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The meaning of is is? I did / didn't have sex with that girl. Check out the maximum possible sentence. Singapore Policeman Gets Two Years for Oral Sex Nov 7, 7:54 am ET SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singaporean police sergeant has been jailed for two years for having oral sex in a country where prostitution is legal but oral sex is not, a newspaper reported Friday. The Straits Times reported that the 27-year-old police coast guard sergeant landed in court after a 16-year-old reported to the police that she had performed oral sex on the man. She was above the age of consent and agreed to perform the act, but oral sex is against the law in the city-state, the paper said. "The act by itself is an offence. It is not a question of consent or no consent. Even between consenting people, it is an offence," criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan told the paper. The maximum punishment for the offence is life imprisonment.

Sounds cool to me, uh until I get one.

This could be interesting. Radanovich and the Sierra Club meeting at the LaConte Lodge and maybe come up with a compromise? http://www.modbee.com/local/story/7703331p-8606706c.html

Do lawyers wonder why there are so many jokes about them. Some people just don't think, no matter what their occupation though. Lawyer Gets Rapped for Singing Bob Marley Tune Nov 4, 7:14 am ET MONTREAL (Reuters) - The lawyer for a man convicted of shooting and killing a policeman apologized on Monday for singing the Bob Marley hit "I Shot The Sheriff" as he was leaving the courtroom. Despite the apology, the Quebec Law Society has opened an disciplinary investigation against defense lawyer Christian Gauthier, while the Montreal police union is planning to make a formal complaint. "I'm sincerely sorry to know today that family members (of the victim) and policemen heard me," Gauthier told Radio-Canada television. "If I hurt them, if I added to their plight, I'm sincerely sorry. I didn't think about it, and if I had, I wouldn't have sang," he said. Gauthier was leaving the courthouse during a break in the murder trial of his client, Stephane Boucher, last week when his rendition of "I Shot The Sheriff," a cut on Marley's 1973 album "Burnin,"' was heard by reporters and police. "I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense," the lawyer sang while pacing a corridor. "It's the story of my client," he replied when a journalist warned him that his performance had been caught on tape. His client was later sentenced to 25 years in jail for shooting and killing policeman Benoit L'Ecuyer on a busy Montreal highway in February last year. Boucher said he killed the officer in defense after being shot at while trying to escape. Disciplinary action against the lawyer could range from a fine to disbarment.

Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers died last night at age 63. He and Bill Medly were a great tandem. Here's to ya.

Ooh La La. Underwear Shoppers Get Striptease Lessons Nov 5, 10:51 am ET PARIS, France (Reuters) - Want to learn how to strip? A Paris department store is offering women free "lessons in seduction" this week as it opens what it calls the world's largest underwear store. Those feeling inspired by the hundreds of silk bras, colorful knickers and G-strings displayed over more than 2,500 square meters (27,000 sq ft) in Galeries Lafayette's new underwear section can retreat to a quiet area for striptease lessons Saturday. "A professional demonstration lets you discover the gestures it takes to unveil your pretty underwear," the store lures the curious on its Web site, adding classes are for women only. Striptease teacher Lea said the classes will not be vulgar but artistic. "These classes are for women who want to play seducer -- to spice up their relationship or to surprise their partner -- but who don't know how to do it," she said. "We will teach them to always unbutton their shirts from the bottom up when wearing trousers and how not to get their stilettos stuck in their skirt," the instructor was quoted as saying in Le Parisien daily Wednesday. The striptease lessons come amid a heated debate about G-strings in France, as teachers try to deal with a fashion craze among teenagers to expose their midriffs and wear thongs designed to peek out above low-cut trousers. Fueling the controversy, a French advertising sector association a few weeks ago called on underwear manufacturer Triumph to withdraw a billboard campaign for its Sloggi range of thongs which was condemned as widely offensive to women.

ehmmic, checking out the old local home town rag, eh? Radanovich is my rep and I even voted for him, but this is just silly and a waste of time.

