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• Commented on Handcuffed, suspected bank robber eats alleged stick-up note
  Well, that guy is quite a ... smooooooooth criminal. Thanks BB, that video made me laugh so hard....
• Commented on Arrr, This be pleasin' to me uterus
  Lobster: That hurt to imagine. OW....
• Commented on The Matrix as a Charlie Chaplin short
  @The Chemist: I am aware there is racism in Russia. I am also an adult and able to discern the difference between an insult and a portrayal of a character in a film. Must be a pretty sad, angry little...
• Commented on The Matrix as a Charlie Chaplin short
  Very nicely done. @The Chemist - Sorry, but I found your comment tiresome. Such a charming creative little piece and you just sucked the fun out of it. It would be so much better to put things in context instead...
• Commented on Mighty Boosh Halloween Costume: The Spirit of Jazz
  I think knee-jerk "this is racism" reactions are out of place. They do nothing to further discussion, only division. If we label assumptions white people make about black people solely based on the colour of their skin as racism, then...
• Commented on Coordinated motorcycle performance video from the 1950s
  That was completely and utterly fantastic. Thank you Boing Boing, you made my day....
• Commented on New Yorker art editor Francoise Mouly talks about cover illustration for Money issue
  Wonderful. My favourite mag ... the only one that still arrives in paper form every week....
• Commented on Mont Blanc's $23,000 pen to commemorate Gandhi's birth
  What's next? A missile with his name on it?...
• Commented on Panorama of yogi feet in the air
  Shoulder stands, my favourite! I feel relaxed just thinking about them. Thanks for the post....
• Commented on Pakistani Ghazals, Aik Alif
  That was absolutely wonderful. Makes me wish I understood more Urdu than I do. I have read Ghalib's poetry and it is absolutely wonderful, even translated into English, but I'm sure it is even better in Urdu....
• Commented on Movie posters for minimalists
  @Graphic Nothing: I really liked your posters - I thought they were very creative....
• Commented on The Pakistan Blogistan
  I have never been to Pakistan myself but my grandparents lived in Lahore prior to partition. They were among the millions of Hindus who moved to the Indian side of the line after partition, leaving behind homes, businesses and friends....
• Commented on Philadelphia Free Library System is shutting down
  Cory, an update - Harrisburg has approved the budget for the city so I believe this should prevent drastic action being taken - hopefully, this will prevent libraries from closing. We've also received calls at home about trash pickup switching...
• Commented on How to make chai tea syrup
  Also came here to post about "chai tea" being the same as "tea tea" but I noticed I'm not the only one. @1: I agree with you that it's silly and amusing but on the point that it may be...
• Commented on Student kills burglary suspect with Samurai sword
  Call me chicken, but my flight response has always served me better than my fight response. :-)...
• Commented on Surveillance video of insurgents in Afghanistan accidentally blowing themselves up while planting a bomb
  I try to be a compassionate person but I have no sympathy for these two - when you deal in death and destruction, some day it will visit your door too. These people don't care who they kill. Yes, I'm...
• Commented on Depression as a pro-survival adaptation that solves hard problems
  This is a very interesting topic for me. I don't mean this to sound bad or anything but I can't for the life of me comprehend what having depression is like. I mean, don't get me wrong: I've been depressed,...
• Commented on How a one-hour meeting can ruin a maker's day
  Ah so spot on, thank you! I'm struggling with this exact same thing now and your article was so interesting to read because it made me feel like I'm not alone. I will have to learn to cope and make...
• Commented on Virginia, the Blind Dog
  Good girl indeed. Our dogs are lucky to have people who take good care of them but us humans are also lucky to have these animals around us because they certainly can teach us a thing or two....
• Commented on Massive dance-number wedding entrance
  That was happy happy wonderful....
• Commented on Baboons ransack car luggage carrier
  That was such fun to watch. I wish there was more of it....
• Commented on World's Greatest Internet Freakout Contest (win a microwave)
  @18: LOL. You're absolutely right. I guess that was a bit of a rant, wasn't it? I apologize for my obnoxiousness ... having a rough day and taking it out on the Internets. Sorry for being such a humourless grouch....
• Commented on World's Greatest Internet Freakout Contest (win a microwave)
  #@12: So commenting about someone behaving in an obnoxious manner is obnoxious too? What should I have said? What an adorable little darling?...
• Commented on World's Greatest Internet Freakout Contest (win a microwave)
  @#8: What? That makes no sense....
• Commented on World's Greatest Internet Freakout Contest (win a microwave)
  Yuck. Obnoxious spoiled little shit whining and behaving in an ugly little way. I can't believe those parents let that brat get away with that kind of behaviour. BB, this is totally not a wonderful thing. :-(...
• Commented on Radley Balko on NY Times photo: " I can’t really conceive of a scenario where it wasn’t staged."
  So bloody what if it was staged. Is that all this blogger took away from this article? It very appropriately pointed out the issues with distracted driving except Radley Balko or whoever this idiot is has has panties in a...
• Commented on Rice paddy crop art of the year
  Now that's a wonderful thing!...
• Commented on Michael Jackson's everlasting death spectacle and "Paedogeddon"
  I believe the phrase is "innocent until proven guilty". Sure, you can say the outcome was bought and paid for if you don't like it, but hey, then why even bother with a trial! @#1: How was that article racist?...
• Commented on Sarah Palin, via Twitter: God told me to sue the internet
  I understand that Boing Boing is not the BBC but Keith Irwin does have a point. I support him on this one....
• Commented on CIA's former bin Laden expert: "The only chance we have as a country right now is for Osama bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States."
  This sounds so psychopathic, it's hard to take in. It's mind boggling to comprehend that someone could say these things in all seriousness. The hypocrisy and hatred of the right-wing is disturbing at best. I keep hoping we're missing some...