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◆ARIES (March 21-April 19): This is curious day. You have to avoid making important decisions; nevertheless, this is a good day for planning and getting information that could impact your life direction in general.
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◆CANCER (June 21-July 22): Because the Moon is opposite your sign today, you will have to go more than halfway when dealing with others. This is no big deal. In two weeks, when the Moon is in your sign, people will have to go more than halfway when dealing with you.
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Contemplating Frank Brunis piece on gender roles in dining rooms (and the postscript that followed it), the Huffington Posts Molly Lass today questions the way men and women are served booze: The darker, bitterer and more expensive the drink is, the more likely men are assigned to drink it, while women are regulated beverages that are light, fruity, or insipid. Admitting that these assumptions are partly valid if insulting, she hopes more women will learn to take wine lists by the horns. Another reaction to Brunis piece, however, expresses disbelief that he would advance such stereotypes at all.
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Did you have to trot out hoary assumptions like women are bad tippers? Did you have to talk about how all the women who ask you for restaurant recommendations want to make sure the lighting isnt too harsh? Did you have to dig someone up to give you a quote that "women more often hesitate if the name or look of a dish is too blunt a reminder that theyre biting into an animal[?]"
Indeed, the Grinders foodie feminism is in full force today. Another writer, Traci Vogel, is irked, just like the Feed was, that Josh Ozerskys new blog is promising to feature guest columns from some of the top men in the field.
Men, huh? Although Im sure its non-gender-specific men were talking about. As of this posting, however, no women have been the subjects of features on The Feedbags front page except the bikini-clad waitresses at the Hawaiian Tropic Zone (possibly NSFW). Feature topics have included Coolio, Patrick Connolly, and the King of Spain. Its so male its like the Drudge Report of food blogs.
Youd think Ozerskys next post, after that, would be about the fact that Magnolia Bakerys UWS location now has a private dining room (it does!) or (more seriously) maybe hed plug next weeks Women Chefs & Restaurateurs event, but instead, its an (albeit interesting) Q with the bearded, burly guys behind Walter Foods, in which Dylan Dodd says, Its kind of a masculine menu. The whole place is kind of masculine. (Well, we can add that one to the "male" restaurants list.)
Of course, the Grinder ignores the fact that Josh wrote many Grub Street posts about female chefs, and so far, Stephanie Shih is writing just as many posts as he is for the new blog (which, it must be said, isnt even two days old).
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"My brother gave me that rifle," Gray said Sunday. "I shot my first deer with it, and I just shot my last."
Gray said he was on his property Thursday night, talking to a neighbor. He spotted a deer and decided to grab his rifle and see if he could get a shot.
"I found a good spot to sit, and I sat there and waited," said Gray, who is in his 50s.
He saw the deer again, but then it disappeared into the woods. Gray decided to have a cigarette and go inside if the deer didn't show another time. While he was smoking, the deer appeared, this time 20 yards away.
He fired and hit the deer, which took off. Gray said he followed and found his quarry on the ground.
"It was beautiful; it looked like a deer bedded down in the woods," he said.
Gray said he walked up to the deer, patted it between its antlers and thanked it for giving its life. He didn't expect what happened next.
"The deer bounds up and rolls down the hill," he said, getting tangled in the underbrush. As he approached, the deer lunged.
"He drove the horn into me, picked me up and pounded me into the ground," Gray said. "He was just thrashing and I'm holding onto his horns - I thought he killed me."
Gray said the antler went four inches into his side, but did not hit any major organs. He was able to get out of the woods on his own. He was treated at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Gray said he is still haunted by the images of the attack.
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We're the Davis family; Jim, Andrea, Alli, Jake, Lindsey and Brooke. We live in Bountiful, Utah. We like to go places and do things. Some of us are loosing teeth, some of us have spatulas, some of us have the cutest smile in the world, and some of us have too many chins to count. We all have fun. As a family, we are living with Neurofibromatosis (NF1).
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The preschool program and the letters in Jake's body
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Oh Jim, this broke my heart. I'm glad your experience with his preschool has been so good. We have a little girl at our preschool who has NF and she is ALMOST as cute as Jakey. Hope he's feeling a little better. I love the way you explained NF to him.ReplyDelete
Thank your for sharing this sweet story. What an inspiration your family is for the rest of us. We think of you guys and little Jake often. :)ReplyDelete
I wish I was as tough as Jake. You aren't the only one trying to keep a poker face. It's amazing how those little ones affect their Dad's.ReplyDelete
What a trooper that Jake is! Who really wants to shake a maraccas when you have a headache that bad?! Love that boy.ReplyDelete
Jake rocks. I want to be strong like Jake. xoxoReplyDelete
You have an amazing child. I know how hard the poker face can be. You guys are such amazing parents, thank you for sharing Jake's story. We will try our hardest to be at the walk again this year, but as you know sometime life can get in the way and everything with Millie is so up in the air. I hope his headaches have gotten better. We think of your whole family often.ReplyDelete


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2014 Schedule Updated
Upcoming schedule with some changes and additions!