I watched the show. The insight about the rangers and resues was impressive and how experienced climbers can get in trouble. Yet it never ceases to amaze me that people head up peaks unprepared. Dude leaving his son at base camp, couple of folks at base camp without equipment. But the host continually whining about how cold, tired, and sore he was got old real fast.

Fiennes nears end of marathon feat Saturday, November 1, 2003 Posted: 12:08 PM EST (1708 GMT) • Brit running seven marathons after heart attack CAIRO, Egypt (Reuters) -- British explorer Ranulph Fiennes slowly began the penultimate leg of his latest challenge on Saturday -- running seven marathons in seven days on seven continents months after suffering a near-fatal heart attack. He set off against the backdrop of one of the ancient wonders of the world, the Pyramids, just two hours after flying into Cairo from London, where he completed the fifth marathon with his companion Mike Stroud. Fiennes, who addressed reporters in stilted Arabic, said he could think of no better place in Africa to run, adding he chose Cairo because of his memories of travelling from the leafy Cairo suburb of Zamalek to Uganda in 1968. "Things were very different then, I mean politically, but the beauty of the place is unchanged and...as one of the birthplaces of civilisation, it is a wonderful place," he told reporters at the Pyramids before starting the run. The two men struggled to complete the fourth marathon in the searing heat of Singapore. Fiennes finished the 26.2-mile distance in five hours and 24 minutes -- the slowest of his five runs so far -- while Stroud was forced to walk for much of the distance. Stroud told the two dozen or so runners accompanying them on the Cairo leg that he could now barely run. "Our blood tests showing the level of muscle breaking down ... at the end of yesterday, Ran's was 50 times the normal level, and mine was 500 times the normal level, so our legs are very tired," Stroud said. The two men have so far run marathons in Patagonia, the Falkland Islands, Sydney and Singapore and London. After completing the marathon in Cairo they will travel to New York to join the thousands running the city's annual marathon on November 2. Fiennes said the expedition almost failed in South America when they had to change destination at the last minute. "The schedule is as difficult as the running," he said. The explorer became one of the first men to reach both Poles on foot on his Trans-Globe Expedition in 1982. Fiennes -- who has survived the torment of gangrene at the North Pole, dodged bullets in the Middle East, trekked across the Andes and canoed up the Amazon -- became one of the first men to reach both Poles on foot on his Trans-Globe Expedition in 1982. Eleven years later he and Stroud became the first men to cross the Antarctic unsupported on foot. http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/11/01/life.fiennes.reut/index.html

Undertaker Smuggles Cigarettes in Hearse Oct 31, 10:32 am ET WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish undertaker was caught with his hearse packed with illegal cigarettes on Friday, Polish customs officers said. "This attempt was a bit morbid. Even on Halloween," said Krystyna Mielnicka, spokeswoman for the customs office in the eastern city of Przemysl. She said a Pole from a local funeral firm was returning from neighboring Ukraine, where he said he had taken a cadaver. But customs officers found 3,200 cigarette packs hidden in secret compartments in the hearse. Thousands of Ukrainians and Poles try to outsmart customs officials each week to bring alcohol and tobacco into Poland, where they cost at least four times more than in Ukraine.

I'm as big a sports fan as the next guy. I even played soccer in college. But the Argentinians are just plain nuts. Maradona Birthday.

You can let people think you're an idiot or you can open your mouth (put a chicken bucket on your head) and remove all doubt.

I teach science and it was the DA that let me go. It was marijuana possesion case. DA asked if I knew anything about chemical analysis. I said yes. He said thank you, you may go. Figured I'd know if the cops messed up on the analysis of the contraband. The amazing thing in this case was the suspect was in jail at the time for burglury when he got caught with the weed.

Wife, kids, important papers not in a safe deposit box, and photo negatives. I can use the negatives to make new prints. Everything else is replacable and I'm insured.

