What’s likely to happen when a bunch of guys get together and start talking about lawn care? What about if those same guys happen to have lawn mowers? Riding lawn mowers?
I would bet it would be a fairly short time before words were exchanged and then something like this would happen:
If there are some serious rednecks and some beer involved, you’ll get this:
It is to our unending shame that this was started by English rednecks. Oh well… Better late than never.
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Morning all. Have a great day.
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Morning all. Have a great day.
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Man’s purpose, (and I am speaking of males instead of all humanity) is to consume fossil fuels and go really fast.
On a related note: When was the first sailboat race in history?Shortly after the 2nd sail boat was launched.
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Man’s purpose, (and I am speaking of males instead of all humanity) is to consume fossil fuels and go really fast.
On a related note: When was the first sailboat race in history?
Shortly after the 2nd sail boat was launched.
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some serious rednecks and some beer involved
A recipe for fun if I’ve ever seen one!
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some serious rednecks and some beer involved
A recipe for fun if I’ve ever seen one!
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On a related note: When was the first sailboat race in history?
Shortly after the 2nd sail boat was launched.
Reminds me of the story of the guy who was the only lawyer in town.
He was the poorest man in town until another lawyer moved in. A couple years later, both were richer than anybody else.
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On a related note: When was the first sailboat race in history?
Shortly after the 2nd sail boat was launched.Reminds me of the story of the guy who was the only lawyer in town.
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#2 Bonecrusher #3 Doood #4 Sarge 😀
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#2 Bonecrusher #3 Doood #4 Sarge 😀
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If a country only has two PHD’s in it, one is president for life and the other is in exile.
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If a country only has two PHD’s in it, one is president for life and the other is in exile.
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The president accepted a transparency award in a closed, undisclosed meeting. Close President Obama finally and quietly accepted his “transparency” award from the open government community this week — in a closed, undisclosed meeting at the White House on Monday.
The secret presentation happened almost two weeks after the White House inexplicably postponed the ceremony, which was expected to be open to the press pool.
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The president accepted a transparency award in a closed, undisclosed meeting. Close President Obama finally and quietly accepted his “transparency” award from the open government community this week — in a closed, undisclosed meeting at the White House on Monday.
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#7 Texakanukian: Do you remember Slick Willie bragging that he was going to have the most “ethical” administration? Do you remember when Nanzi Pelousi bragged that all congressional actions were going to be open, transparent with full input from both parties?
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#7 Texakanukian: Do you remember Slick Willie bragging that he was going to have the most “ethical” administration? Do you remember when Nanzi Pelousi bragged that all congressional actions were going to be open, transparent with full input from both parties?
It seems that when lib-terd-nozzle-demo-nazis say something the opposite is closer to the truth. How much of that understanding can be applied to the lamestream dinosaur media? -
Ann Coulter nails it again.
But Democrats couldn’t care less about the interests of their own country. Indeed, if there were the slightest possibility that our intervention in Libya would somehow benefit the United States, they would hysterically oppose it.
This would be really funny if it weren’t so damned true:>(
The only just wars, liberals believe, are those in which the United States has no stake. Liberals warm to the idea of deploying expensive, taxpayer-funded military machinery and putting American troops in harm’s way, but only for military incursions that serve absolutely no American interest.
The lady has a gift for slicing through the blistering barrage of BS and getting right to the heart of the matter. Read the article, it is great as usual.
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Ann Coulter nails it again.
But Democrats couldn’t care less about the interests of their own country. Indeed, if there were the slightest possibility that our intervention in Libya would somehow benefit the United States, they would hysterically oppose it.
This would be really funny if it weren’t so damned true:>(
The only just wars, liberals believe, are those in which the United States has no stake. Liberals warm to the idea of deploying expensive, taxpayer-funded military machinery and putting American troops in harm’s way, but only for military incursions that serve absolutely no American interest.
The lady has a gift for slicing through the blistering barrage of BS and getting right to the heart of the matter. Read the article, it is great as usual.
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It seems that when lib-terd-nozzle-demo-nazis say something the opposite is closer to the truth. How much of that understanding can be applied to the lamestream dinosaur media?
As much as I have tried to understand the media I just can get my head around how or why they have chosen to ignore the obvious lies and deceit coming out of the current administration. They vilified Bush every time he turned around but continually ignore Obama. A recent example, albeit a minor one, is when Obama found himself locked out of the whitehouse. When Bush did that very early on, tried to go out a wrong door, the played that for days, Obama, silence.
The media has lost all credibility with rational thinking people and are just to blind to see what they are doing to themselves.
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It seems that when lib-terd-nozzle-demo-nazis say something the opposite is closer to the truth. How much of that understanding can be applied to the lamestream dinosaur media?
As much as I have tried to understand the media I just can get my head around how or why they have chosen to ignore the obvious lies and deceit coming out of the current administration. They vilified Bush every time he turned around but continually ignore Obama. A recent example, albeit a minor one, is when Obama found himself locked out of the whitehouse. When Bush did that very early on, tried to go out a wrong door, the played that for days, Obama, silence.
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In a related article
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/03/mr_boehner_shut_her_down.html
Kierkegaard wrote, “The lowest depth to which people can sink before God is defined by the word journalist. If were a father and had a daughter who was seduced I should not despair over her; I would hope for her salvation. But if I had a son who became a journalist, and continued to be one for five years, I would give him up.”