06/07 – (1864) vs. Essex Base Ball Fremont, NH
06/14 – (1886) vs. Boston Beaneaters (Leary Field Portsmouth NH)
06/21 – (1886) vs. Whately Pioneers Base Ball Club Tunbridge, VT
07/27 – (1886) vs. Providence Grays (Georges Island Boston, MA)
08/16 – (1886) vs Boston Beaneaters (Cleveland Circle Boston)
08/17 – (1884) vs. Providence Grays (McCoy Stadium Pawtucket, RI)
08/24 – (1886) vs Whately Pioneers Base Ball Club (Georges Island Boston, MA)
09/13 – (1864) vs Dirigo Vintage Base Ball Club (away location TBD)
09/27 – (1886/1864) vs. Providence Grays @Borderlands State Park
Hello fans here is our 2014 schedule to date. As we are trying to move away from our Pennichuck home we have not determined which locals fields our home games will be played at. Right now I, Flask, am working with several local municipalities and organization to play at their beautiful and historical well maintained fields to call home. These include Leary Field in Portsmouth, NH, Evans Field Rockport, MA , and Georges Island Boston, MA. By April field locations will be finalized. Without further adieu I present the schedule:
04/26 – (1886) Whately Pioneers Base Ball Club Herlihy Field Whatley MA
05/03 – (1886) vs. Westfield Wheelmen Fuller Field (America's Oldest Field)
05/17 – (1864/1886) vs. Presumpscot Base Ball club and Dirigo Vintage Base Ball (home location TBD)
06/07 – (1864) vs. Essex Base Ball Fremont, NH
06/14 – (1886) vs. Boston Beaneaters (location TBD)
06/21 – (1886) vs. Whately Pioneers Base Ball Club Tunbridge, VT
07/12 – (1864) vs. Presumpscot Base Ball Club (away location TBD)
08/16 – (1886) vs Boston Beaneaters (location TBD)
08/24 – (1886) vs Whately Pioneers Base Ball Club (home location TBD)
09/13 – (1864) vs Dirigo Vintage Base Ball Club (away location TBD)
09/27 – (1886/1864) vs. Providence Grays @Borderlands State Park
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Nicholas J. Pernokas Recreation Park to Host top teams from New Hampshire and Maine in battle of 1864 Base Ball
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Granite take Tri-State Battle for Georges Island
The New Hampshire Granite waged their own war this weekend against fine squads from the Medford/Melrose Pondfielders and the Bristol Blues. While not that familiar with the 1860′s game on this 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg these men decided to honor the men who fought by playing by the rules 1864.
Game 1 : vs. Melrose
In a back and forth battle the Granite come out on top. Down 8-4 in the 5th inning the Granite responded well to the shear insane screams and shouts of their captain to come out and hit the daylights out of the ball. In addition the Granite defense was rock solid holding off a last inning surge to win 10-8. A well played game by both sides and a great start to the games.
Game 2: vs. Bristol
In an inaugural match between these two teams another show was put on for the crowd. With the Granite ahead 7-5 in the 7th inning Bristol went ahead with a 2 run single with an additional run coming across on a hefty throwing error made by Captain Flask. The Granite tied the game in the 8th and held off the Blues with men on second and third in the top of the ninth. With two outs, bottom of the ninth, Flask came to bat determined to make right up for his earlier error. After singling, stealing second and third, a clutch infield single by Honest Don Cederquist brought the winning run home.


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Goalie Curtis Joseph has signed a one-year, 1.5 million-dollar contract with Calgary.
The 40-year-old netminder agreed to terms Monday, but the Flames waited until Joseph passed a physical before making the announcement. He'll earn about $650,000 this year.
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It's On: Jefferson v. Adams!
One of the more interesting aspects of the conflict between Jefferson and Adams is how little difference it made in the long run in American history, except, perhaps, for an early establishment of the two party tradition. For all Jefferson's partiality to France, when he was in office he steered a strictly neutral course. The economic development of the country was little changed by the switch in parties in power. The battles over internal developments that marked the conflicts between Democrats and Whigs, were matters for a later time when expansion and technological progress brought them to the fore. The Alien and Sedition Acts which loom large in the below video:
involved less of principle and more of politics. Jefferson, for example, was in favor of prosecutions of federalists under state sedition laws in states which his followers controlled.
As Jefferson and Adams found when they began an increasingly friendly private correspondence in 1812, the two old revolutionaries agreed on far more than they differed, and I would argue that their differences were usually more theoretical than practical, as both demonstrated in their presidencies.
Adams and Jefferson were both able men, and the country was fortunate to have each of them.
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I found the way the movie portrayed the correspondance of Jefferson and Adams in their later years to be a moving portrayal.
Jefferson did not have sexual relations, or children with his slave, Sally Hemmings, so the jungle fever comment, in is very bad taste.
and the DNA link, is with the descendents of one of Hemmings children, not all of them. the DNA just proves that A Jefferson fathered that child, not Thomas Jefferson. THe birth of that child took place, when Thomas Jefferson was already old and sick, it has been said that it is more likely that Jefferson's younger brother fathered that child.


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Would love any tips or advice. Diagnosed with PCOS about 4 years ago. Trying to get pregnant 6 years. Had a saline sonogram done, found I have a polyp in my uterus and a cyst in my left ovary. Next step, HSG sometime after Christmas. Can anyone give me any helpful advice on possible success. Also, I've been on metformin for the pcos for almost 3 years along with dexamethasone.
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We've had women on the board in the past that have gotten pregnant after their HSG, it gave them the boost that they needed. It's good that you are on metformin, and the HSG should help. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you! Did your doctor say if you have to wait at all before trying after your HSG?


