Just when you think we are the worst...

FrozenNorth wrote:
> Robatoy took a can of maroon spray paint on November 17, 2007 10:54 am and
> wrote the following:
>
>> On Nov 17, 10:16 am, "EXT" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> In Canada children are encouraged to mail letters to Santa Clause.
>>> Canadian postal codes (equivalent to the US Zip code) consist of
>>> alpha/number/alpha/number/alpha/number instead of all numbers. The
>>> children are directed to mail the letters (answered by Post Office
>>> volunteers) to: Santa Clause,
>>> North Pole,
>>> with the postal code of "H0H0H0".
>>>
>>> I guess some rethinking is required on this one now.
>>>
>> Dasher----offends gays
>> Dancer----offends strippers
>> Prancer----really offends gays
>> Vixen-----offends porn stars
>> Comet-----offends Proctor & Gamble
>> Cupid----offends Hallmark
>> Donner----offends canibals
>> Blitzen----offends Electrical Workers.
>
> What about Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all?
Offends the Irish...

Upscale wrote:
> "Just Wondering" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
>>Just ask yourself two questions.
>>1. Where are people emigrating from?
>>2. Where are people immigrating to?
>
>
> I can tell you without reservation that if none have emigrated up here to
> Canada, then at the very least, they've sent specific instructions to our
> politicians on how to act. All I can say about our politicians is pigs at
> the trough.
>
> There may be some with good intentions, but the balance are self-serving
> liars and cheats. Isn't it supposed to be the other way around with a few
> bad apples making the rest look bad?
>
>
Old Swedish saying: It's 99% of lawyers that make the rest look bad.
yuk,
jo4hn

"Tanus" wrote:

> There are a lot of Canadians that love
> to hate the US or Americans in general.
> I'm not one of them. You have a system
> that has prospered for well over 200
> years, and I have faith that the system
> will right itself.

As some one who has represented Canadian Companies trying to do
business in the US gives me a different perspective.

Your bloated postal system is a joke.

Trying to get printed materials thru Canadian customs is another joke.

Having said that, you Canucks sure know how to have a good time<grin>

BTW, the internet has for the most part, made the postal and customs
operations non players.

Lew

"jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> Old Swedish saying: It's 99% of lawyers that make the rest look bad.
> yuk,
> jo4hn

Damn, I'm going to have to remember that one. ;^)

Frank Drackman wrote:

>
> "Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:Bp6%[email protected]...
>> In article <[email protected]>, "Frank
>> Drackman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>><[email protected]> wrote in message news:8699571a-bf64-4388-a1e7-
>>>
>>>Silly OT stuff snipped
>>>
>>>Could you put OT in the header?
>>
>> You mean the title itself wasn't enough to suggest that it was OT?
>>
>
>
> Maybe I am dense, but I thought that it was something about using power
> tools for everything when hand tools would be more appropriate

And all this angst over a 17, 627 character line off-topic post. Even
with a 300 baud acoustic modem it would have taken, what, 16 seconds to
download and realize that it was off topic?


--
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough

Frank Drackman wrote:

>
> "Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Frank Drackman wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:Bp6%[email protected]...
>>>> In article <[email protected]>, "Frank
>>>> Drackman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>><[email protected]> wrote in message news:8699571a-bf64-4388-a1e7-
>>>>>
>>>>>Silly OT stuff snipped
>>>>>
>>>>>Could you put OT in the header?
>>>>
>>>> You mean the title itself wasn't enough to suggest that it was OT?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe I am dense, but I thought that it was something about using power
>>> tools for everything when hand tools would be more appropriate
>>
>> And all this angst over a 17, 627 character line off-topic post. Even
>> with a 300 baud acoustic modem it would have taken, what, 16 seconds to
>> download and realize that it was off topic?
>
> I am using Kermit...

LOL

Yeah and that comment should have been 17 line (comma) 627 character ...

