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I’m in New York City, for no reason at all other than to expand my carbon footprint. It’s a performance art piece, really; similar in a way to this:

A Chorus of Women will use drama, poetry and music to create an emotional response to climate change ...

My own “emotional response” will shortly take me to the trailer park home of Iowahawk, and thereafter to the carbon killing fields of Bonneville, Utah. Speed Week pictures promised.

Posted by Tim B. on 08/03/2007 at 03:23 PM
  1. About theAustralian High Court. It is a court of appeal.

    Posted by kae on 2007 08 06 at 10:26 PM • permalink

  2. 250 yojimbo

    Ummmm, what your sayin. is, Daley’s grandson probably was no Alvin C. York huh?

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 06 at 10:28 PM • permalink

  3. Frollicking, when are you writing your book? You know, on your adventures?

    I’ll type it and edit it.

    Mite be a couple a spelling and grammatickle mistakes, but.

    I can type from tape, too….

    I’d buy it

    well, maybe not after typing it, ‘cept to give it to a friend!

    Posted by kae on 2007 08 06 at 10:30 PM • permalink

  4. #240
    re 10-15% - does it matter?

    Refer #225
    (Devil’s advocate?) putting things into context following the promsiscuity/rape screed from the previous page.
    I.e. neither male nor female humans are ‘saintly’, that’s the case I’m making, My Lord ... I’m not a lawyer seeking a ‘remedy’.

    Ash? mentioned it was being appealed
    ?

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 06 at 10:33 PM • permalink

  5. #245
    I would put it into the Lancet survey of the dead in Iraq pile of stats

    Over-inflated?

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 06 at 10:35 PM • permalink

  6. #2: Personally, with respect to Illinois politicians, I’m rather partial to that tower of integrity, “Big Bill” Thompson, a man who, with the assistance of Al Capone, could be said to have enjoyed, if not grass roots support, at least, the support of the man who did no much to nourish grass roots.

    Posted by paco on 2007 08 06 at 10:36 PM • permalink

  7. OK Cidster.

    You got me.  What possible relationship do you see between the Daley grandson and ....Gary Cooper?

    Hot enough for you in TN.?  Supposed to last for awhile.  Stay hydrated.

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 08 06 at 10:37 PM • permalink

  8. #4 I did mention that I thought the case was on appeal. I was wrong.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 06 at 10:37 PM • permalink


  9. #3 I’d buy it too Kae!

    Frollicking, get writing!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 06 at 10:44 PM • permalink

  10. #8 Ash
    I thought the quote at #240 was misattributed to you, that’s all ...

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 06 at 10:45 PM • permalink

  11. #5
    Appears the minimum figure from all sources is 10%.
    Too high?

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 06 at 10:49 PM • permalink

  12. #11 Ah, ok. All good.

    I have sausages on the berbeque. They smell great!!!

    You’re all invited.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 06 at 10:50 PM • permalink

  13. barbeque.
    barbeque.
    barbeque.
    barbeque.

    One day I plan on learning to spell.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 06 at 10:51 PM • permalink

  14. For crying out loud, Intervention plans ‘in some ways genocide.’

    Idiot’s complaining that the federal gov’t Northern Territory intervention will wipe out Aboriginal culture.

    Like kiddy rape?

    Posted by Dminor on 2007 08 06 at 10:51 PM • permalink

  15. Thanks ladies, but im actually v-boring person whos been around a few interesting times/places/people.
    Much rather read a new hardboiled detetive novel from Mr Paco.

    Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2007 08 06 at 10:52 PM • permalink

  16. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22200392-662,00.html

    Paco, he’s copying our T-shirt idea now!

    Posted by 1.618 on 2007 08 06 at 10:53 PM • permalink

  17. #4

    devil’s advocate? Sounds more like you’re talking in circles. Pointless. Don’t argue with me when we’re on the same side.
    If you have a point to make, by all means, make it. If you want to share information for enlightenment, please do.
    But don’t argue pointlessly with me. I don’t need it.

    rape screed + deceptive paternity?

    Yeah, they go together.

    Posted by kae on 2007 08 06 at 10:53 PM • permalink

  18. “Kevin is Devan”

    t-shirt

    Posted by 1.618 on 2007 08 06 at 10:54 PM • permalink

  19. #15 [moonbat] How dare that eeeeeeeevil HoWARd do something to protect children from harm?! The man’s a monster! KEVIN07!!!!!![/moonbat]

    I need a shower. One of those used in nuclear waste contamination situations.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 06 at 10:55 PM • permalink

  20. #15
    If aboriginal culture includes child molestation it deserves to be wiped out.

    They really do give the impression that they’d like the status to remain quo.

    Posted by kae on 2007 08 06 at 10:56 PM • permalink

  21. dminor, in a way it might, however, maybe it’s not meant to exist at this time in history?

    Why try to keep something that may not meant to work and call it culture?

    Posted by 1.618 on 2007 08 06 at 10:56 PM • permalink

  22. #16 I’d buy both, Frollicking.

    And probably read them both at the same time, because I’d be unable to decide which to read first.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 06 at 10:56 PM • permalink

  23. #18
    You can keep your moral judgements.

    Again:
    Appears the minimum figure from all sources is 10%.
    Too high?

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 06 at 10:57 PM • permalink

  24. For example:  Aboriginal tribal law in context with culture and 2007 white mans law.

    Posted by 1.618 on 2007 08 06 at 10:57 PM • permalink

  25. tim Blair where are you DORK boy? I’m going to have an affair soon with Andrew Bolt or Alan or Sydney.

    Posted by 1.618 on 2007 08 06 at 10:58 PM • permalink

  26. #18
    rape/infidelity, yes
    biology ...

    Appealing to This page has been viewed 153064 times ...

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 06 at 11:01 PM • permalink

  27. However Paco should avoid this case at all costs.

    Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2007 08 06 at 11:02 PM • permalink

  28. #27 I’m lost.

    Are you saying that rape and infidelity are the same thing, and that biology is completely different?

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 06 at 11:07 PM • permalink

  29. Barack O’Bama Before He Barack’s You.

    Posted by guinsPen on 2007 08 06 at 11:10 PM • permalink

  30. #6 paco

    Who is Al Capone?...:).

    #7 yojimbo

    What possible relationship do you see between the Daley grandson and ....Gary Cooper?

    None. Hey, at least I’m honest about it.

    Hot enough for you in TN.?  Supposed to last for awhile.  Stay hydrated.

    Cripes is it ever. Did some work on my upper deck, followed by two days of golf. Most that know me personally say, I’m nuts. I’m beginning to believe the validity of their point of view.

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 06 at 11:11 PM • permalink

  31. #31 Would you mind sending about 10C of that heat to me? It’d be a toasty 21C here if you did, plus you’d be 10C cooler.

    Win-win!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 06 at 11:13 PM • permalink

  32. I say, I must have lost the, er, thread, so to speak. What the devil is up with all this chatter about paternity suits, paternity testing, and so forth? If I didn’t know better - and I don’t - some of you fellers are looking mighty . . . I dunno . . . nervous.

    #28: That one gave me a chuckle, Frollicking!

    Posted by paco on 2007 08 06 at 11:17 PM • permalink

  33. #30

    Or before Obamarama stars in the movie remake; “Thirty Seconds Over Pakistan”.

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 08 06 at 11:19 PM • permalink

  34. #22 I don’t know how the long-term cultural ramifications of Howard’s plan will evolve. My main beef with this bloke is his total misuse of ‘genocide’. No matter how much you wrangle the word, it just doesn’t fit this situation.

    But then he wouldn’t be the first person trying to rewrite the dictionary. Lefties do it all the time. Take an issue, identify a flaw, then call it something monstrously worse in order to validate your argument. Works a treat.

    Posted by Dminor on 2007 08 06 at 11:20 PM • permalink

  35. #33 Uh, it somehow turned from a discussion about rape into a discussion on paternity. I’m still trying to figure out how that happened.

    And none of the fellers here need worry, it’s definitely not theirs!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 06 at 11:20 PM • permalink

  36. #31: Who is Al Capone?

    A humble, and much misunderstood, Chicago furniture salesman.

    Posted by paco on 2007 08 06 at 11:23 PM • permalink

  37. #26 1.618

    I’m going to have an affair soon with Andrew Bolt or Alan or Sydney.

