A Forum for Grinches and Ho-Ho-Hoes - Page 3

baltassoc · 12-02-2004, 04:02 PM

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Originally posted by dtb
OK, I tried to be all submissive and shit, but, eh -- it's just not my way.

like's, Hank? Come on.

What, you bust him I like's but let the butchering of the subjunctive slip?

Replaced_Texan · 12-02-2004, 04:08 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
So it turns out that most abstinence programs (11 of 13 surveyed) lie to kids about sex. Oh the humanity!

And then there's this stuff:

Some course materials cited in Waxman's report present as scientific fact notions about a man's need for "admiration" and "sexual fulfillment" compared with a woman's need for "financial support." One book in the "Choosing Best" series tells the story of a knight who married a village maiden instead of the princess because the princess offered so many tips on slaying the local dragon. "Moral of the story," notes the popular text: "Occasional suggestions and assistance may be alright, but too much of it will lessen a man's confidence or even turn him away from his princess."

Oy.

They should supplement that material with the books I posted on the FB yesterday.

dtb · 12-02-2004, 04:16 PM

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Originally posted by baltassoc
What, you bust him I like's but let the butchering of the subjunctive slip?

A perfect example of why grammar and punctuation are so important. When I see something such as "like's", I can go no further. I didn't even GET to the grammar, as the punctuation was so abysmal as to be utterly distracting.

Hank Chinaski · 12-02-2004, 04:21 PM

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Originally posted by dtb
A perfect example of why grammar and punctuation are so important. When I see something such as "like's", I can go no further. I didn't even GET to the grammar, as the punctuation was so abysmal as to be utterly distracting.

Maybe YOUR underwear is too tight? (does that work with girls?)

ilikenewsocks · 12-02-2004, 04:27 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Maybe YOUR underwear is too tight? (does that work with girls?)

I haven't really been paying attention, but maybe the analogue is "Did you run your plastic bra straps through the dryer again?"

dtb · 12-02-2004, 04:29 PM

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Originally posted by ilikenewsocks
I haven't really been paying attention, but maybe the analogue is "Did you run your plastic bra straps through the dryer again?"

A. Why does anyone have plastic bra straps?

B. Who puts bras in the dryer?

Hank Chinaski · 12-02-2004, 04:32 PM

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Originally posted by dtb
B. Who puts bras in the dryer?

Me. Early in marriage when I had drawn laundry as a chore and wanted to fuck up to get out of it.

Sidd Finch · 12-02-2004, 04:32 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Maybe YOUR underwear is too tight? (does that work with girls?)

No, it doesn't. But it does give her the opportunity to respond "I'm not wearing any."

So you got that going for you. That's kind of nice.

Replaced_Texan · 12-02-2004, 04:36 PM

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Originally posted by dtb
A. Why does anyone have plastic bra straps?

B. Who puts bras in the dryer?

Ok, ok, lesson learned. I'll never, ever do it again. And not just because the dryer melted my plastic bra straps.

Sidd Finch · 12-02-2004, 04:45 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
An Iranian man, prepares his daughter, who is a member of a suicide commandos unit, by covering her face in the same style of Palestinian and Lebanese militants, during a ceremony where the first suicide commandos unit was inaugurated at the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. Some 200 masked young men and women gathered at the cemetery Thursday to pledge their willingness to carry out suicide bomb attacks against Americans in Iraq and Israelis.

Lovely.

And you thought you had it bad when your parents pressured you into law school.

Replaced_Texan · 12-02-2004, 04:52 PM

Here's a fun one.

The BBC says that HIV positive kids in the foster system in NYC are being enrolled in clincial trials for experimental, sometimes painful and lethal, HIV drugs. They really don't have a choice.

Article on the BBC documentary called Guinea Pig Kids, which aired on Monday.

I'd love to see the IRB documentation on these trials. One hopes that someone at OHRP took note of the documentary.

Sidd Finch · 12-02-2004, 05:05 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I'd love to see the IRB documentation on these trials. One hopes that someone at OHRP took note of the documentary.

Acronym-wise, I was with you right up until that paragraph.

sgtclub · 12-02-2004, 05:14 PM

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Originally posted by dtb
OK, I tried to be all submissive and shit, but, eh -- it's just not my way.

like's, Hank? Come on.

Give him a break, he eats shoots and leaves.

ltl/fb · 12-02-2004, 05:16 PM

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Originally posted by sgtclub
Give him a break, he eats shoots and leaves.

It would be better if he ate chutes, and left.

ETA I think that the subjunctive requires the tense I used. Hank could get a t-shirt that said "Eats chutes, and leaves" if he reformed and wanted a commemorative t-shirt.

Replaced_Texan · 12-02-2004, 05:17 PM

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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Acronym-wise, I was with you right up until that paragraph.

IRB=Institutional Review Board (a review board that approves research on human subjects before they can be conducted).

OHRP=Office of Human Research Protections (the office at DHHS that oversees IRBs all over the country). It's possible that no federal government money was used in any of these clinical trials, but I can't imagine that the IRB for the Foster System in New York doesn't review some federally funded research, which would put it under the perview of OHRP.

On a historical note, foster kids, espeically foster kids that won't be going back to their parents and are unlikely to be adopted have been great research subjects, because they are generally in controlled conditions, so it's easy to compare and contrast.