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[SOteric]

Come on folks, there are jewels of human spirit and dicks of amazing proportion in every system of belief/non-belief known to man.

We don't have to relate to one another like mannerless gits. Let's treasure one another. Diversity isn't just a race or sexuality issue, it's an issue of creed as well.

We've much to learn in our lives and differing perspectives build a better base for educated thought.

Don't make me start singing that Coke song from the 60's.

[GOPisEvil]

1. Anyplace you are is a place I want to be.

:hi:

[SOteric]

8. And I got a replica hat to wear in that other thread!

:7

[GOPisEvil]

12. Keep an eye on your hat!

ZW has been known to, um, well, some things are better left unsaid.

[TXlib]

2. "dicks of amazing proportion"?

There's a joke, begging to be made...

[SOteric]

11. Yeah, find matcom's sausage thread from yesterday

[TXlib]

16. Didn't see it.

But you phrased it that way on purpose, didn't you?

[SOteric]

20. You know me too well.

:7

[TXlib]

24. Or not well enough...

:spank:

[supernova]

37. I'd like to see one

just once in my life. *sigh*

[TXlib]

57. Well, LynneSin seemed to think

that I might fit the bill, if KCDem was in KC, and I was in TX.

[TXlib]

3. I'd like to buy the world a Coke...

*flicks lighter*

[SOteric]

13. In perfect harmony...

[TXlib]

22. I'd like to teach the world to sing...

[SOteric]

33. In perfect harmony...

[SOteric]

39. I'd like to hold it in my arms and keep it company

[SOteric]

40. I'd like to see the world for once

[SOteric]

41. All standing hand in hand

[SOteric]

47. And hear them echo through the hills

[SOteric]

50. "Ah, peace throughout the land"

[Buns_of_Fire]

85. (It's the Real Thing.....)

Or we could go with the National Lampoon version...

I'd like to give the world a hug
And tell it jokes and stuff
Then pull its pants down to its knees
And chase it through the rough

Then tie it up with stocks and bonds
And check its purse for change
Then leave it out at Moosegrin Hall
With our cousin, who's deranged

(My home phone number, I can't remember. This kind of stuff, I remember... :shrug: )

[Zomby Woof]

4. dicks of amazing proportion?

Have you been reading the spam in my inbox? :D

[VelmaD]

6. Too bad it's in your inbox...

and not your pants. ;-)

Just kidding...we kid 'cause we love. :loveya:

[Zomby Woof]

15. teehee

:loveya:

[nini]

7. yeah.. that caught my eye too!

and it's still early here on the west coast and I'm not all the way awake yet :-)

[supernova]

5. Ahem, *clearing throat*

Kum by ya, my lord
Kum by ya.......


:D

*ducking*

edit: spelling

[GOPisEvil]

9. Hey, hey, hey....the campfire's not built yet!

It's too early for Kum By Ya!

:P

[TXlib]

14. Hello darkness my old friend...

[supernova]

19. I've come to talk with you again..

one of my favorite songs. ever.

[TXlib]

28. Because a vision softly creeping,

[supernova]

32. Left its seeds while I was sleeping

[TXlib]

42. And the vision that was planted in my brain

[supernova]

55. Still remained, and touched

the Sound of Silence.

In restless dreams I walk along

[TXlib]

56. Narrow streets of cobblestone

[supernova]

62. 'Neath the halo of a streetlamp

[supernova]

21. That reminds me, pick up some marshmellows

on your way home, please? :D

[GOPisEvil]

23. Graham crackers and chocolate chips, too?

Mmmmmmm....s'mores! :9

[supernova]

26. Yay!!

S'mores!!

Been a long time since I sat by a campfire.

[SOteric]

27. Heee! GMTA!

[GOPisEvil]

29. I wanna go camping now!!!

I love being in the outdoors. :D

[supernova]

35. Yeah, me too

Sunday was the first day I actually smelled .... Spring. You know, that slighly warm, slightly damp earth smell? The smell of millions of millions of sleeping blooms and leaves just waiting to pop out?

I love that smell!

[GOPisEvil]

38. I love spring in Texas. My favorite time of year here.

Wildflowers in bloom, not too hot, not too cold! :thumbsup:

[SOteric]

25. Ooooh, I'll bring the chocolate bars and graham crackers!

[Az]

10. Unfotunately there are stresses and issues

That one cannot as easily address in an open forum. Anger and stress build up towards issues that are not easily spoken about in front of those that may take offense at the existance of this stress. Vents are needed for people to release this anger amongst those that can understand their problems. And when venting some are not always as self restrained they ought to be.

[SOteric]

17. And yet,

the fact that we've all been hurt in life doesn't make it right or acceptable to attempt to hurt or hold responsible any other being who may loosely fit within the same broad category.

The fact that some folks lack self-restraint doesn't mean they shouldn't aim for it, or that we should set the bar for meaningful discourse and mannerly behaviour any lower on their account.

[supernova]

18. You shouldn't have to be restrained while venting

That's the point of venting, afterall. The trick is in finding an appropriate place to vent in the first place.

We all need support for our worldviews at times. There's no shame in that. The fallacy comes in looking for it in people and places you probably won't find it and then claiming hurt afterward.

[TXlib]

30. I prefer restraints for other purposes...

[supernova]

34. I swear KCDem

is one lucky woman. ;-)

[GOPisEvil]

36. They must have their "fun room" hidden...

...I looked...

Of course, I was either drunk and/or hungover most of the time I was there...

