The DUzy Awards for Friday, April 27th, 2012 [View all]

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[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by onehandle
[big] Gun Makes Men Look Taller And Stronger, Air Force Study Shows[/big]
Source: Huffington Post

With gun in hand, a man of any size appears bigger, an altered notion that probably occurs at a subconscious level, a new study suggests.

The research, funded by the U.S. Air Force, reveals a seemingly simple mechanism that was even in the brains of Neanderthals, and possibly common even to chimpanzees, to measure whether they would win or lose a fight with an aggressor.

"There's nothing about the knowledge that gunpowder makes lead bullets fly through the air at damage-causing speeds that should make you think that a gun-bearer is bigger or stronger, yet you do," lead study author Daniel Fessler, an associate professor of anthropology at UCLA, said in a statement. "Danger really does loom large — in our minds."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/13/gun-men-weapon-taller-holding-bigger_n_1423190.html
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Explains a Lot.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Vidar [/font]
[big] 35. That's why I always carry around a sub sandwich. One phallic symobol's as good as another. [/big]

LBN, Apr 13, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101497476


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by G_j
[big] Send John Boehner a mutant shrimp picture[/big]
http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=123

Send John Boehner a mutant shrimp picture

With mutant seafood devastating Gulf Coast fisheries, we are sending a picture of a mutant shrimp to Speaker John Boehner. We are including a petition telling Boehner to pass legislation mandating that fines paid by BP go toward clean up and restoration of the Gulf Coast.

Please, add your name to the picture and the petition. The Senate has already passed such legislation with overwhelming, bipartisan support, and it is time for the House to do the same

To Speaker John Boehner:

It is time for the House of Representatives to join the Senate in passing legislation mandating that fines paid by BP go toward clean up and restoration of the Gulf Coast.



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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/18/1084285/--We-ve-Never-Seen-Anything-Like-This-Mutations-and-Deformities-in-Gulf-Seafood-Post-BP-Spill?detail=hide

Wed Apr 18, 2012 at 08:15 AM PDT.

"We've Never Seen Anything Like This" Mutations and Deformities in Gulf Seafood Post BP Spill

The words "We've never seen anything like it" are repeated by scientists, seafood processors and fishermen throughout the gulf region. A feature article from Al Jazeera English, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/04/201241682318260912.html
Gulf seafood deformities alarm scientists, examines the alarming abnormalities turning up in fish, shrimp, crab and other species since the BP oil spill.

BP's Deepwater Horizon spill and the subsequent, unprecedented dump of toxic chemical dispersants has damaged fisheries and affected the genomes of gulf seafood.

Along with collapsing fisheries, signs of malignant impact on the regional ecosystem are ominous: horribly mutated shrimp, fish with oozing sores, underdeveloped blue crabs lacking claws, eyeless crabs and shrimp - and interviewees' fingers point towards BP's oil pollution disaster as being the cause.
The Al Jazeera piece is a must read. I can't do it justice here with just a few paragraphs but here are some quotes from various fishers and scientists interviewed for the article. The eerily constant refrain of "we've never seen anything like this" runs through the piece.

..more..

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] DJ13 [/font]
[big] 2. I sent him this, but Im sure he already has one on his desk [/big]


[font color=#FF0000]If you give Can’t-or a rifle, does he become a mutant jumbo shrimp?[/font]


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] ProfessionalLeftist [/font]
[big] Thou Shalt Not...[/big]


GD, 21 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002594501


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Skip Intro
[big] So there's a thermonuclear bomb lost off the coast of Savanah, Ga?[/big]
Am I the only one who has never heard of this before?

I saw a Discovery or History channel report on this while spending Easter at a family member's house. Had never heard of this before. Kind of forgot about it until this evening, and went searching for the story. This one's from AlterNet:

The Case of the Missing H-Bomb: The Pentagon Has Lost the Mother of All Weapons

60 years have passed since a damaged jet dropped a hydrogen bomb near Savanah, Ga. -- and the Pentagon still can't find it.

Things go missing. It's to be expected. Even at the Pentagon. Last October, the Pentagon's inspector general reported that the military's accountants had misplaced a destroyer, several tanks and armored personnel carriers, hundreds of machine guns, rounds of ammo, grenade launchers and some surface-to-air missiles. In all, nearly $8 billion in weapons were AWOL.