[stinks when you botch sarcasm]
--
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough

"Mark & Juanita" wrote:

> And all this angst over a 17, 627 character line off-topic post.
Even
> with a 300 baud acoustic modem it would have taken, what, 16 seconds
to
> download and realize that it was off topic?

But all he has is 110 baud teletype and a bad connection<grin>

Lew

Robatoy took a can of maroon spray paint on November 17, 2007 10:54 am and
wrote the following:

> On Nov 17, 10:16 am, "EXT" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> In Canada children are encouraged to mail letters to Santa Clause.
>> Canadian postal codes (equivalent to the US Zip code) consist of
>> alpha/number/alpha/number/alpha/number instead of all numbers. The
>> children are directed to mail the letters (answered by Post Office
>> volunteers) to: Santa Clause,
>> North Pole,
>> with the postal code of "H0H0H0".
>>
>> I guess some rethinking is required on this one now.
>>
> Dasher----offends gays
> Dancer----offends strippers
> Prancer----really offends gays
> Vixen-----offends porn stars
> Comet-----offends Proctor & Gamble
> Cupid----offends Hallmark
> Donner----offends canibals
> Blitzen----offends Electrical Workers.

What about Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all?
--
Lits Slut #9
Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.

Robatoy took a can of maroon spray paint on November 17, 2007 01:58 pm and
wrote the following:

> On Nov 17, 10:56 am, FrozenNorth <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Robatoy took a can of maroon spray paint on November 17, 2007 10:54 am
>> and wrote the following:
>>
>>
>> > Dasher----offends gays
>> > Dancer----offends strippers
>> > Prancer----really offends gays
>> > Vixen-----offends porn stars
>> > Comet-----offends Proctor & Gamble
>> > Cupid----offends Hallmark
>> > Donner----offends canibals
>> > Blitzen----offends Electrical Workers.
>>
>> What about Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all?
>
> I thought Olive was the most famous.
>
> " Olive the other reindeer...."

"other" is in quotes, Olive was a strange reindeer, he signed up for
the "Need a Smaller Penis at Home" spam.
--
Lits Slut #9
Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.

On Nov 16, 5:39 am, "George" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "charlieb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > So I guess "Don we now our gay apparel" is out too?
>
> The Holiday Program lyrics printed for out local school used "bright
> apparel," FWIW.

Wew could always swap over to the system of "justice" used by the
Saudis. The judge in the case of a gang rape just awarded the VICTIM
another 110 lashes to go with the original 90 because the victim's
lawyer publicly said he felt the 90 lashes was unjust.

She got the lashes because she was in a car with a male she was noted
related to.

If someone did that to my sister, the judge might get to enjoy being
fed live into a wood chipper.

We got problems, but we got blessings beyond counting, too.

On Nov 15, 7:09 pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Tanus" wrote:
> > There are a lot of Canadians that love
> > to hate the US or Americans in general.
> > I'm not one of them. You have a system
> > that has prospered for well over 200
> > years, and I have faith that the system
> > will right itself.
>
> As some one who has represented Canadian Companies trying to do
> business in the US gives me a different perspective.
>
> Your bloated postal system is a joke.
>
> Trying to get printed materials thru Canadian customs is another joke.
>
> Having said that, you Canucks sure know how to have a good time<grin>
>
> BTW, the internet has for the most part, made the postal and customs
> operations non players.
>
> Lew

Make the mistake of telling the border guard you're coming in on
business, and you spend the next hour being grilled over what
business, how long you'll be working in Canada (not what I was doing,
not what I told him I was doing), why you wanted to take jobs from
Canadians, and on. All of that with a French accent that makes him
nearly unintelligible, and that was at the Ottawa airport.

Of course, he's no where near as bad as the female U.S. customs idjit
who forced me to take the seats out of my car for her search back in
the '60s. Or tried to. She was distinctly pissed when I told her I
didn't know how...which proves the efficacy of telling bureaucrats
very little that's true. She did miss the Cuban cigars on the
dashboard. Also, if I ever come up on a woman agent wearing a military
style shirt with sharp military creases in it, I'll turn around and go
home. I knew from experience what a PITA it was to keep the creases so
you could impress someone.

