Thor Buttox

Why would billygoat be in a Russian hotel room?

In nomine patris, 3 hail Mary's and a 'Now I have heard it all'...

Wouldn't the bigger question be, in a mature society, with proper parenting and education, 'Why does there need to be a law?' (Yes, I know the world at the moment is as mature as a young cheddar)

Nothing like a bit of vaguely pointless Hub-squabbles to make people going through a hard time realise that things could be worse. Glasses half full and all that!

No, I just think my marriage is a total sham if he is right.

There is some seriously biblical reductionism going on here. We need some feng shui and pot pourri to bring out our feminine sides. (Sorry, I'm trying to put the Gen in Gender Neutral...)

Wiping your butt with toilet paper is not natural. Wiping it with three-ply, luxury soft is more unnatural than re-processed one ply. Until we came down from the trees, taking your hand and flinging it about was probably a sign of common understanding, as our chimpy friends still do. Question is, in order to save the forests and make an ethical choice, are you prepared to go back to the hand, or is our recent understanding of germ theory going to presuppose a nick in the skin that could cause a real problem in some people who don't have that knowledge but who are told that 'The hand is best'. Because if saving the planet is your moral choice, it probably is. Maybe use leaves? Unless you Fi d it's poison ivy? What is best? Yes it's a stupid analogy, but made for serious effect. 'it' s not natutal' is as unhelpful as 'it' s the only solution'.

Rock-hard Stools is the tribute band for the Rolling Stones, are they not?

Well, there's a lactate tolerance test I'm not using in my coaching regimen...

I have a further theory about this as I ended up doing garden work the other day which I despise, and I always do the dishes and dog-shyte which I don't mind: -which is that people don't put a plan in action and expectations are not dealt with up front. Which can never then be met. And if they are unbalanced it's even worse. I actually pay my wife to do the cleaning - no!! That was HER idea, not mine. She is happy because her standards can apply, and she has extra cash. But we are both clear about what chores are hers and what are mine. (And I don't get paid for my work on the car, the laundry, the dishes and the garden. Bloody rampant sexism. Thank God we don't have grass.)

Uhm... Not sure whether to high-5 you or request you soothe your nips for the second time today?

The exactly the same way the grandparents of millions of young unwed mothers have been encumbered with their daughters' half of the 'sluttage' over millennia. I wonder how many of us perfect Hub-men go about our daily whims with a memory of a 'I am late' story that caused a shiver or two??

I think that is changing - the upward mobility part. Remember I am the bunny-hugger sort, so I am firmly stating that reducing animal cruelty is on my agenda. However in terms of the two external examples, the issues resulted from very serious tooth issues in the one which the doctors then ordered her to correct by 'correcting' her diet, which has subsequently reversed to a degree. Now I am aware of correlation versus causation, but she is now vociferously anti-xclusively-vegan having gone through the situation. My wife has magnesium, iodine, calcium, Vit B and some other things that she has to take for her personal situation on doctors recommendations which she didn't need previously. Again, I am not saying it's not POSSIBLE to avoid this, but just saying 'vegan' is the solution is not true. On the cost thing, again, it is what you make of it, but unless you are hardcore and do just the fresh veggies with minimal spices, and minimal Schmeese cheese, soy milk or vegan Sausages, and other such delicassies over here it is definitely more expensive. So while I can respect your personal choices greatly, I am still not convinced it is entirely accurate representation for most people, without knowledge. (which to be fair, you are trying to share here...)

Let me add a little bit to this thread for the first time in a while. As you know the trouble and strife has gone full Vogon, and there have been some interesting developments. I am trying for ethical reasons to lower my meat intake (and for cycling reasons, my intake as a whole) but in the last two weeks I have had two convo's with people who were vegans and who are now no longer, one having been ordered to stop it cos things had gone awry. So I popped home and said to the Mrs that my friend had been ordered to stop due to some reasonably dramatic health changes. My wife said, well, obviously, you have to take your supplements, too. So being a curious fella, with not many dollars, and a few sense, I asked what supplements these were as I thought full veganism just gave you gas, without any other side-effects? Turns out she has a little farm-acy under her bathroom stand. Curious was I. I then said OK, let's just do a shop excluding your supplements and see what we can buy. I eat quite a bit more than her but my shop for a week and hers were very nearly the same over here, anyway, while mine was pretty much twice as much actual food (and that only had a bit of meat). Not that these findings are anything but hearsay and are totally unscientific, but less meat stl makes me feel better about myself. It makes my family's wallet lighter (in Aus terms, anyway) and requires Extremely Powerful Other supplements. My wife has a thyroid condition on top of the supplements for the food, so it is a bit dear. It's just interesting how hypocrisy gets thrown around at carnivores, when it is really clear to me as a middle class pheasant that veganism is not the solution to the world's problems. But as Patch says it may very well be a solution to an individual or group of individuals of an upwardly mobile persuasion. Or even a large percentage of the population. But it's about as much of a panacea as Trump's wall. And I actually am trying in my own tiny way.

Remember to park in the designated parking bays with the blue stickers closer to the trail head. So much for 50.is the new 30. MAMIL? Pffft... OAPIL!

Gees, sounds like the close shaves in the race were sponsored by Gillette.

There is no way this could possibly be true. Consensus on this thread is that eBaaiks will only ever be bought by cost-conscious, bearded downhillers who will never endanger the trails and never by the kind of muppet who has more rands than sense, and thinks rules don't apply.

The reason I try to be good is because I do things to not be like my dad. I am.extremely glad my Mom divorced my dad. Only as a man could I begin to see his side of the story a tiny bit, but his behaviour when I was a child was totally unacceptable. Sometimes a divorce is not even about the two individuals and their behaviour but about the behaviour of relatives and others in the orbit of the marriage. As I have said previously, often it is hanging on too long where the real psychological damage is done.

Hmmm... The state of things on this thread means I don't know whether to be angry with them for being elitist, or for you not taking things up above 30kph and putting them firmly in their place. Confusing times... Sigh

Don't confuse a good story with some random fact, my good man.

I think the 'ham' in the 'hamburger' is probably more etymologically invariant, but never mind. Likewise with sausage... If there is no offal involved you may as well call it a vegwinkle

I get the ethics. I get the impact on the planet. But why, oh, why do the vegetablists keep calling things 'sausage rolls' or 'veggie patties' to remind them of the meat they so desperately want to forget? Call it a 'swamp danish' or a 'battered schmush tart' and differentiate yourselves from the peasants, guys! (And yes, my 'meaty licker gland' is firmly in my cheek)

There is a valid psychological cause of this called loss aversion. It causes us to stick in negative situations for far longer than is necessary and then to dwell on it for longer than is necessary. If you can change your mindset to 'how many amazing opportunities am I NOT taking because I am dwelling on the one I did' and/or 'how good was it really if I/he/she left?' it tends to temper the negatives.

Here it is $18 each for a movie. Cheap as chips is SA, relatively speaking. Although the experience here is so much more peaceful so it's almost worth it!

Let's keep it clean, shall we... #ballwasher