Those anomalies are bad enough. But what's truly chilling is the fact that the Pentagon has lost track of the mother of all weapons, a hydrogen bomb. The thermonuclear weapon, designed to incinerate Moscow, has been sitting somewhere off the coast of Savannah, Georgia for the past 40 years. The Air Force has gone to greater lengths to conceal the mishap than to locate the bomb and secure it.

On the night of February 5, 1958 a B-47 Stratojet bomber carrying a hydrogen bomb on a night training flight off the Georgia coast collided with an F-86 Saberjet fighter at 36,000 feet. The collision destroyed the fighter and severely damaged a wing of the bomber, leaving one of its engines partially dislodged. The bomber's pilot, Maj. Howard Richardson, was instructed to jettison the H-bomb before attempting a landing. Richardson dropped the bomb into the shallow waters of Warsaw Sound, near the mouth of the Savannah River, a few miles from the city of Tybee Island, where he believed the bomb would be swiftly recovered.

The Pentagon recorded the incident in a top secret memo to the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. The memo has been partially declassified: "A B-47 aircraft with a nuclear weapon aboard was damaged in a collision with an F-86 aircraft near Sylvania, Georgia, on February 5, 1958. The B-47 aircraft attempted three times unsuccessfully to land with the weapon. The weapon was then jettisoned visually over water off the mouth of the Savannah River. No detonation was observed."

more here: http://www.alternet.org/environment/140060/the_case_of_the_missing_h-bomb%3A_the_pentagon_has_lost_the_mother_of_all_weapons/

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] sylvi [/font]
[big]10. "misplaced a destroyer" [/big]
Geez, did they check the sofa cushions? I'm losing shit down there all the time.

GD, 22 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002595013


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] tk2kewl [/font]
[big] No freedom fries here...[/big]


[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Erose999 [/font]
[big] 1. I'll have a socialist salad with communist crutons and the bolshevik vinagerette. [/big]

GD, 23 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002599099


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by elleng
[big] Explosion, Fireball Reported in Nevada, California[/big]
Source: NYT/AP

Astronomers say a loud explosion heard across a large swath of Nevada and California on Sunday morning was likely caused by a meteor.

The sound of the explosion around 8 a.m. prompted a flood of calls to law enforcement agencies on both sides of the Sierra Nevada in the two states.

The explosion rattled windows and shook houses from Reno to Winnemucca in Nevada, and from the Sacramento to Bakersfield areas in California.

Some people in the two states reported seeing a fireball streak across the sky at the same time.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/04/22/us/ap-us-fireball-explosion.html?_r=1&hp

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] itsrobert [/font]
[big] 14. Reports are that a farmer and his wife leaving the scene with a young boy. [/big]
n/t

[font color=#FF0000]So there’s a town in California called “Nevada”? [/font]

LBN, 22 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014104291


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] Scuba [/font]
[big] Dear Rep Boehner, enjoy these cupcakes, sent in gratitude for all your efforts on behalf of women [/big]


GD, 22 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002597331


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] unapatriciated [/font]
[big] Did DU's format change[/big]
or did I accidentally change something on how I view it. It is now very hard to view nothing but blue links and small type.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Union Scribe [/font]
[big] 3. Everywhere or just in ProSense's posts? [/big]
Jury: only a joke!

H&M-D, 23 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/124080768


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] MiddleFingerMom [/font]
[big] Even our "children's games" are a little bit "different" here.[/big]
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.[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Ptah [/font]
[big] 1. Last month's winner: [/big]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Yavapai [/font]
[big] 2. Oh, that poor guy. [/big]
I would rather kick a hive of africanized bees, than to have that cholla stuck on me like he has.

