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UK meet and greet?
Hi Guys,
I have been to see Korn 8 times now and next March when they come to the UK will mark the 10th year since I first saw them. Along with a friend, I will be going to see all 4 UK mainland shows. I know it's a long shot, but as a long standing die-hard fan, is there any chance of a meet and greet following any of the 4 shows ( London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow)? If there was a choice in venue, it would be Glasgow as we are both Scottish...
I've never requested anything like this before, and most likely will never again. It would mean so much to us if our request was granted. Please, please consider this seriously...
PS. I will even be visiting Bakersfield, CA next year with my wife as we tour Cali, that's how committed as a fan I am!
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Re: UK meet and greet?
Thats Awsome To Get VIP Pass I Never Had It Before But I Saw This Guy At The Shoreline Ampithearter With A VIP Pass I Didn't know untill now But Hope They Come To My Area But Thats Fucken Tight To Get One Like That :D
Re: UK meet and greet?
just purchased my VIP its been a dream since i was a kid and may never get an oppertunity again so you cant really put a price on that fuck it! :D
Re: UK meet and greet?
same here, happy to pay the £220 to meet them and headband at side of stage


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Microsoft has launched Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010.
The software giant hopes the update will "address customer feedback as well as the security, stability and performance of our products," according to the Microsoft Office Blog.
The new service pack contains all the existing cumulative and public updates already released for the 2010 suite as well as new fixes for each product.
The service pack is available through a number of channels including the Download Centre. Users with Office Automatic Updated enabled will be able to download the pack manually from Microsoft Update initially, but after 90 days an automatic update will be available.
Those with Office Click-to-Run streaming setups will have to wait until the beginning of July for the update.
"For SharePoint customers planning to deploy Service Pack 1, it is also recommended to install the June 2011 Cumulative Update for SharePoint when it becomes available in the coming weeks."
The company was keen to emphasise how important customer feedback has been in getting the service pack out the door.
"We are grateful to those customers and partners who have taken time to provide us the feedback that makes our products and services better," it said.
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Sony Ericsson W902 gets previewed, not loved
Only a few days since the first photos of the Sony Ericsson's rumored new Walkman - W902 surfaced online and its first preview popped up. The five megapixel handset did get a nice photo-session but didn't manage to impress the reviewer. At least the preview brings answers to most of the questions regarding the arguably best cameraphone among the Walkman lineup.
According to the reviewer, the Sony Ericsson W902 isn't equipped with a dedicated audio processing chip much like its predecessors. The internal memory turns out to be 152 MB and the phone is running on the regular Sony Ericsson A200 feature phone platform (no real surprise here). The good news is that the 8GB memory card included in the retail package is once again confirmed but unluckily so is the lack of a built-in 3.5mm audio jack.
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★★★ Social Application for Poetry ★★★
You'll love this app even if you can't stand poetry!
✓ Browse all Community poems
✓ Share them on Facebook and Twitter
✓ Vote and comment on each poem and poetry
✓ Add friends and easily find their poems
✓ Search by categories or keywords in a poem
✓ This is a Waluu App of the Waluu.com network :)
Here are the most common categories in this application that can be used for better organization
✓ Positive Feelings: Love, Desire, Enjoyment, Sincerity, Happiness, Solidarity,
✓ Negative Feelings: Sadness, Jealousy, Infidelity, Anger, Hate, Fear, Spleen Despair
✓ Family: Brother, Sister, Mom, Dad, Child, Grandmother, Grandfather,
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★ Poems ★
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I know what striking is!
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So I know what love is!
I know what caring is!
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So I know what soft touch is!
I know what fire is!
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So I know what nectar is!
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So I know what affection is!
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So I know what obsession is!
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So I know what reconciliation is!
I know what longing is!
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★ Definitions ★
Poetry is an ancient genre which can adopt various styles. It is usually written in verse -although prose is also acceptable- and favors the expressiveness of form over substance. Its definition proves difficult and varies over time. In fact, its function and expression evolves and changes with centuries and individual poets. The word "poetry" comes from the Greek "poiein", which means "to make, to create".
As such, the poet is a creator, an inventor of expressive forms, which is perfectly illustrated by the Middle Ages terms "minstrel" and "troubadour". The poet, heir to a long oral tradition, emphasizes musicality and rhythm, leading to the use of a verse form in most poetic texts to make language more convoluted.
★ Quotes ★
"No poem can be as great, noble, and truly worthy of the name of the poem as those written solely for the pleasure of writing a poem."
"Good poetry teaches, conveys ethical principles and serves a purpose."
"Every poem is a treasure of feelings."
"The poem, this extended hesitation between sound and sense."
"Poetry is a religion without hope."
Here are the keywords describing this application:
Poem, Poems, Poetry, Balad, Heart, Love, Friend, Friendship, Letter, Kiss, Hugs and Kisses, Lyric, Lyrics, Slam, Poetry, Quotations and Proverbs.
Love Poems
Read through 1000s of love quotes and sayings, or contribute your own creativity! Directly send the love poems as Text, Email or via Twitter.
Enjoy the Love Quotes and Sayings and Love Poems and improve your relationship.
Ideal to send your valentine a romantic message on valentines day!
You can share the best love sayings through multiple social networks, and in that way spread the poetry. Also it's easy to directly sms for instance to a date, and this app is all free!
Romantic Poems
Share on Facebook, Watsapp and Email these romantic poems with your loved ones.
Want to remove links & photos from our directory? Contact firstname.lastname@example.com and send us your web page and photo links.
Poem Book
App Features:
* Copy and paste to clipboard.
* View and edit poem and share poem
* Different sharing options to share poem.
* FREE download of these poems.
* App can be moved to SD card.
Poem Collection from Poets:
* Alfred Lord Tennyson
* Elizabeth Barrett Browning
* Emily Dickinson
* Henry Longfellow
* John Keats
* Lord Byron
* Robert Frost
* Robert Herrick
* Rudyard Kipling
* Samuel Coleridge
* Sara Teasdale
* Thomas Hardy
* Walt Whitman
* William Blake
* William Butler Yeats
* William Wordsworth
All poems gathered from the web. We do not express any ownership of these poem or poet.
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Birthday Poems
Messages & Poems - Wishafriend
* Get over 7000 wishes, messages, texts and poems in 100s of categories to send to friends, family or lover.
* Thousands of greetings and graphics to share via Facebook, Whatsapp, IM apps, Email, etc.
* Texts for every occasion. Categories include: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Birthday, Love, Inspirational, Everyday, etc
Friendship Poems
Quotes: Sayings & Quote
★★★ First social application on Quotes ★★★
You will love this social app exclusively focused on quotes. More than 200,000 members worldwide have already joined us! Enjoy the wisdom of Chinese proverbs, poetic Indian quotes and deep Buddhist philosophy, not to mention your own creations!
✓ Browse all community quotes
✓ Share them on Facebook and Twitter
✓ Vote and comment on each quote and saying
✓ Add friends and easily find their quotes
✓ Search by quote category or keyword
★ Quote Categories ★
Quote categories:
✓ Saying / Sayings : Quote / Quotes
✓ Love quote, life quote, friendship, and passion quotes
✓ Motivational quote and quote of the day
✓ Entrepreneur and personal development guru quote
✓ Happiness quotes
✓ Rhyming phrases, poems, poetry and slam
✓ Speaking (related speech /discourse)
✓ Chinese proverb, American proverb, African proverb, Spanish proverb, Italian proverb, Japanese proverb, Mexican proverb, Canadian proverb, French proverb etc.
★ The best quotes from the application ★
"Remind yourself that it's ok not to be perfect."
"Yesterday and tomorrow do not exist. So live your life today."
"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired."
"Don't wait for perfect moment take the moment and make it perfect."
"Don't judge me by my PAST. I'm not in the past anymore. Accept me for who I am because this is me TODAY."
"I don't go crazy. I am crazy. I just go normal from time to time."
"Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them, but you know they're always there."
"LEARN from yesterday. LIVE for today. HOPE for tomorrow."
"If you can't fly, then run. If you can't run, then walk. if you can't walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, keep moving." - Dr. Martin Luther King JR.
"One day you'll love me, the way I loved you. One day you'll think of me the way I thought of you. One day you'll cry for me, the way I cried for you. One day you'll want me, but I won't want you."
"Forget your past, whether simple or compound, and participate in your present so that your future can be more than perfect <33"
"We do not measure the love of a person by the desire to sleep with her but by the pleasure of sleeping by her side."
"Many people appear bright until they reveal their stupidity. This is so because the speed of light is greater than that of sound."
"Be the wife of one man, the princess of your father, the pride of your brother and the succession of your mother."
