Redhead74

No thanks. I will be out drinking somewhere.

Hey, Arnold, you're my friend! Can I fight you next? It can even be at a bar if you'd like. Fair warning though, I will break a beer bottle and use it as a makeshift knife. I mean, I planned to do that during my fight with DOOM and Sixes, but this way there's more than one lying around.

Now now Mr Lex, you're not allowed to hit girls, remember?

I can't decide wether I want to fuck or fight you Nulla

They showed us a comparison of cut and uncut penises in health class when I was in ninth grade. The uncut one just looked really strange to me, just a bunch of useless extra skin. Kinda like the penis version of a really fat person. Cut looks more normal to me, but then again, I might be a bit biased cause I grew up pissing out of one that was circumcised.

I'm not really sure what my stance on it is though. On one hand, I think men should be given the option to do it when they're older. On the other hand, it seems like it'd be a painful process, so why not get it out of the way, while they're young enough to not remember the pain later on? Of course, you don't know what they'll want later on in their life. And, I don't know if it means much, but I think foreskin restoration is an actual thing these days. How it compares to an original foreskin, I don't know, but still. It's there for ones who want to get it back, I guess.

But then again, I also read about this guy who had his penis burned off when he was being circumcised, cause the doctor used the wrong tool, and his parents let him be used for an experiment or something. Basically they raised him as a girl most of his life to see if nature vs. nurture affected how he would act. He also had to pee out of this little hole, sort of like a vagina, except nothing at all like one. The fact that that happened kinda scares me off of the idea, but I don't know. All I know is, women apparently like cut better, and I don't have to worry about it because it's already been done for me.

Also, on the topic of vaginal mutilation, wouldn't that be more akin to castration than circumcision? I don't know much about the subject, but I thought that if a woman was mutilated down there, she wouldn't have a sex drive or would be in pain whenever she had sex. Like I said though, I don't know much about it, so I'm probably wrong there. My entire post might be wrong, but I was bored and this was the result of that boredom, so there ya go.

Well said. The procedure against women is actually a castration rather than circumcision. They have no sexual feeling at all, sex when it is probably forced on them because they cannot willingly want it of their own accord, is often painful. That's not circumcision, given the fact that the male version takes away none of those sensations, yet male castration does exactly that. I would never refer to the procedure as 'female circumcision' anyway, I think 'female genital mutilation' is far more appropriate.

Best anti-establishment statement I've ever seen ... you go girl!

http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/teen-wears-40-burlap-dress-prom-raise-10k/story?id=24197779A Canadian teen whose mom told her she would “look good in anything, even a potato sack,” while shopping for a “grad” dress took that as a challenge and raised $10,000 for charity in the process.

Courtney Barich, an 18-year-old from Surrey, B.C., was shopping with her mom and sister for a dress for grad – the Canadian equivalent of prom in the U.S. – last December when her mom uttered those words as Barich was mulling a particularly pricey dress.

“As we were driving we were debating whether it was worth the $700 and which dress do I actually want,” Barich told ABC News. “Then my mom said that and the idea escalated.”

Barich decided she would wear exactly what her mom said – a potato sack made of burlap – to her school’s grad in May and use the gimmick to raise money for the Saint Martin de Porres Orphanage in Manila, an orphanage she and her classmates at Holy Cross Regional High School were planning to visit in March.

“I’m not sure why I chose $10,000,” Barich said of the fundraising bar she set for herself. “It was just a number that came to my head.”

The teenager created a website and a Facebook page and watched as the donations began to pour in.

“The local news picked up on it and it just spread by social media and word of mouth,” Barich said.

The story caught the eye of was Suman Faulkner, a local fashion designer who donated her time and expertise and the materials needed to turn Barich’s potato sack into a fashionable gown.

“I think the whole thing cost $40,” said Barich. “The most expensive thing was the thread to hold the burlap together.”

Barich visited the orphanage with her classmates in March and told them she would return in September with the money she had raised.