    My God woman, do you realize how large Sydney is?

    the city, of course

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 06 at 11:23 PM • permalink

  38. #29
    I’m saying that rape and infidelity mix the gene pool against the wishes of the opposite sex, and that it’s biology, but I’ll throw the towel in. :)

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 06 at 11:29 PM • permalink

  39. #29
    #225 (p.2) puts it best ...

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 06 at 11:32 PM • permalink

  40. #37

    A humble, and much misunderstood, Chicago furniture salesman.

    WOW. He must have done well. His place in Miami is a killer

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 06 at 11:32 PM • permalink

  41. #37
    Oh, I thought he was into concreting.

    Posted by kae on 2007 08 06 at 11:33 PM • permalink

  42. I’m also tired of the constant, overwrought efforts to preserve culture in general. Never throughout human history has such an effort been made to maintain the past for present and future. In fact, without mankind’s endless pursuit of progress, we’d have little to none of the historical advances which actually - but retrospectively - create ‘culture’ in the first place.

    By all means, hang on to the good bits. But this adulation of culture for culture’s sake is simply time-wasting.

    (Hey, I’ve almost brought the thread back to it’s original topic).

    Posted by Dminor on 2007 08 06 at 11:34 PM • permalink

  43. #37 I thought he liked baseball.

    Posted by Dminor on 2007 08 06 at 11:35 PM • permalink

  44. #29 I think rape and infidelity mix the gene pool against the wishes of everyone. No one who has been raped has ever wanted it.

    People who cheat, however, know the risks they are taking and accept them.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 06 at 11:36 PM • permalink

  45. Buy your

    Kevin is a Bevan


    T-shirts for sale
    Enquiries: 1.618

    Posted by 1.618 on 2007 08 06 at 11:38 PM • permalink

  46. Did anyone else catch Jack from Montreal’s comment (posting as Jlc from Montreal) over at Bolta’s “Andrew, beware the Tim Blair reffos, they’ll besmirch the place.”

    Bit rich coming from a Tim Blair reffo himself!

    Points, though, for using ‘besmirch’.

    Posted by Dminor on 2007 08 06 at 11:39 PM • permalink

  47. #45 I meant #39.

    The sooner I learn to count, the better.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 06 at 11:40 PM • permalink


  48. #47 I spotted it.

    I didn’t much care, however, because it’s never been a secret that people from here also post at Bolta’s (or vice-versa). I started off posting at Andrew’s, and moved over here.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 06 at 11:46 PM • permalink

  49. #50 I thought it was uncalled for. He had a complaint to make and he made it here - fair enough (though I doubt he could have been more inflammatory about it if he’d tried).

    But besmirching the entire blog over at Bolta’s wasn’t very nice. Maybe it was unintentional, but hey, with friends commenting like that, who needs Miranda?

    Posted by Dminor on 2007 08 06 at 11:50 PM • permalink

  50. #51 That’s very true Dminor. Like Texas Bob said, it wasn’t so much the complaint that bothered me, it was the thinly veiled personal attacks.

    I like to think (and correct me if I’m wrong) I tried to respond to Jack’s complaints politely and receptively.

    Jack has some very interesting things to say, such as in his earlier comments with Paco about dams, but I certainly don’t think we’re all bad.

    Though, I’m one of the main people involved in what Jack identified as problems.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 06 at 11:59 PM • permalink

  51. Deep philosophical ponderings begin…..now.

    Re the issue of rape on the gene pool.  Think of the effect the prior wars have had on the gene pool at large.  One could argue that some marriages were forced, in a sense, due to the fact that women were forced to marry, marry persons that they would not have married had the wars not taken place.  One could argue that that was a massive shift in the gene pool.

    No double-blind study is possible of course, but one has to wonder what effect this has had on history in general.  Would a different marriage result in the birth of a child that would have discovered a cure for cancer-or even the common cold!  The opposite could also be true.  Possibly a person that is on the verge of doing something great may never have been born.
    Would cyberspace be different if a Gates or a Jobs were never born because their mothers married someone else?

    Or not!  I’m going to go back to sucking on that butterscotch sucker from Sees.

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 08 07 at 12:00 AM • permalink

  52. 51 Dminor

    I thought it was uncalled for. He had a complaint to make and he made it here - fair enough (though I doubt he could have been more inflammatory about it if he’d tried).

    As Andrea noted in a post, he who/whom shall remain nameless could take his DAM comments anywhere he chose. In fact she practically escorted the unmentionable, to the DAM door.

    He, who/whom accuses others of besmirching, should look in the DAM mirror, first.

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 07 at 12:05 AM • permalink

  53. Anyone else catch Clive James on ABC last nite?

    Asked “What do you miss most about Australia?” He answered, paraphrased:

    “Youth. My youth. Australia is a wonderful place to be young.”

    I like Clive.

    Posted by kae on 2007 08 07 at 12:12 AM • permalink

  54. Besmirch?

    yikes.

    Posted by 1.618 on 2007 08 07 at 12:12 AM • permalink

  55. #56

    And probably on an empty stomach to boot!

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 08 07 at 12:15 AM • permalink

  56. #57 That’s just dangerous!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 12:18 AM • permalink

  57. Does “besmirching” require the purchase of a carbon credit and what effect does it have on Geothermia?  Just asking some pertinent questions here people.

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 08 07 at 12:19 AM • permalink

  58. #59 Oh, Yojimbo, I wish I could care as much as you obviously do. You’re so good to Gaia!

    [/1950s][/swooning][/breathlessvoice]

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 12:28 AM • permalink

  59. Rudd launches Kevin07 website

    http://www.kevin07.com/

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 12:31 AM • permalink

  60. Bagdhad Liar Scott Beauchamp Recants!

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2007 08 07 at 12:31 AM • permalink

  61. #59, yojimbo:

    Iirc, besmirching relates to pre-used automotive lubricants being applied as a personal hygiene/hair care product.

    Posted by Grimmy on 2007 08 07 at 12:32 AM • permalink

  62. #60

    Deep breathing right back at you!

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 08 07 at 12:32 AM • permalink

  63. #61 I got that shocking email from Kev. I wonder how poor, innocent me got on his mailing list?

    I must have stupidly signed up for something, and not realised.

    Now, where’s that “Unsubscribe from this bullshit!” link?

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 12:33 AM • permalink

  64. Re questioned fatherhood, the State of California is way ahead of the curve, in its usual twisted way.

    The married and co-habitating husband is legally father of the child, period.
    AND he can’t sue wifey for fraud in case of “wrongful” child support payments made after a divorce.

    Problem solved by legislation, LOL.

    Posted by Harry Bergeron on 2007 08 07 at 12:34 AM • permalink

  65. #66 I think that’s the case here too Harry, but that the legal assumption is able to be challenged.

    Cue: Lawyers and such telling me that I’m incredibly wrong.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 12:41 AM • permalink

  66. #66 Harry
    all the more reason to have the test done early!

    I think that rule applies here. Any child born in wedlock is the child of the male spouse.

    It might get a bit difficult with surrogacy, but let’s not go there.

    And it’s been proved by the previously mentioned High Court case that the husband can’t get any money back for children who aren’t his.

    Posted by kae on 2007 08 07 at 12:41 AM • permalink

  67. Ooooh, Joe Hockey just hit a great blow at the ALP.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 12:44 AM • permalink

  68. #62, Richard

    And the TNR bloody well knew it before they published that bleeping story!

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 08 07 at 12:47 AM • permalink

  69. #63, Grimmy

    Your memory is impeccable as always.  Glad to see that you are in fine fettle this evening!

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 08 07 at 12:49 AM • permalink

  70. Good night all…you also Mr. Besmirch.

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 07 at 12:55 AM • permalink

  71. Good night El Cid.  Crank that A/C up and get a good nights sleep.

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 08 07 at 12:57 AM • permalink

  72. Good Night, dear El Cid.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 12:59 AM • permalink

  73. #72 Yojimbo reminded me El Cid…

    You don’t want to send me some temperature?

    *sob* *shivers* So cooooooold.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 01:01 AM • permalink

  74. Oh, one last thing…

    South Carolina Police Charge 2 Students With Having Several Pipe Bombs Near Navy Base

    Fox

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 07 at 01:01 AM • permalink

  75. later, all.

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 07 at 01:02 AM • permalink

  76. Kevin07 website*

    Hmmm.
    07, Licence to .......

