Kids Bed Design Knowledge Base
Where can I find the Authentic Kids brand bedding? I recently purchased a twin size quilt made by Authentic Kids (design - EVAN )that I absolutely love. I want to buy a matching pillow that goes with the set, but I can not find this or any thing else made by this company. I have googled and searched everywhere. Does anyone know where I can find this brand? Thank you.,
Teen Bunk Bed with desk and/or drawers 10 PTS!? hey im 14 and am looking for a teen(not little kid design) bunk bed with desk and/or drawers underneath the bed. It doesnt have to be 2 beds, but it needs to fit a full size bed. Heres one i found http://www.thefurnituredomain.com/517-117.html ^ Is this a full size bed? (because if so this is the type of bed i want) I mainly want this for friends who come over to sleep on and at the same time has a desk or drawers and barely takes up space. So please list any ads/links for non-babyish modern style bunk beds with a desk and/or drawers! thanks and remember 10 pts!
Where can I get a cute antique inspired white metal bed? You know those white metal/iron beds with the scroll designs? Well, I've wanted one since I was a kid, and I want to know, where should I look online to find one in a queen size? I want the traditional, white, scroll, antique inspired design but I don't know where to shop for one. Any ideas? I think they're Victorian style beds, but I'm not positive.
What's an aesthetic design for the exterior of a swimming pool? recently, I had installed an above ground 12 foot diameter pool. the grass has been killed off around the surrounding area, and I have only had time to put a few potted tropical plants in places. I wont be doing any major work now with summer almost over, but I want to design over the winter something nice to do for next year. A running deck even to the top of the pool isnt an option. but what about one that is 1 foot off the ground? so that it could be walked on, have pool toys sit there and that way my kids and i dont have to walk in the mud around it? should it be wood or some other material? wood seems like high maintenance. I guess I could just build a landscaping bed but it might get ruined with too muich water when it splashes out and it drains when i clean it once a month. thank you for any suggestions.:)
Hideaway/Desk Bed? I'm 17 years old, over 6 foot tall and unfortunate enough to live in the tiny box room whilst my sister who's half the size of me, gets the biggest room in the house (she is older though) Anyway, I'm decorating my bedroom again and need ideas for a space saving bed, preferably one that I can fit a desk under so I have space for my PC. Trouble is, all these types of beds are either a) designed for kids that are 2 foot tall or b) ridiculously expensive. My dad suggested that I get plans for building one and he'd do it himself, but I can't find any, nor can I find any for sale that don't match the criteria I said above, all I get is 'childrens cabin beds' (I don't want a cabin bed, I want one that folds away) Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
does cvs pharmacy make a diaper for older kids? I have a 9 year old daughter who wets the bed. i usually buy her goodnites but was wondering if cvs pharmacy or anyone else makes a older kids pull up/ diaper. I need to save some money. if so what are they like. are they plain white or have designs. can the kid pull them up or do you have to tape it.
I need help, room design for a small room with 2 kids? My girls (4 yrs and 18 mos.) share a room and it's getting really cramped. it's a 12 x 10 room with a window taking up one 10ft wall and the door and walk in closet taking up the other. To make things worse, when we want to move we have to put them in a smaller 9x8 room with the same layout. Window at one end and closet on the other. I thought of bunk beds but then it will block the window and make the room dark. Right now my youngest loves her crib and I don't want to take her out of it too soon. Does anyone know of some good websites where I could maybe do some floor plans? Or even a computer program? What about some themes? My oldest loves pink, my youngest seems to have no colour preference. We've thought of building a trundle bed to go under the older girls bed. I'm worried that with a bunk bed the 18 month old will try to climb up and get hurt.
Are you an Achitects, artists, or a designer? Please answer these questions? I have a few ideas on kids bedding, adult bedding, appreal, etc. I have them drawner out on paper but not that good, good enough to know what kind of design that I want to have. Who should I show these to? Do i have to get these drawing patent? Who do I go to build these ideas into real life items for people to buy? What steps do I go through? Do i have to have a degree for someone to look at these ideas? Give me any tips please. I would like to put my ideas out on the market. If you have any other tips please tell me. If I'm asking the wrong people tell me who should I ask? P.S Give me websites to good contracters who will work with me on these ideas.(I think they are contracters, If you know what I'm talking about please correct me) Thanks!!
HELP! What type of bed is this????? ANY feed back or ideas welcome!? So we just moved and i remember when i was a kid i had this foam mattress on the floor. I want to say it had an oriental design but im not sure. However, it also folded up like into a chair. I dont think it was a futon but i want to buy one since we are tight on money and space! Please any ideas or suggestions to what this is are welcome!!! it wasn't a studio bed, but im not completally sure they make them anymore... -_-
Paint Ideas to go with Pottery Barn Chase Bedding? Ok...dilemma. I am using the pottery barn kids chase bedding in my nursery. Not crazy about painting all the walls blue, I think that would be too much blue. I was going to go with a light neutral color on all walls...but kind of wanted something unique and different. Do I do a chair rail? If so, what colors??? Should I do an accent wall of blue??? Are chair rails not okay to have in smaller rooms? I don't want stripes on the walls because that would be too many stripes, but maybe some kind of design like that? Help! :)
Would you buy wall art only for kids rooms or want co- ordinating decor as well? I am starting a business and have designed a line of kids wall art and bedding. Before I get into production, I was just wondering if I should launch only with wall art and then introduce bedding later? It'll save me a lot of cost and time in producing bedding. However, many people might be looking for a more co-ordinated look for their kids rooms, and may not buy only wall art since it mayb not go with their existing bedding. What do you think? My designs are very contemporary and unique and also have unique color combinations. I would appreciate any answers to my question. Thank you.
descriptive essay paragraph 2. I'm sitting on my bed which makes me feel cozy: it's covered I'm lots of fluffy pillows and blankets. My favorite blanket is fuzzy and has bright colors on it. My carpet is tan colored and has some sort of swirl design on it. To the left of my bed there is a hope chest that my mom bought me and i plan on passing it down to my daughter, it is wooden and has a cushin flower top on it. Next to that there is a video rack made of brass and full of videos. Then there is a stereo cabinet in the corner of that all and nedt to my bed which holds my telephone, alarm clock, lamp, and a vanilla candle which i like to burn when i have had a stressfull day. On the other side of my bed there are two dressers next to each other. the one on the left holds the dve player and the dresser on the right holds the tv. My closet is next to the dresser on the right. It has no doors on it and its full of hanging cloths.n the last wall of my room there is a door to the bathroom.Then there is a heater vent on the floor next to the door.And then a dresser where i keep my kids cloths.
How much do you think this bed is worth? I'm selling my bedroom furniture so that I can buy this cabin bed (I think that's what they're called). My bedroom furniture is only three years old and in almost perfect condition. The bed creaks slightly when you turn over really roughly but I'm unsure of whether this is the mattress or the bed itself. The bed is a a light brown finish and on silver poles (or whatever you want to call it). It is 79.5 times 39.5 inches. (Yes a big rectangle, it's a single though) and the wooden bed bit itself is 8 inches deep so it's not incredibly deep and is a further 8 inches off the ground, so it's low. I think the bed is perfect for younger children. Young kids that have just gone from sleeping in a cot to a proper bed because it's low (if they fall they're not going to fall very far) and it's the length that it will last a few years. I'm 5'5 and I can only reach the bottom when I sleep down low and spread myself right out. So if bought for a kid it will probably last 5 or more years depending on how much they grow. The bed also comes with storage. Huge drawer like things that are: 59.5 times 27.5 (inches). 6.5 inches deep. It's not extremely deep because it's designed to fit under the bed. It's divided by a piece of wood (it's the same wooden colour as the bed). In one half I have a large folded up winter quilt on the other side I have managed to fit a some camping gear and there is still a lot of space to fit more stuff in so it's got a lot of storage space. The only down side is that it's got no back on it so it's easier to hit your head but I'm going to sell a large bon-bon shaped pillow that fits across the top of the bed which prevents that. It's covered with white and pink striped fabric covering it but this fabric is tied on by string so it is possible to change the fabric on it to suit your taste. Since I want to sell this how much do you think is an appropriate price to set? Should I sell locally/privately? Or go through a site such as Ebay.
omg, i just got a call from america about i design i made. what do i do ? iages ago i sent in an invention idea and today i got a call from america, saying that they liked it, i know there are none on the market, so i think i could make this work, he said that there was no money involved but that i had to get all the details in for his meeting on monday morning, which will be like sunday lunchtime here. i have nothing, i cant think, cause my brain is in overload. this could be a really good thing for us, im a full time mum, and came up with this just out of the blue. how do i prepare something ready for sunday ? i have 4 kids ! they are all in bed now so my head is working overtime now.what makes it worse is that ive been told i cant tell anyone about the idea as it must be kept very confidential. arggggghhhh !!!
am i crazy to have this many kids? My house is divided in to three wings (red, white, blue) with a center with the kitchen, playroom, family room, dining room and athletic equipment room my room and the twin babies' room in each wing there 4 bedrooms (two kids per room) there is also a "common room" per wing, this is where the chore schedule, sports schedules, test and homework checkoffs are, there is also a TV that is locked off between 3-5 for homework each night, each child must check off homework and check with me or my husband to make sure it is done, the older kids often spend longer doing homework Each bedroom was designed by the two kids the room belonged to. For example; Naomi and Madden's room theme is underwater, therefore the posts of their beds look like seaweed and they have fish in there room and lots of blue and bubbled things. Alex and Connor's room is racecar themed, there beds are plastic cars with mattresses inside and there wall looks like a racetrack, etc. Each of the rooms was designed by the kids (except for Wyndham and Lyra) Does anyone have any other ideas to make my house more efficient? Julia 15 (adopted) Marie 15 (adopted) Fyiera
15 (adopted) Josh 14 (adopted) Caleb 14 (adopted) Melanie
13 (adopted) Keylan
13 (adopted) Karyn 13 (adopted) Ryan 12 Thomas 11 Kristen Elizabeth 10 William 10 Rose 9 Mackenzie 9 Madden 9 Naomi 9 Mike 7 Colin 5 Saffron 5 Alex 4 (adopted) Connor 4 (adopted) Abbely 2 April 2 Adam 2 Wyndham 4 mnths Lyra 4 mnths PS: I m a perfectionist Someone asked what happened to "Hayden and Carrie" Wydham's full name is Carrie-Wyndham...but we decided to nickname her Wyndham (wind-um) instead of Carrie because it sounded like my other kids names Lyra's full name is Lyra-HaydenElise (one name), We started calling her Hayden, but people asked if she was a boy so now we call her Lyra (lie-ruh) i didn't use any angencies to adopt, the youngest were my cousin's (she died) and the others were through mutual friends. my normal for ovulation gives a lot more eggs than most do as for the show; i hate the media and don't want it involved, i've been asked to do a show by TLC, but i want my kids to have a normal life I did lie about being a perfectionist (kind of) because i must say my closet is a mess, but i do like things being in order why should i have a website? TO ADVERTISE MY FAMILY!?!?! y would i want people coming to my door to see the "attraction" i m very proud of my family and i don't need people getting false impressions through the media it's my life i don't need people intruding on it
Are my daughters bad or good? I have to daughters who are nine and eleven. They each have there own room. The Nine year old name is Kristina we call her Krissy and her rooms Katy Perry designed with a huge flat screen tv on the wall, and there is clothes everywhere on the floor, makeup stains in the carpet, and smells like strong perfume in there, also with deodorant smeared on dresser. The Eleven year old name is Britney. With her room designed Britney Spears. All of britney spears cd's piled in a pile. Her tv has a britney spears video in it. Every magazine of britney. And all of britney spears dolls. And britney bed design. Also posters on the wall. And Curious perfume by britney spears and she also has some of britney spears outfits you can get at Kohl's at candies by britney spears. And all I get is there swearing and smart ass back talking kids. I give them anything they want and this is how they treat me back.
What color paint would go best with a black and gold bed set? I found a black and gold bed set that i love but im having a real hard time trying to decide what color to paint the walls.. the bed set is black with alot of gold like swirly type designs on it.. there is more gold than black and since theres not too much black in it im goin with black carpet.. (also cuz i hav four kids and dont want nothin to show on it if spilled).. my sons hav black carpet in their room and it only shows lik fuzzies nd that is sumthin im fine wit.. its the koolaid nd juices nd watnot that im worried bout..
I need some help...? I am doing a personal project...I am willing to give a person who gives me a good answer WITH a picture 10 pt. Now what I need is a good design for a kid (boy or girl, aged 6-10). A theme if you may. I need a wall paper design and a bed cover design. And tell me why you think this design is good, if you can't no problem. For those of you that are in the interior design area/career and it may be easy. Ok ive made a desicion....i need a picture of a dollar sign, and other types of money. I've made the theme "Trumps Success" I could use a 2D picture of a tower, or high buildings.
where is a good place for elegant bedding? i am 16 and i was kinda looking for a french elegant design room im tired of the little kid bedding i find over the enternet i have asked this b4 and some people said target those are to childish i want a good place for a really elegant room that would match red walls[= thank you so so so so so much {i have friends telling me my room is underaged]
How can i get rid of the impossible, annoying, rude, evil, etc. neighborhood kids? Please help !!!? I live in an apartment building, on the ground floor. Every day, and i do mean Every day, All day long, kids play around my window. Which is fine, neither me or my fiance have a problem with kids, in fact we like children and think about having one of our own after we get married. But these "creatures" can't be called human. I swear they are the Antichrist. All of them. They yell, scream, fight, laugh like mentally ill people, look inside our home to see what we do in the kitchen, in the living/bed room (it's a one room, one kitchen, one bathroom apartment), and no mather how i talk to them (scream back, talk politely, curse, beg, try to talk sense, be firm, joke with them, make fun of them, try to divide and conquer, etc.) they don't go away, don't stop being animals, don't start acting humane. So i tried talking to the parents, and got mixed responses:1. my kid?!?! i don't think so! mine is good; 2. so? i don't care and don't have the time to control him/her; 3. yeah, i know but there's nothing i can do about it. he/she just won't listen. 4. he/she did what?!?! then starts screaming at him/her, spanks him and half of hour later his back outside annoying me. I can go on and on, but for three years nothing has worked. I'm willing to try almost anything, be inventive, and please help!!! We are tired coming back home from work and all we need is peace and quiet. I forgot to mention that i have to keep at least one window opened because the flat is always in the shade (stupid people who designed the flat put my whole apartment in a place where no sun ever reaches my walls or windows) so the air is very wet (even with 4 devices for dehumidification) so i have to let the warm, dry air get in. I already had to paint twice in three years, and i don't have the money for that. By the way, i live in Romania, and cost of life here is different. I'm waiting for your suggestions. Thanks in advance.
Is my sleeping bag good enough for the inca trail? I am going on the Inca trek in April. I have a down Mountain Designs Traveler 400 sleeping bag. It's rated 1-10 degrees. Will that be enough for the trek or am I kidding myself completely. I have good qualities thermals I could alway wear to bed. Do you think I will be all right?
For you moms whose kids have sleeping problems...? I have just read a book called "Good Night Sleep Tight" by Kim West. I goes through a program designed to help your child learn to go to sleep at night by themselves and stay asleep all night. I chose it because it doesn't involve closing your child in a room to scream for hours on end, and it covers newborns to school aged children. I am not saying it fixed my daughter, but on her first night she slept in her own bed from 11pm to 7am, something she hasn't done for months and months (and then it was only for 1 night.) I have confidence in my ability to follow this program and wanted to let other frustrated and frazzled moms and dads know it's out there. For anyone who needs it, here is the ISBN # so a bookstore can order it for you: ISBN-13: 978-1-59315-356-4
Decorating my apartment: does this bed go with the rug? I'm moving into an efficiency apartment in a 1800's Victorian mansion this upcoming school year. I grew up in a Victorian house myself so I like the style and want to decorate the apartment to fit with the house. This is the rug I have already ordered: http://www.rugs-direct.com/rugsdirectory/results.aspx?R=IW0070519&N=4294941206%204294945734%20125&color_id=121234 But now I need a bedspread. The rug and bed are going to be close together since it's just a one-roomed apartment. I don't want the designs to clash. Here's the comforter set I was originally looking at in the Nadine (red) color option: http://www4.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6E.aspx?DeptID=59474&CatID=59514&GrpTyp=ENS&ItemID=169146d&attrtype=&attrvalue=&CMID=59474%7c59483&Fltr=CSZ%3aEquals%3afull%3bCOL%3aEquals%3ared&Srt=&QL=F&IND=8&cmVirtualCat=&CmCatId=59474|59483|59514 or possibly: http://www4.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6E.aspx?DeptID=59474&CatID=59514&GrpTyp=ENS&ItemID=16542ac&attrtype=&attrvalue=&CMID=external%7c59483%7c59514&Fltr=&Srt=&QL=F&IND=143&cmVirtualCat=&CmCatId=external|59483|59514 But I'm afraid that'd be too much pattern so here's what I'll probably go with in the Berry (maroon) color: http://www.younkers.com/product/bed+%26+bath/bedding+collections/livingquarters+410tc+comforter+collection.do?keyword=damask&sortby=newArrivals&thumbby=36 It's simple and seems more like something a college kid might have. What are your thoughts or suggestions? Don't worry, I won't take advice if you don't like my style ;) Thanks!
How to design a small room to be cute and spacious as possible? Any neat ideas? ok so i'm working on a house and here's where we're at... there's a tiny room... either can be an extra room or a bedroom, we're trying to make it a bedroom most likely for like a little kid but we're selling the house so it might not even be a little kid (we dont know)... theres a little walkway into the room so the door can open and not take up space.. then on the right wall when you walk in there's a space for a closet, to make it more spacious we're thinking maybe we should leave it open, a dressor could fit in there or something, even part of the bed... however we're not set on this idea and we're trying to think of something creative that may make it another selling point, any ... i mean ANY ideas are great!! let me know what would make you want to buy it... any cute ideas, or unique ones, whatever, we just can't figure it out and i've been looking online forever! please give me some input! thanks it's very well appreciated!!
A question about CSS Design..? Look at this code tell me if the selectors for Div id= funny news one are professional. </div> <div id="funnynews"> <h1>Funny Papers</h1> </div> <div id=funnynewsone> <h2>Funny Flash</h2> <p>Now I'm fucking pissed. Everyone at work pissed me off today, except for my friends, who are fucking awesome. The managers anyway's started bitching at me on how to salt meat. This girl is a fucking behemoth! I was thinking the entire time she was complaing, a fucking plus size girl, telling me how to salt meat. Of course she knows how to salt meat better than my skinny, but sexy, ass. I still argued my point that she was indeed a loser and no one likes her for eating as much as she does. First off, no one loves a loser, except for other losers. Second, if you think about it fat people are immoral, they eat more than the rest of us. This type of consumption is just plain greed and most of them do it because their sad inside. Of course, this entire article was said as a <strong>funny joke</strong>, also it's me blowing off steam on how fucked my day was.</p> <p content id="end">Mehungwaylo - The Funny Jokes -</p> </div> <div id=funnynewsone> <h3>Funny Flash</h3> <p>My brother actually got a job, my brother who is pretty cool, but less <strong>funny</strong> than me. Told me today he had started his first job, which I am proud of him for. Ironically, last week he was telling me how he would never get a job. My personal opinion is he is going to make money, but is still gonna be as poor as ever. Even though this kid is a gifted with woman and has some modest <strong>joke</strong>'s. He won't be mentioned much through the site except for in a couple of my <strong>funny</strong> stories. Much Love Bro.</p> <p content id="end">Mehungwaylo - The Funny Jokes -</p> </div> <div id=funnynewsone> <h4>Funny Flash</h4> <p>I was hitting on this cute blonde girl who is interning at a pharmacy near my work. She honestly looked like all she eats is worms then tried to throw them up after. Her face was cute and she seemed inviting toward any comment I made. It was because of this that I forgive her for not feeding herself, besides cheap dates are my favorite. The conversation turned towards how great of a sex partner I am and she told me her boyfriend was horrible in bed. Which if she didn't tell me she has a boyfriend I would of never asked anyway's. For one reason, I don't care if she has a boyfriend or not honestly. If she's a good girl and is loyal to her boyfriend than she won't sleep with me. If she is a self-respecting girl who wants more than sex than she won't sleep with me. Either way the question is pointless to ask anymore. She pretty much ate every word I told her, hopefully, that way she can gain some weight. Even though I didn't tell her my honest opinion, she did find all of my <strong>joke</strong>'s pretty <strong>funny</strong>.</p> <p content id="end">Mehungwaylo - The Funny Jokes -</p> </div> <div id=funnynewsone> <h5>Funny Flash</h5> <p>I might actually take back what I said about the new people at work. Well not all of them, just one, she's cute, stupid, and socially retarded. Translation, her clothes come off easier than the rest of the bitches in this damn town. When I say bitch in this case I mean it. It's like the guys here have no confidence, so the ladies developed self-esteem. Not to mention their rich parents buy them everything they ask for. I've seen 300 pound, girls, wearing a wife-beater with pizza stains on it with a pretty good looking guy. Even once this beast of a woman tried hitting on me. I responded, bitch, I can't afford to feed me and you! Definate I wasn't being as <strong>funny</strong> or diplomatic as I could of been in the situation. It does get irritating to have this <strong>joke</strong> of a woman try hitting on you.</p> <p content id="end">Mehungwaylo - The Funny Jokes -</p> </div> <div id=funnynewsone> <h6>Funny Flash</h6> <p>I am not happy at my current situation. One a bunch of new people started in my work today. They moved in because the old plant is being remodeled so they had been fired/ rehired. These people look like they are straight out of Cat in Hat. I think even one of the guys tried to use the pick up line "Would you date me in a box? With a fox?" Anyway's aside from those detrimental characters, I'm doing alright, having a few errors with my coding. Everything else seems to be alright, not much <strong>funny</strong> things has happened today.</p> <p content id="end">Mehungwaylo - The Funny Jokes -</p> </div>
any Decorating ideas? I need to design a huge bedroom room that will hold about 15 kids. Bunk beds will be used. does anyone know a website where i can get good decorating ideas for such a big room?
Ex wife keeps calling our home for non-emergencies.? My partner and I moved in together a few months ago. We have a lovely home and a great life together whenever his ex keeps her nose out of our lives and personal space. He has been separated from his ex for three years. Between us we have four kids (2 each). I don't speak to my childrens father (or rather he doesn't speak to me, but this is not to my design) and I don't take support payments from him so we have little to talk about. I basically rasie our children. We have my partner's children with us every other weekend and once during the week. Almost EVERY night for the past week we have fielded a call from his ex for one reason or another. Thursday because his daughter had a birthday party two weekends from now and it was our weekend and SHE needed to rsvp for us, Friday because we had to do her a favour, Sat and Sun no calls because we were away skiing and she knew that, but Mon she did call to find out about how our weekend was, and to talk about the party again and kids days off school etc...She called AFTER the kids were in bed in all cases - so he didn't get to talk to his kids and they got to have their daily chat. I resent her calling our home on our personal time to "chit chat" and I resent his aloofness at me being upset by it. I told him that I thought it was disrespectful to me to have her impact our personal space by calling for the tiniest matters. My sense is that its being disruptive for a reason and he refuses to acknowledge this. My feelings are secondary to the act of taking the phone call. I can't help but question the motivation - expecially since he knows how I feel about it. Its like my wishes in my own home come second. He said that HE and his kids come first, then I am his priority (that was a quote). How would you respond to this? Am I being unreasonable?
Another question regarding spay? My two females went in today, all is well and they are now home and seem to be eating. We just got home about an hour ago so one is still quite groggy, the other seems back to her usual self already. But my question is: If I'm suppose to keep them separate from the other kitten and my kids how can I keep an eye on them to make sure they aren't licking? Daisy seems to constantly want to clean it. and do you think its okay if after the kids go to bed I can let the girls out to roam? Suggested Category Computers & Internet > Programming & Design The vet told us to go ahead and give a small meal when getting home, if they handle it well then we can start free feeding again at bedtime.
What's your opinion on this bedroom set? I went to an ashley furniture store today and saw some bedroom sets. My biggest problem is I have a full bed and the only sets with full beds are mostly for kids. So this one is great because you can convert from full to queen. What do you think of it? Too flashy? Pretty? :) thanks! http://www.furniturexo.com/Constellations-Panel-Headboard-Bedroom-Set-Signature-Design-B104-HB-BR-SET-p-38135.html
HOW TO MAKE LITTLE PLAY HOUSE WITH A ROOF YOU CAN WALK ON? I'm making a bed slash castle in my daughters room and the picture and design call for a roof you can walk on.. the room is 5ft high x 4ft long x 11ft wide. It touches the wall on all sides but the front. how can i get the top floor (roof) to hold the weight of 3-5 kids on it...Thanks will reward for great answer. money if needed
Why is there hypocritical religious advice on a government website? On www.whitehouse.org there is a page saying that depression and acne is caused by "sexual acts". It says any bit of "left-wing sympathies" are caused by weakness of mind. The same ignorant assholes are stereotyping rock music as "The Devil's Music" when they have been proven wrong time after time. What is the advice these freaks give? To beat your child for doing anything, well...sexual. To humiliate your kid. To line your kids up and check their underwear. To make your kids wear boxing gloves in bed. Here's another very bright (sarcasm) statement from the Government: "Everyone should be reading their Bibles or working, not watching filth like Baywatch or Star Trek." and "anything with a "Rock," "Country" or "Gospel" beat to it (even if it is labeled "Christian!") is designed to incite sexual desire and summon demons from the Pit of Hell straight into your lovely suburban home." http://www.whitehouse.org/initiatives/purity/advice.asp (enter at your own risk, its sex-related). I'm pro-War in Iraq and I never really had anything against Bush...until now. I feel like a retard now lol... I honestly didn't mean to attack Bush, I got so pissed I wasn't thinking straight. My bad.
What color should I paint my master bedroom ? The entire house has a flowing feel except for the 3 bedrooms in the back. The master bedroom and the kids rooms alol reflect our own personal taste and interests. This is the bedding set that I have : http://walmart.scene7.com/walmart/flash_zoom.jsp?company=WalMart&sku=5996080&config=WalMart/zoom_config&default=0008180616645&title=Home%20Trends%20Amaryllis%20Comforter%20Set&categoryid=4044 The furniture is black and the accents are black and rod iron. The curtains are black sheers and I am going to hand paint the tribal design from the bed set around the top og the ceiling. Sooooo.... what color do I paint the walls ? I have been given suggestions of a deep red, silver/ gray color, or a tanish color. Any ideas ?
Good way for a 13-year-old to lose 25 lbs? I'm a 13 year old girl who weighs 20-30 lbs more than I should. I don't look that much bigger, but I want to slim down. I am basically a couch potato because I am very interested in stuff to do with technology(like web design, not video games). Also, it's very cold and I can't do any activity outside. My family is not very supportive of me trying to lose weight, I guess, and I am too sensitive to talk about it. Yeah, so it would be hard to actually get them to buy me special foods for me to eat. They also won't excersise with me. Basically, I need a way to lose 20-30 pounds(I'm 5 foot 5 and weigh 162 last time I checked) and I need a method/diet plan that I can do and enforce ALL BY MYSELF. I also want some fun excersises I can do myself and alone without anyone really knowing- like in a small room or on my bed. How fast can I lose this much weight if I follow a good plan? Does the slimfast liquid diet work well for kids like me? Will it danger me? Help! I need an expert!!!
is there any landscape designers that would love to help me out? i am looking for a landscape designer to help a poor kid out. i am in need of help designing a flower bed that is good for full sun and has color all year long. i got a quote for a designer to come out it was 700 bucks just to tell me what plants to use. i dont have money like that. i have to take a loan out to buy the plants. i would love for a designer to help me out please. i will email you pictures of my house i am begging i have been to every garden around and still dont know what to buy. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME
how often do people marry their high school sweet hearts? i was given a project, it was to design the house you'd like to have and give the square footage of each room and give the reason for the room... i got really into it. i designed the basement, middle level and top level, on the top levels i even put the bed rooms of the kids id like to one day have, a bedroom for each kid, i have the names picked out already and while doing this project, i realized i could see me in this "house" with my girlfriend. we've talked about marriage before and names for our children we'd want to have, we have discussed everything about our future, weve looked at houses online together, cars we'd like to some day have... but i also think were too young to actually believe that we can be together forever, i would love to be, but can two people last together forever, especially when you met in 7th grade and started dating the summer going into your freshmen year of highschool?
Wandering 3 year old? My 3 year old son seems not to need sleep, haha. no seriously he wakes between 4 and 6 am and wanders around our home, useally getting into things he is not supposed to. Our home is poorly designed (the kids bedrooms are on the 1st floor and the master, kitchen and livingroom is on the 2nd floor). I dont know what to do to keep him in bed any ideas?
i'm a teenager and need help ecorating my room? ok so my bedroom is a little on the kiddie side because i've had the same stuff since ten! i've gave all my kids stuff to charity so my room is kind of bare, what ornaments and stuff should i get to fill up my room? i'm a neat person so don't want any useless crap or posters that ruin the wall. i like bright colors and need under bed storage for all my books and i'm not a girly girl so not to may pink, sparkly things. oh and i want to get a bed cover with a jigsaw design on it but i can't find one anywhere! sorry, meant decorating my room!