A last-minute donation of $2,500 from a local business pushed Barich to reach her $10,000 goal and on May 30 she attended grad in her burlap dress.

“It was actually quite comfortable, not itchy,” Barich said. “Everyone was very shocked because they all thought it was going to be more of a potato sack with two arms and a head cut out.”

Barich will take her final high school exam this Friday and then plans to visit the orphanage again in September to deliver the $10,000 she raised.

After time spent traveling abroad, Barich says she is contemplating photography school and possibly even future collaborations with Faulkner to design burlap products to raise more money.

“Before I saw images and heard stories but when you actually see it yourself and experience it, I feel very determined to raise money,” Barich said of her time at the orphanage.

Something stinks here because that dress she is wearing is NOT made from hessian/burlap. The hessian may have been used on the inside of the dress as a structural base for the outer fabrics (like a canvas that is commonly used in boned dresses) but there are many other materials that have gone into that dress besides hessian making the proportion of hessian used so low you could hardly say that it's a 'hessian dress'. The yardage of hessian would be lucky to be 25% of the total materials used.

Look closely at the pleating on the bodice. You just can't do that with a thick, coarse fabric like hessian. And the fabric on the skirt is MUCH softer than hessian. It's not even the same colour as hessian FFS!!!! Not to mention the fact that there would also have been a soft lining against her skin. Hessian was commonly used by sinners during the Middle Ages for 'hair shirts' which would be worn under their regular clothes and was so itchy and aggravating that wearing it was considered penance for their sins. After a day or wearing the shirt their skin would be red raw. Monks would also wear them as part of their 'deprivation in the name of God' or some such crap.

Good on her for doing something for charity but this is just outright bullshit. Looks more to me like a publicity stunt under the guise of 'charity'. I'm sure she's a Good Samaritan and all, but how else is she going to trade off her new found 'celebrity'. Not to mention the fact that people donated money and she hasn't really fulfilled the task at hand.

P4A vs Red........the scrappy New Yorker vs the brawling Australian red head

You want me to fight? As in a physical altercation?

The book Desert Flower by Waris Dirie gives great insight into the cruelty that is attached to female genital mutilation.

The world needs more women like this who are in a position to have an influence on educating the world at large about the realities of this grotesque practice. Awareness = change.

I never make the woman pay. Ever.

But one day they will huh? One day they will pay! They will all pay for what they've done!!!!!! Bwahahahahahaha!!!! Bwahshahahahahaha!!!!!!

You should pay for creating this bastardization of a thread you dumb cunt.

This thread is gold!

Agreed. It's everyone who ever gave decent advice in McCoy 1.0 unleashing their angst at their advice being ignored and palmed off with excuses. Bring it on! Let it out everyone! Lets see McCoy recoil at the monster that he helped to create.

At least until the cheapskate donates $5.

Uncircumcised is gross

Agreed. No snip, no suck.

Bought these, they're heaps brighter in real life than in the pic

Kind of like wearing bubble gum on your feet.

A friend of mine took a few university courses in France. The introduction meeting for foreign students was in French.

hmm and what language were you expecting it to be?

We both expected the introductory course to be in English.

But then what about students from Germany or Spain or Italy etc, they might not necessarily speak English?

I think the most universal language in universities is English, especially when addressing an international audience. We even have university courses in English, even when it's not an international audience, just to prepare students for the corporate or academic world.

I am a bit confused by this. If I were going to France to take a course I would expect the course to be in French, because why should a student coming from Germany have to learn English to take a course in France?

Because English is the most common lingua franca.

Except to the French.

The French hate England, they hate the English and they refuse to speak English on their own territory.

French was the language of diplomacy in Europe from the 17th century, and as a result is still a working language of international institutions and is seen on documents ranging from passports to airmail letters. For many years, until the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark joined in 1973, French and German were the only official working languages of the European Economic Community. French was also the lingua franca of European literature in the 18th century.

I suppose it pays to find out when enrolled in a course in a specific European country which language the curriculum will be instructed in.

