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  • A Story of a Boy's First Condom

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    Brilliant! Wish I could vote you a 10! ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Personal 3D projects Just Say No to Web 2 Point Blow
  • Food for thought...

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    It would probably need to be functional more than object oriented, or at least a hybrid. Have fun. This statement is false
  • (Bad) Dirty Joke

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    djj55 wrote: He took a bath. ... with bubbles. (Back to dirty joke) Bubbles is the girl next door. Brad Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.
  • Let's be positive

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    fat_boy wrote: ven Holand is nicer,. At least its dull AND clean, and the Dutch are nice. The Dutch are a bunch of fucking cunts on the whole. Try taking a pram on a tram in Amsterdam (its even funnier when your kid's called Sam).
  • Why Islam sucks part 94

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    Dalek: “I do not see why I should be disbarred from drinking because someone esle doesn't. But, in return, I do not see the need to force my morals and views onto others.” I’ve never heard such a wise sentence in my life! I wish all people who come to Qatar were like you =( Some changes happened in Qatar just because some immigrants don’t feel comfortable.. when we think logically of such situations, the guest (immigrant) should adjust him/herself to the rules of the owner of the house (Qatar), not the opposite.. However, part of the blame is for Qatar’s government; they should have explained how Islam’s freedom is different from the West’s freedom.. I understand that it’s hard for them to become adapted to our culture; it takes time.. I know.. some people may ask: why don’t Muslims adjust themselves to the Western’s rules? but I’ll postpone talking till I have more time, probably till summer vacation… not only because I don't have time, but because I'd like to hear from the other side too.. Dalek: “So, for example, I would not force Muslims and Jews to partake of certain foods, and when we barbeque in the summer, I ensure there are other options, Lamb and Chicken for example. It only takes a little thought, and no-one is offended or hurt.” Man!! The more I read of your post, the more impressed I become!! Dalek: “I find that most people in the world actually do not care about such matters, they are too busy working and raising a family to worry about what you do in private.” You’re right.. well, in my opinion, it’s POLITICS that keeps us all apart.. However, I think that there are a lot of people who began to realize that some of those presidents, emperors, kings, etc don’t represent their people most of the time.. Dalek: “In fact I have a Muslim friend who does take a little alcohol, and insists there is nothing in the Koran stating you cannot, so long as it is in moderation. I think the line he uses is that you take nothing that removes you from God, and two beers is nowhere close to that.” mmm… well, maybe he misunderstood what was mentioned in the Koran.. I’ll try to give a simple translation of what was mentioned.. It’s mentioned that we, Muslims, should never go close to beer.. so, it didn’t say “do not” drink beer, but said “never go close to it”.. and that is more than not drinking it.. e.g., we are supposed not to go to bars even if we won’t drink.. Drugs and cigarettes are under th
  • Yeah, I know, it's just a worm...

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    ... in the hope that they may catch an endangered chub. In which case they plan on killing it to confirm the identification. But only if it's a breeding adult. :-D L u n a t i c F r i n g e
  • hehe... it's an election year here in Australia...

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    That is bad. 5
  • Guilty so why not prosecuted?

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    As Michel Godfroid said the crime's happened more than 10 years ago which means he can't be prosecuted for it anymore (sucks but that's how it is). And I don't expect it to be changed since the government is to busy acting like little children and once again resigned. However, since it's been publicly know now there are a lot more people coming forward (I believe last I heard was up to 50 new victims coming forward). I really really really hope at least one of them wasn't 10 years ago so the bastard can be prosecuted and throw in jail for the rest of his life. Of course all these priests have to do is go to the vatican and stay their and nothing can touch them since the vatican isn't part of the EU and is a sovereign country on it's own, no laws of us apply there.
  • Why did they apologise?