On Nov 17, 4:24 pm, B A R R Y <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:49:47 GMT, DS <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> What about Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all?
> >Offends the Irish...
>
> Isn't Rudolph a German name? <G>
>

Did Rudolph shake a secret handshake whilst lying in a coffin with a
purple ribbon tied around his dick at a Skull & Bones ritual?

Ooooops...I said too much... *black helicopters hovering over my house*

So I guess "Don we now our gay apparel" is out too?

I think the Politcally Correct Police should

"Indulge in aeronautical intercourse
with a transversing toroidal pastry"

That's
Go take a flying fuck at a rolling donut!
for the NON PC folks

charlie b

Robatoy wrote:

> I thought Olive was the most famous.
>
> " Olive the other reindeer...."

G R O A N. . .
followed by Good One!

In Canada children are encouraged to mail letters to Santa Clause. Canadian
postal codes (equivalent to the US Zip code) consist of
alpha/number/alpha/number/alpha/number instead of all numbers. The children
are directed to mail the letters (answered by Post Office volunteers) to:
Santa Clause,
North Pole,
with the postal code of "H0H0H0".

I guess some rethinking is required on this one now.


"George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:vre%[email protected]...
>
> "charlieb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> So I guess "Don we now our gay apparel" is out too?
>>
>
> The Holiday Program lyrics printed for out local school used "bright
> apparel," FWIW.

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:49:47 GMT, DS <[email protected]> wrote:

>> What about Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all?
>Offends the Irish...

Isn't Rudolph a German name? <G>

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On Nov 16, 10:04 am, Charlie Self <[email protected]> wrote:

SNIP

> We got problems, but we got blessings beyond >counting, too.

True, true. But still, more often than not I sit and marvel at what a
strange place our world is becoming.

Robert

On Nov 18, 10:38 am, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "FrozenNorth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > Robatoy took a can of maroon spray paint on November 17, 2007 10:54 am and
> > wrote the following:
>
> > What about Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all?
>
> Offends the ex-mayor of New York.

You mean the glory-whore cross-dressing neocon?

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:49:00 -0800 (PST), Robatoy
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Nov 18, 10:38 am, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "FrozenNorth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> > Robatoy took a can of maroon spray paint on November 17, 2007 10:54 am and
>> > wrote the following:
>>
>> > What about Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all?
>>
>> Offends the ex-mayor of New York.
>
>You mean the glory-whore cross-dressing neocon?

Come on. Leave the RINO alone. He's the best thing we liberals can get
from the gop.

--
LRod

Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite

Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999

http://www.woodbutcher.net

Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997

email addy de-spam-ified due to 1,000 spams per month.
If you can't figure out how to use it, I probably wouldn't
care to correspond with you anyway.

On Nov 17, 10:56 am, FrozenNorth <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy took a can of maroon spray paint on November 17, 2007 10:54 am and
> wrote the following:
>
>
>
> > On Nov 17, 10:16 am, "EXT" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> In Canada children are encouraged to mail letters to Santa Clause.
> >> Canadian postal codes (equivalent to the US Zip code) consist of
> >> alpha/number/alpha/number/alpha/number instead of all numbers. The
> >> children are directed to mail the letters (answered by Post Office
> >> volunteers) to: Santa Clause,
> >> North Pole,
> >> with the postal code of "H0H0H0".
>
> >> I guess some rethinking is required on this one now.
>
> > Dasher----offends gays
> > Dancer----offends strippers
> > Prancer----really offends gays
> > Vixen-----offends porn stars
> > Comet-----offends Proctor & Gamble
> > Cupid----offends Hallmark
> > Donner----offends canibals
> > Blitzen----offends Electrical Workers.
>
> What about Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all?
> --
> Lits Slut #9
> Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.

I thought Olive was the most famous.

" Olive the other reindeer...."

