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+1 We will pick on each other for damn near anything, but there are lines you just DO NOT cross. Not sure if you were talking to me but I'm not picking on anyone...except reporters who don't give tow sh!ts about anyone.

C, for all your wisecracks and horrible humor, you're a good guy with a good heart, and you're definitely loved. Just take a deep breath, relax, and don't let things get to you. Remember that 1. Things will get better and 2. No matter how bad things get, there's an unfortunate person, or people, who have it worse. The second one may not be a good consolation, but it's always true.

Understandable...

...when will they stop with IDIOTIC questions? Especially when someone passes away, whether it's an accident, health issues, etc...one of the first questions that gets asked (often times of family members, relatives, friends, etc) is "..how do you feel right now?.." How the **** do you think someone feels when someone related or close to them passes away? Example: High school kid hits a game winning shot then collapses three minutes later and dies because of cardiac arrest. In the press conference, the team and the coach are obviously distraught, they can't hold back tears, and a reporter asks the coach "..So if you could say something to Wes (the kid that passed away) what would you say?..." A reporter deserves to get their microphone shoved up their *** for questions like that. Also, when someone passes away, whether it's an athlete, celebrity, or a regular everyday joe shmoe person who dies in some way that attracts attention (accident, murder/homicide, etc) why does the media find it necessary to splatter their entire life on the news, ask their relatives about 'how do you feel about your loved one dying' etc...it makes me mad beyond belief. Let people grieve without sticking a microphone and a camera in their face!

Always thought the song by KISS was called 'Live it up' not 'Lick it up'...doh!!! Maybe I should pay more attention to the lyrics...double doh!!! What are your favorite misheard lyrics?

Antique - Opa Opa My favorite because... a. the woman is gorgeous b. the music is good c. the video is the CHEESIEST video I've ever seen...and it's too f'n hilarious! Erik Prydz - Call On Me My favorite because...well, just look. This video is HOT.

A girl asks her boyfriend to come over Friday night to meet, and have a dinner with her parents. Since this is such a big event, the girl announces to her boyfriend that after dinner, she would like to go out and make love for the first time. The boy is ecstatic, but he has never had sex before, so he takes a trip to the pharmacist to get some condoms.. He tells the pharmacist it's his first time and the pharmacist helps the boy for about an hour. He tells the boy everything there is to know about condoms and sex. At the register, the pharmacist asks the boy how many condoms he'd like to buy, a 3-pack, 10-pack, or family pack. The boy insists on the family pack because he thinks he will be rather busy, it being his first time and all. That night, the boy shows up at the girl's parents house and meets his girlfriend at the door. "Oh, I'm so excited for you to meet my parents, come on in!" The boy goes inside and is taken to the dinner table where the girl's parents are seated. The boy quickly offers to say grace and bows his head. A minute passes, and the boy is still deep in prayer, with his head down. 10 minutes pass, and still no movement from the boy. Finally, after 20 minutes with his head down, the girlfriend leans over and whispers to the boyfriend, 'I had no idea you were this religious..' The boy turns, and whispers back, 'I had no idea your father was a pharmacist.'

The joke "...Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?..."

I was quoting Adam Sandler, so I don't know what you're b!tchin' about. And this thread has been officially hi-jacked. I've given up on recovering it. Next topic: Puppies and kittens.

One more outburst from you sir, and I will have to strangle you with my microphone chord.

I'm a graphic designer by trade, and I'll have this to say about MACs/PCs. - I've worked on both for about 11 years now and can go between them almost seamlessly. - I love the MACs simply because I think they are more user friendly, their GUIs/OSs are superior on most levels, and they are less susceptible to virii, spam, etc. - I love PCs because they are more mainstream and easier to customize. - I love the fact that for about 1/2 the price of a top of the line MAC desktop, I can build a PC that will blow it out of the water. In short, I love both for various reasons. I can't pick a side.

I bet that will handle video editing quite nicely...

