Periodic table
Love it.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Jessica - Oct 30, 2009 7:35:38 am PDT #16070 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
tommyrot - Oct 30, 2009 7:37:34 am PDT #16071 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Another contender for Odd Headline o' the Day: B.C. police seek serial groin-kicker after series of attacks
LANGLEY, B.C. -- Police in Langley are investigating after a woman kicked a man in the groin so hard he lost a testicle -- the latest in a series of similar assaults.
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Mr. Clark was walking in the Brookswood area of Langley in early September when he passed his assailant on the sidewalk.
"I was looking down and then I took a passing glance and saw her walk up to me," he said.
That's when the young woman inexplicably kicked him in the groin hard enough to send one of his testicles into his abdomen.
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It wasn't until he woke up afterwards that he discovered the doctors were wrong - the force of the assault had caused his testicle to rupture. It had to be removed and will be replaced by a prosthetic before Christmas.
"My doctors say I will still be able to have children," Mr. Clark said. "But at 22 that's not something I want a stranger, this woman, to decide."
Embarrassed by the situation, Mr. Clark didn't go to the police until nearly four weeks after the attack.
Constables have told him there have been three or four similar assaults on other men, Mr. Clark said.
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The suspect is described as a Caucasian woman, in her late teens or early 20s. She was between five-foot-five and five-foot-seven and 130 pounds with a slim build and brown hair.
tommyrot - Oct 30, 2009 7:40:11 am PDT #16072 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 30, 2009 7:40:14 am PDT #16073 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Hil, yesterday you mentioned Hell Houses, I think (I can't find the post - I am highly distracted by dissertation crap). The local radio has just been discussing how these are now being imported into Britain. Apparently opinion is split in church communities over whether they're a good or bad thing. Weirdness.
I doubt I'll get the chance to give sweets to Trick or Treaters, as we don't get many, and I'm out on Halloween anyway (seeing a horror movie at a drive-in!), but I'll get hold of some chocolate in case any kids come in the afternoon. Much fun all round.
Gudanov - Oct 30, 2009 7:51:44 am PDT #16074 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Not the greatest day, I started off going to a blood drive and couldn't give blood because they couldn't figure out if my medication--flecainide acetate--was safe for giving blood or not.
Company stock is pretty down due to missing some guidance. Still profitable, but if the market doesn't like, then it's bad news. So I'm stressing about that.
Also I got a sort of nasty email from my BIL and I made the mistake of forwarding it to my wife and she made a bigger deal of it than I wanted to. So, I'm feeling bad about that.
Stupid ducks.
Jessica - Oct 30, 2009 8:00:40 am PDT #16075 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
JZ - Oct 30, 2009 8:06:22 am PDT #16076 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, ugh. Sorry, Gud.
(pssst, hey! Gud's day? You're supposed to be a Friday, not a Monday. Try to keep up, will you?)
My idea is that I should buy a vintage parking meter.
Phooey. I was hoping to see something really vintage (now I'm wondering what an Art Deco parking meter would look like). Still, not completely useless; I've heard of people buying those and using them as headstones and grave markers.
eta: Deco parking meters? Pretty!
smonster - Oct 30, 2009 8:14:24 am PDT #16077 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I'm out on Halloween anyway (seeing a horror movie at a drive-in!)
What movie, Seska?
Gud, that's a bummer. Hope your day improves from here.
tommyrot - Oct 30, 2009 8:16:55 am PDT #16078 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Deco parking meters? Pretty!
Ooh!
tommyrot - Oct 30, 2009 8:59:04 am PDT #16079 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Damn. CBN Scrubs "Witch Candy" Blog Post
The Christian Broadcasting Network has caved in to scoffers and mockers and scrubbed a blog post which explained the dangers of Halloween - specifically, that "most of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches", and that this is a time of "sex with demons" and "rape and molestation of adults, children and babies", among much else.
The post was by Kimberly Daniels and taken from Charisma magazine, although much of the sceptical reaction has been at the expense of CBN's president, Pat Robertson. Regarding Halloween as demonic is common among Charismatic and neo-Pentecostal churches (and Evangelicals in general are not very keen on the celebration), and it is no surprise to read that she has links with C. Peter Wager. It is interesting, though, to see elements of conspiracy theory, harking back to do the debunked "Satanic panics" of the 1980s.