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In a related article
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/03/mr_boehner_shut_her_down.html
Kierkegaard wrote, “The lowest depth to which people can sink before God is defined by the word journalist. If were a father and had a daughter who was seduced I should not despair over her; I would hope for her salvation. But if I had a son who became a journalist, and continued to be one for five years, I would give him up.” -
If a country only has two PHD’s in it, one is president for life and the other is in exile.
In the Kingdom Of The Blind, the one eyed man is King.
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If a country only has two PHD’s in it, one is president for life and the other is in exile.
In the Kingdom Of The Blind, the one eyed man is King.
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According to the liberal code, it’s OK to be competitive so long as there are no winners or losers. That would explain why we are wanting to arm Al-Queda in Libya because it’s just not fair that a superpower such as us could just take them out at will. Even Madeline Halfbright, former Sec of State under the Clintstones administration acknowledged that as she was warning our enemies of a pending missile strike on an aspirin factory. Even today in Libya as I understand it our goal is to fight to a draw.
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According to the liberal code, it’s OK to be competitive so long as there are no winners or losers. That would explain why we are wanting to arm Al-Queda in Libya because it’s just not fair that a superpower such as us could just take them out at will. Even Madeline Halfbright, former Sec of State under the Clintstones administration acknowledged that as she was warning our enemies of a pending missile strike on an aspirin factory. Even today in Libya as I understand it our goal is to fight to a draw.
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This comment cracked me up
I say we should have a impeach Obama day. If you agree then once the sun goes down, drive with your headlights on.
It was part of the discussion about earth hour that I guess just passed, I didn’t here anything about it. Of course the comments are about turning on everything you own that’s run on electricity.
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This comment cracked me up
I say we should have a impeach Obama day. If you agree then once the sun goes down, drive with your headlights on.
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2011/03/30/the-demise-of-earth-hour-even-empty-symbolic-environmentalism-is-on-the-wane/#more-461364
It was part of the discussion about earth hour that I guess just passed, I didn’t here anything about it. Of course the comments are about turning on everything you own that’s run on electricity. -
Hey it’s Robert Bunsen’s 200 th Birthday.
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Hey it’s Robert Bunsen’s 200 th Birthday.
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I wish I had a lawnmower that would move that fast AND cut grass at the same time.
When I was young, we lived on 2 acres. That was a lot of back yard to mow. We had a riding lawnmower, and we’d crank that baby up full speed and have fun with the chore. Our alternative was a push mower.
As I wrote somewhere once before: When the big mower was working, we’d fight over who got to mow the grass. When it was broken, we fought over who got to mow the grass.
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I wish I had a lawnmower that would move that fast AND cut grass at the same time.
When I was young, we lived on 2 acres. That was a lot of back yard to mow. We had a riding lawnmower, and we’d crank that baby up full speed and have fun with the chore. Our alternative was a push mower.
As I wrote somewhere once before: When the big mower was working, we’d fight over who got to mow the grass. When it was broken, we fought over who got to mow the grass. -
Kierkegaard
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Lookit who’s all philosophizin’ and stuff…
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When the big mower was working, we’d fight over who got to mow the grass. When it was broken, we fought over who
gothad to mow the grass.Yer welcome.
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When the big mower was working, we’d fight over who got to mow the grass. When it was broken, we fought over who
gothad to mow the grass.Yer welcome.
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While I have my doubts, it would be great if they passed this.
That’s why I am very pleased that today, the Senate Republican Conference will roll out a balanced budget amendment, cosponsored by all 47 Republican senators.
http://www.redstate.com/pat_toomey/2011/03/31/the-time-for-action-is-now/
http://www.redstate.com/pat_toomey/2011/03/31/the-time-for-action-is-now/
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While I have my doubts, it would be great if they passed this.
That’s why I am very pleased that today, the Senate Republican Conference will roll out a balanced budget amendment, cosponsored by all 47 Republican senators.
http://www.redstate.com/pat_toomey/2011/03/31/the-time-for-action-is-now/
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If Jerry Eversole wants to keep telling us he is innocent then maybe he should have taken the stand and swore to it under oath because a majority of the jurors obviously don’t believe him. And based on the evidence I’ve seen, it really is hard to believe Jerry could be innocent. And what a great friend Mike Surface must be, he keeps giving gifts to Jerry Eversole and Jerry doesn’t reciprocate. This sounds like a “sugar daddy” relationship?
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If Jerry Eversole wants to keep telling us he is innocent then maybe he should have taken the stand and swore to it under oath because a majority of the jurors obviously don’t believe him. And based on the evidence I’ve seen, it really is hard to believe Jerry could be innocent. And what a great friend Mike Surface must be, he keeps giving gifts to Jerry Eversole and Jerry doesn’t reciprocate. This sounds like a “sugar daddy” relationship?
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One video shows Martin players slamming a pair of Keller players hard into the corner boards from behind during a scrum for the puck. A referee has his arm up to call the penalty, but a fight ensues before he has a chance.
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Martin senior Jeff SoRelle, who had been in the penalty box when the fight started, is then seen skating full speed into view and launching himself into Keller’s Travis Hall.
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As SoRelle skates slowly away, he is leveled by a blindside hit from Keller’s Braxton Mills. Mills had been off the ice, in the spectator area, because of a penalty but returned to the ice during the brawl. In one video, he appears to leave the ice while launching into SoRelle, apparently hitting him in the head.ok, dude’s in the penalty box already, yet figures that he should jump out on the ice and skate full speed into another player against the boards (skating is significantly faster than running). He figures, “Hey, I’m cool, just keepin’ it real for my buddy” as he slowly skates off. A player for the other team sees what happened and decides he needs to keep it realer, so he zooms in from behind the first guy and just creams him. I think the first guy is the one who wound up with the concussion & broken jaw.