    *oh, I nearly typed dweebsite…

    Posted by kae on 2007 08 07 at 01:02 AM • permalink

  77. Some interesting statshere, not sure of their veracity…

    Posted by kae on 2007 08 07 at 01:04 AM • permalink

  78. #76

    And those Brit doctors had Yank email partners in their email chain.  Not to worry!  Just bumper sticker hype.

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 08 07 at 01:05 AM • permalink

  79. #80 Do you think there’s something to the idea that ugly men are more likely to become terrorists?

    I need to get a government grant… so I can study this.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 01:07 AM • permalink

  80. ‘Kevin 07’ just a media tart: Govt

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 01:07 AM • permalink

  81. 81: Pay me $4000,000 and I’ll do a small survey on the subject.

    Posted by 1.618 on 2007 08 07 at 01:08 AM • permalink

  82. Any of you dudes know how I can easily and quickly post a pdf file so it can be read here? For research purposes of course!

    You lurking about Swinish?
    taa in advance

    Posted by kae on 2007 08 07 at 01:08 AM • permalink

  83. 07?

    A bit of free advertising for Sunrise station?

    Kevin the Bevan T-shirts only on 7

    Posted by 1.618 on 2007 08 07 at 01:09 AM • permalink

  84. #84 Give me a min Kae, right on it.

    Too much time on leave. Fuck!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 01:11 AM • permalink

  85. Thanks Ash.

    Posted by kae on 2007 08 07 at 01:15 AM • permalink

  86. #228

    10-15% isnt a guess its a statistic and everyone knows that 98% of all statistics are made up.

    There is a great book called the 7 daughters of Eve which explains how everyone in the world of native european decent can be traced back to 7 women through mitocondrial dna its a very interesting read if anyone is interested I think its by Bryan Sykes

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 07 at 01:18 AM • permalink

  87. #87 No problem Kae. You have no idea how bored I am while on leave. I had everything organised at four months, and now I’m just bored.

    #88 Killaette, I’ll have to give that book a read.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 01:20 AM • permalink

  88. ooops my bad should have put in the page number I get very confused when these things go on so long sorry everyone

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 07 at 01:21 AM • permalink

  89. #88
    ‘10-15%’ is a guess/rubbery figure when it’s unwelcome news?

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 01:21 AM • permalink

  90. #85
    Kevin07 RIP?

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 01:23 AM • permalink

  91. I think it is very sweet that Krudd thinks we want to buy his Tshirts.  Next he will be setting us a lemonade stand on the side of the road.

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 07 at 01:25 AM • permalink

  92. Kevin07 in his Prius ... yeah, baby!

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 01:27 AM • permalink

  93. Maybe Kevni is Mini-me ... or mini-Howard ... in his Prius, that’s it!

    Kevin Powers, here I come ...

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 01:31 AM • permalink

  94. egg_ I was just wondering what exactly those drugs you’re on are called again so I can stay well away from them

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 07 at 01:33 AM • permalink

  95. We can win: Howard

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 01:35 AM • permalink

  96. #91 I think it’s reasonable to expect that the figures we’re given for any problem is ome that can be verified.

    If the 10-15% figure you’ve given (which is pretty much off the top of your head) is right, then that seems much higher than I would think. But if it’s as prevailant as you think, then it would be easily verifiable, but nothing of use appears on Google or any kind of academic journal.

    Have you any other sources?

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 01:35 AM • permalink

  97. #96
    From a handle ‘Killaette’ ...

    #98
    If the 10-15% figure you’ve given (which is pretty much off the top of your head)
    Check the links.
    Messenger prepares for the firing squad ...

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 01:39 AM • permalink

  98. I just searched the Uni Databases and I couldnt find anything that would varify those figures either however I dont really see how it matters very much.  I mean really you are not just a product of your genetics you are also a product of your environment and upbringing.

    All my bad qualities are products of my genetics and all my good qualities are products of my environment and upbringing.

    If only my I got my thighs from my upbringing damn it

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 07 at 01:40 AM • permalink

  99. Ok im completely confuddled and I dont care so lets talk about something else like why people who have massive big moles on their face dont have them removed.

    Seriously I want to know is there like some medical reason?

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 07 at 01:44 AM • permalink

  100. #99 I’ve checked the links. Every one of them says that they are not exactly correct, because they didn’t ask outright if the father of the baby really was the father.

    Now, forget the idea that you’re the messenger. You are not, you are simply using their research to give your ideas plausibility. I’m not Killaette either. Well done on your deduction, that should make the rest of the explaining easier.

    1. NO woman who is raped is asking for it. They may act in a fashion to give the idea some theory, but they still don’t want any action.

    2. A woman who is promiscuous knows the risks and accepts them.

    3. A woman in a stable relationship knows the risks and accepts them.

    4. A woman who is raped has no opportunity to learn the risks, nor accept them.

    5. A woman who is raped feels ashamed.

    6. A woman who is raped feels dirty and disgusted.

    7. A woman who is promiscuous may feel this way, but she knows the risk.

    8. A woman who is promiscuous has the opportunity to know the risks, and makes sure she is protected against pregnancy.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 01:49 AM • permalink

  101. Yeah what she said!!!!!

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 07 at 01:52 AM • permalink

  102. so phycological continuum theory and its benefits in fan research…...  discuss

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 07 at 01:57 AM • permalink

  103. sorry that should have been “psychological” im having a shocker

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 07 at 02:01 AM • permalink

  104. Personally I think the model has as many flaws as previous models and is therefore no better or worse

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 07 at 02:03 AM • permalink

  105. #106 No model is ever perfect Killaette, that’s why I rarely believe in them.

    The statistics on rape, as well as the statistics on promiscuity, cannot be completely believed.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 02:06 AM • permalink

  106. This model has been specifically designed to measure fan based needs in a sporting context.  I have an assignment to do so if anyone has any ideas I can pass off as my own - just kidding

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 07 at 02:10 AM • permalink

  107. LOL. Killaette, I have a lot of assignments that would cover that.

    What exactly is the question?

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 02:11 AM • permalink

  108. And dammit, where are Texas Bob and 185600?

    Is it just me, or are they quiet these days?!

    C’mon guys, do your bit to make the pregnant lady happy!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 02:13 AM • permalink

  109. its not really a question - basically there is this little man who writes a lot of stuff.  He is a narcisist and consequently wants us to read all these articles that he has written and if he didnt write them he is reference a lot in them. 

    Then basically we just have to write a critical analysis based on our views.  I am having trouble because I cant get passed the fact that he seems to be obsessed with himself.  Very self indulgent, narcisistic and repetitive

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 07 at 02:17 AM • permalink

  110. #99 Eggy

    Try this for a lifeline. Not that you need one…

    100% on topic

    Posted by Pickles on 2007 08 07 at 02:17 AM • permalink

  111. #111 LOL. Killaette, I love it.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 02:20 AM • permalink

  112. #113 I do to now if only I can stretch that out to 1000 words - lol

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 07 at 02:22 AM • permalink

  113. #114 I reckon I could do that Killaette… but only if you do me an essay on why the Australian system of politics is unrepresentative of the people!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 02:24 AM • permalink

  114. #115 How about I do the research for both and you can write them - lol I dont mind the research bit I just hate the writing.  Only 18000 words to go till im finished and if I ever think of studying again please feel free to shoot me

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 07 at 02:29 AM • permalink

  115. righto im going home have a good night/day everyone

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 07 at 02:33 AM • permalink

  116. #116 I’m happy to write them if you’ve done the research.

    Writing them is easy, it’s the research that kills me!

    Have fun, Killaette.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 02:37 AM • permalink

  117. #112 pickles :)

    #102
    Wow!
    I told a female friend (reading this thread) that there would be a cat amongst the pigeons.
    Here we go on the emo moralising crap, once again, FFS ...

    Do you deny the validity of the blood testing ... the 30% figure?

    Why all the protest?

    Qualitative or quantitative: 5/10/...30%?

    What’s the big deal, a gender attack?

    I’m trying to relay that there is info re substantial female infidelity ... don’t like that?

    Have I made any vast judgements?

    My point is that humans are brutish ... including the ‘fairer sex’ ... get used to it!

    It’s for the benefit of: This page has been viewed 153101 times ... not one or two posters, FFS.

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 03:00 AM • permalink

  118. #119

    Egg, I’m happy to debate you, but we’re clearly not on the same level.

    You are taking rape as a biological view, which I am not. I am taking it as in invasion of another person’s space and safety. It is the most disgusting invasion of one’s person that I can imagine.