★ Definition ★
The word quote designates the action of quoting:
✓ In Literature, quote refers to the reproduction of a short extract from a prior speech or writing in a text or in some form of oral expression.
✓ In the legal domain, quote is synonymous with "notification" or "meaning". Likewise, the right to brief quotation is an exception to copyright.
✓ In the military domain, a quote is the honorable commendation of an exemplary act. In the US, according to the extent of the action rewarded, an honorable commendation is given in the Army order; a minor action in a division or unit order.
★ Sample quote ★
"It is good to read books of quotations because quotations, as they imprint in our memory, lead to good thoughts." - Winston Churchill
"Challenge Accepted!" - Barney Stinson
"To build up high, you have to dig deep."
"Finally, it is better to fight than to be afraid."
"You laugh at me because I'm different but I laugh at you because you're all the same."
"Just a little patience ... And all will go wrong."
"10 liter of sweat are far better than 1 liter of blood."
"We must take risks, we must always take risks. There is also risk in waiting."
"It is not necessary to hope to undertake, nor to succeed to persevere."
Love Poems
Friendship Poems
Meetup – Make community real
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People meetup around the things that matter most to them. Popular Meetups include:
• Tech Meetup groups
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• Fitness Meetup groups
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• Social Meetup groups
• Dog Meetup groups
• Language Meetup groups
• and 1,000s more!
Questions? Suggestions? Shoot us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com
In order to recommend Meetups that are close to you and to show you your distance from a scheduled Meetup, we use your device's precise location (GPS and network-based).
Vingle. Very Community.
Vingle is the community where you can meet someone like you.
The proud health nuts. The scuba divers. The people who stay up all night to finish the next chapter .The self-proclaimed master chefs. You can find them all on Vingle. In this world, there are countless things to love and enjoy. Come meet the people who, among all those things, love the things that you love.
"Cave Diving Venues," is being updated in the Vingle scuba diving community. If you are a scuba diver, you know that researching before diving is essential for preparation. Come to Vingle to pre-explore some amazing diving venues. "Photoshop Tutorials: Beginners" is a Vingler collection that will help you learn to use photoshop in a way that elevates each captured moment to magazine quality. Have a passion you want to discuss? "Why do you like Korean stars?" is a Vingler's collection to chat with others about why they love Korean idols. Vingle is for you to meet people like you, so you can chat about these things all day long. With over 3000 communities, you are bound to find what makes you passionate.
On Vingle, you can be who you want and receive only the content that you want. On Twitter, your feed is cluttered with tweets irrelevant to you; on Facebook, you have to maintain your image because your co-workers and parents are your "friends"… Don't bother comparing them with Vingle. Because Vingle is different. There's no need to worry about your image on Vingle, just Vingle. Interesting, high-quality posts will make time fly. Interacting with other passionate experts will make you an expert too. Upload what you want, from images to videos; share them with people who will naturally just "get it."
"I would love a digital guidebook packed with all the info I need for my next trip"…"I'd like to make a list of books recommended by others who share my tastes"… "I'd love to gather some detailed tips from experts on how to get healthy the right way"… Just "Clip" to create a "Collection." Arrange all the music you love for a specific mood; collect fishing tips from those who have fished their entire lives. Vingle's clipping feature allows you to keep the content you want organized so that you can revisit whenever you want, while making sure the praise and appreciation is always received by those deserve it, the authors. It's almost too simple and fun.
You don't need to conceal your passions on Vingle. Flaunt your hidden expertise. People who share your interests are waiting for you. So when you want to start Vingle, only one question remains:
"What are you into?"
The City:Your Church Community
View your newsfeed, interact with your groups, create and respond to topics, events, prayer, and needs. RSVP to events, including item and roll signup and event location mapping. Search for people and connect with your friends. Make donations and manage your giving methods and history (depends on your church's set up). Get push notifications for new posts and responses.
This is just the beginning, and we have many more features in process, including access to your City messages, calendar view of your events, full profile editing, ability to accept group invitations and invite people to your groups, group search, and much more!
Love Messages
★ Complete Offline Database App (Works without Internet).
♥ Share the best love and romantic SMS collection to your loved once with one click. Win over your sweetheart with these love sayings.
♥ Here are beautiful romantic kissing messages to make you cherish and enjoy each and every kiss that comes your way.
♥ Love Quotes and Love Sayings are motivating and inspirational. Quotes about love are the verbal expression of the feeling of people who are in love or who have failed in love.
♥If you want to show your love with the most meaningful messages.we hope that Love Messages – Love Romance is a good tool to express your love and happiness always around you.
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Mico - Meet New People & Chat
What Mico users are saying:
"Deserves more than a five-star social app. Excellent and beautiful program." - Omer Farouk ★★★★★
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Use Mico to:
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Why Mico?
- EASY - Easy to get a chance to chat with friends.
- FAST - No waiting, meet new people nearby and start to chat instantly.
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Mico is one of the best social apps. Currently we support English, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, French, German, Turkish, Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and more than 10 languages. With Mico you can meet more special people around the globe!
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Love Letters & Romantic Quotes
This Application is your one stop pit stop for all your queries, quotes, poems, letters and messages for your soulmate.
Do you believe in fairytales? Are happy endings only found in novels?
Romance…. Defined as being a kind of an affair; a strong, sometimes short-lived attachment, fascination, or enthusiasm for something; ardent emotional attachment or involvement between people; Is sensual, soft, easy to maintain, and intimate. Sometimes associated only with fairy tales and fiction.
Love…. Defined as being pure, passionate affection for another person, a feeling of warm attachment, or strong liking.
Embarking on a journey to start display in a whole new light, showing the good, bad, and ugly that can come from it, you may begin to ask yourself, "What is this strange feeling?"
So is it love or is it romance??????????
Love letters, poems messages and romantic sms collection. Love messages for any occasion.
Love and Romance Quotes
Features: - Browse quotes as you enjoy soothing background music.
-Mark favorites and view them anytime.
-Search quotes
-Continue from where you left off.
-Send quote to love ones via SMS,Email,etc.
-Ability to turn music on and off.
Your feedback is readily welcomed.You can send us emails with any issue you encounter.Please add your phone model to it so we can respond quickly to your emails.
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Live Dating: Single?
Place ads describing your ideal girl, boy, woman or man to suit your preferences. Be original and creative! Answer different ads in a good and collaborative mood.
★ Find singles near you! ★
And if the love of your life is just around the corner? Give yourself a chance to meet him or her...
Great stories start every day on Waluu Live Dating!
Sign up for an account and chat to get to know other members:
✓ Free
✓ Easy and fast registration
✓ Browse all community messages
✓ Share them on Facebook, Twitter, email and SMS
✓ Vote and comment on all of them
✓ Add friends and easily find their messages
✓ This is a Waluu App of the Waluu.com network :)
✓ For everybody: Straight, Gay, Lesbian.
You can also view everyone's profile (unlike Facebook!).
★ Local & Regional ★
Live Dating is becoming the new local and regional dating phenomenon via mobile. Supported by the applications network "Waluu", you can be confident that all user profiles correspond to real people!
In a few clicks, you can contact and meet dozens of singles online all over USA : New York, Los Angeles, California, Illinois, Chicago, Alaska, Texas, Arizona, Washington...
Most popular categories used in this application that can be used for better organization:
✓ Senior adult ad
✓ Young ad
✓ Cougar ad
✓ Girl ad
✓ Man / guy ad
✓ Woman ad
✓ Single ad
✓ Cougar ad
✓ Serious ad
✓ European ad
✓ Latin ad
✓ Asian ad
✓ Black ad
✓ Short adventure ad
✓ Flirting, sexy ad
✓ Comic ad
✓ Geek, nerd ad
★ Definition ★
Wikipedia's definition of different groups of people likely to use the service:
Cougar: Means women, usually over 40 years, attending or seeking younger men, typically at least eight years younger than them. Numerous cougars go out with men 18 or 20 years their junior. These men are usually called toy boys or Cubs. These are single, independent women who keep in good shape. They prefer seducing than being seduced (alone or with others, occasionally) and love to stay in control (though they may derive some pleasure from being seduced).
★ Search ★
Search by physical criteria! Example:
"Blonde, brown, cute, pretty, nice, natural, serious, charming, red, blonde, brown, green eyes, blue eyes, Asian, brunette, funny, amusing, Latin, mature, webcam"
Find singles with the same religion that you: Christian (Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox), Muslim, Buddhist, etc.
Here is the tag cloud that best describes this application:
Dating, man, region, guy, meet, chat, flirt, pick up, seduction, affinities, meeting in North America, date USA, guys dating, girls dating, relationship dating, singles, free dating, ads with profile pictures (avatar), couple, adventures
Quotes: Sayings & Quote
★★★ First social application on Quotes ★★★
You will love this social app exclusively focused on quotes. More than 200,000 members worldwide have already joined us! Enjoy the wisdom of Chinese proverbs, poetic Indian quotes and deep Buddhist philosophy, not to mention your own creations!