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Not saying this one is original but it has a sales twist and it made me laugh
Dave the networking-mad key account manager was bragging to his boss one day: "You know, I know everyone there is to know. Just name someone, anyone, and I know them."
Tired of his boasting, his boss called his bluff: "OK, Dave, how about Tom Cruise?"
"No dramas boss, Tom and I are old friends, and I can prove it."
So Dave and his boss fly out to Hollywood and knock on Tom Cruise's door. Cruise opens it and shouts: "Dave! What's happening? Great to see you! Come on in for a beer!"
Although impressed, Dave's boss is still sceptical. After they leave the house, he tells Dave that he thinks his knowing Cruise was just lucky.
"No, no! Just name anyone else," Dave says.
"President Bush," his boss quickly retorts.
"Yup," Dave say's, "Old buddies, let's fly out to Washington." And off they go. At the White House, Bush spots Dave on the tour and motions him and his boss over, saying: "Dave, what a surprise, I was just on my
way to a meeting, but you and your friend come on in and let's have a cup of coffee first and catch up."
Well, the boss is very shaken by now but still not ready to give in. After they leave the White House grounds he expresses his doubts again to Dave, who again implores him to name anyone else.
"The Pope," his boss replies.
"Sure!" says Dave. "I've known the Pope for years." So off they fly to Rome....
Dave and his boss are assembled with the masses in Saint Peter's Square when Dave says: "This will never work. I can't catch the Pope's eye among all these people. Tell you what, I know all the guards
so let me just go upstairs and I'll come out on the balcony with the Pope."
He disappears into the crowd headed towards the Vatican.
Sure enough, half an hour later Dave emerges with the Pope on the balcony, but by the time Dave returns, he finds that his boss has had a heart attack and is surrounded by paramedics.
Making his way to his boss' side, Dave asks him: "What happened?"
His boss looks up and says, "It was the final straw ... you and the Pope came out on to the balcony and the man next to me said: 'Who the f***k is that on the balcony with Dave?"
16/01/2009 13:42:25
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A Scotsman calls his son in London the day before Christmas Eve and says, I hate to ruin your day, laddie but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; forty-five years of misery is enough.
'Dad, what are you talking about?' the son screams.
We cannae stand the sight of each other any longer,' the father says. 'We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Leeds and tell her.'
Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. 'Like hell they're getting divorced,' she shouts, 'I'll take care of this,' She calls Scotland immediately, and screams at her father, 'You are NOT getting divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME?' and hangs up.
The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. 'Okay,' he says, 'they're coming for Christmas - and they're paying their own way.'
17/01/2009 17:31:04
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The Silent Treatment
A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realised that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5am for an early
business flight.
Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and
), he wrote on a piece of paper: 'Please wake me at 5am.' He left it where he knew she would find it.
The next morning, the man woke up, only to discover it was 9am and he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn't woken him when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed....
It read: 'It is 5am. Wake up.'
Apparently, men are not equipped for these kinds of contests
17/01/2009 17:44:56
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Seeing as thoughts seem to be turning to human relationships in this thread, here's another.
A man and a woman who had never met before – and both married to other people – found themselves assigned to the same compartment on a sleeper train.
Though initially embarrassed and uneasy over sharing the space, both were very tired and fell asleep quickly, he in the upper berth and she in the lower.
At 1:00 AM, the man leaned down and gently woke the woman saying: 'Hiya, I'm sorry to bother you, but would you be willing to reach into the closet to get me a second blanket? I'm really cold.'
'I have a better idea,' the woman replied. 'Just for tonight, let's pretend that we're married….'
'Wow! That's a great idea!' he exclaimed.
'Good,' she replied. 'Get your own f**king blanket.'
After a moment or two of silence, he farted.
The End
22/01/2009 09:35:24
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Sick as a parrot
I read this online recently and, while it's not exactly a regular joke, I think somebody was having a laugh!
A parrot has caused chaos at a football match: the parrot, Me-Tu was accompanying owner Irene Kerrigan to a game between Hertfordshire Rangers and Hatfield Town.
Ref Gary Bailey, 45, told the
Daily Mirror
: "I've never known anything like it. This woman was standing right by the touchline and suddenly unveiled this big green parrot.
"Every time I blew my whistle the bird made exactly the same sound.
"The players all stopped so I had to ask her to move the parrot."
He added: "I've never sent off a parrot before."
Apart from his whistling, Me-Tu also shouted "pretty boy" at the players from his cage on the sidelines.
She said: "He loves his football and I'll take him back down there."
Hatfield Town beat her team 5-2.
22/01/2009 17:50:54
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Wracking my brain for another "parrot" sketch and could only get "Norwegian Blue", but then a magical chimp appeared out of the depths – must be the bestial company I keep. Anyway…
Chap goes into a bar, carrying a chimp, and plonks himself down on a barstool. He's chatting up the voluptuous barmaid (of course) and ends up declaring that not only is his primate companion an equally delicious female companion, but "she know a trick or two".
"Go on then", says the barmaid, "show us".
"Well, it's a bit of an intimate trick", confides our hero, but since the "us" only refers to him, her, the chimp and old Paddy who is propping up the other end of the bar, he checks with "are you OK about it?" A shrug from Paddy and an enthusiastic "yeah sure" from his main audience, and his actions are confirmed.