Which bedroom is nicest for a toddler girl? my daughter is two, and we are redesigning her room at last..but having trouble choosing a style. which do you like best? http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HhtQaUK9ekk/SZHcEsnZvyI/AAAAAAAAAXU/WxzaUvkQirI/s400/pink+li%27l+girl+room.jpeg http://www.channel4.com/4homes/images/mb/Channel4/4homes/design-and-style/design-by-space/bedroom/kid-s-bedrooms/Astor-room-lg--gt_full_width_landscape.jpg http://www.channel4.com/4homes/images/mb/Channel4/4homes/design-and-style/design-by-space/bedroom/kid-s-bedrooms/Aspace-Key-West-Cabin-Bed-lg--gt_full_width_landscape.jpg http://www.channel4.com/4homes/images/mb/Channel4/4homes/design-and-style/design-by-space/bedroom/kid-s-bedrooms/Aspace-New-England-Bed-lg--gt_full_width_landscape.jpg http://www.channel4.com/4homes/images/mb/Channel4/4homes/design-and-style/design-by-space/bedroom/kid-s-bedrooms/Sweetheart2-lg--gt_full_width_landscape.jpg
I'm redoing my bedroom and I need help.? Okay so I am 14.. and I've had this room since i was in 4th grade. Its completely a kids room.. bunk bed and everything. I'm going into high school and I don't want this kiddy room! Obviously I could probably go shop and get a whole bunch of new stuff... but i don't have the money. My parents say I can redo my room just they don't want to pay for it right now but I just need help not with money but with finding affordable furniture.. I need... 1. A Bed Frame 2. A Mattress 3. Bedding 4. Bed Side Tables 5. Any cool Artsy Paintings I want to stay under a $200 budget at the most. If you know of stores(online obviously) or product that would be very appreciated. If this helps... My favorite color is navy & maroon. I am a competitive cheerleader. I love Bob Marley and old fashion rock bands. I'm really into beads, flowers, visible stitches, and designs like from "free people".
Should I change my bedroom furnishings? OK, so I absolutely love dolphins! I am 17 and a junior in highschool, so I'm kind of wanting more of a young adult, mature bedroom. I have a bunkbed in my room, dolphin posters everywhere, a few guy posters (of Chris Brown, Jesse Mccartney, Brad Pit, and Zach Ephron), a big, pink mushroom style chair with a matching rug, a purple shag rug with a matching lamp, and dolphin nicknacks all throughout my bedroom. I also have a few posters of other animals (kittens and dogs/puppies). My bed has a huge pillow collection on the bottem bunk and has silk blue blankets/sheets on top and white/pink on the bottem. Do you think this design is more for little kids? If so, how can I make it suitable for my age?
How do I get my spouse to stop being my "provider" more than being my "lover" instead? My wife has the housewife thing down pat but our sex life has suffered severely because of it. We'll have sex once or twice between each menstrual cycle and during her period she refuses to make me happy so I have to wait 1.5 weeks (sometimes longer up to 4 weeks) to have sex or kum again. As a provider, she's amazing though. We're in our mid-20's and she'll get the kids to school/sitter, cook dinner, do the laundry, and have enough time to do the dishes... When I get home I try to be as productive as I can too so I'm doing things to keep the stress off of her shoulders. But when the kids go to bed, the provider must recharge her batteries for the next day so she goes right to sleep. It's a never ending cycle. Kind of like a poorly designed robot maid... As a lover, she'll only have vaginal sex and she'll put effort into making sure I kum but her "faking orgasms" needs some work because I feel nothing in the sex. Not nothing like no love but nothing like she's not into it. So I'll try to foreplay a little with heavy petting and making out but it doesn't improve... When we have sex, it's not fun, it feels more like a chore to her. I can't sense the intimacy at all. Some differences between us, she could have sex once a year and be happy but I masturbate twice a day to keep up with my sexual hunger so, um yeah... She likes traditional missionary and that's all we'll end up doing, I like to do as many positions that feel good and I especially like it deep (what guy doesn't). She thinks deviating from vaginal sex is a waste of time, I'm interested in even fetish stuff like deepthroat and toys so obviously we're different here too. She's not willing to dress up to strike sexual arousal (and by dress up, I mean not wearing loose fitting t-shirts where I can't see her boobs or loose fitting jeans so I can't see her a$$ or skirts/heels so I can see her legs) and of course I'm a dude and I wear what she likes when she tells me... I had a nice long talk with her tonight about how she needs to work on being my lover and not my provider and she said she's going to work at it but she doesn't know where to begin... To be honest, I don't either. I mean I can't expect her to want to wear mini skirts in public and have sex in a public restroom right away. Help me, treat the advice like I need to train a prude christian girl to become a pornstar vixen who's a sex addict because that's pretty much what I'm going for... If you have time, please reply to her question too in regards to being shy... http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ai4mJqM5ktQ4CXkGvftioNfsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081020191913AAd1z9M
what is your overrall impression about IKEA furniture? love it? hate it? total junk? great value? over the weekend, i bought a set of backyard furniture and one queen bed for the guest bedroom - i used to be anti-IKEA, thinking they all junk and disposable. now i have a little change of mind - not completely: 1. i think most of their stuff serve the purpose. 2. good value - not something you can passed on to your kids, but for that one summer or two, it works. 3. i've noticed they try hard to be green - lots of recycle material, their package is very plain, no styro foam used in packaging material, no plastic bags at check-out. 4. setup was suprisingly easy - 6 pieces including the queen bed took me 3 hours, instruction and design is clear and simple. i am not saying that i become a fan of IKEA, i still believe in certain holding value for your home furnitures. what do you think? i did weeks of research before set on ikea's set, comapring price with WM and target and i have not yet seen a better value set. the new WM opened in my area is even more decked-out than ikea store in my opinion, but I know what you mean, still need to do the homework first.
Great Aunt? My mom just had twins. She has a c-section, and she is having pain walking. I (13) and watching the other children (8, 6, 4, and 2). My dad is a lawyer and is in the middle of a trial and sadly has to work this week. Realitives stop in to drop off a bunch of presents. So I was so tired when my great-aunt (only like 50 years old) arrived. She sent me to bed and told me to rest up. When I woke up 3 hours later (then 4:00pm), it looked horrible! There were paintings the kids did all over the place, with the paint, water, and dirty brushes laying around. Our downstairs is an organized, fun playroom with the station design, and the toys were thrown everywhere! Food that people brought over was still sitting on the counter. She was sitting in the nursery upstairs just watching them sleep. I was so mad! Get a grip and watch the kids if you tell me to go to bed. I had to scramble all the kids together to fix the place up. Then I had to prepare dinner, although she told me it was taken care of! My mom got up just as I finished and thanks my great-aunt for helping so much and preparing dinner, AND SHE SAID THAT SHE DID IT ALL! She thinks that because she brought my mom the kids to feed and rocked them to sleep she was a hero! What can I do to stop these people from annoying me?
what great things do you want to do in your life? isn't it odd how we live all our lives, just to die from something that we never believed we would die from. then when you find out your life is over its always to late to do the things you have always wanted too. it teaches us that we need to live life to the fullest and never look back to something as a mistake, don't let people hold us back and never settel for second best. Why do we wait all our lives wanting to do something great but never get around to it intill its to late. by then you are practically dead and can't get out of bed, and you set and watch your kids and friends do the same thing. What are the greatest things you want to do in your life? there is no second chances, don't wast them don't answer something like live to see another day because who in the heII wouldn't. yes I want to raise a family to but I also want o own a lot of great and amazing things and exsplore the world and become a great architect, and design building where people will use long after I'm gone, I want to own a big yacht and sail the world with it. build a big house and have a nice car. I want to sky dive, go scubba diving, Do things my father and all his fathers never had a chance, I'll be the first to do great things in my family and I'll be remembered for it too. you only live once, have fun do what you want and don't look back. I'm only 20 and I live pay check to pay check so I really don't have money to play around with, but I know within the next 15 years I'm going to do half of what I said, I don't know how at the pace I am now but I will trust me.
Lose 25 lbs by myself? I'm a 13 year old girl who weighs 20-30 lbs more than I should. I don't look that much bigger, but I want to slim down. I am basically a couch potato because I am very interested in stuff to do with technology(like web design, not video games). Also, it's very cold and I can't do any activity outside. My family is not very supportive of me trying to lose weight, I guess, and I am too sensitive to talk about it. Yeah, so it would be hard to actually get them to buy me special foods for me to eat. They also won't excersise with me. Basically, I need a way to lose 20-30 pounds(I'm 5 foot 5 and weigh 162 last time I checked) and I need a method/diet plan that I can do and enforce ALL BY MYSELF. I also want some fun excersises I can do myself and alone without anyone really knowing- like in a small room or on my bed. How fast can I lose this much weight if I follow a good plan? Does the slimfast liquid diet work well for kids like me? Will it danger me? Help! I need an expert!!!
Repetitive nightmare which is progressively getting worse? I have had the same nightmare two nights in a row and it is getting worse every time I have the dream. It is worrying me and scaring me honestly. The setting: Myself, my two young daughters (Angel, 4 and Jada, 2) and my boyfriend are at a house in the woods. It has a back porch which does not have any railings (a very modern and adult setting of a home - you can tell it is not intended for children or children were not thought of in the design -- NOT a place I would EVER take my kids for fear of them being hurt). The porch looks over a big hill which leads straight into a river. The river is extremely low and is more like a trickling stream right now. It is fall as there are dead leaves all over the ground, it is cold as we are wearing jackets and hats and such and the trees are bare. In the first dream we were the only people there and we are not in the house... just on the balcony/porch thing. I keep telling my girls to stay away from the edge because they want to look over at the scenery. After a bit my youngest daughters walks towards the edge and I yell, "NO Jada! You're gonna fall baby!" She turns to look at me as if in understanding right as she steps over the edge (because she turns to me she does not realize how close she is to the edge). She falls down the hill and rolls. I run down and comfort her realizing thankfully she is perfectly fine and just a little shaken up. Last night in the dream she does the same thing (walking off the edge) but this time there are tons of people there and I and my daughter Angel (my boyfriend is in the house this time and not outside with us) are the only one's who even see her fall. Even when I run down the hill and my oldest daughter is screaming and crying everyone else is oblivious.... laughing and you would think they couldn't even see us or hear my screams for help. My baby rolls down the hill this time and lands on a rock bed in the river with the water flowing on and around her and she is spitting up blood very badly. I pick her up and you can tell she is in shock as she kind of has a smile on her face and her eyes are glossy. I know she is hurt extremely badly but no-one comes to help me or hears me screaming and crying. These dreams are bothering me. What could they mean? I'm scared to fall to sleep tonight for the fear that I may see my child die in my dream and that's not even something I ever want to dream. I chose this board because it was the closest one I could find to the answers I needed. Mia - Thank you. Actually I am expecting my third child now and HAVE considered it to possibly affect my other two because I don't want my youngest to have "middle child" anxiety or anything. I don't think she will because I am a very loving and fair parent, but I do worry.
What do you think of my writing? You don't have to finish reading.? I had never given much thought as to how I would die, or maybe I should say that I never gave much thought as to how I would live. But, dying is supposedly part of life; when you die, you are gone physically, and your spirit will be offered the golden gates of heaven, or the charcoal-black ones of hell... My death was given neither of those options. My death was reversed. CHAPTER 1 I sat up in my bed annoyed and confused. The haunting dreams of the previous night were building up with each moment of my unconsciousness. I had to move only to avoid sinking back into slumber. Nothing was of any importance beside the throbbing pulse in my temple that has greeted me at every one of my rude awakenings from the past few days. I can't help but wonder the cause of the nightmares even though my finding an answer is doubtful. Moving was a whole other factor. With every twitch, the pulsing got a beat per minute faster. It was a heavy pressure deep inside of my head. After a half-hour of moving down the huge winding staircase and making my way to the kitchen, I got to the medicine cabinet and reached successfully for the Fast Relief Tylenol. With a little bit of help from H20, I managed to swallow the large white tablet. I leaned back on the dark marble counter to to turn my head sideways and lean my cheek on the cold cabinets that hung above. I saw the bright light of a digital clock hanging over the doorway only to see that it was five in the morning. Enough time for a teenager to sleep? I don't think so. Stumbling my way back up the stairs, I walked back into my bedroom. My family is very wealthy and it shows in my room. A huge king-sized, four poster canopy bed sits in the middle of the room, half way down the northern wall. The fabric that hangs over and around the bed is off-white silk from one of the finest makers in the world and the posts are made of mahogany-very expensive mahogany. One antique side table sits on either side of the bed with a lamp and pile of books on one and alarm clock and cell phone on the other. A large, matching mahogany desk overlooks the front of the estate under a huge window that faces south. My closet is on the eastern wall; it has French doors and a white outline. My floor is carpeted with a basic off-white color called "Castle Stone" that is ultra-soft. Opposite my bed sits a rarely-used flat screen TV and a DVD player in the wall. With the rooms detailed frame and gorgeous shade of light brown that resembles that of a cappuccino, it is beautiful . I didn't get the chance to actually design the room myself, and at first I hated the image it gave me: Shallow wealth. Although I may sometimes enjoy the luxuries of money, I hate being considered a spoiled rotten brat. But then again, when you go to a Los Angeles Private academy, there isn't really such thing as poor or anything besides first class except for the occasional kid with a scholarship. Dasherman is the "Rich kid" school of Los Angeles county. It is about fifteen minutes away from downtown and resides in a hundred year old mansion in the Arroyo (a wealthy community). It is made of red bricks and dark, dark wood. It is a safe haven for all of us who's parents are constantly working, or always in a foreign country on some "business trip," which meant for most kids: Dad is cheating on Mom. Luckily for me; or maybe I should say unluckily: my parents don't go o business trips. Instead, they insist on ignoring me most of the time and telling me how unsuccessful my life will be with the rest of it. I walked past my bed into the bathroom that is connected to my room. I needed a shower (the nightmares left a thick layer of sweat covering my entire body), and as I walked through the large bathroom of cold stone that made me want to jump, I saw my reflection in the large mirror. My looks are pretty decent; I don't find myself to be ugly, nor pretty, but somewhere in between. My eyes are set where they should be, straight nose, and thin lips, although the bottom one is a little bit fuller than the top. I have fairly clear skin, and I'm pretty pale despite the constant Southern California Sun. I have wavy dark brown hair that flows halfway down my back (although, this morning, it has decided to throw itself out in all possible directions). My general body is petite (the result of a very high metabolism), but no so much that my bones jet out and are visible through my skin. I stand at five foot, five inches, which is pretty short compared to both my parents six (plus) feet. My friends tell me that I have "potential." Whatever that is supposed to mean, I don't know. I stared at my deep green eyes and realized the sudden redness of my face. When it gets cold, my face flushes into a rosy pink color that is embarrassing to walk around with because it makes me look like I am blushing to an extreme degree. I then reached into a cabinet, pulled out a light pink towel (part of the rooms color scheme), and turn I understand that my vocabulary is not excellent, and I need to rephrase things, but I'm only thirteen. I realize that it's straight from Twilight. That will be changed, so relax, there was a reason for that: Twilight inspired me to start writing, so I gave it a little credit by putting it in my writing. Like I said, it will be moved.
Which part of the script should I use to draw a picture of? Lilo And Stitch Script Read the charges. Dr. Jumba Jookiba-- lead scientist of Galaxy Defense Industries-- you stand before this council accused of illegal genetic experimentation. How do you plead? Not guilty! My experiments are only theoretical-- completely within legal boundaries. We believe you actually created something. Created something?! Ha! But that would be irresponsible and unethical. I would never, ever... make more than one. What is that monstrosity? Monstrosity! What you see before you is the first of a new species. I call it Experiment 626. He is bulletproof, fireproof and can think faster than supercomputer. He can see in the dark and move objects times his size. His only instinct: To destroy everything he touches! So, it is a monster. Hey, just a little one. It is an affront to nature. It must be destroyed! Calm yourself, Captain Gantu. Perhaps it can be reasoned with. Experiment 626 give us some sign you understand any of this. Show us that there is something inside you that is good. Hmm? Meega, nala kweesta! So naughty! I didn't teach it that. Place that idiot scientist under arrest! I prefer to be called evil genius! And as for that abomination... it is the flawed product of a deranged mind. It has no place among us. Captain Gantu, take him away. With pleasure. Hmm. Uncomfortable? Oh... Good! The council has banished you to exile on a desert asteroid. So, relax... enjoy the trip and don't get any ideas. These guns are locked onto your genetic signature. They won't shoot anyone but you. Ow! Why, you...! May I remind the captain that he is on duty. Secure the cell! Aye, Captain. Captain on deck. All ahead full. Do... Does this, uh, look infected to you? Oh! Quiet, you. Gunfire in the cell bay! Open a channel. He's loose on Deck C! Red alert. Seal off the deck! Security, converge on door seven! Deadly force authorized. Fire on sight! There he is! Security to Bridge. It's in the ventilation system. He's headed for the power... grid. What was that? I don't think he's on the ship anymore. Confirmed. He's taken a police cruiser. Yeah... he took the red one. Yee-haw! Hmm?! That's it! We got it. We got it! Hyperdrive activated. System charging. He's engaged his H-drive! Warning-- guidance is not functional. Pursuit Commander that crazy trog is about to make a jump! Break formation! Get clear of that ship! Navigation failure. Do not engage hyper... Get me Galactic Control. Where is he?! He's still in hyperspace. Where will he exit? Calculating now-- quadrant section - - area . A planet called... Ee-arth. I want an expert on this planet in here now! What is that? Water. Most of the planet is covered in it. He won't survive in water. His molecular density is too great. No... Of course. How much time do we have? We have projected his landing at three hours, minutes. Oh, we have to gas the planet. Hold it! Hold everything! Earth is a protected wildlife preserve. Yeah. We've been using it to rebuild the mosquito population which, need I remind you, is an endangered species! Am I to assume you are the expert? Oh, I don't know about expert. Agent Pleakley at your service. Can we not simply destroy the island? No! Crazyhead! The mosquito's food of choice, primitive humanoid life forms have colonies all over that planet. Are they intelligent? No, but they're very delicate. In fact, every time an asteroid strikes their planet they have to begin life all over. It's fascinating, isn't it? With this, I've been able to study... What if our military forces just landed there? Well, that'd be a bad idea! These are extremely simple creatures, miss. Landing there would create mass mayhem and planet-wide panic! A quiet capture would require an understanding of - - that we do not possess! Who, then, Mr. Pleakley, would you send for his extraction? Does he have a brother? Close grandmother, perhaps? Friendly cousin? Neighbor with a beard? He got away? I'm sure this comes as no surprise to you. I designed this creature for to be unstoppable. Which is precisely why you must now bring him back. What? Me? And to reward you we are willing to trade your freedom for his capture. - - will not come easily. Maybe direct hit from plasma cannon might stun him long enough to... Plasma cannon granted. Do we have a bargain, Dr. Jumba? B-B-But it's a delicate planet! Who's going to control him? You will. Very good, Your Highness. I... I didn't quite... Uh, you're notjoking! So, tell me, my little one-eyed one on what poor, pitiful, defenseless planet has my monstrosity been unleashed? Mahalo nui ia Ke Ali iwahine O Lili ulani O ka Wohi ku Ka pipio mai o ke anuenue Na waihooluu a halikeole E nana na maka i ke ao malama Mai Hawaii akea i Kauai... O Kal'kaua he inoa O Ka pua mae ole i ka I' Ka pua maila i ka mauna I ke kuahiwi o Mauna Kea Ke 'maila i K'lauea M'lamalama i Wahinekapu A ka luna o Uw'kahuna I ka pali kapu o Ka auea Ea mai ke ali i kia manu Ua wehi i ka hulu o ka mamo Ka pua nani a o Hawai i O Kal'kaua he inoa O Kal'kaua he inoa Ka pua mae ole i ka I' Ka pua maila i ka mauna I ke kuahiwi o Mauna Kea Ke 'maila i K'lauea... One, two, three, four... ...M'lamalama i Wahinekapu... Ay-yi-yi. ...A ka luna o Uw'kahuna I ka pali kapu o Ka auea Mahalo nui ia Ke Ali iwahine O Lili ulani O ka Wohi ku... Ea mai ke ali i kia manu Ua wehi i ka hulu o ka mamo Ka pua nani a o Hawai I O Kal'kaua he inoa... He Inoa No Kalani Kalakaua Kulele. -Whoa! -Whoa! Stop. Stop. Lilo, why are you all wet? It's sandwich day. Every Thursday, I take Pudge the fish a peanut butter sandwich. Pudge is a fish? And today we were out of peanut butter! So I asked my sister what to give him and she said a tuna sandwich. I can't give Pudge tuna! Do you know what tuna is? Fish? It's fish! If I gave Pudge tuna, I'd be an abomination! I'm late because I had to go to the store and get peanut butter 'cause all we have is-is stinkin' tuna! Lilo, Lilo, why is this so important? Pudge controls the weather. You're crazy. Please! Please! Everybody calm down! Girls... Shh. Lilo... I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I won't do it again! Maybe we should call your sister. No! I'll be good! I want to dance. I practiced. I just want to dance. I practiced. Ooh, she bit me. Eww! I called your sister. She said to wait for her here on the porch. We'll try again on Sunday. Does this look infected to you? Yeah. You better not have rabies. If you have rabies the dogcatcher is going to have to cut... Are you going to play dolls? You don't have a doll. This is Scrump. I made her, but her head is too big. So I pretend a bug laid eggs in her ears, and she's upset because she only has a few more days to... Lilo! Lilo? Lilo? Oh, no. You better be home. Hey! Watch where you're going! Stupidhead! I found a new place to dwell... Oh, Lilo! Lilo! Open the door, Lilo! Go away. ...You make me so lonely, baby... Lilo? We don't have time for this. ...I get so lonely... Leave me alone to die. Come on, Lilo that social worker's going to be here any minute! ...You still can find some room For brokenhearted lovers to cry away their gloom Don't make me so lonely, baby Don't make me so lonely I get so lonely I could die... The bellhop's tears keep flowin'... You are so finished when I get in there! Well, they been so long on Lonely Street They ain't ever gonna look back... Oh, I'm going to stuff you in the blender push puree, then bake you into a pie and feed it to the social worker! And when he says, Mmm, this is great. What's your secret? I'm going to say... Love... and nurturing. Hi. Uh... You must be the, uh... The stupidhead. Oh! Oh... Oh, you know, I'm really sorry about that and if I'd known who you were, of course I never would've... Uh... I can pay for that. It's a rental. Are you the guardian in question? Yes. I'm Nani. Nice to meet you, Mister...? Bubbles. Mr. Bubbles. That's a strange... Yes, I know. Are you going to invite me in, Nani? Uh... I thought we could sit out here and talk. I don't think so. Right. Uh... ...It's always crowded... This way. ...You still can find some room For brokenhearted lovers to cry away their gloom You make me so lonely, baby... Uh... wait here. Hey! So... lemonade? Do you often leave your sister home alone? No. Never. Well, except forjust now. Uh, I had to run to the store to get some... Oh! You left the stove on while you were out? Low heat! Just a simmer. Mmm! It's coming along great. I found that this morning. Lilo! There you are. Honeyface... this is Mr. Bubbles. Nice to meet you. Your knuckles say Cobra. Cobra Bubbles. You don't look like a social worker. I'm a special classification. Did you ever kill anyone? We're getting off the subject. Let's talk about you. Are you happy? I'm adjusted. I eat four food groups and look both ways before crossing the street and take long naps, and get disciplined. Disciplined? Yeah. She disciplines me real good. Sometimes five times a day. -With bricks. -No... Bricks? Uh-huh, in a pillowcase. Okay! That's enough sugar for you. Why don't you run along, you little cutie. The other social workers just thought she was a scream. Thirsty? Let me illuminate to you the precarious situation in which you have found yourself. I am the one they call when things go wrong and things have indeed gone wrong. My friends need to be punished. Call me next time you're left here alone. Yep. In case you're wondering, this did not go well. You have three days to change my mind. -Blah. -Eww! Lilo! Why didn't you wait at the school? You were supposed to wait there! Lilo! Do you not understand? Do you want to be taken away? Answer me! No! No, you don't understand? No! No, what? No! You're such a pain! So why don't you sell me and buy a rabbit instead?! At least a rabbit would behave better than you! Go ahead! Then you'll be happy because it'll be smarter than me, too! And quieter! You'll like it, 'cause it's stinky, like you! Go to your room! I'm already in my room! Hey. I brought you some pizza, in case you were hungry. We're a broken family, aren't we? No. Maybe, a little. Maybe a lot. I shouldn't have yelled at you. We're sisters. It's ourjob. Yeah, well, from now on... I like you better as a sister than a mom. Yeah? And you like me better as a sister than a rabbit, right? Oh... Oh, oh, oh, oh. Yes. Yes, I do. I hit Mertle Edmonds today. You hit her? Before I bit her. You bit her. Lilo, you shouldn't... People treat me different. They just don't know what to say. I'll tell you what. If you promise not to fight anymore I promise not to yell at you, except on special occasions. Tuesdays and bank holidays would be good. Yeah? Would that be good? Oh! My camera's full again. Aren't they beautiful? A falling star! I call it! Get out! Get out! I have to make a wish! Can't you go any faster? Oh, no! Gravity is increasing on me. No, it's not! It is, too, Lilo. The same thing happened yesterday. You rotten sister! Your butt is crushing me! Why do you act so weird?! It's me again. I need someone to be my friend... someone who won't run away. Maybe send me an angel... the nicest angel you have. What we when hit? There it is. It stay jammed under the fender. We better call somebody. We're looking for something that can defend itself... something that won't die... something sturdy, you know? Like a lobster. Lilo, you lolo. Do we have a lobster door? No. We have a dog door. We are getting a dog. So nice to see your pretty face again! Jumba? We need your name and address at the bottom of the form... The kennel's back this way. Go. Pick someone out. Hello? Hello?! Are there any aminals in here? Hello! Hi. Hoh... ha... Hi... Wow! Oh, yes. Mm-hmm. All of our dogs are adoptable. Except that one! What is that thing?! A dog, I think. But it was dead this morning. It was dead this morning?! Well, we thought it was dead. It was hit by a truck. I like him! Come here, boy. Oh! Aah! Wouldn't you like a different dog? We have better dogs, dear. Not better than him. He can talk! Say hello. He... Hel... Dogs can't talk, dear. He did. Does it have to be this dog? Yes, he's good. I can tell. You'll have to think of a name for him. His name is... Stitch. Now, that's not a real name... Hmm. Uh-uh, uh-uh-uh. ...in Iceland... but here, it's a good name. Stitch it is. And there's a two dollar license fee. I want to buy him! Can I borrow two dollars? He's all yours. You're all mine. Well, what's he doing? Shh! Keep quiet. He's listening for us. How good is his hearing? I mean, can he... Why don't you run? Coming! I'm coming! Stop! I have just determined this situation to be far too hazardous! Don't worry, I won't hit her. No! That girl is a part of the mosquito food chain. Here! Educate yourself. Using a little girl for a shield. This is low, even for you! Whoo-hoo! Bah! Tear him apart with all both my bare hands! Have you lost your mind?! What is it, Stitch? We cannot be seen! Bad dog, barking at nothing! You can't shoot, and you can't be seen. Look at you! You look like a monster. We have to blend in. Okay, I got to get to work. Stick around town and stay out of the roads, okay? I'll meet you at : . Hmm? Oh! Ah! Okay, I guess we should be going. What about Stitch? My friends! What do you want? I'm sorry I bit you and pulled your hair and punched you in the face. Apology not accepted. Now get out of my way before I run you over. I got a new dog. His name is Stitch. That is the ugliest thing I have ever saw. -Yeah. -Yeah. Eww! Get it away from me! I'm gonna get a disease! Somebody do something! Oh, great! He's loose. His destructive programming is taking effect. He will be irresistibly drawn to large cities where he will back up sewers reverse street signs and steal everyone's left shoe. It's nice to live on an island with no large cities. Are you okay? Doo-doo... Doo-doo... You can shake an apple off an apple tree Shake-a, shake-a, sugar, but you'll never shake me -Uh-uh-uh -Doo-doo-doo No, siree, uh-uh... Uh-uh. ...Doo-doo-doo Doo-doo-doo I'm gonna stick like glue Stick because I'm... Stuck on you I'm gonna run my fingers Through your long, black hair... Hey, over here, little buddy. ...Squeeze you tighter than a grizzly bear -Uh-uh-uh -Doo-doo-doo Yes, siree, uh-huh Doo-doo-doo, Doo-doo-doo I'm gonna stick like glue Stick because I'm... Stuck on you Hide in the kitchen Hide in the hall Ain't gonna do you no good at all 'Cause once I catch ya and the kissin' starts A team o' wild horses couldn't tear us apart Try to take a tiger from his daddy's side... When you're ready to give up just let us know, heh? Whee! ...Uh-uh-uh... Yeah! This is you. This is your badness level. It's unusually high for someone your size. We have to fix that. Ay-yi-yi, Lilo! Your dog cannot sit at the table. Stitch is troubled. He needs desserts. Oh, you didn't even eat your sweet potato. I thought you liked them. Desserts! David! I got a new dog. Oh! You sure it's a dog? Uh-huh. He used to be a collie before he got ran over. Yum! Hey... Blah! Eww! Howzit, Nani? Did you catch fire again? Nah, just the stage. Listen, I was wondering if you're not doing anything this... David, I told you, I can't. I... I got a lot to deal with right now. I know. I just figured you might need some time... You smell like a lawn mower. Look, I got to go. The kid at table three's throwing poi again. Maybe some other time, okay? Don't worry. She likes your butt and fancy hair. I know. I read her diary. She thinks it's fancy? Blech! Oh! Mmm! Aha! Look what I find! Get restraints! Right. Ow! Take that! Hurry! Uh, hold still just a... Aah! Hey, Nani! Is that your dog? Uh... All is well. Please, go about your business. I'm okay. Oh, your head looks swollen. Actually, she's just ugly. Darling... He's joking. Ugly-- look at me... Uh, this is not working out. Uh, b-but... Mm-mm. Yeah? Well, who wants to work at this stupid... fakey luau anyway. Come on, Lilo. Did you lose yourjob because of Stitch and me? Nah. The manager's a vampire and he wanted me to join his legion of the undead. I knew it. This is a great home. You'll like it a lot. See? Uh, Lilo... Comfy. -Hey! -Hey! What is the matter with you? Be careful of the little angel! It's not an angel, Lilo. I don't even think it's a dog. We just have to take him back. He's just cranky because it's his bedtime. He's creepy, Lilo. I won't sleep while he's loose in the house. You're loose in the house all the time and I sleep just fine! Hey, what are you doing? Stop that, Stitch! Hey! Look at him, Lilo. He's obviously mutated from something else. We have to take him back. He was an orphan and we adopted him! What about O'hana? He hasn't been here that long. Neither have I. Dad said O'hana means family. Huh? O'hana means family. Family means... ...nobody gets left behind. Or...? Or forgotten. I know. I know. I hate it when you use O'hana against me. Mmm. Don't worry, you can sleep right next to me. Look how curious the puppy is. This is my room, and this is your bed. This is your dolly and bottle. See? Doesn't spill. I filled it with coffee. Good puppy. Now get into bed. Hey! That's mine! Down! Mmm! Be careful of that! You don't touch this! Don't ever touch it! No! Don't pull on her head! She's recovering from surgery. No! That's from my blue period. Mmm... There. You know, you wreck everything you touch. Why not try and make something for a change? Ah! Wow. San Francisco. Save me! Eek! No more caffeine for you. This little girl is wasting her time. - - cannot be taught to ignore its destructive programming. Ooh! Push that over. What are you doing? Nothing! Uh, say, I want to try it on. No! Share! Let me try it! Hey! Ow! You're justjealous 'cause I'm pretty! Don't move. A mosquito has chosen me as her perch. She's so beautiful. Look, another one. And another one! Why, it's a whole flock. And they like me! They're nuzzling my flesh with their noses. Now they're, um, they're.... I think it might be a koala. An evil koala. I can't even pet it. It keeps staring at me, like it's going to eat me. Hello? Nani? Hello? Are you there? Now, this is interesting. What? - - was designed to be a monster but now he has nothing to destroy. You see, I never gave him a greater purpose. What must it be like to have nothing... not even memories to visit in the middle of the night? Nah! Hmm. Hmm... That's the Ugly Duckling. See? He's sad because he's all alone and nobody wants him but on this page, his family hears him crying and they find him. Then the Ugly Duckling is happy because he knows where he belongs. Hmm... Want to listen to the King? You look like an Elvis fan. Nani. Nani! Uh... yeah? Look. We can't go on together With suspicious minds... ...cious minds... ...can build our dreams... ...On suspicious minds... Heard you lost