✓ Browse all community quotes
✓ Share them on Facebook and Twitter
✓ Vote and comment on each quote and saying
✓ Add friends and easily find their quotes
✓ Search by quote category or keyword
★ Quote Categories ★
Quote categories:
✓ Saying / Sayings : Quote / Quotes
✓ Love quote, life quote, friendship, and passion quotes
✓ Motivational quote and quote of the day
✓ Entrepreneur and personal development guru quote
✓ Happiness quotes
✓ Rhyming phrases, poems, poetry and slam
✓ Speaking (related speech /discourse)
✓ Chinese proverb, American proverb, African proverb, Spanish proverb, Italian proverb, Japanese proverb, Mexican proverb, Canadian proverb, French proverb etc.
★ The best quotes from the application ★
"Remind yourself that it's ok not to be perfect."
"Yesterday and tomorrow do not exist. So live your life today."
"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired."
"Don't wait for perfect moment take the moment and make it perfect."
"Don't judge me by my PAST. I'm not in the past anymore. Accept me for who I am because this is me TODAY."
"I don't go crazy. I am crazy. I just go normal from time to time."
"Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them, but you know they're always there."
"LEARN from yesterday. LIVE for today. HOPE for tomorrow."
"If you can't fly, then run. If you can't run, then walk. if you can't walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, keep moving." - Dr. Martin Luther King JR.
"One day you'll love me, the way I loved you. One day you'll think of me the way I thought of you. One day you'll cry for me, the way I cried for you. One day you'll want me, but I won't want you."
"Forget your past, whether simple or compound, and participate in your present so that your future can be more than perfect <33"
"We do not measure the love of a person by the desire to sleep with her but by the pleasure of sleeping by her side."
"Many people appear bright until they reveal their stupidity. This is so because the speed of light is greater than that of sound."
"Be the wife of one man, the princess of your father, the pride of your brother and the succession of your mother."
★ Definition ★
The word quote designates the action of quoting:
✓ In Literature, quote refers to the reproduction of a short extract from a prior speech or writing in a text or in some form of oral expression.
✓ In the legal domain, quote is synonymous with "notification" or "meaning". Likewise, the right to brief quotation is an exception to copyright.
✓ In the military domain, a quote is the honorable commendation of an exemplary act. In the US, according to the extent of the action rewarded, an honorable commendation is given in the Army order; a minor action in a division or unit order.
★ Sample quote ★
"It is good to read books of quotations because quotations, as they imprint in our memory, lead to good thoughts." - Winston Churchill
"Challenge Accepted!" - Barney Stinson
"To build up high, you have to dig deep."
"Finally, it is better to fight than to be afraid."
"You laugh at me because I'm different but I laugh at you because you're all the same."
"Just a little patience ... And all will go wrong."
"10 liter of sweat are far better than 1 liter of blood."
"We must take risks, we must always take risks. There is also risk in waiting."
"It is not necessary to hope to undertake, nor to succeed to persevere."
Jokes & Humor: Jookees
★★★ 1st Ever Social Jokes Application ★★★
You'll love this app even if you can't stand jokes!
✓ Browse all community jokes
✓ Vote and comment on every joke
✓ Add friends and easily find their jokes
✓ Search by category or keyword.
✓ This is a Waluu App of the Waluu.com network :)
★ Sample joke ★
"When I was little, I hated going to cousins´ weddings because my aunts and grandparents came up to me, slapped me on the back and told me:
- You're next, boy!
One day they stopped because I did likewise at funerals."
"Why does a Time Magazine survey state only 85% of Americans think global warming is happening?The other 15 percent work for the oil industry!"
"A teacher asks his students:
- If I say "I'm beautiful," what is the verb tense?
A student answers:
- Surely the past!"
"The advantage of Facebook is that you don't feel like an idiot when talking to a wall."
★ Categories ★
✓ Animals: Your jokes about pets, cats, dogs, rabbits, hamsters, etc.
✓ Blondes : Jokes about blondes although brunettes and redheads are allowed ;)
✓ The height of...: The height of the height is not having one!
✓ Empty joke: Absurd, incomprehensible, stupid or crazy, void jokes are sometimes the best.
✓ Riddles: Question, Forum, Discussion, Riddle chat.
✓ Children: Baby, infant, teen and young teenager, jokes about children just for fun!
✓ Women: Jokes about daughters, sisters, lovers, mother or grandmother but also young ladies, cousins, and friends; in short, womenfolk in all its beauty! Chicks are great!
✓ Funny story: It is preferable for a freaky joke app and to have a laugh with your family
✓ Physician and Doctor: Funny story from the world of medicine (sexy jokes or ass or sex-related are allowed in accordance with our terms of use and are moderated for non-compliance)
✓ Geek: Geek jokes because they know how to be sexy and funny at times!
✓ Celebrity: Jokes about celebrities; Stars of reality shows but also singers, actors and actresses.
✓ Miscellaneous: Facts, buzz, best of bloopers and parodies! Joke on computers, public servant, worker, etc.
✓ Religion
Share your jokes on Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus!
★ Definition ★
✓ Humor: In the broadest sense, humor is a form of mockery "which seeks to highlight the comic, ridiculous, absurd or unusual nature of certain aspects of reality."
It is a language, but also a means of expression. Humor can be used for different purposes and can be educational or militant. Its form, more than its definition, is understood differently depending on culture, region and perspective to the extent that, something considered humor by some, may be perceived by others as a wicked mockery or insult.
Humor allows humans to take some distance from reality, "laugh to keep itself from crying." More somber, Nietzsche said "Human suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter", which approaches cynicism.
✓ Joke: A joke is staged as a story or a riddle, usually quite short, which triggers laughter. Laugher, however, may not be triggered at all for low-quality jokes. Wordplay and puns are considered jokes.
Blonde Jokes
★★★ The best blonde jokes app by the community! ★★★
✓ "What does a blonde do in the movie theater? Looks for the remote."
✓ "Why do blondes refuse to read the British Encyclopedia? Because they'd rather watch the movie when it comes out."
✓ "What does a blonde do if she finds 10$ on the ground? She strips naked and starts to dance!"
✓ "Why do blondes cut up their plaid clothing before washing? Because the label indicates 'Wash colors separately!' "
✓ "Why are blondes satisfied with finishing one jigsaw puzzle in 1 year? Because the box reads 3 to 6 years! "
✓ "A girl talks to her pregnant blonde friend:
- Are you really pregnant? But where did you have your head?
- Against the door! "
✓ "A blonde meets in the street one of her brunette friends, who just had a child:
- Hello Mrs. Smith.
- Ah! Hi Melissa.
- How is your little one?
- He's alright, he's been walking for 3 months now.
- Wow! He must be far away then!"
✓ "A brunette says to a blonde:
- I would not like to be in your head
- Really? Why?
- I can't stand empty spaces! "
✓ "What does a blonde girl do to turn off the light? She closes her eyes!"
✓ "What is the smallest prison in the world?
The brain of a blonde because it holds a single cell"
✓ "A blonde visits her doctor and says:
- I have mental diarrhea.
- How so?
- Well, I only have crappy ideas."
✓ "A blonde enters a shop and asks:
- Do you have glasses?
- For the sun?
- No, no, for me! "
✓ "What should you do if a blonde throws a grenade at you? Remove the pin and throw it back to her! "
✓ "How does a blonde make a copy of her keys?
Answer: She photocopies them"
★ Features ★
✓ Browse all community jokes
✓ Share them on Facebook, Twitter and email
✓ Vote and comment on each joke
✓ Add friends and easily find their jokes
✓ This is a Waluu app of the Waluu.com network :)
Jokes, gags, but also tips and hoaxes on blondes. This is a free and humorous game to post blonde jokes!
Most common categories of funny and short blonde jokes in this application that can be used for better organization (because blondes are sometimes bizarre, crazy and very special):
✓ Jokes about blonde fashion accessories
✓ Jokes about blonde footwear
✓ Jokes about blonde delusions: marriage, love, sex, boyfriends
✓ Jokes about Belgian blondes with red locks
Write a quick, awkward and blundering joke about blondes (and throw in some brunettes and redheads jokes as well, why not?).
★ Quotes about humor ★
"A brunette is nothing but an unpretentious blonde."
"Either brunette or blonde? Do we really have to choose? "Enjoyment is the world's god."
"Humor is a way of living."
"Chance is a master humorist."
"Humor is the optimistic's adrenaline."
"Humor is love, irony is contempt."
