowing human behavior, and the fact that we are generally hardwired to distrust things that are out of the ordinary, it's not a particularly surprising result that a large number of people have a negative reaction. The hope would be that bringing continued attention to the inequity will eventually raise the public conscience to the fact that it's not "inappropriate", even if it is conspicuous. But I do understand, when heterosexuality is the default, and part of the background noise, people have difficulty recognizing that overt "declarations" of homosexuality aren't done out of a desire to be inappropriate.

Afterall, wouldn't people look at someone who walks around saying, "Hi, I'm straight" pretty funny?

That may be true, but I wasn’t talking about that kind of a situation. I was referring to everyday life. And implicit in your scenario is the same assumption that the only reason anyone would want to be open about being gay is for the purpose of eliciting sex.

Do you really think that is the only way in which you call attention to your sexuality? I don’t walk around saying, "Hi, I'm gay", but I have held Bill’s hand in public; and gotten angry and disgusted looks for it. How about you and CP? Not so much, I expect.

JWBear - what do you want me to say?

It's not my fault I can talk about my spouse. I agreed with you that you should be able to. I voted no on 8. I got into arguments... er discussions at work over the subject with coworkers. I had heart to heart talks with my kids because her friends were saying Yes on 8 and I wanted her to understand what that really meant - and in the end - she actually agreed with me. (and for my 14 year old to agree with me on something - well - it feels like an accomplishment sometimes.)

Would you prefer I not discuss my spouse? I have never expressed that you shouldn't do the same. I think you should! And I'm sorry that people have made you feel badly about doing so.

I am not society as a whole but it sure feels like you're making this double standard all my fault.

I still think the larger point is being missed: that all online gaming is, sub silentio, gay. Or, perhaps more aptly, like many internet interactions, it is about anonymous intimacy. I suspect many of the gamers would be upset to learn that the person who blew them through the glory hole was a man, and they wouldn't want a gay guy in their wrestling club. No different here.

Okay, I almost didn't post this because it such a "me too" post, but I gotta chime in that I am with Moonie on this one.

And GD's follow-up as well.

You’re post pushed one of my buttons, and I apologize.

I would never expect to not talk about your husband. But please keep in mind that, when you do, you are bringing up your sexuality. It’s a good thing, and more power to you.

You, personally, are not to blame for the double standard. I never said that. All I ask of anyone is to keep in mind that it exists, and to not feed into it.

Then you too are missing the point.

There is a double standard and there probably always will be. People bring their own values and "morals" along with them and make judgements accordingly. When Chris and I were living together before we were married, we had lots of people "disapprove" of us. I decided that was their problem and really had no effect on my life, so fu<k 'em. I, personally, will never understand why gay couples don't hold hands in public, kiss in public, do any of the things that straight couples do in public. Yes, some people won't approve, but so what? Fu<k 'em.

As for someone being ousted from a gaming site because they stated who they are, that's wrong. Who cares if someone playing an on-line game is a lesbian? Where is the list of what is appropriate and what is not? Maybe they should make a check list of items and then approve you based on your answers. ie:

Lesbian
Gay
Homophobe
Christian
Nudist
Athiest
Hedonist
Swinger
Wife Beater
Pederast
Copraphiliac
Flirt
Polygamist
Asexual
Virgin
etc. etc. etc.

Would ANY of those things REALLY matter in an on-line gaming community?

No I'm not. I just disagree with some of it.

We're on the same side of the fence on the fact that there are bigots out there.

But I disagree with your "Semantic pedantry" position.

Why must people who support gay rights (which I believe almost every active poster on this board is) be subject to attack for being a breeder?

That I hold my wife's hand in public or refer to my wife in conversation, etc. does not mean I am flaunting it. I am not going to suppress who I am.

I am sorry that homosexuals are attacked (from glares to physical violence) for the simple displays of affection in public that heterosexuals can enjoy. I will be the first person to come to your defense when a bigot makes him/herself known (I've even yelled at a family member for such bigotry). But don't berate me for the fact that I can and don't expect me to stop.

Do you really think that anyone here (on LoT) does otherwise? I've seen no evidence of it.

