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Did you just call me Coltrane? · 08-22-2003, 04:33 PM

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...expensive_city

(spree - story about expensive cities)

Top 2 American cities: #4 New York; #9 Chicago

How can Chicago be more expensive than SF?

Pretty Little Flower · 08-22-2003, 04:34 PM

Because I like you all, I am going to help you. I am going to teach you.

Funny:

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What does the program say about subject-verb agreement?

Not funny:

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What does the program say about subject-verb agreement?

You're welcome.

Bad_Rich_Chic · 08-22-2003, 04:34 PM

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Originally posted by c2ed
You may soon hear this debate in a state near you. California (where all dubious trends start) is laying down the law, and banning soda in elementary and middle schools:

C(less caffeine and sugar, more ritalin?)deuced

What about coffee?

Actually, I rather approve of banning junk food from schools, but I think the real responsibility is for parents to either lay down the law about what kids are allowed to buy at school, or, knowing how effective that is likely to be, simply not provide their offspring with money with which to buy Pizza-Hut and Taco Hell for lunch. Or choke up the extra taxes so schools aren't trying to plug budget gaps like this.

Alternatively, the state could pay the schools to forego such offers.

BR(why regulate when you can contract for it?)C

purse junkie · 08-22-2003, 04:40 PM

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Originally posted by c2ed
banning soda in elementary and middle schools:

Now that I am in no danger of being impacted by it, I fully support the ban. Why don't we just cough up enough money for the schools so we don't have to turn kids into early-deaths-by-obesity lab rats by cramming them full of crap to pay the teachers?

Hell, I don't mind paying for it, and I can't even stand half the ill-mannered little monsters we're educating.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 08-22-2003, 04:41 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
What kind of communist are you????

A godless one. Are there any other kind?

taxwonk · 08-22-2003, 04:43 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
HEY, at least I'm a fucking moose with good hair, baldy.

Keep telling yourself that, Sparky. At my advanced age, I tend to do better by focusing on substance over form anyway.

Tax(clearly, I've been doing this tax shit too long)wonk

NotFromHere · 08-22-2003, 04:43 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...expensive_city

(spree - story about expensive cities)

Top 2 American cities: #4 New York; #9 Chicago

How can Chicago be more expensive than SF?

Easy. 1/2 the population in SF is an unemployed exdotcommer. No money, prices go down.

W.W.L.D. · 08-22-2003, 04:44 PM

Wesley Willis dead today from surgery-related complications.

RIP

link to the Alternative Tentacles site, which has gone down due to some unexpected heavy traffic.

NotFromHere · 08-22-2003, 04:45 PM

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Originally posted by taxwonk
Keep telling yourself that, Sparky. At my advanced age, I tend to do better by focusing on substance over form anyway.

Tax(clearly, I've been doing this tax shit too long)wonk

Geez, who knew you'd be so touchy about your comb-over?

And it's Snarky.

bridge of love · 08-22-2003, 04:45 PM

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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Because I like you all, I am going to help you. I am going to teach you.

Funny:

Not funny:

You're welcome.

those who can do. those who can't........

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 08-22-2003, 04:47 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Easy. 1/2 the population in SF is an unemployed exdotcommer. No money, prices go down.

And SF wasn't included in the study. Here's a link to the actual USB study, which includes many other similar lists (cost of living, cost of clothing, etc.): http://www.ubs.com/e/media_overview/...L_2003_e_m.pdf

Pretty Little Flower · 08-22-2003, 04:51 PM

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Originally posted by bridge of love
those who can do. those who can't........

You pathetic little ingrate. You of all socks should be weeping with thankfulness for the morsels of wisdom I occasionally throw your way. Sometimes I wonder why I even bother. Maybe my heart is two sizes too big. But, please, by all means continue to phone it in. What do I care?

bilmore · 08-22-2003, 04:52 PM

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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Maybe my heart is two sizes too big.

Finally, we start getting back to fashion-related topics.

Shape Shifter · 08-22-2003, 04:53 PM

You will now have to do without some of the blood-pumping classics. With provocative lyrics such as, "My blue-blooded sweetheart, you don't care about morals, always acting like Western stars do." At least in Thailand.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Musi...ist/index.html

Next they'll ban trafficking in opium and sex slaves. Slippery slope and all.

Edit: Isn't banning both #1 and #2 inconsistent?

Replaced_Texan · 08-22-2003, 04:54 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Isn't there advertising on the walls of schools and also piped in via TV during homeroom? Or was this a short-lived thing that lasted not long after I finished high school?

Edited to add, I think that Coke and Pepsi are "traditional family values" and may somehow be involved with abstinence. So how dare you protest their roles in the education of our children? What kind of communist are you????

I'm pretty sure that I've heard about product placement in textbooks too. I'd think that putting your name in a word problem could backfire and make your intended audience hate you forever, but it's a gamble some companies are willing to take.