"Humor is like coffee: The darker the better."
"When a light appears in the eyes of a blonde is that you light up her ear."
"I dreamed of another world, where the earth would be round, the moon would be blonde, and life would be fruitful."
"With a bit of psychology and without vulgarity, one can explain everything to our precious blonde heads!"
"The woman have a passion for calculation: she divides her age by two, double the price of her dresses, triple the salary of her husband and add five years to the age of her best friend."
Waluu : Dating and Humor
★★★ Over 50 concepts in 1 ★★★
Change the Waluu topic by clicking on the small arrow at the top of the application. Every time you do so, the app offers you a totally different concept and community!
★ List of available topics ★
Waluu contains some many amazing topics that will make you keep this app forever! Here is partial list of Waluu topics:
✓ Jookees: Share jokes and meet other jokers
✓ Live Dating: Seduce, pick up, comment, and like people you have never met!
✓ DailyMee: Share a picture of yourself every day
✓ Imagello: Exchange pictures with friends
✓ Poeemms: Share poems, slam, and even your own lyrics. Everything is possible here!
✓ Quotes: Discover the most beautiful quotes, proverbs and sayings of the community
✓ Twituu: A Twitter-like app to exchange 140-char messages
✓ JoliFood: Take pictures of your meals and vote and comment to select the best dish or dessert of the day.
✓ PiicPets: Pet pictures (cat, dog, hamster, horse, rabbit, etc.).
✓ LiveMeteo: Exchange of messages and sky pictures between members via smartphone.
✓ CityLive: Exchange of text and images around your city's news (strike, event, concert, portray the atmosphere at the local swimming pool, at the beach, on vacation in the mountains or by the sea, in your county and state, etc.).
★ Registration ★
While registration is OPTIONAL, there are many features only available to registered users. For example:
✓ Adding contributions
✓ Voting and commenting on each contribution
✓ Adding friends
✓ Sharing on Facebook, Twitter, SMS / MMS and email
★ How does Waluu work? ★
Waluu revolves around "Twituu", a chat application to send 140-character messages to everybody or only to certain people.
To contact a member, place "@" before his/her username.
Example: Contact Waluu's moderator (username "Admin") by writing a message as follows: "Hello @Admin, how can I ..."
You can vote on each contribution. The goal is to receive enough votes to join the "Top 24" and "Top Week" and thus become a power user!
Note: Attention to spelling, Waluu is not written Wallu, Walou, Wallou or even Waloo
Selfies: DailyMee
★★★ Best Social Network for Selfies! ★★★
Vote to choose the best picture of the day, week and month!
✓ Browse all community pictures
✓ View the profiles of all members with their age, sex and the city if provided
✓ Share them on Facebook, Twitter and email
✓ Vote and comment on each one of them
✓ Add friends and easily find their pictures
✓ This is a Waluu app of the Waluu.com network :)
✓ Send private messages,mentions @, and get to know other members
✓ Coming soon: Upcoming features: GPS location, free SMS and MMS submission!
Get the latest updates and news from your friends with this social network and show them your selfie as you wake up after a night out, in the middle of the night, while going out, playing sports or working, at school (college, university), at the beach, in bikini/swimsuit, during your ski holiday with tan markings, by the sea to get your tan up, at home or in your bedroom, in the bathroom, in your luxury hotel, with "stars", in the pool, hiking, skiing, cycling and at the SuperBowl!
✓ Take your pictures using different techniques: Blur, White balance, Panoramic camera, Contrast, Slide Show, Red-eye Effect, Studio Flash, Motion Blur
✓ Date & Celibacy: DailyMee is Waluu service that allows you to meet singles.
✓ Pictures: Taking a picture is putting your head, eye and heart in the same line of sight."
✓ You can send pictures taken in a photo booth/cabin.
★ New Features ★
New look: DailyMee introduces a new look:
✓ Camera support. Using the auto focus, exposure control, flash and zoom, you can take amazing pictures!
✓ Follow news of friends with ease
✓ Reduced Android app
✓ Improved speed and ergonomics
✓ Invite friends via contact list through Facebook or Twitter
★ Compatibility ★
Application tested on smartphones and tablets by our users and developers.
✓ Samsung: Nexus S, Samsung Galaxy Teos by KENZO, Galaxy Tab, Wave II (Super AMOLED, Social Hub), Omnia 7, Player One, Galaxy SII S2, Galaxy S2 / SII, Galaxy S3 / SIII, Galaxy S4 / SIV, Galaxy Mega, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Tab III
✓ HTC: Desire HD, Hero, Wildfire, Touch Cruise / Pro / HD, Diamond, Sense, Salsa, Chacha, Incredible, Trophy, Flyer, Mini, Legend, HD2, Smart, Mozart, Sensation, HTC One, HTC One XL
✓ LG: Viewty smart, Optimus One, Cookie, Optimus black, Chocolate,
✓ Motorola: Moto, Milestone, Backflip, Dext, Defy, Flipout, Xoom,
✓ Sony : XPeria Play / Neo / Pro / X10, XPeria L, Xperia Z, Xperia Z2,
✓ ACER : Liquid E Ferrari
✓ Chinese Brands: Dapeng, Haipai, Oppo, Meizu, Zopo, Huawei Ascend
Unsupported Android versions: 1.5: Cupcake
Supported Android versions: 1.6 Donut, 2.1 Eclair, 2.2 FroYo , 2.3 Gingerbread
Supported Android versions: 3.0: Honeycomb
Supported Android versions: 4.0: Ice Cream Sandwich
Supported Android versions: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3: Jelly Beans
Supported Android versions: 4.4: KitKat
Life together : Forum
★★★ The most reassuring application for couples ★★★
✓ Vote and comment on each message
✓ Explore all community messages
✓ Add friends and easily find their message
✓ Share on Facebook, Twitter, email or SMS
★ Categories ★
Here are the advice categories in the application:
✓ "Young couple": Mixed couple, inter-religious and group therapy
✓ "Couple games and life": Have a child/baby or be pregnant
✓ "Feelings": Feelings of hate, joy, anger against the other, self-esteem and self-confidence
✓ "Wellness": Feeling bad outside and inside, or in his/her relationship and in love
✓ "Problems": Financial and infidelities
✓ "Tips": For women, girls, men, husband, ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend
✓ "Deceit & Break-up": For crushes, depression & grief and to be able to forgive
✓ "Miscellaneous": Fear of marriage, long distance relationships, forgotten dating anniversary
✓ "Loveless": Mourning lovers, being lost and alone, anxiety starts here!
✓ "Depression": If you're burnt out, lacking conversation or have lost your desire
★ Recent discussions ★
> I love him but he doesn't love me back: What can I do?
> In your view, is it preferable to be loved or feel loved?
> Do you think that love can make a person more jealous than ever before? Why?
> Who has ever had a crush on someone?
> What do you of think bi-sexual people?
> What do you think of long-distance relationships?
> Do you believe in male/female friendship?
> Hello my name is Jealousy and I'm here to destroy your happiness! Sound familiar?
> Snuggling up in the warm embrace of my man: priceless.
> My wife threatened to leave me because I'm addicted to Poker! But I see clearly her game, I'm sure she's bluffing! Nan?
> I miss him/her so much, I don't know what to do!
> Who has already gone out again with his ex?
> I'm pregnant but I'm afraid to tell my boyfriend, what can I say?
> Is it possible to be violent and in love with a person at the same time?
> I've known her for less than 2 weeks and I think I'm already in love, why?
★ Stories / Tips ★
Women often worry about their appearance if they feel threatened, especially when their partner grows distant or becomes unfaithful. And when I ask them if they feel desired and desirable, they respond: "I gained some weight but my husband told me the problem was not there: he likes me the way I am."
Here's what women most often tell me:
- I do not follow my diet, can't lose weight
- I'm stuck in the rut, my life is dull and tasteless
- In any case, he ignores me and feels no desire for me
- My life is meaningless, I am unhappy
- My self-confidence is gone, I feel empty and wasted
How to regain self-confidence to move forward? Should we define prospects and motivations to attain your goals? Is losing weight really a priority? How about changing clothes or your look and style?
★ Definition ★
"The happy couple recognizes itself in love, knows no time or spatial bounds, is self-sufficient and enjoys total fulfillment."
Couple, male name
✓ Sense 1: A husband and wife, a man and a woman living together. Synonym husband English couple
✓ Sense 2: Two people bound by a feeling or common interest ... Synonym duo
✓ Sense 3: [Zoology] A male and a female, or two animals of the same species working together. Ex: A couple of parrots, a couple of horses.
✓ Sense 4: System of two opposing forces, parallel and of the same intensity
My Drawings
★★★ The Best Social App for Sharing Drawings ★★★
It is time to re-open all your notebooks in search of small drawings made during long training hours and show thus your talent!
