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don't feel bad. i'm sure the yaks still love ewe.

young distel has aquired a whole new line of insulting word combos since he moved to mongolia.

damn--this is a fantastic thread. i love cc.com for threads like this.

I believe the appropriate spelling is actually Xmas

1) i am completely offended 2) at work 3) moderate effort at real work 4) skiing on 12/25 is the bestest way to spend the day

i just want a nap

yeah and i'm still torqued about that.

suckers

But i do believe that ideologically (although perhaps not in reality) they are supposedly all about personal freedoms and liberty.

Word is, you have to clear 15 hurdles without knocking any over. Then, and only then, can one convert to veganism. shit--i can't knock ANY of them over? oh well, i'm too clutzy to be a vegan.

Dru- i guess i've just my panties in a twist b/c you implied that adopting from any particular country could be considered a fad.

damn, that bitch has more lives than a cat! arch-don't be jealous of barbie and her enormous boobs, she's just going to have back problems when she's older.

Dru-- it's so obvious how thrilled sobo is to be able to become a parent again. there are lots of hurdles and problems with adoption, not the least of which is bureaucracy. any country that has a straight foward process for adopting a child will become a "popular" choice for prospective parents. that's good ol' common sense, not a fad. imagine how insulting it would be to say to your neighbors that they were being trendy b/c they just had a child in the usual way. it's just as insulting to imply that Sobo and wife selected China for adoption b/c it's trendy. Personally, I would've bitch slapped you if you had told me I was being trendy when I had my son.

perhaps...i confess to disfiguring more than one Barbie

uh oh Barbie Researchers Find Barbie Is Often Mutilated By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer Mon Dec 19, 6:02 PM ET LONDON - Barbie, beware. The iconic plastic doll is often mutilated at the hands of young girls, according to research published Monday by British academics. ADVERTISEMENT "The girls we spoke to see Barbie torture as a legitimate play activity, and see the torture as a 'cool' activity," said Agnes Nairn, one of the University of Bath researchers. "The types of mutilation are varied and creative, and range from removing the hair to decapitation, burning, breaking and even microwaving." Researchers from the university's marketing and psychology departments questioned 100 children about their attitudes to a range of products as part of a study on branding. They found Barbie provoked the strongest reaction, with youngsters reporting "rejection, hatred and violence," Nairn said. "The meaning of 'Barbie' went beyond an expressed antipathy; actual physical violence and torture towards the doll was repeatedly reported, quite gleefully, across age, school and gender," she said. While boys often expressed nostalgia and affection toward Action Man — the British equivalent of GI Joe — renouncing Barbie appeared to be a rite of passage for many girls, Nairn said. "The most readily expressed reason for rejecting Barbie was that she was babyish, and girls saw her as representing their younger childhood out of which they felt they had now grown," she said. Nairn said many girls saw Barbie as an inanimate object rather than a treasured toy. "Whilst for an adult the delight the child felt in breaking, mutilating and torturing their dolls is deeply disturbing, from the child's point of view they were simply being imaginative in disposing of an excessive commodity in the same way as one might crush cans for recycling," she said. Manufacturer Mattel, which sells 94 million Barbies a year worldwide, said the doll remained the "No. 1 fashion doll brand." Mattel U.K. said that despite the findings of "this very small group of children, we know that there are millions of girls in the U.K. and across the world that love and enjoy playing with Barbie and will continue to do so in the future."

this reminds me of the seinfeld episode in which George gets a sudden boost of intellect b/c he's not having sex of any kind and elaine is getting dumber by the moment b/c she's having it all the time. if gary uses this method to "relax" and thus gain valuable interpersonal skills, his intellect may shrink and he'll never finish grad school. such a conundrum...whatever shall he do?

i didn't know there were hurdles to veganism. i just thought it was a choice to be made. hmmph...who knew

so CBS this sounds like it was really a topic you meant to start but roboboy beat you to it eh?

hmmmm...as though there aren't many health clubs/fitness classes geared specifically for women. heck, even the climbing gyms have women's climbing classes and groups. you're not onto any ground breaking demographic. just onto being a little creepy even though your probably don't mean to be.

i'm under XXXX and roboboy is creeping me out.

lucky you didn't ruin your acid wash jeans too.

yep--i've witnessed this before. unfortunately, the victim couldn't figure out what to do i think most women with long hair have lost at least a few pieces to the belay device. it hurts

I severally spraine my ankle doing nothing more than walking off a curb at the National Pea and Lentil Festival in Pullman.

at least you woke up

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