[supernova]

43. Is that what most people call

a "bonus room?" :think:

[GOPisEvil]

46. Heh, heh...that's a good name for one.

:D

[TXlib]

44. Or passed out.

You missed the part where VelmaD and KCDem tied you up, didn't you?

[GOPisEvil]

48. I had these rope burns I couldn't account for...

...dammit! All they had to do was ask! No need to wait for me to pass out.

[TXlib]

51. Our neighbor needed to take her revenge on you

for getting her so steenkin' drunk.

[GOPisEvil]

54. Oh, she loved it!!

She dreams of my vodka drinks...

[supernova]

53. Pictures!!

TXlib you're falling down on the job. You're supposed to get pictures of this stuff!

I should talk. Short Bus had the perfect opportunity to get me drinking and smoking hard when Will was here, but no pic alas.

[GOPisEvil]

58. I make excellent vodka drinks!

Ask TXlib's neighbors. :D

[TXlib]

60. That whole evening is a mere alcohol-soaked blur for most of them.

[GOPisEvil]

65. Let me know when I'm allowed back in your neighborhood.

;-)

[Burma Jones]

31. Join the Pepsi People, Feelin' Free, Feelin' Free

Once again, a post to be admired.....

[SOteric]

45. It's all good new_bearwr, Pepsi drinkers are welcome here too!

:pals:

[TXlib]

49. NO! Pepsi tastes like malted battery acid!

Coca-Cola is the One True Cola!

YEEEAAAARRRRHHH!

[SOteric]

52. Tex,

Don't make me sing the song...

[TXlib]

59. The song you sang above?

Or a different one?

And how's your singing voice?

[SOteric]

80. Yes, the one above

- and it's reminiscent of a pack of wild coyotes sorting out that whole 'alpha dog' thing.

[Burma Jones]

72. Are you going to post about the worship of the One True Cola?

[TXlib]

76. No. It's an intensely personal thing.

[Burma Jones]

79. Thank God, or whatever.........

[kmla]

61. Wanna hear somethin' scary?

I have the MP3 of that song. I keep it in the folder w/ the Partidge Family's "Echo Valley 2-6809" and Debbie (Deborah!) Gibson's "Only in My Dreams."

I'm so embarrassed.

:freak:

[SOteric]

66. *L*

:pals: At least it's not the greatest hits of Hanson. Now *that* would be embarrassing.

[VelmaD]

63. I need a hug

Will just posted a link to this over in GD:2004

Blasts at Shiite Ceremonies in Iraq Kill at Least 143
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/02/international/middleeast/02CND-IRAQ.html?hp

"One distraught man clawed through the piles until he found the small pink sandals of a child."

I can't fucking cope with this. All I can see in my head is the tiny little pink shoes my niece wore when she was little. Those pink sandals belonged to someone's little girl and the people running our country and a whole lot of the populace just don't care that she (and thousands more like her) are gone.

I want to scream and cry and shake someone until they can explain to me why this had to happen, why so many people have had to die.

Help. :grouphug:

[GOPisEvil]

64. One hug, coming up!

:grouphug:

[VelmaD]

69. Thanks buddy

Have I told you lately you're a hell of a guy and I'm really glad to be able to call you a friend? :-)

[GOPisEvil]

70. That's really nice of you to say!

The feeling is mutual! :-)

[VelmaD]

74. We're just a mutual admiration society today.

Don't let Demman see it...you know how he gets. :-)

[SOteric]

67. Two hugs coming up.

:hug: :hug:

Hang in there, Vel. We'll get to a place one day where we hold them accountable. Let's all work to make it sooner rather than later.

[VelmaD]

71. You are absolutely right

As usual. :-) Thanks for the hugs. :hug: Back at ya.

I'm really sad right now but you know that later on it's gonna turn over into righteous wrath. Anger isn't always a bad thing...it's how we channel it that matters. Gotta use the energy from being PISSED OFF to change things. I have a very deep well of righteous anger to draw from built up over the last few years. Time to kick some ass.

[TXlib]

77. Where's my hug?

:shrug:

[supernova]

68. Third hug

:hug:

The sooner we win the election, the sooner we can clean up this mess we've made.

[VelmaD]

73. From your keyboard...

to the universe's ear. :-)

I love how definitive you are..."the sooner we win the election"..as if losing isn't even an option. :-)

[kmla]

75. Group hug!

Cheer up, buckaroo. They WILL be made accountable for their actions. Let's keep reminding ourselves of that...

[VelmaD]

78. I try to focus on that...

but I can't help sometimes but cry because there is nothing we can do to them that is going to bring the people lost back. November cannot get here soon enough. :hug:

[dolo amber]

81. Jaysus!

Who let all these stinky hippies in here? :P

;)

:loveya:

[supernova]

82. "What's so funny 'bout

peace, love, and understanding?"

:D :loveya:

[dolo amber]

83. *snort*

I could smell the patchouli all the way over here, supe. :D

Actually, it looks like you guys had a blast. I bookmarked this when it SOteric first posted it (I had to go do something) and just remembered to check it a bit ago. With the exception of the nekkid skinny-dippin' I bet I would've enjoyed it myself. ;)

[KG]

84. i have a 'dick of amazing proportion'

would it be safe here?

[SOteric]

86. We can discuss that...

:7

[buddhamama]

87. if you could

teach me to sing in perfect harmony, i'd declare you Master of the Universe or 'The Goddess' who protects beings from pain and suffering-my singing.

i'll hum softly and smile a lot :loveya: