JGowans

Tres drole indeed. Pray tell though exactly from which avenue I am freeloading? I've always been gainfully and legally employed in the U.S. Never had a gummint check in my life. Since my company has been screwing with their employees for the past 14 or so months, I think I have earned a bit of latitude in the "freeloading" stakes.

Bingo! Be creative with your suggestions. I figure I have about 4-6 weeks to plant the seeds.

As my green card process nears a conclusion, and my job search burgeoning, I'll soon be ready to kiss my current job goodbye (hopefully). So, the question is, how can I hop to another job and still ensure I get my severance? Obviously a well-timed lay off would appear to be the order of the day. How can I surreptitiously promote this without arousing the suspicion of my boss? Your collective wisdom is much appreciated comrades. Remember, there's no such thing as a bad idea or is that questions?

Not first hand admittedly. However, the one time I did wear my mum's pantyhose I swear it was when we were playing cops and robbers, and I stuck them over my head. I swear I never inhaled though.

I suspect the only thing DFA has ever wrestled is his conscience when he put on his moms pantyhose that time when he was 15.

Actually yes, more does indeed need to be said....Why stage dive when you can get your rocks off and shag like Reckless Rabbits (sp. mistake intentional since it's a rip-off of a handy little love-making toy)? Give me ecstasy-induced shagging over diving in a mosh pit with a bunch of sweaty, smelly, hemp-wearing, closet-Doors-adoring, living-with-their-mums-at-30-something, weekend-wannabe-alternative-and-sensitive-yet-raw-hardmen-gay-pogo-sticks.

Sounds good man. Is that the weekend of Oktoberfest though?

Dude is the beer retroactive? I voted for you last Thursday. Shit, I knew I shoulda waited!

Cool auto-sig trask. I'm actually wearing my "Rehab's for Quitters" t-shirt right now with a picture of Al Pacino aka Tony Montoya snorting the biggest mound of coke you ever did see from the classic "Scarface"

I was 7 years old watching "John Craven's Newsround" which was a 10 minute kids news program in Scotland. My girlfriend and I had this conversation a few weeks ago...she was 10 days shy of being born

I know this was done ages ago, but I just wanna say that it was totally inspirational reading the TR. That's what it's all about, and what I hope I can progress towards someday. Awesome! I hope there's loads more TRs posted this summer about adventures like that. The spray gets old after a while.

So, would a good example be the GPS that Joshk got from REI and then threw away on Mine Road cos he didn't know how to use it?

Just got back from lunch. I'm in Queen Anne. Who wants to get FUBAR this afternoon?

A 69 with a bowling ball grip! HAHAHARDEHAR!!! It's Friday and time to booze it up. Who's up for it?

Could Kitten be an avatar and her kindly words but a ruse to incite the menly men to PM her whereupon all will be revealed a la Amber? Do you climb Kitten?

well it certainly makes sense... i think if i saw what was being done in the name of nationalism at the time... i would have a few derogatory things to say about it as well... Fair enough. So, if we follow this train of thought, do you then have any quotes where he retracted his previous statements regarding nationalism, attributing them solely to Nazi Germany, and then said words to the effect of "Fuck yeah for nationalism U.S. style baby."

I didn't put it in any context man. I just simply quoted him verbatim and left others to interpret the meaning of the words. You're the one telling me that because he said it about another country then perhaps he doesn't really mean it about every country. Is that it? That'd be an appropriate Fence Sitting attitude to take now wouldn't it?

I had trouble opening the attachment.???

You must have the Texas abridged version that just says "Bush is great, God is great, Nationalism is great, were all words uttered by Albert Einstein at one time or another." In reality they were taken from "I like a bit o bush in the morning. In fact, I'd go so far as to say Bush is great." "I don't believe in God which is great cos then I can work on my really funky mathematical formulae instead of going to church." "Nationalism is a great steaming pile of horseshite." - All attributable quotes of one A. Einstein

"Nationalism, on my opinion, is nothing more than an idealistic rationalization for militarism and aggression." - Albert Einstein http://www.heartquotes.net/Einstein.html "Fence_Sitter is a puny intellectual misfit about as useful as a spent blister pad." - JGowans

Well, I didn't quite quote him literally but I was spot on with respect to his sentiments so FS, stick that in your silly shaking head smack pipe and smoke it... "``Nationalism is an infantile disease,'' Einstein once remarked. ``It is the measles of mankind.'' http://www.juneauempire.com/Archive/March99/031199/stories/031199/Ope_palcol.html Another triumph for the Euro over the puny American weak minded wannabe Euro.

wasn't it Einstein who thought that nationalism was the most stupid thing in the world?

good thread this. i just checked in and nice to see some healthy shite slinging going on. i'm going to sit front and center, munch my pop corn, sip my $8 beers, check out the chicks with the "next round" cards, and wait for the next mud pie to be lobbed overhead. ding ding. bush is a lying bastard you conservative wankers!! prove me otherwise.

Yes, that was AWESOME!! That Bluegrass sound really seems to be in vogue right now. I think a lot of modern acts are putting out similar stuff (or trying to at least)

Zydeco: I could never quite get into that too much when I lived down there. I guess the washboard and spoons were too distracting or something. Good suggestions though. The cultural commentators and story tellers are what I'm looking for. Guys and gals that sang about epochal events like the gold rush, the westward migration, the discovery of oil, politics of the day, blah blah blah.