Fashion Board 5-7-04 to 6-9-04

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
A lot of people thought this in the late 80s, but new research suggests that the reason the Japanese economy has been stagnating for the last decade is quality circles. It turns out that they have terrible side effects.

Like lack of interest in sex. http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/2...3/6255200s.htm

Maybe they should get bmws.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Like lack of interest in sex. http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/2...3/6255200s.htm

According to that article, Americans are better about lieing about sex than foreigners: "In a 2001 survey, condom maker Durex found that Japan ranked dead last among 28 countries in the frequency of sex: The average Japanese had sex just 36 times a year. Hong Kong was next to last with 63. (Americans ranked No. 1 at 124 times a year.)"

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
According to that article, Americans are better about lieing about sex than foreigners: "In a 2001 survey, condom maker Durex found that Japan ranked dead last among 28 countries in the frequency of sex: The average Japanese had sex just 36 times a year. Hong Kong was next to last with 63. (Americans ranked No. 1 at 124 times a year.)"

While I am sad for you, not all of us have small children.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
According to that article, Americans are better about lieing about sex than foreigners: "In a 2001 survey, condom maker Durex found that Japan ranked dead last among 28 countries in the frequency of sex: The average Japanese had sex just 36 times a year. Hong Kong was next to last with 63. (Americans ranked No. 1 at 124 times a year.)"

Funny, your wife put a different spin on it- not "124 sex acts last year", but "the same sex act 124 times." Subtle difference.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
With us, it's the IT guys walking the halls and chanting "We're rebooting the server!" "We're rebooting the server!"

I think we work in the same office.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Exactly. Sebby, haven't you ever had heart palpitations when you're severely hungover?

Apples and oranges. Recall, I'm only stating that cautious, sensible use is probably not going to kill you.

I wouldn't say I get palpitations when I'm very hungover. Sometimes it just goes a bit faster, but that dissipates with hydration and vitamins and food. Sometimes, it actually ticks a lot slower the next day.

No heart issues on my end. How do I know? I had an EKG and comprhenisve stress test about five years ago. Doc shook may hand afterward and said, "See you in 50 years." From a genetic standpoint, I'm predetermined to die around 80 of cancer, most likely gastrointestinal in nature.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Funny, your wife put a different spin on it- not "124 sex acts last year", but "the same sex act 124 times." Subtle difference.

Your wife told me that neither you nor the Pistons are ever going to score 124 times.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
While I am sad for you, not all of us have small children.

We had friends over to do a "Newlywed Game." 6 couples married 5- 12 years, one "dating" still.

The game is 14 Feb, 45 days into the new year. So one question is "It 45 days into the new year have you and your spouse made whoppee 15 times?" It was the only question every couple got right. The married were all no*, the living together couple yes.

* we knew we'd ask the question so we were right on track- plus I'm Italian.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Your wife told me that neither you nor the Pistons are ever going to score 124 times.

She told me something different about the Pistons.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
(Americans ranked No. 1 at 124 times a year.)"

It was very misleading. The whole category of "with others" was included only as a nearly-hidden footnote.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
"Federal law prohibits disclosing the identity of a covert agent, triggering an investigation into the leak. Such a disclosure is a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $50,000 fine."

Why isn't Novak subject to this penalty?

TM

More importantly, why is Ashcroft not at least trying to prosecute him? The DOJ under Ashcroft has been seeking to push the envelope of prosecutable offense using the terror prtext for some time. Seems Novak is an excellent test case for the law you cite above. At a minimum, a diligent prosecutor would charge Novak to squeeze him into providing info.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
With us, it's the IT guys walking the halls and chanting "We're rebooting the server!" "We're rebooting the server!" Based on their obvious excitement at fucking up the actual practice of law, I'd say it's something like a pep cheer.

you should be less tied to routine. a lot of use that time to go have a shit.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
More importantly, why is Ashcroft not at least trying to prosecute him? The DOJ under Ashcroft has been seeking to push the envelope of prosecutable offense using the terror prtext for some time. Seems Novak is an excellent test case for the law you cite above. At a minimum, a diligent prosecutor would charge Novak to squeeze him into providing info.

The info Novak would provide would necessarily implicate someone in the Bush administration. So, unless it's Tenet or Whitman (Todd-Whitman? whatever) or someone else shoved out, it'd really be an aid to terrorism to prosecute this. Because, you know, making the admin look bad is WAY worse for the war on terrorism than the leaking of info on traitorous* covert operatives.

*she is clearly a traitor and wants to aid terrorists because she is married to someone who criticized the admin's case for war. Like, Terrorist, 3rd Degree.

[dtb]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
This relates to a conversation I just had with another associate in the office. Without implicating yourself, how many people do you know who have smoked crack either during law school or during the years they are practicing law?


THank you all. Please participate in my biased survey.

To the extent my fate as an utterly unhip person has not yet been sealed, I suppose this will be the final application of glue, but I don't know ANYONE who has smoked crack. (Well, as far as I know, anyway.) Do people with jobs actually do that?

[Alex_de_Large]

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