daisycutter

as religion is so topical, here are a few corny funnies (don't blame the messenger) ============================== A guy joins a monastery and takes a vow of silence: he’s allowed to say two words every seven years. After the first seven years, the elders bring him in and ask for his two words. "Cold floors," he says. They nod and send him away. Seven more years pass. They bring him back in and ask for his two words. He clears his throats and says, "Bad food." They nod and send him away. Seven more years pass. They bring him in for his two words. "I quit," he says. "That’s not surprising," the elders say. "You’ve done nothing but complain since you got here." ============================== StuieI was walking across a bridge one day, and saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So he ran over and said "Stop! Don't do it!" "Why shouldn't I?" he said. "Well, there's so much to live for!" "Like what?" "Well... are you religious?" He said yes. StuieI said, "Me too! Are you Christian or Buddhist?" "Christian." "Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant ? "Protestant." "Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?" "Baptist" "Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?" "Baptist Church of God!" "Me too! Are you original Baptist Church of God, or are you reformed Baptist Church of God?" "Reformed Baptist Church of God!" "Me too! Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915?" He said, "Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915!" Stuie said, "Die, heretic scum", and pushed him off. ============================== A Jewish grandmother is watching her grandchild playing on the beach when a huge wave comes and takes him out to sea. She pleads, "please God, save my only grandson. I beg of you, bring him back." And a big wave comes and washes the boy back onto the beach, good as new. She looks up to heaven and says: "He had a hat!" ==================================

it's darcy polish for me

or another dane swan? agree he's not polished, but he does know his footy and he's a bit of a bull, at least against u18's but, i can't see him as a top 10 and he won't be around for our 3rd pick, so i don't think he'll be in our sights

yep, we must be ever vigilant there are standards to be upheld

ta, i've seen that one........thought he was referring to something different

i think the press is just playing with us, changing their predictions all the time just create some excitement and intrigue let's face it the players haven't changed in the last 3-4 weeks just the press trying to be the news themselves don't get too sucked in

which clip....link?

more interested in the medical, esp scan results

parish the thought

funny, i heard crabs were your speciality, bbo

14th includes academy players if you include academy players in draft our first pick won't be 3. will be 5 or 6

and wiedeman, curnow at 20, 22

i suspect you are right and she brings out her phantom draft a few days before the draft when she's collected all the clubs last minute leaks, so naturally gets pretty close (a la toumpas couple of years ago) i'd be more impressed if her last phantom draft was say 2 weeks before draft

uh oh! "godwins law" or "reductio ad hitlerum" take your pick

let's have a short break from all this ot stuff for your edification......... A guy enters a bar carrying an alligator. Says to the patrons, "Here’s a deal. I'll open this alligator's mouth and place my genitals inside. The gator will close his mouth for one minute, then open it, and I'll remove my unit unscathed. If it works, everyone buys me drinks." The crowd agrees. The guy drops his pants and puts his privates in the gator's mouth. Gator closes mouth. After a minute, the guy grabs a beer bottle and bangs the gator on the top of its head. The gator opens wide, and he removes his genitals unscathed. Everyone buys him drinks. Then he says: "I'll pay anyone $100 who's willing to give it a try." After a while, a hand goes up in the back of the bar. It's a woman. "I'll give it a try," she says, "but you have to promise not to hit me on the head with the beer bottle."

A guy has a talking dog. He brings it to a talent scout. "This dog can speak English," he claims to the unimpressed agent. "Okay, Sport," the guys says to the dog, "what’s on the top of a house?" "Roof!" the dog replies. "Oh, come on..." the talent agent responds. "All dogs go ‘roof’." "No, wait," the guy says. He asks the dog "what does sandpaper feel like?" "Rough!" the dog answers. The talent agent gives a condescending blank stare. He is losing his patience. "No, hang on," the guy says. "This one will amaze you. " He turns and asks the dog: "Who, in your opinion, was the greatest baseball player of all time?" "Ruth!" goes the dog. And the talent scout, having seen enough, boots them out of his office onto the street. And the dog turns to the guy and says "Maybe I shoulda said DiMaggio?"

The term "discussing on its merits" is a common enough term and you knew exactly what i meant and that is what i said was disingenuous however.....i concede that the term "merits" in the context of a discussion on terrorism was inappropriate, even though there was no intention of using that word in one of its other meanings. merit [mer-it] Spell Syllables Synonyms Examples Word Origin noun1. claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth. 2. something that deserves or justifies a reward or commendation; acommendable quality, act, etc.: The book's only merit is its sincerity. 3. merits, the inherent rights and wrongs of a matter, as a lawsuit,unobscured by procedural details, technicalities, personal feelings,etc.: The case will be decided on its merits alone. 4. Often, merits. the state or fact of deserving; desert: to treat people according to their merits. 5. Roman Catholic Church. worthiness of spiritual reward, acquired by righteous acts made under the influence of grace. 6. Obsolete. something that is deserved, whether good or bad.

that's just not completely true, stuie there have been many muslim teachers and leaders who have defended and supported islamic jihardists over last few decades including some very prominent muslim leaders just where do you think they get their billions to finance their terror?

stuie, if the terrorists say they are followers of islam, then they are. they believe they will be rewarded in heaven as martyrs for allah. they quote passages of holy text to justify their actions. they are even prepared to sacrifice their lives just for their beliefs. just because other more moderate followers of islam have a different view-point doesnt mean they can't be legitimately described as islamic-extremists or islamic-terrorists the term islamic-terrorists doesn't mean all followers of islam, but the extremists do live and worship among the moderates. i wonder if you remember the joyous dancing in the streets of the middle east when 9/11 was perpetrated. were they just extremists and not islamic?

so, how do you determine christian beliefs? from the bible, from the catholics, from the presbyterians, the anglicans, the mormons, the pilgrims, the greek orthodoxes, jim bakker, jim jones etc etc etc? they all have their own interpretations and contradictions similarly for islam, you have the quran, the hadiths, the shiites, the sunnis, the sufis, the hanifa, shafi, hanibal or malik schools, the twelve-imam, zaydis or ismailis sects, etc again contradictions and interpretations there is no all agreed xxxxxxx beliefs. it's not an absolute both islam and christianity cover a wide spectrum of beliefs

so in the world of stuie a christian who commits a christian sin is no longer a christian and cannot be referred to as one so, there are no sinners in the christian population yet catholicism tells us they are all sinners nice logic stuie. i hope you didn't pay too much for the course

they are islamic extremists, stuie. now repeat it 50 times or until you get it. they didn't yell alluha akbar before they shot or exploded their bombs because they "weren't" followers of islam fmd stuie you can be thick sometimes

arguments of equivalency suggest a lazy level of apologia treat each case on it's merits if you want to contribute, moonie

you'll get prickles sitting on that fence, moonie

i wonder if we will ever see a real test wicket in australia again?