Both should be looking at assault charges.
Why are there so many fights? Is it because they allow them to happen without a stiff enough penalty? In other sports, fights are much less frequent, and when they do happen, someone often gets ejected and suspended.
I like to watch hockey on occasion (usually Olympics), but the fights get to be pretty stupid and distracting after a very short while.
btw – this happened in Arlington. Texas.
Who knew they had hockey?
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One video shows Martin players slamming a pair of Keller players hard into the corner boards from behind during a scrum for the puck. A referee has his arm up to call the penalty, but a fight ensues before he has a chance.
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Martin senior Jeff SoRelle, who had been in the penalty box when the fight started, is then seen skating full speed into view and launching himself into Keller’s Travis Hall.
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As SoRelle skates slowly away, he is leveled by a blindside hit from Keller’s Braxton Mills. Mills had been off the ice, in the spectator area, because of a penalty but returned to the ice during the brawl. In one video, he appears to leave the ice while launching into SoRelle, apparently hitting him in the head.ok, dude’s in the penalty box already, yet figures that he should jump out on the ice and skate full speed into another player against the boards (skating is significantly faster than running). He figures, “Hey, I’m cool, just keepin’ it real for my buddy” as he slowly skates off. A player for the other team sees what happened and decides he needs to keep it realer, so he zooms in from behind the first guy and just creams him. I think the first guy is the one who wound up with the concussion & broken jaw.
Both should be looking at assault charges.
Why are there so many fights? Is it because they allow them to happen without a stiff enough penalty? In other sports, fights are much less frequent, and when they do happen, someone often gets ejected and suspended.
I like to watch hockey on occasion (usually Olympics), but the fights get to be pretty stupid and distracting after a very short while.
btw – this happened in Arlington. Texas.
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I have no history of fighting for the opportunity to use a lawn mower. And it’s not in my future either.
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I have no history of fighting for the opportunity to use a lawn mower. And it’s not in my future either.
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What’s the deal with hockey?
Sports that are played with balls are games where an occasional fight breaks out.
Sports played with pucks are fights where an occasional game breaks out.
btw – this happened in Arlington. Texas.
Who knew they had hockey?
My son plays in a league in Carrollton, prevoulsy in Denton. Apparently hockey is very popular up there. The Stars have actually done fairly well in the NHL.
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What’s the deal with hockey?
Sports that are played with balls are games where an occasional fight breaks out.
Sports played with pucks are fights where an occasional game breaks out.btw – this happened in Arlington. Texas.
Who knew they had hockey?My son plays in a league in Carrollton, prevoulsy in Denton. Apparently hockey is very popular up there. The Stars have actually done fairly well in the NHL.
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I have no history of fighting for the opportunity to use a lawn mower.
I fought for my brother to have the opportunity to use one.
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I have no history of fighting for the opportunity to use a lawn mower.
I fought for my brother to have the opportunity to use one.
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At the beginning of the season, after changing the oil and blades, I will admit to some form of mild excitement looking back at the results of the first pass. After that I despise the machine until November.
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At the beginning of the season, after changing the oil and blades, I will admit to some form of mild excitement looking back at the results of the first pass. After that I despise the machine until November.
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I just read where the chairman has died. You know, the one fused to his chair?
So sad. I can only imagine the condition his mind must have been in, to live in those conditions. His friends and roomies couldn’t have been much better.
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I just read where the chairman has died. You know, the one fused to his chair?
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Apparently hockey is very popular up there.
Well after all, it is NORTH Texas.
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Apparently hockey is very popular up there.
Well after all, it is NORTH Texas.
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I didn’t have to fight for Texpat to have the opportunity to mow. He would just disappear.
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I didn’t have to fight for Texpat to have the opportunity to mow. He would just disappear.
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Good morning Hamsters. Great start at 46 this morning around 6:30, gorgeous Sunrise, light breeze, blue sky, warming to 60 at 10:30. Thank you, Lord. What a skewed but positive impression of Houston weather the visitors for the Final Four will have, but it is all good. Hope it holds through Monday.
The Texas exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science is not to miss. It takes about 3 hours to tour if you read everything–and it’s all worth reading. Took spouse’s brother and wife there on their visit from Madison last week, and they loved it. It is not suitable for small children–too much reading and not enough bright colors. Benches for sitting placed throughout for the footweary. And the exit is one story above the base of the Foucault pendulum, so there are plenty of folks leaning over the railing to look down on it and watch it knock over the pegs.
Sign in a restaurant: Unattended children will be sold to the circus.
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Good morning Hamsters. Great start at 46 this morning around 6:30, gorgeous Sunrise, light breeze, blue sky, warming to 60 at 10:30. Thank you, Lord. What a skewed but positive impression of Houston weather the visitors for the Final Four will have, but it is all good. Hope it holds through Monday.
The Texas exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science is not to miss. It takes about 3 hours to tour if you read everything–and it’s all worth reading. Took spouse’s brother and wife there on their visit from Madison last week, and they loved it. It is not suitable for small children–too much reading and not enough bright colors. Benches for sitting placed throughout for the footweary. And the exit is one story above the base of the Foucault pendulum, so there are plenty of folks leaning over the railing to look down on it and watch it knock over the pegs.
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Here we go again. Trick Perry up to his old tricks.
Texas lawmakers are working on a series of bills that could bring more toll roads to the state. Critics say lawmakers are finding a quiet way to revive the Trans-Texas Corridor and subvert the public’s will.