I think all public displays of affection should be stopped, except for masturbation. That way, no one knows anyone's orientation. ;)

And, this is the same root of the issue we discussed much earlier involving recognition of marriage.

I was comparing this recently to other things that one "cannot" do and how far friends and loved ones should be expected to go to be "supportive". I'm a sober alcoholic. I don't drink alcohol at all. However, many of my friends and my husband does. Would I expect them to not drink around me because I'm sober? Heck no! I expect them to not offer me a drink, but the issue is mine and it's up to me to not drink no matter WHAT circumstances surround me.

I know many couples where one is a vegetarian and the other is a meatatarian. Is one supposed to completely change their preferred diet to match the other one? Heck no.

People are free to do what they want in life (legally) and deal with the consequences of their choices. Depending on others to "get on your bandwagon" or "approve of your choice" or "change their own lives to fit the ideals of others" are pretty fu<ked up IMHO.

Please re-read my posts, and then quote for me where I attacked anyone or asked them to stop displaying any references to their sexuality. Please. Anyone?

All I am trying to do is point out that straight people display their sexuality in numerous ways - day in and day out - whether they realize it or not. And that any attempt by gay people to display their sexuality in a similar manner is looked on by society as inappropriate. A double standard.

That, and only that, is my point. If you read anything else in what I said, then you are missing the point – spectacularly.

I got what you were doing

(speaking only for myself)
Because I fear for my safety and/or personal property. Obviously, this varies geographically, but only in the gayest of gay neighborhoods would I feel comfortable exercising my right to a PDA with my sweetheart. Hell, even WeHo has its share of gay bashings.

And you've missed my point. No, I don't think there is only one way that people glean sexuality. My POINT is that, being the minority, the cues that homosexuals end up by necessity using to call attention to their sexuality are by comparison, overt, explicit, and "in your face" because, by definition, they are different than what we see 90% of the time.

Even if same sex marriage becomes legal and commonplace among same sex couples, a man saying, "This is my husband" is going to stand out as "not normal" because 90% of men don't have husbands.

That's my only point. As I said, and Moonliner said, and Betty said, we still consider XBox's reaction wrong. Considering those kinds of overt declarations "inappropriate" is wrong. But no amount of social acceptance is going to change the fact that a large majority of people are heterosexual, that assuming heterosexuality is a rational default, and that idenfying yourself as homosexual is going to remain a conspicuous departure from "normal" (and by "normal" I mean "commonplace") conversation.

ETA: Of course, that's why the media can hold such power. It's a way to artificially skew that ratio higher so that it DOES become more commonplace.

Thank you.

I don't think JW Bear suggested that any of the straights here should stop doing anything. All he said was that he doesn't get to enjoy the same easy privileges.

Now, having seen some of his Second Life creations, If I were an online gamer, I would be very concerned that he would want to f*ck my avatar.

And, that's why I think gays should hold hands/kiss/etc. in public just as much as straights do, regardless of how they are looked upon, because once it happens often enough, it will blend into the mainstream.

Take a look at interracial couples for example. Appearing together in public was hard for many people to swallow, but as it became more common, society finally started to relax a bit.

Don't let the thoughts of others govern your freedoms that they CAN'T take away - the freedom to love, the freedom to be together, the freedom of affection wherever and whenever. That is what will truly help in gaining the freedoms that can be governed by society. Because, once it's no longer a "big deal", it won't be.

Normal is relative. To me, a same sex couple holding hands is not, and should not be "overt, explicit, and "in your face"". To me, it is normal. No different than an opposite sex couple doing the same thing.

But again, beside the point. What I object to is that same opposite sex couple claiming that they are not displaying their sexuality when they hold hands, but then tells me I am flaunting mine when I hold hands with my boyfriend. Can you not see the double standard there?

To me, it's like telling blacks that we whites fully support their equal rights as human beings, but then insist they cover up their dark skin because it's not "normal", and is "flaunting" their race.

Yes, I can and I've said (third time) that I don't think it is flaunting or inappropriate.

But we're not talking about holding hands or kissing, or talking about your significant other. We're talking about a specific instance, saying, "I'm a lesbian," by way of describing yourself. There's no direct analog. Yes, saying, "My wife and I have been married for 3 years," on one level serves the same purpose. But to people who don't want to be tolerant, who want to find excuses to discriminate, it's easy for them to say, " You don't see me saying, "I'm straight" in my profile, do you?"