On Nov 18, 1:57 pm, LRod <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:49:00 -0800 (PST), Robatoy
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >On Nov 18, 10:38 am, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> "FrozenNorth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> >>news:[email protected]...
>
> >> > Robatoy took a can of maroon spray paint on November 17, 2007 10:54 am and
> >> > wrote the following:
>
> >> > What about Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all?
>
> >> Offends the ex-mayor of New York.
>
> >You mean the glory-whore cross-dressing neocon?
>
> Come on. Leave the RINO alone. He's the best thing we liberals can get
> from the gop.
>

Check this out...not that it means much...but...

http://www.whowouldtheworldelect.com/

In article <[email protected]>, "Frank Drackman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
><[email protected]> wrote in message news:8699571a-bf64-4388-a1e7-
>
>Silly OT stuff snipped
>
>Could you put OT in the header?

You mean the title itself wasn't enough to suggest that it was OT?

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

In article <8699571a-bf64-4388-a1e7-7aa78282b378@c30g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I see and hear all the time how screwed up the US is, how we suck, our
>government sucks, our economic systems sucks, our politicians and
>politics suck, how our foreign policies suck, and on and on and on.
>It's a daily part of life.
>
>But these guys.... wow. They at least deserve an honorable mention.
>I thought it was a joke until I read the whole article.... it's real!
>Have we now exported our national self loathing and extreme PC
>leanings to other nations?
>
>Even WE haven't gotten this far yet.... stay tuned for next year,
>though. We wouldn't want anyone to get ahead of us in the "stupid"
>category
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2eopl3

That has got to be a hoax.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

FrozenNorth wrote:
> Robatoy took a can of maroon spray paint on November 17, 2007 10:54 am and
> wrote the following:
>
>
>>On Nov 17, 10:16 am, "EXT" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>In Canada children are encouraged to mail letters to Santa Clause.
>>>Canadian postal codes (equivalent to the US Zip code) consist of
>>>alpha/number/alpha/number/alpha/number instead of all numbers. The
>>>children are directed to mail the letters (answered by Post Office
>>>volunteers) to: Santa Clause,
>>>North Pole,
>>>with the postal code of "H0H0H0".
>>>
>>>I guess some rethinking is required on this one now.
>>>
>>
>>Dasher----offends gays
>>Dancer----offends strippers
>>Prancer----really offends gays
>>Vixen-----offends porn stars
>>Comet-----offends Proctor & Gamble
>>Cupid----offends Hallmark
>>Donner----offends canibals
>>Blitzen----offends Electrical Workers.
>
>
> What about Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all?

And Al the reinder, who loved Rudolph?
And Olive, the other reindeer, who used to call him names?

"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Leon" wrote in message
>
>> Another example of the UNEDUCATED and ignorant taking more control.
>
> Those are you choices, take your pick.


How is that corner cabinet coming along? Yesterday I bought 120 linear feet
of 1x6 Maple to build "2" Jewelry Boxes/Chests. My neighbor decided he
wanted one to give to his wife while I was at it. ;~)

Another example of the UNEDUCATED and ignorant taking more control.

Unfortunately Ebonics is being recognized as an official language, I guess.


<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:8699571a-bf64-4388-a1e7-7aa78282b378@c30g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>I see and hear all the time how screwed up the US is, how we suck, our
> government sucks, our economic systems sucks, our politicians and
> politics suck, how our foreign policies suck, and on and on and on.
> It's a daily part of life.
>
> But these guys.... wow. They at least deserve an honorable mention.
> I thought it was a joke until I read the whole article.... it's real!
> Have we now exported our national self loathing and extreme PC
> leanings to other nations?
>
> Even WE haven't gotten this far yet.... stay tuned for next year,
> though. We wouldn't want anyone to get ahead of us in the "stupid"
> category
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2eopl3
>
> Robert

LRod wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:52:20 GMT, DS <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> B A R R Y wrote:
>>> On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:49:47 GMT, DS <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> What about Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all?
>>>> Offends the Irish...
>>> Isn't Rudolph a German name? <G>
>
>> Aye, but the red nose smacks of anti Irish sentiment...
>
> Actually, you thinking that it does smacks of an anti Irish
> sentiment...I mean how did you happen to think Irish?