yourjob. Well, uh, actually, I just quit thatjob because, you know, the hours are just not conducive to the challenges of raising a child... Hey! I am so sorry about that. What is that thing? That's my puppy. Really? Thus far, you have been adrift in the sheltered harbor of my patience but I cannot ignore you beingjobless. Do I make myself clear? Perfectly. And next time I see this dog I expect it to be a model citizen... capisce? Uh... yes? New job. Model citizen. Good day. You look like an angel... Mrs. Hasagawa? I'm here to answer your newspaper ad. Elvis Presley was a model citizen. ...Walk like an angel... I've compiled a list of his traits for you to practice. Number one is dancing. I can't talk now, dear. I'm waiting for someone to answer my ad. That's why I'm here. Hands on your hips. Now follow my lead. Ooh-hoo. ...You fooled me with your kisses... Ah! That's my want ad. I know! ...Heaven knows how you lied to me You're not the way... Whoa, whoa! Why is everything so dark? I am all about coffee. Let's move on to step two. ...Walk like an angel... Elvis played guitar. Here. ...Talk like an angel... Hold it like this, and put your fingers here. See? Now you try. ...and I make great cappuccinos and lattes with... I wish I could, Nani, but I just hired Teddy and with tourist season ending... Concierge-er-ing is my life. ...You look like an angel... I just love to answer phones... This is the face of romance. ...Walk like an angel... She looks like she could use some lovin'. ...Talk like an angel, but I got wise... Oh, we might have something. Good. Now kiss her. ...The devil in disguise... I'm sure Elvis had his bad days, too. I'm all about saving people? ...I thought that I was in heaven... Actually, I do think we have an opening. Really? Okay, this is it. ...But I was sure surprised... Time to bring it all together. Oh, that'd be so great! You have no idea how badly I need this job. ...The devil in your eyes You're the devil in disguise... It's all you! Knock 'em dead! ...The devil in disguise You're the devil in disguise... Don't crowd him! ...Oh, yes, you are The devil in disguise... The devil in disguise, oh, yes... Hey, knock it off! Hey, Lilo! Howzit... Nani? We've been having a bad day. Hmm... Hey, I might not be a doctor but I know that there's no better cure for a sour face than a couple of boards and some choice waves. What you think? I think that's a great idea. -Aloha e, aloha e -Aloha e, aloha e -'Ano'ai ke aloha e -'Ano'ai ke aloha e -Aloha e, aloha e -Aloha e, aloha e 'Ano'ai ke aloha e 'Ano'ai ke aloha e... There's no place I'd rather be Than on my surfboard out at sea Lingering in the ocean blue And if I had one wish come true I'd surf till the sun sets beyond the horizon Awikiwiki, mai lohilohi Lawe mai i ko papa he'e nalu Flying by on a Hawaiian roller coaster ride Awikiwiki, mai lohilohi Lawe mai i ko papa he'e nalu Pi'i na nalu, la lahalaha O ka moana, hanupanupa -Lalala i ka la hanahana -Whoo! -Me ke kai hoene i ka pu'e one -Whoo! Yeah! Helehele mai kakou e Hawaiian roller coaster ride There's no place I'd rather be Than on a seashore dry, wet free On golden sand is where I'd lay And if I only had my way I'd play till the sun sets beyond the horizon Lalala i ka la hanahana Me ke kai hoene i ka pu'e one It's time to try the Hawaiian roller coaster ride Hang loose, hang ten, howzit, shake a shaka No worry, no fear, ain't no biggy, brahda Cuttin' in, cuttin' up, cuttin' back, cuttin' out Front side, back side, goofy-footed, wipe out Let's getjumpin', surf's up and pumpin' Coastin' with the motion of the ocean Whirlpools swirling, cascading, twirling Hawaiian roller coaster ride... Oh, can't complain, Mom. I'm camping out with a convicted criminal and, uh... oh, I had my head chewed on by a monster! Wait... something is not right. - - is returning willingly to water. Oh, hold on, Mom-- another call. Mr. Pleakley, you are overdue. I want a status report. Oh, uh, things are going well. He cannot swim! Things are going well. Jumba, aren't they going well? Why will he risk drowning? Jumba? Jumba, help me out here. I would have expected you back by now, with - - in hand. Just a few things left to pack and, uh, we'll be... Hang up. We are going swimming. Huh? There's no place I'd rather be Than on my surfboard out at sea Lingering in the ocean blue And if I had one wish come true I'd surf till the sun sets beyond the horizon Awikiwiki, mai lohilohi Lawe mai i ko papa he'e nalu Flying by On a Hawaiian roller coaster ride Awikiwiki, mai lohilohi Lawe mai i ko papa he'e nalu Pi'i na nalu, la lahalaha O ka moana, hanupanupa Lalala i ka la hanahana -Me ke kai hoene i ka pu'e one -Yeah! Helehele mai kakou e Hawaiian roller coaster ride. Lilo! What happened? Oh... some lolo must have stuffed us in the barrel. Where's Stitch? Get off of her! What happened? Stitch dragged her down. We lost Stitch! Lilo? Lilo, look at me. Look at me, baby. Are you hurt? No. He's unconscious, but I think he's alive. David, take Lilo. This isn't what it looks like. We were... It-It's just that... I know you're trying, Nani but you need to think about what's best for Lilo... even if it removes you from the picture. I'll be back tomorrow morning for Lilo. I'm sorry. Nani? Is there something I can do? No, David. Uh, I need to take Lilo home now. We have a lot to talk about, Lilo. Thanks. You know, I really believed they had a chance. Then you came along. Lilo, honey... we have to, uh... Don't worry. You're nice, and someone will give you a job. I would. Come here. Aloha Oe, Aloha Oe E ke onaona noho i ka lipo One fond embrace, a ho'i a'e au Until we meet again. That's us before... It was rainy, and they went for a drive. What happened to yours? I hear you cry at night. Do you dream about them? I know that's why you wreck things and push me. Our family's little now and we don't have many toys but if you want, you could be part of it. You could be our baby and we'd raise you to be good. O'hana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind but if you want to leave, you can. I'll remember you, though. I remember everyone that leaves. L... L... Lost. I'm lost. Help! I don't like the ocean! Oh, look, a friendly little dolphin. They helped sailors in the war... It's a shark! It's a shark, and it ain't friendly! It looks like a dolphin. Tricky fish! Tricky fish! Oh, octopus, come and help me? An octo... octopus is worse than a shark! I hate this planet! Oh... little monster! Uh, Agent Pleakley here. I have lost patience with you both. Have you captured - - or not? Um... Uh-uh... Consider yourselves fired and prisonbound. Your incompetence is nothing short of unspeakable! But, uh... mm... We're fired! Now we do it my way! Your way? Oh... uh, wait! It seems I have overestimated Jumber and Blinkley. Uh, Jumba and Pleakley. Whatever. The mission is in jeopardy. This could be your chance to redeem yourself, Captain Gantu. How soon will you be prepared to leave? Immediately. Don't run. Don't make me shoot you. You were expensive. Yes. Yes, that's it. Come quietly. Mm... waiting. For what? Family. Ah! You don't have one. I made you. Oh... maybe I could... You're built to destroy. You can never belong. Now come quietly and we will take you apart. No, no, no, no, don't, don't run! Don't run! Lilo. I didn't hear you get up. Baby, what's wrong? Stitch left. Really? It's good he's gone. He didn't want to be here, anyway. We don't need him. Lilo... sometimes you try your hardest but things don't work out the way you want them to. Sometimes things have to change and maybe sometimes they're for the better... even if... Nani! David! I think I found you a job. You what?! Old man Kukhkini's store, but we got to hurry. Oh, um, okay. Lilo? Baby, this is really important. I need you to stay here for a few minutes. I'm going to be right back. Lock the door and don't answer it for anyone, okay? Things are finally turning around. Aw, David, I owe you one. That's okay. You can just date me, and we'll call it even. Come back here, you little...! Stitch? What is it? Shh! Oh, hiding behind your little friend won't work anymore. Didn't I tell you? We got fired this morning. New rules. Ha! Ooh. Oh, ooh! Ow! Ow! Ow! You ain't nothin' but a hound dog... What are we going to do? ...Cryin' all the time... Ooh! I love this song! Pliers. Screwdriver. Check. Come out, my friend from whomever you're hiding behind. ...Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit And you ain't no friend of mine... What the...? Ooh! Come on! What's the big deal? I'll put you back together again. I'll make you taller and not so fluffy! I like fluffy! No... No... No! Oh, leave my mother out of this! You could do with a makeover. I tried to give you my good looks but let's face it, something went wrong. No! Quick! Follow me! If we make it to... You're alive! They're all over the place! Running away? Here... let me stop you. You always get in the way! Where's the girl? What have you done to the girl? Hello? Cobra Bubbles? Aliens are attacking my house. No, no, no! No aliens! Blue punch buggy! No punch back. They want my dog! There's no need to alert the authorities. Everything's under control. Lilo, who was that? Oh, good, my dog found the chainsaw. Lilo! Don't hang...! Ha! You shouldn't play with guns. Oh, okay. Thank you. Oh, I just remembered. It's your birthday! Happy birthday! Merry Christmas! It's not Christmas. Happy Hanukkah! We're leaving Stitch? Trust me. This is not going to end well. -One potato. -Two potato. -Three potato. -Four. -Five potato. -Six potato. Seven potato, more. My... mother... told... me... you... are... it. Oh, I win! Thanks. Mahalo plenty. You won't be disappointed. I'll show up early to help with the morning deliver... Oh, don't turn left. No. One of them had a giant eye in the middle of his face. Oh, Lilo! Please don't do this. You know I have no choice. No! You're not taking her! I'm the only one who understands her! You take that away, she won't stand a chance! You're making this harder than it needs to be. But you don't know what you're doing! She needs me! Is this what she needs?! It seems clear to me that you need her a lot more than she needs you. Lilo! Lilo! -Lilo! -Lilo! Lilo! -Lilo! -Lilo! You ruined everything. You're one of them? Ooh! Get out of here, Stitch. Surprise! And here I thought you'd be difficult to catch. Ho-ho-ho. Silly me. Lilo? Lilo! There you go, all buckled up for the trip. And look-- I even caught you a little snack. No! Stop! Lilo. Aah! Okay, talk. I know you had something to do with this. Now where is Lilo? Talk! I know you can. Okay, okay. Where's Lilo? Lilo... Now all your washing is up! You're under arrest! Read him his rights. Listen carefully. Hello? Galactic Command? Experiment 626 is in custody. We'll wait right here. Huh? Don't interact with her. Where's Lilo? Who? What?! Lilo... my sister. Uh, sorry, we do not know anyone by this, uh... Lilo! She's a little girl-- this big! She has black hair and brown eyes and she hangs around with that thing! Uh... We know her. Bring her back. Oh, we can't do that. Uh-uh. That would be a misuse of Galactic resources. See, problem is... we're just here for him. So she's gone? Look at the bright side. You won't have to yell at anyone anymore. Come. O'hana. Huh? Hey! Get away from her. No! What did you say? O'hana means family. Family means... ...nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten. Yeah. Hey... What?! After all you put me through you expect me to help you just like that?! Just like that?! Ih.
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My daughter is redoing her room??? Which??? One??? So my daughter going to re do her room after Christmas and she says she doesn't know what to have it like. (She asked for some opinions off here.) Here are some room designs that she really likes: 1. http://zoom.dmserv.com/mgen/merchandiser/37104_z.jpg 2. http://www.homedesignersoftware.com/usercenter/designarticles/images/article-04/Photo7.jpg 3. http://teensthemes.com/safari/Leopard_Quilt_Bedding__co_kids_1x2.jpg Wich one do you like for a 13 year old girl??? Also if it helps her hobbies are reading, playing the piano and playing her guitar. Also, If you have any other suggestions for a room, what are they??? I/we would love to hear them.
Ideas for my preteen bedrooms? I have two kids. A Girl and a Boy. I want to redo both rooms. I was thinking of Loft beds for both to save room. I really need Ideas for wall color and Designs too. Any Ideas would be very Helpful. Thanks!
Is it depression? deep psychosis? HELP?!? Okay so if you're going to give me bull please do not answer this question because im pretty unstable right now and i am in no mood to deal with anything more. I just need someone to help because well...ill explain. I am having trouble getting past my last relationship. I am over him. I do not care whether he comes back this time or not. See he has seriously left me twice counting this time, and "broken up" with me 8 times all together in the past 6 months. We have a long distant relationship....or had. I live in the states and he lives in canada. We were fine for the first few months. We both have severe depression, and he refused to go to a doctor. So i'd help him as best as i could. We used to stay up talking to each other...and we were so close that we could literally feel one anothers arms even though we're a country away. He's written poems for me, and he used to play guitar and sing for me and i used to fall asleep to his voice...we help each other relax and stay sane. we kept one another happy and overall alive. i stopped him from killing himself and he gave me the happiness i have always wished to know. in my life time i have been abused every day countless times both emotional and physical and sexual and whatever else. he has been the only one to treat me like im...human. a few months ago i sent him pictures meant for his eyes only, and a friend of mine saw them. this friend had a crush on me so now every time he sees me he undresses me with his mind. the problem is that i have never been comfortable w/ a guy sexually or physically because when i was younger i was sexually abused by my best friend who subsequently killed himself for hurting me*. and then his brother died in my arms of drug overdose and they're "brother" *best friend" my ex ran away because he was a supposed vampire...i dont know. he left me one night after singing i woke up n all there was was a rose and a note. anyways my current ex and i...well after those pictures i lost almost all my "friends". my ex loved them and well last month he started feeling really depressed. more then usual i mean. he started smoking which made it all even worse. i kept him happy and he still kept saying he loved me. he still blushed every time he got me to smile. he still cried every time i hurt. he still wished every night that i could be there in his arms at night in his cold room. he still sang to me. but he spent more time out with his newly found friends. *before me he only had 2 friends who he barely saw or talked to...* and well his best friend used to say that we keep each other alive and that we belong together. a few months ago *before the pictures* my parents stopped allowing me to talk to him so we can/could only talk 5 nights a week at most...2 at least. that made everything more difficult for the both of us. slowly he started to come online later and later and sometimes not at all. eventually he started getting angry with me for no reason, and well then things were fine again. we talked and were so in love. hed get panic attacks whenever hed miss me to much...n the begining of this year he sang to me nonstop for 4 hours n played guitar n talked bout how im the most amazing girl hes ever met. he said that i am his dream girl...his perfect sweet babe...n the next day...not even 17hrs later he said he doesnt feel anything n i could kill myself and he wouldnt care at all...i asked if he still thought of me the same...if i was still his perfect/dream girl and he said yes but for some reason he doesnt feel shit for me and wouldnt care if i was hurt or dead...and now he gets depressed and angry with himself because he still thinks about me daily...hes trying to force himself to forget about me...but he cant n he keeps getting angry with himself for it...n he doesnt care tht its hurting me...n doesnt care tht its hurting himself...this has happened once before n he ended up coming back n we were fine, but last time lasted a week. this time its been almost a month. how can someone go from naming your future 2-4 kids, planning ur beach wedding, and travel vacation honey moon, and schools and apartment and even the bed you would sleep on and the bathroom design one day...and then entirely lose all emotion and feeling toward you the next? *and yes all his emotions were real...i know him...and that look in his eyes when he talked about marring me *he proposed to me last july* was not fake...he meant every single word...i dont know whats happening, but i want it to all be better again* Does anyone know whats going on? i feel he has alexithymia...n he also gets angry whenever he starts to think of coming back...n tries to avoid me cuz he knows if we talk he will come back...which makes no sense because if you know you want to be with someone, and they make you happy...why is he pushing me away? why is he lying to himself sayin he dun care when he still thinks abt me often? y does he get angry with himself for thinking of me? is he depressed when he t how can i go from meaning everything to him one day to nothing the next? the problem is that we cant see each other until june a earliest. and also...hes trying to erase me entirely from his life and his memory so hed rather not see me. i dont know what to do. i dont know whats wrong with him i just...i really wish this could all just be like it was a month ago. to think just a month ago he was planning a wedding and kids...and now hes planning on how to erase my entire existence.
Im 15.Got bored.Wrote story.Kinda twisted.But overall...what do you think??? "Im f#cking bored as hell Zach...i wish i had some weed damn it...im jonesing for a joint." My brother Ryan says. I'm lisenting to my ipod,like always,so i dont hear him. "HEY DIP SHIT!" screams Ryan. I turn around,put my ipod on pause and say "what the hell's your problem." ryan comes back with...."you didnt hear me cause you got that damn ipod going...i said im bored as hell" I always listen to my ipod and when Ryan is around he hates when i listen to it, because i always have to put it on pause and he has to repeat himself. "Well..what do you want me to do about it," I say. "i dunno...lets go for a walk in the woods or something" He says So i agree....we start walking and i hit the play button on my ipod. "Feona says she's out shopping but she's under me and im not stopping...cause Scotty doesnt know" I was singing to myself in a whisper, while kicking leaves and sticks..then BAM! something hits me in the back of the head and my head phones come out. I'm like "what the f#ck man!" Ryan says "put that damn thing up, im trying to talk to you." Its apparent he had hit me in the back of the head with his hand...but i'll live..it was just a little suprising is all. He keeps walking while im looking for a stick. I find one..not too big not too small..i chunk it and hit him in the leg. He turns around and says "Bitch?" like basicaly saying..you wanna go? He starts walking towards me pretty quick and im like "uh oh" So as he is coming towards me i put up my hands like stay away and i say "i put it up!..its all good?." in a questioning voice He stops walking towards me and says "aight man whatever, lets go up to the creek" Thats how its always been...he will do something stupid or mean to me and i will do it right back...then he chases me and up until here recently we would do it over and over to each other for like an hour, but here lately he will just come at me or attempt an attack back on me,but nothing usually happens. We just keep going like nothing happened. We're pretty much best friends we are exactly 14 months and 4 days apart. He is 16 and i'm 15 right now. Ryan is the hardcore one..You name it. He's done it. You name her. He's done her....(probably) He has been pretty bad the last 2 years. getting sent off to bootcamps and stuff.Getting into fights. Everyone at school is like affraid of him now. They dont really mess with me or him. His grades arent to good and he recently dropped out of highschool, but he is smart, probably smarter then me. Im the one who makes good grades, so most people look at me like im the smarter one,but Ryan is pretty smart. Ryan describes me as preppy and i play baseball so im like a prepish-jock in a way, but my personality isnt really like you would give your normal jock or prep or whatever. I've done my share of "bad " things and im pretty open minded about everything, i listen too all types of music and i get along with everyone. You says...wow lucky...he must have a lot of friends. well yeah i do but its not like that you see i only have like 4 close ones, because when your friends with everyone you cant please the certain "click" or Group" to the fullest. "Yo, snowman..wanna dip" says Addison (Yeah my last name is Snow) but anyways. i tell him "naw man, i dont really like that stuff" He always tries to get me to dip but i always say no. i just dont like it. and he just shakes his head. (idk why but for some reason dipping is a big deal at that school.) Its not that im affraid or anything...i've smoked weed so yeah.I dont care about getting in trouble. Then my stoner friends are like "lets go get fucked up man" I tell them "naw, i gotta go, i have baseball practice tonight." So right there they judge me as a jock or whatever and think im blowing them off. Then my emo friends think because i play baseball and the way i dress and when i tell them not to cut themselves that im not right but "Okay as a friend" but i just dont fall into there design or whatever. I dont have a label. I dont! Sometimes its cool, because i will like hang with alot of different people. I would hang out with an emo kid and a skater boy in 1st pd. then 5pd. i would hang out with this football jock who was like the best football player in our grade. Then at lunch i would sit with Brandon and Cody and a group of girls. Brandon and Cody are like my bestfriends they are 2 of the "close friends" i have. So basically my jock friends think im aight but im a stoner, and my emo friends and skater friends think im cool too...but im just a jock. So pretty much, they dont get to close to me. So it kinda sucks too. Ok so now that im done giving you a little back ground lets get back to the creek. Ryan and I kinda look at the creek with a disappointed look because theres like 6 inches of water in it instead of the usuall 3 or 4 feet. "damn global warming" laughs Ryan. I laugh too. So we step in the creek and just walk through it and follow the stream for a good bit, i'd say about a mile. Ryan is going on and on about this new hot chick that moved across the street from us. he says "man did you see her ass..i'd totally tap that...Whew!" Then all of a sudden he says "Stop!" (the "stop" i've came to know as he heard something or seen something.) and then he takes off running and im like what in the world. Then he like pounces on the ground and hops up and dust himself off and says " i got 'em" and i say "you got what" and he shows it too me...its a little corn snake probably about a foot & 1/2 long. POW!!!!!!! A gun shot.. Ryan and I look at each other like "oh shit" we were on someone elses property, and we were trespassing, so we took off running back towarads the house and we were so busy running that we didnt notice the four wheeler coming our way. We looked up and it was right there i just lowered my shoulder and closed my eyes and i heard a loud bang and then a scuffle. The guy on the four wheeler swerved to miss us and hit a tree and he flew off the four wheeler a good 15 feet from where he hit the tree. Ryan and I in a panic started running home again....then we stopped and looked at each other. like..what do we do? We looked away and thought to our selves for a minute and i looked at Ryan and all he said was "come on" I said " uhh...NO! we cant just leave him there, he saved us by swerving out of the way..so lets go help him" Ryan says "Dude what if he's dead....then we have to report it and we could get in trouble for manslaughter or some shit...and plus we arent even supposed to be on this land" I reply back "yeah but you know if we leave him then it will be on our mind our whole life wondering if he died or what" So after a few minutes of me pursuading Ryan we went and checked up on him. He layed there motionless, so Ryan said "check his pulse" and i said "im not touching him" so Ryan knelt down and checked it...he looked at me then looked down and shook his head and all he said was "nothing". Ryan just kinda fell to his bottom and sat there...speechless...and i slowly set down too. After a good 15 minutes of silence i looked at Ryan and said "what r we gonna do" he said " i dont wanna call the cops cause then we will just get in trouble" "So we're just gonna leave him here!" i say in shaking voice. "i dont know man...shit...give me a minute, im thinking..its not everyday a man dies right there in front of you.. gah" he said and i say "yeah..my bad" and i think to myself...yeah Ryan's right this is an awkward position..and i felt kinda bad. Then Ryan says "We'll call the cops and tell them that we were walking out here in the woods and after hearing a loud crashing noise we walked to where we heard it and found him here" Im thinking...duh..why didnt i think of that...all i say is "ok sounds good to me" "Well what plan do you have!" he said in a deffensive voice. "uhm..i really dont have one...i was just saying ok...sounds good..really im serious." I reply. So we called the cops and told them what "happened." I stayed near the dead guy while Ryan went up to the house to flag them down and he led them back out to me and the dead guy. About four cops and a couple of paramedics came out there with a stretcher..one of those ones where its just like a board, theres no wheels or anything. So the cops ask us all these questions and we anser them all truthfully for the most part..only lieing about how we came across the dead guy,who was identified as Rob Faulkner. They found his liscence in his wallet im guessing. So the cops,paramedics,Bryan and I all walk back to our house and the cops told us "thanks for the call, its very unfortunate that someone died...but ya'll kids did the right thing by calling us" ryan and I kinda looked at each other with a guilty look on our face. Just as the ambulance and cop cars were leaving the drive way our mom was pullin in. As soon as she stepped out of the car she said "what the hell did yall do this time" So we walked inside and we told her the same story we told the cops...afraid if we told the truth she would make us tell the cops the truth. The next day it was on the front page on the Daily News Paper, an article with the Headline: "DEAD MAN FOUND IN WOODS BY TWO TEENAGERS" that read: "Two Local boys, Ryan Snow (16) and Zach Snow(15) (brothers) reportedly came across a dead body in the woods after hearing a loud crashing noise. Which was the mans ATV crashing into a tree.They immediately called the cops and they went out there recovered the body and he was pronounced dead, and he was identified as Robert Faulkner, a 36 year-old man who lived in the area." (read more on page A4) So as you can probably guess. We were mobbed with questions from teachers and students to the point that it was pissing us off. We just told everyone to go away after awhile. We got tired of telling the same story a million times. In a bad way its was kinda cool having our name in the paper and having everyone talking to us at school the next day, but it didnt change the fact that what happened was terrible. Ryan and I vowed to never even mention it again. Right-fully so we didnt talk about it for about 3 or 4 years. Until Ryan Came home with this girl, Ryan was wasted and probably stoned (like most friday nights) and she was a little tipsy but still managable. Ryan went straight to the bed and crashed. She turned to me " i guess we wont be doin it tonight..he's out of it" she said laughingly..kinda stumbling. So i was just sitting there on the internet talking to my friend Courtney like always. We met over the internet but we have hung out a couple of times in the last 5 years.She's pretty freakin awesome.She's like my clone. Well personality wise...not looks wise...she deff. looks like a girl..a very beautiful one at that. Well i told Courtney i had to go take care of this girl and ofcourse she understood. So i made some coffey for the girl and I and the we started talking and we got to talking pretty deep.( I have that effect on people) Well she started telling me how she loves Ryan and how she misses her dad and all this and i was just like "yeah man" to everything she said. Then she started talking about how she hates her life and all this.She was just babbling. Then im like "My name is Zach, We're sitting here talking and we dont even know each others names" and she was like "oh hahaha Hi Zach i'm Emma" We both laughed and then we started talking and then she said "I have to go home" So i said "well you're not driving if your drunk,so i'll take you home" So we got in my car and i drove her home. Which was just around the block. I drove back home and when i got in the driveway i kinda glanced over at the passenger seat and seen something.I picked it up and i realized it was her liscence.So i was just curious and i was looking at it. " 5'9" 128 lbs grn eyes" Her name was Emma Faulkner. I got to thinking and i was saying to myself, "Faulkner,Faulkner,Faulkner...where do i know that name." Then it hit me. The guy from the woods who we had found dead...the guy who swerved and hit the tree...it all came to me. "Holy Shit" i said out loud and i kinda threw her liscence down. Then i remembered her talking about how she misses her dad and then it clicked. Emma Faulkner is Rob Faulkners Daughter! So i went inside the house, and im shaking. I tried to get some sleep but i couldnt, i was just thinking non-stop and wondering if Ryan knew and all this stuff. Well i finally passed out at like 4 in the morning and when i woke up to Ryan hollering "HEY ZACH! WHERE THE HELL IS THE REMOTE" Im like "omg man...idk!." Then it came to me again. and i got out of bed took a piss and looked in the mirror and i was wondering if it was all just a dream or if what happened last night was real. Well i kinda ran to my car and looked franticaly for her liscense then i found it..and sure enough, her last name was Faulkner. So i kinda went in the house. Ryan saying "where the hell is the damn remote" as he was on his knees lifting up the couches cushions. I just stood there and when Ryan stopped looking for the remote. He looked up at me and said "whats wrong with you..you look scared" I said "do you remember last night?" He laughingly said "no not really..i never do haha" Then there was a pause. Then Ryan said "why does it matter...what happened" He was like "oh shit did i bring home another fugly fat chick?...damn tequila can make rosie o'donal look hot" "ohhhhh.....you got laid lastnight didnt you..you fucked the chick i brought home.didnt you!?" He said I just said "no..she was aight.& we didnt do anything..but check this shit man" And i threw him her liscence. And he just looked at it and said "heh, yeah she was pretty hot" and i said "NO! dumbass Look at her name" in a pissed voice He says "Emma" in a mockingly voice. "Yeah and look at her last name man!" "Faulkner" he says in the same mockingly gay voice. Then he looked at me like so what...then after a few seconds the look changed to a questioning look and he said, "no fucking way man....she might be related to that guy in the woods like 3 or 4 years ago." I just sat down and said "yeah..she is..that was her dad man...lastnight she was telling me how her dad died and thats the only reason she moved down here, to help with the family and she couldnt go to school so she dropped out..and she lives like right around the block..i took her home last night." "Damn man" is all Ryan said....shaking his head..."brings back some fucked up memories" " i know it does" is all i said. sitting down on the couch. Well Emma and Ryan kinda had a thing going for about a month....he said he wouldnt even mention it too her, but then it started getting serious. They were going on for 6 months now. "Hey Zach...you think i should tell Emma how her Dad really died...saving our lives" i said "man thats all up too you..but be sensitive about it..you tend to lack at your sensitivity skills...and make sure you tell her why we didnt tell the cops the real story" "pshh ok thanks" Ryan said in a sarcastic voice So after about 2 weeks Ryan finally managed to summon up all his confidence to tell her. "Hey Zach i told Emma....she took it kinda hard but she didnt know why i didnt just tell her at the beginning," Ryan said. "and you told her????" i asked "i told her i was scared and it would make things weird." he said. "so are yall still together or what?" i asked. "i dunno man...she took it HARD!" Well after about a week things started to shape up better Ryan and Emma still went out for another 2 months but they decided to just be friends...they said it was just "to awkward" So life went on. 3 or 4 more years later. Ryan and i both got are Business Management Degrees, and opened an auto-repair business called "SnowBros" I was good with managing money and all that stuff so i did most of the office work, and Ryan helped train some of the mechanics because he was good at that kinda stuff. We both got equal pay though. Our business took off pretty good. We ended up having about 10 businesses state wide. So here we are in are mid twenties. Very succesfull Business men. So we were making good money. So we bought out mom a house and when we were helping her move i stumbled across some paper work. for us..like our birth certificates and all that stuff. Well i was looking through it and mom came in the room and said "NO! put it down" I was like "whats the deal" she said "nothing..just go" "yes ma'am" i said in an adjitated voice. So i seen Ryan and i was like "mom freaked on me b/c i was going through some papers" All Ryan said was "thats mom,haha" I said "no man..she had fear in her eyes..i think there was something important in that box" Then Ryan said "dont even worry about it man" in a shaking voice I looked over at Ryan and he had gone pale. I said "what is it man...whats in that box" in a calm voice. "nothing" he was barely able to say. Then i said "man whats the deal?...you know whats in that box dont you?" He didnt say anything.He just walked away. Leaving me Guessing. I have like no idea what it could be....then i finally came to the point where i was wondering if i was adopted and then i was like.."hey its not to bad...but they shouldnt have hid it from me." So i Finally asked my mom after about a week or so what was the big deal about the box of papers. "mom...why did you freak on me....when i was going through those papers." she said "Ryan didnt tell you" I said "no...but i kinda figured he knew the way he acted." Mom came over to me and grabbed my hand with one of hers and put her other one on my shoulder and we sat down. "Look Zach..i was gonna tell you...when you were about 16...but after what happened i thought theres no way i could tell you." She said. "Zach you and Ryan are half brothers." i said "Ok...so thats not that big of a deal" she said "yes it is....you're father isnt who you think it is..thats Ryans real father not yours. "so who is my real father?" i asked she said " Now Zach....i dont know any other way to tell you but....ok..so Ryans father and I divorced when he was just a few months old...i was sad and depressed...so i was drinking alot and hanging at the bars..one night i went home with a guy..and we...well we did it.." "ok...so u dont really know who my father is" i said. "no no no..i know who he is....Your father is Rob Faulkner." She cried I was speechless. "Ryan found out when Emma told him that she had a little brother but she didnt have a clue who it was...she just remembered her dad saying something about having a little boy,but he lived with his mom" mom said "so he was talking about it with me and i ended up telling him about you" "I figured it would just be best to tell you that Ryans father was your father too..and he accepted you like he was your son with no problems" she said. "Im so sorry son" "Its ok mom" i was crying...but i managed to say it. So life went on and it was all good. But man Life isnt always what it seems. Zach Snow (no i wasnt high when i wrote this...and its only true to the part where it describes me and my brother...and walking to the creek...thats it.....non of the other stuff after the creek is real....its made up..and i dont cuss that much..my brother is the one who cusses..and i only cuss when im around him..im an honor roll student,lol.)