Denying the reality that there are actual, practical differences in the way things are communicated, to my eye, is counter productive. It'll just make people dig in. It gives them an easy excuse to say, "See, you're insisting on being treated differently and getting away with acting differently!"

The way I see it, it's better to confront and own those differences. "Yes, I DO occasionally have to be overt about it. You may be able to use the standard givens of society as an easy, effortless way to communicate what you want, but that doesn't work for me, so get over it. I'm not doing it to rub your face in it, I'm doing it because I have no other way to do what you do without even thinking about it."

Again... All fine and good, but still not the point. Here it is in big letters:

Straight people display, show, demonstrate, proclaim, (insert whatever word you want) their sexuality every single day that they are alive; regardless of whether or not they realize it.

Can I say it any simpler? I know it may be obvious for some, but I am speaking to those who claim they do not.

Sigh. You're clearly angry, and not really reading what I'm saying, so I'll drop it.

Yes, yes they are. It's important for your fellow gamers to know the most effective hateful slurs to use against you. Knowing these things is just so much more efficient.

No, I am not angry... Frustrated, but not angry.

I am reading what you are saying. Are you reading what I am saying? You're posts, while well written and engaging, have very little to do with what I am talking about.

Betty stated that she did not "proclaim" her sexuality. While the word was a bit hyperbolic, it was obvious she was not using the exact, Websters approved, definition of "proclaim", but more along the lines of "demonstrate" or "exhibit". I responded to that. My main point (again, for anyone who missed it) was to show her that, yes indeed, she exhibits signs of her sexuality all the time. All straight people do - all humans do.

Then there was the post that dismissed my words, merely because of the use of the word "proclaim". I found it petty and insulting. If you want to debate me, debate the context of what I said. Dismissing the subject of a post merely because of one (debatably) misused word is lazy and irritating.

Then I was told, by someone else, that I was attacking Betty, and telling her she could not talk about her husband. WTF?

Then, despite repeating and rephrasing my point over and over, I’m bombarded with posts that are irrelevant to what I am trying to say?

No… I’ll drop it. I’ll be a good little faggot, and go crawl back into my second class hole, lined with the best of double standards and guarded by the sentinels of majority smugness and indifference.

Well, perhaps we're just talking at two different points. I just don't understand yelling your point at me when, in each one of my posts, I not only did not DENY the point you've made, I've actually pretty explicitly backed it up.

I'm responding to the original story, the specific case of someone explicitly saying, "I'm a lesbian" in a public profile. It's a case that is not analogous to the everyday types of subtle, unconscious expression of sexuality that we engage in. It's a statement that I think deserves further examination beyond the indignant, "RESPECT MY RIGHT TO BE NORMAL JUST LIKE EVERYONE!" because it does occupy a gray area that our society, even those of us who DO respect your rights, isn't equipped to handle cleanly.

And while the pedantry of "imply" vs. "declare" may not have been directly related to the side conversation between you and Betty, it DOES have important implications to the larger topic at hand.

I think this sums it up in one line:

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Do you really mean this? That all or most of here feel that you're some sort of second class citizen deserving of poor treatment and double standards? Or are you venting your frustration at the world in a more general sense?

No, dear lady. Fear not.

When one realizes that one is engaged in a pointless conversation, the best one can do is to bow out with all the wit and flare at ones disposal. To leave ones opponents confused is the best revenge.

All I know is that I'm not going to recognize or participate in anybody's marriage.

Knowing Alex, I would assume that also includes his own.

Heterosexuals proclaim their sexuality daily but homosexuals don't because of fear? (I'm just connecting these two thoughts from two different people but I see a correlation.)

I understand the frustration of homosexuals, however, the solution seems to be to ignore the fear and proclaim away. But, if you make the choice NOT to proclaim yourself then you've made that choice and really can't complain about it. It's not like it is illegal to hold hands or kiss in public. Really, do you REALLY think people are going to physically attack you if you do? Is the number of current gay bashings really that high in comparison to the population?

