Cory, you do a lot of good things, but making a fuss about mangled spam is a good decade behind the times. t's stck btwn tmly nd rtr, hp-dp n lm-.

Crocs consider pointing to be very rude.

Indeed. Instead sweep your remaining hand in the direction you wish to indicate.

From "How Not To Be A Moron", J.X. Williams, 1975:

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Rule 410(a): Do not taunt any predatory animal larger than your head.

Rule 410(b): Do not taunt any wild animal larger than your torso.

Rule 410(c): Do not taunt any living animal larger than you are.

...

I just want to note that anyone who considers themselves a fan of mine is welcome to always send me milk. I love milk. Whole only, please!

Unfortunately Amazon no longer stocks the famous Tuscan Whole Milk, 1 Gallon, 128 fl oz. Is there an acceptable substitute?

Bullfroooogs! Tonight. We dine. On crickets!

Bullfrog! Return with your lilypad, or upon it.

Besides, one hardly has to be a big time writer to understand the industry and to work effectively within that industry to address the most important issues. It's not rocket science.

Is it more difficult to become a professional writer than a rocket scientist? There's certainly more competition for the writing job.

Assuming I'm free to play some sort of music at my store at some volume, who is to say that music can't be designed to drive a certain customer out the door?

Indeed, and classical music has been used for that very purpose, to drive away young people.

Building nearly fifty kilometres of elevated train line though a built-up area in only two years sounds extremely ambitious.

What is the government planning to do with the people who are already living there?

I'm OK with plant-animal hybrids, as long as no one tries to make me into a plant.

>> how about a pistol pistol?

> Gun that shoots knives that shoot guns?

No, a pistol pistol is a pistol that shoots pistols. A recursive pistol is a pistol that shoots pistols that shoots pistols ... (These tend to be quite large, and are not available to the general public.)

A hand canon is one that can not be heard clapping, but nevertheless harmonizes with itself under transformation.

If your favorite book is one that routinely appears on mandatory reading lists, you probably don't read much.

So can we call them fascists now, or is that a prohibited ethnic slur?

I suspect that with the mom incapacitated (she was travelling alone?), the hospital didn't know what to do with the kids, and did the default thing: call Children's Services, or whatever it's called. And Children's Services ran their default intake script, which is pretty hardcore because most kids who come into their care are from messed-up families.

Here's a poser: what should the hospital have done?

It is a bit puzzling to see so many books left to rot. I suspect what happened is that the fire and subsequent fire-fighting efforts damaged much of the stock, and the school board declared the warehouse a total loss and collected their insurance payout. I would not be surprised if efforts to collect usable material from the wreckage could put their total-loss claim in jeopardy, and they therefore left it all in place.

Unless the operator is really thorough, using a torch to clear a walkway of snow turns the snow-cover into an ice-cover. Not an improvement.

I am so glad I am not a parent, and therefore not in the crosshair of marketers rabid enough to try to sell me something like this.

*shrug*

What has the environment ever done for us, anyway?

The irony, it got me, sarge. It got me right here. Tell Susie I'll be waiting for her on the other side. (dies)

I agree this device could cause serious problems if misused by cops. But in cases where it should be used, it replaces a high-speed pursuit, which has its own costs, risks, and dangers -- and substantially greater ones, I might add.

Wil@26: Well, much of the rest of the Anglosphere has something called Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition which is supposed to keep the government (i.e. the "administration") from attempting various shenanigans. Perhaps we should get one of those.

(Though we might want to change that name.)

A kidnapping committed in Britain does not violate U.S. law, because the jurisdiction of U.S. law does not extend to Britain. Since U.S. courts are Constitutionally limited in jurisdiction to cases involving U.S. law, that a crime was committed under British law in Britain isn't an issue the U.S. court has the authority to address.

OK, but it clearly did violate British law, and kidnapping isn't one of those slap-on-the-wrist offences. I presume there's a fairly broad extradition treaty between the US and UK. What would happen if the UK gov't filed charges, and formally sought extradition?

I'm reminded of all the good press Israel got when it abducted one of its citizens from Italy.

Also, payback's a mofo, yo. If it's OK for us to do it, we can't really object to them doing too. Let's watch the Chinese grab some expatriate dissidents, or the Saudis chase down some errant wives. Good entertainment for all!

Transection. The hot hot hot new frontier for porn.