A short list of things less painful than cholla cactus:

1. Skydiving without a parachute.
2. Sliding naked down a granite rock face slope.
3. Jellyfish stings.
4. Divorce.
5. Alimony.
6. Removal of a bad tooth without painkiller.
7. Diving into an swimming pool full of rusty razor blades.
8. Being stuck in Los Angeles rush hour traffic in your new Maserati.
9. Slamming your fingers in your car-door .
10. Being stuck in a jail cell with only fox news to watch.
11. A habernaro chile enema.
12. Being forced to listen to a long speech by Sen. Joe Lieberman

Well, maybe #10 and #12 may be equal, but it would be close
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] MiddleFingerMom [/font]
[big] 3. I'm pretty sure I went to a restaurant here in Tucson and ordered #11. [/big]
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] ProudProgressiveNow [/font]
[big] 5. Cholla cactus: Bad! nt [/big]
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] mvccd1000 [/font]
[big] 4. OMG, that sucks! [/big]
I walked out of work one night in a blowing monsoon dust storm, not looking forward to hopping on the motorcycle and trying to stay upright with 40mph winds, when I stepped on a sticky wad of crumpled up paper. With my eyes squinted shut to try to keep the dust out, I reached down to pull it off the sole of my boot and..... "OUCH!" It wasn't a wad of paper; it was one of those pretty little beasts. I had to ride home holding the motorcycle handlebars with a hand shot full of prickers.

I can't even imagine how much fun the guy in the picture is having!

Arizona Group, 23 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1038468


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by grantcart
[big] Romney is such a convincing and strong leader that[/big]
14 days after he dropped out of the race Santorum still hasn't endorsed him.

Way to go Mitt, way to go.

Sure is a lot of enthusiasm for you in the party.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] lob1 [/font]
[big] 1. Romney is very Zen. [/big]
Listen to his audiences and you hear the sound of one hand clapping.

Politics 2012, 24 Apr 2012
http://upload.democraticunderground.com/125131865


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] MrScorpio [/font]
[big] Storage Starting at $29[/big]


[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF] Nye Bevan
[big] 2. Funny, but I never can understand why companies would alienate potential customers. [/big]
There must be *some* Republicans in Manhattan who need to store stuff.
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] VWolf [/font]
[big] 8. There are. [/big]
I'm sure both of them are insulted.

GD, 24 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002606208


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by brooklynite
[big] BREAKING: Gingrich to end White House bid[/big]
Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) – Newt Gingrich will officially end his bid for the Republican presidential nomination and formally express his support for Mitt Romney next week, two sources close to Gingrich tell CNN.

While details are still being worked out, Gingrich is likely to hold his final campaign event Tuesday in Washington, DC where he will make the announcement surrounded by his family and supporters.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/25/breaking-gingrich-to-end-white-house-bid/
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Our FRiends must be in mourning at this point...

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] lame54 [/font]
[big] 5. Must have left for a younger healthier campaign [/big]
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Fuddnik [/font]
[big] 12. World's longest book tour ends. [/big]

LBN, 25 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014106613


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by pepperbear
[big] Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't remember the last time a sitting president....[/big]
appeared on a national comedy show to do a funny bit IN ORDER TO SELL THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ON A POLICY. Not only that, but he went on a show that speaks to the very demographic that would be affected by the policy.

We are definitely not in the 20th century anymore. Score cool points for the Prez, which could go a long way.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] DaDeacon [/font]
[big] 30. This is also brilliant as a pre-counter tactic [/big]
The other side can't say too much about it as it makes them look out of step if they do. I wish I was in a meeting with Team Romney as they try to think of way to counter moments like this.

Staffer number 1: They he goes again singing...

Staffer 2: Where ...? What about ...

Staffer 1: A college campus about, student loan rates!!!

Staffer 3: Man they are a musically talented people aren't they....

Staffer 1: Not helping here Bob.

Staffer 3: Sorry.
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] The Velveteen Ocelot [/font]
[big] 37. The conversation will continue like this: [/big]
Staffer 1: We need to book the boss on one of these shows.

Staffer 2: Yeah! How about The Colbert Report? Colbert is one of us! And the young folks love him!

Staffer 1: Uh, dude, no; he's not one of us. I don't think appearing on that show would be helpful.

Staffer 3: Obama can sing. Can the boss sing? Could he go on some kind of variety show? Like A Prairie Home Companion?

Staffer 1: He can't carry a tune in a bucket. And A Prairie Home Companion is on public radio. We're against public radio. Also, Garrison Keillor is a liberal.

Staffer 2: How about The Lawrence Welk Show? That's good, wholesome music.