“They have decided the way to get this thing built is to break it down and do it piecemeal; and over time we will have the entire Corridor built if they get away with re-authorizing these contracts … We the people of Texas have got to rise up and say it is unacceptable to sell off our public highways to these foreign companies that are going to charge us 75 cents a mile to use our public roads. It’s eminent domain for private gain.”
Terri Hall with Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom (TURF) says lawmakers would give Tx-DOT the authority to negotiate long-term contracts without proper oversight.
“Remember, its 75 cents a mile; that’s like adding $15 to every gallon of gas you buy. You think $3.50 a gallon is bad, try taking all these toll rings they have planned for Texas at 75 cents a mile.”
Hall says that lawmakers divert gas tax revenues, and then claim we need to privatize the roads to balance the budget.–Story by: John Labus
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Here we go again. Trick Perry up to his old tricks.
Texas lawmakers are working on a series of bills that could bring more toll roads to the state. Critics say lawmakers are finding a quiet way to revive the Trans-Texas Corridor and subvert the public’s will.
“They have decided the way to get this thing built is to break it down and do it piecemeal; and over time we will have the entire Corridor built if they get away with re-authorizing these contracts … We the people of Texas have got to rise up and say it is unacceptable to sell off our public highways to these foreign companies that are going to charge us 75 cents a mile to use our public roads. It’s eminent domain for private gain.”
Terri Hall with Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom (TURF) says lawmakers would give Tx-DOT the authority to negotiate long-term contracts without proper oversight.
“Remember, its 75 cents a mile; that’s like adding $15 to every gallon of gas you buy. You think $3.50 a gallon is bad, try taking all these toll rings they have planned for Texas at 75 cents a mile.”
Hall says that lawmakers divert gas tax revenues, and then claim we need to privatize the roads to balance the budget.
–Story by: John Labus
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Racing is hard wired in the male genome; just ask Superdave or Good Job Tim.
Add me to the list please.
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Racing is hard wired in the male genome; just ask Superdave or Good Job Tim.
Add me to the list please.
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#111 Last night — Pyro
That rug really ties this discussion together.
How?? I still don’t get it. Is there some hidden image or symbolism in the pattern on the rug? Or is Hammy redecorating/sprucing up The Couch…
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#111 Last night — Pyro
That rug really ties this discussion together.
How?? I still don’t get it. Is there some hidden image or symbolism in the pattern on the rug? Or is Hammy redecorating/sprucing up The Couch…
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#2 Bones
Shortly after the 2nd sail boat was launched.
There was a story in Big Spring, small West Texas town where my husband’s family lived, that in the early 1900’s, the richest man in town brought in the first Model-T ever seen there. For a year it attracted lots of attention whenever he drove his car downtown. Then someone bought the second Model-T in Big Spring. Within a week, they say, the two autos collided at a downtown intersection.
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#2 Bones
Shortly after the 2nd sail boat was launched.
There was a story in Big Spring, small West Texas town where my husband’s family lived, that in the early 1900’s, the richest man in town brought in the first Model-T ever seen there. For a year it attracted lots of attention whenever he drove his car downtown. Then someone bought the second Model-T in Big Spring. Within a week, they say, the two autos collided at a downtown intersection.
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#7 Texanadian
The secret presentation happened almost two weeks after the White House inexplicably postponed the ceremony, which was expected to be open to the press pool.
How does this guy still have fans/sycophants in the media?
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#7 Texanadian
The secret presentation happened almost two weeks after the White House inexplicably postponed the ceremony, which was expected to be open to the press pool.
How does this guy still have fans/sycophants in the media?
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That rug really ties this discussion together.
Ever hear the expression lie like a rug. Just a thought.
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That rug really ties this discussion together.
Ever hear the expression lie like a rug. Just a thought.
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O.K. As soon as boss-lady gets here, I’m going to ask her for Saturday, April 16 off. I (hopefully) will be attending Atlas Shrugged in Sugarland at 1:35pm with Adee and then I’m off to The Woodlands Tea Party at 6. Who’s in? I live in Splendora, taking off work and docking my pay. Eh, eh, eh……no excuses!!!
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O.K. As soon as boss-lady gets here, I’m going to ask her for Saturday, April 16 off. I (hopefully) will be attending Atlas Shrugged in Sugarland at 1:35pm with Adee and then I’m off to The Woodlands Tea Party at 6. Who’s in? I live in Splendora, taking off work and docking my pay. Eh, eh, eh……no excuses!!!
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#34 mh42
Big LebowskiIn the movie, a couple of bad guys looking to collect on a loan break into The Dude’s (Jeff Bridges) apartment in a case of mistaken identity. Among other things, they relieve themselves on his rug. When he tells his friends about it, they commiserate and one comments how it tied the room together. It becomes a running gag(?).
Look in the quotes on imdb. It might have better context for it.
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#34 mh42
Big Lebowski
In the movie, a couple of bad guys looking to collect on a loan break into The Dude’s (Jeff Bridges) apartment in a case of mistaken identity. Among other things, they relieve themselves on his rug. When he tells his friends about it, they commiserate and one comments how it tied the room together. It becomes a running gag(?).
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mharper42 is obviously not a golfer.
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I got 18 of 19 right. I knew when I clicked on Bahrain it was wrong; it was too big. It should have been Qatar.
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If you hear any politician, commentator, economist, pundit or local official making the claim that local and state governments have been suffering from a lack of tax revenue and are already operating on austere budgets, know they are either lying or have no idea what they talking about.