If two big burly bears hold hands or kiss in public, who is going to be stupid enough to mess with them?

Damn straight... er... gay!

Unfortunately, I have seen a lot of people hospitalised due to Gay PDA's. Certain areas and suburbs are more high risk than others.

There is also the issue of perception. I know of a Melbourne teacher who won't embrace or hold hands with his partner in the street because he works in a big catholic primary school, and local people seeing that might just start the whole "Gay Guy working in a boys school" line of thinking. With some of the horrible court cases of sexual predatory behavious happening in schools over here at the moment, I don't blame him one bit.

I DO mention I have a partner in conversation and as the conversation proceeds I slip in a few "He's" and "His". People don't freak out as much at this generally.

Ask me that again in Disneyland and we'll find out. :snap: (and one of them will likely be in a Kilt.... :D )

I don't proclaim my sexuality, but I give out enough information to make it known, just as 90% (or more) of the population do. It's the old party / getting to know you conversation thing. "Are you single, do you have kids, what does your partner do?" I find answering these questions honestly has never ended up in a regrettable situation as yet. Touch Wood.

and now to bed, cos it's nearly 1am. :eek:

It's a numbers game. Gay bashings occur daily. Am I genuinely afraid a guy is going to look at me (specifically me) holding my sweetheart's hand and attack? Those are pretty slim odds because of my size. Am I literally afraid he would bring friends? Well now the odds are "improving". Am I concerned the perp may cause harm to my property (e.g., car)? Well, yes, actually.

Do we really want to find out? And what if he has a gun? Burliness wouldn't be much of a deterring factor there.

But as to your question, the answer is: a mentally unbalanced gay guy masquerading as straight so his actual friends, family, as well as his Imaginary Friend don't find out his "awful" secret. Obviously, a gay guy would never beat up one of his own, right? So the best way to divert attention away from his faggoty truth is to eliminate other queers.

It's all about timing and location. Back in the Jurassic Era when I had a boyfriend, we would occasionally hold hands in public. WeHo on a Friday night? We felt pretty safe. In the Downey shopping mall near where he lived? Not so much.

I do "proclaim" my sexuality with my friends and co-workers in a natural, non in-your-face manner. It is my opinion that the best long-term solution to homophobia (short of a time-traveler who goes back and eliminates the founding of all religions) is to be out and honest with people you personally encounter. It's a slow process, but in the long run the more people who are shown that we are just like them, the better our chances of achieving equality become.

I ride a line between "showing" and "being quiet", absolutely. While the sheer number of gay bashings isn't large, it's small comfort if one is targeted.

So yes, fear does keep things quiet. I'm with JWBear in that I'm tired of hearing how gay people "flaunt" their sexuality by holding hands, yet when an opposite-sex couple does it, it's not flaunting anything. BS. It's the same, just one is approved by the larger society, one is not (yet).

Definitely. Those of us who can, will make it easier for those of us who can't yet.

As an aside, here is Microsoft's response:

So presumably, if someone had a tag of "straightman" and it was brought to MS's attention (which seems to be some part of the mix), MS would suspend that person as well.

Meanwhile, in WTF land: You found a WHAT in the WHERE?

I believe contemporary green thinking says you fry some up and compost the rest.

In the meantime, I wonder what sort of Google search led to finding THAT article :eek:

Somehow this makes me feel better.

I bet "straightman" could avoid the ban by saying he was an orthodontist or a chiropractor or Magellan, but "fagman" could not avoid it by saying he was a tobacconist.

Shouldn't there be a "reasonable" clause in the Statute of Limitations?

Wanted since 1928: Cops aim to serve warrant
Document find prompts hunt for man accused of writing $30 bad check

Whole Ridiculous Story

The WTF to end all WTF's

Crying Skinned Hermaphrodie Telephone. Bidding ends Sunday, so hurry!

thats so ugly it makes me ill to see it and sad to think someone worked that hard on something so hideous...and frankly, so incredibly pointless.

1928? Are you kidding, this is wonderful! If you think of the way penalties and interest accrue on fines like this, collecting from this one guy could go a long way towards paying off the entire stimulus plan.....

But it's art!

