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Reply to Women - how you should NOT order drinks at the bar or pub. in Humor JoeUser Forums

Nicky, Marry me. yechydda,

Reply to Women - how you should NOT order drinks at the bar or pub. in Humor JoeUser Forums

Nicky, Glad to see you've also been to Chinatown. Happy Lucky Goodtime you. Take care Nikcyji, yechydda,

Strange Phenomenon - The Min Min lights of the Outback in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Dear all, In the outback, other than keeping whip snakes out of your swag bag, there is little to do other than gather around the camp fire with scrubby old diggers and swap tales of BLOOD CHILLING TERROR!</FON

Reply to Language and Strange names in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Dan, What do you mean 'from a forward'? yechydda,

Language and Strange names in Blogging JoeUser Forums

A small Chinese man pushes porter from the vast red-bricked megalith of Market City towards the rat infested destinations of of Chinatowns restaurants. His cargo is wide punnets of purple broccoli, and he sings to himself in a strange, alien sort of nasaly wail as he coughs and spits his way eyes shut throught the familiar songlines between gawping tourists and touting waiters. A beautiful young woman in impossibly tight white

Urban Myths - The Vagrant and the Armani Suit. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

From the Australian Newspaper: 'There was another story doing the rounds in Sydney some years ago which, one could only assume, was a furphy but which, delightfully for those who live off the grist in the gossip mill, turned out to be true. It was divorce time for a well-heeled couple and things were unusually acrimonious. He was in London on business, she here in the family mansion from which he had not moved. The telephone ran hot

Libya not responsible for Lockerbie claims PM in Blogging JoeUser Forums

This week the Libyan Prime Minister said that his country was not responsible for the Lockerbie bombing in 1988. He said that his country only argreed to take responsibility so that sanctions and travel restrictions would be lifted and ordinary Libyans could then 'get at the white women who were easy' Following outrage in the US, the Prime MInister later withdrew his remark, saying 'Okay

Israel grabs money from Palestian Banks in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Israeli troops this week have seized over $8 million US dollars in raids on Palstinian banks, claiming the money was ear-marked for terrorism. An Israeli bank robber, sorry, spokesperson, said from his new Penthouse flat that the money seized would be used to improve the lives of ordinary Palestinian people. This would include paying for an extension to the wall being built to protect th

The Conservative Party sacks MP over racist comment in Humor JoeUser Forums

A British Conservative party MP has been sacked following a racist remark concerning the recent tragedy in Morecombe Bay, where seventeen Chinese migrants were drowned in incoming tides while gathering shellfish. The Member of Parliament was reported as saying, 'I'm fed up with Indian food, let's go to Morecombe Bay for a Chines

Mel Gibsons 'The Passion of Christ' - the sequel in Humor JoeUser Forums

Protests surrounding Mel Gibsons blood spattered epic, The Passion of Christ, has alarmed Jewish Communities fearing that they would be blamed for his crucifixion. Mel Gibson has reluctantly agreed to change the script of the Sequel so that the ultimate blame for Christ's crucifixion would be laid elsewhere. It is believed that i

Women - how you should NOT order drinks at the bar or pub. in Humor JoeUser Forums

The worst thing in the world is getting to the bra just behind a group of four women out for a drink. With four blokes it's two pints of this and two pints of that

Urban Myths: The Hairdresser in Blogging JoeUser Forums

from the Australian Newspaper: ' My hairdresser sucked me in; she told me it had happened only last weekend. Her best friend in the whole world, a legend in the iconoclastic world of straight blow-dries, had been clearing up the salon on her late-night shift. Caught up in the intricacies of separating hundreds of small pieces of foil in readiness for the next day's

Urban Myths - the Aboriginal and the Welsh couple in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I recall reading this in a paper several years back. It's probably not true, hence the title, but what the hell, I'm in a storytelling mood. I proably made it up, who knows? Some years back, a Welsh couple were travelling through a remote part of the outback when a kangaroo leaps in front of their hired car. The driver desperately wrenches the wheel to try and avoid hitting the roo which simply stops in the ro

Same Sex Marriages in California in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Dear all, I was shocked last night to see a debate on the Larry King show, carried by the moronic CNN news channel. I was shocked in many ways. Firstly the level of the arguments on both sides was so childish that it was almost unwatchable. I have never seen people present arguments that you could literally drive a truck through. The background is that in California, the mayor? has given approval for some 300