    I’m not debating the 10-15% figure, I’d just like to see something that is complete, and gained by scientific methods. Every figure you’ve linked to agrees with those numbers, but fails to say whether they’ve gained them through scientific figures, or how those figures were gained.

    Yes, some females commit infidelity. So do males. What on earth has that got to do with rape?

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 03:11 AM • permalink

  119. What about:
    Brisbane Broncos ?
    Essendon ?
    Wallabies ?
    Think it will rain ?

    Posted by Pickles on 2007 08 07 at 03:19 AM • permalink

  120. #119 Ok Egg_, here it is, point by point.
    Yes, there will always be a cat among the pigeons when there is a thread about rape. Same as I would expect a male to appear to defend males.

    I don’t recall the link to 30%, please re-link. However, to the 10-15% links, they themselves say that their research is not complete and is unable to be relied on. If they admit their research shouldn’t be relied on, why should I rely on it?

    There is no gender attack. I know that some women are not as careful as they should be, but neither are some males. It takes two people to make a child.

    I’m trying to relay that there is info re substantial female infidelity ... don’t like that?

    I’m quite pleased with it, but you seem to fail to realise that some males cheat too.

    Yes, you’ve made judgements. And yes, many people have viewed this page.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 03:25 AM • permalink

  121. Pickles,

    Essendon must fail!

    They made my darling team lose!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 03:31 AM • permalink

  122. Oh my dear, nurse bring me my medication. A man has tied in the communist USA with the decision to bomb japan back in WW2.

    And its all part of a Zionist plot.

    Someone tell me this is parody. Surely someone this stupid would have died from ear-wax buildup or something?

    Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2007 08 07 at 04:07 AM • permalink

  123. #123.  Already gottem for you. Ash_, the MIGHTY FIGHTIN’HAWKS flogged the dons like a rented mule last Sunday.

    Posted by Olrence on 2007 08 07 at 04:24 AM • permalink

  124. OT (if that’s even possible in this omnibus thread), I’m just back from two weeks in Mauritius.  What a fair and pleasant land that is, and choc-full of history too.

    Posted by Olrence on 2007 08 07 at 04:29 AM • permalink

  125. #125, 126 Sob! Where’s my choc-full?!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 04:41 AM • permalink

  126. it is very upsetting to me that I have been gone for a couple of hours and still the debate about 10-15% continues.

    So here it is.  No one is denying that women cheat.  No one is denying that there are kids out there whos father is really not their father and furthermore no one is denying that the 10-15% thing is wrong.

    What is being said however is that the statistics are not based on a conclusive well rounded study and therefore the statistics can not really represent an adequate sample of the population and should not be viewed as such

    Get it yet????

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 07 at 04:57 AM • permalink

  127. #120 & #122
    we’re clearly not on the same level
    Youch again!
    Precisely, I am working from the highest level ... the reason for the drives ... you are down at the personal/psychological level.

    #102 I’ve checked the links.
    #120 I don’t recall the link to 30%
    Please have the courtesy of fully reading the thread or you’ll weaken your case.

    ‘Low comprehension’ was a comment from this side (not mine).

    Men show infidelity, too ... of course, apparently more so.
    Men are raped, too.
    But they don’t get pregnant ... I’m talking about genetics.

    3rd time I’ve asked this question: what figure is credible for ‘false paternity’ for want of a better word?

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 05:03 AM • permalink

  128. oh and egg_ my browser is set to refresh every 3 minutes so technically in 1 hour I would have been responsible for at least 20 of those views plus all the times I posted and it refreshed plus all the times I hit refresh.

    Plus what about all those people who got here by accident while looking for photos of Tim in the nude on the internet?

    Ok i admit there are others reading this blog but Im thinking that most of them agree with us as none have bothered to come to your aid…......

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 07 at 05:04 AM • permalink

  129. #15, Dminor,

    My husband told me that he was talking to man who has lived up here for a very long time and this guy told him that, in his youth, Ah Kit identified as Asian and took the Asian side in various altercations with Aborigines.  It seems there might have been something a little pragmatic about his Aboriginalisation.

    Now that was just gossip and may not be true but I know from personal experience that there are problems.  For instance, I met an Aboriginal woman who had rejected her child simply because the father was part Asian.  She did not want to be mother to such a child.

    That might have had something to do with messing up the kinship moieties and skin relationships so that people don’t know where they stand (what obligations are owed to them, what obligations they owe) in relation to a person whose father doesn’t come from within that web of relationships.  And that appears to be one reason why, in the past, children born of white fathers were so often abandoned and had to be taken into care or, in the current jargon, stolen.   

    Right now, thinking about the fact that no culture is static, I’m inclined to think that Ah Kit’s ignorant, but populist, statement about genocide is reasonable enough evidence to support the idea that my husband’s informant was telling the truth.  Or maybe Ah Kit is just a dimwit.

    Posted by Janice on 2007 08 07 at 05:16 AM • permalink

  130. #128
    no one is denying that the 10-15% thing is wrong
    ?

    What is being said however is that the statistics are not based on a conclusive well rounded study and therefore the statistics can not really represent an adequate sample of the population and should not be viewed as such

    Some grist for the stats millers:

    Wiki: Paternity fraud
    Paternity fraud statistics for Australia provided on a TV show aired by the Australian Broadcasting Company stated that for the year 2003 more than 3,000 DNA paternity tests were ordered by men in Australian, and in almost a 25% of those cases, the paternity test revealed that the children they thought were theirs were actually sired by another man.
    Which is prolly skewed, as they are suspicous.

    Mommy’s little secret
    Carolyn Abraham, The Globe and Mail’s medical reporter.
    It’s now widely accepted among those who work in genetics that roughly 10 per cent of us are not fathered by the man we believe to be dad. Geneticists have stumbled upon this phenomenon in the course of conducting large population studies and hunting for genes that cause diseases such as cystic fibrosis.

    Infidelity ‘is natural’

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 05:22 AM • permalink

  131. #130
    Ok i admit there are others reading this blog but Im thinking that most of them agree with us as none have bothered to come to your aid…......

    From an earlier thread, I anticipate that no male with a strong sense of self preservation will risk the wrath of (some of) the females.

    Your life experience consists of?
    IIRC none of the females who have expressed angst are mums (yet), correct?

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 05:29 AM • permalink

  132. Anthropogenic global warming is now widely accepted amongst failed politicians, paeleontologists, movie stars, celebrities, con artists, populists and those sucking on the public teat.

    Posted by kae on 2007 08 07 at 05:31 AM • permalink

  133. Re: adultery

    1. Men have always done it more often than women but women are catching up. 

    2. It has nothing to do with rape.

    3. I think youse guys are talking at cross purposes.

    Finally, I told my husband years ago that if I ever discovered he was cheating on me I’d do whatever was legally possible to destroy him, or at least make him suffer exquisitely.  He said he would do the same to me if the situation was reversed.  So we understand each other and everything’s been just peachy between us ever since.

    Posted by Janice on 2007 08 07 at 05:32 AM • permalink

  134. #134
    None of which are mutually exclusive.

    Posted by kae on 2007 08 07 at 05:37 AM • permalink

  135. Dave, Dave in Darwin?

    How’s the ice age coming along?

    Posted by kae on 2007 08 07 at 05:39 AM • permalink

  136. #132

    Egg, I’m prepared to give you a chance, but everything you’ve said today makes me think you’re a scumbag.

    You’re saying you’re acting from a higher level to the rest of us. Bullshit. In fact, you’re already saying that no men hear have a sense of themselves. That’s garbage, most of them know all about themselves.

    #133, as usual, you’re fucking wrong.

    I had my neice in my custody for three years, and I did everything I could to make life easy for her.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 05:54 AM • permalink

  137. Oh, and Egg?

    Others have come to my aid, they just don’t have the need to be recognised for it.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 06:02 AM • permalink

  138. The man has a right to know before the child is born but, when he’s loved and supported the child sometimes for years before he finds out, he’s in a horrible position. The sense of loss for both man and child must be overwhelming.

    Surely the mother should face some consequence other than embarrassment for the unspeakable, and lasting, injury she’s caused all around. But what? Any real consequence, like jail time, would also have a profound effect on the child. For “not-Dad” to go after financial recompense is too like returning unwanted goods for a refund.

    Buggered if I can think of a suitable punishment that doesn’t also punish the child. Any ideas? Anyone?

