Make A Random Statement About Something Nobody Should Care About

[ER]

It's Thursday morning, and Thursday mornings are a good time for gross stories, so I got one.

Back circa 2003 my friend was in Central America working as a volunteer at this dental outreach program that sent dentists out to give free services.

She woke up one morning in her tent, opened a bottle of water and poured it onto her toothbrush in the gauzy light of dawn and started brushing her teeth. Instantly the toothbrush felt weird. It felt squishy and....wiggly. She pulled it out and looked at it and at some point in the night a small roach had worked its way into the bristles and she'd partly smashed it in there and partly smashed it against her front teeth. It was still in the bristles, mangled and wiggling.

After she finished throwing up she learned the lesson that in the tropics you store your toothbrush in a sealed baggie.

She was so grossed out all these years she didn't tell me this story until last night.

[Rev. Powell]

I don't understand the constant need to post Animated gifs to back up or to ridicule arguments at message boards. It seems like a very childish thing to do?

I think arguments in general are childish. Children argue; adults discuss.

[ER]

I don't understand the constant need to post Animated gifs to back up or to ridicule arguments at message boards. It seems like a very childish thing to do?

I think arguments in general are childish. Children argue; adults discuss.

Hmm, Buddhic ideal, but, yes, you're right. Of course without silly arguments The MacLaughlin Group never would've lasted thirty-four seasons, and Prime Minister's Questions would be as interesting watching as Teletubbies without a bong.

[Alex]

I don't understand the constant need to post Animated gifs to back up or to ridicule arguments at message boards. It seems like a very childish thing to do?

I think arguments in general are childish. Children argue; adults discuss.

Hmm, Buddhic ideal, but, yes, you're right. Of course without silly arguments The MacLaughlin Group never would've lasted thirty-four seasons, and Prime Minister's Questions would be as interesting watching as Teletubbies without a bong.

I remember after Kristi moved over I had the news on and PMQ's came on. I felt really embarrassed about all the hooting and cheering/booing going on. Its like a school playground argument.

[ER]

I don't understand the constant need to post Animated gifs to back up or to ridicule arguments at message boards. It seems like a very childish thing to do?

I think arguments in general are childish. Children argue; adults discuss.

Hmm, Buddhic ideal, but, yes, you're right. Of course without silly arguments The MacLaughlin Group never would've lasted thirty-four seasons, and Prime Minister's Questions would be as interesting watching as Teletubbies without a bong.

I remember after Kristi moved over I had the news on and PMQ's came on. I felt really embarrassed about all the hooting and cheering/booing going on. Its like a school playground argument.

PMQ is like my favorite show ever but Theresa May is so polite it makes me miss when David Cameron and Ed Miliband would chew each other a new pipe. (Dear Lord, this place does bring out my vulgar side.)

[Alex]

I don't understand the constant need to post Animated gifs to back up or to ridicule arguments at message boards. It seems like a very childish thing to do?

I think arguments in general are childish. Children argue; adults discuss.

Hmm, Buddhic ideal, but, yes, you're right. Of course without silly arguments The MacLaughlin Group never would've lasted thirty-four seasons, and Prime Minister's Questions would be as interesting watching as Teletubbies without a bong.

I remember after Kristi moved over I had the news on and PMQ's came on. I felt really embarrassed about all the hooting and cheering/booing going on. Its like a school playground argument.

PMQ is like my favorite show ever but Theresa May is so polite it makes me miss when David Cameron and Ed Miliband would chew each other a new pipe. (Dear Lord, this place does bring out my vulgar side.)

You should have seen Tony Blair ripping into John Major or Iain Duncan Smith (IDS) neither of whom could ever match him. In fact Blair calmed down on IDS when he figured out that if he (IDS) kept on being humiliated at PMQ's then the Tory party might get rid of him and elect a more competant leader.

[Rev. Powell]

I don't understand the constant need to post Animated gifs to back up or to ridicule arguments at message boards. It seems like a very childish thing to do?

I think arguments in general are childish. Children argue; adults discuss.

Hmm, Buddhic ideal, but, yes, you're right. Of course without silly arguments The MacLaughlin Group never would've lasted thirty-four seasons, and Prime Minister's Questions would be as interesting watching as Teletubbies without a bong.

I believe that the Buckley/Vidal debates coarsened political discourse in this country. They helped turn politics into a spectator sport where you root for your side rather than a tool to address social problems.

[ER]

I don't understand the constant need to post Animated gifs to back up or to ridicule arguments at message boards. It seems like a very childish thing to do?

I think arguments in general are childish. Children argue; adults discuss.

Hmm, Buddhic ideal, but, yes, you're right. Of course without silly arguments The MacLaughlin Group never would've lasted thirty-four seasons, and Prime Minister's Questions would be as interesting watching as Teletubbies without a bong.

I believe that the Buckley/Vidal debates coarsened political discourse in this country. They helped turn politics into a spectator sport where you root for your side rather than a tool to address social problems.

Didn't Vidal call Buckley a "crypto Nazi" and Buckley called Vidal a "damned queer" or some such? Yeah, what they call debates are rarely debates at all.

[Rev. Powell]

I don't understand the constant need to post Animated gifs to back up or to ridicule arguments at message boards. It seems like a very childish thing to do?

I think arguments in general are childish. Children argue; adults discuss.

Hmm, Buddhic ideal, but, yes, you're right. Of course without silly arguments The MacLaughlin Group never would've lasted thirty-four seasons, and Prime Minister's Questions would be as interesting watching as Teletubbies without a bong.

I believe that the Buckley/Vidal debates coarsened political discourse in this country. They helped turn politics into a spectator sport where you root for your side rather than a tool to address social problems.

Didn't Vidal call Buckley a "crypto Nazi" and Buckley called Vidal a "damned queer" or some such? Yeah, what they call debates are rarely debates at all.

Yep. And ratings soared.

[Rev. Powell]

If they make SHOWGIRLS 5, they should write the title as SHOWGIRL5.

[ER]

(Have they made Showgirls 2-4?)

[Rev. Powell]

They made 2 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1693110/), and I'll make 3&4 for them back-to-back if they want for cheap.

[Allhallowsday]

If your child hits another child with a stick, do you:
A. Give everybody sticks
B. Give certain kids sticks who are adept with sticks to defend everyone else
C. Take away the stick

[ER]

Worst flooding this area has seen since my senior year in high school. Evacuations and shelters. So glad I live in the high ground. I TOLD them the gods wanted a better sacrifice than a dirty old man.

[Flangepart]

Which came first, the rooster or the hen?