Reply to Has Science Grown Beyond Man? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Voodoo, Of course the cost cannot be prohibitive, othewise they wouldn't be developed, my apologies for the error! In Europe, people simply refuse to consider eating them, for whatever reason, so supermarkets are very keen to make sure it doesn't sneak in by the back door. If a rumour went around that a chain was stocking unlabelled GM food, it could be ruinous. For me, the chief debate concerns the environment rather than the eating. Are we sacrificing biodiv

Has Science Grown Beyond Man? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

About one hundred years ago, a speaker at the Royal Academy of Science stood up and proudly announced that the time was fast approaching where mankinf\d would fundamentally understand all that there was to know about the entire universe. All that really remained was a matter of dotting the i's and crossing the t's. He recieved a standing ovation. A century and a bit later, that statement has never seemed so foolish.

Reply to The Need for Religeon in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Bakerstreet, Bloody hell you're busy today, listen I want to get some lunch I'm starving. But us activists, we're so selfless don't you think? >> Agreed, but then those codes are imperfect so that people end up, as you point out, abusing them. Religeon does try to affect the welfare of the world but I retch when I see happy clappys in parts of Africa offering food for God. Out of curiosity, do you think that the behaviour of one country that

Reply to But does anyone care about the truth? Part 1 in Blogging JoeUser Forums

BakerSTREET, Sorry, that was a Freudian slip, unintentional wit! You: "No, voting matters, but in the end I think you'll find activists have nothing in common with politicians, or the public as a whole. Politicians aren't put in office by activists, but the same grazing Americans that you seem to dislike so much." I do not dislike 'grazing Americans', don't forget that Blair had the backing of the electorate, this isn't an anti-American rant, it's an OI! you've fucked

Reply to But does anyone care about the truth? Part 1 in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Wisefawn, I do unserstand the fatigue that can set in over such matters, Bakerstreet does have a point. It is with sadness that I notice reports of now almost daily deaths of soldiers and civilians are already being consigned to the backs of newspapers. Of course, the last thing that should happen is for the troops to be pulled out, but I fear that that may be the case. We've made the mess, we now have to stay and finish the job, which will take years and not months.<B

The Need for Religeon in Blogging JoeUser Forums

The reason that people cling to religeon is because it is the one constancy in their lives. Secularity cannot provide this, because secularity begets human institutions and is therefore corrupt. Everything human is corrupt, no matter its noble aim. No human institutions can be pure. We can concieve of purity, we can imagine Utopia, but we cannot bring it about, deem it to be so. We are imperfect and so

From the Mouths of Children - time to pay heed in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It is rare that one reads something that makes one stop and think. It is rarer when that wisdom comes from the mouth of a child. The following is a transcript given by Severn Suzuki at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, Brazil: "Hello, I'm Severn Suzuki speaking for E.C.O. - The Environmental Children's organisation. We are a group of twelve and thirteen-year-olds from Canada trying to make a difference: <BR

Reply to But does anyone care about the truth? Part 1 in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Bakerhead, You "LOL, no, lets see if anything changes regardless of who wins the election. I don't think "activists" have any more of a prayer effecting change with Kerry than they do with Bush" That's a very interesting point, are you saying that there's no real point in voting? That there's an inexorable machine trundling along that we are all powerless to stop? I thought that Kerry was more Communitaire, more likely to mend fences and build bridges with th

Reply to But does anyone care about the truth? Part 1 in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Bakerstreet You: "Activists didn't prevent the war, they didn't stop it, and they won't effect any change now. You're doing great so far. Change on, activist." Why do you assume that my activism wanted to prevent the war? How do you know that I wasn't pro-war but am now annoyed at being lied to? Besides, things have changed, as Bush and Blair have been under pressure by democratic activists they have both initiated inquiries to ensure this fiasco does not arise again. <B

Reply to Global Warming in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Brad, Came across this and thought it was relevant: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3513559.stm yechydda,

Reply to But does anyone care about the truth? Part 1 in Blogging JoeUser Forums

BakerStreet, You "Hussein was actively funding Palestinian terrorism" No, he paid money to the families of those terrorists that destroyed themselves innocent victims. There is an important difference. You "and was a threat to do so everywhere" How exactly? You: "Both Libya and Iran have now been found to have had active nuclear programs" They have not "now' anything, this was known before the war. Britain had been putting pressure on Libya l