Much more likely the AP reporter misinterpreted the supposed charge. That happens a lot.
Mal: Zoe, why do I have a wife? Jayne: You got a wife? All I got is that dumbass stick sounds like its raining. How come you got a wife?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
bon bon - Oct 17, 2006 1:47:53 pm PDT #4080 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 17, 2006 1:51:15 pm PDT #4081 of 10001
What is even happening?
Trudy Booth - Oct 17, 2006 2:08:00 pm PDT #4082 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Speaking of dictionaries .... Yes. The way that "terrorist act" and similar terms have been defined under a number of state and federal statutes permit this broad an application. Law enforcement and prosecutors then apply it broadly. (As I recall, the first or one of the first uses of the PATRIOT Act was to prosecute a pornography ring.) Because we are all through the Looking Glass now.
In New Jersey (can't speak for other states) the hot new way of kicking troublemakers out of school and into juvie is accusing them of "making terroristic threats".
The logic, as I understand it, is one teenage girl passing another teenage girl a note saying "I'm gonna GET that bitch" is just one step short of Columbine. Which is, of course, just one step short of Al Qaida. And there is all sorts of budget for it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 17, 2006 2:21:16 pm PDT #4083 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I can't imagine guys going to brunch together or alone, although I doubt they'd fight going with chicks.
I've gone to brunch solo and with relatives, but I don't really think of it as a hanging-out-with-the guys kind of activity. Though gamer friends of mine used to do Sunday brunch at a Chinese restaurant after all-night D&D sessions. (My pal Tom went by himself once, completely disheveled, and the waiter said "You only survivor!" to him...)
Cashmere - Oct 17, 2006 2:27:38 pm PDT #4084 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Our ECHL hockey team used to have Sunday brunch with the team before their Sunday games for season ticket holders. It was cool. Eggs Benedict and hockey actually do go together.
Daisy Jane - Oct 17, 2006 2:31:59 pm PDT #4085 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
(My pal Tom went by himself once, completely disheveled, and the waiter said "You only survivor!" to him...)
HA!
Connie Neil - Oct 17, 2006 2:41:17 pm PDT #4086 of 10001
brillig
There's a story about Bindi Irwin getting her own wildlife show, and my first thought was, "In twenty years it's going to be 'Dr. Bindi Irwin, famed conservationist and daughter of the legendary Steve Irwin.'" Dad would be proud.
Narrator - Oct 17, 2006 2:52:05 pm PDT #4087 of 10001
The evil is this way?
Whup Monster Beat-Downs are also terrorism.
Hopefully some fed will arrest the Whup Monster and hold it for an indefinite period in an undisclosed location while torturing aggressively questioning it.
tommyrot - Oct 17, 2006 3:11:35 pm PDT #4088 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think the Whup Monster is just misunderstood.
Jesse - Oct 17, 2006 3:12:52 pm PDT #4089 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
(My pal Tom went by himself once, completely disheveled, and the waiter said "You only survivor!" to him...)
That's hilarious.
Now, every time I have brunch, I'm going to be scouring the room, looking for male platonic friends there together with no girls.