While registration is optional, your Waluu user account will help you contribute to the community:
✓ Browse all community drawings
✓ Share them on Facebook, Twitter and via email
✓ Vote and comment on all drawings
✓ Add friends and easily find their drawings
★ Categories ★
Most popular categories used in this application that can be used for better organization:
✓ Drawing lessons / classes / courses
✓ Drawing/Tag/Tags seen on class tables, wall of college / school, city, etc.
✓ Drawing on canvas
✓ Drawing on paper: pencil and ball-point pen
✓ Painting: watercolor & canvas
✓ Student drawing: at primary of secondary school, in the college auditorium, drawings made out of total boredom!
✓ Drawing on blank notebook page or sketching notebook
★ Definitions ★
Drawing and its various techniques.
- Drawing remains the fastest way to create a work, be it a finished work or a simple sketch. Drawing can also be used in all phases of study during the implementation of more elaborate work. Whether in figurative or abstract style, the graphic symbol of a drawing made with signs, stains or various shades, conveys the entire creative force of the artist.
- Pencils: in the 18th century, the use of two pens (black and white) on a tinted paper (white and black) and three colors, namely black, white and red (red ocher, iron oxide, cinnabar) or dark brown (ocher, yellow ocher, soot).
- Conté crayons / sticks : clay mixed with powdered graphite before cooking (created in 1794 by the chemist of the same name).
- Chalk: its use was common in the 16th century. It became widespread in the 18th century as highlight marker in drawings in black and red chalk (hence the technical name of three-pencil drawing).
- Charcoal: charcoal stick from the tree of the same name. Fragile and of limited durability.
- Lead pencil: the graphite pencil was replaced in the 18th century by the pencil made of artificial plumbago (mixture of graphite and clay), very fashionable in the 19th century. Invented by Conté.
- Graphite: natural or artificial crystallized carbon, almost pure, gray-black and soft, friable.
- Pastels: sticks made from a mixture of white clay, dyes and Arabic gum
- Dry pastel: dilution of pigment powders in gummed water.
- Oil pastel: dilution of pigment powders with clay and oil.
- Water painting: paint diluted with water, transparent, lightweight, and generally done on a white paper.
✓ Definition of perspective in your drawings: All perspective and representation techniques intend to represent three-dimensional objects on a surface, taking into account the effects of distance and position in space vs. the observer.
Most techniques are applied to a flat and thin surface, typically a sheet, frame or screen.
Pregnancy & Baby : Forum
★★★ Specialized Mobile Community for Pregnant Women ★★★
In moments of doubt, this application can help you receive real-time guidance through an increasingly responsive community, which is ready to discuss, reassure, provide mutual-aid, support, advice and encourage!
✓ Browse all community messages, advice and questions
✓ Share them on Facebook and Twitter
✓ Vote and comment on each article or contribution
✓ Add friends and easily find their questions
✓ Search by category or keyword
Here are the most common categories in this application, which can be used for better organization
✓ Adoption: Procedure, approach, want children, lawyer, foreign country, or adoption, risk
✓ Maternity: Pregnancy, procreation, gestation
✓ Mom: Single, Housewife, Large Family, Baby´s first month
✓ Childhood diseases: Bronchiolitis, Bisphenol A, Cold, Measles, Chickenpox
✓ Child, Education, newborn, newly born child, tiny baby.
✓ Pediatrician: Baby Immunization & Vaccines, midwife, ENT, nurse, clinic, public hospital
✓ Contraception & Abortion: IUD, male & female condom, AIDS
★ Quotes ★
"The child begins in us well before its actual development. There are pregnancies that last years of hope and eternities of despair."
"Upon becoming pregnant, women discover a primordial reason to live, an existential justification, clear and unequivocal."
"The one who is eager to have a child marries a pregnant woman." African proverb
"The only time in life when a woman wants to be a year older is upon pregnancy." Tony Blair
"Software fail because they assume that nine pregnant women can have a baby in one month."
★ Definition ★
Pregnancy is a physiological process in which the living offspring of a woman grows into her body, from conception until it can survive outside the mother's body. A gestating woman is referred to as a pregnant woman.
★ Frequently Asked Questions ★
✓ When should we leave for the hospital?
We must leave for the hospital in the following cases:
- In case of membrane breakage or tearing (some loss of water)
- If contractions are somewhat regular and painful
- If contractions become more frequent and intensify, whatever the duration of the contraction and the interval between contractions
- If contractions do not slow down with antispasmodic medication
✓ When should we start feeling the baby's movements?
Women can usually feel the baby move four months into pregnancy. Needless to say, this varies by women and the number of previous pregnancies. During a first pregnancy, women will feel the baby move quite late compared to subsequent pregnancies.
✓ Are STDs dangerous to the baby?
✓ What precautions should be adopted upon mother-father blood incompatibility?
✓ What is preeclampsia?
✓ What foods should be avoided during pregnancy?
✓ Are X-rays dangerous during pregnancy?
✓ What are the mandatory medical examinations during pregnancy?
✓ What is the meaning of a positive alpha foetoprotein test in the 4th month?
Pets: Pics of your Cat or Dog
★★★ The best social network for your pets ★★★
Vote and comment on the most beautiful or funniest pictures.
Every day, find the best pictures of your pets and those of your friends!
✓ Send pictures of your pet via Piicpets.
✓ Find the best pet pictures of the day on the home page
✓ Add friends and find pictures of their pets in real time
✓ Rate and comment on the best images and those of your friends
✓ Discover thousands of images!
★ Categories ★
✓ Mammals, cow, yak, zebu, buffalo, goat, sheep
✓ Dromedary camel, llama, (deer: reindeer)
✓ Horse/Horses: Donkey, Pony, Mare,
✓ Pork: Pig, farm
✓ Dog: Puppy, Saint Bernard, Dalmatian, German Shepherd, Labrador ...
✓ Chat: Picture of kitten and cat
✓ Leporidae: Rabbit, bunny,
✓ Muridae: Mouse, rat, hamster, gerbil, squirrel, rodent, guinea pig
✓ Cavidé: Guinea pig / Pig
✓ Birds: Swan, geese, duck, canary
✓ Fish: Carp, trout
✓ Insects: Bee
✓ NP: New Pets like snakes, reptiles and spider
★ Definition ★
✓ What is a "Pet? "
A domestic animal or pet is an animal belonging to a species which has endured a continued and constant selection pressure (i.e., it has been tamed). In turn, this allowed the formation of a group of animals that acquired heritable, genetically stable traits." In fact, this definition is deducted from the Environmental Code, which states the opposite for non-domestic animals.
✓ Domesticated cat
The domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) is a carnivorous mammal of the Felidae family. It is one of the most popular pets and boasts fifty different breeds, as recognized by certification bodies. In many countries, cats fall under the legislation on domestic carnivores, like dogs and ferrets.
✓ Domesticated dog
The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domestic subspecies of Canis lupus, a mammal of the Canidae family (Canidae), which also includes the gray wolf, wild ancestor of the dog, and the dingo, a domestic dog that run wild. The dog was the first animal species to be domesticated by humans for hunting purposes in Paleolithic's human society, which did not master agriculture or animal husbandry at the time.
✓ Horse
The horse (Equus ferus caballus of Equus caballus) is a large, herbivorous and uncloven-hoof mammal, which belongs to the species of the Equidae family (Equidae). Over the past 45 to 55 million years, it evolved from a mammal the size of a dog with multiple fingers. In their natural state, horses live in small groups, usually led by a single stallion.
Questions & Answers : Questina
★★★ Got any questions? We've got answers! ★★★
✓ Browse all community questions
✓ Vote and comment on each question
✓ Add friends and easily find their questions
✓ Search by categories or keywords.
✓ This is a Waluu App of the Waluu.com network :)
★ Categories ★
We invite you to add the following categories to the application:
✓ News and Events
✓ Love and Relationships
✓ Arts and Humanities
✓ Cars & Transportation
✓ Beauty and Fashion
✓ Picture and sound
✓ Home and Garden
✓ Music, Movies, TV, Entertainment
✓ Politics and Government
✓ Restaurants
✓ Science and Mathematics
✓ Social Sciences
★ Examples of questions asked on Questina ★
- How does a light bulb work?
- What is your most intriguing secret organization?
- How to digitize old camcorder tapes?
- Presidential Election: Still undecided?
- What are the supporting documents we are entitled to request from a prospective tenant?
- What criteria should we rely upon to judge other people?
- How can I find out if the tap water in our region is suitable for human consumption?
- What is your favorite Harry Potter movie among all 8?
- What is the best natural product to clean silver jewelry?
- Do you know a trick to sharpen scissors?
- What is your favorite flower?
- What seems obvious to you?
- Are there any nice people left in the world?
- What would you like as your tombstone engraving?
- How does it show on the outside when it hurts you inside?
- What was your life-changing day?
- Am I pregnant, am I really that late?
- How can I get a deep and restful sleep?
- How can I become progressively smarter?
Download the app for answers and add yours!
Chat live : Twituu
★★★ Group chat ★★★
✓ Explore all community messages
✓ Vote and comment on each message
✓ Add friends and easily find their messages
✓ Search by categories or keywords.
✓ This is a Waluu App of the Waluu.com network :)
Warning: It does not work with Twitter IDs; Twituu is a full-fledged network for sending short messages on Waluu.com and Twituu.com.
★ Messaging software: as a group or among friends ★
Manage messages like posts on a forum; start a conversation topic and discuss with strangers or friends/family members on your preferred matters and many others!
Private, group or public chat and the ability to "Love" certain messages to highlight what you say and what you like!
Here are the categories used in this application (trending topics and hashtags) that you can use for better organization:
✓ Events: Fireworks on 4th of July or Rock Concert ...
✓ News: International, regional, or simply local news.
✓ Debates: On your ideas and desires: run your surveys, questions and allies.
✓ Sports: Converse on sports news, football, rugby, tennis, etc.
✓ Leisure: Talk about culture, film, books, e-books, cartoons, series, etc.
✓ Practical matters: Discuss the weather forecast, traffic in New York or your job search or orientation; ask for help and tips and tricks for everyday life.
While Twituu is similar to a chat or forum, it is a Waluu service. Several spellings are possible: twittu, tweetu.
My definition
✓ Toes: Appendages for detecting door corners.
✓ Tie: Arrow pointing to the brain of the man.
✓ Parents: two people who teach you to walk and talk just to ask you to sit down and shut up afterwards.
✓ Santa Claus: Character invented by parents whose non-existence is revealed when gifts become too expensive.
★ Submit your own definitions! ★
Here is a list of the latest top definitions!
✓ Keychain: Handy invention that allows losing all keys at the same time
✓ Cleaning: Action of moving dirt across the room
✓ Alzheimer: I don't know, can't remember anymore
✓ Religion war: War waged to find out who has the best imaginary friend
✓ Death: Expiry date of the 'Life' product
✓ Life: Fatal disease, sexually transmitted
✓ Easy opening: Invented by somebody who never tried his invention!
✓ Car: May hold 250 horses in the engine and a donkey at the wheel.
✓ Work: Activity designed to remember why vacation exists
✓ Bed: Place you rarely get tired of
Once you register, you will have an account to create your own rant and vote on the best rants and comment as well as the rants of your friends!
Join the Waluu social network and express yourself:
✓ Browse all community definitions
✓ Share them on Facebook, Twitter and email
✓ Vote and comment on each definition
✓ Add friends and easily find their pictures
✓ This is a Waluu App of the Waluu.com network :)
Yo mama : Community
Find hundreds of Yo Mama jokes sent with this application!
★★★ Last "Yo mama" sent by the community ★★★
✓ Yo mama so ugly she threw a boomerang and it refused to come back.
✓ Yo mama so ugly when Santa came down the chimney he said ho! ho! hoooollly shit!
✓ Yo mama so fat even dora cant explore her.
✓ Yo mama so fat, she fell into a black hole and it clogged!
✓ Yo mama so fat, she fell into a black hole and it clogged!
✓ Yo mama so fat; she's on both sides of the family!
✓ Yo mama so stupid that she brought a ruler to bed to see how long she could sleep.
✓ Yo mama is so fat she doesn't need the intenet to be worldwide.
✓ Yo mama is so stupid she tried to drown a fish.
✓ Yo mama is so fat when she walked by the TV i missed 3 episodes of Game of Thrones !
✓ Yo mama so stupid, she took a spoon to the Super Bowl.
✓ Yo mama so nasty that when she goes to the universal studios children follow her shouting "Shrek! Shrek!"
✓ Yo mama is so fat she fell in love and broke it.
✓ Yo mama so poor that when I stepped on a cigarette she said "who turned off the heat?"
✓ Yo mama so poor when I went to her house and asked to use the bathroom, she said "Two trees to your left."
★★★ Social app on Yo Mama jokes! ★★★
Know any jokes starting with "Yo mama is so ..."? Want to read more than 2,500 sent by the community? Download app for free!
✓ Browse all community jokes
✓ Vote and comment each joke
✓ Add friends and easily find their jokes
✓ Search by category or keyword.
✓ This is a Waluu app of the Waluu.com network :)
Your are so Geek...
★★★ Geeks & Nerds Jokes sent by our members ★★★
✓ You're so geek that you would like to be a computer to reboot your life in safe mode
✓ You're so geek that if asked to cite the alphabet you'd say: "In QWERTY or AZERTY?"
✓ You're so geek that you don't find people ugly but poorly optimized graphically
✓ You're so geek that on your tombstone engraving it will be written "Game Over"
✓ You're so geek that you don't grow up but level up instead.
✓ You're so geek that you came out of your room to discover that your family had moved
✓ You're so geek that you did download this app.
✓ You're so geek that you press ALT+F4 if your mother asks you to close the window.
✓ You're so geek that you send a request to the server at the restaurant.
✓ You're so geek that, when you got married, you have not been able not to whisper "My preciiiiious ..." when placing the ring of your wife's finger.
✓ You're so geek that you believe 1km = 1024 meters.
✓ You're so geek that you love girls whose eyes and hair are # 0000FF and # FFFF00
✓ You're so geek that going on a trip is launching Google Earth.
✓ You're so geek and ugly that not even Photoshop can fix it
✓ You're so geek that your blood type is "C++"
★★★ Forum for Geeks et Nerds ★★★
While registration is optional, your Waluu user account will give you access to additional functionality including:
✓ Message submission
✓ Message voting and commenting
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Tampa, Fla. (November 6, 2006) - The Saint Leo men's basketball team opened its 2006-07 exhibition schedule with a 66-50 loss to the Division I University of South Florida Bulls on Monday night at USF's Sun Dome. The Bulls outscored the Lions 42-26 in the second half to break a half-time tie.
Saint Leo was led by a pair of Tampa natives on the night, as junior Jonathan Banks and senior J.J. Turner each scored nine points in defeat for the Lions. USF forward Melvin Buckley led all scorers with 24 points in the game, while McHugh Mathis added 19 for the Bulls.
The game was close throughout the first half with neither side leading by more than four points. Saint Leo held a three-point lead late in the first stanza, but the teams went into the half-time locker room tied at 24-24.
The Lions again opened a three-point lead to start the second frame, and eventually opened their largest lead of the game at 43-38 on a three-pointer by Turner with 12:33 remaining in the contest. However, USF went on a 15-0 run over the next six-minutes to open up a 53-43 advantage and never looked back.
USF shot 52% on the night (25-of-48), while Saint Leo shot 35% from the field (22-of-63). The Bulls were 12-of-24 from the free throw line, while the Lions visited the charity stripe just twice in the game (1-of-2). South Florida controlled the glass, as the Bulls held a 40-29 advantage in total rebounds, although SLU held the edge 16-14 in offensive boards.
The Lions will continue their exhibition schedule on Thursday evening with a trip to Orlando, Fla. to face Division I Central Florida. Opening tip is slated for 7:30 p.m.


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Tunis — "We should not allow our Arab political system, which will emerge after the end of the Arab Spring and give birth to a new Arab political regime, to be chauvinist or self-confined on behalf of peculiarity" caretaker President of the Republic Moncef Marzouki said, on Saturday in Tunis, when inaugurating the works of The Arab Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALESCO) General Assembly 21st session with attendance of a large number of Heads of Arab delegations, Ambassadors accredited in Tunis as well as representatives of Tunisian, Arab and foreign media.
The President of the Republic specified that Arab countries are presently experiencing a historical turning point which will help edify an Arab order to speed up the advent of the Arab Union before the end of the two next decades after the liberation of Arab people from despotism.
Mr. Marzouki stressed the need to disseminate Arabic language in all fields of life, science and knowledge, adding that Tunisia will submit during the next Arab Summit a programme meant to promote Arabic language.
He also suggested the creation of an Arab Nobel Prize for Arab researchers who will conduct the best research internationally in Arabic language, in addition to the creation of a unified institution "that we can call the Ibn Khaldun Institute for disseminating Arabic language worldwide" such as the Goethe-Institut for the German language and Confucius for the Chinese language.
