on today's news downunder is this piece about what some brits did with their condoms:.
two charged over blair stunt.
10:04 aest fri may 21 2004. afp - police charged two fathers' rights activists with lobbing a condom full of purple-coloured flour at british prime minister tony blair in parliament, triggering a security alert.the incident, during blair's weekly question period, prompted a full-scale review of security at the british parliament, focusing minds on what could have happened if toxic chemicals had been involved.. .
bull01lay
I was married to an Englishman and lived in England for 14 years. My rose-tinted spectacles were shattered the first year there. But there are cultural differences, and I always thought that remaining composed under stress was something the English did superbly well.
on today's news downunder is this piece about what some brits did with their condoms:.
two charged over blair stunt.
10:04 aest fri may 21 2004. afp - police charged two fathers' rights activists with lobbing a condom full of purple-coloured flour at british prime minister tony blair in parliament, triggering a security alert.the incident, during blair's weekly question period, prompted a full-scale review of security at the british parliament, focusing minds on what could have happened if toxic chemicals had been involved.. .
Everyone was calm, that's the British, you just have to admire them. The guy who told everyone to leave even admitted on tv that he made a mistake, pointing out that he had done the exact wrong thing if it had been a biohazard. No justifying, ass-covering, or blaming of others. I was so impressed.
does anyone on here like science fiction?
i've read everything by all my favourite writers and am looking for some new ones.
any recommendations?
Thanks, country-woman
just wondering how long it took/ is taking many of you to rebuild your lives and say goodbye to phobias, etc.?.
for those who grew up in the borg and don't have a point of reference to go back to....what have you done to create a new life free from that anguish to your mind?
did a new religion help or therapy?
Scooby
I was raised in the TRUTH, and I escaped at 15. I think I was traumatised for a solid 10 years afterwards, but it probably didn't help that I was trying to make it on my own so young. What helped me a lot (finally) was reading about post-traumatic stress disorder. (If you're interested, tell me and I will list the books I read.) At least then I understood my symptoms a bit better. I also discovered Bach Flower Remedies, they are homeopathic and they helped me with things like the Sunday gloom and doom feelings. They might be worth looking into if you like alternative type things.
I think, if it's possible, that forgetting the whole thing for a while and trying to have some fun is the best healer. Travel is also good, if your phobias and bankbook permit it. Travel makes you realise what a tiny, irrelevant world JWs live in. Oh, and don't watch or read the news for a while. It's always dreadful and I think it triggers the old beliefs about what an awful place the world is and the old fears of imminent apocalypse.
it was the written review and i knew all the answers (what person with half a brain didn't -- or couldn't "figure it out" at his/her seat?).
but, i was also the literature servant and had to get that month's request done before the meeting was over.
so, right after song and prayer i went into the elders room and compiled the request (there were always brothers doing some work in there.
Angharad, how sweet, that's just about the cutest thing I ever heard.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040519/234/726q1.html
andy kaufman returns after 20 years.
wed may 19, 9:00 am et.
Thanks, Corvin, I didn't know any of that. The last time I was living in America, Andy Kaufman was picking fights with heavily pregnant women. I missed out on a lot of his stuff after that, and then he died.
sorry if this was already posted, i did a search & didn't see it.. .
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?article_id=38565.
minority report.
Bill Cosby is old, and rich, and probably has very little clue about either the politics or social history of languages. He just remembers that when he was young it was possible for him to succeed by sounding white, and that's probably still true. But it doesn't mean that a language that has evolved away from the mainstream is "bad" or "improper". White American is pretty far from the King's English, and white Americans wouldn't be too happy if they heard English people going around saying those Yanks talk like a bunch of barbarians, why can't they speak properly (which they do sometimes, by the way). American language is a melting pot of different influences because it has had input from so many different nationalities. I don't think anyone has a high horse to ride here. I think it is also important to remember that black people came here as slaves with languages of their own, and if they want to keep some identity with that, more power to them. It's not like they've had any compensation otherwise.
after reading the following report, would you like to speculate on the reason why people do things like this?--schizm .
web-posted thursday, may 20, 2004 .
brick-throwing vandals strike 70 vehicles in overnight rampage .
It's probably their own kids, bored out of their skulls with being upper middle class.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040519/234/726q1.html
andy kaufman returns after 20 years.
wed may 19, 9:00 am et.
He doesn't look even remotely like Andy. But...I wish. I miss him and Gilda Radner.
i put on some sean paul and start grinding.. .
i love to dance.
i ususally do this at home... i wonder if i am a weirdo if not then what does everyone else bump and grind to?
George Clinton's Atomic Dog gets me moving.
"Why must I chase the cat, Why must I be like that, must be the dog in me".
