I was sitting in a pub (bar) talking to someone. They were a student in anthropology ... That's the boring part ... I started to think; What would happen if I went back 1200 years and built an Iron Bloom (early form of iron smelter) on the NorthIsland's Northern East Coast beaches?
Would the Queen's birthday address begin with the Boss Pom appearing on TV with a Moko on her chin and the phrase, "Hiaere mia, hiaere mai ..."
I agree. It can't get any worse. Vote for someone who is going to look after you as citizens of the USA. The rest of the World can look after itself ... or not. But you all need someone who gives a rats whether you can access good education, health and employment.
But is it "Vampyrism" if there is a benefit for both (all) parties?
Vampyres (whether bats or undead) are by nature parasites. I have the more positive view that this site and the attendes are symbiotic in nature. Even the person who has geometrically opposing views to mine has an opinion which deserves consideration. That opinion may or may not have logical validity (Spock rises from my multiple personalities). however this opinion causes me to check my opinion(s). It's logic may cause me to modify my opinions. Isn't that a healthy thing?
Virtually real ... and you will meet some really good virtual company here. You only have to talk to them when you feel like it, you don't have to pick up their discarded dsirty clothes, they won't keep you awake with their snoring ... Really GOOD VALUE friends.
Crazy horse was the greatest Signer of all time. Crazy Horse used the middle finger thrust up, followed by the middle finger thrust across at General George Custer just before the battle at the Little Big Horn. It nearly cost the Amerinds the battle because all the braves were laughing so hard they were falling off their horses.
"What does that mean?" asked Custer of his Scout. "Well, you know what the finger straight up means?" asked the Scout. "Yes." said Custer. "The finger straight across means he's not happy with your horse either." said the Scout.
There is not much you can do but be there. Wait for him to say things and think before you reply. Grief is a strange thing. Anger is sometimes a byproduct. But you can't read other people's minds and really don't know what they are thinking ... so wait until they say something. Good luck.
Do you really believe that ALL Muslims support the killing of everyone else?
"Lord" ??? Which one? The one that stood on the Mount and preached Peace or the one the Christian Right have developed to run a new Crusade with.
I am a proud Celtic Pagan. I would be Buddist but they take too much crap from all the other religions. And they don't have half the fun running around naked nder a full Moon.
(I probably won't mention happiness or the fact that all though there are many more guns per head of populations ad a small fraction of Canadians kill each other with them ... no I won't mention that)
of your partners to the North is so much worse than yours.
14 wives hanging on a wall, There were 14 wives hanging on a wall, Now what would happen if one should accidently fall, There'd be 13 wives hanging on a wall.
Appologies to all the green bottles out there trying to get a date for the weekend.
The thing is that humor is culturally relevant. Note: "Relevant" is not the same as "Sensitive". Humor is often culturally insensitive. We often laugh because if the scene that is being played out was real, it would be TERRIBLE!
The recent attempt at translating "Kath and Kim" to the USA cultural setting has failed because the direct translation is irrelivant. Australia probably has closer cultural (and therefore humor) ties to the USA (with the exception of Canada) than any other country. However, the differencce is enough to turn USA "Kath and Kim" into a failure.
Comedians, nature's revisionists and deep thinkers, would understand this. Accountants, who see profit in Australia and expect the same but bigger from the USA, wouldn't.
Therefore, comedians are our greatest intellectual resource. Support your local comedian!
PS Cheech and Chong translated very well in 1970s New Zealand (more British based humor-culture wise than Australia) because we had a hippy cuture and we (Kiwis) loved to imitate the US culture.
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RE: If we evolved from monkeys... why dont I like bananas???
You don't like bananas because you evolved from African monkeys, Bananas are an Asian fruit.