Would you read my book? Its a love story and saving people. can you proofread it too? ……. Chapter 1 “Let me tell you a story, Sophie” I said as I perched her on my bed. Yesterday, Sophie had turned eight; I figured I would tell her since my parents told me at eight too. It was then I noticed her talking to me that I stopped glazing into her big green eyes. “Amy!” she whined. “Yeah?” I asked snapping out of my thoughts. “You said you would tell me a story!” she groaned. “I am” I smiled and ruffled her light brown hair. “Yay!” she clapped in happiness. I walked to her, clasped her hands in mine, and sat by her. I noticed the black covers of my bed already messed up. I turned to her just to see her staring at me. I hesitated then sighed. “16 years ago on August 17, 1992, 4 babies were born into St. Maria’s Hospital.” “Just like you, Max, and Sam!” she commented “As I was saying, 2 of each gender. The Doctors realized that the four babies had an extra organ near their shoulders. They needed to investigate so they held the babies in a month longer than usual. They tested and tested but could not come up with anything. They held a meeting with the four pairs of parents and discussed that their children were different. The extra organ absorbed sunlight providing the babies more energy than needed. The effect was incomprehensible, that the parents just had to wait and see what happens. The parents couldn’t believe what these doctors where saying. The Doctors insisted they go to the same school and grow up together. As he said that one of the pairs of parents got up. They weren’t convinced by these doctors hypothesis. They were concerned with their kid so they just left the hospital with their baby girl in their hands. They did not want anything to do with these “crazy people” so they moved out of California. I guess they couldn’t handle the truth of their child being different. As for the other kids, their parents agreed and moved near each other. The kids today are going to attend Los Santos High School” “Isn’t that the school you guys are at?” she asked. “Yeah we are,” I said. I didn’t expect her to comprehend the story. It took me at least 2 minutes to figure it out. “Wait so what does the organ thingy do to you?” she asked. “Well” I gulped in shock. “I know this is really like cliché but we have abilities,” I explained to her. “Ha ha ha! Like super powers” she said loudly It hurt me that she couldn’t believe me when I said that. Super Powers wasn’t the word because we didn’t save people we just lived a normal life trying not to use them. “No, because we don’t save people or anything of that stuff” I sighed and turned away. “What can you do?” she asked standing up. “Why don’t you get your stuff ready for your first day of third grade?” I asked leaning down towards her. “Fine” she said and scampered down the hall to another room. I walked to the door and closed it. I went to the window and pushed aside the black curtains. They revealed a dark night with just the glowing moon shining from afar. I admired its beauty and was mesmerized. I shook my head and walked away from the window. I grabbed my notebook from my glass desk and sat on my bed. I opened and took the pen attached to it. This notebook was like my journal. I thought and began to write. After writing a page, I glanced at the time on my phone. It said 11: 07 pm and I yawned. I put my stuff away and turned off the light. I snuggled in my covers and lay there. Drifting into my dreams wasn’t soothing but weakly frightening. The reason was I could see the future in my dreams. They were always unclear and I could not tell when it was going to happen. I never told anyone of this ability. Not my parents and not even Sam and Max. I wondered what tonight would be and gently closed my eyes. My head cleared up and I saw endless space of clouds. The sun showed brightly on my face. I walked a few steps to only see something floating in the air. I covered my forehead to see clearly and saw a symbol. There and then, the floor disappeared and I was falling through the air down to earth. I woke u p and rose from the bed. I found myself sweating and panting for air. I closed my eyes and saw a heart pierced with a knife. I opened them again and thought what it could mean. Chapter 2 “Bing Bing!” yelled out my alarm. I reached for my EnV and turned off the alarm set for 6:45 am. “First day of junior year here I come” I moaned and slipped out of my bed. I walked over to my closet and skimmed through some shirts. I stopped and smiled at my black body-hugging shirt. It had red roses and a grey lace swiveling around them as a design. I picked out my favorite black skinny jeans and a stud belt. When I was dressed, I put on my black low converse. I walked over to my dresser and brushed my medium sized black hair. I sighed and ran to the bathroom. I brushed my teeth and head to the side of my desk. I grabbed my black Jansport backpack and head do
Paint and Carpet Colors.. INTERIOR DESIGNERS HELP? Me and my boyfriend are moving back into his parents house at the end of the month. We will be staying in a normal size bedroom. We want to change the carpet, it is horrible but don't know what color is best (we have kids and pets) And the walls are also painted RED so we need to paint those too! We have a white comforter but i can always get a new one and then our bed frame and dressers are brown. So anybody that likes interior designing PLEASE HELP. :D
This is my story-what do you think? Well-I havent over checked it since I've written it, but I hope you enjoy it!! And I havent finished it. Prologue It was year 3567, when “real” high-tech was born. During that day, a scientist began to invent a game. It would take place in the sky-where hundreds of kids would go, and have to survive the dangers of the wild. It included Naruto-Runescape-and much more. But the scientist made a mistake-he made it so powerful, not even himself could stop it. But he was a genius, he created a sign, it would go on a shoulder of one player. And this player would be in danger, he/she had the chance to destroy the game, but that meant they would be destroyed with it. IT would be a bulls-eye, a circle with a dot in the middle, located on the shoulder. The game would begin when the kid would enter the room-they could design their own outfit. They got to choose-camera-video camera-food-water-backpack-bedding. but only two! The teens would have to group up with others to stay alive. HENRY GOES- Jess poured her orange juice, she smiled at her 13-year-old younger brother. She was fifteen, and cared much for her brother. "Since mom and dad is gone for a week, we should clean the house," Jess told her brother Henry. "Sure, that'd be great," he replied. "Want some orange juice," Jess asked. "Yes please, but add a little bit of water," Henry requested. Suddenly, Henry felt weird. "Henry! Oh my gosh, Henry!" Jess screamed. Henry was turning into small puzzle pieces. He felt dizzy, then he knocked out. Ellie goes- She looked at herself in the mirror. Was she attractive? Or was she wearing too much make-up? She was 12 1/2, and she curiously looked at herself. She was tall and blond, she was not skinny, but she was defiantly not fat. She had gorgeous blue eyes, but she did not think herself as attractive. She had some black-heads, and a pimple near her ear. She studied her outfit, it was blue with a wild vest over it. She smiled, she looked good enough. She picked up her purse, it had her camera, diary, water and some snacks in it. Again, one last time she looked at herself. What was happening to her? She was fading away in the color of blue! "Mom! Help!" Ellie shrieked. Her mom ran up, Ellie was not there. Josh goes- He searched on Google. His laptop was a dark blue, matching his blue eyes. He was pretty short, brown hair, and blue-green eyes. "Wanna play basketball?" his brother Jake asked. Josh nodded, and went to the basketball court. "Dribble," Jake directed. Josh did it perfectly. He was athletic, and was a master at all sports. "Hey, dude you feeling alright?" Jake suddenly asked. Josh felt like he was going to barf. "Your face is darkening," Jake commented. Josh fainted. "Dad! Call 911! Josh's-" he looked back, Josh's body was gone. CHAPTER ONE- Henry's head hurt, he looked around. Where was he? He was lying on soft green grass, in a field. Near him was a forest, and to the left was a portal. He had seen portals many times before, of course! Suddenly, a metal round tube landed in front of him. He had to scramble out of the way for it not to land on him. "Please enter," a voice said. It was a computer controlled room. "Please select your shirt style," a computer showed up in front of him. He chose on. He ended up wearing a camouflage green with many shades of black, and green. "Select two items," the voice said again. He again pressed two buttons, this time it was food and water supply. "When you want food or water supply, it will show up in this case," the voice said. A bag showed up next to him. "This will cure your hunger, but it will not come every time you want it. Only when you need it," the voice added. "A camp sight is available two miles north, near the runescape portal." Henry nodded, he looked north, "Can I have a compass?" he asked. "No! You chose your two items!" the computer snapped. Henry jumped back, computers with attitudes? Never heard of it. "Let me explain the rules," the computer said. ************ Ellie placed her hand behind her. She was lying next to a beach, a field not far, and a forest right next to her. A brown building landed in front of her. She gasped. Enter now," a gruff computer voice said. She stepped inside, the air was damp and almost un-breathable. She selected her top and a skort with leggings. Her shirt and skort (skirt with shorts connected) was blue and white camouflage. "Choose two items," it said. She chose a compass and blankets. "Good, rules are-" **** Josh stared at the white building, "Enter." said a computer. He ran into the building, the door slammed behind him. He jumped with surprise. "Select outfit," Josh did. He chose black camouflage. "Select outfit," Josh did. He chose black camouflage. The computer explained the live game. "Choose two items," it added. Josh chose a map and a backpack. "There are weapons awaiting you at your campsite," the computer turned off. *** CHAPTER TWO- Ellie reached the campsite. There was already a tent and fire. She saw weapons near the edge. The campsite was in a field surrounded by a circle of trees. boy sat outside of a tent, he looked up. "I-uh-" Ellie stammered. "I am Henry," Henry replied. She nodded. "Did the computer assign you here?" Henry asked. Again Ellie nodded. "Do you have a name?" he asked. "You know me!" Ellie replied. "Huh?" Henry asked. "You're my brothers' best friends' girlfriends' little brother," Ellie replied. Henry worked it in his mind-her brother had a best friend-who had girlfriend, and he was the girlfriends' younger brother. "My older sisters' name is-" Henry began. "Jess, my brothers' name is Andrew, his best friends' name is Jake," Ellie explained. "Jake?" a boy came up behind Ellie. "Uh-huh," Henry nodded. "That's my brothers' name," the boy-Josh explained. Ellie had, had a crush on these two boys since she had ever seen them! They were already thirteen. There was a roaring sound behind them. "It's a lion," Henry exclaimed. "Don't they eat meat?" Ellie asked. "Yep," Josh nodded. The Lions' eyes met Ellie. It dived to Ellie. She grabbed a tree branch, and pulled herself up. The lion scratched the tree. "It's a cat, it climbs," Josh reminded Ellie. "Great quick thinking though," Henry assured her. Ellie started climbing to the top of the tree. Step, pull, step pull. Soon she was looking into the Heavens, but she looked down. She had climbed over a hundred feet, and now Josh and Henry were very small. Ellie slipped, and fell. She grabbed a branch, her feet dangling, just above the lions' reach. “Try going higher,” Josh suggested. “I can’t, the tree is slipper. From my guess it just rained,” Ellie yelled. One hand slipped. She tried to hold it again. She grabbed the thick tree branch, and pulled herself sideways. She was on top of the branch now. “Weapons,” Josh suddenly said, “kill the lion.” Henry ran over to grab a hand knife and went back to Josh. “Ellie! Let go and fall on top of the lion, make him roll over onto his back, we’ll stab him,” Josh yelled. Ellie looked down. She had climbed higher, and if she missed, she would die. Also, if Henry timed the killing wrong, Ellie would be the lions’ lunch. She squeezed her eyes shut, and let go. Down, down, down she fell. Farther, farther, farther. She couldn’t breath. She landed, she opened her eyes to see herself face to face---with the lion! I will add more when I update it and add some stuff I missed out!!
More random questions? 1. Do you make your bed up every day? 2. Do you buy white or colored/design toilet paper? 3. How many words are in the KJV of the Bible? 4. Which months of the year have 31 days? 5. Do you prefer to write w/ a pen or pencil? 6. Do you get along better with your mom or your dad? 7. Do you like kids (everybody likes babies, so, I'll say ages 3-7)? 8. Are you color blind? 9. Do you spell color with or without a "U"? 10. Would you rather have a manicure, pedicure or massage?
Are you Bored? 474 Things To Do When You're Bored - Wax the ceiling - Rearrange political campaign signs - Sharpen your teeth - Play Houdini with one of your siblings - Braid your dog's hair - Clean and polish your belly button - Water your dog...see if he grows - Wash a tree - Knight yourself - Name your child Edsel - Scare Stephen King - Give your cat a mohawk - Purr - Mow your carpet - Play Pat Boone records backwards - Vacuum your lawn - Sleep on a bed of nails - DON'T toss and turn - Boil ice cream - Run around in squares - Think of quadruple entendres - Speak in acronyms - Have your pillow X-rayed - Drink straight shots...of water - Calmly have a nervous breakdown - Give your goldfish a perm - Fly a brick - Play tag...on West 35th Street - Exorcise a ghost - Exercise a ghost - Be blue - Be red - But don't be orange - Plant a shoe - Sweat - Give a Rorschach test to your gerbil - Turn - Write a letter to Plato - Mail it - Take your sofa for a walk - Start - Stop - Dial 911 and breathe heavily - Go to a funeral...tell jokes - Play the piano...with mittens on - Scheme - Sit - Stay - Water your family room - Cause a power failure - Roll over - Play dead - Find a witch - Burn her - Donate your brother's body to science - Ask why - Wriggle - Regress - Sleepwalk without sleeping - Try to join Hell's Angels by mail - Wonder - Be a square root - Ask stupid questions - Weld your car doors shut - Spew - Vacation at Three-Mile Island - Surf Ohio - Teach your pet rock to play dead - Go bowling for small game - Be a monk...for a day - Wear a sweatband to your wedding - Staple - Run away - Intimidate a piece of chalk - Abuse the plumbing - Bend a florescent light - Bend a brick - Annoy total strangers - Let the best man win - Believe in Santa Claus - Throw marshmallows against the wall - Hold an ice cube as long as possible - Adopt strange mannerisms - Blow up a balloon until it pops - Sing soft and sweet and clear - Sing loud and sour and gravely - Open everything - Balance a pencil on your nose - Pour milk in your shoes - Write graffiti under the rug - Embarrass yourself - Grind your teeth - Chew ice - Count your belly button - Sit in a row - Stack crumbs - Gesture - Save your toenail clippings - Make a pass at your blender - Punt - Make up words that start with X - Make oatmeal in the bathtub - Search for the Lost Chord - Chew on a sofa cushion - Sing a duet - Balance a pillow on your head - Hold your breath - Faint - Stretch - Flash your mailman - Teach your TA English - Learn to speak Farsi - Swear in Russian - Use an eraser until it goes away - Disassemble your car - Put it together inside out - Record your walls - Interview your feet - Make a list of your favorite fungi - Sell formaldehyde - Repeat - Ad lib - Fade - File your teeth- Whine - Rake your carpet - Re-elect Richard Nixon - Critique "Three's Company" - Listen to a painting - Play with matches - Buff your cat - Race ferrets - Paint your house...Day-Glow Orange - Have a formal dinner at White Castle - Read Homer in the original Greek - Learn Greek - Change your mind - Change it back - Watch the sun...see if it moves - Build a pyramid - Stand on your head - Stand on someone else's head - Spit shine your Nikes - See how long you can stay awake - See how long you can sleep - Paint your teeth - Wear a salad - Speak with a forked tongue - Paint stripes on a lake - Ski Kansas - Sleep in freefall - Kill a Joule - Test thin ice...with a pogo stick - Apply for a unicorn hunting license - Do a good job - Crawl - Invite the Mansons over for dinner - Paint your windows - Watch a watch until it stops - Flash your goldfish - Paint - Flirt with an evergreen - Smile - Rotate your garden...daily - Paint a smile - Shoot a fire hydrant - Apologize to it - Pretend you're blind - Annoy yourself - Get mad at yourself - Stop speaking to yourself - Be a side effect - Ride a bicycle...up Mt. McKinley - Duck - Redecorate...your garage - Develop a complex - Join the Army...be someone simple - Try harder - Hit the deck - Put leg-warmers on your furniture - Cut the deck - Crumple - Translate Shakespeare into English - Skydive to church - Cheer up a potato - Do aerobic exercises...in your head - Play cards with your swimming pool - Pinstripe your driveway - Play Kick the Fire Hydrant - Harness chipmunk power - Build a house with ice cubes - Call London for a cab - Mug a stop sign - Change your name...daily - Go for a walk in your attic - Challenge your neighbor to a duel - Build a house out of toothpicks - Howl - Wear a lampshade on your head - Memorize the dictionary - Stomp grapes in the bathtub - Find a bug and chase it - Make yourself a pair of wings - Be immobile - Dance 'til you drop - Check under chairs for chewing gum - Squish a loaf of bread - Moo - Bounce a potato - Outmaneuver your shadow - Climb the walls - Appreciate everything - Challenge yourself to a duel - Make napalm - Tattoo your dresser - Watch a bowling ball - Buy some diapers - Eat everything - Begin - Pour milk in the sink - Make cottage cheese - Tie-dye your sheets - Carpet your ceiling - Hold your earlobes - Fold your earlobes - Flap - Squawk - Read tea leaves - Analyze the Koran - Be Buddha - Award yourself a Nobel Peace Prize - Plug in the cat - Turn on everything - Drop pebbles down the chimney - Turn off your neighbor - Kill a plant - Buy a 1931 Almanac - Memorize the weather section - Think lewd thoughts about yourself - Blow bubbles - Send chills down your spine - Peel grapes - Make paper from the skins - Bloat - Catch them with your radiator - Get run over by a train of thought - Make up famous sayings - Bite your pinkie- Get your dog braces - Shave a shrub - Have a proton fight - Watch a car rust - Quiver - Rotate your carpet - Learn to type...with your toes - Set up your Christmas tree in April - Be someone special - Buy the Brooklyn Bridge - Mail it to a friend - Go back to square one - Factor your social security number - Take the fifth - Memorize a series of random numbers - Read the 1962 Des Moines white pages - Join the Foreign Legion - Learn Sanskrit - Exist...existentially, of course - Print counterfeit Confederate money - Kick a cabbage - Take a picture - Put it back - Sandpaper a mushroom - Play solitaire...for cash - Abuse your patio furniture - Run for Pope - Count to a million...fast - Make a schematic drawing...of a rock - Commit seppuku...with a paper knife - Revert - Think shallow thoughts - Starch your shoes - Polish your Calvin's - Contemplate a cockroach - Get a dog to chase your car - Let him catch it - Investigate the Czar - Form a political party - Climb a sidewalk - Have a political party - Get diagonal...with a good friend - Ride a loaf of bread - Sharpen a carrot - Interrogate a gerbil - Go bow hunting for Toyotas - Kidnap Cabbage Patch Kids - Jump back - Play to lose - Scalp a street light - Have your car painted...plaid - Read a tomato - Sharpen your sleeping skills - Watch a game show...take notes - Put out a fire - If you can't find a fire, make one - Interview a cloud - Play tiddlywinks...go for blood - Play basketball...in a minefield - Don't talk to things - Draw Lewis structures on your ceiling - Have your cat bronzed - Have your gerbil gilded - Write books about writing books - Create random equations - Mispell words - Tell your feet a joke - Throw a tomato into a fan - Sing the ABC song backwards - Pretend you're a dog - Dial-a-prayer and argue with it - Grease the doorknobs - String up a room - Stack furniture - Relive fond memories - Tie your shoelaces together - Gargle - Count your teeth with your tongue - Decay - Find your half-life - Design a better toilet seat - Shred a newspaper - Have a headache - Scratch - Sniff - Hatch an egg - Play air guitar - Act profound - Spill - Spell - Stare - Truncate - Slouch - Develop hearing problems - Put your feet behind your head - Tie bows in everything - Hold your hand - Watch the minute hand move - Grow your fingernails - Pretend you're a telephone - Ring - Radiate - Skip - Play hopscotch...with real scotch - Clock the velocity of your REMs - Put your shoes on the opposite feet - Cross your toes - Roll your tongue - Crystallize - Baby oil the floor - Hide - Attack innocent bunnies - Declare war - Destroy a tree - Hide the scrabble bag - Seduce your stick shift - Wink - Memorize the periodic table - Mummify - Pretend you're a roadie - Buy a Ginsu knife - Collect electrons - Correct typos that aren't there - Polish your neck...use Pledge - Recopy the Bible substituting your name for God - Loosen the lug nuts on your dad's new car - Drop your cat off the roof to see if it lands on all four feet - Count the bags under Walter Mondale's eyes - Unscrew all the lightbulbs and rearrange the furniture - Found the Jim Jones School of Bartending - Listen for non-satanic messages (i.e. "Drink milk") - Dress like Motley Crue...surprise your grandmother - Dial-a-Prayer and tell them they're wrong - Go into a bar and ask for a Molotov Cocktail - Learn everything there is to know about the Holy Roman Empire - Make a drive-in window at your local bank where there wasn't one before - Walk on water...but don't get caught - Confess to a crime...that didn't happen - Be in the wrong place at the right time - Plot the overthrow of your local School Board - Request covert assistance from the CIA - Discover the source of the Mississippi - Search for buried treasure...in Nebraska - Hot wax the bottom of your brother's dress shoes - Preach the philosophy of Marx...Groucho, that is - Drink as much prune juice as you can - Write a book about your previous life - Serve ping-pong balls...as hors d'oeuvres - Jump up and down...on your alarm clock - Make a quilt out of used cocktail napkins - Sterilize your stereo...with Jack Daniels - Carve you and your girlfriend's initials...in a marshmallow - Drive the speed limit...in your garage - Sing the national anthem...during your calculus final - Wear a three-piece suit...in a sauna - Pay off the national debt...with a bad check - Go to a cemetary and verbally abuse dead people - Give yourself a hernia...for Christmas - Defend your neighborhood from roving Mongol hordes - Recite romantic poetry...to your toaster - See if you really can build a nuclear device in your own basement - Go to McDonald's and pretend you can't speak English - Write to your congressmen, senators, President, etc. to tell them what a good - job they're doing...On April 1st - Find the heat capacity of your chemistry professor - Take apart all your major kitchen appliances...mix and match them - Turn your TV picture tube upside down - Phone in a death threat on President Kennedy - Put lighted EXIT signs on all your closets - Carry a tune...drop it, see if it breaks - Be planar...but don't tell your parents - Play hockey with your little cousin...as the puck - Make a deal with the devil...but keep your fingers crossed - Put instant concrete in your big brother's waterbed - Give a lecture on the historical significance of cream cheese - Debate politics with a fern - See how small you can scrunch your face- Sell firewood door to door...in Atlantis - Found the TLO (Toledo Liberation Organization) - Play nuclear chicken with a small third world nation - Raise professional certified racing turnips - Give your grandmother a raise and another day of paid vacation - Lead an aerobics class...for patients of the I.C.U. - Go to a drive-in movie in a tank - Go to a non-drive-in movie in a tank and drive in anyway - Send President Reagan an alarm clock...wind it up first - Found a cockroach stable and stud ranch - Send your goldfish to obedience school - Free the oppressed toasters of America - Weave a tablecloth out of copper tubing - Give your cat a suntan...in the microwave - Park your car...with a friend - Park your car...with a group of friends - Frame your first statement of bankruptcy - Place it on the wall of your office - Solve the population problem (x^2 + y^2 = population...solve for x) - Contribute to the population problem - Wear a T-shirt that says "I'll walk on you to see The Who" and a peace sign - Practice the Aztec method of heart removal on your professor - Find out who made the super glue commercials and give them your Ginsu knife - Get Ronco and K-tel to merge...they sell the same stuff anyway - Sneak into a nuclear physics lab and stay the night - Play with anything that looks interesting - Drop piston engines on two people and see who squishes first - See if your goldfish can live in Coors rather than water - Try to ignite water...the Mississippi might work - Draw Venn diagrams...screw them up - State fallacies as fact (like, "peanuts grow on bushes") - Visit the Architecture building...loudly criticize its design - Make a schematic drawing...of a rock - Wallpaper your laundry room...with pages from books you don't like - See if diamonds really do cut glass...on everything in your neighbor's house - Tenderize your tongue...chew on it for a while - See how long you can stare at a fluorescent light...try green - Bronze your sister's turtle - See how long it takes for her to notice - See what she does when she notices - Bronze your sister- If you lose, stop watering it and try again. - Increase your territorial holdings by force - Find out how many ways there really are to skin a cat - Boldly go where no man has gone before - Be a threat to the American way of life - Do research into the cause of World War III - Be a threat to the Northwestern Tibetan way of life - Re-establish the Roman Empire...in Pittsburgh
Is the Ed Hardy brand becoming a sell out? Should I sell my stuff on ebay before it's too late? At first, I loved Ed Hardy. The designs were cool, the quality was high, and is was a brand for the elite. I bought myself some T-shirts, a couple pairs of jeans, the cologne, a belt, and even a watch. It was great. But then, the brand set sail. And before I knew it, there was Ed Hardy shoes, sunglasses, scarves, underwear, socks, and jewelry. Then it went BEYOND clothing. Now there are Ed hardy beverages, kid's electronic toys, bedding, barware, suitcases, car accessories, and just about anything you can think of! There is even an Ed Hardy cell phone out there! I mean, just LOOK at all of the licenses!: http://www.donedhardy.com/licensee.html Now everyone at my school wears it, and it's starting to become a little TOO popular. What I'm afraid of what's happening is that those that made it popular in the first place are going to see it's common popularity and just let fall to shambles. So before the fad wears out, should I consider selling my aforementioned clothing on ebay or just keep it and ride this thing out? Thanks for reading my rant. ;) Comments?