    Posted by SandiM on 2007 08 07 at 06:25 AM • permalink

  139. Read a really interesting article today on Adam and Eve and their eating of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.  The guy that wrote it said that one of the points being made in the story of the Fall was that we should not try to find guides for our own morality in the natural world.  Hadn’t thought of that before but, for an example of that kind of thinking, see egg_’s last link @ #132.

    That we should not look for the basis of our morality in nature seems reasonable to me.  After all, however “unfaithful” female monkeys, birds, or whatever might be it’s a sure bet that the putative monkey, bird or whatever fathers are not particularly worried about the financial losses they might incur in raising offspring that are not genetically theirs.  And as far as the offspring are concerned, what do they care who’s their father?

    But human beings are different. Being made in the image of God they are made for relationships and want those to be good.  Human children do want to know who their father is and that their father cares for them.  Human fathers do want to know that they’re being treated with love and respect by their woman and not merely as a convenient source of cash to finance the costs of her promiscuity. 

    If these possibilities worry you I recommend that you become a Christian and marry a Christian.  The odds against being cheated on aren’t perfect but they are very, very much better than secularists can offer.  It’s the old three stranded cord thing (you, me and God).  Much stronger than a cord that only has you and me strands.

    Posted by Janice on 2007 08 07 at 06:29 AM • permalink

  140. #135 - Janice, this has been an interesting thread & I’m sorry I haven’t time to read every post…but just to comment on your points here, too many women now take “Women are catching up” as something to brag about. I think adultery is bad for the soul. It cheapens us & robs us of dignity & self-respect. And here I do speak from experience, unfortunately.

    Thanks for your comments.

    Posted by KC on 2007 08 07 at 06:35 AM • permalink

  141. #140.  Well in old Mauritius they’d have branded her, but I guess that’d be out o’ the question nowadays, huh?

    I agree, it’s a thorny one.  There’s no doubt that in these circumstances a significant deception has been committed against innocent parties.  It clearly calls for much more than ‘lofty distain’, but what?  Any excoriation also hurts the child(ren), as does material recompense.

    Posted by Olrence on 2007 08 07 at 06:38 AM • permalink

  142. #142, KC,

    I do speak from experience, unfortunately

    Me too.  I could have forgiven my first husband for his lies and his failure to provide a home for him, me and the baby.  But the screwing around he apparently wanted me to forgive him for was too much.  I’ve never been able to understand people who remain “friends” after that sort of betrayal.

    Posted by Janice on 2007 08 07 at 06:47 AM • permalink

  143. #144 I know, I know, I whinge a lot. I get told that all the time lately.

    It’s very difficult to know how to ask, in that kind of situation. I still love Jesse, and I probably always will, but I cannot forgive his lies and such. Ever.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 06:56 AM • permalink

  144. sadly, janice, most cords these days only have a ‘me’ strand.

    Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2007 08 07 at 07:03 AM • permalink

  145. Erin Brockovich joins Down Under refinery fight
    Yahoo

    What’s up, OZ?

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 07 at 07:39 AM • permalink

  146. Mother Gaia gave Sacramento a frosty kiss this weekend - Coldest August 5th and 6th since record keeping began in 1877 - and she gave Al Gore a knee in the balls.

    Posted by papertiger on 2007 08 07 at 07:43 AM • permalink

  147. Global cooling - it’s not just for Oz anymore.

    Posted by papertiger on 2007 08 07 at 07:44 AM • permalink

  148. #147

    “We think we live in a big world but it’s really smaller than you think,” Brockovich told local media on Monday.

    Yes. Infantile. Goo-goo ga-ga.

    Posted by ThinAndBritish on 2007 08 07 at 07:45 AM • permalink

  149. By Their Actions Shall Ye Know Them.
    Mullahs and Adherents Show What They Are Made Of ......

    Posted by blogstrop on 2007 08 07 at 07:45 AM • permalink

  150. #147 The scale of how depressed us Aussies are.

    I can’t think of any other reason.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 07:46 AM • permalink

  151. Coming into the debate on rape/infidelity and stats somewhat cold, I know a couple of blokes who suspect that their children may not be their biological offspring, but decline the dna testing.

    They don’t want to poison their relationships with their children.

    DNA is important in parenting, but it’s not the only thing.

    And infidelity or promiscuity do not equate to deserving rape.

    As someone who’s been a victim of damned near all of the above, I’d like to say, Egg, that maybe if you chose your words and examples with a bit more care, you might not get slapped down as much.

    Statistically, I know plenty of people of both genders who will openly admit to cheating on their spouse or partner. I find that attitude appalling, but given the sexualisation of all human relationships these days, I don’t find it surprising.

    Just very, very disappoointing.

    I’m with Janice. These days, I find that those who seem to be on the same moral page as myself tend to be christians, so any potential partner of mine had better brush up on his Gospels.

    Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 08 07 at 07:50 AM • permalink

  152. 147. Shes got hooters??

    Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2007 08 07 at 07:51 AM • permalink

  153. Go to http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/010892.php
    Read about missing balls.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2007 08 07 at 07:52 AM • permalink

  154. 155. The UK just lost theirs again.

    “The Foreign Secretary and the Home Secretary have decided to request the release from Guantanamo Bay and return to the UK of five men who, whilst not UK nationals, were legally resident here prior to their detention,” it said.

    They came to the UK as refugees and left to fight for scum before their claims were even processed. The UK is rooted.

    Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2007 08 07 at 08:01 AM • permalink

  155. #155 gosh. just gosh.

    I mean, there have got to be easier ways to join the Democratic Party, aren’t there?

    Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2007 08 07 at 08:04 AM • permalink

  156. Mr. Bingley,
    Nah hes only 1/2 way there. They have to seal his arse up as well for that one.

    Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2007 08 07 at 08:08 AM • permalink

  157. #142 KC, yes adultery is bad for the soul, and I speak from experience, but from the other side, a hurt like one who has never experienced it, cannot imagine.
    A great thread though.

    Posted by TimH on 2007 08 07 at 08:11 AM • permalink

  158. frollick, do they seal it before or after the head is inserted?

    Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2007 08 07 at 08:16 AM • permalink

  159. #159 I’ve never cheated on a partner, but having been cheated on really, really hurts.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 08:20 AM • permalink

  160. Mr. Bingley

    Im not sure, check this picture and tell me.

    I think its to keep all the crap in.

    “As long as you can fake sincerity, youve got it made.”

    Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2007 08 07 at 08:22 AM • permalink

  161. This still has my head spinning, from the States standpoint.

    Freed Aussie won’t give up Net teen lover

    News.com.au

    North Carolina Statutes Article 7A

    Wiki- Age of consent laws North America

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 07 at 08:23 AM • permalink

  162. #161 Ash,me neither, and it does hurt bad.

    Posted by TimH on 2007 08 07 at 08:41 AM • permalink

  163. #164 It absolutely canes! The only thing worse is your partner not feeling that they can be honest with you about anything. That freaking hurt too.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 08:45 AM • permalink

  164. #164 I at least learned that lesson at the ripe old age of 13. I did however, make several phone calls to his phone after consuming several misguided bottles of port, and abusing him for those decisions. Seven years later.

    I hold a MEAN grudge!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 08:51 AM • permalink

  165. #165yes. I was lucky in that she was (sometimes) honest about it. Still hurts though, after 7 years.
    I’m getting a little bit personal on widely viewed blog here, ‘nuff said. (here)

    Posted by TimH on 2007 08 07 at 08:53 AM • permalink

  166. #167 He was completely honest about it, once I caught him out.

    Of course, it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. I was only 13, so he was barely getting hugs then, he certainly wasn’t going to get anything else off me.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 08:57 AM • permalink

  167. #166, 13, goodness, he must have been a young love for you. And several bottles of Port, you’re a stronger girl than I am a man, I’d be down and out after that!
    7 years is a cooincidence, I hadn’t read your 8.51pm post.

    Posted by TimH on 2007 08 07 at 08:59 AM • permalink

  168. #169 I thought he was far more special than he actually is, but I like it that I learned that early.

    The more I hear about his life now, the more grateful I am that I’m not part of it. *Lefty,cough,cough,lefty,cough!*

    Let’s just say that I consumed those four bottles of port in February. I regret them now though.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 09:05 AM • permalink

  169. Dammit. Has anyone actually finished Parking Perfection 1, 2 or 3 here yet?

    It’s annoying me, considering my car is always perfectly parked!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 09:12 AM • permalink

  170. Mine too, but that game doesn’t work very well for me.

    Posted by TimH on 2007 08 07 at 09:21 AM • permalink

  171. Do you reckon it’s a VRWC too TimH?

    It sure seems like one to me.