Total Quarterly Tax Revenues for All U.S. State, County and Local Entities
(constant 2010 dollars)1988 First Quarter – $200,980,000,000
2010 Last Quarter – $378,312,000,000
That is an 82% INCREASE over a 22 year period.
Mark Perry at Carpe Diem has the charts.
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If you hear any politician, commentator, economist, pundit or local official making the claim that local and state governments have been suffering from a lack of tax revenue and are already operating on austere budgets, know they are either lying or have no idea what they talking about.
Total Quarterly Tax Revenues for All U.S. State, County and Local Entities
(constant 2010 dollars)
1988 First Quarter – $200,980,000,000
2010 Last Quarter – $378,312,000,000
That is an 82% INCREASE over a 22 year period.
Mark Perry at Carpe Diem has the charts.
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Establishment apologists told us just a couple weeks ago that we had to send the Rainy Day fund because we had a Revenue Problem and guys like me who didn’t want them to spend it were uninformed.
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Establishment apologists told us just a couple weeks ago that we had to send the Rainy Day fund because we had a Revenue Problem and guys like me who didn’t want them to spend it were uninformed.
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#44 addendum
The figures in #44 are strictly income. Nothing is said there about bonded indebtedness or states like New Jersey and Illinois who may have had soaring revenues over 2 decades, but chose not to fund their pension funds and are now broke despite all that money. They simply blew it on other pet projects, ballooning payrolls and outright corruption. So, yes, governments can still be broke even after an avalanche of money if they have been foolish and incompetent.
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#44 addendum
The figures in #44 are strictly income. Nothing is said there about bonded indebtedness or states like New Jersey and Illinois who may have had soaring revenues over 2 decades, but chose not to fund their pension funds and are now broke despite all that money. They simply blew it on other pet projects, ballooning payrolls and outright corruption. So, yes, governments can still be broke even after an avalanche of money if they have been foolish and incompetent. -
What’s the rainy day fund for?
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What’s the rainy day fund for?
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46 Sarge,
Amazing how that happens. You need to see DJ’s posting on the issue!
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46 Sarge,
Amazing how that happens. You need to see DJ’s posting on the issue!
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46 Sarge,
It kinda ties it altogether. Well, it looks like time for a Miller and a good belly laugh.
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46 Sarge,
It kinda ties it altogether. Well, it looks like time for a Miller and a good belly laugh.
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50 Simple Simon says:
March 31, 2011 at 3:21 pm
46 Sarge,Amazing how that happens. You need to see DJ’s posting on the issue!
Simple
I did.
Now, all of a sudden, we need support from the despicable uninformed nutcases.
49 Hamous says:
March 31, 2011 at 3:20 pm
What’s the rainy day fund for?When its only $9.4 billion, you save it for a massive natural disaster. Experience has shown us lately that $9 billion doesn’t go as far as it used to anymore.
If they tell you one week that we need tlo spend the money because we don’t have the revenue and can’t get it, then the next week tell you we have all the revenue we need, i do think its worth mentioning in any case.
To quote Ace
It’s a good argument. My problem with it, though, is that I am tired of the Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Manana, Manana non-plan plan for reducing spending. We cannot be told always that big changes are coming in the future. That’s how we got here — we just kept permitting these problems to grow worse as we talked always about future changes.
I ain’t buying the “We’re getting right on that,” thing anymore. I’m telling everybody I know that, and I’m pointing it out everytime I get told—especially iof I get told something else right after.
This crap has gone on too long. The goodwill has been all burned up.
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50 Simple Simon says:
March 31, 2011 at 3:21 pm
46 Sarge,
Amazing how that happens. You need to see DJ’s posting on the issue!
SimpleI did.
Now, all of a sudden, we need support from the despicable uninformed nutcases.49 Hamous says:
March 31, 2011 at 3:20 pm
What’s the rainy day fund for?When its only $9.4 billion, you save it for a massive natural disaster. Experience has shown us lately that $9 billion doesn’t go as far as it used to anymore.
If they tell you one week that we need tlo spend the money because we don’t have the revenue and can’t get it, then the next week tell you we have all the revenue we need, i do think its worth mentioning in any case.
To quote AceIt’s a good argument. My problem with it, though, is that I am tired of the Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Manana, Manana non-plan plan for reducing spending. We cannot be told always that big changes are coming in the future. That’s how we got here — we just kept permitting these problems to grow worse as we talked always about future changes.
I ain’t buying the “We’re getting right on that,” thing anymore. I’m telling everybody I know that, and I’m pointing it out everytime I get told—especially iof I get told something else right after.
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#49 hamous
One would think that a “rainy day fund” would be for those times when something big, unforeseen, and unforeseeable happens e.g., a big hurricane, an outbreak of tornadoes, an outbreak of a disease that significantly disrupts the economy.By this definition, I would support the rainy day fund being used to shore up the current budget (nobody thought the economy would tank this badly while having a Federal government that only makes it worse), but not the next biennium’s budget (it hasn’t happened yet and can be planned – by definition).
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#49 hamous
One would think that a “rainy day fund” would be for those times when something big, unforeseen, and unforeseeable happens e.g., a big hurricane, an outbreak of tornadoes, an outbreak of a disease that significantly disrupts the economy.
By this definition, I would support the rainy day fund being used to shore up the current budget (nobody thought the economy would tank this badly while having a Federal government that only makes it worse), but not the next biennium’s budget (it hasn’t happened yet and can be planned – by definition). -
By this definition, I would support the rainy day fund being used to shore up the current budget (nobody thought the economy would tank this badly while having a Federal government that only makes it worse), but not the next biennium’s budget (it hasn’t happened yet and can be planned – by definition).