"Pass me that empty beer bottle then", he says, "and stand back a bit". She complies. "Ready?" "Yep." And he whacks the chimp over the head with the bottle, which breaks.
There is a pause of indeterminate length, and then suddenly the chimp does a back-flip off our hero's lap, leaps up onto the bar, jumps from there to the ceiling light, swings three times round that, transfers to the ceiling fan, practically flies round the room on that and then dismounts as gracefully as an Olympic gymnast to land on the bar stool right next to her starting point. Clever clogs, meanwhile, has unzipped and produced an action-ready "tool", which is gracefully taken up by the trick monkey and "blown" to perfection, in 90 seconds flat.
This has the desired effect on Ms Magnificent, of course, who is standing there somewhat "open-mouthed" herself, and even Paddy has raised himself an inch or two away from his Guinness, and is certainly glancing in the direction of the action.
Wishing to demonstrate generosity as well as talent, our hero therefore asks "Do you want a go mate?" To which Paddy replies….
"Ahh sure, g'wan then. But don't be hitting me too hard with that bottle though!"
25/01/2009 11:40:20
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A new Middle East crisis erupted last night as Dubai Television was refused permission to broadcast 'The Flintstones'.
A spokesman for the channel said...
"A claim was made that people in Dubai would not understand the humour but we have heard that people in Abu Dhabi Do."
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Text of a letter from a kid from Eromanga to Mum and Dad. (For Those of you not in the know, Eromanga is a small town, west of Quilpie in the far south west of Queensland)
Dear Mum & Dad,
I am well. Hope youse are too. Tell me big brothers Doug and Phil that the Army is better than workin' on the farm - tell them to get in bloody quick smart before the jobs are all gone! I wuz a bit slow in settling down at first, because ya don't hafta get outta bed until 6am. But I like sleeping in now, cuz all ya gotta do before brekky is make ya bed and shine ya boots and clean ya uniform. No bloody cows to milk, no calves to feed, no feed to stack - nothin'!! Ya haz gotta shower though, but its not so bad, coz there's lotsa hot water and even a light to see what ya doing!
At brekky ya get cereal, fruit and eggs but there's no kangaroo steaks or possum stew like wot Mum makes. You don't get fed again until noon and by that time all the city boys are buggered because we've been on a 'route march' - geez its only just like walking to the windmill in the back paddock!!
This one will kill me brothers Doug and Phil with laughter. I keep getting medals for shootin' - dunno why. The bullseye is as big as a bloody possum's bum and it don't move and it's not firing back at ya like the Johnsons did when our big scrubber bull got into their prize cows before the Ekka last year! All ya gotta do is make yourself comfortable and hit the target - it's a piece of ****!! You don't even load your own cartridges, they comes in little boxes, and ya don't have to steady yourself against the rollbar of the roo shooting truck when you reload!
Sometimes ya gotta wrestle with the city boys and I gotta be real careful coz they break easy - it's not like fighting with Doug and Phil and Jack and Boori and Steve and Muzza all at once like we do at home after the muster.
Turns out I'm not a bad boxer either and it looks like I'm the best the platoon's got, and I've only been beaten by this one bloke from the Engineers - he's 6 foot 5 and 15 stone and three pick handles across the shoulders and as ya know I'm only 5 foot 7 and eight stone wringin' wet, but I fought him till the other blokes carried me off to the boozer.
I can't complain about the Army - tell the boys to get in quick before word gets around how bloody good it is.
Your loving daughter,
27/01/2009 19:35:47
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Quick Thinking
So there I was, in a terrible rush, as usual, whipped into Sainsbury's in the old Chelsea Tractor, only needed some smokes, so bunged it straight in the nice, wide slot they have with the baby/toddler markings.
Jumped out and had just beeped it closed, when I spot a jobsworth parking attendant, hoping I'll make his day.
Solved the problem without having to re-park by the simple expedient of banging on the boot door and shouting....
20/02/2009 11:37:39
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Some excruciating puns here, but hey, some of them are quite funny even if you've heard 'em before ….
1. Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.
2. A set of jump leads walk into a bar. The bartmaid says: 'I'll serve you, but don't start anything.'
3. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted.
4. A dyslexic man walks into a bra.
5. A man walks into a bar with a lump of tarmac under his arm, and says: 'A beer please, and one for the road.'
6. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: 'Does this taste funny to you?'
7. 'Doc, I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home.' 'That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome.' 'Is it common ?' 'Well, It's Not Unusual.'
8. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly: 'I was artificially inseminated this morning.' 'I don't believe you,' says Dolly. 'It's true; no bull!' replies Daisy.
9. Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before
10. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either.
11. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day, but I couldn't find any.
12. A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident. He shouted: 'Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!' The doctor replied: 'I know you can't – I've cut off your arms !'
13. I went to a seafood disco last week...and pulled a mussel.
14. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.
15. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. One turns to the other and says: 'Dam!'
16. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were a bit cold, so they lit a fire in the boat. It sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.
17. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel, and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office, and asked them to move along. 'But why,' they asked, as they moved off. 'Because,' he said, 'I can't stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer.'
18. A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt , and is named 'Ahmal.' The other goes to a family in Spain ; they name him 'Juan.' Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, 'They're twins ! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal.'
19. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet…. he suffered from bad breath. This made him (Oh, man, this is so bad, it's good)..... 'A super-calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.'
20 And finally, there was the person who sent 20 different puns to his friends, with the hope that at least ten of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.
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Actually I don't think no 5. is very funny.
Because I had a bloke come up to the club where I do a bit of part time work on the door, and he had a piece of green tarmac under his arm.
So I says "no way mate - sorry"
And he says "why?"
And I says "'cos that's a cycle path you've got with you"
Now that's funny.
20/02/2009 15:00:12
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Would that be the 'psychopath' kind of cycle path? (I've always been a bit slow on the uptake!)
20/02/2009 15:08:26
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Yes! Well done.
So can you understand the other ones in your 14. "fsh" one? Which are....
What do you call a deer with no eyes? - No idea
What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs? - Still no idea
What do you call a deer with no eyes, no legs and no b******s - Still no f*****g idea
See - I'm full of 'em.
(And what do you call a sheep with no legs? - A cloud)
20/02/2009 15:51:21
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Those old jokes!...
I was working for a design agency about ten years ago and we had to present some concepts to the Consumers Association (
Which? Magazine
, etc). Our team couldn't think of any really good ideas and, anyway, our hearts weren't really in it as the prospect was usually a bit of a time-waster. So, we presented a whole series of graphics around tha 'No Idea/no-eye deer' theme - the last one was, as you quite rightly point out, 'Still no f*cking idea'. That sort of summed up all we had to say on the subject of their pitch.
You should have seen the look on the faces of the assembled marketing department and CA senior management when we unveiled this particular concept. Needless to say we didn't get the gig but it was worth it to be wasting their time for a change and have a bit of a laugh into the bargain.
Of course, I wouldn't ever advocate this kind of behaviour to anybody else reading such an esteemed sales best-practice journal as
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The Lone Ranger's Last Request...
The Lone Ranger was ambushed and captured by an enemy Indian War Party.
The Indian Chief proclaims: "So, YOU are the great Lone Ranger.... In honour of the Harvest Festival, YOU will be executed in three days. Before I kill you, I grant you three requests. What is your FIRST request?"
The Lone Ranger responds: "I'd like to speak to my horse."
The Chief nods and Silver is brought before the Lone Ranger who whispers in Silver's ear, and the horse gallops away.
Later that evening, Silver returns with a beautiful blonde woman on his back. As the Indian Chief watches, the blonde enters the Lone Ranger's tent and spends the night.
The next morning the Indian Chief admits he's impressed: "You have a very fine and loyal horse, but I will still kill you in two days. What is your SECOND request?"
The Lone Ranger again asks to speak to his horse. Silver is brought to him, and once again he whispers in the horse's ear. As before, Silver takes off and disappears over the horizon.
Later that evening, to the Chief's surprise, Silver again returns, this time with a voluptuous brunette, even more attractive than the blonde. She enters the Lone Rangers tent and spends the night.
The following morning the Indian Chief is again impressed: "You are indeed a man of many talents, but I will still kill you tomorrow. What is your LAST request?"
The Lone Ranger responds: "I'd like to speak to my horse... alone."
The Chief is curious, but he agrees, and Silver is brought to the Lone Ranger's tent.
Once they're alone, the Lone Ranger grabs Silver by both ears, looks him squarely in the eye and says: "Listen Very Carefully! For... the... last... time... I said.... 'BRING POSSE'!"
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Dr. Smith recently got his doctorate in psychology and his first assignment was to visit the community loony bin retirement home for the patient's monthly mental examination.
He sees his first patient and asks him, "Ralph, how much is six times six?"
Ralph responds, "74."
He asks the next resident, "Tim, how much is six times six?"
Tom responds, "Thursday."
Expecting more of the same, he approaches Randy and asks him, "Randy, how much is six times?"
"THIRTY-SIX!" replies Randy quickly and with great confidence.
"That's right Randy, well done! Now tell me how did you know that answer?"
"Oh it was easy... I just subtracted Thursday from 74."
24/04/2009 10:47:41
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A psychiatrist was conducting a group therapy session with four young mothers and their toddlers....
'You all have
,' he observed.
To the first mother, Mary, he said: 'You are obsessed with eating. You've even named your daughter Candy.'
He turned to the second mum, Ann: 'Your obsession is with money. Again, it manifests itself in your child's name, Penny.'
The psychiatrist turned to the third mum, Kathy: 'Your obsession is alcohol. This too shows itself in your daughter's name, Brandy.'
At this point, the fourth mother, Joyce, quietly got up, took her little boy by the hand and whispered: 'Come on Dick; this guy has no idea what he's talking about. Let's pick Willy up from school and go home.'
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The Swine Flu Pandemic
Breaking News: A remedy has been found for Swine Flu.
Instead of inoculating victims, doctors have now developed an effective oinkment, based on the fact that most victims develop nasty rashers on contracting the virus!
P.S. - Don't bother calling the Swine Flue hotline, there's a problem with their phone line. I just tried it and all I got was crackling!
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Someone said that Swine Flu wasn't catching but health officials said they were just telling porkies....
PS There's also a Jack Tweed joke circulating but I thought it was in too poor taste to post!
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My own beautiful daughter asked me, admittedly when a few months older than this next apparent rising star, but still from the back seat of the car on a longish and tiring drive, something along the lines of...