For his part, Mr. Abdellatif Abid, Education Minister, President of ALECSO General Assembly 2st session and Tunisia's candidate to the post of ALECSO General-Director, said that the context of the present session is delicate, estimating that this session is decisive for the future of Arab joint action to win the wager of comprehensive and balanced development on the path of modernity and progress, as regards notably the promotion of human resources.
He added "we should improve our educational, scientific, cultural and information technology strategy so as to lay the foundation of our economies on knowledge, discoveries and technologies, in addition to financial and natural resources.
He pointed out that the ALECSO mission consists in combining the appropriate conditions for the edification of an economy and growth based on reason, science and labour, by means of new approaches capable to keep abreast with social, cultural and economic changes, while preserving national identity and attributes of authentic Arab culture.
In turn, Abdelaziz Othman al-Touijri, Islamic Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) Director-general specified that the civilisational development project of the Arab Islamic world is based on three pillars namely modernisation of the educational system, development of sciences and technologies and renewing of cultural and media policies.
ALECSO director-general Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour stressed the role of the organisation as an Arab enlightened and open institution, in anchoring the universal noble values, the dissemination of the spirit of tolerance and rejection of violence and all forms of fanaticism and extremism, in addition to the keenness to guarantee the quality of education and the promotion of Arab language.


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I must say, I am impressed. I also purchased the Duo 11 back in Nov with pretty much the same specs: 256GB SSD, 8GB Ram, I7 3rd gen, Win 8 Pro,...Read complete review
I must say, I am impressed. I also purchased the Duo 11 back in Nov with pretty much the same specs: 256GB SSD, 8GB Ram, I7 3rd gen, Win 8 Pro, TPM, etc... Don't get me wrong, the Duo 11 is also great for what it is, but I wanted something with more of a clam shell design. I had a nerdgasm the moment I pulled the Pro 13 out of the box. Although the Pro 13 has a larger screen than the Duo 11, it's thinner and the weight is more evenly distributed which makes it feel much, much lighter than the Duo 11. Then I turned it on... I didn't think there would be much difference between the 4th gen I7 and the PCIe SSD on the Pro 13... I was wrong!! The Pro 13 is super quick and responsive. When I first set it up, there were 40 Window updates including the initial setup process. I also installed McAfee (including running virus scan), Itunes, Icloud Manager, Office 2013 Professional Pro Plus (not pre-installed, already had license prior to purchase and removed home & student trial before installing), Steam (for Civ5), set up file history, maintenance schedules, Vaio update, ran Vaio care, and set up Bitlocker... all in under 4 hours. The only issue I had, which wasn't even really that bad, was the bottom of the unit (towards the rear center) did heat up a bit when I was doing all this. However, when just surfing internet, e-mails, watching videos, using word/excel, etc... the unit stays very cool to the touch. The above updates/installs were all done with power plugged in, so I did not truly test battery life while over-tasking the unit. However, I did unplug afterwards while I casually surfed, read e-mails, and watched a few youtube/netflix videos etc... after about 2 hours, I still had 5 hours and 47 mins of battery life left according to the meter (I did purchase the battery sheet which states it doubles battery life, but I haven't received it yet. This was just on the internal battery alone). I just received this yesterday afternoon, so I will need more time to truly determine, but based on first impressions... it does appear the I7 4th gen Haswell processor and low voltage RAM make a real difference in saving battery life. The display is really nice and the touchscreen is accurate and responsive. Then again, I would expect nothing less from Sony. I did not play long, but I did start up Civ5 with max settings, and it looked fantastic. I doubt I will be playing anything intensive on this device, but it will definitely suffice as far as productivity and light gaming. I did not experience the same touchpad issues mentioned in previous review. There are some slight adjustments getting use to it. I found sometimes it just took learning exactly where to touch it for it to react properly. However, I have not yet had a chance to check out the support link the Sony Rep mentioned, so I plan to check it out to see if it adds any further responsiveness. So far, I am really impressed with the Pro 13. Enough so, that I actually posted a review (which I rarely do). If the unit maintains the integrity it has so far, which Sony products normally do, then I will have to say Sony got it right on this one!!
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Amazing, beautiful, and well spec'd. One fatal flaw: The track pad. Reviews had alluded to there being issues with the trackpad, but it's bad... very bad. I disabled 'tap...Read complete review
Amazing, beautiful, and well spec'd. One fatal flaw: The track pad. Reviews had alluded to there being issues with the trackpad, but it's bad... very bad. I disabled 'tap click' preferring the physical click. The trackpad sticks frequently. When it's not sticking, it doesn't register most clicks. Don't buy it until the trackpad issues are fixed. My unit may be a defect, but if the reviewers were having issues one has to wonder... My heart is broken. My last sony had track pad issues too. :(
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I love the speed and the screen quality. It is definitely much faster than my older Sony Vaio which has an i5 3rd generation processer. The picture quality and the much longer battery life is definitely a plus. I am very pleased with the very professional sales person that helped me. I have always been a fan of ABT and their professionalism and have no qualms buying from them in the future.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Great computer. Windows 8 is awful. Touchpad bad
By sef4356
from NW Pennsylvania
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Fantastic computer. Fast. Ultralight. Peripheral friendly. I have several macbook air computers and a number of fast gaming computers. This laptop is as good as any of them. However, the Windows 8 redesign is terrible. It is impossible to find things since the start button is gone. A download can cure this but then the touchscreen is not available. The touchpad cannot be permanently disabled - this makes typing just about impossible. It is necessary to disable the touchpad for each startup. why there is no feature to permanently disable the touchpad is a key design problem.
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Very light laptop
By bruinmw
from Los Angeles, CA
This laptop is really light and really great looking. Unfortunately, for the price I paid, I expected a nice leather case that should have come with the laptop instead of having to shell out an extra $50 dollars for one. Laptop works well except for the mouse pad which is too sensitive as I constantly accidentally brush it and it causes me to jump around places when I am typing which is annoying. Battery for the core i7 seems to drain pretty fast too.
A Great Small Computer
By Ron41
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I have two computers for personal use. One is a workhorse desktop and the other is for traveling. I purchased this Sony Ultrabook to replace my aging travel computer. I was particularly interested in the Intel 4th gen chipset and a large solid state drive. Weight and battery life are also very important to me. The Sony fit my specs perfectly and I am delighted with it.
Wireless, touchpad????
By ROCROC
from Mt. Juliet, TN
This could be an incredible computer if not for a faulty wireless and poorly designed touchpad. When slightly tipped against your stomach or lap the compression on the computers body causes the touchpad not to depress. I live in a hotel because of a fire. I have two other computers that both receive 27 signals. The Sony could barely pickup 2 hotel signals. Even when taken near the signal source, it took 5 1/2 hours to load the update files. Most of these uploads should already have been done by Sony. Using Sony tools, the computer demonstrated many problems. Sony wanted to sell premium tools to fix the problems for $9+ for each tool by category for 1 years use.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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overheating and very noisy fan
By PJPJ
since the first moment (3 days ago) I have been experiencing random overheating and extremely noisy fan, and random restarting of windows 8, sometimes even with blue screens (that I believe is due to overheating). I have only installed Chrome and been browsing internet, doing nothing that should cause overheating in my opinion. I couldn't find any advice, could it be related to the problem with wifi that some users have reported? This is a serious problem for me, and if not resolved, I would unfortunately have to return the laptop.
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Returned my Vaio
By robinmia
from Miami, FL
I've had this computer for less than a month. I had to send it back to Sony for repair for dropping interenet connection. Received repaired computer back and still it drops wifi. Great marks to Sony customer care, very polite,very helpful.
(10 of 13 customers found this review helpful)
sony vaio PRO disspointing
By princeling
from Florida
I bought a sony vaio PRO 13, good ultrabook but the wifi signal drops each five minutes Worst, I bought a vaio pro 11, the same thing Very expensive ultrabook for this class of bugs, development department have to be more strict with the pre release testing
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Great, but...
By brisovic
from Rochester MN
My previous laptop was a top spec Vaio Z series, great computer with few serious flaws, such as overheating and a slow boot up speed. Vaio Pro is a huge improvement over its predecessor. It is far more lighter, it remains relatively cool even under heavy workload, and its boot up speed is unbelievably fast. But, there is a but... Big problem is its touch pad. It is very unresponsive. No mater how you set up the sensitivity, it completely fails to do do what you want. Mac type two finger swipe breaks up in the middle of the motion, so you end up doing it over and over again. It is so horrendous that I had to order a separate mouse after few days of struggling with it. It is a pity that Sony had changed the touch pad from Vaio Z, that served its purpose very well. Touch pad aside, this is a great lap top and a significant improvement over its predecessor.
