Hall of Fame

[Trilby]

Zengum - re: Arlen Specter's jumping sides:

Specter??? That's spooky. He doesn't stand a ghost of a chance, but I admire his spirit.

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by Griff

It is fun to tweak each other with magical thinking comments

[Griff]

Thanks Sky. Oddly, when I posted that I didn't realize Tiki was in a multiple thread row. It kinda looks like piling on in that context.

[BigV]

What a difference a wider context makes.

[BigV]

xoxoxoBruce nails it (again):

But the duty of the parents is to make sure the kids survive, and are taught how to survive on their own when they grow up.

Happiness is nice. But dedication to that secondary goal can impede or derail progress toward the primary goal xoB defines so succinctly.

Well said, sir.

[TheMercenary]

I felt this was Notable from our friend diminished in the "On Tour in the USA" thread.

...I could hardly believe my eyes.There was a cavalry charge of parents carrying children up the slope towards the bear.It was like watching some sort of twisted,macabre game-show,the parents charged forth it seemed in an attempt to get their kids eaten by a bear first,with a vigour that suggested a large cash prize was at stake.Or at least an appearance on 'Americas funniest videos'.

I was particularly impressed by a plaid-shirted and baseball capped gentleman who burst through the front of the field,with a toddler stuffed under each arm.

http://cellar.org/showpost.php?p=582063&postcount=159

[Shawnee123]

This is the most amazing thing I've ever read on teh intrawebz:

Not to the

[Flint]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

... Medical knowledge is a constantly evolving thing: we laugh at what we thought was true thirty years ago, and it is utterly foolish to think we won’t still be laughing at many of today’s assumptions in another thirty years. ...

[Spexxvet]

We men are sluts.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Vaginas only have power when they all unionize. Individual vaginas have no power, because there's all these other vaginas out there that are just as good as far as you guys are concerned.

[Flint]

Originally Posted by Griff

"So what are your missionary dollars doing to improve the third world?"

"Nigeria will be witch free soon."

"That is a relief. Bad witch problem there. When are we going to start on our witches here?"

"Soon."

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

If everyone swept their own front porch, the world will be clean. The cessation of humanity starts at home.

I asked her if that was an original quote....

More like a brutalization of two different quotes. The first is roughly "if everyone would sweep in front of his own doorstep, the whole world would be clean" and is attributed to a couple different people depending on where you look.

I don't remember what the original version of the second sentence was, but I remember "_______ starts at home" was a typical pithy Public Service Announcement type thing when I was a kid.

I think it counts as original enough. regardless....true dat.

[Griff]

It was genius.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

I thought of this while writing a post where I admitted I have different opinions about the importance of freedom of speech since I started to post here.

Despite being to the left of what Americans would call liberal, I have certainly gained a better understanding of what we would call the far right. Here. Where I encounter real people.

I've realised decent people, who I like, can have beliefs I would previously have found extreme.

I've begun to understand the culture of a country that is so very different to mine. That the words "American" and "culture" can exist in harmony for example, and that some Europeans can be snobbish. Same with the realisation that Americans really cook. And even have more interest in good food than I do. McDonalds and Domino's are not necessarily every American's sole food provider.

On a more personal level, I learned that people struggle with all sorts of issues, and what I perceived as a world where everyone was okay except for me was a self-pitying fabrication. Everyday people have huge issues underneath the surface. Children, self-esteem, depression, work, family trouble. Success is how you handle it, not where you appear to be. And sometimes you just don't handle it and that is okay too.

And that there is a world where you can use three and four syllable words and not get blank looks. Well - it's the internet, you can't see them anyway. But there is a place where you can write a paeon to a dead politician in one thread, then talk about having sparkle dust on your boobs in the next. Those were my first posts as I remember. I knew I was home.

BTW - I wasn't anti-American before I came here. I was just lacking in information.

Hope this isn't too Hallmark.
I just wanted to get it off my sparkle-dusted chest

Welcome to the Hall of Fame, Sundae Girl. Take a bow.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Elspode

It doesn't matter where the war is, what the war is about, or who is in power when it happens. The other side will do nothing but stand there and throw stones. American politics knows no other way to function. It is simply not possible for us to function any other way. Shit, at this point, if the Democrats stood up and said "You know, maybe universal health care isn't such a good idea after all", the Republicans would immediately stand up and shout how the Dems didn't care about people.

One side takes a position, the other side shoots it down. The topic is irrelevant.

[Pete Zicato]

Originally Posted by Griff

If you want to know where the exact point is where you become an asshole in your post it is marked above.

#s given in a government training here.

Well done, sir. Well done.