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Assuming the usual; sweat, KY, chocolate body paint, whipped cream... Usualy a bath or shower is my craving.

Everyone farts, admit it or not. Kings fart, Queens fart. Edward Lear, the 19th century English landscape painter, wrote affectionately of a favorite Duchess who gave enormous dinner parties attended by the cream of society. One night she let out a ripper and quick as a flash she turned her gaze to her stoic butler, standing, as always, behind her. "Hawkins!" she cried, "Stop that!" "Certainly, your Grace," he replied with unhurried dignity, "Which way did it go?"

You do know that living people sometimes visit cemetaries too, right ? No, I don't believe in any form of afterlife and/or spirit world. If science cannot explain something to me then I can still accept "We just don't know yet" as an explanation, rather than accepting supernatural theory as an alternative. IMO, when we move on it's total oblivion. People who wonder about "Where will I go when I die?" should also consider the question "Where was I before I was born?" People seem to easily accept that they were in a state of oblivion prior to conception, but remain in denial that they may return to a state of oblivion when they die. The one should not be harder to accept than the other.

Quoted from the article: "...surfaced within firing range of its torpedoes and missiles before being detected..." and then: "...surfaced within five miles of the carrier..." So, how close was it really? The effective range of a good torpedo is only about 2000 yards (1.1 miles), but the effective range of the C-801 / C-802 submerged-launch anti-ship cruise missile is well over 50 miles. 5 miles therefore seems to be a moot distance for a possible attack, too far for torpedoes and much closer than it needs to be for a missile.

Brandon Routh was selected as Superman for his remarkable resemblance to a young Christopher Reeve. Most people have no idea what acting experience he had before that. Appearance was more important than performance. Likewise; I don't think the Kirk & Spock roles will be played by well-known 'mainstream' actors. They are likely to go for some lesser known look-alikes.

I played oboe as far as 'Grade 5'. Haven't played in about 10 years though. Gabriel’s Oboe (sometimes known as Nella Fanstasia) by Ennio Morricone, was the tune I enjoyed playing most.

People who are concerned about baldness could consider the option of getting small rabbit tattoos on their head. Because, from a distance, rabbits look like hares...

"He rides the wild October sky. He shall not die, he shall not die." - The ScareCrows. Well done.

At the risk of making a frivolous boast; My father was chairman of MENSA South Africa for 4 years and supervised the testing procedures used by them at that time. I'm quite aware of the 'approximate breakdown' of scores and the accuracy (or lack of accuracy) of the testing processes, past and present. This is why I sometimes have a contemptuous viewpoint in many of these "IQ" threads that appear in Bonfire. There is a misconception amongst many regarding how these scores are gathered and calculated, the confidentiality of scores, and their actual significance relative to a world population.

A "horse hammer" can be painful to many smaller women, size isn't always a good thing. WRT the poll, if my IQ were 80 or less then I can't afford to lose 20 points, but if it were 120 or better I would probably trade 20 to look better. There are a lot of really fine people that score average or below and IQ scores are not an exact science anyway. Losing '20 points' would not necessarily make someone all that much dumber.

Nah.. very, very small chance of botulism from a Dr.Pepper. Sweet beverages, fruit juices and soft drinks are more prone to spoilage from yeasts and molds. Clostridiums prefer to metabolise natural proteins rather than sugars, and a diet Dr. Pepper probably doesn't even have sugars. Even the yeasts would not do much in a diet Dr Pepper. The artificial sweetner may be a synthetic protein, but it's not the kind that a Clostridium will metabolise. If the swelling is caused by gas from microbes, then the can was almost certainly damaged at some point to allow the contamination and it's nearly impossible to prove in a legal action that the damaged occured before you bought it and not after. IMO, the swelling in the can is not microbial spoilage at all but rather the result of physics. Some temperature variation; either it got very hot and gas expanded in the can, or the can was frozen solid at some point (water expands when it freezes). -

nah, I'm no pharmacist (which prolly means I shouldn't be posting here, eh? ) If it does seem to be working, it's probably the swallowed meds doing the job. I have heard from a pharmacist that anything that you apply to skin is very unlikely to affect anything other than the skin itself, not the bone or muscle beneath it. Heat or cold (such as icepacks) are one exception. Icepacks placed around a joint can often help to reduce both pain and swelling. No 'mericans were harmed during the making of this post.