It's in my blood... And it's a joking response to a joke. I need a drink.

[email protected] wrote:
> I see and hear all the time how screwed up the US is, how we suck, our
> government sucks, our economic systems sucks, our politicians and
> politics suck, how our foreign policies suck, and on and on and on.
> It's a daily part of life.
>
> But these guys.... wow. They at least deserve an honorable mention.
> I thought it was a joke until I read the whole article.... it's real!
> Have we now exported our national self loathing and extreme PC
> leanings to other nations?
>
> Even WE haven't gotten this far yet.... stay tuned for next year,
> though. We wouldn't want anyone to get ahead of us in the "stupid"
> category
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2eopl3
>
> Robert
Just like the other day I heard a "news" story that Santa was a bad
influence because he is fat. SHUT THE &^%$ UP.

Wayne

"FrozenNorth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Robatoy took a can of maroon spray paint on November 17, 2007 10:54 am and
> wrote the following:
>

>
> What about Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all?


Offends the ex-mayor of New York.

"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Bp6%[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, "Frank
> Drackman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>><[email protected]> wrote in message news:8699571a-bf64-4388-a1e7-
>>
>>Silly OT stuff snipped
>>
>>Could you put OT in the header?
>
> You mean the title itself wasn't enough to suggest that it was OT?
>


Maybe I am dense, but I thought that it was something about using power
tools for everything when hand tools would be more appropriate

"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Wew could always swap over to the system of "justice" used by the
> Saudis. The judge in the case of a gang rape just awarded the VICTIM
> another 110 lashes to go with the original 90 because the victim's
> lawyer publicly said he felt the 90 lashes was unjust.
>
> She got the lashes because she was in a car with a male she was noted
> related to.
>
> If someone did that to my sister, the judge might get to enjoy being
> fed live into a wood chipper.
>
> We got problems, but we got blessings beyond counting, too.

Just because some place else has it worst off than we do is no excuse as to
what is taking place here right now. We are headed in that direction unless
we stop this nonsense of trying to protect every one. One day soon we will
not be able to do or say anything because some one "might" be offended.
Before you know it you will be accused of anticipated rape because of they
way you look at some body, male or female. No need to swap to the Saudis
justice system, we are already well on out way. Right now if you happen to
be accused of a crime it may very well have a stiffer penalty depending on
who is doing the accusing. Apparently some people have more rights than
others and crimes against them carry harsher penalties.

B A R R Y wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:49:47 GMT, DS <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> What about Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all?
>> Offends the Irish...
>
> Isn't Rudolph a German name? <G>
Aye, but the red nose smacks of anti Irish sentiment...

"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Frank Drackman wrote:
>
>>
>> "Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Frank Drackman wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:Bp6%[email protected]...
>>>>> In article <[email protected]>, "Frank
>>>>> Drackman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>><[email protected]> wrote in message news:8699571a-bf64-4388-a1e7-
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Silly OT stuff snipped
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Could you put OT in the header?
>>>>>
>>>>> You mean the title itself wasn't enough to suggest that it was OT?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I am dense, but I thought that it was something about using power
>>>> tools for everything when hand tools would be more appropriate
>>>
>>> And all this angst over a 17, 627 character line off-topic post. Even
>>> with a 300 baud acoustic modem it would have taken, what, 16 seconds to
>>> download and realize that it was off topic?
>>
>> I am using Kermit...
>
> LOL
>
> Yeah and that comment should have been 17 line (comma) 627 character ...
>
> [stinks when you botch sarcasm]
> --

I thought that you would appreciate it

[email protected] wrote:

> I see and hear all the time how screwed up the US is, how we suck, our
> government sucks, our economic systems sucks, our politicians and
> politics suck, how our foreign policies suck, and on and on and on.
> It's a daily part of life.
>
Just ask yourself two questions.
1. Where are people emigrating from?
2. Where are people immigrating to?