    In fact, if Paco isn’t involved, I’ll eat my hat!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 09:24 AM • permalink

  172. oo-er ash 666 comments…

    Posted by KK on 2007 08 07 at 09:28 AM • permalink

  173. #174 I’m an optimist. I will not! be struck by lightning, run over by Tim Blair driving some hot car, shot, or stomped on by an elephant!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 09:32 AM • permalink

  174. Ash, it is a VRWC, for sure, (or lefty gamers screwing it up for us).
    Paco, well I couldn’t involve him, unless….
    Maybe you’ll have to eat your hat!

    Posted by TimH on 2007 08 07 at 09:34 AM • permalink

  175. Do lefty gamers have that much intelligence? Just the expression “lefty gamers” seems like an oxymoron.

    Time to drag another one out of the Ash Files. Paco will love this.

    Ash was about four at the time, and many words were in Italian, although some were not. Ash’s dad mentioned something, followed by the words, and not in order “Ash” and “Oxymoron”. Big, brave Ash, well, she burst into tears and protested that she “wasn’t a moron, Daddy, I’m very clever, Uncle Maritz says so)”!!!”

    Oh man, Paco’s gonna love the Cookie Jar story!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 09:43 AM • permalink

  176. on this appalling chorus of women thing, suggest we all go to julie bishop’s feedback page & ask why the science budget is being wasted on such crap.  at least the cardigan responsible will be forced to prepare a response, taking time away from arranging to fund the patagonian nose flute orchestra & dance collective performance of the moving piece john howard kills & eats baby bilbys

    Posted by KK on 2007 08 07 at 09:52 AM • permalink

  177. Uh oh. It’s just occurred to me that comment #117 may encourage him to choose my picture in the baby pool

    I swear, if you choose me, your monitors will break. It’s a true story!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 09:52 AM • permalink

  178. #145 - Ash, I’ve got experience from both sides, & cheating’s not good for anyone. My favorite line in those days was “Anything he can do, I can do better.” It was helpful for a bit, but I soon had a tough time facing myself in the mirror. So I started again. I quit trying to make something I knew was wrong sound like it was right. Eventually I came to forgive both of us for being the imperfect, flawed humans we are. My life today wouldn’t be what it is if I hadn’t been there, if he hadn’t set me on the path that brought me my wonderful Chief & Lovely Daughter (& soon-to-be Best Grandchild in the World), with a pretty cool Handsome Son-in-Law thrown in for good measure.

    Lucky for me, there were no children from that first marriage, so it was simpler to let bygones be bygones.

    The only one hurt by me holding a grudge is me. It’s like drinking poison & expecting the other guy to die.

    Posted by KC on 2007 08 07 at 09:57 AM • permalink

  179. john howard kills & eats baby bilbys

    KK, I need to get tickets to that. It must be an awesome comedy piece. But as to the bilbys, well, all well meaning leftists know that!

    #179 See what I mean about learning to count? It’s rather obvious, once I inform everyone that I actually meant #177, not #117. I must really focus on my numbers!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 09:58 AM • permalink

  180. I do, indeed, love the cookie jar story.

    On the subject of eating hats (an experience in which I have, unfortunately, had to indulge on a number of occasions, because of the combination of sporting blood and bad luck), may I recommend the straw hat over the wool or fur felt variety? They’re easier to get down, and are actually good roughage.

    Posted by paco on 2007 08 07 at 09:59 AM • permalink

  181. #180: The only one hurt by me holding a grudge is me. It’s like drinking poison & expecting the other guy to die.

    Gad, that’s a fine phrase! May I steal borrow it some time?

    Posted by paco on 2007 08 07 at 10:01 AM • permalink

  182. #180 Call me vindictive, KC, but I like:

    It’s like drinking poison & expecting the other guy to die.

    My main problem is that I’m trying to remember all the qualities that attracted me to him, but with each day, I remember less and less of them.

    He had a wicked sense of humour, and he used to make me laugh just with a wink and a smile.

    And when he decided to read Achewood? I didn’t even get a look in. Ray Smuckles is just far too competition for li’l ole me!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 10:04 AM • permalink

  183. #183 Paco, you must know the old song which goes:

    “Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?”

    Now guess which RWDB-in-training burst into tears and protested her innocence, claiming that she’d been nowhere near the cookie jar and that the system was faulty?

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 10:07 AM • permalink

  184. Paco, it’s not mine, so help yourself! I use it on myself SO much.

    Ash, it took awhile for me to remember what I loved about the man I was so disgusted with. He must’ve had good qualities, right? Well, he did & I’m a big enough girl now to admit that we had a mutually INTERESTING life together. Takes 2 to tango, also takes 2 to fight like cats & dogs.

    Posted by KC on 2007 08 07 at 10:08 AM • permalink

  185. #185 Aw, man, the RWDB-in-training sounds like such a lefty there!

    She should have held out for media millions, lawsuits against everyone involved, and so on.

    Millions. MILLIONS! I say!!!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 10:11 AM • permalink

  186. #182,Paco

    You’d better add organic,indigenous peoples and commune in with that straw pilgrim.

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 08 07 at 10:17 AM • permalink

  187. #186 KC, I’m doing my best to remember his good qualities and write them down. I can’t think of a single fault that he had, except that he had some reason that he wasn’t using his own name.

    I think I could have forgiven almost anything, if he’d been honest with me.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 10:29 AM • permalink

  188. #189 I’m told that one day I’ll scream at her “You’re just like your bloody father!!!”

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 10:38 AM • permalink

  189. In the interests of levity, I present to you:

    A Gentleman’s Duel.

    After all the weeping and gnashing and moralizing, I think we could use some.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2007 08 07 at 10:49 AM • permalink

  190. absolute GOLD in the further excellent adventures of mohammed

    Posted by KK on 2007 08 07 at 11:09 AM • permalink

  191. #186 KC

    Good that you said what you did, because….

    Gad, that’s a fine phrase! May I steal borrow it some time?

    Was going to occur, regardless…LOL.

    ooppss, struck the wrong word

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 07 at 11:16 AM • permalink

  192. RebeccaH

    Let the record show that the Yojimbo was “GNOSHING” and not “GNASHING” as the complaint alleges.  Let me be perfectly clear on that.

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 08 07 at 11:18 AM • permalink

  193. Wouldn’t want to besmirch your reputation, yojimbo.

    Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2007 08 07 at 11:22 AM • permalink

  194. 191 RebeccaH

    Won’t work…been rejected…BUT have no fear..KC and The Sunshine Band

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 07 at 11:22 AM • permalink

  195. #192: Ahmed Mohamed and Mohamed Mohamed

    Twins, eh? What, did their parents stutter?

    Posted by paco on 2007 08 07 at 11:35 AM • permalink

  196. El Cid, that’s just beautiful - it’s what my friends & I call ourselves…except when we’re meeting as the National Sarcasm Society (like we need your support).

    You’d think women of our age would have left these little ego trips behind, wouldn’t you? We’re still a bunch of 11-year-olds at heart!

    Posted by KC on 2007 08 07 at 11:36 AM • permalink

  197. 198 KC

    Most welcome, dear lady.

    You’d think women of our age would have left these little ego trips behind, wouldn’t you? We’re still a bunch of 11-year-olds at heart!

    Well, you have THE ‘men’ outgunned…WE are still in the 5 year old range.

    OH! What is this “Sarcasm” you speak of, never heard the term?...:).

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 07 at 11:45 AM • permalink

  198. #191 Aw phooey!  Content removed for breach of terms of use.

    Too bad you didn’t get to see it.  It was a brilliantly done, funny animated video of a duel between Sir Dingleberry and the Marquis du Man-Strumpet for the affections of the dull-eyed but well-racked lady of the manor, who ended up in the bushes with the butler anyway.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2007 08 07 at 11:46 AM • permalink

  199. 200 RebeccaH

    well-racked lady

    Ahhh, yes…what a thought.

    Ummmm, see what I mean, KC…:).

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 07 at 11:48 AM • permalink

  200. Finally getting to this…

    Jack from Montreal is just dying to get banned from here. I mean, if we aren’t good enough for him, why stay? So he can slander a bunch of people he doesn’t know on another website?

