9/14/2003: Ad on pregnant abdomen
 

http://cellar.org/2003/pregnantad.jpg

We had forehead advertising on the IotD before, now... pregnant belly advertising. How much to rent out your 8-months-pregnant abdomen for a day as you walk around London? L250 (about $400)

Wonderful photo. Does the daily rate vary depending on the degree of pregnancy? More belly, more advertisement.

Welcome to the Cellar Yos.:D I suppose she gets paid up front. Wonder if she has to refund prorated if she goes into labor during the day?;)

Always possible she gets more for going into labor while wearing the sign. After all, Doctors & nurses might constiute better demographics for the advertisements.

Did you check out Micro-Babies.co.uk? I'm pretty sure that Docs and nurses wouldnt be interested, but little girls who see pregant mommies might be.

Are we sure that monetary figure isnt a typo? I could bare all sorts of body parts for US$400 a day. :)

That is a pretty sweet deal all the way around. $400 and some healthy exercise for an expectant mom who has to obviously be out and about being seen for the day.

If they'd use ordinary large bellies and bottoms, tens of thousands of Philadelphians could break the cycle of poverty.

Wonder if she needs to use sunscreen. The thought of a sunburn on a stretched out pregnant belly doesn't sound good.

There's no sun in London. :)

Not much sun but enough. I got fried there in May riding in the top deck of a tourist bus. That was the last sun we saw that week.

was about to say. London/England had one hell of a sumer this year (last good one I remember was '96). I'm hoping for a killer snow season after all this heat...

Jaguar you should try living in Atlanta GA. After August we're generally ready to head for Alaska to escape the oppressive heat & humidity. One good thing about the humidy is the pregnant bellies get plenty of moisture to minimize stretch marks.

I currently attempt to live in Atlanta, GA. You aren't kidding about the oppressive humidity.

This is one godawful state. Nice bellies around here, though. :D

Atlanta's not too bad. I've got 28 years here and I don't sweat anymore. Of course, if it drops below 60, I can't feel my fingers...


GBA

DNK

Of course. Everyones heard of Southern Bellies.:D

You mean this kind?

http://itwerx.net/phur/50megs.com.jo...es/bellies.jpg


:eek: :eek: :eek:

Oh yeah! Thems southern bellies.

Damn, they grow um big down in Atlanta. One would think with all the humidity you guys would sweat some of that off. Have another beer while you're at it guys:beer:

Sweating just gets rid of water. It doesn't burn fat at all, and can be very detrimental to your health if you don't replenish what is sweat off.

And the alcohol you replace the water with is lighter. Is that how UT is losing weight?? :D

On the other hand it gives them plenty of canvas to work with. :D

Good one Ed, Welcome to the Cellar! Looks like you might fit right in around here:cool:. Unfortunately, I think prego bellies offer higher real estate value for advertisers than beer bellies, but who knows, you may be on to something here, scary:eek:

Great, Ed.:thumb:

c'mon luv, haven't you ever been to a NASCAR event?:D :D

Actually, I haven't, but I know what you're talking about;) . I got damn close though. A couple of projects ago I was in Vegas when NASCAR was there and my hotel was right down the street from the race track. I couldn't find anyone to go with and I didn't have enough balls to go by myself so I had to just watch all the racer's buses pull out on the last day:cool:

Brilliant, EZ, just brilliiant! Superb first post. Welcome to The Cellar!

Thanks Els. Glad you liked it. I wonder what your response would have been had I used an MTV logo instead... I was THAT close.

Before jumping in I read a number of recent threads and you know..your comment sounds like a diagnosis;)

Fuckin' A, now I'm getting ripped by friggin' NEWBIES. Shit, I can't win for losing around here. Just when I thought it was safe to show my cyber-face again and look what I get. I was nothing but nice to you EZ and I was all stoked I got to do a "Welcome to the Cellar" post before Bruce. Then I return to see you BUGZ bashing for no good reason. Well, like I said you'll definitely fit in around here now:rolleyes: (Note sarcastic smilie, that means this post is sarcastic in content, no offense meant to EZ unless he of course was actually being mean to me first, in which case go "F" yourself:p )

NO rip intended, luvz. Just a harmless jab with a little wise-ass sarcasm throw in... and I appreciated the welcome.

I think BUGZ has some "issues".

Emblazoning MTV on one of the above guys could scarcely be considered to be beneficial advertising, so yeah, go for it!

Did I mention that MTV sucks?

LB...you've gotta count to ten, breathe deep, and re-read stuff before you get upset. Really.

Ed was clearly just making some friendly banter, there...that's why he *does* fit in on the Cellar, as you noted.

Easy...easy...breathe deep...1...2...3...and so on.