"Daddy?" - "Yes Darling..." "x, y, z....?", "answer", pause.....
"Daddy?" - "Yes Darling..." "a, b, c....?", "answer", pause.....
"Daddy?" - "Yes Darling..." "1, 2, 3....?", "answer", pause.....
"Daddy?" - "Yes Darling..." "Do you think I'm chattative?"
So I'm a big fan, and hugely tolerant, of the fairer sex - proof positive that I have minimal sexist intent when bringing you this next clip, which was billed to me as "Are women born this way?" but which I prefer to translate as...
Can you be born with "The Gift of the Gab"?
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By RICHARD ROEPER email@example.com February 15, 2012 6:50PM
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Right off the bat, I don't believe the One Million Moms organization has a million moms.
Prove me wrong, Million Moms. Show me proof you're a million mom-strong and I'll share your evidence with the readers.
And then I'll shudder, and then I'll pray. Because if there really are more than 1 million mothers that believe JCPenney should fire Ellen DeGeneres as a spokesperson, wow — that's a serious amount of bigotry right there.
"JCPenney Offends Traditional Families Again," reads the headline from One Million Moms — an offshoot of the misnamed American Family Association, which should call itself, "If Your Family Doesn't Fit Our Definition, We'll Judge You."
"Recently JCPenney announced that comedian Ellen DeGeneres will be their company's new spokesperson," reads the manifesto from One Million Moms. "Funny that JCPenney thinks that hiring an open homosexual spokesperson will help their businesses when most of their customers are traditional families. More sales will be lost than gained unless they replace their spokesperson quickly. . . .
"DeGeneres is not a true representation of the type of families that shop at their store. The majority of JCPenney shoppers will be offended and choose to no longer shop there."
Really? If the majority of "traditional" families would boycott JCPenney over the Ellen issue, imagine the vast roster of stores, designers, movies, TV shows, automobiles, etc., etc., those same families would have to avoid in order to be consistent with the thought process of the One Million Moms.
Come on. If you're anti-gay, what are you doing listening to Lady Gaga, who's pro-gay? How can you justify watching any of the hundreds of TV shows and movies created by and/or starring homosexuals? And you better check all the labels on your clothes so you can throw out anything that was designed by one of the gays.
DeGeneres issued a statement about the controversy that read in part, "Here are the values I stand for: I stand for honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me those are traditional values."
Geez. She's so gay.
Astonishing ignorance
Commentators from Bill O'Reilly to Howard Stern have defended Ellen. O'Reilly compared the campaign to McCarthyism. Stern talked about a recent Rolling Stone article detailing a horrific rash of teen suicides and some astonishingly obtuse policies regarding gays in Michele Bachmann's district. This led to a classic Howard rant against Bachmann and Rick Santorum.
In an email to supporters, Bachmann said "the direction that America is headed requires serious discussion by serious people, and Howard Stern is not a serious person."
That's true. He's a funny person — a funny person who believes everyone should be treated equally, that politicians and "family" organizations should stop obsessing over gay issues and think about focusing their energies on the real obscenities of the world, like children going to bed hungry. (Why are they never as offended by starvation as they are by "Glee"?)
It's amazing. Here were are in 2012, and we still have organizations and politicians ignoring the reality that homosexuality is not a "lifestyle choice." These bigots rely on selected passages from a book that was written by men in an entirely different world to justify their fear and loathing for all things gay.
There's no doubt — none — that decades and centuries from now, those who fought against equal rights for gays in the 21st century will be regarded with the same head-shaking wonderment as those who fought against civil rights in the 1960s, or a woman's right to vote in the early part of the 20th century. Future generations will read about the One Million Moms and the Bachmanns of the world and say, "How could they have been so obviously wrong and so insanely out of touch?"
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KOHILA, Estonia (UMNS)-The Rev. Laas Helde, 86, stands up straight in the hallway to welcome visitors to the small house he shares with his wife, Maimu, 83.
Every lock of Helde's halo of curly snow-white hair is in place. He extends his hand as he balances on a cane - and one leg. The other leg was "cut off" while he was a patient in a Russian Army camp in Siberia during World War II. After the war, he was a notary for several years and spent five years in a KGB prison in Narva, having been accused of "things for which I was blameless."
In 1967, he began a 17-year pastorate at the Methodist Church in Parnu. Although he was not jailed again, he was taken to court and fined, he says, after services drew "young people from all the high schools, from the graduate classes. Some of the members of the Youth Communist League turned back their party tickets or the certificates that they are members of the Party."
Helde retired in 1984.
"This is such a great blessing, a help," he says of the church pension of US$86 he receives each month. Helde and his wife, Maimu, 83, combine it with the pensions both receive from the state for their secular work. Together they receive about 5000 Estonia krooni (US$500). Still, finances are tight.
"We wanted to buy, collect money for the coffin," Maimu says, "but it did not work out, because last winter we had to buy much heat, wood to heat the stove."
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They grow "a little bit" of their fresh food and welcome the gifts of food that a Norwegian deacon, a longtime friend, occasionally brings them. Maimu rides a three-wheeled bicycle to the grocery store or rides in a neighbor's car.