We were spending too dam much money before the economy went bad.
Nobody would listen to us until it did.
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By this definition, I would support the rainy day fund being used to shore up the current budget (nobody thought the economy would tank this badly while having a Federal government that only makes it worse), but not the next biennium’s budget (it hasn’t happened yet and can be planned – by definition).
We were spending too dam much money before the economy went bad.
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Seriously guys;
Some of y’all are acting as if we just discovered we’re spending too much money. Its an attitude that will result in the spending and growth of government going right back up as soon as we recover even a little bit. I’m tired of theses guys being given excuses. I’m tired of being asked to be a freakin cheerleader to the guys who are spending all the money.
It ain’t like the government ain’t doing a lot of crap it has no business doing.
If we don’t stop it now, its just going to come back and bite us on the ass in a couple of years. We need to change the friggin direction, and to do that we have to come to a full friggin stop first.
I’ve got a fund stashed away in case I need major repairs on my car, but if there’s something that needs to be fixed and I can pay for it by cutting back on some other expenses for 6 months (which was all we were asking the State to do), then I don’t spend any of that money.
What I get out of that is if I DO have to dip into that fund, there’s more of it, more left over after I make the necessary expense, which means its easier to get it back to the level it was at before I spent the money.
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Seriously guys;
Some of y’all are acting as if we just discovered we’re spending too much money. Its an attitude that will result in the spending and growth of government going right back up as soon as we recover even a little bit. I’m tired of theses guys being given excuses. I’m tired of being asked to be a freakin cheerleader to the guys who are spending all the money.
It ain’t like the government ain’t doing a lot of crap it has no business doing.
If we don’t stop it now, its just going to come back and bite us on the ass in a couple of years. We need to change the friggin direction, and to do that we have to come to a full friggin stop first.
I’ve got a fund stashed away in case I need major repairs on my car, but if there’s something that needs to be fixed and I can pay for it by cutting back on some other expenses for 6 months (which was all we were asking the State to do), then I don’t spend any of that money.
What I get out of that is if I DO have to dip into that fund, there’s more of it, more left over after I make the necessary expense, which means its easier to get it back to the level it was at before I spent the money. -
O ‘Bout that “Hopey Changy Stuff” Gasoline up 100% under Obama.
Feeling pain at the pump? Gas prices have doubled since Mr. Obama took office. According to the GasBuddy gasoline price tracking web site, the price of a gallon of regular gas was around $1.79 when Mr. Obama took office. Today the national average is $3.58. The lowest average price in the continental United States is $3.31 in Tulsa Oklahoma, the highest is $4.14 in Santa Barbara, CA. Four-dollar-a-gallon gas has arrived on average throughout California, and a number of other states are headed in that direction.
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O ‘Bout that “Hopey Changy Stuff” Gasoline up 100% under Obama.
Feeling pain at the pump? Gas prices have doubled since Mr. Obama took office. According to the GasBuddy gasoline price tracking web site, the price of a gallon of regular gas was around $1.79 when Mr. Obama took office. Today the national average is $3.58. The lowest average price in the continental United States is $3.31 in Tulsa Oklahoma, the highest is $4.14 in Santa Barbara, CA. Four-dollar-a-gallon gas has arrived on average throughout California, and a number of other states are headed in that direction.
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Obama has graduated from voting “present” to saying “not it”.
…when 64 senators signed a letter recently that urged President Obama to get involved on developing a “comprehensive” deficit reduction package, it appeared to be a big deal.
But even though Obama has expressed grave concern about the country’s ocean of red ink, he has refused to endorse the Senators’ letter, his fiscal commission’s recommendations for $4 trillion of deficit reduction in the coming decade, or embrace any other approach.
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Obama has graduated from voting “present” to saying “not it”.
…when 64 senators signed a letter recently that urged President Obama to get involved on developing a “comprehensive” deficit reduction package, it appeared to be a big deal.
But even though Obama has expressed grave concern about the country’s ocean of red ink, he has refused to endorse the Senators’ letter, his fiscal commission’s recommendations for $4 trillion of deficit reduction in the coming decade, or embrace any other approach. -
#40:
18/19: I made the same mistake that Texpat did.ON a far more positive note, I played golf today at Memorial Park, I shot a 94 which is not bad for me:>)
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18/19: I made the same mistake that Texpat did.
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I know what we’d like the rainy day fund to be for. I was asking what it can be used for legally.
k) Amounts from the economic stabilization fund may be appropriated during a regular legislative session only for a purpose for which an appropriation from general revenue was made by the preceding legislature and may be appropriated in a special session only for a purpose for which an appropriation from general revenue was made in a preceding legislative session of the same legislature. An appropriation from the economic stabilization fund may be made only if the comptroller certifies that appropriations from general revenue made by the preceding legislature for the current biennium exceed available general revenues and cash balances for the remainder of that biennium. The amount of an appropriation from the economic stabilization fund may not exceed the difference between the comptroller?s estimate of general revenue for the current biennium at the time the comptroller receives for certification the bill making the appropriation and the amount of general revenue appropriations for that biennium previously certified by the comptroller. Appropriations from the economic stabilization fund under this subsection may not extend beyond the last day of the current biennium. An appropriation from the economic stabilization fund must be approved by a three-fifths vote of the members present in each house of the legislature.