Do you like the beginning of this story and my writing style? i was inspired so i wrote this. what do you think of the story? what do you think of my writing style? i know there are alot of grammer errors but thats cause i just wrote it haha When I got the news that we were moving, I wasn’t surprised, I wasn’t nervous, nor was I sad. I had been moving my entire life. I hadn’t stayed in one place for more than a year, and a year was a long time for me to stay in one place. So moving wasn’t what I was shocked about. I was shocked when I heard the news that we were staying. This was the scary news to me. “What do you mean were staying?” I asked incredulous “Well, Casey, you father and I talked, and we thought it would be nice for you to spend your last three years of high school in one place.” My mom said. She was sitting at the dining room table, practically holding her breath waiting for my response. “But, Why?” I asked narrowing my eyes and leaning on the table. There had to be some other reason for this than just them deciding we were going to stay in one place. “We have been traveling forever, and you two just decide this?” “Ok, sweetie, the truth is…” She breathed deeply, “Your father was laid off.” She looked like she was going to cry. She removed her small glasses and rubbed the bridge of her nose. She gathered her long curly brown hair and twisted it into a bun like she did when she was thinking. “He has had that job forever, how could he get fired?” I asked. My dad worked at an engineering company that had different locations all around the world. He would go to the location, assist in the drafting and design of the building and when he was done we would move to the next place. “Well his position was one in which they had a few too many” She explained while sliding her glasses back on and letting go of her hair. “Okay, well you still haven’t told me, where exactly are we moving?” I asked. I at least deserved to know where I would be living for three years. “Well,” She took a deep breath, “were moving back to the states.” She faked a smile. What? The states? I have lived in Indonesia, Japan, Spain, Europe and Germany -- Where I was currently living – but I have only lived in the US twice. Once when I was born and once when I was in 7th grade and I hated it. Actually that was a bit of an understatement. I was only there for two months and people were so rude. Okay so I guess now is as good a time as any to say that I had never really had much of a social life, or any friends. When you move as often as I did you don’t really have time to bond with people. I turned and walked away from my mom. I went into my small room and looked around. I still had boxes sitting around because when we move I never unpack a lot of my things. In fact I don’t really own a lot of things. The only things that I really keep are my book. I walked over to the boxes that held all of them. I sat down on my bed pulling out different books that I had read. I thought about all of the people in the books. The characters that had lives and friends. In most of the books there was a girl who went to parties and had a boyfriend. I sat wondering if when I moved I would make friends. I had never even had a crush on a guy. I placed the books back in their box and walked back out to my mom. “When?” I asked. “What, Casey?” “When are we leaving?” “Well, well your father has already bought a house,” she said, “so I suspect that we should be there in the next few weeks.” That’s where my dad had been that last week. He had been in the states looking for a house. I thought that he had been on a business trip. But I was wrong. He had been buying a house that I would be moving into in the next few weeks. I walked back to my room and shut the door. I lay on my bed and all I could think about were the looks that all of those kids used to give me when I walked down the halls in 7th grade. They looked at me like I was insane because I was new and didn’t know anything about how to do things in the states. So this is what I had to look forward to. Fantastic.
What do you think of this story? inspiration struck just now and i wrote this. i know it has alot of grammer mistakes because like i said, i just wrote it. do you think i should continue with the story? do you like it? what do you think of my writing style? thanks =) When I got the news that we were moving, I wasn’t surprised, I wasn’t nervous, nor was I sad. I had been moving my entire life. I hadn’t stayed in one place for more than a year, and a year was a long time for me to stay in one place. So moving wasn’t what I was shocked about. I was shocked when I heard the news that we were staying. This was the scary news to me. “What do you mean were staying?” I asked incredulous “Well, Casey, you father and I talked, and we thought it would be nice for you to spend your last three years of high school in one place.” My mom said. She was sitting at the dining room table, practically holding her breath waiting for my response. “But, Why?” I asked narrowing my eyes and leaning on the table. There had to be some other reason for this than just them deciding we were going to stay in one place. “We have been traveling forever, and you two just decide this?” “Ok, sweetie, the truth is…” She breathed deeply, “Your father was laid off.” She looked like she was going to cry. She removed her small glasses and rubbed the bridge of her nose. She gathered her long curly brown hair and twisted it into a bun like she did when she was thinking. “He has had that job forever, how could he get fired?” I asked. My dad worked at an engineering company that had different locations all around the world. He would go to the location, assist in the drafting and design of the building and when he was done we would move to the next place. “Well his position was one in which they had a few too many” She explained while sliding her glasses back on and letting go of her hair. “Okay, well you still haven’t told me, where exactly are we moving?” I asked. I at least deserved to know where I would be living for three years. “Well,” She took a deep breath, “were moving back to the states.” She faked a smile. What? The states? I have lived in Indonesia, Japan, Spain, Europe and Germany -- Where I was currently living – but I have only lived in the US twice. Once when I was born and once when I was in 7th grade and I hated it. Actually that was a bit of an understatement. I was only there for two months and people were so rude. Okay so I guess now is as good a time as any to say that I had never really had much of a social life, or any friends. When you move as often as I did you don’t really have time to bond with people. I turned and walked away from my mom. I went into my small room and looked around. I still had boxes sitting around because when we move I never unpack a lot of my things. In fact I don’t really own a lot of things. The only things that I really keep are my book. I walked over to the boxes that held all of them. I sat down on my bed pulling out different books that I had read. I thought about all of the people in the books. The characters that had lives and friends. In most of the books there was a girl who went to parties and had a boyfriend. I sat wondering if when I moved I would make friends. I had never even had a crush on a guy. I placed the books back in their box and walked back out to my mom. “When?” I asked. “What, Casey?” “When are we leaving?” “Well, well your father has already bought a house,” she said, “so I suspect that we should be there in the next few weeks.” That’s where my dad had been that last week. He had been in the states looking for a house. I thought that he had been on a business trip. But I was wrong. He had been buying a house that I would be moving into in the next few weeks. I walked back to my room and shut the door. I lay on my bed and all I could think about were the looks that all of those kids used to give me when I walked down the halls in 7th grade. They looked at me like I was insane because I was new and didn’t know anything about how to do things in the states. So this is what I had to look forward to. Fantastic.
I had a bizarre dream. What does it mean? Ok I had a dream that I went to visit a someone ( I haven't a clue who they are, but it felt relative-ish). I never did see they're face, but I remember spending the night in a room upstairs. the bed faced a different way than I'm used to and it was next to a window ( also not used to) . there was no curtains and I could see a huge tree with no leaves outside. I couldn't sleep. So next day Im at a festival with my friend Morgan and her husband, we stop at a booth that had neat goth Accessories, but I didn't buy anything because I couldn't find anything I liked. Then a Christmas toy parade started to come through the festival. After the parade, Santa Clause said he had gifts on a truck (I was like 30ft from it and I notice that there were alot of Mexican kids there and not nearly enough toys. So I book it over to the truck and get a free toy for my son (he was with grandma on the other side the parade). I got a really good one! Right next to the truck was some cool train sets, but they didn't end up being the free toy. A Mexican lady just happened to be selling them right there, so I bought one. it was only like $8, but when I set down the train to get the money out, another mexican lady snatched it up thinking it was free toy from santa. So I hurry up and pay and go running after this lady and shes acting like she didn't understand. So I tel her "Este mi huegetes!" ( its my toy!) and I snatch it from her. I was ready to fight her for it but she walked away. I go back the the apartment to put it in a safe place. I hadn't noticed before but there was no furniture in it, the walls were all off white, and it was huge. About 3 stories with high ceiling in the living room. the design was kind of "modern adobe" . There were stairs inside the condo, but the weird part was the little adobe flight of stair leading to a crawl space in the living room. there was no door, just an opening. I went in it because I was curious and it was a little passage inter-connecting all the apts. some entrances had decorations on there opening within the passageway. One had a sign that said "party's in here". I though that was weird so I headed back. I notice the passage had more stairwell in it and went to other places like the roof and different floors. Anyhoo I get back, and moments later I see a teenager at the passage entrance. he begged for food and I had gotten some tamales at the festival so I gave him one. I went outside to leave and noticed it was getting dark. As I was getting into the back seat of the (person that im visiting and have no idea what they look like's) car, I see the kid I just fed with like 8 other kids and a mom walking through the parking lot pan handling. I do nothing and get in the car. Ok , what does it all mean? omg...i really did eat a cheap frozen pizza O.o before i went to bed ....lol
My husband will not sleep with me!!? My husband developed a bit of a drinking problem over the last couple years and it has caused us to have many marital problems. He began drinking "he says" because he felt I put the kids above him and neglected him, so we would fight and this lead to the thoughts and eventual actions of drinking. He has also had a problem with pornography. Now, I know you may be thinking I neglected my husband and drove him to drinking and pornography, not true. I wait on my husband hand and foot, when he goes to bed, I'm there. If he calls me, I come, anything and everything he asks me to do, I do it. I only initiate sex about 25% of the time (which is why he says I negelect him) but anytime he wants sex (unless we have had an extremely bad fight) I am always gladly willing to join him. Last year the fighting and drinking got so bad I decided a divorce would be better and told him so. We eventually agreed on a compromise. He wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail which would take 4-6 months and during that time he agreed to not drink and get it together. So he went and was gone from March-Sept. He acted like a spoiled brat most of the time he was gone and came back as bad as ever. When he cam back I had no tolerance for it and just stopped talking to him, sleeping with him, going anywhere with him and told him to leave. He refused. We went for 2 months and never spoke a word, only through emails. He sleeps in a sleepingbag on the floor in the his computer room where he spends all day every day. He has been learning how to use flash for web design since his career as a carpenter is over. He has always been obsesive compulsive about anything he does so he thinks about it and does it 15 hours a day. I finally asked him to go out a few days ago in hopes there would be a way to work things out, he said he would try. But he still does not come out of the back room all day/night. I asked him to please sleep in the bed with me (whenever he decideds to go to bed, which is around 3 a.m.) But for the last 3 nights he has chosen to keep sleeping on the floor instead of with me. We have not had sex for 2 months and I'm extremely frustrated with all of this. Please help with any ideas to get him pointed in the right direction.
Do you like the beginning of my book? My life is alright, I'm a good kid, I dont cause trouble and I'm interested in fantasy. Tommorrow is my first day of Fifth Grade, I'm a little nervous but I know I'll get through it. I live with my mom and my two annoying, but intelligent sisters. My moms name is christine, my sisters names are Sarah, and Felisha. I would describe them as smart troublemakers. I'm the only decent kid in the family. My dogs name is tyco, he matches me. I could start at any point of my life telling it to you, but I have to get to bed, I really do have a big day tommorrow, atleast I think. "Wake up sweetcakes!" I hate when she calls me "sweetcakes" It gets annoying. Anyway heres the big day, I hope it doesn't fail on my fun meter, I think school is boring, but lets see. It seems that my teachers name is mr.anderson, and he teaches math, social studies, and science... yawn... The other kids look weird to me, alot of them are small because i'm in fifth grade. Well heres my classroom, a couple of desks, a whiteboard, books, hey...? Whats that... Hmm this teacher might not be boring at all, he has guns and swords and armor hanging on the walls, It's either hes cool, or a crazy nerd. I cant wait to find out, you know i'm being sarcastic... right? okay. Hmm... He actully looks like a cool guy. He has a nice haircut, with a design, a scruffy itallian beard, a formal jacket, wich smelled like coffee had spilled on it, and he actully didn't put me to sleep. He act's out the battle scenes in social studies, he gives us candy for solving problems in math, and in science he actully lets us use college devices. I hope this year is going to be okay. for once it might be fun. Some of the kids are weird... I do like this girl named Freitta, she is chinese. There is a kid named Zachk, he picks his nose and wipes it on people, that is plain old disgusting... There is a bigshot that plays football named kyle, he thinks he is all that, I hate kids like that, immature and useless. I've made a best friend and his name is Trevor, we talk about everything together. The day was okay -- not the best not the worst, but okay. When I got home my mom cooked us a nice meal, and my sisters had terrorized my room, again. I had to brush my teeth, and go to bed... Probably one of the best school days I have ever had. Anyway, Fifth Grade is nice, and I enjoy it so far. Day two is coming up, and we have a field trip tomorrow. Everytime I go on a field trip I get in deep trouble, or wander off into the woods. I'll have to act on my best behavior, this is fifth grade you know. Introduction - The Curse of Wyrn, - Travis Smith & The Curse of Wyrn - Book One I didn't want to have the curse. If you're reading this because you think you might have the curse, or possibly think it is cool or enjoyable, It's not, and you should close this book Immediately. Having the curse of wyrn is terrifying, and dangerous. Most of the time it could make you suffer painfuly, or it could make you have an unbelievable amount of power. If you feel recognized in this book, and you feel strong and empowered stop reading, and put the book down. You might have the curse: you never know. It's just a matter of time before It possesses you. Don't say I didn't warn you. My name is Travis smith, I'm ten years old and have the curse. I will always regret it, and I will always treasure it. could you say I'm a normal kid? Maybe... Just maybe... I live in california, and go to a public school.
complete bedroom makeover in 1940's style, ideas? since i was a little kid i've been obsessed with the 1940's, the music, the clothing, the movies, so i am doing my room up in a 1940's/50's style. i am planning to paint the walls a pastel yellow colour, like lemony. and i am getting a beautiful antique white and gold desk from the antique shop. i am planning to get a white wardrobe with glass in the front, so i can display some dresses and netted curtains from the panes of glass. i have china figurines, old perfume bottles, antique mirrors, black and white photoes, a gold clock and a wireless and a collection of reccords and a reccord player. and i am planning on getting floral curtains. do you think this is a good idea? what flooring colour would you get? what bedspread colour/design should i get? what type of bed would oyu get? (has to be single) what other things can i add?
do you think these are good star if you do? New Words for 2007 * SALAD DODGER. An excellent phrase for an overweight person. * SWAMP-DONKEY A deeply unattractive person. * TESTICULATING. Waving your arms around and talking bollocks. * BLAMESTORMING. Sitting round in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a Project failed, and who was responsible. * SEAGULL MANAGER. A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and Then leaves. * ASSMOSIS. The process by which people seem to absorb success and advancement by sucking up to the boss rather than working hard. * SALMON DAY. The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die. * CUBE FARM. An office filled with cubicles. * PRAIRIE DOGGING. When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up over the walls to see what's going on. (This also applies to applause for a promotion because there may be cake.) * SITCOMs. Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids or start a "home business". * SINBAD. Single working girls. Single income, no boyfriend and desperate. * AEROPLANE BLONDE. One who has bleached/dyed her hair but still has a 'black box'. * PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE. The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again. * ADMINISPHERE. The rarefied organisational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the "adminisphere" are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve. This is often affiliated with the dreaded "administrivia" - needless paperwork and processes. * GOING FOR A McSHIT. Entering a fast food restaurant with no intention of buying food, you're just going to the bog. If challenged by a pimply staff member, your declaration to them that you'll buy their food afterwards is known as a McShit with Lies. * 404. Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message "404 Not Found" meaning that the requested document could not be located. * AUSSIE KISS. Similar to a French Kiss, but given down under. * OH - NO SECOND. That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just Made a BIG mistake (e.g. you've hit 'reply all'). * GREYHOUND. A very short skirt, only an inch from the hare. * JOHNNY-NO-STARS. A young man of substandard intelligence, the typical adolescent who works in a burger restaurant. The 'no-stars' comes from the badges displaying stars that staff at fast-food restaurants often wear to show their level of training. * MILLENNIUM DOMES. The contents of a Wonderbra, i.e. extremely impressive when viewed from The outside, but there's actually naught in there worth seeing. * MONKEY BATH . A bath so hot, that when lowering yourself in, you go: "Oo! Oo! Oo! Aa! Aa! Aa!". * MYSTERY BUS. The bus that arrives at the pub on Friday night while you're in the Toilet after your 10th pint, and whisks away all the unattractive people so the pub is suddenly packed with stunners when you come back in. * MYSTERY TAXI. The taxi that arrives at your place on Saturday morning before you wake up, whisks away the stunner you slept with, and leaves a 10-Pinter in your bed instead. * BEER COAT. The invisible but warm coat worn when walking home after a booze cruise At 3:00am . * BEER COMPASS. The invisible device that ensures your safe arrival home after booze cruise, even though you're too drunk to remember where you live, how you got here, and where you've come from. * BREAKING THE SEAL. Your first pee in the pub, usually after 2 hours of drinking. After breaking the seal of your bladder, repeat visits to the toilet will be required every 10 or 15 minutes for the rest of the night. * TART FUEL. Bottled premixed spirits, regularly consumed by young women. * PICASSO BUM. A woman whose knickers are too small for her, so she looks like she's Got 4 buttocks.
want to send a letter to your pets? Dear Dogs and Cats, The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest. The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help, since I fall faster than you can run. I cannot buy anything bigger than a king-sized bed. I am truly sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicularly to each other, stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm. For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob, or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. I have been using the bathroom for years -- canine or feline attendance is not mandatory. The proper order is kiss me and THEN go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough! To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our front door: Rules for Non-Pet Owners Who Visit and Like to Complain About Our Pets: 1. They live here. You don't. 2. If you don't want hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That's why they call it "fur"niture .) 3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people. 4. To you, it's an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours, and does not speak clearly. Remember: Why dogs and cats are better than kids because: they eat less, don't ask for money all the time, are easier to train, usually come when called, never drive your car, don't hang out with drug-using friends, don't smoke or drink, don't worry about having to buy the latest fashions, don't wear your clothes, don't need a gazillion dollars for college, and if they get pregnant, you can sell their children. I did not write this! I appreciate your comments, but I didn't write this. It was forwarded to me, after being forwarded numerous times before me...I have no idea who wrote it.
letters to the pets? Dear Dogs and Cats, The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The Other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest. The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run. I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm. For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years-canine or feline attendance is not mandatory. The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough! To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our front door: Rules for Non-Pet Owners Who Visit and Like to Complain About Our Pets: 1. They live here. You don't. 2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That's why they call it "fur"niture.) 3. I like my pets a lot better than most people. 4. To you, it's an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speak clearly. Dogs and cats are better than kids .. they eat less, don't ask for money all the time, are easier to train, usually come when called, never drive your car, don't hangout with drug-using friends, don't smoke or drink, don't worry about having to buy the latest fashions, don't wear your clothes, and don't need a gazillion dollars for college - and if they get pregnant, you can sell the children.
Is my daughter underweight? My in-laws have been criticizing and unsulting us, claiming we're starving our daughter and not feeding her enough. She's 16 months old and weighs 19lbs 9.5oz. She eats 3 meals a day. For example, infant cereal and fruit for breakfast with 5oz of milk, 2 hot dogs (cut small), a vegetable and another 5oz of milk for lunch and dinner is whatever we eat, unless it's not appropriate, plus another fruit and vegetable and another 5oz of milk. She also gets 3 snacks throughout the day, usually cheerios, toddler mum-mums or something else designed for toddlers and another 5oz of milk half an hour before bed. She also gets water throughout the day and juice once a week. My in-laws have told us that it's impossible that she eats because she's so underweight and thin. "My kids were 30lbs by her age" is what we get all the time. They tell us we need to give her more variety. We were yelled at when she was 14 months old because we refused to give her pizza and McDonald's fries. CONT We don't like to give her sugary things like freezies and juice, so she gets one sippy cup of juice each week, 3oz of juice diluted by 4oz of water, and maybe one freezie every week or two. My in-laws say that if we don't start feeding her "properly" and if she doesn't begin to gain weight, then they're going to call Children's Aid on us and claim we're starving her and have her taken away from us. We'd like to give our daughter a healthy start in life, not like our in-laws did with their kids. We wanted to give her healthy choices and healthy foods, with the occasional "treat". Are we starving our daughter? Is she underweight? How can we deal with the accusations and threats from my husband's family? It's really starting to stress us out. Both her dad and I are small people. He's 5' 5" and I'm 5' 0". Prepregnancy, I weighed 108lbs. Her dad is 175lbs. And yes, all their kids are overweight, and I mean ALL of them. My 13 year old niece weighs more than I do, and I'm pregnant!
Pet rules...... Star If You Giggle!!? PET RULES To be posted VERY LOW on the refrigerator door - nose height. Dear Dogs and Cats, The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest. The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run. I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm. For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years -- canine or feline attendance is not required. The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough! To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our front door: To All Non-Pet Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain About Our Pets: 1. They live here. You don't. 2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That's why they call it "fur"niture.) 3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people. 4. To you, it's an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speak clearly. Remember: In many ways, dogs and cats are better than kids because they: 1. Eat less 2. Don't ask for money all the time 3 Are easier to train 4. Normally come when called 5. Never ask to drive the car 6. Don't hang out with drug-using friends 7. Don't smoke or drink 8. Don't have to buy the latest fashions 9. Don't want to wear your clothes 10. Don't need a "gazillion" dollars for college. 11. If they get pregnant, you can sell their children. Yes Mean Kitty..... take the hint! lol
Recently divorced of 22 yrs. Fell out of love 2 yrs into my marriage. Waite 6 yrs to have children one of ea Thought having children would help. Started cheating 10 yrs into my marriage to the end. Have great kids 17 yr old girl and 15 yr old boy.Both excellent in school and in activites. Their father is a wonderful man, great provider, & best father. I don't want to keep cheating. The reason I left was I met back with my 1st love & he moved back across country to be with me. I feel I really do love him but can't get rid of this guilt of leaving my family. I left by x the house, his retirement, cars, everthing & only took a few things. Left the kids with him so they wouldn't have to go through more change. I visit 3 & cookk for my family 3 days a week and pre-cook for 3 more. I miss my house I designed I other things as well. The hot tub & pool. I over the yrs tire to tell my x I needed more affection & wanted to do more but the try only lasted a day. TV was his life & to go to bed @ 2 or 3 am. We never traveled so I bought our fun. I pay him 200 to keep living there for our kids. Why guilty
Can you read and help me on my story? [best answer]? You can add or edit how much you'd like. I only have 2 pages done right now.. and I need to complete 2 more. Please help.. anything will be appreciated. You may twist the story any way you would like. Thanks -------------------- Billie had ripped blue jeans. They were not the fashionable jeans that you buy pre-ripped at the store. He wore his ripped blue jeans and classic white t-shirt every Friday to the local diner. For they were his eating clothes. Every Friday evening, he would pedal his faded bike with the flat tire back to his countryside farmhouse. Mama would always wait patiently for Billie to return home. She would be worried sick when he came home later than usual. “Mama, I’m home!” “Billie, where have you been wandering? You know your father doesn’t approve of this.” “Oh Ma, you know father doesn’t mind. Besides I’m a man now, and a man should do what ever he’d like” “You have got another stain on your shirt… how many times have I told you to eat like a gentleman,” Mama said while vigorously rubbing her handkerchief against his bean and chili stain. Billie know that she would be upset for a while, but it happened a countless number of times that she would get over it soon. “You know that your father don’t like you runnin’ around town lookin’ all messy and dirty,” Mama whispered to him, while using her saliva to attempt to clean the stain. Billie’s father didn’t pay attention to Billie. He never cared about what his son was up to, and he didn’t have anything to say about Billie’s stained shirts every Friday or his overeating problem. In fact, Billie’s father didn’t really have anything to say at all. He would just lie there on the dusty floral blue couch, with the knobby loose buttons, which seemed to loose its cushion from father’s weight sinking into it. He would have the television on the highest volume, so that he could blur out Mama’s voice when she screams at him for leaving her worried when he comes home late in the morning. Billy was awakened by the muffled shouting coming from across the hall. Nothing out of the ordinary. He peered out his window, stamped with the beige floral designs bordering it. The decorative window didn’t go well with his quilted blanket and his wooden bed, with the initials ‘B.H.’ scratched on the footboard. The window was simply out of place, but he liked it. The floral bordered window had a view to nothing; simply, grass and scattered dandelions. Billie was there to see the dandelions grow each year, and then by summer, see them float away. Billy made his way to the living room to be welcomed with Mama and his father arguing about last night. “What you’re doing is wrong, Randall.” “It is my business, Ginny, don’t you interfere in this. Whatever I’m doing is for our own good.” “Since when have you been thinking about me or the kids?” “Do not question…!” Billy’s father shouted and lowered his voice as he saw Billie standing by the olive green door to the kitchen. “How much have you heard?” Billie’s father questioned him. Billie’s lips quivered in fear, and his brain boggled in confusion. He wiped the salty tears that were rolling down his plump, rosy, cheeks and ran to his room before he could hear his father scream again. He gazed out the floral window and hoped to be blown away by the spring breeze with the dandelions.
HELP! What should happen next in my story?!?!? Billie had ripped blue jeans. They were not the fashionable jeans that you buy pre-ripped at the store. He wore his ripped blue jeans and classic white t-shirt every Friday to the local diner. For they were his eating clothes. His clothes would be washed and clothes-pinned to the rope in the field, and by the time they were cleaned, it would be Friday, and he would be ready to eat at the diner again. Every Friday evening, he would pedal his faded bike, with the flat tire, back to his countryside farmhouse. Mama would always wait patiently for Billie to return home. She would be worried sick when he came home later than usual. “Mama, I’m home!” “Billie, where have you been wandering? You know your father doesn’t approve of this.” “Oh Ma, you know father doesn’t mind. Besides I’m a man now, and a man should do what ever he’d like.” “You have gotten another stain… how many times have I told you to eat like a gentleman,” Mama said while vigorously rubbing her handkerchief against his bean and chili stain. Billie knew that she would be upset for a while. It had happened a countless number of times before, so Billie knew that mama would get over it soon. “You know that your father don’t like you runnin’ around town lookin’ all messy and dirty,” Mama whispered to him, while using her saliva to attempt to clean the stain. Billie’s father didn’t pay attention to Billie. He never cared about what his son was up to, and he didn’t have anything to say about Billie’s stained shirts every Friday or his overeating problem. In fact, Billie’s father didn’t really have anything to say at all. He would just lie there on the dusty floral blue couch, with the knobby loose buttons, which seemed to loose its cushion from father’s weight sinking into it. He would have the television on the highest volume, so that he could drown out Mama’s voice when she screams at him for leaving her worried when he comes home late in the morning. Billie was awakened by the muffled shouting coming from across the hall. Nothing out of the ordinary. He peered out his window, stamped with the beige floral designs bordering it. The decorative window didn’t go well with his quilted blanket and his wooden bed, with the initials ‘B.H.’ scratched on the footboard. The window was simply out of place, but he liked it. The floral bordered window had a view of nothing; simply, grass and scattered dandelions. Billie was there to see the dandelions grow each year, and then by the summer, see them float away. Billie made his way to the living room to be welcomed with Mama and his father arguing about last night. “What you’re doing is wrong, Randall.” “It is my business, Ginny, don’t you interfere in this. Whatever I’m doing is for our own good.” “Since when have you been thinking about me or the kids?” “Do not question…!” Billie’s father shouted and lowered his voice as he saw Billie standing by the olive green door to the kitchen. “How much have you heard?” Billie’s father questioned him. Billie’s lips quivered in fear, and his brain boggled in confusion. He wiped the salty tears that were rolling down his plump, rosy, cheeks and ran to his room before he could hear his father scream again. He gazed out the floral window and hoped to be blown away by the spring breeze with the dandelions. Billie knew his father was up to something no good. One day, Billie woke up at 2 A.M. and saw his father leaving the house, so he decided to follow along. His father walked across the field and went into the heavily wooded area, where Billie wasn’t allowed at any time of day, but Billie decided to follow anyway. His father kept a stern look on his face and kept gazing around and it seemed as if he didn’t want anyone to notice him. The twigs and the broken branches on the ground rustled as he walked upon them. Billie peered at the ground, to make sure he didn’t step on any twigs, because one sound would alarm his father. From the distance, Billie could see a campfire burning. He heard people chattering amongst themselves, and when his father walked through the open area where the campfire was, everyone gladly welcomed him.