'Nuff said.

On Nov 15, 11:47 pm, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> ...
>
> Old Swedish saying: It's 99% of lawyers that make the rest look bad.
>

Maybe in Sweden. The Pakistani lawyers presented a different image
these past several days.

Back when high sulfur coal went out of vogue a lot of West Virginians
moved to Ohio to take jobs in the factories there, especially around
Akron. The joke is THAT emigration raised the average IQ of both
States by two points.

--

FF

On Nov 15, 3:13 pm, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
> In article <8699571a-bf64-4388-a1e7-7aa78282b...@c30g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I see and hear all the time how screwed up the US is, how we suck, our
> >government sucks, our economic systems sucks, our politicians and
> >politics suck, how our foreign policies suck, and on and on and on.
> >It's a daily part of life.
>
> >But these guys.... wow. They at least deserve an honorable mention.
> >I thought it was a joke until I read the whole article.... it's real!
> >Have we now exported our national self loathing and extreme PC
> >leanings to other nations?
>
> >Even WE haven't gotten this far yet.... stay tuned for next year,
> >though. We wouldn't want anyone to get ahead of us in the "stupid"
> >category
>
> > http://tinyurl.com/2eopl3
>
> That has got to be a hoax.
>


I read it on the Internet, it must be true.

On Nov 16, 12:15 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Nov 16, 10:04 am, Charlie Self <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> SNIP
>
> > We got problems, but we got blessings beyond >counting, too.
>
> True, true. But still, more often than not I sit and marvel at what a
> strange place our world is becoming.
>
You think?

In ideological terms, you'd be hard put to find anybody further right
than me.
Practically, I'm sooooo fucking ashamed of that, I can puke.

On Nov 17, 10:16 am, "EXT" <[email protected]> wrote:
> In Canada children are encouraged to mail letters to Santa Clause. Canadian
> postal codes (equivalent to the US Zip code) consist of
> alpha/number/alpha/number/alpha/number instead of all numbers. The children
> are directed to mail the letters (answered by Post Office volunteers) to:
> Santa Clause,
> North Pole,
> with the postal code of "H0H0H0".
>
> I guess some rethinking is required on this one now.
>
Dasher----offends gays
Dancer----offends strippers
Prancer----really offends gays
Vixen-----offends porn stars
Comet-----offends Proctor & Gamble
Cupid----offends Hallmark
Donner----offends canibals
Blitzen----offends Electrical Workers.

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:52:20 GMT, DS <[email protected]> wrote:

>B A R R Y wrote:
>> On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:49:47 GMT, DS <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>> What about Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all?
>>> Offends the Irish...
>>
>> Isn't Rudolph a German name? <G>

>Aye, but the red nose smacks of anti Irish sentiment...

Actually, you thinking that it does smacks of an anti Irish
sentiment...I mean how did you happen to think Irish?


--
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Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999

http://www.woodbutcher.net

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email addy de-spam-ified due to 1,000 spams per month.
If you can't figure out how to use it, I probably wouldn't
care to correspond with you anyway.

"Just Wondering" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Just ask yourself two questions.
> 1. Where are people emigrating from?
> 2. Where are people immigrating to?

I can tell you without reservation that if none have emigrated up here to
Canada, then at the very least, they've sent specific instructions to our
politicians on how to act. All I can say about our politicians is pigs at
the trough.

There may be some with good intentions, but the balance are self-serving
liars and cheats. Isn't it supposed to be the other way around with a few
bad apples making the rest look bad?