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loving it so far
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from portland,me
I am loving everything about this. No more lugging around a heavy notebook. Battery life is as promised. Day to day work is a breeze. Stays pretty cool and does not kick the fan on for the most part. The angled edges are a little annoying when you pickup but they do not interfere when I am using the laptop No issues connecting to the wireless network. A more detailed review coming....
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Wood-fired plan still lacking power contractBy Susan Smallheer
Staff Writer | March 01,2013SPRINGFIELD The North Springfield Sustainable Energy Project does not help meet the states energy needs or contribute to the states renewable energy goals, according to the director of energy policy and planning for the Department of Public Service.
Without a power purchase agreement between the proposed facility and a Vermont utility, the proposed facility does not contribute to either the states renewable energy goals or its need for electric service, Asa Hopkins wrote in follow-up, pre-filed testimony filed with the board last week.
Hopkins took issue with statements by Dan Ingold of Weston Solutions, which is one of two companies that want to build a 35-megawatt wood chip plant in the North Springfield Industrial Park.
Hopkins, who declined to comment Thursday, also testified the project would not contribute to overall renewable energy goals.
None of the states SPEED goals, the goals of the Vermont 25 x 25 Initiative, or the needs of the states utilities for energy or capacity is met by the proposed facility in the absence of a PPA (power purchase agreement) with a Vermont retail utility, he concluded.
SPEED stands for Sustainable Priced Energy Development Program, and the initiative also deals with state renewable energy programs.
Ingold said Wednesday that Hopkins testimony filed in advance of upcoming technical hearings before the Public Service Board was a kick in the pants for the project to get a contract with a utility completed.
Ingold said Weston and Winstanley Enterprises, the two companies that make up the project, had been negotiating for a long time without success so far.
Thats what were working toward, have been in active talks for months and months and months, said Ingold. We want this to be a Vermont project.
Ingold downplayed Hopkins testimony, calling it a minor issue that would be resolved.
Ingold said he and others were working to reach legal agreements with various state agencies to resolve concerns about the wood-fired plant.
He said the project recently reached a memorandum of understanding with the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets over the issue of invasive species, specifically insects.
The state is concerned that wood chips harboring several dangerous insects such as the emerald ash borer and the Asian long-horned beetle, could be brought into Springfield via the chips.
Under the agreement, all wood chips must be no bigger than 1 inch square.
But Robert Kischko, chairman of North Springfield Action Group, which opposes the wood-fired project, said the 1-inch limit wasnt adequate to safeguard the state from the insects.
Ingold said he hoped the state would also reach agreements with the Agency of Natural Resources over concerns that deal primarily with forest resources.
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What do Karl Marx, Winston Churchill, Frank Sinatra, James Bond, Groucho Marx and Orville Redenbacher have in common? What if I threw in Pee-Wee Herman? If I gave you Donald Duck and "The Cat in the Hat," I would probably give it away.
Bill Nye (the Science Guy) does because "it's practical" and he started doing it in high school when he served as a waiter for a school function. He said he also does it because, "It stays out of his soup."
Yes, I'm talking about wearing bow ties.
I found an article from "Psychology Today" where the writer discussed what it means to wear a bow tie. The writer concluded that it basically was a signature, kind of like wearing argyle socks or cowboy boots.
It probably is a good conversation starter and honestly I have no problem with bow ties, other than tying them. They can be snappy for some occasions.
However, I have found myself being prejudiced against bow tie wearers recently. It is a difficult thing to admit, but I have been doing it.
Here is my situation…
On Saturday mornings, I love going to the Farmers Market where I live. It is a wonderful place to go get a cup of coffee, see a lot of dogs and study people. Our Farmers Market is a little on the high end side because our city attracts a lot of tourists and folks that want stuff on the high end side.
Folks will be tasting wine at 8:30 in the morning and comparing four or five types of kale. Don't get me wrong – I like kale.
You can buy lamb and buffalo meat or turkey, goose and duck eggs. I love to cook, but I don't think I'd know what to do with a goose egg. You can even buy gourmet popsicles. I have not had the urge to try Creamy Avocado, Tangerine Basil or Blackberry Ginger Lemonade frozen on a stick yet – but I might.
If I get the hankering, I can try all sorts of cheese, baked goods, seafood and soap, or have my knife sharpened. One lady sells organic earthworm castings. "Organic earthworm castings" are created when the worms digest rich organic material, then "pass it;" they say it is beneficial for plants. These folks call it what it is – "Worm Poop."
So if you want to buy a bag of worm poop – you can.
My favorite thing at the Farmers Market is peanuts, specifically boiled peanuts. I'm from the South, we eat boiled peanuts. We talk about them, we eat them and we talk about them some more.
At our Farmers Market, there are two booths or places you can buy peanuts. One fellow wears a ball cap and sells all sorts of peanuts in plastic bags with labels his wife probably printed out on their home computer, the other fellow sells "gourmet peanuts" in fancy labeled cans. The fancy labeled cans fellow with the fancy named peanuts wears a bow tie.
I want to buy peanuts from someone who looks like a farmer. I'm pretty sure the ball cap he wears is from a "feed and seed" store or Farmers Co-op. There is no doubt in my mind that the fellow I buy boiled peanuts from knows how to drive a tractor and run a farm.
I realize it is not fair for me to judge the bow tie wearing fellow. He may very well know about farming and everything that goes with it. However, he dresses his peanuts and himself in "fancy cans."
I want the boy who picks my daughter up to go to the prom to wear a bow tie, but I want to buy peanuts from a fellow who has dirt under his fingernails.
It's just the way I am.
That bow tie fellow doesn't even sell boiled peanuts…
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Jon Krakauer is the author of one of my favorite works on nonfiction, the biography/memoir/story of Chris McCandless, "Into the Wild." I remember reading this book when I was in high school because my dad had read it, and my dad is not much of a reader at all. He's read maybe five books for fun in his life. I read as a means to bond with him.
And, man, am I glad I did. "Into the Wild" tells the story of McCandless, a smart, college grad who burned his life's savings and identity in effort to hitch hike to Alaska on an insane cross-country road trip. The book chronicles the people he meets and the places he goes. The story, unfortunately, ends in McCandless' death after eating poisonous berries while sitting in the freezing cold. But what we learn from his adventure, and more importantly from the observations of Krakauer, are fascinating to read.
We learn that McCandless was not a bad guy, just a man on a path doomed for failure. It doesn't matter how great of a hiker you are if you cannot survive in the wild, which is something McCandless was not prepared for at all. Krakauer shows the reader just how difficult his journey must have been and does so through incredible investigative journalism and by putting himself through similar moments of suffering. Krakauer's story is not just assumed, but is also recounted through the people McCandless met and by visiting the places he visited.
Krakauer also interjects McCandless' story with a story of his own. The author was one of the few people to successfully climb Mount Everest during the 1996 Mount Everest disaster in which 15 people died trying to complete the climb. Krakauer relates his story to what McCandless may have gone though, which gives a book about someone else's adventure a fascinating tone of first person. Krakauer does this through beautiful writing and storytelling that just reads effortlessly.
If you are looking for an author who combines personal struggle, adventure and the thrill of life-or-death experiences, Jon Krakauer is your man.
Jazmine's Review
So, every week, when Chris and I write these reviews, we switch off who chooses. This week, Chris said: "Hey, Jazmine. Let's do another writer you have absolutely no idea about," and I said, "All right." I'm really happy I did.
Jon Kraukauer is not the usual type of genre I would go for. He writes a lot of outdoorsy things, and I have to admit the last novel I read like that was "The Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen in fifth grade. Once again, Chris has introduced me to a writer I actually enjoy.
I haven't had a chance to read the full version, but I did read excerpts from a few of his works. I think that the way he writes is what helps me to enjoy what he's writing about. "Eiger Dreams," a collection of nonfiction essays, describes mountaineering and rock climbing, but not in a way that is difficult to understand. I also had a chance to look at some of his writing from "Into the Wild" as well. Looking at the way Kraukauer writes, I found him to be a bit comical. I'm not quite sure if that was his intention, but just by the detailed way that he explains things, I can get a good feel of what something looks like or how a person reacts, and it is so believable.
Actually, really all of his writing is believable. When I was reading "Eiger Dreams," I could see the circles of tents on the snow-covered mountains, the burly men who were a part of the rescue team, the blowing winds and blinding snow. That's what helped to draw me in; I could picture exactly what was going on without realizing that I was reading a nonfiction piece of work.
Another way I was able to read the stories was his description of people. Alex quickly became a favorite in the excerpt I read from Into the Wild. His mannerisms, lack of provisions, unwanted relationship with the government--it all drew me in. When I got to the end of the excerpt, I desperately wanted to read more, which I plan on doing now that I've been introduced to Kraukauer.
All in all, the best advice I can give is to not knock a writer or genre until you have read it.
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