The United Methodist Church is beginning to respond to the Heldes and others like them through the Central Conference Pension Initiative. The initiative, mandated by the 2000 and 2004 General Conferences, is developing models for pension systems to serve retired church pastors, lay workers and surviving spouses in Estonia and elsewhere. More information is available at www.ccpi-umc.org.
"We couldn't save anything, and we haven't been starving," Helde says with a shrug. "(With) the money I get from the conference board, I pay for the telephone, electricity and the newspapers. And it's just enough."
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- Fresser Sep 1, 2009 09:41 PM
Went to the ubiquitous Panchos tonight and as usual the line was out the door for the stalwart Mexican. In lieu of waiting 30 minutes for a table, I grabbed Mr. G and wandered around the corner to Sazon Latin Fusion. It's a small place on the corner of Centinela and Washington. There's an August thread with very good praise for this small, non descript hole in the wall. But Claudia, the owner/chef, makes it all worthwhile. Home cooking that covers all the latin countries from Puerto Rico to Peru and of course our cousin to the South. We had some of the homemade Agua Frescas, Tamarindo and Jamacia, both were deliciously refreshing on this hot day. My acid test is the sugar factor and her drinks were NOT sickeningly sweet. Perfect. She also uses vegetable oil and little or no salt, but lots of veggies and herbs for flavor.
Next up was a spinach/cheese empanada and a meat empanada. The spinach was still bright green inside, not some mush and really delicious. The meat was tasty if you like ground beef taste. There's a salsa bar with the great mexican style carrots.
I had the Pollo Saltado which is usually with fried potatoes but Claudia makes hers with roasted. Mr. G had the Pollo stuffed with spinach served with rice, beans and lovely roasted carrots, squash and broccoli.
Finally, an amazing dense flan, again not too sweet, but really yummy. Mr. G had no idea that flan didn't only come in a plastic cup off the taco truck,
For approximately $15 each we enjoyed a healthy, wonderful home cooked meal.
The problem is we were one of three tables tonight at 7pm. This lovely little restaurant just struggled through their first year and if it continues like tonight, they may not make their second.
Don't wait to eat at Pacos or Mariscos Chente, try Sazon for lunch, dinner or weekend breakfast.
It's important to help support these small establishments in our neighborhoods. Claudia is a worthy cause...she really cooks with her heart and the foods shows it!
what is there for a vegetarian to eat?
my normal friday night crew contains an ovo-lacto vegetarian.
we won't go to a place that only serves a token quesadilla or a bowl of rice for her--we need a place that serves some actual vegetarian entrees, preferable ones that are not loaded with fat.. . .
also, if beans are served, they can't have lard in them.
would Sazon Latin Fusion work for my group?
re: westsidegal
Sazon should work for your group.
re: ipsedixit
the website seems to show just one dish that might be vegetarian--a salad.
there is reference made to a vegetarian/vegan plate.
do you have any idea what is on that plate?
i'm sure it would have white rice? is there anything else?
do you know if they use lard in the beans?
honestly, judging from the website, it doesn't look like a good restaurant for us.
our usual rotation includes: ayara, metro cafe, 26 beach, tlapazola, and antica pizzaria. all of these restaurants offer some really good vegetarian choices.
what a pity. we're always on the lookout for a new place to add to the rotation.
re: westsidegal
I will say that Claudia does rotate the menu and we have had wonderful Calabacitas from there. We saw her at the Mar Vista Farmers Market Picking up Ingredients for A Corn Soup special on the menu that night. If you are really worried, give her a call and she will most likely put together a menu to fit your needs.
re: westsidegal
The two times I've been there I've never bothered to ask, but the menu does say that they use veggie oil in their beans.
Who knows, but I would ask and would be surprised if the place would not accomodate any type of reasonable request as Matt points out above.
re: ipsedixit
Last night's specials included a lentil soup and a veggie plate. The roasted veggies were nicely cooked, not to mush and yes, white rice and beans which I doubt have lard, but you can call Claudia.
re: westsidegal
At the bottom of the Menu it says:
* * If you do not see it on the menu it does not mean we do not make it...ask! * *
re: westsidegal
2nd that Claudia is very accomodating within reason if you talk to her.
If only I lived closer! She has mofongo on the menu. If anyone goes this place please order either of the mofongos and let me know how it is.
For those who do not know mofongo is a Puerto Rican dish usally a street/beach shack food consisting of fried green plantains, chicharon (the kind with some pork meat still attached), olive oil, garlic and somtimes oregano. They are all smashed togeter and then either stuffed with a stew or rolled into balls and deep fries like a fritter.
If I was closer I definately try this place.
re: SeaCook
I'll definitely give it a try. I'm going back to PR soon and am looking forward to eating some decent mofongo. We'll see how it compares. :)
re: annapurna7
Please do! The only other place I have it is Senor Big Ed's in Cypress and it's only so so. Thanks
re: SeaCook
Sazon is in our regular rotation and I've had the mofongo a few times. But that's the only place I've ever had it so can't compare it to anything. I like it but it's more of a cold weather dish for me. Very stick to the ribs.
My original Sazon write up
Thank you for this post. I was just wondering about trying someplace new and she is located very close to me. Will definitely try it!
is this place anywhere near Wilshire and Sepulveda? I have a Dr apt. there and then will be heading home to Palos Verdes. So looking for something on the way home. We will not be hitting the 405 gridlock probably take Sepulveda home, but a detour is always doable as long as it isn't too far.