Charlie Self wrote:

> On Nov 16, 5:39 am, "George" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>"charlieb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>>>So I guess "Don we now our gay apparel" is out too?
>>
>>The Holiday Program lyrics printed for out local school used "bright
>>apparel," FWIW.
>
>
> Wew could always swap over to the system of "justice" used by the
> Saudis. The judge in the case of a gang rape just awarded the VICTIM
> another 110 lashes to go with the original 90 because the victim's
> lawyer publicly said he felt the 90 lashes was unjust.
>
> She got the lashes because she was in a car with a male she was noted
> related to.
>
> If someone did that to my sister, the judge might get to enjoy being
> fed live into a wood chipper.
>
> We got problems, but we got blessings beyond counting, too.


a link to the story... http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/68042/

chuckb

>>
> yeah... and you were very lucky to approach that speed... or hold it long
> before
> it "spiraled down"..
>
>
> mac
>

'sprialed down'??? How could you tell? The characters started arriving via
usps?

jc

[email protected] wrote:
> I see and hear all the time how screwed up the US is, how we suck,
> our
> government sucks, our economic systems sucks, our politicians and
> politics suck, how our foreign policies suck, and on and on and on.
> It's a daily part of life.
>
> But these guys.... wow. They at least deserve an honorable
> mention.
> I thought it was a joke until I read the whole article.... it's
> real!
> Have we now exported our national self loathing and extreme PC
> leanings to other nations?
>
> Even WE haven't gotten this far yet.... stay tuned for next year,
> though. We wouldn't want anyone to get ahead of us in the "stupid"
> category
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2eopl3

Read the last line, the part about who they were working for.

Either (a) some asshole sued Westaff over this or (b) somebody at
Westaff should be living in a rubber room.

--
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

[email protected] wrote:
> I see and hear all the time how screwed up the US is, how we suck, our
> government sucks, our economic systems sucks, our politicians and
> politics suck, how our foreign policies suck, and on and on and on.
> It's a daily part of life.
>
> But these guys.... wow. They at least deserve an honorable mention.
> I thought it was a joke until I read the whole article.... it's real!
> Have we now exported our national self loathing and extreme PC
> leanings to other nations?
>
> Even WE haven't gotten this far yet.... stay tuned for next year,
> though. We wouldn't want anyone to get ahead of us in the "stupid"
> category
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2eopl3
>
> Robert

Ya know... Coming from a Canadian, I
have to think that perhaps some
Americans are victims of bad press.
Including their own.

Robert, your country has its problems,
as all countries do. But it doesn't
suck. Far from it. I"m not about to
defend the US or its policies, some of
which I'm very much against.

The US is the largest and most powerful
democracy in the world, and because of
that it's under some pretty intense
scrutiny. So, when it fucks up, it's big
news. When we fuck up, the world yawns.

Although my respect for the US has
diminished in some areas over the last
few years, it's not near the bottom.
Yes, there is room for improvement, but
there are cycles we all go through.

There are a lot of Canadians that love
to hate the US or Americans in general.
I'm not one of them. You have a system
that has prospered for well over 200
years, and I have faith that the system
will right itself.

The only real time you suck is when you
get that lovely bandsaw on Craigslist
for $4 bucks and it's delivered free.

--
Tanus

This is not really a sig.

http://users.compzone.ca/george/shop/

Even with a 300 baud acoustic modem it would have taken, what, 16 seconds
to download and realize that it was off topic?



300 baud.... Ha! That brought back some memories..... none of 'em good.

jc

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:35:10 GMT, "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Even with a 300 baud acoustic modem it would have taken, what, 16 seconds
>to download and realize that it was off topic?
>
>
>
>300 baud.... Ha! That brought back some memories..... none of 'em good.
>
>jc
>
yeah... and you were very lucky to approach that speed... or hold it long before
it "spiraled down"..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

In article <i0h%[email protected]>, "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Even with a 300 baud acoustic modem it would have taken, what, 16 seconds
>to download and realize that it was off topic?
>
>
>
>300 baud.... Ha! That brought back some memories..... none of 'em good.

