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Didn't you know the Lounge is a place for old farts 
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 There does seem to be a lot of us around here.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Interesting. My hair remove itself all alone...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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In 1975-76 I was an exchange student in the USA, Senior year in High School. An important part of the 'culture exchange' aspect was me visting school classes at different levels to tell about life in Norway. A couple of times we touched this shaving thing. When I told that as far as I knew, my three years older sister had never shaved her legs, and I didn't know about any girls my age back home that shaved their legs, the horror in the eyes of the girls made me laugh... "Do they really want to look like apes? I tried to convince them that none of the girls I knew looked like apes 
Before arriving in the USA, I expected to meet a culture more or less similar to my home culture, especially since I ended up in the Midwest with lots of people of Norwegian descent. This body panic - for being seen, for being touched, for having hair where it should not be, ... - was one of the cultural elements that I wasn't prepared for, and I still hadn't fully adjusted to when I returned home. There were a number of cultural differences that also came as a very big surprise, but this was one of the essential ones.
Today, we have picked up much more of the hairless style - even teenage boys may shave anything below their nose nowadays. I my days having a hairy chest was the true sign of a Real Man! Other kinds of hair distinguished boys from men; noone would dream of shaving that hair away! Today, they do.
To illustrate it: One of the laughing stories among one of my friends is about one guy who had a beautiful hair and beard. He was getting married. We have a quite strong tradition of "Last night with the boys", aiming to get the bridgegroom so drunk that you can do your little pranks (like shipping him on a boat across the ocean, the day before his wedding). This guy begged is friends before the party: Please, please, leave my hair and beard alone! ... That was respected. He got really drunk, and at his wedding night he didn't have a single strand of hair on his body from his throat down to his toes.
My generation laughs heartedly of this little prank, but teenagers say "Eeeh... So what? What's the point?" Well, not all of them do, but hair is no longer a sign of masculinity, as it was 40-50 years ago. I never shaved anything but my chin, and my wife for 19 years never shaved. I suppose that if she had been eager for some sorts of activity, I would have suggested some shaving, but she wasn't too eager about that, so we left it the natural way. Even though some American teenage girls could have mistaken her for being an ape.
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Hair today gone tomorrow
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Nice!
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That's what you think. Try the job for a few million years and you will see! You have mixed all the right ingredients and only a million more years and you have a nice new G2V star.
Then the customer calls and has some new delusions requirements. Ever heard of a star in the green spectrum? And they want it until next week!
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Nice?
looks like wraiths to me.
This internet thing is amazing! Letting people use it: worst idea ever!
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Absolutely stunning. One more photo for the desktop slideshow.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
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Gotta use that on the next web site I design: Clickety[^]
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Surely you need a dropdown.
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Where dop you want Shirley to drop down from?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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already get that with dropdowns for year of birth... have to scroll more than a few times to get to mine.
Seriously, why cant they start low and let the kids [with more energy] scroll down?
This internet thing is amazing! Letting people use it: worst idea ever!
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You mean you give your real age? 
I generally just pick one over 21 as I can't be bothered to scroll down that far...
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So do I and chose the day and month at random, then get confused when I get birthday related messages on random dates. On the upside I can dine for free at least once a month on my 'birthday' at different restaurants.
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I generally pick Jan 1st - partly because it's Herself's birthday so easy to remember, partly because I don't have to scroll at all!
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OriginalGriff wrote: it's Herself's birthday
Oh, same here.
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It's a PITA, isn't it? You have to be imaginative for Xmas presents, and then again a week later ...
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OriginalGriff wrote: It's a PITA, isn't it? You have to be imaginative for Xmas presents, and then again a week later ...
The looxury! You get a week, I have a day. Missus's birthday on Boxing Day.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Has Anyone Seen Mike Hunt wrote: Missus's birthday on Boxing Day.
So? That's easy - just get her new gloves...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Ouch! It should be illegal not to use contraception during March and April: think of the kids!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Ouch! It should be illegal not to use contraception during March and April: think of the kids!
Piece this one together for no idea on how to plan. Her Mother is the 21-12 and her Dad is 27-12 so they go and put her right in the middle. Bloody Wogs can't do basic maths.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Train them early, forget for the first 5 years in a row and they start doing all the work for you. I have not bought a present (nor received one) in decades, she buys the presents for the kids and threatens me with the job if I dare complain.
We are however going out to a restaurant of her choice tonight though, at her prompting.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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