Staffer 1: {facepalm} That show has been off the air for like a thousand years. And even when it was on, nobody watched it who was under 90.

Staffer 2: The demographic is perfect, though.

Staffer 3: I think he should go on a show where he can tell jokes.

Staffer 1: He sucks at jokes.

Staffer 3: So let's hire somebody to write some jokes for him. Maybe Jerry Lewis?

Staffer 2: He should do the intro on Saturday Night Live some time when they have a really famous band or singer on that the kids will tune in to watch.

Staffer 1: {sighs} Like who? Barry Manilow?

Staffer 2: Ted Nugent, of course.

Staffer 1: Yeah, like SNL is ever going to book Ted Nugent. In your dreams.

Staffer 3: He needs to do something edgy.

Staffer 1: He isn't edgy. He's the political equivalent of blancmange.

Staffer 3: What's blancmange?

Staffer 2: Maybe he should wear different clothes. Maybe a Members Only jacket? Or Dockers with one of those colorful belts with little whales on it? Or a motorcycle jacket and chaps?

Staffer 1: He'd look like one of the Village People. Or the Village People's nerdy dad.

Staffer 3: Can he get a guest appearance on one of those shows about vampires? The kids love those.

Staffer 1: {bangs head on table} You know what? We're doomed. And I quit.


GD, 25 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002607696


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by EarlG
[big] Pic Of The Moment: It's A Hard Life Being A Romney: The College Years[/big]


http://www.democraticunderground.com/125132023

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101724063

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Blue Owl [/font]
[big] 2. All those years driving up & down the steps before they had their car elevator [/big]
The salad days were rough for the ol' Mittann.

Video & MultiMedia, 25 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101724198


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] HopeHoops [/font]
[big] Grass clipping pancakes with maggots and thistle served with bird dropping syrup...[/big]
...will NOT be on tonight's menu. At least I've ruled THAT one out.

[font color=#FF0000]It will under President Romney![/font]

Cooking & Baking, 25 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11579579


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by 47of74
[big] Florida doc claims he's found the g-spot[/big]
A Florida doctor claims that he has found the G-spot;

The search for the female G-spot -- that supposedly erotic pleasure button somewhere in the vagina -- has become like the search for the Lost City of Atlantis. Some insist it’s real and that they’ve found it; others insist it’s a myth; and still others say it was never lost, it’s just part of an island we’ve known about all along, an extension of the clitoris.

Now a surgeon from Florida is insisting he’s not only solved the mystery, but that he’s held the G-spot in his hands.

Dr. Adam Ostrzenski, a surgeon and retired professor of gynecology, who now practices “cosmetic gynecology” in St. Petersburg, reports in an article in the Journal of Sexual Medicine today that he found the G-spot in an 83-year-old Polish woman. It is, he told msnbc.com, not an extension of the clitoris, as many experts believe, but a discrete structure angling away from the urethra.

He based his search, he says, on previous investigations and readings dating as far back as the third century A.D.

I've sent this on to Stephanie Miller International for further investigation.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] trumad [/font]
[big] 9. My wifes G-spot. [/big]


GD, 25 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002607846


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by madinmaryland
[big] Wrong Forum. eom[/big]
[font color=#FF0000] Last edited Wed Apr 25, 2012, 10:30 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1) [/font]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#FF0000]A DUzy for everybody in the thread!!! [/font]

H&M-D, 25 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/124081996


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Kadie
[big] Girl Spills Yogurt On Obama, He Says ‘Getting Yogurt On The President, You’ve Got A Story To Tell’[/big]


President Barack Obama reacts to having frozen yogurt spilled on his pants by young women he was greeting outside The Sink, Tuesday, April 24, 2012, in Boulder, Colo.