    I don’t know what his problem is, but it isn’t mine.

    Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2007 08 07 at 11:54 AM • permalink

  201. 200 RebeccaH

    Sir Dingleberry

    Ahemmm. Did I ever give you my definition of Dingleberry?....errr, never mind, some may find it offense. BUT who cares, huh?

    I use to here that term to describe, bits of toilet tissue left in A certain part of the human anatomy, after one….nevermind.

    Hey, enjoy the veal, I’ll be here all week.

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 07 at 11:58 AM • permalink

  202. I quite agree with you, Andrea. 

    The man obviously has issues that have nowt to do with us.

    Posted by missred on 2007 08 07 at 12:00 PM • permalink

  203. 202 Andrea

    is just dying to get banned from here

    Either will do.

    Awwww shit, there go ALL my “attaboys” for this year.

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 07 at 12:02 PM • permalink

  204. el cid, i was told that the term originated in reference to a Liverpool slum called the Dingle…

    Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2007 08 07 at 12:04 PM • permalink

  205. 206 Mr. Bingley

    i was told that the term originated in reference to a Liverpool slum called the Dingle

    Then I sit, corrected. Thank you, Sir.

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 07 at 12:09 PM • permalink

  206. Thanks, El Cid, that has put me off my lunch!  lol

    and now for something completely different

    Posted by missred on 2007 08 07 at 12:17 PM • permalink

  207. 208 missred

    You are welcome.

    The Ruskies still having hearthrobs for Koba, are they?

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 07 at 12:22 PM • permalink

  208. You know, there are few things in life more annoying than a dentist with a sense of humor.

    Posted by paco on 2007 08 07 at 12:27 PM • permalink

  209. News Headline

    “Georgia:Russia Jets Dropped Missile”

    We let that new French President over here for a few days and look what happens!

    Sure hope it didn’t get Augusta.  For darn sure it didn’t hit western Georgia.  Those Rooskies know better than to try and tag Fort Benning.  I’ll try and effort an answer on this.

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 08 07 at 12:27 PM • permalink

  210. 202 Andrea

    Jack from Montreal is just dying to get banned from here. I mean, if we aren’t good enough for him, why stay? So he can slander a bunch of people he doesn’t know on another website?

    To be serious* for a moment…This person is a smug egotistical bastard. HE wants this website run his way, Nothing else will do. I have no doubt that has has sent of flurry of emails to Tim.

    What act or acts HE has performed on other websites, I don’t know, nor do I care…but it no doubt shows stupidity and a lack of class, a diametrically opposed view, as to what HE thinks, of HIMSELF.

    Were it MY Blog, I would have told this person to shit in his hat…if this person didn’t have a hat…I’d by one for him. BUT, it is no more MY Blog, then it is HIS.

    *If I’m going to be “Serious”, someone else can play, Roebuck. I think it a great name for…say stores.

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 07 at 12:41 PM • permalink

  211. Well we don’t have to fork over a Penney for your thoughts on store names!


    I enjoyed most of his posts here what went wrong or did I just miss something as usual?

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 08 07 at 12:49 PM • permalink

  212. #211 Yojimbo: I’m kinda hoping they took out the Carter Center. They know they can count on Jimmy blaming the Israelis.

    Posted by paco on 2007 08 07 at 12:49 PM • permalink

  213. I could have added a period between “here” and “what” but danger is my business.

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 08 07 at 12:51 PM • permalink

  214. #214

    That would work!

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 08 07 at 12:57 PM • permalink

  215. Another news headline

    Gore:“Polluters Manipulate Climate Info”

    Projection on steroids.

    Posted by yojimbo on 2007 08 07 at 01:35 PM • permalink

  216. 213 yojimbo

    Well we don’t have to fork over a Penney for your thoughts on store names!

    As our friend paco so elegantly states..HAW!

    Posted by El Cid on 2007 08 07 at 01:45 PM • permalink

  217. Yojimbo, be careful about those missed periods…they caused some trepidation for Lovely Daughter & come to find out, it’s how grandbabies are announced!

    Posted by KC on 2007 08 07 at 02:24 PM • permalink

  218. Up until now, jlc or Jack from Montreal seemed like just a regular, semi-sane (like the rest of us) commenter, but apparently a bug has got up his ass recently.  I’m not sure if it’s all of us, or just one or two of us, that have set him off.  In any case, this is Tim Blair’s blog, and it’s up to him to decide which comments are acceptable, and which are not.  If Tim or Andrea tell me to stop taking up space here, I will.  Until then, J from M can put up with it or go elsewhere.

    In the meantime, I’m off to try and find another funny video to cheer myself up with.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2007 08 07 at 02:46 PM • permalink

  219. Here you go, Mrs. H.

    Posted by dean martin on 2007 08 07 at 06:53 PM • permalink

  220. #153
    And infidelity or promiscuity do not equate to deserving rape
    Who said they did?

    maybe if you chose your words and examples with a bit more care
    In light of the above, good advice for all of us?
    Perhaps it’s a bitter pill?

    BTW my friend said that you misconstrued Lumby in your quote (she saw the program).
    She also pointed out that Andrea was the only woman who addressed this issue without moralising/personalising ...

    ... and that I had shown a great deal of restraint with the junior posters.

    I used to discuss such contentious issues on the science sites, but I guess in ‘spleenville’ it will always bog down to personalised whining about issues?

    I was going to post about male rape in institutions (not just jail ... or do crims ‘deserve’ rape?) ... but maybe I’ll get slapped down by a sub-30 y.o., eh? :)

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 07:40 PM • permalink

  221. #220 rebeccah
    I could find something cheery, but I’ll prolly get accused of mixing my medication again! :)

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 07:42 PM • permalink

  222. ‘Rape/promiscuity and the gene pool’

    How’s that?
    Maybe the sources mined for info have been skewing peoples’ perceptions, dunno.
    People should take more care to read through a longish thread before wading in half-cocked with assumptions about other posters?

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 08:00 PM • permalink

  223. Janice

    Pious or not, Christianity’s global popularity is prolly due to the fact that it’s a great set of ethics.
    Looking to Nature for guidance?
    Isn’t Gaia/(God) the guiding principle of Nature ... Einstein’s ‘God does not play dice with the universe’... i.e. there are guiding laws/principles ... but Man has free will to chose between alternate paths?
    The Church has contributed much to (scientific) enlightenment - Gregor Mendel is the father of Genetics.

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 10:36 PM • permalink

  224. #222 What, because I’m under 30 my opinion has no validity? That’s garbage.

    And don’t hold back on your opinion on account of us “junior bloggers”. We can handle anything you put out there Egg.

    (

    not just jail ... or do crims ‘deserve’ rape?)

    No one deserves rape.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 10:37 PM • permalink

  225. #226
    You are acting like a spoiled brat.
    In ‘first life’, are you aware of who your superiors in this place are? We’re all equals in ‘second life’?
    You’re on the verge of becoming a mother, how’s the curve balls life’s been throwing you going so far?
    It’s the mettle of a person as to how they deal with them.
    Others here are on the verge of becoming grandparents (self), some are already grandparents; you are heedless of others’ life experience to your peril.
    I have been put in my pace and taken it on the chin by my superiors here several times, but yourself?
    We predicted that, like a little terrier/princess*, you would not know when to STFU.
    Were you not the subject of one of Jack’s gripes?

    *Jesse’s term.

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 11:25 PM • permalink

  226. #227 And you are acting like a man who can’t bear to think that he may come off second best in a discussion.

    I’m aware of my superiors, but I have the view that most of us are equal.

    The curve balls thrown at me are doing just fine, thank you.

    You have no idea of my experiences, to which I’ve alluded to countless times, yet you deign to tell me that I’m heedless of other’s life experience? I do my best to be aware and sensitive to others’ situations, but I can only do so with the very limited information we all share with each other.

    By the way, the term Jesse used was Wog Princess, and he meant it as a term of affection.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 07 at 11:38 PM • permalink

  227. #228
    I have the view that most of us are equal

    Precisely, keep digging that hole, lil’ terrier ...

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 07 at 11:58 PM • permalink

  228. I just thought I would add something at this juncture as i figure no one will bother posting anything in here now there is another open thread. It may mean I get the last word in.

    Who the hell do you think you are egg_ you assume things about people that you dont know and have had limited dealings with in cyberspace. 

