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Texsox

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  1. Rantisi's car in a crowded Gaza thoroughfare Two Palestinian bystanders were killed I would be so proud to know I was murdering innocent bystanders. I cannot believe anyone can applaud the murder of innocent lives. Imagine of Israel decided to fire missles down the Dan Ryan suring rush hour because a Hamas leader was around. :headshake
  2. Not so fast southsider looking at your avatar http://www.alyon.org/generale/theatre/cine...ystery_tour.jpg :headshake
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  4. I dumped it a few days ago. I forgot to move it to my site. Me :dips***
  5. I was just reading that. Here's the CNN.SI Link I think he's getting a 10 minute misconduct
  6. Texsox replied to Texsox's topic in SLaM
    I'm assuming half are wrong and the other half are out of context, but fun never-the-less.
  7. Link to the story I guess if the state executed him, they could have just revived him. Darryl Hunt and his wife, April, look over a copy of his pardon from North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley, Thursday. Gee a North Carolina jury convicting someone who looks like Darryl, I'm shocked
  8. Texsox posted a topic in SLaM
    LIFE IN THE 1500'S The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s: These are interesting... Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married. Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water." Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs." There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence. The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying "dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet , so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they adding more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a "thresh hold." (Getting quite an education, aren't you?) In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old." Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat." Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous. Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or "upper crust." Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a "wake." England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift") to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer." And that's the truth... Now, whoever said that History was boring ! ! ! Educate someone...
  9. Ah, the drinking excuse. #1 on the male excuse list.
  10. Linked Here. Soy Dog in Brewers Sausage Race.
  11. Is there any other line?
  12. Texsox replied to Heads22's topic in SLaM
    My High School moments like that all occured on the Golf course. I was always writing letters of apology to the other school. I am sorry my actions on October 2 blah blah blah reflected badly blah blah on my school and myself blah blah. And this was in the 70's so I couldn't even save the document and just keep reprinting. Some of the infractions included an attempt to custom modify my putter during a round. I felt the shaft was too straight and that the gentle bending of the shaft around an oak tree would be just what it needed
  13. Texsox replied to NUKE_CLEVELAND's topic in SLaM
    As long as they can attract enough financial support to keep it going. Listeners may be less than half the equation.
  14. Step one is to unplug the machine and then reboot. Tech support does that because A. It usually fixes the problem -and- B. Gives them 5 minutes to look up step 2 And I thought Steff was The Big Skirt to cover her big
  15. The Book of Revelation is possibly the most studied, and twisted Book in the New Testament. Of course the legion of "Doomsday Prophets" and Cult Leaders all have a certain affinity for Revelation. Given enough time, anything from the Twin Towers to the Water Tower could be "proven". IMHO, every person should read Revelation and reach their own conclusion.
  16. Just for fun type in Frank Thomas complains in your favorite search engine. A complaint from Frank is instant front page news. A complaint from Crede might be buried somewhere in the game notes. Frank made this bed. He knows what will happen when he makes these types of statements. When the light shined on Maggs, Frank gets some headlines.
  17. Anyone else find this match funny in a weird sort of way? I'm just watching the avatars flying past me. VS.
  18. Yesterday Maggs nails the game winner from the #3 spot in the lineup. Who has been the holder of that spot for the last decade? Frank. While everyone was mobbing Maggs, I think Frank was hearing The King is Dead! Long Live the King! We may have watched the passing of the torch in more ways than one. I only hope Mags is around here to carry it as well as Frank has.
  19. I just do not know why Frank does this. He should be basking in the glow of his best PR move ever, the switch to cleanup. Just a hunch. Was he feeling sad it was Maggs AB instead of him in that situation? If he doesn't volunteer the switch, he would have had the chance to be hero.
  20. Chicago has been blessed with some Hall of Fame Caliber athletes who have also been PR machines and role models. Walter Payton comes immediately to mind. Ryno, Magneson, MJ, Bo Jackson, and a few others also come to mind. Sadly, Frank has never managed to polish his PR skills. Actually if he had better PR skills he could have picked up $$$$ in endorsements, which would have over shadowed his contract.
  21. Texsox replied to NUKE_CLEVELAND's topic in SLaM
  22. Nothing like a little Frank to get some excitement going.
  23. April 16, 2004 (Today's list was originally published on April 5, 1999) The Top 14 Signs You're Married to a Liberal 14> In your wedding vows, "love, honor, and cherish" were replaced with "legitimize, empower, and respect her reproductive freedom." 13> Pile of burned Ken Starr effigies in the back yard is starting to block the sun. 12> Supports Al Gore for President in 2000, but has no idea why. 11> After a poor performance in the bedroom, you find yourself enrolled in a federal program to correct your shortcomings. 10> To rectify years of persecution to women, she makes you wipe your own ass. 9> Misses your funeral to protest the harsh sentence given your killer. 8> You casually mention your "Euthanize the Homeless" idea and -- BANG! -- no sex for a month. 7> What, the family budget is *BALANCED*? Quick, let's get to the mall and buy something! 6> Insists his socks are not mismatched, they're "diverse." 5> He was a tireless advocate of gun control until the impeachment hearings started. Now he owns a rocket launcher. 4> At the height of passion, cries out, "Tax me!!!" 3> It's bad enough that he looks like an extra from "Deliverance" -- now he can't keep his loudmouth Cajun trap shut on those talk shows. 2> Constantly pelts your cats with ketchup, screeching, "Fur is murder!" and Topfive.com's Number 1 Sign You're Married to a Liberal... 1> She's got the kids playing "Barbaric Imperialists and Innocent Native Americans" again. [ The Top 5 List www.topfive.com ] [ Copyright 1999, 2004 by Chris White ] [ To subscribe: Top5Classic-subscribe@topica.com ]

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