Cole Parker

Quite obviously he meant screwing the guy in front of him.<g> C

Enough already! This has gone on too long!. C

There have been many social improvements that have resulted from the PC movement, but like anything, it can be taken too far, especially when common sense isn't applied. One of the areas where it has been abused to the point of silliness is that people now feel they have an additional right, even if it isn't a constitutional one. It's the right not to be offended. I think our founding fathers would have laughed themselves sore if that had been mentioned to be added to the lists of rights they felt should be guaranteed. C

And at Y's, apparently. C

Excellent! C

Just remember, it' not the length of the story that's important, but how well you use the words.<g> C

James: Everyone's heard of the witch trials, but your note saying they were conducted in Connecticut too, which I hadn't known, made me wonder about something. Do you have any idea the total number of "witches" put to death after these trials? Was it a significant number of women, or very few? C

They're still all birds. Well, maybe except for the raccoon. But he's really flighty.<g> C

Say what? That is too weird. Was it the French who devised that, or the English, or the Americans (either the U.S. variety or the Canadian variety, makes no nevermind). Anyway, I certainly have never heard of "French letters" meaning 'condom'. Ewww. - Colinian Actually, I have no idea why they call it that, and it is a very old term. I have no idea how I know it, either. You pic k up some very odd knowledge as you wend your weary way westward towards the final sunset. C

What a great line! Wonderful!Nice image, too, when I think about it.C

Well done! Amazing how much you can get into such a paucity of words. C

Yeah, you Aussies wish!!! C

There's another reason, too, for teachers' current disaffection, and the irony is delicious. We've decided, legally decided, that no child will be left behind. Of course, if this is now mandated, then it must be tested to prove than no child really is being so abandoned. So, we test. And test and test to distraction, and to the point teachers I know say they don't have time to teach, they're too busy testing. As I say, ironic. And so very sad. C

Jason: Love your new avatar! C

This is an article in an Oklahoma newpaper, discussing this same topic: http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.asp..._A18_hWhen42518 Cole

You old devil you! As a boon to the younger set here, let me translate. 'French letters' was a term used way back when and I can't ever recall it being used recently, but it originally was a nicety for polite coversation and was a dainty way to say 'condom'. For those who already knew this, which is probably most of you, sorry for taking your time needlessly. And to Des: naughty naughty naughty. And funny, too! C

Caylor: Did you just find your avatar? C

Um, it wasn't clear I was being facetious? Uh oh. I think I'll retire now. C

Well, that'll certainly teach him! The very idea of it. Skittles! Now really. What was he thinking? C

Oh, the sheer effrontery of it all! A Brit telling us what convention to use to notate the date! This from the chaps who are so crackers they put cheese on biscuits rather than, well, crackers, who ride up in lifts rather than wearing them, who put their boots in their boots rather than their trunks in their trunks. Difficult to take them seriously, you know? When they don't know enough to come in out of the rain, they stand in it waving around their bumbershoots. Bumbershoots! I ask you! But, let's look at this dating matter. I know, I know, it's hard to talk logic to someone who thinks the size of a foot measurement should be based on the pedal dimensions of some long-forgotten king who was more noted for his foot size than than anything else. Perhaps the queen was interested in that, it having a bearing on other anatomical measurements. Perhaps those should have become a standard, or perhaps he wasn't that manly a king. Anyway, I digress. Dating conventions, that's what we were discussing. That, and the impeccable American logic behind it. We, of course, and corrently, too, use month, day, and year, in that order. As we should. The reasons are readily apparent to any clear thinker. We put the month first, because, obviously, what's the point of having the day first? If you ask me the date, and I say, "It's the 22nd," you'll know next to nothing, even though you posed your query to a very learned individual. You will almost always, in fact, follow up by saying, "Of what?" Because, you see, knowing it's the 22nd and not knowing if it's the 22nd of April or August, May or March, June or July, doesn't give yoiu much to work with. And how do we avoid this, we people who put a premium on logical thinking and time management and don't like to befuddle the one or screw up the other? Why, we put the month first. Which as you can see is logical, time saving and the single most appropriate place to put it! The year? Why heavens, everyone knows the year! It's one of the first things they, the men in the little white coats, ask you to learn if you're compos mentis. You're sane, I'm sane, we all know the year, so why emphasize the thing by putting it first? It's silly to do that, and it could be thought to be insulting, inferring the one you're communicating with has the mind of a twit. No, put it at the end. Where it belongs. Where we considerate Americans put it. Okay, this has run long enough. Our convention for noting the date is logical, functional and empathetic. The Brit one is mostly based on a King's dick size. Need I say more? C

You forgot to mention the basis for Kiss me Kate. I know you know, because the playwrite was almost Australian, I think. British is almost Australian, isn't it?Kiss me Kate was an adaptation of Taming of the Shrew. I won't disparage your knowledge by mentioning its author.You're mine to do with what I will? Well, wait a minute. I need to get some tips from Jason.C

Does this mean, should I feel the need, I can get a quick fix of time travel any time I want by simply moving the little setting gizmo on the back of my clock to something other than what it now is? Cool!C

It's too darn hot,It's too darn hot.I'd like to sup with my baby tonight,Fulfill the cup with my baby tonight.I'd like to sup with my baby tonight,Fulfill the cup with my baby tonight,But I ain't up to my baby tonight,'Cause it's too darn hot.It's too darn hot,It's too darn hot.I'd like to coo with my baby tonight,And pitch the woo with my baby tonight.I'd like to coo with my baby tonight,And pitch the woo with my baby tonight.But sister you'll fight my baby tonight'Cause it's too darn hot.It's too darn hot.Now, you being you, you'll know who worte this and what show it came from, and what author wrote the orginal material this show was based on and the name of that play. And, to make it even fairer, I didn't make up or paraphrase the lyrics you're reading, like someone whose name won't be mentioned to save him from abject humiliation, recently did.Your prize for getting this right won't have anything to do with sleeping with anyone. So there.C

Maybe no compression, but lots of compassion from Trab. Lots of that.As for the misting, that sounds like the b/f's job to me. He's the one to strip you naked and mistify your parts.The thought is making me hot.C

While I think you're being a little too harsh, Trab, a little too negative, I've actually lived through and experienced some of what you're saying. It's not totally accurate, but the gist is true. I know exactly what you mean about being neutered by your responsibilities. I know it only too well. C