Michael

To leave after a short while.

I sure hope that nose is more resilient than it looks.

[web:35ee3f0ac1]http://bellflower.elfle.com/child-and-his-dog.html[/web:35ee3f0ac1]

I'm surprised no one's commented on this yet. If I recall correctly, yesterday's date shows only when it was moved to this forum-category, and that it went up some days ago.

Here and here are some related stories.

The first time? 6.

How old were you when you realized there are other languages besides the one you first spoke?

Just now, namely the post above mine!

How old were you when you realized you'd first hurt someone's feelings?

Still waiting.

How old were you when you got your first disappointment that you remember now?

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/01/29/Sports/A...e_problem.shtml

>A 1994 study of 7,000 former players by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health found linemen had a 52 percent greater risk of dying from heart disease than the general population. While U.S. life expectancy is 77.6 years, recent studies suggest the average for NFL players is 55, 52 for linemen.<

News that's over a year old, I realize.

[web:50e4226805]http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jivgUe-_xO5XLcGy8zxP9vN1O-cQD9630IU00[/web:50e4226805]

[web:33b750a56a]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1132053/Youll-grandchildren-Social-workers-warning-couple-spoke-gay-adoption-row.html[/web:33b750a56a]

Since when do drama queens file lawsuits?

What's EJF?

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There was a young man named Rex,

Who had very small organs of sex.

When caught for exposure,

He said with composure,

De minimis non curat lex.*

*The law will not deal with trivialities.

Ah, back when CD's were earning 5-7%!

I know how you feel. :wink:

Except in moments that one feels called to respond vigorously to a direct attack, I have yet to learn how withholding empathy ever benefits anyone. Doesn't mean I always manage to do it, only means that on the whole I know I deprive both myself and the other when I don't.

When a knowledgeable veteran teacher-friend gets back to me about your question after February 2, I'll PM you his recommendation(s).

three people waiting for the bus.

1. An elderly woman who is ill and needs to get the hospital.

2. Your best friend

3. The woman of your dreams

Who are the other two people?

First off, homo- means "same," so homophobic would mean fear of something or someone that is the same [say, gender] rather than fear of homosexuality.

Second, as Dust points out, phobos means "fear" rather than "hatred," which is signified by the prefix "mis-" as in misanthrope, which means one who hates mankind.

Hatred of homosexuality would therefore have to be mis-ANDROKOITES, hatred of having intercourse with a man; mis-ARRENOGAMEO, hatred of those who marry men; mis-ARRENOKOITES, hatred of sodomites; mis-ARRENOMANES, hatred of those who are mad after males; mis-ARRENOMIKTES or mis-ARSENOMIKTES, hatred of sodomites; mis-ARRENOMISIA, hatred of sodomy itself, or mis-ARRENOPIPES, hatred of those who looks lewdly on males.

Take yer pick.

the kid should pay half of it out of his own allowance

That part might make sense to me if it weren't his teddy bear. An essential component of property is the jus disponendi - the right to dispose of what's one's own as one wishes. I don't see how he's responsible for his parents' recklessness, and it seems unwise to train him into expecting them - or anyone - to jump when he says jump. He could, however, start earning the cost of a replacement. But since we haven't yet heard the bear's side of the story, all these judgments are premature.

Dust friggin' wins. :thumbright:

ERDoc, I think that sounds right.

Spanking the parents might help, but no one has the authority to do it.