I know EZ, I could tell you were joking by your smilie, I was joking too, hence my smilie. But do you see what I mean, look at Wolf's post right after your's. Now she thinks I have "issues":rolleyes: . Jesus H. Christ, I was joking with EZ playing off of his joke with me and now I have issues. But, if it would have been any other Cellar "regular" that had posted the same exact thing, everyone would be laughing in unison, but since it's me I have "issues". Right about now is when I DO start having ISSUES.

Wolf, I like you, I don't even hardly know you, but any chick that can discharge an M-16 set on rapid fire (which I'm confident you can) has my respect. I don't think I have pissed you off in any way (so far), in fact, I can remember you being one of those who has given me the benefit of the doubt in past posts. Anyway, just curious, why do you think I have issues? All I was doing was joking with EZ which I even made a note of in my post so as not to bring on the Cellar onslaught, which I seem to be such a magnet for:confused: . Everyone keeps telling me I need to have a thick skin to hang here, but where is ya'lls thick skins? I hope to some day take a jab at somebody in here and have someone else say...hey, BUGZ that was pretty funny, as opposed to giving me a psyc. review:( .

You have astonished 99 44/100% pure, who is, as she states, "infrequently astonished".

I KNOW he was joking, can't anybody see I WAS JOKIN' TOO??????
See above post.:p ;) :cool: :rolleyes: :p ;) :cool: :rolleyes:

You seem to be turned up to 9 a lot of the time. Turn it down to 4, perhaps, is what people are offering as friendly advice.

Was it me who astonished her or was it the beer belly ads?

I can't help it, I have to laugh aloud:haha:. I make a stupid little post to the new guy where we are bouncing sarcasm off each other and I attract the Cellar Big Guns like flies on shit:turd:. Surprisingly enough it's Wolf, Els, and the Biggest Gun of them all, UT. I guess my mere presence is offensive:confused: . It would appear I have answered my own question about still being a Newbie. OC is right. That antibitch chick came in here a ripped all ya'll a new asshole without knowing anything about any of you and you didn't give her half the ass-kicking I'm STILL getting. Well, I'm embellishing a little here, but not much. Within a short time span most of you guys/gals were apologizing left and right to her, but I still can't manage to make a friggin' joke without pissing everybody off:(

But don't tell her that, I think it's a secret.

Dagney
(I have not yet begun to Bitch)

Hey Dagney, nice to see your bright, shiny, friendly face is still around waiting to pounce:p and if you don't mind me borrowing your signature for this one...This post was not intended to be taken in any offensive, condescending, or non-friendly light. However if YOU took it that way, have at it.

Trust me, have way bigger personal issues than to take offense...besides, what I said was meant to be a joke. And taken as such.

I'll go back to my reality now.

[joke] I think it is time to start requiring some sort of html switch like [joke] [/joke] so as to avoid further confusion. [/joke]

      Forget it guys. Telling Bugz to relax is never taken as 'friendly advice'. I'm really not sure why...
      Anyway, let it ride, she'll cool down in a minute and we can all move on and enjoy our posting expieriences.

      Speaking of which, the guy on the left kinda looks like 'Tank' Abott. If he's half as tough I'd leave'm alone. Of course it's hard to say since the only time I remember Tank smiling was before he got new teeth and he was grinding his knee into a mans face at the time.

Whew, that was relatively painless, Thanks Dag:). I may need to "borrow" your new sig line and post it with everything I write.

You mean to tell me YOU have "personal issues". I don't believe it.

Have fun in your reality, wherever that may be:D

I can (almost) swear that LUVBUGZ smilies look somewhat different to the rest...

:D

LB,

I do believe that if you got to know me better, I would really annoy you. People like me are very annoying to people like you. I... I don't know how to describe it, but we just are. People like me are really just an annoying pebble in your shoe, when you can't really stop to shake it out.

I mean look at what happened. I posted what I thought was a single, simple line of helpful advice, and you took it to mean that you remain geniunely and universally unliked.

I know that if I continue to post, I will end up HIGHLY annoying you... it's kind of inevitable. So we need to come up with some agreement, where you don't post on my threads and I won't post on yours, or something.

Please don't beg to differ as I know we will wind up simply fighting unproductively. I just know it.

Yeah, Whit is here. I feel loved again:p . I can't wait for Juju to show up so we can start the party:p . BTY, Whit, you spelled "experiences" incorrectly.

Els, the [joke] thingy is a good idea, but it already takes me forever and a day to post. I wish you guys could just see I'm joking to begin with so I wouldn't have to write 20 posts trying to explain that I was joking. I think I'll just steal Dagney's sig line..."This post was not intended to be taken in any offensive, condescending, or non-friendly light. However if YOU took it that way, have at it." What do you think???

But UT, isn't it YOUR forum?

No need to hide IMNSHO.

Dagney

Who is offering a free HIPAA shoot to anyone who wants to come and lend her the munitions.