A French company now makes shoes with removable heels in various heights. It uses crowdfunding and you can customize your own shoe with two heels for €175. Here's the link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/alegory-expect-more-from-your-shoes

Think it could be handy if you can change the heels of your shoes during the day/night. I am curious to see if this takes off.

and im curious how many women will break their legs because of poorly/incorrectly attached heels

but other than that, i quite like the idea

Not sure about the whole concept because I don't think they can make shoes with flexibility in the soles to accommodate the required heel differential. There's no doubt that some days one can cope with a high heel (4"+) and other days its just an impossibility, a no go zone. I'd only buy shoes like that dependant on a significant variable heel height. I'll happily take the onus for correctly attaching the heel myself.

I am really enjoying the over the knee socks, the neon shoes and the current trend for two different coloured shoes on one player.

The bit at the end where they remove their shirts is pretty good too, I must say. It's great compensation for an unsatisfying score.

In my case I find it easy to learn. Don´t know why but I always had the ability to learn it without too much effort and it was my favourite subjet since I was a kid. I even chose to study English Philology at university although I abandoned in the last academic year. I know I make a lot of mistakes but I love learning more and more of this language and I try to read in English as much as I can and I try to watch a lot of films in their original language because that is the only way I have to practice and learn right now.

Interesting article on why women 'tend' to be better at learning languages than men.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationopinion/10567876/Are-women-really-better-at-learning-languages.html

I've always loved languages too. I learnt Dutch when I was 8 after spending 6 months in the Netherlands with family and when I returned to Australia before school I would spend 15 minutes every morning reading 'Ot en Sien' (a series of Dutch children's books) out loud with my mum to retain what I'd learnt, to keep learning more and improve my pronunciation. Great memories and it was also really useful for me later when I lived in Amsterdam and had to speak Dutch at work.

So, what about Portugal?

I am aware of what you are saying and I know it's general opinion but it's normally old people the ones who don't speak English because it wasn't even taught at school. French was taught instead. And it's more difficult to speak it properly for us because we are used to other pronunciations. I guess it must be easier for people from places of German speaking languages. But it's just my guess.

However, among youngsters (people under 40 or 35) speaking English is more and more common. And all kids are now taught on school since they are very little.

I think Portugal is a bit different from Spain in that regard. Portuguese is a small language too, while Spanish is a world language. The more people speak your language, the less you'll be inclined to learn foreign languages. As Dutch speaking people, we have to have at least basic knowledge of French and English. While Spanish speaking immigrants in Belgium get by in Spanish (at least in the cities).

I totally agree with that. I almost added it to my post actually.

You can travel half the world speaking Spanish, including the US. And there are people who have studied French in many countries. So I guess it's sometimes the same reason why English people dont bother learning other languages, while people from countries with less spoken or less relevant languages tend to learn the most spoken ones. Especially English.

I don't think it has anything to do with bothering or not bothering. I think many people who only speak English would love to know another language but the fact is unless you're in a position to actually use the language and are immersed or exposed regularly to the language it's actually really difficult to make all the hours of learning amount to anything. Some people will do it as a hobby because they're just really into it but for most people the opportunities aren't there to use what they learn and retain what they learn. It's just too disjointed.

It's funny but here in Australia it's kind of the opposite of Europe. Among the working classes most people speak a language other than English because of their heritage and most of them tend to be older from the waves of migration we've had over the years. In my workplace we have Italian, Greek, Malaysian, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Lebanese, Indian, Afghani, Dutch, Brazilian, Indonesian and Chinese. Less than 10% of all the staff only speak English. It's in the more corporate/educated workplaces that most of the people only speak English because they never had a need to learn another language and either don't have time or aren't interested.

Ah...the old good clichés. If they were just accurate.

I've been both to Spain and France several times, there weren't many people who spoke English. And if they did it was mostly broken English.

Did you speak French though ?