Thanks Jen
re: westsidegal
Thanks Westsidegal. I have lived in the beach cities all my life, I am clueless when it comes to town. We are going to hit this place up, I can't wait it sounds awesome.
re: annapurna7
Thank you, Annapurna! I will report back!!!
Just got home from Dr. apt. and Sazon,I liked Sazon much better than the DR. Hubby and I both had the spinach empanada, delicious, light, and a nice way to start the meal. Claudia was great, very friendly. We ordered 2 frescas, hibiscus and tamarindo, very refreshing, not to sweet. Shje brought out a lemonade for us to try, PERFECTO. We both ordered off of the special board. Today she had the Cammarones ala Picante, the sauce was a tamatillo, jalapeno mixture, out of this world good. I had ther Pollo Vinagre, a mixture of eggplant, onions, squash, and sweet potato cooked in Balsamic vinegar. Delicious, moist tender chicken with a nice mixture of vegtables. Be sure to stop by if you are any where near, it is fantastic!!!
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We went a couple months ago. It was more like eating in someone's home. The owner is very sweet and personable, but I'm not sure that's what everyone wants in a restaurant. There are so many things going on that can and probably will sink this place, that one being really minor.
Just in terms of concept - ok, it's "fusion", but fusion with what, and to what end? It reminded me a lot of Babita in San Gabriel, which I know people LOVE but which strikes me as trying way too hard to be fancy and off-beat, and not really pulling it off. I had a visually impressive fish dish that was also pretty bland. The fish, a really small piece on some sort of puree, didn't flake off in buttery morsels, but was just kinda supermarket snapper-ish. Other dish - I think a slow-roasted chicken? - was totally unmemorable, though I remember wondering how they could serve bland salsa in what's basically the vortex of West Mexican eateries on the Westside.
Parking's really tough - a couple meters out front, on a really loud, un-walkable street (essentially no foot traffic) - and unless you're coming from Venice, it means several U-turns and/or a long walk next to speeding traffic.
No liquor license, at least when I was there.
I agree - this place should be saved. She's trying something different; unf., when we were there, I think there was 1 other table eating. I imagine if it were on Abbot-Kinney, or maybe had a decent wine list, she'd do ok, but it actually reminds me of "Wilson" on the other side of Culver City - wrong place for the neighborhood. Both are in really poor areas of town (yeah, crazy home prices now, but overall lots of poor families crowded into rentals not spending $50 on dinner!).
Am I being cynical? Yeah, probably.
re: cant talk...eating
Not a single entree over $10 with most under $8-9, not sure how you would equate that to fancy and expensive like the old incarnation of Wilson. This place strikes me as the furthest from fancy and off beat. More like straightforward home cooking but she's trying to make a nice presentation at reasonable prices.
As I understand it, fusion as in a fusion of latin flavors. She takes traditional latin dishes and gives it a twist with possibly non traditional seasonings. A home cook trying to make a nicer dish.
Plenty of parking in the back with access from Centinela, the only direction that would be tough turning into the lot would be going north on Centinela. Going south on Centinela, east or West on Washington, it's an easy turn.
You don't care for the fish which is fine. But every time I've been there seems like the Pescado tropical elicits good reactions.
Finally I can think of worse things than a restaurant where the owner is so welcoming you feel like you're in someone's home. I'll take that over snooty service anyday.
I tried Sazon last night.
Like Mr. G, we had the chicken stuffed with spinach. Did he enjoy it? Because we found it to be very bland. I also got the chicken mole which was ok, nothing special. Though it was stuffed with plantains, they didn't add much flavor to the dish at all. The third member of our party had the pork. The meat was not very tender. We also ordered a salad to split, which was a giant plate of chopped cabbage, a few black beans and some very unflavorful avocados.
We Really wanted to like this place, but all in all the food fell short. That said, the food did seem very healthy and the prices were outstanding and it did seem that Claudia was making an effort to do something interesting, which sadly is more than a lot of places. I'm willing to give it another shot, but I hope my next experience is a bit more flavorful.
re: hyacinthgirl
just ask her to heat it up, she is more tham willing in my experience.
re: JEN10
Thanks to Jase for first bringing up this restaurant and thanks to Fresser for finally inspiring me to get my behind in gear to go try this place. I really liked this place. The food is very healthy and is very tasty. I'll admit I tend to eat in some pretty unhealthy places but my hammered taste buds still have an appreciation for food that's prepared in a healthy and delicious manner. I got the Pollo Saltado and my mom got the Pollo Rostizado. We both really liked what we got. Claudia was very friendly and explained much of what she does and her philosophy in cooking. I don't want to make it sound like it was a dry and boring dissertation. She's really into it and and it's very interesting to hear her tell it. Got some agua frescas too; jamaica and piña. Fresh and homemade. The pineapple is not yellow either. Interesting and good. I'm a big eater so I finished off what my mom left of her chicken (she's a small eater). That was good and I tried Claudia's flan. Best I've ever had, but I'll admit I normally find flan too sweet, but not this time. The place is a very inexpensive gem to me. I'm eating on Centinela a lot lately. Hours are 11am-8pm Sun to Thurs and 11am-9pm Fri/Sat.
12406 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90066
Good for you supporting a local gem! Here's hoping you succeed in your quest to keep them in business.