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ltl/fb · 07-23-2003, 05:33 PM

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Finally, a rational explanation for why population density in Canadian urban areas is very high, but that density seems to fall off the further you get into the tundra.

Enough with the slamming on Canadians all the time. There seem to be some misogyny problems in Australia that may require our attention . . .

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

notcasesensitive · 07-23-2003, 05:38 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Enough with the slamming on Canadians all the time. There seem to be some misogyny problems in Australia that may require our attention . . .

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

Those bugs definitely need to be extinctuated before this American agrees to let Australia become the 51st state!

Edited to add link to discussion of 51st state idea -- http://www.news.com.au/common/story_...55E421,00.html

I think that doctor guy is smoking crack.

Bad_Rich_Chic · 07-23-2003, 05:40 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
My friend is a bar owner and he says that ain't it. There aren't less smokers going out or more non-smokers taking their places. The breakdown is pretty much the same. It's just that the smokers who would normally be smoking AND drinking have to go back and forth and aren't drinking nearly as much.

TM

My local bartenders say the smokers who come in are drinking less, and going home sooner, because they have to keep schlepping their butts out the door, but also say smoking former regulars just don't come in as much at all 'cause going to a bar just to walk in and out doors all night is now more bother than they want, so they just stay home. And the other regulars come in less because the smoking regulars aren't around as much to hang out with, and it just keeps getting worse over time in a great cycle of staying away. In other words, they think the ban was a serious hit to bar culture, and the remainder of bar culture is sort of disintigrating in its wake, and nothing is taking its place.

taxwonk · 07-23-2003, 05:42 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Penske's momma already owns the exclusive rights to both these names. She leased them out indefinitely to Taxwonk for a ham sammich and, ironically enough, a Pepsi.

TM

Diet Pepsi.

And I'm willing to sub-license the names if the fluffers are drawn from the FB pool and I get vetting and audition rights.

NotFromHere · 07-23-2003, 05:43 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Enough with the slamming on Canadians all the time. There seem to be some misogyny problems in Australia that may require our attention . . .

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

Tell you what, anyone hops on my back for a free ride is going to starve to death.

notcasesensitive · 07-23-2003, 05:47 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Tell you what, anyone hops on my back for a free ride is going to starve to death.

Just say no!
To guys who would make you tow.

ThrashersFan · 07-23-2003, 05:53 PM

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
My local bartenders say the smokers who come in are drinking less, and going home sooner, because they have to keep schlepping their butts out the door, but also say smoking former regulars just don't come in as much at all 'cause going to a bar just to walk in and out doors all night is now more bother than they want, so they just stay home. And the other regulars come in less because the smoking regulars aren't around as much to hang out with, and it just keeps getting worse over time in a great cycle of staying away. In other words, they think the ban was a serious hit to bar culture, and the remainder of bar culture is sort of disintigrating in its wake, and nothing is taking its place.

And don't forget that it is common knowledge that smokers tip more than non-smokers so the wait-staff is being shorted. Why is it that smokers tip more? Is it because we drink more? Or is it because we figure that we have less time to live and thus nothing to save for? hmmmmm

NotFromHere · 07-23-2003, 05:57 PM

EAGLE, Colo., July 23 — The 19-year-old woman who accused Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant of rape was named on Tuesday by a nationally syndicated talk-show host and on the Internet, pushing her into the spotlight despite pleas for privacy from her family. Meanwhile Tom Leykis, host of a radio talk-show based in Los Angeles and aimed mostly at young men, began using her name on the air and told Reuters that he has no plans to stop. “We’re told that rape is violence, not sex, and if that’s true there’s no reason she should feel shame or embarrassment,” Leykis said, adding that he felt it unfair to name Bryant but not his accuser.
The talk-show host, who is heard on 60 stations across the country, also said he did not believe the woman’s claims. Saunders said Leykis’ reasoning about rape and disclosure was a “distortion” because rape victims were often stigmatized by society.
“Rape is a person using domination in sex to express aggression, if not outright sadism,” she said. “Rape uses sex to debase a woman and to assert male dominance. (Leykis) has no right to take it upon himself to make that kind of decision. This guy violated what I think is an ethical law.”

OK, here's my take...Leykis, who is sometimes funny, has gone off the deep end on this one. The girl's parents asked people to stop talking to the press after she received multiple death threats from "basketball fans." Now whether or not she is a publicity hound or not is not for him to decide. To say that she should not feel embarassed about being raped is missing the point. If she is feeling threatened and something happens to her - isn't he going to be a little bit responsible for churning the waters?

Atticus Grinch · 07-23-2003, 05:57 PM

So it turns out the guy who woke up from the 19 year coma has a lot more to worry about that the fact that his wardrobe is a little outmoded and he missed Nirvana entirely. The family has yet to break it to him that:

his wife had three children by another man;
the daughter he remembers as a six-week-old baby is now working as a stripper; and
his wife is suing his parents for his legal guardianship.

Whoops.

Shocks Await Coma Victim

ThurgreedMarshall · 07-23-2003, 06:04 PM

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Chicago Police Apologize to Ice Cube

That's gotta sting.

Who would have thought after the release of "Fuck tha Police" that you would ever read a headline like that?

TM

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 07-23-2003, 06:04 PM

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Originally posted by ThrashersFan
And don't forget that it is common knowledge that smokers tip more than non-smokers so the wait-staff is being shorted. Why is it that smokers tip more? Is it because we drink more? Or is it because we figure that we have less time to live and thus nothing to save for? hmmmmm

Because they recognize the inherent justness of compensating the waitstaff for subjecting them to their clouds of carcinogens?

Sidd Finch · 07-23-2003, 06:07 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
One loses all credibility when one starts off a sentence with "according to Michael Moore".

As does one when one doesn't quite get the tongue-in-cheek nature inherent in the other one one's comment.

Nonetheless, my general crush on you persists. You got the legs, I got the scars.

ThurgreedMarshall · 07-23-2003, 06:10 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Enough with the slamming on Canadians all the time. There seem to be some misogyny problems in Australia that may require our attention . . .

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

I can't wait for the sexist Dr. Zeus Bug sock.

TM

NotFromHere · 07-23-2003, 06:11 PM

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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
As does one when one doesn't quite get the tongue-in-cheek nature inherent in the other one one's comment.

Nonetheless, my general crush on you persists. You got the legs, I got the scars.

Did you try to dress kitty up also?

Sidd Finch · 07-23-2003, 06:12 PM

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
My local bartenders say the smokers who come in are drinking less, and going home sooner, because they have to keep schlepping their butts out the door, but also say smoking former regulars just don't come in as much at all 'cause going to a bar just to walk in and out doors all night is now more bother than they want, so they just stay home. And the other regulars come in less because the smoking regulars aren't around as much to hang out with, and it just keeps getting worse over time in a great cycle of staying away. In other words, they think the ban was a serious hit to bar culture, and the remainder of bar culture is sort of disintigrating in its wake, and nothing is taking its place.

A similar thing happened here. Also, bars that enforced the ban took a hit as people went to those that didn't. But over time, the enforcement evened out and, over time, people who were regulars before the ban got over it, and became regulars again.

People who hang out in bars every night will want to keep doing that, in general. And will make an accomodation -- at least, that seems to be the case here.

Though I admit, it's easier to step outside to smoke in a place that never gets too hot or too cold.