(l) If an estimate of anticipated revenues for a succeeding biennium prepared by the comptroller pursuant to Article III, Section 49a, of this constitution is less than the revenues that are estimated at the same time by the comptroller to be available for the current biennium, the legislature may, by a three-fifths vote of the members present in each house, appropriate for the succeeding biennium from the economic stabilization fund an amount not to exceed this difference. Following each fiscal year, the actual amount of revenue shall be computed, and if the estimated difference exceeds the actual difference, the comptroller shall transfer the amount necessary from general revenue to the economic stabilization fund so that the actual difference shall not be exceeded. If all or a portion of the difference in revenue from one biennium to the next results, at least in part, from a change in a tax rate or base adopted by the legislature, the computation of revenue difference shall be adjusted to the amount that would have been available had the rate or base not been changed.
(m) In addition to the appropriation authority provided by Subsections (k) and (l) of this section, the legislature may, by a two-thirds vote of the members present in each house, appropriate amounts from the economic stabilization fund at any time and for any purpose.
Read more: http://vlex.com/vid/economic-stabilization-fund-318133#ixzz1IDNn1TW5
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I know what we’d like the rainy day fund to be for. I was asking what it can be used for legally.
k) Amounts from the economic stabilization fund may be appropriated during a regular legislative session only for a purpose for which an appropriation from general revenue was made by the preceding legislature and may be appropriated in a special session only for a purpose for which an appropriation from general revenue was made in a preceding legislative session of the same legislature. An appropriation from the economic stabilization fund may be made only if the comptroller certifies that appropriations from general revenue made by the preceding legislature for the current biennium exceed available general revenues and cash balances for the remainder of that biennium. The amount of an appropriation from the economic stabilization fund may not exceed the difference between the comptroller?s estimate of general revenue for the current biennium at the time the comptroller receives for certification the bill making the appropriation and the amount of general revenue appropriations for that biennium previously certified by the comptroller. Appropriations from the economic stabilization fund under this subsection may not extend beyond the last day of the current biennium. An appropriation from the economic stabilization fund must be approved by a three-fifths vote of the members present in each house of the legislature.
(l) If an estimate of anticipated revenues for a succeeding biennium prepared by the comptroller pursuant to Article III, Section 49a, of this constitution is less than the revenues that are estimated at the same time by the comptroller to be available for the current biennium, the legislature may, by a three-fifths vote of the members present in each house, appropriate for the succeeding biennium from the economic stabilization fund an amount not to exceed this difference. Following each fiscal year, the actual amount of revenue shall be computed, and if the estimated difference exceeds the actual difference, the comptroller shall transfer the amount necessary from general revenue to the economic stabilization fund so that the actual difference shall not be exceeded. If all or a portion of the difference in revenue from one biennium to the next results, at least in part, from a change in a tax rate or base adopted by the legislature, the computation of revenue difference shall be adjusted to the amount that would have been available had the rate or base not been changed.
(m) In addition to the appropriation authority provided by Subsections (k) and (l) of this section, the legislature may, by a two-thirds vote of the members present in each house, appropriate amounts from the economic stabilization fund at any time and for any purpose.Read more: http://vlex.com/vid/economic-stabilization-fund-318133#ixzz1IDNn1TW5
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Seriously guys;
Some of y’all are acting as if we just discovered we’re spending too much money.
Seriously Sarge. You seem to forget that many of us have been conversating around here for a long time. There was a time, and it wasn’t that long ago, when you were the king of the “Establishment apologists”. Nothing wrong with having a change of heart, and I mean no offense, but lecturing us like some fundamentalist preacher from the Church of God with Signs Following gets a little tedious.
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Seriously guys;
Some of y’all are acting as if we just discovered we’re spending too much money.Seriously Sarge. You seem to forget that many of us have been conversating around here for a long time. There was a time, and it wasn’t that long ago, when you were the king of the “Establishment apologists”. Nothing wrong with having a change of heart, and I mean no offense, but lecturing us like some fundamentalist preacher from the Church of God with Signs Following gets a little tedious.
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#60 Hamoose
And it has been used to cover shortfalls any number of times since it was created nearly 20 years ago. The fund has grown from about 1 billion in 2007 to around 5 billion when Straus took office in 2009 to over 8 billion today, projected to be over 9 billion by the end of this year.
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#60 Hamoose
And it has been used to cover shortfalls any number of times since it was created nearly 20 years ago. The fund has grown from about 1 billion in 2007 to around 5 billion when Straus took office in 2009 to over 8 billion today, projected to be over 9 billion by the end of this year. -
Seriously Sarge. You seem to forget that many of us have been conversating around here for a long time. There was a time, and it wasn’t that long ago, when you were the king of the “Establishment apologists”. Nothing wrong with having a change of heart, and I mean no offense, but lecturing us like some fundamentalist preacher from the Church of God with Signs Following gets a little tedious.
No more tedious than getting the same crap for the 30th year from the Republicans.
Just a couple years ago, we had no avenue to challenge them. They picked the primary candidates, and they controlled the message. Things have changed, and I’m taking advantage of those things now that they are available to me—and so are a LOT of other people.
The Republicans had two opportunites early on to show us how they were going to treat us. We had already shown them what happens when we don’t show up for elections, and we showed them what happens when we do.
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Okay, same song, second verse,
A little bit louder and a little bit worse…I can see the blood on the hands now.
But still, I wonder – where are those governments while these children are dying? Is anyone else helping out? And who thinks that we can help others if our economy is dead?
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Okay, same song, second verse,
A little bit louder and a little bit worse…
I can see the blood on the hands now.