Confucius say: Women who place husband in doghouse... soon find him in cathouse.

Didn't she previously have a Bentley Continental GT? IMO, the McLaren is a step down from that. Bentley's have more class. I'd date her too. The family, the money, the future possibilities... I'll only live once and things could certainly be worse than life with Paris Hilton.

I got a laugh from this one too.

That's a bit harsh. You make a personal attack on kallend because he may discard an article based on the lack of credibility of a contributing writer? I am both pro-gun and pro- concealed carry, but from an objective perspective I think kallend's position is completely reasonable. You are also pro- good governance and pro-skydiving, correct? Would you read an article on good governance containing 'facts' submitted by Robert Mugabe? Would you read an article co-written by Scott Lutz on the finer points of skydiving EP's ? Compared with all the better pro-gun articles out there on which our time is better spent, it is not unreasonable to discard content from writers of dubious reputation, regardless of the topic.

nacmacfeegle's old signature line comes to mind here... "Fly, you fools !" -Gandalf

This attachment is probably a repost here but it's the first time I've seen it. Pretty funny stuff.

The only context under which it might be selfish is if one partner wanted children and the other did not and one accused the other of being selfish for having an opposing point of view. To not have children is certainly not selfish towards the would-be children. On the contrary, it may even be seen as selfish to have children, because people have children to enrich their own life experience. Parents do not do their would-be children any great favour by "releasing their trapped unborn souls from the pre-natal plane of oblivion" or some such belief.

There is a noticeable pattern in the way that these poll results have been presented. There's a neat 50-50 split between questions on factual or 'real-world' information and questions relating to fictional information. To me it's quite obvious that the poll is not intended to highlight any kind of shame in not knowing who Harry Potter is, but rather illustrate that most people polled know more about fictional material than about factual material (although the factual content of Homer's works is uncertain too). The importance of trivia and general knowledge, especialy in the areas of science, politics and history, allows us to make more informed decisions on the politicians we vote into office and the real reasons behind enviromental concerns and world events. Politicians make decisions that affect us all. Marketing personnel and journalists thrive on our ignorance, influencing us to buy things we don't need and to be concerned about exaggerated nonsense. Apparently it's even possible to get a large number of people to sign a petition to protest the presence of "di-hydrogen monoxide" in our lakes, rivers and water supply. It's quite possible that some people have begun lifelong relationships with a great friend or partner by impressing them with the knowledge that Puccini wrote the operas Turandot, Tosca and Madama Butterfly, and that relationship has affected their lives ever since. There are so many inter-related aspects of our world that eventualy come around to affect us that it's truly difficult to identify factual information that we can confidently describe as "useless trivia".

I'm not completely sure if it counts as a true infomercial; I bought something called a "floor-whizz pro" which is a tile floor cleaner that apparently can do windows too. Basicaly a cylindrical rubber-composite thing between two rollers that allows it to absorb water and then squeeze it out. I quite like it actualy, inexpensive and certainly better than what I was using before.

Some amusing stuff there, but also slightly altered as happens with many popular chain mails. It was hosted by the Washington Post but MENSA had nothing to do with it, AFAIK it was actualy a a "Style Invitational" and it could not have been 2005 because I have that same email in my archive folder from the year 2003. Still good for a laugh though.

If you have the kind of office profile where you're hassled every 5 minutes because your colleagues can't run the place without you then you're sorted. But, if you're in management then it would have taken days before they noticed you were missing.

I say no, at least not where I am. If they did have low standards then most of the regular guys at the DZ's I go to would be hooked up with very average-looking partners. By contrast, from what I've seen so far, more than half are single or divorced and the minority that do bring partners to the DZ are almost always femmes that are worth a second look. Additionaly, IMO, skydiving has nothing to do with it. I dont see a connection between what guys do for recreation and their taste in femmes. I am outside of the USA though, so maybe national culture plays a role in these trends.

...or the British version: (Old English currency, 5 pennies = 1 Crown) Jack and Jill went up the hill, they each had a penny and a quarter. Jill came down with half a crown. Do you think they went for water? And another one that has several similar variations... Jack and Jill went up the hill to work a job near the water trough. But business was still, the profits were ill and the boss had to lay Jill or Jack off.