    I have more respect for Ash_ (who may be under 30) than I do for you who seems to be constantly hiding your own comments behind the guise of “BTW my friend said” and “My friend thinks”

    Talk about juniors GROW UP.  If you really had something legitimate to say you would not only say it you would own it and it wouldnt matter how psycological people got with it you would have the information, facts and resources to back it up without making personal stabbs at people.

    It seems to me that you are simply and aged person with unresolved issues and may I also point out that no one was having a personal dig at you - you started that!!!!!!!

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 08 at 12:22 AM • permalink

  229. #230
    Would you like a Nic & Nora style of post?
    The other party is less refreigned than myself.
    I’m sure there are many more who lurk here than post, who are following the discussion: thanks for the page refresh info, I happen to work in the ICT industry, but you’d know that as you thoroughly read the threads, right?

    Example:
    Ash’s lack of awareness of the ‘30%’ false paternity figure (#122 p.2).
    Friend says low comprehension, I say so arrogant: didn’t bother to read the thread - I credit her with brains but arrogance, friend the reverse - take your pick.

    aged person
    You could be insulting a lotta ppl here: what would you put the median age in this blog at?
    Ages of some of the regulars:
    El Cid
    Texas Bob
    Paco
    Andrea
    TimB, forbid
    Hmmm?

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 08 at 01:01 AM • permalink

  230. I’m not refined, nor do I refrain from saying what I’m thinking, most of the time. That is obvious, nor is it a secret.

    Your friend and yourself must both be MENSA candidates, because when I go to comment 122 on page 2, I find a comment from Paco. I was not aware of the 30% false paternity figure, nor do I believe it. It assumes that three in ten women have cheated on their partner and conceived from that adultery. I doubt the figure is that high, and I doubt that any woman would admit to cheating.

    “Aged person” – another big yawn Egg. The aged person line was merely a reference to you stating that those under-30 don’t have valid opinions. Well, if that applies, why should us under-30’s believe that those over 30 have a valid opinion?

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 08 at 01:19 AM • permalink

  231. Actually as you were referring to Ash_ as a junior blogger I was just assuming that you yourself must be an aged blogger.  Maybe you need to watch out who you might be insulting when you let rip with those fingers of yours.

    I will listen to you when you have something rational, factual, interesting and supported to say until then I am dismissing you and your comments as annoyances.

    Please feel free to continue this thread as I wont be reading it and will not be bothered responding to any more of your drivel

    Posted by Killaette on 2007 08 08 at 01:22 AM • permalink

  232. #233

    Maybe Egg likes being called a “senior blogger”?

    Personally, age doesn’t matter to me. It’s what people are saying that gets me interested.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 08 at 01:26 AM • permalink

  233. #122 p.3 - typo - I was waiting for a cheap shot: were you set-up? :)
    Perhaps I qualify for MENSA* membership, do you?

    I was not aware of the 30% false paternity figure
    It appears that you still haven’t bothered to read the thread, more arrogant than I suspected.
    What if lurkers have, and noted it, don’t give a flying f…, eh?

    Yawn
    A juvenile classic! :)
    How’s the tag-team thing going, anyway?

    From the ‘aged person’ tag team, friend emailed a response:
    ‘It seems today’s youngsters not only are full of arrogance and have no respect for their elders, they also can’t read or understand what they read. There seems to be a drastic shortfall in our education and value system. And the final word is “DITTO” my dear. Don’t throw stones when you are living in a glass house.’
    She’s better ejumacated than I and is thinking about a login (I say stick to first life, it aint worth the trouble).
    Of course, I’ll be accused of being a crazy ole man and it’s my own words, right? :)

    *But I’m still trying to figure out (as others have remarked):
    SC430 + Prado + Unlimited house budget?

    Issues?
    Some sure have.
    What’s this deserve rape shite?

    I hope this stuff stays on servers for posterity for quite some time ...

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 08 at 02:02 AM • permalink

  234. #233
    Furiously backpedalling from aged remark ... when you let rip with those fingers of yours

    Fish/barrel analogy ...

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 08 at 02:08 AM • permalink

  235. Actually, I do qualify for MENSA membership, but it doesn’t really matter anyway.

    I have read the thread, but I don’t have unlimited time to read every article ever linked to. I’ve said that right from the start.

    What tag-team thing?

    I’m not arrogant, I have a self-awareness, but I am not arrogant. I also have significant respect for my elders, but hey, since you’ve never said your age, I can’t classify you as my elder, can I? You’ll find that I’m quite willing to tell my elders that they’re wrong if I know for a fact they are. My elders know a lot, and I have a lot to learn from them, but I also have standards of whom I will follow.

    SC430 + Prado + Unlimited house budget?

    That’s easy. I inherited a lot of money the day I turned 18, so I bought the house and the SC430. After working for five years, I bought the Prado with money I’d saved. Not that that matters either.

    If posting here “ain’t worth the trouble”, why do you stick around?

    Oh, and the “deserve rape” shite, you said it mate. You asked if criminals deserve rape. No, they certainly do not. No one does.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 08 at 02:13 AM • permalink

  236. #237
    Oh, and the “deserve rape” shite, you said it mate.

    Nilk initially referred to ‘deserve rape’, mine was a question ... so be careful you aren’t guilty of a ‘Dowdism’.
    I’ll remind you yet again, there are others reading this thread.
    I’ll call you on the MENSA, too.

    I don’t have unlimited time to read every article ever linked to
    It was also pasted into the thread and kae discussed it, too: strike three on that one, I’m afraid.

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 08 08 at 02:29 AM • permalink

  237. #238 I don’t care if there are others reading this thread. If they have any input, they’ll register and make their comments.

    Where was it pasted? I’ll re-read it.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 08 at 02:31 AM • permalink

  238. #225, egg_

    Christianity’s global popularity is prolly due to the fact that it’s a great set of ethics

    No.  That’s not it at all.

    Posted by Janice on 2007 08 08 at 03:50 AM • permalink

  239. #238 egg_
    Mate, you are obviously much more informed than me, and I dare say, better educated, but for f*cks’ sake, you are sounding like someone who advocates rape (albeit in certain cases), and is espousing that ‘genetic perogatives’ cause men to commit such crimes.
    Sorry, as a dumb thirty something male, please enlighten me?
    I’m all for someone having a torch to carry (I have several burning my arse as we speak / type / whatever) but you seem obsessed with rape and female fidelity?
    I have been unfaithful, in my past, as have been several of my partners(to me).
    I have also looked at at least a few thousand women and thought ‘I’d tap that’.
    Am I now a rapist? are those women who cheated on me (or myself) just driven by organic chemical reaction?
    People are people, and sometimes, they surprise, disappoint, and amaze you. Get used to it mate, it’s the human race.
    Oh, and I’m not trying to be personal, that’s just how a dumbass Aussie man sees this stuff.  :)

    Posted by 185600 on 2007 08 08 at 08:48 AM • permalink

  240. Oh, and as for the:
    SC430 + Prado + Unlimited house budget?

    Mate, I have a ute, and will inherit all of the family property, as well as it’s debts. Does that mean that my wanting my kids not to live on breakfast cereal and wearing cast offs from their cousins like I had to make me a consumption whore?
    Yes, I earn a good wage, and I actually earn it, by the way. It doesn’t match up to a bloke who sits in an office all day and his risks in life are walking in front of a bus. Every day I (and a whole lot of others) risk our lives as part of work. Do you? Don’t knock it if we want our kids to have more than we have, and not have to be fixing someone’s roof, working on a power pole, or dodging IEDs.
    That, I would think, is the natural protective instict of a parent?

    Posted by 185600 on 2007 08 08 at 09:02 AM • permalink

  241. were egg & jack separated at birth or are they just tasmanian?

    egg’s starting to sound like the kind of angry man who’s been through a bad divorce & wants to take out his frustrations on women

    Posted by KK on 2007 08 08 at 09:30 AM • permalink

  242. #241 A dumbass Aussie male?

    You’re anything but, 185600.

    Well, ok, you’re an Aussie male, but you sure aren’t a dumbass.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 08 08 at 09:50 AM • permalink

  243. I’m a consumption whore!

    Posted by Dminor on 2007 08 08 at 05:21 PM • permalink

  244. ok, so the group ritual abuse happend in sydney I am told at CEO.

    Weird. They have language, they collude, you only understand they say when it happens or they do it to you.

    Posted by 1.618 on 2007 08 11 at 03:33 AM • permalink


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