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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
where would you like the 10 inches added?

excellent point. I do need someone to blow up the relevant portion of the Hamm twin who is in the tighter outfit. They might need 5 in each.

I'm short, so their height won't matter much.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Regardless of their age, they've got a certain Corky-like quality that makes the thought of such a sandwich pretty nauseating. In fact, with one exception, I find male gymnasts completely sexually unappealing.

P.S. They might be fraternal twins, which would give the underachiever an excuse he can offer up at the bar when he's trying to buy the brunette anorexic Olsen twin a beer.

Which male gymnast do you find appealing? Male gymnasts are too short for my taste and female gymnasts are too something for my taste. The male swimmers are doing it for me this year though.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
where would you like the 10 inches added?

To my fancy place.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
If you were the twin without all the medals, would any of that help you sleep at night?

That sounds like something his grandmother says to him to make him feel better after each competition.

TM

I don't know. I'm not a twin and I haven't ever really competed with my siblings in anything where it's so easy to compare and contrast results immediately. I do know that I'm genuinely happy for my siblings when they're doing well and the spotlight is on them. If we were competing for the same spotlight? I'm fairly competitive and I think I'd be pissed off at my sib if he or she beat me out, but that's me. I'd be more pissed off at myself. The sib would feel my wrath though.

This probably is a really cool opportunity to study the nurture nature thing. Is one more laid back than the other? Does Paul want it more than Morgan? Do they put the same effort into the workouts? Does Morgan have any issues with performance anxiety? I imagine their personalities and attitudes have a lot of impact on how they perform.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Regardless of their age, they've got a certain Corky-like quality that makes the thought of such a sandwich pretty nauseating. In fact, with one exception, I find male gymnasts completely sexually unappealing.

Apropos of Corky, I urge all of you to go see "Garden State." Good music, a sad/sweet/funny story, and it has Natalie Portman. What more could one ask for in a coming of age flick?

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Which male gymnast do you find appealing? Male gymnasts are too short for my taste and female gymnasts are too something for my taste. The male swimmers are doing it for me this year though.

There are not enough pictures of Marian Dragulescu. He's the best looking of the bunch.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
where would you like the 10 inches added?

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
To my fancy place.

Oh, you redecorated?

[ThurgreedMarshall]

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/L..._040824-1.html

Stinging Debate
Parents Divided Over Practice of ‘Hot Saucing’ as a Form of Discipline

Aug. 24, 2004 — The practice of "hot saucing" a child's tongue as a method of discipline may seem cruel to some parents, but those who regularly use the punishment say it teaches their charges valuable and long-lasting lessons.

Boston family therapist Carleton Kendrick says he is vehemently against hot saucing or corporal punishment of any kind.

"There's no room for pain and humiliation and fear in disciplining healthy children," Kendrick said. "I think it's a rather barbaric practice to say the least."

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I'll admit that I've never heard of this form of punishment, but it sounds promising. These pansy-ass parents need to get more personally involved in the disciplining of their children. Some kids need to get smacked. Some don't. If no injury results from applying some hot sauce to their tongues, what's the big fucking deal?

I suppose if your kitchen looks like this, it could be a problem:



But it's better than if your parents started collecting these:



I've never had to hit my child (the slightest bit of anger in my voice usually does the trick), but I wouldn't use the hot sauce technique because who wants to train their child to have a pavlovian response to spicy food?

TM

[tmdiva]

Originally posted by leagleaze
Last night we were watching the rings and felt that the person who competed second was underscored. I forget who he was, but he was outstanding.

I believe that was Jordan Jovtchev of Bulgaria. He really was amazingly strong.

tm

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Which male gymnast do you find appealing? Male gymnasts are too short for my taste and female gymnasts are too something for my taste. The male swimmers are doing it for me this year though.

Nemov is hot.

Anne
More swimmers in low cut bathing suits, please.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I've never had to hit my child (the slightest bit of anger in my voice usually does the trick), but I wouldn't use the hot sauce technique because who wants to train their child to have a pavlovian response to spicy food?

TM

I agree. I don't think it's barbaric, but spicy food is one of life's great pleasures, and I wouldn't want to raise a kid who grows up to be a joyless picky-eating pain in the ass.

Mmm, wasabi! (I love the way it hurts between the eyes.)

ETA: while the hot sauce itself doesn't seem cruel, on a larger level I think it's is cruel for a parent to connect so closely food with a child's discipline (either punishment or reward).

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall I'll admit that I've never heard of this form of punishment, but it sounds promising. These pansy-ass parents need to get more personally involved in the disciplining of their children. Some kids need to get smacked. Some don't. If no injury results from applying some hot sauce to their tongues, what's the big fucking deal?

TM

I think that my mouth was washed out with soap once or twice for saying a bad word. What's the difference? I've drunk a bottle of tabasco sauce and eaten habaneras as two separate dares and I've come in second in a jalapeno eating contest, so I might not be the best judge on this sort of thing as punishment. I really like sangritas.

I agree with you though that I wouldn't want my kid to have an aversion to spicy food or think of it as a punishment.

[lookingformarket]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall

I've never had to hit my child (the slightest bit of anger in my voice usually does the trick),
TM

Of course, if you beat the kid's mom enough, just raising your voice to the kid usually calms em down, huh?

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
There are not enough pictures of Marian Dragulescu. He's the best looking of the bunch.

I agree. He is a little too pretty though. But nice muscles.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I think that my mouth was washed out with soap once or twice for saying a bad word. What's the difference? I've drunk a bottle of tabasco sauce and eaten habaneras as two separate dares and I've come in second in a jalapeno eating contest, so I might not be the best judge on this sort of thing as punishment. I really like sangritas.

I agree with you though that I wouldn't want my kid to have an aversion to spicy food or think of it as a punishment.

I can't stand whiny kids. I know I should have more control over my emotions, but whenever I hear my friends' or relatives' little whiny bastards disobey their parents, with no consequences, it drives me batty. I forget who said this, but it's too bad you can't discipline other peoples' kids. I don't really care what the form is, time out, spanking, harsh words, hot sauce, soap, so long as it is consistently applied and the kid learns not to disobey. Of course, my kid is perfect.