My experience was that once you speak even the tiniest, crappest bit of French the French will only communicate in French back to you. I would use what little French I knew and would actively learn how to say the things that I needed to ask (out of respect for the fact that I was in their country and wanted to make an effort) and and they would always respond in French, which I quite often couldn't understand because I hadn't been taught the kind of replies I might receive. When I replied "je ne comprends pas" they would just keep saying the same thing in French. That means they either couldn't speak any English or didn't want to make a fool of themselves because their English was as crap as my French.

The Norwegian speaking world is comprised of Norway

Yes, lets clarify that as 'speaking', it doesn't include singing.

A-ha don't even bother singing in Norwegian.

Something sung in Norwegian for you

Not as good as a-ha (not a lot is) but its OK.

I still maintain English is hard. Case in point, the ITV World Cup pundits. Juniniho cannot string a sentence together and Viera is not much better.

They're athletes. They probably can't string a sentence together in their own language either.

I'm friends with a few people here too, also the people I talk to. For the most part, I use it to keep up with family and friends all over the place. I don't have any family here right now nor does my husband so it's good to see their smiling faces on Facebook. It's priceless to me in getting to see family and friends photos and to talk to them! And yes, my family and friends love to see our photos. Plus, all my daughter's friends have added me. They obviously don't know I can skip on over past all their nice girl photos on to their boyfriends pages and see the photos of them getting high and drinking. Important things I need to know about.

You're a nice person and that from what I see on here, but you shouldn't do that.

Wait until you have teenage daughters.

The Norwegian speaking world is comprised of Norway

Yes, lets clarify that as 'speaking', it doesn't include singing.

A-ha don't even bother singing in Norwegian.

Pomegranate juice

Cranberry juice

anything with cranberry mixed in I.E

Probably the only time I'll ever agree with you.

Do you guys have frequent urinary tract infections?

Nope, so I'm sorted - I just don't like the taste

Just checking.

Cranberry juice is a known cure for a urinary tract infection, that's all.

Oh aye. I can probably just about stomach it with something else (raspberry, blueberry) - but I'd hate to drink it by itself.

Agreed. It's got that bitter end to it. But it is actually quite good for us. Not good enough that I would want to endure it though, and give me straight raspberry or blueberry in preference, which is also good for us.

I've never gotten the idea that Coke tastes better in a glass bottle. I personally find it to taste best from a fountain.

There's more sugar in the fountain variety.

And sugar, when something is cold and carbonated, is much more flavourful.

Drink flat Coke and you almost die of sugar overload.

Pomegranate juice

Cranberry juice

anything with cranberry mixed in I.E

Probably the only time I'll ever agree with you.

Do you guys have frequent urinary tract infections?

Nope, so I'm sorted - I just don't like the taste

Just checking.

Cranberry juice is a known cure for a urinary tract infection, that's all.

Pomegranate juice

Cranberry juice

anything with cranberry mixed in I.E

Probably the only time I'll ever agree with you.

Do you guys have frequent urinary tract infections?

Facecrack is just a bit of fun. What's the harm, it fills time while you're waiting at the lights.

You mean, when you're driving?

No, I'm in neutral when I'm at the lights.

Is that not illegal?

I dunno. A few months ago I was facecracking at the lights and I heard a little toot. I looked up and there was a police car next to me. The cop waved his finger at me but had a cheeky smile on his face. I threw my phone down, my hands in the air and he laughed and I laughed back. That was all.

Mortens voice in Summer Moved On = multiple orgasms

https://www.facebook.com/anthony.doomen

Most of the stuff I post is in Dutch, but feel free to add me if you like.

Mijn favoriet kleur zijn rood

En jou?

Correct is: Mijn favoriete kleur is rood. En die van jou ?

Better yet: mijn lievelingskleur

Ik was 8 toen ik Nederlands hebben geleert. Mijn vocabularie zijn van en 8jo kind.

Mijn 93 jaar tante (zus van mijn Oma, zegt dat mijn Nederlands zijn prima )

Facecrack is just a bit of fun. What's the harm, it fills time while you're waiting at the lights.

You mean, when you're driving?

No, I'm in neutral when I'm at the lights.