Why do women never admin that money is important too? Yes, I understand love is a great uplifting feeling. We also understand that nature designed women to look for partners who can provide for their baby. In fact evolutionary women should be making money a priority, yeah, big muscles and all are a sign on fertility but even chubby out of shape guys can deliver in bed. What is it so frowned upon when a woman dates a wealthy guy. Everyone talks behind her back, saying she's with him for money. First of all not necessarily, secondly, why is it a bad thing to have a mature relationship as opposed to writing each other poems during calculus lectures. PS Yeah, women in the workforce are great. I still think it's a healthier family life when a woman gets to stay with kids and work part time. Though, based on my knowledge it's so hard it's pretty much a full time job. (Something lots of men never admit)
Another One of My Dreams...? Again, I do not want to know what they mean... Just what you Think. Your OPINION... I'm going to keep posting my dreams and Nightmares. I've got tons and more will come. I'm writing down the ones that stickout most. Add me if you want to hear more... They will all be titled the same, except the first one. Some details won't make sense without other dreams, sorry. It's sort of like a story and very long.. again SORRY This was a dream I was not included in. I only watched. It was like a movie, but I felt what she felt… I pieced it all together when I woke up. A family was on a trip. A sea vacation. They were on some sort of water vehicle. There was the dad, which looked like a man who was in one of the Beethoven movies. Terrible actor… Two daughters, one who resembled Alice from Twilight and one with dirty blonde hair named Rachel. Two sons, one with dark hair and another with sandy, honey colored hair that reached his mid-face. He was from my dream when a bunch of my friends and I got stranded on a wooden boat and landed at an island. His eyes were the exact color of his hair… He was gorgeous. All the kids are teenagers. Where is mom? Well dad is single. Mother passed away. Suddenly, I don’t know what happened, an accident maybe, but she woke up on a beach, the girl like Alice. She started exploring and found that this was a well civilized place. The people were different though, somehow. They seemed so unreal and dazed, and they were totally unaware of the other people in the world. They knew more existed, but they had never met or interacted with them. She finally meets two kind guys that take her to their apartment. They are not gay, just two roommates and friends. They talk about each other’s lives and worlds and how she ended up there. They are fascinated with her. She stays with them for a few days. Then a few weeks. She knows they want her to be a permanent resident at their home. But this is not where she belongs, and she must leave. They know she’s becoming wary, so they keep and eye on her. Meanwhile, she manages to build some sort of weapon. It’s like a gun that shoots out a thick, dark pink ray/laser. Sorry it sounds so corny and cheesy. Keep in mind, this is the future and teenagers are much more intelligent than before… or now. However you see it. A while back, when they were first speaking, the boys explained to her that there was a sort of was going on. I swear, if you were in the middle of it, it looked like a scene from Halo 3 and War of the Worlds in the midst of a tropical island. It’s like two species have gone against each other. Creepy creatures from Halo and big robotic thing from the movie. She goes out and tries killing them with her creation. At first she succeeds and confuses the beasts, but then it fails and she realizes they are too strong for it. So she returns and designs a whole new and improved weapon. It’s larger, heavier, stronger, and ten times as powerful. It’s a good thing she’s strong. The day before she uses it, the guys confront her. They tell her that they know what she is doing and she has to stop. She’s crazy and she will never defeat them. They don’t want to get hurt and killed. They care about her. She doesn’t say anything, only gives them a look of comprehension. That night, in bed, she plans what she will do. She decides to kill whatever she may and then escape. How she will leave, she doesn’t know. But she will do it someway, somehow. She just feels that she will know what to do and trusts this intuition. That morning, she woke up later than usual. By that time the guys were gone. She gathered her things, which was only her weaponry, and left. She came to the same place as before and began her killing spree. She began well, but then the [war of the worlds monsters] grew and became enraged and stronger. She realized it was time to leave. For good. A few yards away, there was a cliff. She dropped her gun and ran and jumped. It felt so real. I felt like I was really falling through the air… and then, hit water. It felt so good. She swam and swam away. Finally she grew weak. Just as she was about to give into the sore aching of her muscles, she saw something. It was another beach. She swam harder, against the pain. Finally, she dragged herself on shore and read the worn sign “Moreno Beach”. There was a sort of tropical restaurant just behind it, and out came her father. Then her brothers and Rachel. She collapsed in their arms. They couldn’t believe it. We thought we’d lost you her dad sad, tears rolling down his face. Her brothers crushed her in embrace and Rachel hugged her and cried into her shoulder. Suddenly a woman came out. Turns out dad had fallen in love with her. She didn’t like the woman. Too happy… too fake. But she was finally with her family and that’s all she cared about.
Dog owners do you agree? Dear Dogs, The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest. The stairway was not designed by Schumacher and is not a racetrack Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run. I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Dogs can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm. For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, growl, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years -- canine attendance is not required. The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog's butt. I cannot stress this enough! To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our front door: To All Non-Pet Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain About Our Pets: 1. They live here. You don't. 2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That's why they call it 'fur'niture.) 3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people. 4. To you, it's an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speak clearly. Remember: In many ways, dogs and cats are better than kids because they: 1. Eat less 2. Don't ask for money all the time 3. Are easier to train 4. Normally come when called 5. Never ask to drive the car 6.Don't hang out with drug-using friends 7. Don't smoke or drink 8. Don't have to buy the latest fas hions 9. Don't want to wear your clothes 10. Don't need a 'gazillion' dollars for college. And finally, 11. If they get pregnant, you can sell their children.
Why can pets be better than children? To be posted VERY LOW on the refrigerator door - nose height. Dear Dogs and Cats: The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest. The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run. I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm. For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, and try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years -- canine or feline attendance is not required. The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough! To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our front door: To All Non-Pet Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain About Our Pets: 1. They live here. You don't. 2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That's why they call it 'fur'nature.) 3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people. 4. To you, it's an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speak clearly. Remember: In many ways, dogs and cats are better than kids because they: 1. Eat less 2. Don't ask for money all the time 3. Are easier to train 4. Normally come when called (well, OK, the cat thinks about it) 5. Never ask to drive the car 6. Don't hang out with drug-using friends 7. Don't smoke or drink 8. Don't have to buy the latest fashions 9. Don't want to wear your clothes 10. Don't need a 'gazillion' dollars for college. And finally, 11. If they get pregnant, you can sell their children. I just want to add I have 4 wonderful children and and a variety of pets but thought this to be funny!
Male Bashing on TV article please if someone can summary the article!!? Warning for our male readers: The following article contains big words and complex sentences. It might be a good idea to have a woman nearby to explain it to you. It's been a hard day. Your assistant at work is out with the flu and there is another deadline fast approaching. Your wife is at a business conference, so you have to pick up your son at daycare, make dinner, clean the kitchen, do a load of laundry, and get Junior to bed before you can settle down on the sofa with those reports you still need to go over. Perhaps a little comedy will make the work more bearable, you think, so you turn on CBS's Monday night comedies: King of Queens, Yes, Dear, Everybody Loves Raymond, and Still Standing. Over the next two hours, you see four male lead characters who are nothing like you. These men are selfish and lazy, inconsiderate husbands and poor parents. And the commercials in between aren't any better. Among them: A feminine hygiene ad: Two women are traveling down a lovely country road, laughing and having a great time. But wait. One of them needs to check the freshness of her mini-pad, and, apparently, the next rest area is six states away. A woman's voice-over interjects, "It's obvious that the interstate system was designed by men." A digital camera ad: A young husband walks through a grocery store, trying to match photos in his hand with items on the shelves. Cut to his wife in the kitchen, snapping digital pictures of all the items in the pantry so that hubby won't screw up the shopping. A family game ad: A dorky guy and beautiful woman are playing Trivial Pursuit. He asks her, "How much does the average man's brain weigh?" Her answer: "Not much." A wine ad: A group of women are sitting around the patio of a beach house, drinking a blush wine. Their boyfriends approach, but are denied refreshment until they have "earned" it by building a sand statue of David. Welcome to the new comic image of men on tv: incompetence at its worst. Where television used to feature wise and wonderful fathers and husbands, today's comedies and ads often feature bumbling husbands and inept, uninvolved fathers. On Still Standing, Bill (Mark Addy) embarrasses his wife Judy (Jamie Gertz) so badly in front of her reading group, that she is dropped from the group. On Everybody Loves Raymond, Raymond (Ray Romano) must choose between bathing the twin boys or helping his daughter with her homework. He begrudgingly agrees to assist his daughter, for whom he is no help whatsoever. CBS is not the only guilty party. ABC's My Wife and Kids and According to Jim, Fox's The Bernie Mac Show, The Simpsons, Malcolm in the Middle, and (the recently cancelled) Titus, and the WB's Reba also feature women who are better organized and possess better relational skills than their male counterparts. While most television dramas tend to avoid gender stereotypes, as these undermine "realism," comic portrayals of men have become increasingly negative. The trend is so noticeable that it has been criticized by men's rights groups and some television critics. It has also been studied by academicians Dr. Katherine Young and Paul Nathanson in their book, Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture. Young and Nathanson argue that in addition to being portrayed as generally unintelligent, men are ridiculed, rejected, and physically abused in the media. Such behavior, they suggest, "would never be acceptable if directed at women." Evidence of this pattern is found in a 2001 survey of 1,000 adults conducted by the Advertising Standards Association in Great Britain, which found that 2/3 of respondents thought that women featured in advertisements were "intelligent, assertive, and caring," while the men were "pathetic and silly." The number of respondents who thought men were depicted as "intelligent" was a paltry 14%. (While these figures apply to the United Kingdom, comparable advertisements air in the U.S.) Some feminists might argue that, for decades, women on tv looked mindless, and that turnabout is fair play. True, many women characters through the years have had little more to do than look after their families. From the prim housewife whose only means of control over her children was, "Wait till your father gets home!" to the dutiful housewife whose husband declares, "My wife: I think I'll keep her," women in the '50s and '60s were often subservient. (This generalization leaves out the unusual someone like Donna Reed, who produced her own show, on which she was not subservient.) Then, during the "sexual revolution," tv began to feature independent women who could take care of themselves (Mary and Rhoda on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Julia, Alice and Flo on Alice, Louise and Florence on The Jeffersons). So now, 30 years later, you'd think that maybe we'd have come to some parity. Not even. Granted, men still dominate television, from the newsroom to primetime. And men do plenty on thei My question is can someone summary this article like what actually is the author trying to say what his good point and what his weak point. how can we realted taht in our life. pleaseeeeee
I need help finding polo pajama pants....? they kids blue and white striped with polo Ralph Lauren bears on them....once is playing lacrosse one is dressed in a blazer and khakis. I need either the pajama pants or pajama set in kids 12-14 or 16-18.(they make these designs in bed sheets, but it the pajamas dont have to be in polo brand)...thanks
why is this happening to me? once in a while (it doesnt happen often) but ill have a dream and a very long time after i have the dream it happens in real life. and example would be was i had a dream i was lying on a bed and on the wall across very close to the cealing there is a mirror and i can see the window behind me. with curtins that have a particular design on them. well a few months later i went to spend sometime with my god mother and we spent the night at her moms house. well later when i went to bed i saw exactly what i saw in the dream. People tell me it is deja vu but im positive it isnt because ive never been to that house im my entire live ive never seen any of those materials . i know that for a fact because i asked my mom and dad. Another example would be was when i was really little i had a dream that i rode atv and that we were like driving on sand dunes and in the dream we hit something and the we kinda went up and landed back in our seat. and i remember in the dream that my neck was real sore after that. and i had never been on an atv before i had this dream or a while after or seen any movies about it. well a few years later i went on vacation and these kids offered to let us ride with them at these sand dunes and the exact same thing happened and my neck was even soar. i am sure that it cant be deja vu becasue deja vu is when you think you have been somewhere before and well it turns out you kinda have in a way. i would explain more but its kinda long. plz help me what do u think that this is happening
Just bought my first home...Now I have to decorate..huh!? Here's the story: I'm a single father with a 4 year old son and an 11 year old daughter. I just bought my first home. Now I have to decorate. I'm totally excited about "doing up" the kids' rooms and have some great ideas about murals and whatnot. Problem is...I'm on a tight budget...and have to start from scratch on living room furniture and furniture (bed, storage etc..) for my room. I'm giving my daughter my bed and dressers so she can have something nice for her new room. I'm fairly creative/handy and have an artistic side but I sure could use some links to design on a dime type sites because I really struggle when it comes to stretching that dollar and furnishing a new home with the myriad items needed to get things up and running.
What Color Should I Paint My Room? I am redecorating my room and I can't figure out what color to paint it. I don't have all the details of things going in my bedroom but here are a few things I've already decided on. Ivory: http://www.pbteen.com/products/p124/?pkey=cgirls-rugs White bed finish, blue pillows: http://www.pbteen.com/products/p1033/?pkey=csys-furniture But in blue: http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=237110-32435-T-1763&lpage=none And one of these for the beanbag: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10747180 http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10902918&findingMethod=rr Not sure which one yet. Blue/Green: http://www.pbteen.com/products/p2245/?pkey=cgirls-quilts Blue: http://www.pbteen.com/products/p2263/?pkey=cchandeliers-pendant-lighting This isn't exactly what it looks like, it has three mirrors, but it's close: http://www.target.com/Circo-Kids-Vanity-Table-White/dp/B0018911XW/sr=1-6/qid=1243693140/ref=sr_1_6/186-7729150-2506761?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=0&rh=k%3Awhite%5Fvanity&page=1 This item isn't for sure, it'll probably change in color and design: http://www.pbteen.com/products/p3970/?pkey=cstyle-tiles So, I'm wondering, what color would be good for my room? I have white crown molding, white windows and white doors I don't plan on changing. I'm looking for a subtle and cooler shade of color. Both me and my mom are completely stuck. Thanks so much! :)
Help a graduate student create the ultimate (and cheap) bachelor pad..? I will be moving into a one bed/one bath apartment near downtown Little Rock.. I want to be able to walk home with a chick from the bars/clubs and have her be impressed with what im working with.. i want it to look good, but extremely affordable.. i dont want it to look like a college kids with beer posters, scarface posters, etc., but i dont want it to look like a metrosexual put it together.. any pointers? i dont much about design.. rustic style would be cool though.. thanks
heres some more useless facts.? read these Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. A 2000 year old toilet complete with running water, a stone seat, and an armrest was discovered in the tomb of an ancient Chinese king, of the Western Han Dynasty. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". No president of the United States was an only child. Bulls are color blind. Apples are more effective at keeping people awake in the morning than caffeine. A can of SPAM is opened about every 4 seconds somewhere in the world. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Most lipstick is partailly made of fish scales. Ants never sleep. 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The hundred billionth Crayola crayon was Perriwinkle Blue. Dr. Seuss pronounced "Seuss" so it rhymed with "rejoice". Babies are born without knee caps. They appear when the child is 2-6 years of age. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bear are called a sleuth. 12 or more cows are called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds. Most cows give more milk when they listen to music. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive for several months that way. Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray. The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. A goldfish has a memory span of about 3 seconds. Pinocchio was made of pine, and the name even means 'pine head' A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button (it was eliminated during surgery). Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge, while a dime has 118. A Susan B Anthony has 133 grooves. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Every time you lick a stamp you consume approx. 1/10 of a calorie. Jewish stamps are certified Kosher. The pound sign (#) is called an octothorpe. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6". Singapore has only one train station. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. Napoleon made his battle plans in a sandbox. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. The green stuff on the occasional freak potato chip is chlorophyll. If you eat too many carrots you will turn orange (temporarily). Pluto's orbit crossed Neptune's, occasionally making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun from 1979 until 1999. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. Howdy Doody had 48 freckles. The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay". Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year. Hilary Clinton once said 'We are the President'. The reported percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%. The reported percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%. There are typically 333 toilet paper squares on a new toilet paper roll. The Eiffel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles. The average American eats 2 donuts a day. The longest word in the Old Testament is Malhershalahashbaz. The longest recorded time a person has been in a coma is 37 years. Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17. It takes the Where's Waldo artist one month to complete a drawing. About 2500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties. A baby is born approx. every 7 seconds. An estimated 10 tons of space dust falls on the Earth every day. On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. Blue and white are the most common school colors. Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up about 20 pounds of dust a year. The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: 'What hath God wrought?' The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: 'Watson come here, I need you'. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: 'Mary had a little lamb' The four words in the English language with the letters uu are: vacuum, residuum, triduum and continuum. A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestdestiny. (His middle name is George James). It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if you have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The average American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat in their lifetime. A new book is published about every 13 minutes in America during business hours. America's best selling ice-cream flavor is vanilla. American's eat about 18 billion hot dogs a year. The average American eats 134 pounds of sugar a year. Every year the sun loses approx. 360 million tons. Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe. You can tell if a skunk is close by if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray. Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool. The following are sounds as interpreted by the corresponding languages: A dog in East Africa says "woo-woo". A dog in Bangkok says "bahk-bahk". A dog in Japan says "wan-wan". A dog in Russia says "gahf-gahft". A cow in Thailand says "oo-ah" A cat in Japan says "neow". A cat in Thailand says "mao". A pig in Japan says "moo-moo". A pig in Thailand says "oot-oot". A pig in Russia says "ha-roo". A rooster in Germany says "ay-ee-ache-ache" Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises. India has about 50 million monkeys. By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life. Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year. Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. You breathe about 10 million times a year. You have a better chance of having a bad dream in a cold room than a warm one. The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse. Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mug shot number 54018. The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour. The bulls eye on a regulation dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects. The doorbell was invented in 1831. There are 225 squares on a Scrabble board. The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown. There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay. The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight. A squid has 10 tentacles. A snail's reproductive organs are in its head. A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose. The world AND appears 46,277 times in the Bible. The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "Horn." The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day. There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holmes' apartment. Anthony Robbins' infomercial airs every half an hour, 24 hours a day somewhere in the USA. When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from its eyes. Napoleon was terrified of cats. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint.
What do you think? funny? Yup long? > >A PET RULES > > > > > > > >To be posted VERY LOW on the refrigerator door - nose height. > > > > > > > > > > > >Dear Dogs and Cats, The dishes with the paw prints are yours and > > > >contains your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. > > > >Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate of food > >does > > > >not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I > > > >find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest. > > > > > > > >The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. > > > >Beating me to the bottom is not the object. > > > >Tripping me doesn't help > > > >because I fall faster than you can run. > > > > > > > >I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very > > > >sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch > >to > > > >ensure your comfort. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball > >when > > > >they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other > > > >stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that > >sticking > > > >tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to > > > >maximize space is nothing but sarcasm. > > > > > > > >For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. > > > >If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, > >it > > > >is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get > >your > > > >paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through > > > >the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for > >years > > > >canine or feline attendance is not mandatory. > > > > > > > >The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's > >butt. > > > >I cannot stress this enough. > > > > > > > > > > > >To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our > >front door: > > > > > > > >To All Non-Pet Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain About Our Pets > > > > > > > >1. They live here. You don't. > > > >2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the > > > >furniture. (That's why they call it "fur"niture.) > > > >3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people. > > > >4. To you, it's an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted > > > >son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speak > >clearly. > > > > > > > >Remember: Dogs and cats are better than kids because they: > > > > > > > >1. Eat less > > > >2. Don't ask for money all the time > > > >3 Are easier to train > > > >4. Usually come when called > > > >5 Never drive your car > > > >6. Don't hang out with drug-using friends > > > >7. Don't smoke or drink > > > >8. Don't worry about having to buy the latest fashions > > > >9. Don't wear your clothes > > > >10. Don't need a gazillion dollars for college, and > > > >11. If they get pregnant, you can sell their children
When a friend does a favor? So my friend volenteered to design a t-shirt for my team which turned out great. But I needed the file to send to the printing company. When I asled him to send me the file he said he would. So that day past and i called him the next day and left a message saying i need the file. He txted me back and said I will email it to you later. So I txted him back and said thanks. So it started to get late around 11pm and I still didnt get the email.So i txted him that i would like to get the file b4 he goes to bed so that he doesnt forget b4 he goes to work in the morning. So I was on messenger and asked one of my other friends if he had talked to my friend that made the design. He said that he was so I told him to ask him about the file. Then I get a text saying you dont need someone else to talk to me, stop treating him like a kid and that he got my txt ....So i txed back saying srry i just wanted to make sure u didnt forget. bcus i know u will be busy in the morning. so he txt me back saying he has more important things to do...yada yada.....SO...i go online and i see this comment-"random tip: if your buddy does design work for you, for free...you shouldnt treat him like a client. simply because that work was a courtesy, so dont take it for granted people! gawd." FACT1: he volenteered to do the job. FACT 2: i needed the file in the morning bcus they are closed on the weekend. So my Questions are Did I treat him like a kid? like a client? Yes he is a profeesional but, why would he act like the favor is such a big deal for him to do? I dont understand why he feels like that. It really pisses me off. I dont know what words I trying to say here.....please comment.....
Poll: Did you like The Oddysey or The Iliad better? I liked the Iliad better. This was my favorite part: Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Jove fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another. And which of the gods was it that set them on to quarrel? It was the son of Jove and Leto; for he was angry with the king and sent a pestilence upon the host to plague the people, because the son of Atreus had dishonoured Chryses his priest. Now Chryses had come to the ships of the Achaeans to free his daughter, and had brought with him a great ransom: moreover he bore in his hand the sceptre of Apollo wreathed with a suppliant's wreath and he besought the Achaeans, but most of all the two sons of Atreus, who were their chiefs. "Sons of Atreus," he cried, "and all other Achaeans, may the gods who dwell in Olympus grant you to sack the city of Priam, and to reach your homes in safety; but free my daughter, and accept a ransom for her, in reverence to Apollo, son of Jove." On this the rest of the Achaeans with one voice were for respecting the priest and taking the ransom that he offered; but not so Agamemnon, who spoke fiercely to him and sent him roughly away. "Old man," said he, "let me not find you tarrying about our ships, nor yet coming hereafter. Your sceptre of the god and your wreath shall profit you nothing. I will not free her. She shall grow old in my house at Argos far from her own home, busying herself with her loom and visiting my couch; so go, and do not provoke me or it shall be the worse for you." The old man feared him and obeyed. Not a word he spoke, but went by the shore of the sounding sea and prayed apart to King Apollo whom lovely Leto had borne. "Hear me," he cried, "O god of the silver bow, that protectest Chryse and holy Cilla and rulest Tenedos with thy might, hear me oh thou of Sminthe. If I have ever decked your temple with garlands, or burned your thigh-bones in fat of bulls or goats, grant my prayer, and let your arrows avenge these my tears upon the Danaans." Thus did he pray, and Apollo heard his prayer. He came down furious from the summits of Olympus, with his bow and his quiver upon his shoulder, and the arrows rattled on his back with the rage that trembled within him. He sat himself down away from the ships with a face as dark as night, and his silver bow rang death as he shot his arrow in the midst of them. First he smote their mules and their hounds, but presently he aimed his shafts at the people themselves, and all day long the pyres of the dead were burning. For nine whole days he shot his arrows among the people, but upon the tenth day Achilles called them in assembly- moved thereto by Juno, who saw the Achaeans in their death-throes and had compassion upon them. Then, when they were got together, he rose and spoke among them. "Son of Atreus," said he, "I deem that we should now turn roving home if we would escape destruction, for we are being cut down by war and pestilence at once. Let us ask some priest or prophet, or some reader of dreams (for dreams, too, are of Jove) who can tell us why Phoebus Apollo is so angry, and say whether it is for some vow that we have broken, or hecatomb that we have not offered, and whether he will accept the savour of lambs and goats without blemish, so as to take away the plague from us." With these words he sat down, and Calchas son of Thestor, wisest of augurs, who knew things past present and to come, rose to speak. He it was who had guided the Achaeans with their fleet to Ilius, through the prophesyings with which Phoebus Apollo had inspired him. With all sincerity and goodwill he addressed them thus:- "Achilles, loved of heaven, you bid me tell you about the anger of King Apollo, I will therefore do so; but consider first and swear that you will stand by me heartily in word and deed, for I know that I shall offend one who rules the Argives with might, to whom all the Achaeans are in subjection. A plain man cannot stand against the anger of a king, who if he swallow his displeasure now, will yet nurse revenge till he has wreaked it. Consider, therefore, whether or no you will protect me." And Achilles answered, "Fear not, but speak as it is borne in upon you from heaven, for by Apollo, Calchas, to whom you pray, and whose oracles you reveal to us, not a Danaan at our ships shall lay his hand upon you, while I yet live to look upon the face of the earth- no, not though you name Agamemnon himself, who is by far the foremost of the Achaeans." Thereon the seer spoke boldly. "The god," he said, "is angry neither about vow nor hecatomb, but for his priest's sake, whom Agamemnon has dishonoured, in that he would not free his daughter nor take a ransom for her; therefore has he sent these evils upon us, and will yet send others. He will not deliver the Danaans from this pestilence till Agamemnon has restored the girl without fee or ransom to her father, and has sent a holy hecatomb to Chryse. Thus we may perhaps appease him." With these words he sat down, and Agamemnon rose in anger. His heart was black with rage, and his eyes flashed fire as he scowled on Calchas and said, "Seer of evil, you never yet prophesied smooth things concerning me, but have ever loved to foretell that which was evil. You have brought me neither comfort nor performance; and now you come seeing among Danaans, and saying that Apollo has plagued us because I would not take a ransom for this girl, the daughter of Chryses. I have set my heart on keeping her in my own house, for I love her better even than my own wife Clytemnestra, whose peer she is alike in form and feature, in understanding and accomplishments. Still I will give her up if I must, for I would have the people live, not die; but you must find me a prize instead, or I alone among the Argives shall be without one. This is not well; for you behold, all of you, that my prize is to go elsewhither." And Achilles answered, "Most noble son of Atreus, covetous beyond all mankind, how shall the Achaeans find you another prize? We have no common store from which to take one. Those we took from the cities have been awarded; we cannot disallow the awards that have been made already. Give this girl, therefore, to the god, and if ever Jove grants us to sack the city of Troy we will requite you three and fourfold." Then Agamemnon said, "Achilles, valiant though you be, you shall not thus outwit me. You shall not overreach and you shall not persuade me. Are you to keep your own prize, while I sit tamely under my loss and give up the girl at your bidding? Let the Achaeans find me a prize in fair exchange to my liking, or I will come and take your own, or that of Ajax or of Ulysses; and he to whomsoever I may come shall rue my coming. But of this we will take thought hereafter; for the present, let us draw a ship into the sea, and find a crew for her expressly; let us put a hecatomb on board, and let us send Chryseis also; further, let some chief man among us be in command, either Ajax, or Idomeneus, or yourself, son of Peleus, mighty warrior that you are, that we may offer sacrifice and appease the the anger of the god." Achilles scowled at him and answered, "You are steeped in insolence and lust of gain. With what heart can any of the Achaeans do your bidding, either on foray or in open fighting? I came not warring here for any ill the Trojans had done me. I have no quarrel with them. They have not raided my cattle nor my horses, nor cut down my harvests on the rich plains of Phthia; for between me and them there is a great space, both mountain and sounding sea. We have followed you, Sir Insolence! for your pleasure, not ours- to gain satisfaction from the Trojans for your shameless self and for Menelaus. You forget this, and threaten to rob me of the prize for which I have toiled, and which the sons of the Achaeans have given me. Never when the Achaeans sack any rich city of the Trojans do I receive so good a prize as you do, though it is my hands that do the better part of the fighting. When the sharing comes, your share is far the largest, and I, forsooth, must go back to my ships, take what I can get and be thankful, when my labour of fighting is done. Now, therefore, I shall go back to Phthia; it will be much better for me to return home with my ships, for I will not stay here dishonoured to gather gold and substance for you." And Agamemnon answered, "Fly if you will, I shall make you no prayers to stay you. I have others here who will do me honour, and above all Jove, the lord of counsel. There is no king here so hateful to me as you are, for you are ever quarrelsome and ill affected. What though you be brave? Was it not heaven that made you so? Go home, then, with your ships and comrades to lord it over the Myrmidons. I care neither for you nor for your anger; and thus will I do: since Phoebus Apollo is taking Chryseis from me, I shall send her with my ship and my followers, but I shall come to your