But still, I wonder – where are those governments while these children are dying? Is anyone else helping out? And who thinks that we can help others if our economy is dead? -
I forget who said it, and where I heard it but this is appropos:
“You can tell a lot about somebody by looking at how they treat the help.”
We’ve learned a bit about how the Republican Establishment treats the help.
Its a shame, because a lot of us pitched in hard for the first time last year.
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I forget who said it, and where I heard it but this is appropos:
“You can tell a lot about somebody by looking at how they treat the help.”
We’ve learned a bit about how the Republican Establishment treats the help.
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LOL.
I’ll have a beer (or two) with you Simple. I say the same thing for months, and actually contact the people that can make that happen, today they are making it happen, and you want to toss back a few. I’m there, bubba.
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LOL.
I’ll have a beer (or two) with you Simple. I say the same thing for months, and actually contact the people that can make that happen, today they are making it happen, and you want to toss back a few. I’m there, bubba. -
#38 ST
Wow, you’ll be driving all over South Texas that day! Have fun at the movie with Adee. Give her our love. -
#38 ST
Wow, you’ll be driving all over South Texas that day! Have fun at the movie with Adee. Give her our love. -
Correct! (19 of 19 correct)
I took the quiz earlier day but had to go deal with some HOA crisis stuff, didn’t get a chance to post my amazing score. A few were guesses, but that was hours ago and I don’t even remember what they were. I would NOT have gotten the Djibouti Q had we not been joking about that name here recently.
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Correct! (19 of 19 correct)
I took the quiz earlier day but had to go deal with some HOA crisis stuff, didn’t get a chance to post my amazing score. A few were guesses, but that was hours ago and I don’t even remember what they were. I would NOT have gotten the Djibouti Q had we not been joking about that name here recently. -
Well I see that we got involved in this military adventure in Libya at the direction of the United Nations. Apparently when the UN said “jump,” Big O said “how high.” Now that we are engaged, someone thought to ask “BTW, just who are these rebels we are backing?” After determining that no one seems to know who they are, Dear Leader summoned the CIA and tasked them to check the local phone books and talk to neighbors to see if Al Queda or any of their affiliates were involved, especially since there is now a move underfoot to provide arms to these “rebels.” I suppose that if it is discovered that this rebellion in Libya is not an Al Queda operation he will deny them arms, pull us out, apologize to Kadifi, offer to replace the equipment we blew up, and get ready for the next election.
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Well I see that we got involved in this military adventure in Libya at the direction of the United Nations. Apparently when the UN said “jump,” Big O said “how high.” Now that we are engaged, someone thought to ask “BTW, just who are these rebels we are backing?” After determining that no one seems to know who they are, Dear Leader summoned the CIA and tasked them to check the local phone books and talk to neighbors to see if Al Queda or any of their affiliates were involved, especially since there is now a move underfoot to provide arms to these “rebels.” I suppose that if it is discovered that this rebellion in Libya is not an Al Queda operation he will deny them arms, pull us out, apologize to Kadifi, offer to replace the equipment we blew up, and get ready for the next election.
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#42 Dude
mharper42 is obviously not a golfer.
Right, I am not a golfer but how is it obvious? I haven’t had a chance to figure out what “Look in the quotes on imdb” means, either — will that help me? Never mind, I’m too tired tonight to care.
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#42 Dude
mharper42 is obviously not a golfer.
Right, I am not a golfer but how is it obvious? I haven’t had a chance to figure out what “Look in the quotes on imdb” means, either — will that help me? Never mind, I’m too tired tonight to care.
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#59 Pyro
still in their original shells
Looks like a frame from an “Alien” movie on the display. Ripley is one of my favorite movie characters…
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#59 Pyro
still in their original shells
Looks like a frame from an “Alien” movie on the display. Ripley is one of my favorite movie characters…
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mh42
the rug:Woo, Treehorn Thug: Ever thus to deadbeats, Lebowski.
[urinates on The Dude’s rug]
The Dude: Oh, man, don’t do that.
Woo, Treehorn Thug: You see what happens? You see what happens, Lebowski?Walter Sobchak: That rug really tied the room together, did it not?
The Dude: ***in’ A.
Donny: And this guy peed on it.
Walter Sobchak: Donny, please.The Dude: I could be just sitting at home with pee stains on my rug.
The Big Lebowski: I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?
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mh42
the rug:Woo, Treehorn Thug: Ever thus to deadbeats, Lebowski.
[urinates on The Dude’s rug]
The Dude: Oh, man, don’t do that.
Woo, Treehorn Thug: You see what happens? You see what happens, Lebowski?Walter Sobchak: That rug really tied the room together, did it not?
The Dude: ***in’ A.
Donny: And this guy peed on it.
Walter Sobchak: Donny, please.The Dude: I could be just sitting at home with pee stains on my rug.
The Big Lebowski: I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?
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Obumma wins and accepts transparency award and then the band played this tune.
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Obumma wins and accepts transparency award and then the band played this tune.
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RE: The Rug
I’m with you mharper, guess we’d have had to been there.
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RE: The Rug
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Texpat and Bonecrusher, I likewise got 18/19 and missed Qatar. Was squinting at the map to see if it looked like an island or not. I’m in good company. 🙂
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Texpat and Bonecrusher, I likewise got 18/19 and missed Qatar. Was squinting at the map to see if it looked like an island or not. I’m in good company. 🙂
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Don’t fall for any April Foolery today. Via Kim Komando, here are a few of the more successful hoaxes:
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/P0/ -
Don’t fall for any April Foolery today. Via Kim Komando, here are a few of the more successful hoaxes:
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/P0/
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