President Barack Obama wipes frozen yogurt off of his pants after it was spilled on him as he greeted people outside The Sink, Tuesday, April 24, 2012, in Boulder, Colo.



pics from news.daylife.com


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Girl Spills Yogurt On Obama, He Says ‘Getting Yogurt On The President, You’ve Got A Story To Tell’
by James Crugnale | 9:46 pm, April 24th, 2012

While walking a rope line in Boulder, Colorado, a woman spilt yogurt on President Obama outside a restaurant. Obama took the incident in stride, quipping “Getting yogurt on the president, you’ve got a story to tell.”

http://www.mediaite.com/online/girl-spills-yogurt-on-obama-he-says-getting-yogurt-on-the-president-youve-got-a-story-to-tell/




[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Enrique [/font]
[big] 5. Romney would have said something weird [/big]
something approximately human but not quite.
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] EarlG [/font]
[big] 6. Romney would have said [/big]
"A ha ha, you seem to have spilled some of your dairy product on one of my lower extremities. That reminds me of an amusing anecdote about bacterial fermentation, would you like to hear it?"
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] cyberswede [/font]
[big] 7. "I have friends who own yogurt companies" [/big]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] drm604 [/font]
[big] 8. He would have said [/big]
"don't worry about it. I have a friend who owns a pants factory... in France."
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] TlalocW [/font]
[big] 9. Biddi biddi biddi - Bacterial dairy substance observed in [/big]
section 14-J of Romney unit. Commence cleaning cycle. - Biddi biddi biddi

TlalocW
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] toddwv [/font]
[big] 14. Ah, don't worry about it! [/big]
I'll have one of my maids clean it off.

I've already worn these pants twice so they're set to go to charity for a tax write off anyways.

I'm REALLY rich... you'all.
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Smilo [/font]
[big] 20. Or he would have said - thank you - you just put out the fire n/t [/big]
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Smilo [/font]
[big] 21. He would ask "where do I send the bill" [/big]
these are very expensive pants and I need them cleaned before I throw them away.
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] awoke_in_2003 [/font]
[big] 34. That is why I like Michigan... [/big]
the yogurt is the right flavor

Video & Multimedia, 24 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101724034


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by pokerfan
[big] favorite tortilla[/big]


18 votes, 2 passes | Time left: Unlimited
flour
8 (44%)
corn
10 (56%)
2 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] ohiosmith [/font]
[big] 1. Flat [/big]


The Lounge, 26 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018104412


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] hobbit709 [/font]
[big] cute picture [/big]


Pets, 12 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11613643


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Starry Messenger
[big] Egypt 'necrophilia law'? Hooey, utter hooey.[/big]
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2012/0426/Egypt-necrophilia-law-Hooey-utter-hooey

Today, Egypt's state-owned Al Ahram newspaper published an opinion piece by Amr Abdul Samea, a past stalwart supporter of the deposed Hosni Mubarak, that contained a bombshell: Egypt's parliament is considering passing a law that would allow husbands to have sex with their wives after death.

It was soon mentioned in an English language version of Al-Arabiya and immediately started zipping around social-networking sites. By this afternoon it had set news sites and the rest of the Internet on fire. It has every thing: The yuck factor, "those creepy Muslims" factor, the lulz factor for those with a sick sense of humor. The non-fact-checked Daily Mail picked it up and reported it as fact. Then Andrew Sullivan, who has a highly influential blog but is frequently lax about fact-checking, gave it a boost with an uncritical take. The Huffington Post went there, too.

There's of course one problem: The chances of any such piece of legislation being considered by the Egyptian parliament for a vote is zero. And the chance of it ever passing is less than that. In fact, color me highly skeptical that anyone is even trying to advance a piece of legislation like this through Egypt's parliament. I'm willing to be proven wrong. It's possible that there's one or two lawmakers completely out of step with the rest of parliament. Maybe.

<snip>

Stories like this are already a reminder of the downside of the Internet. It makes fact-checking and monitoring easier. But the proliferation of aggregation sites, newsy blog sites, and the general erosion of editorial standards (and on-the-ground reporters to do the heavy lifting) also spreads silliness faster than it ever could before.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Zorra [/font]
[big] 19. If it will be OK in Egypt to have sex with your dead wife, [/big]
will it also be OK to have sex with your mummy?

[font color=#FF0000]*groan*[/font]

GD, 26 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002615452




Thanks to: dixiegrrrrl, Scuba, Suich, gateley, Autumn, hootinholler, Ruby the Liberal, Yavapai, lob1, beac, Hatchling, eridani, madinmaryland, EarlG, rocktivity, and !ountryjake



Done tardy and with great haste (again),
-Krispos42