Hold on a second, it could be a true work of art. Did you check the number of bids? Currently there are zero bids. People never get real art, at least not until an art sonbbler puts it in a gallery and tells everyone how great it is. So the fact that no one has bid means this item has potential. Especially if the artist offs his or her self in a fit of depression over it not selling.

I know all there is to know about the cryingskinnedhermaphroditetelephone.

I know as much as I wanna know.

It made the front page of digg.com, still no bids.

That's why I haven't bid on it myself. To preserve its integrity as a pure art piece, not sullied by commercial interest.

I think its safe in that respect

$299? I wonder how much I can get for my 70s rotary banana phone.

Ebay says maybe $10.... or maybe not since there's not bids yet.

That is so cool!

Dang, I was hoping it was a story about finding new populations of the very endangered real pink (that is, not from albinism) river dolphin species - particularly in China which I think have been tentatively labeled as extinct.

But that is a pretty cool coloring. Though these get from the Amazon get pretty close (and we got to see some in an animal show in Singapore):

<lobs this one over the fence and runs>

[safe for work]

Gulp! She swallowed her own engagement ring
Woman’s boyfriend hid it in milkshake to propose; happily, the crisis passed
I like this line: The rest of the story.

You realize of course you're about a month early for April 1st. Right?:p (referring to the beer drinking thing.)

Apparently, they even appeared on the Today Show. (And she's kinda cute.)

I don't do April Fools.

She's all yours if I can have him! :evil:

Bwahaha, women suck. :D

What month were you born in?

god bless em

VGDM :D

And for that I am grateful.

May. Wonder what that means.

Should I have said that women are lame? :p Unless you got a thing for women with canes...

You probably don't want to know. It is Kevy we're talking about here...

Well since it's Alex asking, clearly he wants to plot your astrological chart. Because, as everyone knows, all of life's mysteries can be traced back to the position of celestial bodies at the moment of one's birth.

No, you need the exact time and place of birth for that. It's probably a numerology thing.

Yeah, we certainly wouldn't want it to be inaccurate or a gross generalization!

As a tie-in to the movie, even though they're referencing TOS*, I bring you Star Trek fragrances.


*Which I think qualifies as a double WTF.

Warning: This link is absolutely NOT work safe!
It's from a gay porn blog, so consider yourself warned.

It's a plain white t-shirt with a photo-realistic image of a tallywacker at the bottom, apparently designed to be slightly tucked in. You'll see what I mean when you look at the picture. Gonna spoiler the link to prevent accidental clicks.I think it qualifies as a WTF, but in a good way. I gotta get me one of those shirts! :evil:

This is hilarious! Red Shirt! Pon Farr! Though I have to admit I'm more interested in Tiberius, myself. :D

Sadly you just know there are people out there that are really excited by this.

How much of a loser would you have to be to wear "Red Shirt". Geeze.

Im thinking those who do must have a death wish

Maryland. We're small but never boring, no never boring. Here is one small example.....

Saber Saw Sex Toy Incident: DIY Gone Very, Very Wrong


Full story (perhaps NSFW)

It was what I was afraid of (from one of the added comments - not verified). Hidden for the squeamish:



ETA: Posted at NBC NY Web Site as well

Boy - that's a WTF story if I ever heard one. WTF were they thinking? Everyone knows that saws and cooches do NOT mix well together. No good can come of that.

That's the ultimate Darwin award story! Aim for the baby-makin' bits!

I would think the teeth of the saw would just grind against the teeth of the . . .

Camille? Is that you?

I've seen a similar device on the HBO Katie Morgan Sex Toys special - though I don't think that one had the blade inside.

BTW: Katie Morgan is hilarious in her HBO specials

Oh those wacky Japanese TV shows...!
 

from OutSportsLike Jim Buzinski said, the genital shots are redacted, but this still may not be work safe just due to the nature of the clip.

and a hottie (I just hit her 'official' site, as I had no idea...and still really dont. just be careful prowling around there btw. not all of it is worksafe)

The scary part is: That couples next DIY Project was (rude concept within)

This is why I love Japan. :D

Marvel Wants You to Blow Wolverine
You gotta click the link just for the pic. SFW

That is frickin' hilarious!