Use my sigline, or don't, couldn't care less. It was written for you anyway.

By the way, it's DagNEY. Not Dag. I reserve that for people I like.

Dagney
Who's got the needle buried on the Bitch-o-meter today (And is the FIRST to admit it)

      Yeah, I misspell occasionally. Because of this I never say anything about the misspellings of others. If you can find where I have I'll make a thread and beg forgiveness. So go ahead and look.
      Why do you choose to be mean to me anyway? I was trying to smooth things over for you. Ah well. By the by, I have nothing but love for you sweet 'ums.:D

No it really isn't. It has no meaning whatsoever without everyone else's participation, and I regularly beg people to give me any special status. Like the "What's the Cellar" link at the bottom says, this place is not about me, it's about you.

Without that core principle in effect, the place is basically meaningless to me.

Point taken and understood. (I didna know that!)

But I truly don't think you - or anyone else should feel the need to hide, censor themselves, or otherwise watch what they'd say because of one person.

UT, YOU DO NOT ANNOY ME. I was just suprised to see you make a post over such a stupid issue as no one being able to take a freakin' joke. I guess I assumed you of all people would be able to see I was joking with EZ, since you're the boss and have seen millions of posts. I quess I was mistaken. I interpreted your post as exactly what you said it was. A simple line of helpful advice. I appreciated it and am trying to take 'er down a notch, but I didn't feel it necessary to reply and share that with you, maybe I should have. I like you, I like Wolf, I like Els, I like Bruce, I like Jinx, I like OC, I like a lot of people here (sorry to any of you I have omitted) and I think they geniunely like me too (I hope). How the heck can we not post in the same threads, the Cellar is your baby, you created it and post in every forum daily (wait a minute, are you giving me a hint UT, am I getting kicked out?????):eek3: :eek3: :eek3:

I know - I don't annoy you NOW, because you know so little about me. As you come to know me, you will find that you call me an enemy.

Now how the heck was I being mean to you Whit?????? Where's the "thick skin"?;)

Where the heck did you get that from, UT? I really don't think people like Whit, for example, hate me. I considered our "tiff", over and done with, but he apparently thinks I'm now being "mean" to him. You said in your post that, "...[i] took [your advice] to mean that [i] remain geniunely and universally unliked." I do not feel "geniunely and universally unliked", but how can you ignore the blatant hatred I get from people like DagNEY...[quote from her] "Use my sigline, or don't, couldn't care less. It was written for you anyway. By the way, it's DagNEY. Not Dag. I reserve that for people I like." And, "But I truly don't think you [UT] - or anyone else should feel the need to hide, censor themselves, or otherwise watch what they'd say because of one person [LUVBUGZ]." I don't think you can expalin that away as "helpful, friendly advise".

Trust me, you've not crossed over to the point where I _hate_ you. But keep pushing me. Trust me, you WON'T like it.

You haven't bothered me until today. I've been able to ignore you. (Not really a HUGE problem, you've fallen off my radar)

However, out of the blue, you single me out as being MEAN to you, and I never was. I was polite, I was well spoken, well intentioned, and well thought out. I told you I'd drop it. And I did, never to be mentioned again. You said you would as well, but apparently you're not as good as your word.

But that still wasn't good enough. You had to bring it up, totally unrelated, on a thread I was NOT involved in. I refuse to have my name drug through the mud by someone who just wants/needs/craves attention. And I'm not going to apologize for saying what I'm saying right now, because I mean it.

And I'm going to do something I've not done here before.

Lower myself to your level.

Get a fucking grip girl. If you can't handle intelligent conversation without thinking it's about you. Log off and go home. If you can't deal with sarcasm and jokes without thinking it's a direct attack. Log off and go home. If you can't leave the past where it belongs, log off and go home. Like I told you before, AOL is taking new members daily. Perhaps that's more on your level. I even have a few free cd's I'll send to you, just to shut you up.

Sorry, I'm not going to fall on my knees and grovel for your forgiveness. Anyone who knows me, will know I do NOT do that. For anyone. Ever. Period. I DON'T like you, and I've done my best to not come out and say that. You are an arrogant, childish, self centered brat. And you NEED to grow up, get some thick skin, and stop thinking the world revolves around your little shit collecting life. Trust me, it doesn't. (And it doesn't revolve around mine, just so you can't come back and say that I'm claiming God-like powers)

Now, I'm done with what I have to say to you. Period. You've left my radar, my planet, and my universe. When you get a grip, I'll consider looking in your general direction. Maybe. If I've got nothing better to do. And my toenails always need painted. (Which is a nice way of saying that I'll ALWAYS have something better to do - Just so you don't get a little inkling of hope that I'll change my mind)

Now, that I've got THAT off my chest, I'm going to go deal with reality. Perhaps you need a dose of that yourself.

Dagney.