Same here -- none of them good, but one of them strange... while dialed in to
work late one evening, with the stereo on in the same room, I discovered that
certain notes played on a clarinet produce *exactly* the right tone to cause
an acoustic coupler to disconnect. Same spot on the same track, four times in
a row.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:56:50 GMT, FrozenNorth
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Robatoy took a can of maroon spray paint on November 17, 2007 10:54 am and
>wrote the following:
>
>> On Nov 17, 10:16 am, "EXT" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> In Canada children are encouraged to mail letters to Santa Clause.
>>> Canadian postal codes (equivalent to the US Zip code) consist of
>>> alpha/number/alpha/number/alpha/number instead of all numbers. The
>>> children are directed to mail the letters (answered by Post Office
>>> volunteers) to: Santa Clause,
>>> North Pole,
>>> with the postal code of "H0H0H0".
>>>
>>> I guess some rethinking is required on this one now.
>>>
>> Dasher----offends gays
>> Dancer----offends strippers
>> Prancer----really offends gays
>> Vixen-----offends porn stars
>> Comet-----offends Proctor & Gamble
>> Cupid----offends Hallmark
>> Donner----offends canibals
>> Blitzen----offends Electrical Workers.
>
>What about Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all?

Hmm Red nose, most be over consuming some Lord Calvert.

Mark

Doug Miller wrote:

> In article <i0h%[email protected]>, "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Even with a 300 baud acoustic modem it would have taken, what, 16 seconds
>>to download and realize that it was off topic?
>>
>>
>>
>>300 baud.... Ha! That brought back some memories..... none of 'em good.
>
>
> Same here -- none of them good, but one of them strange... while dialed in to
> work late one evening, with the stereo on in the same room, I discovered that
> certain notes played on a clarinet produce *exactly* the right tone to cause
> an acoustic coupler to disconnect. Same spot on the same track, four times in
> a row.
>

2600 Hz, known as signaling frequency.

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:15:45 -0800 (PST), "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Nov 16, 10:04 am, Charlie Self <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>SNIP
>
>> We got problems, but we got blessings beyond >counting, too.
>
>True, true. But still, more often than not I sit and marvel at what a
>strange place our world is becoming.
>
>Robert

It's not strange, hell we've been sold out and without a whimper.
All the "free trade" we've been sold on came back to pee in our egg
drop soup. The chinese have traded balistic missles to Iran for a
guarentee of oil.. Now Iran has a delivery system.
We renovated a building purchased last year...of the 100m plus in
materials 91% was mfg outside the US and 80+% of that was from china.
From HVAC,hardware, doors, plmbg, elect fixtures and wire etc etc.
Much of which isn't even available us made at any cost. YEP, one way
free trade.
I'll stop now (hate to read long rants)
Kenneth

<[email protected]> wrote in message news:8699571a-bf64-4388-a1e7-

Silly OT stuff snipped

Could you put OT in the header?

"charlieb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> So I guess "Don we now our gay apparel" is out too?
>

The Holiday Program lyrics printed for out local school used "bright
apparel," FWIW.

"Leon" wrote in message

> Another example of the UNEDUCATED and ignorant taking more control.

Those are you choices, take your pick.

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"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Frank Drackman wrote:
>
>>
>> "Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:Bp6%[email protected]...
>>> In article <[email protected]>, "Frank
>>> Drackman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>><[email protected]> wrote in message news:8699571a-bf64-4388-a1e7-
>>>>
>>>>Silly OT stuff snipped
>>>>
>>>>Could you put OT in the header?
>>>
>>> You mean the title itself wasn't enough to suggest that it was OT?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Maybe I am dense, but I thought that it was something about using power
>> tools for everything when hand tools would be more appropriate
>
> And all this angst over a 17, 627 character line off-topic post. Even
> with a 300 baud acoustic modem it would have taken, what, 16 seconds to
> download and realize that it was off topic?

I am using Kermit...

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Nov 16, 10:04 am, Charlie Self <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> SNIP
>
>> We got problems, but we got blessings beyond >counting, too.
>
> True, true. But still, more often than not I sit and marvel at what a
> strange place our world is becoming.
>
> Robert
>

It has become a me, me, me, me, me, it's all about me and don't do or say
anything that I might interpret wrong, kind of world.