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    peterchen wrote: BNP = Bangladesh Natiuonal Party? Hehe, nah, it's the British National Party. They believe that all non-whites should get out of the country, really racist ugly organisation. peterchen wrote: What "no condoms" is doing to AIDS in Africa. Yes, on my bill that's much much worse than covering child abuse. It is very sickening. They are preaching to people not to use condoms which is causing plight and death, just because they 'believe' its right. peterchen wrote: Still, I defend every mans and womans right to freely choose a belief and life style Were there any Catholic countries in Africa before Europeans showed up? But yes you are right, everyone has a right to believe in anything they want - but I struggle to stay true to that when I see others suffering because of those beliefs. peterchen wrote: So if we were in dire need of population growth, and could "fix" homosexuality pre-birth, should we? Interesting point, and I have no idea of the answer! I actually don't know anyone who is gay, so wouldn't even know what they would think of it. Maybe it could be the topic of another Soapbox discussion! As for the interview I haven't read it yet, but will try to a bit later (it's my last day here and really need to do some last minute tidying up etc). But I think I get your overall point, even if we may disagree on certain aspects. :) "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough" ~ Albert Einstein "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
  • Intolerance - Epic fail.

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    They are where we were 100, maybe 200 years ago. Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^] | FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server.
  • Jesus Christ

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    knowing Maunder hes probably having a larf at ya Micheal B MCAD --- To paraphrase Fred Dagg - the views expressed in this post are bloody good ones. -- Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitor Our kids books :The Snot Goblin, and Book 2 - the Snotgoblin and Fluff
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    i did but i decided to spell it the way i wanted to michEaL Brcye MCAD --- To paraphrase Fred Dagg - the views expressed in this post are bloody good ones. -- Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitor Our kids books :The Snot Goblin, and Book 2 - the Snotgoblin and Fluff
  • love darts

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    Two totally unrelated sentences. :D Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^] | FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server.
  • UK election bias

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    Assuming that the same percentage of people voted in each state, it would be possible for someone to win the presidency with only 28.1% of the popular vote. If the person carried 50.1% of California, Texas, NY, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, NJ and NC and didn't receive a single vote in any other state, they would have enough votes in the electoral college to win, which comes out to 28.1%.
  • The jackasses have done it again.

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    LunaticFringe wrote: Those poor, poor priests. It's hard enough keeping their dicks in their pants under ordinary circumstances, but this is just too much to expect them to resist. Unless those damn lessons include 'How to fellate your priest' I'm failing to see the connection beyond a blatant attempt at blaming something they blame for everything else already. If there is one word I'd never use to describe sex ed it'd be erotic. And my teacher was even cute, but the mechanics of it are fairly boring, and after seeing a live birth w/screaming crotch burster, it really just didn't do it for me.
  • WTF?!

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    Time for bed Mick Michael Martin wrote: So many people having a big go a Matthew Johns, his brother ws a long term druggie and channel 9 have him wrapped up in a big dollar contract don't hear you complaining about him. Andrew Johns was actually the one I was thinking of but wasn't Matthew married at the time he shagged the skank with his mates? And for fucks sake they are footy players and they like to get their dicks out together and watch each other have sex. There is another name for that kind of guy. It is a shit game full of meat heads with negative IQ's and I find the entire thing shameful.
  • They just can't help themselves. [modified]

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    Pete O'Hanlon wrote: the other's about abusing somebody who is not in a position to fight back Yeah, poor priests, helpless in the face of desire.... :suss: Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^] | FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server.
  • Customer Service at its worst - Talk Talk

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    The efficient version: Them: "Good day, this is Bob from Annoying Company..." You [Interrupting]: Bugger off! [CLICK] Software Zen: delete this; Fold With Us![^]
  • And while I'm having a rant... Ta!

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    The major problem with this, as with many child issues, is thet you just can't experiment well with children (it is, for some reson, not socially acceptable!!! :) So you tend to rely on studies. And studies do show that (in general - each child is different) using baby words to children slows down their speech development (I wish I could find the references but it's been a long time ) It is true that it only slows it down, and language has 'caught up' certainly be the age of 11 (when the children enter high school and such things are measured once more) In the meantime, though, the children (again, generally - those who say 'my child learned 'ta' but says thank you now he's seven are statistical anomolies - and those whose chldren still say ta at seven or eight probably find that word socially acceptable in their peer groups). And I'm not a prof. speech therapist - so go call your friend and get their opinion - I'd be genuinely interested to hear it. ___________________________________________ .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
  • Seriously bad JOTD

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    I might try that, except my wife doesn't have a sister! Fight Big Government: http://obamacareclassaction.com/ http://obamacaretruth.org/