tent and take your own prize Briseis, that you may learn how much stronger I am than you are, and that another may fear to set himself up as equal or comparable with me." The son of Peleus was furious, and his heart within his shaggy breast was divided whether to draw his sword, push the others aside, and kill the son of Atreus, or to restrain himself and check his anger. While he was thus in two minds, and was drawing his mighty sword from its scabbard, Minerva came down from heaven (for Juno had sent her in the love she bore to them both), and seized the son of Peleus by his yellow hair, visible to him alone, for of the others no man could see her. Achilles turned in amaze, and by the fire that flashed from her eyes at once knew that she was Minerva. "Why are you here," said he, "daughter of aegis-bearing Jove? To see the pride of Agamemnon, son of Atreus? Let me tell you- and it shall surely be- he shall pay for this insolence with his life." And Minerva said, "I come from heaven, if you will hear me, to bid you stay your anger. Juno has sent me, who cares for both of you alike. Cease, then, this brawling, and do not draw your sword; rail at him if you will, and your railing will not be vain, for I tell you- and it shall surely be- that you shall hereafter receive gifts three times as splendid by reason of this present insult. Hold, therefore, and obey." "Goddess," answered Achilles, "however angry a man may be, he must do as you two command him. This will be best, for the gods ever hear the prayers of him who has obeyed them." He stayed his hand on the silver hilt of his sword, and thrust it back into the scabbard as Minerva bade him. Then she went back to Olympus among the other gods, and to the house of aegis-bearing Jove. But the son of Peleus again began railing at the son of Atreus, for he was still in a rage. "Wine-bibber," he cried, "with the face of a dog and the heart of a hind, you never dare to go out with the host in fight, nor yet with our chosen men in ambuscade. You shun this as you do death itself. You had rather go round and rob his prizes from any man who contradicts you. You devour your people, for you are king over a feeble folk; otherwise, son of Atreus, henceforward you would insult no man. Therefore I say, and swear it with a great oath- nay, by this my sceptre which shalt sprout neither leaf nor shoot, nor bud anew from the day on which it left its parent stem upon the mountains- for the axe stripped it of leaf and bark, and now the sons of the Achaeans bear it as judges and guardians of the decrees of heaven- so surely and solemnly do I swear that hereafter they shall look fondly for Achilles and shall not find him. In the day of your distress, when your men fall dying by the murderous hand of Hector, you shall not know how to help them, and shall rend your heart with rage for the hour when you offered insult to the bravest of the Achaeans." With this the son of Peleus dashed his gold-bestudded sceptre on the ground and took his seat, while the son of Atreus was beginning fiercely from his place upon the other side. Then uprose smooth-tongued Nestor, the facile speaker of the Pylians, and the words fell from his lips sweeter than honey. Two generations of men born and bred in Pylos had passed away under his rule, and he was now reigning over the third. With all sincerity and goodwill, therefore, he addressed them thus:- "Of a truth," he said, "a great sorrow has befallen the Achaean land. Surely Priam with his sons would rejoice, and the Trojans be glad at heart if they could hear this quarrel between you two, who are so excellent in fight and counsel. I am older than either of you; therefore be guided by me. Moreover I have been the familiar friend of men even greater than you are, and they did not disregard my counsels. Never again can I behold such men as Pirithous and Dryas shepherd of his people, or as Caeneus, Exadius, godlike Polyphemus, and Theseus son of Aegeus, peer of the immortals. These were the mightiest men ever born upon this earth: mightiest were they, and when they fought the fiercest tribes of mountain savages they utterly overthrew them. I came from distant Pylos, and went about among them, for they would have me come, and I fought as it was in me to do. Not a man now living could withstand them, but they heard my words, and were persuaded by them. So be it also with yourselves, for this is the more excellent way. Therefore, Agamemnon, though you be strong, take not this girl away, for the sons of the Achaeans have already given her to Achilles; and you, Achilles, strive not further with the king, for no man who by the grace of Jove wields a sceptre has like honour with Agamemnon. You are strong, and have a goddess for your mother; but Agamemnon is stronger than you, for he has more people under him. Son of Atreus, check your anger, I implore you; end this quarrel with Achilles, who in the day of battle is a tower of strength to the Achaeans." And Agamemnon answered, "Sir, all that you have said is true, but this fellow must needs become our lord and master: he must be lord of all, king of all, and captain of all, and this shall hardly be. Granted that the gods have made him a great warrior, have they also given him the right to speak with railing?" Achilles interrupted him. "I should be a mean coward," he cried, "were I to give in to you in all things. Order other people about, not me, for I shall obey no longer. Furthermore I say- and lay my saying to your heart- I shall fight neither you nor any man about this girl, for those that take were those also that gave. But of all else that is at my ship you shall carry away nothing by force. Try, that others may see; if you do, my spear shall be reddened with your blood." When they had quarrelled thus angrily, they rose, and broke up the assembly at the ships of the Achaeans. The son of Peleus went back to his tents and ships with the son of Menoetius and his company, while Agamemnon drew a vessel into the water and chose a crew of twenty oarsmen. He escorted Chryseis on board and sent moreover a hecatomb for the god. And Ulysses went as captain. These, then, went on board and sailed their ways over the sea. But the son of Atreus bade the people purify themselves; so they purified themselves and cast their filth into the sea. Then they offered hecatombs of bulls and goats without blemish on the sea-shore, and the smoke with the savour of their sacrifice rose curling up towards heaven. Thus did they busy themselves throughout the host. But Agamemnon did not forget the threat that he had made Achilles, and called his trusty messengers and squires Talthybius and Eurybates. "Go," said he, "to the tent of Achilles, son of Peleus; take Briseis by the hand and bring her hither; if he will not give her I shall come with others and take her- which will press him harder." He charged them straightly further and dismissed them, whereon they went their way sorrowfully by the seaside, till they came to the tents and ships of the Myrmidons. They found Achilles sitting by his tent and his ships, and ill-pleased he was when he beheld them. They stood fearfully and reverently before him, and never a word did they speak, but he knew them and said, "Welcome, heralds, messengers of gods and men; draw near; my quarrel is not with you but with Agamemnon who has sent you for the girl Briseis. Therefore, Patroclus, bring her and give her to them, but let them be witnesses by the blessed gods, by mortal men, and by the fierceness of Agamemnon's anger, that if ever again there be need of me to save the people from ruin, they shall seek and they shall not find. Agamemnon is mad with rage and knows not how to look before and after that the Achaeans may fight by their ships in safety." Patroclus did as his dear comrade had bidden him. He brought Briseis from the tent and gave her over to the heralds, who took her with them to the ships of the Achaeans- and the woman was loth to go. Then Achilles went all alone by the side of the hoar sea, weeping and looking out upon the boundless waste of waters. He raised his hands in prayer to his immortal mother, "Mother," he cried, "you bore me doomed to live but for a little season; surely Jove, who thunders from Olympus, might have made that little glorious. It is not so. Agamemnon, son of Atreus, has done me dishonour, and has robbed me of my prize by force." As he spoke he wept aloud, and his mother heard him where she was sitting in the depths of the sea hard by the old man her father. Forthwith she rose as it were a grey mist out of the waves, sat down before him as he stood weeping, caressed him with her hand, and said, "My son, why are you weeping? What is it that grieves you? Keep it not from me, but tell me, that we may know it together." Achilles drew a deep sigh and said, "You know it; why tell you what you know well already? We went to Thebe the strong city of Eetion, sacked it, and brought hither the spoil. The sons of the Achaeans shared it duly among themselves, and chose lovely Chryseis as the meed of Agamemnon; but Chryses, priest of Apollo, came to the ships of the Achaeans to free his daughter, and brought with him a great ransom: moreover he bore in his hand the sceptre of Apollo, wreathed with a suppliant's wreath, and he besought the Achaeans, but most of all the two sons of Atreus who were their chiefs. "On this the rest of the Achaeans with one voice were for respecting the priest and taking the ransom that he offered; but not so Agamemnon, who spoke fiercely to him and sent him roughly away. So he went back in anger, and Apollo, who loved him dearly, heard his prayer. Then the god sent a deadly dart upon the Argives, and the people died thick on one another, for the arrows went everywhither among the wide host of the Achaeans. At last a seer in the fulness of his knowledge declared to us the oracles of Apollo, and I was myself first to say that we should appease him. Whereon the son of Atreus rose in anger, and threatened that which he has since done. The Achaeans are now taking the girl in a ship to Chryse, and sending gifts of sacrifice to the god; but the heralds have just taken from my tent the daughter of Briseus, whom the Achaeans had awarded to myself. "Help your brave son, therefore, if you are able. Go to Olympus, and if you have ever done him service in word or deed, implore the aid of Jove. Ofttimes in my father's house have I heard you glory in that you alone of the immortals saved the son of Saturn from ruin, when the others, with Juno, Neptune, and Pallas Minerva would have put him in bonds. It was you, goddess, who delivered him by calling to Olympus the hundred-handed monster whom gods call Briareus, but men Aegaeon, for he is stronger even than his father; when therefore he took his seat all-glorious beside the son of Saturn, the other gods were afraid, and did not bind him. Go, then, to him, remind him of all this, clasp his knees, and bid him give succour to the Trojans. Let the Achaeans be hemmed in at the sterns of their ships, and perish on the sea-shore, that they may reap what joy they may of their king, and that Agamemnon may rue his blindness in offering insult to the foremost of the Achaeans." Thetis wept and answered, "My son, woe is me that I should have borne or suckled you. Would indeed that you had lived your span free from all sorrow at your ships, for it is all too brief; alas, that you should be at once short of life and long of sorrow above your peers: woe, therefore, was the hour in which I bore you; nevertheless I will go to the snowy heights of Olympus, and tell this tale to Jove, if he will hear our prayer: meanwhile stay where you are with your ships, nurse your anger against the Achaeans, and hold aloof from fight. For Jove went yesterday to Oceanus, to a feast among the Ethiopians, and the other gods went with him. He will return to Olympus twelve days hence; I will then go to his mansion paved with bronze and will beseech him; nor do I doubt that I shall be able to persuade him." On this she left him, still furious at the loss of her that had been taken from him. Meanwhile Ulysses reached Chryse with the hecatomb. When they had come inside the harbour they furled the sails and laid them in the ship's hold; they slackened the forestays, lowered the mast into its place, and rowed the ship to the place where they would have her lie; there they cast out their mooring-stones and made fast the hawsers. They then got out upon the sea-shore and landed the hecatomb for Apollo; Chryseis also left the ship, and Ulysses led her to the altar to deliver her into the hands of her father. "Chryses," said he, "King Agamemnon has sent me to bring you back your child, and to offer sacrifice to Apollo on behalf of the Danaans, that we may propitiate the god, who has now brought sorrow upon the Argives." So saying he gave the girl over to her father, who received her gladly, and they ranged the holy hecatomb all orderly round the altar of the god. They washed their hands and took up the barley-meal to sprinkle over the victims, while Chryses lifted up his hands and prayed aloud on their behalf. "Hear me," he cried, "O god of the silver bow, that protectest Chryse and holy Cilla, and rulest Tenedos with thy might. Even as thou didst hear me aforetime when I prayed, and didst press hardly upon the Achaeans, so hear me yet again, and stay this fearful pestilence from the Danaans." Thus did he pray, and Apollo heard his prayer. When they had done praying and sprinkling the barley-meal, they drew back the heads of the victims and killed and flayed them. They cut out the thigh-bones, wrapped them round in two layers of fat, set some pieces of raw meat on the top of them, and then Chryses laid them on the wood fire and poured wine over them, while the young men stood near him with five-pronged spits in their hands. When the thigh-bones were burned and they had tasted the inward meats, they cut the rest up small, put the pieces upon the spits, roasted them till they were done, and drew them off: then, when they had finished their work and the feast was ready, they ate it, and every man had his full share, so that all were satisfied. As soon as they had had enough to eat and drink, pages filled the mixing-bowl with wine and water and handed it round, after giving every man his drink-offering. Thus all day long the young men worshipped the god with song, hymning him and chaunting the joyous paean, and the god took pleasure in their voices; but when the sun went down, and it came on dark, they laid themselves down to sleep by the stern cables of the ship, and when the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared they again set sail for the host of the Achaeans. Apollo sent them a fair wind, so they raised their mast and hoisted their white sails aloft. As the sail bellied with the wind the ship flew through the deep blue water, and the foam hissed against her bows as she sped onward. When they reached the wide-stretching host of the Achaeans, they drew the vessel ashore, high and dry upon the sands, set her strong props beneath her, and went their ways to their own tents and ships. But Achilles abode at his ships and nursed his anger. He went not to the honourable assembly, and sallied not forth to fight, but gnawed at his own heart, pining for battle and the war-cry. Now after twelve days the immortal gods came back in a body to Olympus, and Jove led the way. Thetis was not unmindful of the charge her son had laid upon her, so she rose from under the sea and went through great heaven with early morning to Olympus, where she found the mighty son of Saturn sitting all alone upon its topmost ridges. She sat herself down before him, and with her left hand seized his knees, while with her right she caught him under the chin, and besought him, saying- "Father Jove, if I ever did you service in word or deed among the immortals, hear my prayer, and do honour to my son, whose life is to be cut short so early. King Agamemnon has dishonoured him by taking his prize and keeping her. Honour him then yourself, Olympian lord of counsel, and grant victory to the Trojans, till the Achaeans give my son his due and load him with riches in requital." Jove sat for a while silent, and without a word, but Thetis still kept firm hold of his knees, and besought him a second time. "Incline your head," said she, "and promise me surely, or else deny me- for you have nothing to fear- that I may learn how greatly you disdain me." At this Jove was much troubled and answered, "I shall have trouble if you set me quarrelling with Juno, for she will provoke me with her taunting speeches; even now she is always railing at me before the other gods and accusing me of giving aid to the Trojans. Go back now, lest she should find out. I will consider the matter, and will bring it about as wish. See, I incline my head that you believe me. This is the most solemn that I can give to any god. I never recall my word, or deceive, or fail to do what I say, when I have nodded my head." As he spoke the son of Saturn bowed his dark brows, and the ambrosial locks swayed on his immortal head, till vast Olympus reeled. When the pair had thus laid their plans, they parted- Jove to his house, while the goddess quitted the splendour of Olympus, and plunged into the depths of the sea. The gods rose from their seats, before the coming of their sire. Not one of them dared to remain sitting, but all stood up as he came among them. There, then, he took his seat. But Juno, when she saw him, knew that he and the old merman's daughter, silver-footed Thetis, had been hatching mischief, so she at once began to upbraid him. "Trickster," she cried, "which of the gods have you been taking into your counsels now? You are always settling matters in secret behind my back, and have never yet told me, if you could help it, one word of your intentions." "Juno," replied the sire of gods and men, "you must not expect to be informed of all my counsels. You are my wife, but you would find it hard to understand them. When it is proper for you to hear, there is no one, god or man, who will be told sooner, but when I mean to keep a matter to myself, you must not pry nor ask questions." "Dread son of Saturn," answered Juno, "what are you talking about? I? Pry and ask questions? Never. I let you have your own way in everything. Still, I have a strong misgiving that the old merman's daughter Thetis has been talking you over, for she was with you and had hold of your knees this self-same morning. I believe, therefore, that you have been promising her to give glory to Achilles, and to kill much people at the ships of the Achaeans." "Wife," said Jove, "I can do nothing but you suspect me and find it out. You will take nothing by it, for I shall only dislike you the more, and it will go harder with you. Granted that it is as you say; I mean to have it so; sit down and hold your tongue as I bid you for if I once begin to lay my hands about you, though all heaven were on your side it would profit you nothing." On this Juno was frightened, so she curbed her stubborn will and sat down in silence. But the heavenly beings were disquieted throughout the house of Jove, till the cunning workman Vulcan began to try and pacify his mother Juno. "It will be intolerable," said he, "if you two fall to wrangling and setting heaven in an uproar about a pack of mortals. If such ill counsels are to prevail, we shall have no pleasure at our banquet. Let me then advise my mother- and she must herself know that it will be better- to make friends with my dear father Jove, lest he again scold her and disturb our feast. If the Olympian Thunderer wants to hurl us all from our seats, he can do so, for he is far the strongest, so give him fair words, and he will then soon be in a good humour with us." As he spoke, he took a double cup of nectar, and placed it in his mother's hand. "Cheer up, my dear mother," said he, "and make the best of it. I love you dearly, and should be very sorry to see you get a thrashing; however grieved I might be, I could not help for there is no standing against Jove. Once before when I was trying to help you, he caught me by the foot and flung me from the heavenly threshold. All day long from morn till eve, was I falling, till at sunset I came to ground in the island of Lemnos, and there I lay, with very little life left in me, till the Sintians came and tended me." Juno smiled at this, and as she smiled she took the cup from her son's hands. Then Vulcan drew sweet nectar from the mixing-bowl, and served it round among the gods, going from left to right; and the blessed gods laughed out a loud applause as they saw him ing bustling about the heavenly mansion. Thus through the livelong day to the going down of the sun they feasted, and every one had his full share, so that all were satisfied. Apollo struck his lyre, and the Muses lifted up their sweet voices, calling and answering one another. But when the sun's glorious light had faded, they went home to bed, each in his own abode, which lame Vulcan with his consummate skill had fashioned for them. So Jove, the Olympian Lord of Thunder, hied him to the bed in which he always slept; and when he had got on to it he went to sleep, with Juno of the golden throne by his side. Now the other gods and the armed warriors on the plain slept soundly, but Jove was wakeful, for he was thinking how to do honour to Achilles, and destroyed much people at the ships of the Achaeans. In the end he deemed it would be best to send a lying dream to King Agamemnon; so he called one to him and said to it, "Lying Dream, go to the ships of the Achaeans, into the tent of Agamemnon, and say to him word to word as I now bid you. Tell him to get the Achaeans instantly under arms, for he shall take Troy. There are no longer divided counsels among the gods; Juno has brought them to her own mind, and woe betides the Trojans." The dream went when it had heard its message, and soon reached the ships of the Achaeans. It sought Agamemnon son of Atreus and found him in his tent, wrapped in a profound slumber. It hovered over his head in the likeness of Nestor, son of Neleus, whom Agamemnon honoured above all his councillors, and said:- "You are sleeping, son of Atreus; one who has the welfare of his host and so much other care upon his shoulders should dock his sleep. Hear me at once, for I come as a messenger from Jove, who, though he be not near, yet takes thought for you and pities you. He bids you get the Achaeans instantly under arms, for you shall take Troy. There are no longer divided counsels among the gods; Juno has brought them over to her own mind, and woe betides the Trojans at the hands of Jove. Remember this, and when you wake see that it does not escape you." The dream then left him, and he thought of things that were, surely not to be accomplished. He thought that on that same day he was to take the city of Priam, but he little knew what was in the mind of Jove, who had many another hard-fought fight in store alike for Danaans and Trojans. Then presently he woke, with the divine message still ringing in his ears; so he sat upright, and put on his soft shirt so fair and new, and over this his heavy cloak. He bound his sandals on to his comely feet, and slung his silver-studded sword about his shoulders; then he took the imperishable staff of his father, and sallied forth to the ships of the Achaeans. The goddess Dawn now wended her way to vast Olympus that she might herald day to Jove and to the other immortals, and Agamemnon sent the criers round to call the people in assembly; so they called them and the people gathered thereon. But first he summoned a meeting of the elders at the ship of Nestor king of Pylos, and when they were assembled he laid a cunning counsel before them. "My friends," said he, "I have had a dream from heaven in the dead of night, and its face and figure resembled none but Nestor's. It hovered over my head and said, 'You are sleeping, son of Atreus; one who has the welfare of his host and so much other care upon his shoulders should dock his sleep. Hear me at once, for I am a messenger from Jove, who, though he be not near, yet takes thought for you and pities you. He bids you get the Achaeans instantly under arms, for you shall take Troy. There are no longer divided counsels among the gods; Juno has brought them over to her own mind, and woe betides the Trojans at the hands of Jove. Remember this.' The dream then vanished and I awoke. Let us now, therefore, arm the sons of the Achaeans. But it will be well that I should first sound them, and to this end I will tell them to fly with their ships; but do you others go about among the host and prevent their doing so." He then sat down, and Nestor the prince of Pylos with all sincerity and goodwill addressed them thus: "My friends," said he, "princes and councillors of the Argives, if any other man of the Achaeans had told us of this dream we should have declared it false, and would have had nothing to do with it. But he who has seen it is the foremost man among us; we must therefore set about getting the people under arms." With this he led the way from the assembly, and the other sceptred kings rose with him in obedience to the word of Agamemnon; but the people pressed forward to hear. They swarmed like bees that sally from some hollow cave and flit in countless throng among the spring flowers, bunched in knots and clusters; even so did the mighty multitude pour from ships and tents to the assembly, and range themselves upon the wide-watered shore, while among them ran Wildfire Rumour, messenger of Jove, urging them ever to the fore. Thus they gathered in a pell-mell of mad confusion, and the earth groaned under the tramp of men as the people sought their places. Nine heralds went crying about among them to stay their tumult and bid them listen to the kings, till at last they were got into their several places and ceased their clamour. Then King Agamemnon rose, holding his sceptre. This was the work of Vulcan, who gave it to Jove the son of Saturn. Jove gave it to Mercury, slayer of Argus, guide and guardian. King Mercury gave it to Pelops, the mighty charioteer, and Pelops to Atreus, shepherd of his people. Atreus, when he died, left it to Thyestes, rich in flocks, and Thyestes in his turn left it to be borne by Agamemnon, that he might be lord of all Argos and of the isles. Leaning, then, on his sceptre, he addressed the Argives. "My friends," he said, "heroes, servants of Mars, the hand of heaven has been laid heavily upon me. Cruel Jove gave me his solemn promise that I should sack the city of Priam before returning, but he has played me false, and is now bidding me go ingloriously back to Argos with the loss of much people. Such is the will of Jove, who has laid many a proud city in the dust, as he will yet lay others, for his power is above all. It will be a sorry tale hereafter that an Achaean host, at once so great and valiant, battled in vain against men fewer in number than themselves; but as yet the end is not in sight. Think that the Achaeans and Trojans have sworn to a solemn covenant, and that they have each been numbered- the Trojans by the roll of their householders, and we by companies of ten; think further that each of our companies desired to have a Trojan householder to pour out their wine; we are so greatly more in number that full many a company would have to go without its cup-bearer. But they have in the town allies from other places, and it is these that hinder me from being able to sack the rich city of Ilius. Nine of Jove years are gone; the timbers of our ships have rotted; their tackling is sound no longer. Our wives and little ones at home look anxiously for our coming, but the work that we came hither to do has not been done. Now, therefore, let us all do as I say: let us sail back to our own land, for we shall not take Troy." With these words he moved the hearts of the multitude, so many of them as knew not the cunning counsel of Agamemnon. They surged to and fro like the waves of the Icarian Sea, when the east and south winds break from heaven's clouds to lash them; or as when the west wind sweeps over a field of corn and the ears bow beneath the blast, even so were they swayed as they flew with loud cries towards the ships, and the dust from under their feet rose heavenward. They cheered each other on to draw the ships into the sea; they cleared the channels in front of them; they began taking away the stays from underneath them, and the welkin rang with their glad cries, so eager were they to return. Then surely the Argives would have returned after a fashion that was not fated. But Juno said to Minerva, "Alas, daughter of aegis-bearing Jove, unweariable, shall the Argives fly home to their own land over the broad sea, and leave Priam and the Trojans the glory of still keeping Helen, for whose sake so many of the Achaeans have died at Troy, far from their homes? Go about at once among the host, and speak fairly to them, man by man, that they draw not their ships into the sea." Minerva was not slack to do her bidding. Down she darted from the topmost summits of Olympus, and in a moment she was at the ships of the Achaeans. There she found Ulysses, peer of Jove in counsel, standing alone. He had not as yet laid a hand upon his ship, for he was grieved and sorry; so she went close up to him and said, "Ulysses, noble son of Laertes, are you going to fling yourselves into your ships and be off home to your own land in this way? Will you leave Priam and the Trojans the glory of still keeping Helen, for whose sake so many of the Achaeans have died at Troy, far from their homes? Go about at once among the host, and speak fairly to them, man by man, that they draw not their ships into the sea." Ulysses knew the voice as that of the goddess: he flung his cloak from him and set off to run. His servant Eurybates, a man of Ithaca, who waited on him, took charge of the cloak, whereon Ulysses went straight up to Agamemnon and received from him his ancestral, imperishable staff. With this he went about among the ships of the Achaeans. Whenever he met a king or chieftain, he stood by him and spoke him fairly. "Sir," said he, "this flight is cowardly and unworthy. Stand to your post, and bid your people also keep their places. You do not yet know the full mind of Agamemnon; he was sounding us, and ere long will visit the Achaeans with his displeasure. We were not all of us at the council to hear what he then said; see to it lest he be angry and do us a mischief; for the pride of kings is great, and the hand of Jove is with them." But when he came across any common man who was making a noise, he struck him with his staff and rebuked him, saying, "Sirrah, hold your peace, and listen to better men than yourself. You are a coward and no soldier; you are nobody either in fight or council; we cannot all be kings; it is not well that there should be many masters; one man must be supreme- one king to whom the son of scheming Saturn has given the sceptre of sovereignty over you all." Thus masterfully did he go about among the host, and the people hurried back to the council from their tents and ships with a sound as the thunder of surf when it comes crashing down upon the shore, and all the sea is in an uproar. The rest now took their seats and kept to their own several places, but Thersites still went on wagging his unbridled tongue- a man of many words, and those unseemly; a monger of sedition, a railer against all who were in authority, who cared not what he said, so that he might set the Achaeans in a laugh. He was the ugliest man of all those that came before Troy- bandy-legged, lame of one foot, with his two shoulders rounded and hunched over his chest. His head ran up to a point, but there was little hair on the top of it. Achilles and Ulysses hated him worst of all, for it was with them that he was most wont to wrangle; now, however, with a shrill squeaky voice he began heaping his abuse on Agamemnon. The Achaeans were angry and disgusted, yet none the less he kept on brawling and bawling at the son of Atreus. "Agamemnon," he cried, "what ails you now, and what more do you want? Your tents are filled with bronze and with fair women, for whenever we take a town we give you the pick of them. Would you have yet more gold, which some Trojan is to give you as a ransom for his son, when I or another Achaean has taken him prisoner? or is it some young girl to hide and lie with? It is not well that you, the ruler of the Achaeans, should bring them into such misery. Weakling cowards, women rather than men, let us sail home, and leave this fellow here at Troy to stew in his own meeds of honour, and discover whether we were of any service to him or no. Achilles is a much better man than he is, and see how he has treated him- robbing him of his prize and keeping it himself. Achilles takes it meekly and shows no fight; if he did, son of Atreus, you would never again insult him." Thus railed Thersites, but Ulysses at once went up to him and rebuked him sternly. "Check your glib tongue, Thersites," said be, "and babble not a word further. Chide not with princes when you have none to back you. There is no viler creature come before Troy with the sons of Atreus. Drop this chatter about kings, and neither revile them nor keep harping about going home. We do not yet know how things are going to be, nor whether the Achaeans are to return with good success or evil. How dare you gibe at Agamemnon because the Danaans have awarded him so many prizes? I tell you, therefore- and it shall surely be- that if I again catch you talking such nonsense, I will either forfeit my own head and be no more called father of Telemachus, or I will take you, strip you stark naked, and whip you out of the assembly till you go blubbering back to the ships." On this he beat him with his staff about the back and shoulders till he dropped and fell a-weeping. The golden sceptre raised a bloody weal on his back, so he sat down frightened and in pain, looking foolish as he wiped the tears from his eyes. The people were sorry for him, yet they laughed heartily, and one would turn to his neighbour saying, "Ulysses has done many a good thing ere now in fight and council, but he never did the Argives a better turn than when he stopped this fellow's mouth from prating further. He will give the kings no more of his insolence." Thus said the people. Then Ulysses rose, sceptre in hand, and Minerva in the likeness of a herald bade the people be still, that those who were far off might hear him and consider his council. He therefore with all sincerity and goodwill addressed them thus:- "King Agamemnon, the Achaeans are for making you a by-word among all mankind. They forget the promise they made you when they set out from Argos, that you should not return till you had sacked the town of Troy, and, like children or widowed women, they murmur and would set off homeward. True it is that they have had toil enough to be disheartened. A man chafes at having to stay away from his wife even for a single month, when he is on shipboard, at the mercy of wind and sea, but it is now nine long years that we have been kept here; I cannot, therefore, blame the Achaeans if they turn restive; still we shall be shamed if we go home empty after so long a stay- therefore, my friends, be patient yet a little longer that we may learn whether the prophesyings of Calchas were false or true. "All who have not since perished must remember as though it were yesterday or the day before, how the ships of the Achaeans were detained in Aulis when we were on our way hither to make war on Priam and the Trojans. We were ranged round about a fountain offering hecatombs to the gods upon their holy altars, and there was a fine plane-tree from beneath which there welled a stream of pure water. Then we saw a prodigy; for Jove sent a fearful serpent out of the ground, with blood-red stains upon its back, and it darted from under the altar on to the plane-tree. Now there was a brood of young sparrows, quite small, upon the topmost bough, peeping out from under the leaves, eight in all, and their mother that hatched them made nine. The serpent ate the poor cheeping things, while the old bird flew about lamenting her little ones; but the serpent threw his coils about her and caught her by the wing as she was screaming. Then, when he had eaten both the sparrow and her young, the god who had sent him made him become a sign; for the son of scheming Saturn turned him into stone, and we stood there wondering at that which had come to pass. Seeing, then, that such a fearful portent had broken in upon our hecatombs, Calchas forthwith declared to us the oracles of heaven. 