Asterix Spirit Stems Halloween Invasion Oct 28, 10:27 am ET PARIS (Reuters) - Taking its cue from plucky cartoon character Asterix, the Gaul who defied the Romans, a French fast food chain is fighting an invasion of Anglo-Saxon Halloween products by celebrating an ancient local tradition instead. As pumpkins and cobwebs fill the windows of many French shops around Halloween, the Flunch chain instead celebrates the Gallic New Year with dishes like boar and cabbage, fit for a village feast circa 55 BC. "Halloween is generally linked to Anglo-Saxon culture. We wanted to come back to our French roots with Gallic dishes," said Sophie Gilleron, marketing director at Flunch, which has around 150 branches. Gilleron said the Gallic promotion, which features stores decorated with cardboard druids, was in the spirit of French ancestors. The eve of the Celtic New Year was a big event and would be followed by weeks of parties and banquets. "It's cool. We already have too many non-French dishes in France," said Fabrice Laurent, 30, after dinner at a branch in central Paris, where some dishes came with inflatable helmets or swords. But Albert Martin, 38, was less impressed. "I think the Halloween items elsewhere are excessive. But in here, it's so busy and crowded, I didn't even notice the Gallic theme at all."

Go to a different computer not in the collective. I've voted twice.

I like to drink porter, but not at work. Usually with pizza.

What's in a Name? Everything When the Name is Butt Oct 24, 9:54 am ET LONDON (Reuters) - A British couple have been forced to move house because of the shame caused by the name of their street -- Butt Hole Road. Paul and Lisa Allott sold their $250,000 bungalow in Conisbrough, northern England after living there for just 15 months, fed up with the constant leg-pulling. Taxis and pizza delivery men would fail to turn up, thinking their order was just a prank, and they grew tired with groups of youths posing for photos by the nearby street sign with their buttocks bared. "I like a laugh, but it was beyond a joke," Allott told the Sun newspaper. Attempts by Reuters to contact the new residents were unsuccessful -- they have taken a confidential telephone number.

Well, the skin is used to help ease the pain of blisters on feet! Now I know why I don't like those cookies.

Why thank you for remembering. Mine was last Thursday, but better late than never! Uhhhhh . . .You're welcome?

What's really cool is watching dolphins surf a bow wave at night. If there is a lot of the luminous plankton in the water then the dolphins leave a trail of light each time they hit the water after taking a leap. Way Cool!

Bubble Gum Celebrates 75 Years with N.Y. Sugarfest Oct 26, 8:27 am ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Keeping dentists busy since 1928, bubble gum celebrated its 75th anniversary on Saturday with enough sugar to keep kids hopping way past Halloween. Created in 1928 by Walter Deimer, an accountant in Philadelphia, the perennial treat was pegged Dubble Bubble by its maker and sold by Fleer Gum Co., which owned the brand name. The first Dubble Bubble squares went on sale in 1937. Years later the name has stuck though the brand is now owned by Concord Confections Inc. of Toronto. Yet it remains one of the timeless candy treats. In Dylan's Candy Bar in Manhattan, the energy was reminiscent of any popular watering hole, replete with laughter, snappy pop tunes and picture-taking. But throw in the national bubble gum blowing champion signing autographs and barrels of candy and games, it became clear adults were to mind their manners. "If you can't have fun doing this ... you can't have fun," said Paul Cherrie, senior vice president sales/marketing of Concord. "We operate in kid-mode and it would be a sad day to switch that off. They are the best source of ideas." Cherrie said privately-held Concord acquired the Dubble Bubble brand in 1998, selling it in 62 different countries and generating sales of more than $100 million. That figure doesn't include licensing deals for other products. Its major competitor in the bubble gum business is Topps Co., which makes Bazooka bubble gum. Back at the bar the champ, 10-year old Aina Cambridge of Chicago, periodically blew bubbles for her public. She was wearing the crown she won on NBC's the Today Show in August with a 14-inch bubble. She also received a $10,000 savings bond, a donation to the children's miracle network in her name -- and yes of course, loads of Dubble Bubble gum. Need a bubble blowing graemlin here.

Sure is a hellava lot better than the alternative.