You don't sound intimidating at all. Seems that a lot of men don't want to date someone smarter or more accomplished because they're afraid of being shown up or being viewed in a negative light compared to their partner. There's a difference between someone who is cold/calculating/manipulative & intelligent (in a negative way) and know how to take advantage of people or someone who is smart and intelligent without using that knowledge to take advantage of someone. The same can be said for both men and women, and I'm not implying that women are 'out to get guys', because there are plenty of guys that do the same thing, and they're just out to collect trophies for themselves. As to what men want? I think that both men and women are in the same boat...and both don't know what they want until a certain point. That point could be reached through dating multiple people and finding out what you like in each partner, what you can overlook (everyone has undesirable traits that others just may need to put up with), and what you absolutely must have for a successful relationship. Or, the more rare occurrence is that you meet that one person that you click with perfectly from the start, you know they are THE ONE, based on a combination of what you see your friends/famlly go through and personal ideals. And that argument of personality vs. looks (or in Shah's lingo, size 0 vs. everything/everyone else ), physical attraction is important because 99.9% of the time, that's what draws us to a person, unless your first introduction to them isn't visual (internet, introduction via phone with the help of some friends, arranged marriage, etc.). But that attraction can either be quantified by someones personality/traits, or it can be completely overshadowed and if the person is lacking any semblance of a personality, in which case, the physical appearance will not even matter.

31...and perfect for you.

$200...or 3 dates, whichever comes first.

That's not a welcome option, and actually...I haven't. I'm an eternal optimist...contrary to what this post may indicate.

I'm glad the first response is a serious one!

This isn't a post about finding a perfect '0 sized' woman (no offense Shah ) or having a string a bad dates or having a bad relationship in general and complaining about that...this is just my personal observation and my own 'attempt' to find love. I've fallen in love twice, and twice it didn't work out. Both times, it was the 'ideal'...one you can't stop thinking about, one you have just enough in common with and just enough opposites to balance out, mental attraction, physical attraction, similar philosophies on life/love/family/etc. Now when I say 'ideal' I don't mean 'perfect' because noone is perfect, but it was the perfect person for me, and I was the perfect person for her. I won't get into specific details as to why it didn't work out but I'll briefly say that one was relocation to 4,000+ miles away, and one was religion. So I'm starting to think, is it EVER meant to happen, and happen permanently? Most of my friends are happily married, have a great relationship, some with kids, and couldn't be happier. I've not been purposely looking for love, prowling the dating sites and begging my friends to set me up with someone, but even when I do go on dates here and there, I lose interest after a few dates, and best case scenario, it lasts 3-4 months, and then I get bored. Not to say that I'm the most exciting person in the world, but I just run out of steam...topics to talk about...activities...etc. With the other two loves in my life, we could've be doing something or nothing, and it wouldn't have mattered, because I was with the right person. So when my friends say "don't look for it and you'll find it"...that doesn't work out. Then my friends say "..well you have to go out, meet girls, or well set you up with someone..." and i don't have a problem meeting people, as I am a social person, but I've kinda lost the desire to go on dates, because the trend has been 3 dates or so...and the interest is gone. Or 3-4 months and it becomes boring, monotonous, static, etc. Don't know if I am setting myself up for failure, but I pretty much KNOW how dating someone for a few months will end, so why bother? This has nothing really to do with physical attraction or age, because I've dated many different types of women, looks, age, personalities, etc...and I know what I like and don't like. But to me, humor, personality, intelligence, human qualities and just that innate attraction on a mental (not physical) level matters a lot more then pure looks. So, what's a guy to do? Not saying I've given up on finding someone, but it's becoming a lot tougher. Don't read if you don't want to. Just tell me to shut up and grow a set and meet someone.

Thanks for the advice quade. So...would you do it?

A friend of mine who is older and is a lawyer (of all things!) owns a hot air balloon ride business that he runs over the summer. He said that they are starting up again in a few months, and would take me up if I wanted. (The shortened version of the conversation) My friend: My wife and I run a hot air balloon ride. You want to go up in a few months? Me: Can I bring my parachute and jump out? My friend: Oh you're a parachutist? Sure why not? We've done that before...just need to find a nice clear area to land. Now, all jokes aside, I don't want to set up my friend and get his business in trouble. From what he says, and the way I've understood it, they've taken up people before without being authorized to do so. As much as I doubt that statement, just because they (theoretically) have gotten away with in the past, doesn't meant they'll continue to do so. So my question is this: how much trouble can he get into just for letting some skydiver jump out of his balloon and how much trouble could I get into? And if it came down to him agreeing to let me do it and I knew it could get him in a lot of trouble, I wouldn't do it.

Designers Don't Read http://www.amazon.com/Designers-Dont-Read-Austin-Howe/dp/1581156650

Glad I could at least shock one woman...

I think we are easy to understand. Uhuh.

So many opportunities for puns and innuendos here...

...women. I should stop trying. Every situation is so different, that the 'rules' of any one situation will NEVER apply to another one, no matter how glaring some similarities will be. The 'understanding' will differ so drastically that trying to find common links will leave your head spinning faster than the speed of a humming bird's wings.