'Why, Achaeans,' said he, 'are you thus speechless? Jove has sent us this sign, long in coming, and long ere it be fulfilled, though its fame shall last for ever. As the serpent ate the eight fledglings and the sparrow that hatched them, which makes nine, so shall we fight nine years at Troy, but in the tenth shall take the town.' This was what he said, and now it is all coming true. Stay here, therefore, all of you, till we take the city of Priam." On this the Argives raised a shout, till the ships rang again with the uproar. Nestor, knight of Gerene, then addressed them. "Shame on you," he cried, "to stay talking here like children, when you should fight like men. Where are our covenants now, and where the oaths that we have taken? Shall our counsels be flung into the fire, with our drink-offerings and the right hands of fellowship wherein we have put our trust? We waste our time in words, and for all our talking here shall be no further forward. Stand, therefore, son of Atreus, by your own steadfast purpose; lead the Argives on to battle, and leave this handful of men to rot, who scheme, and scheme in vain, to get back to Argos ere they have learned whether Jove be true or a liar. For the mighty son of Saturn surely promised that we should succeed, when we Argives set sail to bring death and destruction upon the Trojans. He showed us favourable signs by flashing his lightning on our right hands; therefore let none make haste to go till he has first lain with the wife of some Trojan, and avenged the toil and sorrow that he has suffered for the sake of Helen. Nevertheless, if any man is in such haste to be at home again, let him lay his hand to his ship that he may meet his doom in the sight of all. But, O king, consider and give ear to my counsel, for the word that I say may not be neglected lightly. Divide your men, Agamemnon, into their several tribes and clans, that clans and tribes may stand by and help one another. If you do this, and if the Achaeans obey you, you will find out who, both chiefs and peoples, are brave, and who are cowards; for they will vie against the other. Thus you shall also learn whether it is through the counsel of heaven or the cowardice of man that you shall fail to take the town." And Agamemnon answered, "Nestor, you have again outdone the sons of the Achaeans in counsel. Would, by Father Jove, Minerva, and Apollo, that I had among them ten more such councillors, for the city of King Priam would then soon fall beneath our hands, and we should sack it. But the son of Saturn afflicts me with bootless wranglings and strife. Achilles and I are quarrelling about this girl, in which matter I was the first to offend; if we can be of one mind again, the Trojans will not stave off destruction for a day. Now, therefore, get your morning meal, that our hosts join in fight. Whet well your spears; see well to the ordering of your shields; give good feeds to your horses, and look your chariots carefully over, that we may do battle the livelong day; for we shall have no rest, not for a moment, till night falls to part us. The bands that bear your shields shall be wet with the sweat upon your shoulders, your hands shall weary upon your spears, your horses shall steam in front of your chariots, and if I see any man shirking the fight, or trying to keep out of it at the ships, there shall be no help for him, but he shall be a prey to dogs and vultures." Thus he spoke, and the Achaeans roared applause. As when the waves run high before the blast of the south wind and break on some lofty headland, dashing against it and buffeting it without ceasing, as the storms from every quarter drive them, even so did the Achaeans rise and hurry in all directions to their ships. There they lighted their fires at their tents and got dinner, offering sacrifice every man to one or other of the gods, and praying each one of them that he might live to come out of the fight. Agamemnon, king of men, sacrificed a fat five-year-old bull to the mighty son of Saturn, and invited the princes and elders of his host. First he asked Nestor and King Idomeneus, then the two Ajaxes and the son of Tydeus, and sixthly Ulysses, peer of gods in counsel; but Menelaus came of his own accord, for he knew how busy his brother then was. They stood round the bull with the barley-meal in their hands, and Agamemnon prayed, saying, "Jove, most glorious, supreme, that dwellest in heaven, and ridest upon the storm-cloud, grant that the sun may not go down, nor the night fall, till the palace of Priam is laid low, and its gates are consumed with fire. Grant that my sword may pierce the shirt of Hector about his heart, and that full many of his comrades may bite the dust as they fall dying round him." Thus he prayed, but the son of Saturn would not fulfil his prayer. He accepted the sacrifice, yet none the less increased their toil continually. When they had done praying and sprinkling the barley-meal upon the victim, they drew back its head, killed it, and then flayed it. They cut out the thigh-bones, wrapped them round in two layers of fat, and set pieces of raw meat on the top of them. These they burned upon the split logs of firewood, but they spitted the inward meats, and held them in the flames to cook. When the thigh-bones were burned, and they had tasted the inward meats, they cut the rest up small, put the pieces upon spits, roasted them till they were done, and drew them off; then, when they had finished their work and the feast was ready, they ate it, and every man had his full share, so that all were satisfied. As soon as they had had enough to eat and drink, Nestor, knight of Gerene, began to speak. "King Agamemnon," said he, "let us not stay talking here, nor be slack in the work that heaven has put into our hands. Let the heralds summon the people to gather at their several ships; we will then go about among the host, that we may begin fighting at once." Thus did he speak, and Agamemnon heeded his words. He at once sent the criers round to call the people in assembly. So they called them, and the people gathered thereon. The chiefs about the son of Atreus chose their men and marshalled them, while Minerva went among them holding her priceless aegis that knows neither age nor death. From it there waved a hundred tassels of pure gold, all deftly woven, and each one of them worth a hundred oxen. With this she darted furiously everywhere among the hosts of the Achaeans, urging them forward, and putting courage into the heart of each, so that he might fight and do battle without ceasing. Thus war became sweeter in their eyes even than returning home in their ships. As when some great forest fire is raging upon a mountain top and its light is seen afar, even so as they marched the gleam of their armour flashed up into the firmament of heaven. They were like great flocks of geese, or cranes, or swans on the plain about the waters of Cayster, that wing their way hither and thither, glorying in the pride of flight, and crying as they settle till the fen is alive with their screaming. Even thus did their tribes pour from ships and tents on to the plain of the Scamander, and the ground rang as brass under the feet of men and horses. They stood as thick upon the flower-bespangled field as leaves that bloom in summer. As countless swarms of flies buzz around a herdsman's homestead in the time of spring when the pails are drenched with milk, even so did the Achaeans swarm on to the plain to charge the Trojans and destroy them. The chiefs disposed their men this way and that before the fight began, drafting them out as easily as goatherds draft their flocks when they have got mixed while feeding; and among them went King Agamemnon, with a head and face like Jove the lord of thunder, a waist like Mars, and a chest like that of Neptune. As some great bull that lords it over the herds upon the plain, even so did Jove make the son of Atreus stand peerless among the multitude of heroes. And now, O Muses, dwellers in the mansions of Olympus, tell me- for you are goddesses and are in all places so that you see all things, while we know nothing but by report- who were the chiefs and princes of the Danaans? As for the common soldiers, they were so that I could not name every single one of them though I had ten tongues, and though my voice failed not and my heart were of bronze within me, unless you, O Olympian Muses, daughters of aegis-bearing Jove, were to recount them to me. Nevertheless, I will tell the captains of the ships and all the fleet together. Peneleos, Leitus, Arcesilaus, Prothoenor, and Clonius were captains of the Boeotians. These were they that dwelt in Hyria and rocky Aulis, and who held Schoenus, Scolus, and the highlands of Eteonus, with Thespeia, Graia, and the fair city of Mycalessus. They also held Harma, Eilesium, and Erythrae; and they had Eleon, Hyle, and Peteon; Ocalea and the strong fortress of Medeon; Copae, Eutresis, and Thisbe the haunt of doves; Coronea, and the pastures of Haliartus; Plataea and Glisas; the fortress of Thebes the less; holy Onchestus with its famous grove of Neptune; Arne rich in vineyards; Midea, sacred Nisa, and Anthedon upon the sea. From these there came fifty ships, and in each there were a hundred and twenty young men of the Boeotians. Ascalaphus and Ialmenus, sons of Mars, led the people that dwelt in Aspledon and Orchomenus the realm of Minyas. Astyoche a noble maiden bore them in the house of Actor son of Azeus; for she had gone with Mars secretly into an upper chamber, and he had lain with her. With these there came thirty ships. The Phoceans were led by Schedius and Epistrophus, sons of mighty Iphitus the son of Naubolus. These were they that held Cyparissus, rocky Pytho, holy Crisa, Daulis, and Panopeus; they also that dwelt in Anemorea and Hyampolis, and about the waters of the river Cephissus, and Lilaea by the springs of the Cephissus; with their chieftains came forty ships, and they marshalled the forces of the Phoceans, which were stationed next to the Boeotians, on their left. Ajax, the fleet son of Oileus, commanded the Locrians. He was not so great, nor nearly so great, as Ajax the son of Telamon. He was a little man, and his breastplate was made of linen, but in use of the spear he excelled all the Hellenes and the Achaeans. These dwelt in Cynus, Opous, Calliarus, Bessa, Scarphe, fair Augeae, Tarphe, and Thronium about the river Boagrius. With him there came forty ships of the Locrians who dwell beyond Euboea. The fierce Abantes held Euboea with its cities, Chalcis, Eretria, Histiaea rich in vines, Cerinthus upon the sea, and the rock-perched town of Dium; with them were also the men of Carystus and Styra; Elephenor of the race of Mars was in command of these; he was son of Chalcodon, and chief over all the Abantes. With him they came, fleet of foot and wearing their hair long behind, brave warriors, who would ever strive to tear open the corslets of their foes with their long ashen spears. Of these there came fifty ships. And they that held the strong city of Athens, the people of great Erechtheus, who was born of the soil itself, but Jove's daughter, Minerva, fostered him, and established him at Athens in her own rich sanctuary. There, year by year, the Athenian youths worship him with sacrifices of bulls and rams. These were commanded by Menestheus, son of Peteos. No man living could equal him in the marshalling of chariots and foot soldiers. Nestor could alone rival him, for he was older. With him there came fifty ships. Ajax brought twelve ships from Salamis, and stationed them alongside those of the Athenians. The men of Argos, again, and those who held the walls of Tiryns, with Hermione, and Asine upon the gulf; Troezene, Eionae, and the vineyard lands of Epidaurus; the Achaean youths, moreover, who came from Aegina and Mases; these were led by Diomed of the loud battle-cry, and Sthenelus son of famed Capaneus. With them in command was Euryalus, son of king Mecisteus, son of Talaus; but Diomed was chief over them all. With these there came eighty ships. Those who held the strong city of Mycenae, rich Corinth and Cleonae; Orneae, Araethyrea, and Licyon, where Adrastus reigned of old; Hyperesia, high Gonoessa, and Pellene; Aegium and all the coast-land round about Helice; these sent a hundred ships under the command of King Agamemnon, son of Atreus. His force was far both finest and most numerous, and in their midst was the king himself, all glorious in his armour of gleaming bronze- foremost among the heroes, for he was the greatest king, and had most men under him. And those that dwelt in Lacedaemon, lying low among the hills, Pharis, Sparta, with Messe the haunt of doves; Bryseae, Augeae, Amyclae, and Helos upon the sea; Laas, moreover, and Oetylus; these were led by Menelaus of the loud battle-cry, brother to Agamemnon, and of them there were sixty ships, drawn up apart from the others. Among them went Menelaus himself, strong in zeal, urging his men to fight; for he longed to avenge the toil and sorrow that he had suffered for the sake of Helen. The men of Pylos and Arene, and Thryum where is the ford of the river Alpheus; strong Aipy, Cyparisseis, and Amphigenea; Pteleum, Helos, and Dorium, where the Muses met Thamyris, and stilled his minstrelsy for ever. He was returning from Oechalia, where Eurytus lived and reigned, and boasted that he would surpass even the Muses, daughters of aegis-bearing Jove, if they should sing against him; whereon they were angry, and maimed him. They robbed him of his divine power of song, and thenceforth he could strike the lyre no more. These were commanded by Nestor, knight of Gerene, and with him there came ninety ships. And those that held Arcadia, under the high mountain of Cyllene, near the tomb of Aepytus, where the people fight hand to hand; the men of Pheneus also, and Orchomenus rich in flocks; of Rhipae, Stratie, and bleak Enispe; of Tegea and fair Mantinea; of Stymphelus and Parrhasia; of these King Agapenor son of Ancaeus was commander, and they had sixty ships. Many Arcadians, good soldiers, came in each one of them, but Agamemnon found them the ships in which to cross the sea, for they were not a people that occupied their business upon the waters. The men, moreover, of Buprasium and of Elis, so much of it as is enclosed between Hyrmine, Myrsinus upon the sea-shore, the rock Olene and Alesium. These had four leaders, and each of them had ten ships, with many Epeans on board. Their captains were Amphimachus and Thalpius- the one, son of Cteatus, and the other, of Eurytus- both of the race of Actor. The two others were Diores, son of Amarynces, and Polyxenus, son of King Agasthenes, son of Augeas. And those of Dulichium with the sacred Echinean islands, who dwelt beyond the sea off Elis; these were led by Meges, peer of Mars, and the son of valiant Phyleus, dear to Jove, who quarrelled with his father, and went to settle in Dulichium. With him there came forty ships. Ulysses led the brave Cephallenians, who held Ithaca, Neritum with its forests, Crocylea, rugged Aegilips, Samos and Zacynthus, with the mainland also that was over against the islands. These were led by Ulysses, peer of Jove in counsel, and with him there came twelve ships. Thoas, son of Andraemon, commanded the Aetolians, who dwelt in Pleuron, Olenus, Pylene, Chalcis by the sea, and rocky Calydon, for the great king Oeneus had now no sons living, and was himself dead, as was also golden-haired Meleager, who had been set over the Aetolians to be their king. And with Thoas there came forty ships. The famous spearsman Idomeneus led the Cretans, who held Cnossus, and the well-walled city of Gortys; Lyctus also, Miletus and Lycastus that lies upon the chalk; the populous towns of Phaestus and Rhytium, with the other peoples that dwelt in the hundred cities of Crete. All these were led by Idomeneus, and by Meriones, peer of murderous Mars. And with these there came eighty ships. Tlepolemus, son of Hercules, a man both brave and large of stature, brought nine ships of lordly warriors from Rhodes. These dwelt in Rhodes which is divided among the three cities of Lindus, Ielysus, and Cameirus, that lies upon the chalk. These were commanded by Tlepolemus, son of Hercules by Astyochea, whom he had carried off from Ephyra, on the river Selleis, after sacking many cities of valiant warriors. When Tlepolemus grew up, he killed his father's uncle Licymnius, who had been a famous warrior in his time, but was then grown old. On this he built himself a fleet, gathered a great following, and fled beyond the sea, for he was menaced by the other sons and grandsons of Hercules. After a voyage. during which he suffered great hardship, he came to Rhodes, where the people divided into three communities, according to their tribes, and were dearly loved by Jove, the lord, of gods and men; wherefore the son of Saturn showered down great riches upon them. And Nireus brought three ships from Syme- Nireus, who was the handsomest man that came up under Ilius of all the Danaans after the son of Peleus- but he was a man of no substance, and had but a small following. And those that held Nisyrus, Crapathus, and Casus, with Cos, the city of Eurypylus,
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The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. 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Dog and Cat owners do you agree this is funny? Dear Dogs and Cats, When I say to move, it means go someplace else, not switch positions with each other so there are still two of you in the way. The dishes with the paw prints are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest. The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run. I cannot buy anything bigger than a king size bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue to sleep on the couch to ensure your comfort. Look at videos of dogs and cats sleeping. they can actually curl up in a ball. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space used is nothing but sarcasm. Ohhh, and my compact discs are not miniature Frisbees. For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine meow, try to turn the knob, or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. In addition, I have been using the bathroom for years--canine or feline attendance is not mandatory. The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dogs or cats' ass. I cannot stress this enough. It would be such a simple change for you. I rubbed the lotion on my skin for a REASON! Not as an after-dinner snack for you. The newspaper spread on the floor is called accident paper... NOT habit paper! Also, I do not need your help driving the car, never mind what you saw on television! To pacify you I have posted the following message on our front door..... Rules for Non-pet owners who visit and like to complain about our pets: 1. They live here. You don't. 2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. 3. I like my pet better than I like most people. 4. To you it's an animal. To me he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy walks on all fours and doesn't speak clearly. Dogs and cats are better than kids. They eat less, don't ask for money all the time, are easier to train. Usually come when called, never drive your car, don't hang out with drug using friends, don't drink or smoke, don't worry about buying the latest fashions, don't wear your clothes, don't need a gazillion dollars for college, and if they get pregnant, you can sell the results. Sincerely, Your Owner
A Good story ? It is March 31st,2009 My name is Steve Weattie. Alot of people call me Steve Wheaties, my wife calls me Steevey Weevey. I live in the busy city of Boston. I have a job as a manager of internfal affairs at the Boston Public Library. It may sound a bit espionage saying that I handle internal afairs but I'm the head boss for all that goes on at the library. I'm the man that handles security. Someone steals a book in front of our cameras Im the man that security tells first,I'm the man that handles books coming in to this library and out and know what books should be banned from this library.I wasnt all that good in math as a kid but I deal with library funds at times. Im not the head man to handle that but I work with everyone. It's alot to handle for one man. It may seem a bit unrealistic. How can one man be handling all these things for a library? Sounds like something out of a story. I would have thought so too,but its all true. Im a busy man but I worked hard in my life to get this far to the top. As a kid I always wanted to be a librarian,I did too when I was a teenager,I just became something more at the end. It's alot of responsibilty but I'm an organized man. I have enough time to be here at this library everyday except for Sundays and be home by 6 or 7 to spend the night with my wife. Today is March 31st,2009. It is 5:29 A.m. Im laying down next to my sweet wife _____. She's sleeping peacefully and I feel like everything is right in the world with me. She lays there so sweet. Her bosom rising and falling with every breath,her beautiful face in peace,every aspect of her is beautiful. With her next to me I feel like I can do anything. As usual she sleeps with her pink fluffy pillow,her pink fluffy blanket,in her pink pajamas. If I didnt know by now that her favorite color in the world is pink, I would have to be a very stupid person.It's funny to be sleeping with a pink blanket,a pink pillow underneath my head as well. At least I dont wear the pink pajamas. I have still some man dignity on me. For her though, I would walk down the street in pink. I would be laughed at but it would be worth it to make her happy. My colors for me have always been black and yellow. I cant seem to know why I like both. I cant just like black or just like yellow. I only like these colors in a combination. Their too distinct colors but I seem to enjoy both colors as well as pink which I began after I met ____. It is 5:45 A.m now and that means I should take a shower now. I get out of our king sized Serta Bed, thats one good bed never had a bad nights sleep with that bed, and walk to the bathroom to take a shower.It feels nice under my feet to walk on the pink mats in the bathroom. Sigh. Well... I do this everyday and I wouldnt change it for the world. I always feel content with my life. I mention pink so much and I tolerate my wifes adoreness with pink. Its a fine color just as red or blue would be ,but I dont consider myself to be less a man to like the color. Its funny that I always assure myself that everyday when I reach the bathroom. It's just a funny habit I have. I dont think its a bad habit at all. It keeps my life in balance doing almost the same thing everyday. I say almost since I never know what me and my wife will do. Shes very engergetic and outgoing so one minute we could be eating and next me and her could be throwing water at each other for fun. I also never know what will ever happen at work. THeres always something that could happen at work...a book stolen, a disturbed patron making a scene in the library entrance, you just never know. It is 6:03 A.m and I have finished taking a shower. Im dressed in one of my best suits since today I know I have a meeting with a few members of the Children Donation FUnd. I will be making sure that the libray has the theme of children and caring for needful children. Ill prob prospose the idea of putting childrens faces around the library and donation boxes near the childrens room,near entrances and such. It shouldnt be a bad day. Its Tuesday and Tuesdays are the days where usually activity and such is very slow. No problem for me though..if work is slow then at least Ill have my house to come home to with ____. It is 6:25 A.m and Im eating breakfast at my polished table with pink flower designs. Im eating Cocoa Puffs from a pink bowl with a pink flower spoon. Im reading yesterdays Boston Globe since the newspaper doesnt come to our house till 7 o clock. I usually am behind the news by one day but thats ok for me since I read the news just to know current events or to bring up some such thing I read in the newspaper in a meeting like "Why are we all acting like the Dubois family that fought over their dog for ? Lets just be the state of Massachusetts and get rid of the Dubois family?" It is 6:45 A.m. Ive cleaned my cereal bowl ,put away the cocoa puffs and am heading upstairs to kiss ____ goodbye. I would be a fool to try to wake her up since she never can wake up early. If I tried to wake her up with me in the morning she would be cranky the whole day. Well,she'll be waking up soon since she may want to go to the mall later. As she told me there will be a new purse out on sale today that will have a built in cell phone holder,a mini tv screen to watch the latest soap operas and it even has satellite so you can watch any nationality of soap operas wheter it be Japanese or Russian or even Arab. Hmm...I also think this new purse will be pink and have an automated cell phone operator meaning I think if you click some certain button the purse it can put your phone on to answer a call. Shes always saying how sometimes I call her and she can never pick up the phone because its in her purse and she has to try to find the phone in her purse and by that time she misses the call. So..maybe this will be a good purse for her. "____ Im leaving for work ok? I left you some goodies on the kitchen table and a surprise in your make -up kit. ON the kitchen table I have for her a pumpkin pie for her that I bought last night . In the make -up kit ive left for her 200 $. Of course shes not a spend thrift we have to do some food shopping, so I dont expect her to use all that money for the purse. Well I hope so. "hhmmm..ok my steevey weevy Ill see you later then." I moved for the usual good morning kiss . I kissed her on her lips. Most of the time that would wake her up but today I could see she was a bit tired so I gave her a not too long kiss on the lips and one on her forehead and cheek. I Then I put my hand threw her hair and said Ill see you later _________" "Mhmm k Steevey I love you." I love you so much more _____ ,I told her. It is 7:21 A.M. I kissed my wife goodbye earlier. I walked out of the house,into the garage, entered my black Beemer that was next to my wifes Beemer, a pink convertible. My beemer was the usual sedan. It had the usual leather seats,GPS system, pink dice in the mirror one pink one actually and the other one black,heating on the seats,and a kickin stereo system. Yeah kickin..well for listening to music it always makes me feel cool and young. It is 7:27 A.M. and I m close to the library. Theres plenty of traffic at this time. I just have to drive down this street,pass Boston Common,take a right at Lowe's Theater and just head straight down and I'll be there. As of now Im close to nearing Lowe's Theater. Too many s toplights and people passing. So many commuters are clogging up this street. Every damn minute Im stopping for them! It's just annoying that they pop up every few feet when you gain a foot. I remember my days as a commuter so I cant get pissed at these people. I use to try to run past cars and people to reach the train station to catch my train. Hmm...my commuter days are one of my greatest years in my life as well. Its how I met ______ in fact. Hmm...something also happened on a train back then but I cant seem to remember. It is 7:35 A.m and I am now at Lowe's Theater just have to turn right and Ill be on the street that leads to the library. Look both ways and hmm...wow look at that black dump truck there. Jet black with a shade of yellow on the side to spell some words. I cant read the words. Aha funny my favorite two colors on this weird dump truck black and yellow. So..anyway look left. To the left I have the dump truck here and to the right just that street and just looking for pedestrians. It is 7:36 A.M and I flick the switch to turn my right signal on. Tick Tick Tick the green arrow ticks and tocks on my dashboard. I turn my wheel slowly to the right. I look fast again to my left while my Beemer is in motion. The black and yellow truck is coming up fast to me. My heart is getting faster. Maybe I should wait for this thing to pass. Im in the middle of the road though. I just cant stop. I keep on moving and hope that the driver will realize his mistake and stop. My car is still in a turn and suddenly the truck is somehow so close to me that I can see the driver inside. I cant believe my eyes. I thought I would never see HIM again. How is he here? All I know is that this thing I once knew but I dont have time to think. I have to get out of his way!. Before I have time to think of what Im going to do for a motion with my car the dump truck smashes hard into the driver side of my car. My side. I feel an intense pressure on my left like someone just took my whole side and squeezed it all together. My heart is being crushed by pounds of metal. I cant breathe. THe light of day is gone and I only see complete darkness. Im going to die. Why must I die? I dont want to leave _____. I love her too much. How could she handle it? I dont know how I can be thinking when I probably have serious injuries. I feel the pain so intense and yet I expected to lose consciousness. My sight is of blackness and I think maybe Ill be able to stay awake threw all this,maybe I will stay alive. As soon as I even begin to think this I feel like I'm rolling over and over and over and over. My head is crashing against the ceiling of the car I think. What the hell is goin on? I cant think anymore. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. I cant............................ "Goooood morning everyone. This is abc News in the Morning and I'm Patrick o DOnell " "And im Sara Fontaine who will give you your traffic updates. "Im Lindsey Hamilton who will be giving you your Boston weather for the day. "Aaaand I;m Johnny Repp who wull be giving you your update on who married who,who broke up with who,and who wants to break up with who on your entertainment news. THIS IS abc NEWS IN THE MORNING. "Good Morning to our viwers. Today is Tuesday March 31st 2009. Its 7:59 on this windy day wouldnt you say Sara? "Ill tell you it sure was Patrick. I almost was blown away today by the winds but thats for Lindsey to tell us right ? "Of course of course" "In this mornings news, two Turkish planes bombed Kurdistan today due to PKK militants killing 10 Turkish militants outside of a customs building in the Istanbul District. "OOO doesnt sound good now does it Patrick?" "Well...that may not sound good but today in Boston there will be the annual Children week. "Oh yes I was looking forward to that." "So for all those people that would like to chip in and help some children...the event will be held at the Boston South End pubic Library today at 3 p.m and should last till 7 p.m tonight and then of course same time tomorrow . There should be groups for children to play in and for adults,small workshops on how we can help our chidlren. "O yes that does sound nice. For anyone thats trying to get anywhere near the Boston Library you wont have much luck. " Why is that Sara who is with the traffic who should have said that she was the traffic woman. "AHAHAH well Lindsey it's a bit shocking to find that there was an accident right across from the Boston Common nearly a half hour ago. " "Oh wow right in a public street too. " "Yes so dont try going down Winter,Summer, or Franklin ST. Besides that there was one accident on Rt. 128, there is a bit of a bulge there but there shoud be an estiamted wait time in traffic of 5 -10 minutes. Besides that the roads are clean this morning. "Yes thank you Sara. Back to the news, it seems that on the story of that accident that Sara told us there are 7 people injured,one man it is said to be believed dead and there is one person missing as well. It's a strange accident. Lets go with Rebecca Chong with more details who is live now at the scene". "Yes Patrick. The scene here is devastating. It seems at 7:36 this morning a man who is yet to be identified at the moment was in a 2009 BMW 202 X when as he was taking a turn he was struck by an incoming dumpster truck stricking his drivers side. The bmw was smashed completely on the drivers side and if you look down the street here you can see that the dump truck was actually moving the bmw along the street. No drivers were hurt but the Bmw hit a curb and spun over injuring at least 7 pedestrians. From what we know,these injured people have not serious injuries. It seems to be that these people were harmed not by the car itself but by metal pieces of the car. In fact we have here with us a man that saw the whole collision while sitting on a bench waiting for the 7:40 bus. Say your name sir." "Yeahh hi my names Bill Shawmut. I was sitting here on this bench and Im looking at this Bmw right? Im thinking to myself what would I do to get me one of those babies? One second im looking at this beaut and the next second Im seeing a huge dump truck like a big mother beep beep." "Excuse me sir?" "O yeah sorry about the swearing but this thing was pretty big. Like black and yellow I aint ever even seen a truck with yellow and black maybe white and yellow but not black. Anywayss this truck smashes into the driver side of the car right? and its still moving! This truck is still pushing this Bmw along the street! Im thinking what the hell aint the driver realized he just crashed into somethin? So this truck is just plowing this car down the street and Im standing up to see down the street now. Then the bmw kind of moved away from the truck and hit the sidewalk. All I know is then I be seeing this car flip over. Then like all these pieces of the car start flyin around everywhere and im thinkin to myself shit (beep) it better not be explodin now. Luckily it didnt. But yeah I saw the metal flyin everywhere. From my angle I could only see the car and the truck but not any people. God bless anyone involved in this accident. Might I add that this whole morning is ruined and its all to blame for one motherfucker (BEEP)driver on the road It was the scariest shit (beep) I seen in my life." "Thank you Bill for that insightful account of what has happened here today. As Bill has told us the bmw is completely wrecked. We did manage to see the driver of the BMW in one quick glimpse. We'll have some footage of him later live. From what we could see he had wounds to his head. We can see from our distance the BMW did have the use of airbags. As for the truck ...it seemed to have stopped a few feet after the BMW. THres not much we can say for the truck. Its a truck so...not much damage has been done to this truck. Theres dents on the front. Theres no driver found. Witnesses say they did see people running after the accident. It is possible that this will turn out to be a case of Hit and run and if the driver of the BMW dies...well then this will soon to be called manslaughter. Back to you Patrick. Hmm....Steevey. Why does he always do that? He thinks he doesnt wake me up when he kisses me but he does! Hes such a romantic though doing that. Let me check the time. Only 6:54! Steve must have just left like a few minutes ago. I didnt even get to sleep in . Grrrr. Well im up now might as well get my shit done. Lets see first thing is bathrooom. Didnt he say something about something in my make-up kit? Hmm..whats in there? Probably some nice book he got from the library. I never use to like to read but hes so convincing. "Just read it honey! Come on you know you wanna _____! Come on ____ everyone lets go! Come on lets get to it,You know you wanna do it!" "Steve be quiet Ill read the book. " "Fine read the book and then you'll come up to me all thanking me honey. Yup thats my Steevey. The book he picked out for me was great and yeah I did give him a hug. Hes just so sweet who wouldnt want to hug him besides me? Ahaha yeah so lets see whats in the make-up kit. My make -up kit is near the sink on the shelf. Its one big shelf so definitely my stuff wont be falling down. Hmm...lets see whats in here. He left a note on the kit. _____..I know how much you wanted that special thing youve been wanting and today you can get it! Yay for you! Dont forget though dont go too crazy because Im gonna be hungry tonight so I was thinking maybe like Steak with rice or whatever you want. Either way we need to do some shopping for food. Dont forget ______ I love you =) Awww thats nice of him but whats in here. I hate it how he likes to build the suspense of things just give whatever it is to me now! I opened the box and there it was two nicely folded hundred bills and a beautiful ring next to it. O my God! When did he get this?! Its soo beautiful! Of course! Today was the day we first met ! How could I forget? Aghh mornings they make me stupid. Ill like never take this ring off. Its like at least 2 karot or 3 whatever! Its real diamond for sure! Like I cant believe it! How could he do this? I never would have guessed! Pheww ok..I have to calm down. Whats the 200 dollars for though? All on food? We're not that low I think. Lets see I know hes bad at math but we usually worry about just what to eat for tonight and go day by day, not stack up on food. So...he should know we usually use about 50 for a good meal. 150 dollars what could I do with that? He couldnt want me to get....? No way. He wouldnt be that nice to me in one day! I already have a beautiful ring on me! He wouldnt want me to get the purse! Let me see that note again. "I know how much you wanted that special thing you've been waiting for and today you can get it!" He really wants me to get the purse! I cant believe he actually listened to me always talk about it. I thought he was half asleep at the table when I always told him the special features to that purse. He would always act like he was sleeping too! I never thought....he is sooo getting that steak and rice tonight! I better hurry up, get in the shower and eat something real quick. The malls open up at like 7:30. Ok its 7:15 . I had to rush a bit and it was hard to choose which pink shirt I wanted to wear for today and the shoes too but I did it and I have still time to eat something reall fast. Lets see...Im in the kitchen and whats that on the table? A pie and chocolate? Can this day get any better for me? I love pie! How could he do this to me?! I dont have the time to eat the pie now,I could eat it in the car but then Ill get my pink floor mats messy and then I'll have crumbs! Theres chocolate too though. Um... come on choose ____! Pie or chocolate! Thats it screw the chocolate. Pie your coming with me! Let me just get a fork then me and you are out of here mr. pumpkin pie. 7:30 in the morning. I cant believe I'm awake this early and not in a grouchy mood. If it wasnt for this ring and that pie and this purse then I probably would be in a shitty mood today. I made it to the mall at 7:25. It's close to our house. I actually half finished the pie...it was soo good! I just couldnt stop eating! Well...here Iam now at Sears waiting for the teenage girl to ring me up for my nice purse. "O MY GOd your actually getting this? This is like the coolest purse ever!" "Yeah I know right? So..how much will it be ? "Its going to be $148.13" "I handed her the cash and I received back my change. I liked this girl . She had a good style to her. I could see she had good style and her eyelashes...those were so nice . "Did you know you have nice eyelashes?" "Really? Awww thank you! Well ive been tired like shit but that just really cheered me up thanks! " I nodded to her and left the store. It felt good to feel like a young girl. Im usually not always like this saying cool and stuff. But...I still sometimes feel like a teenage girl . Whenever I walk into a mall, Im just 16 years old again. Lately Ive just been feeling like that age since I heard of that new purse. But...I think Ill be acting my age after tomorrow. I still have to finish that essay professor grant gave me. I'm still at Northeastern going to finish my masters in Science. Soon Ill be finished this year so.. I dont know where Ill go from there, but im glad that at least im not a bum to sit around the house all day. I dont know ...maybe after this degree..I can have the thought of children. At least if kids come into my life now there would be a loving father who has a firm and high job and at least a mother with a degree that could get her a decent job if someday Steevey lost the job or took ill. Always have to think for the future. It's 7:37 as of now and Im on the way to my car. I feel sad now for some reason like I forgot something or Im missing something important though I dont know what it could be. Well..maybe its just my mind telling me get back home and finish that term paper now! Well..Im in my sweet pink BMW and ready to get back home! It is 7:50 and I'm out of my car and have my keys in the hole of the door. My cell phone rings. This would be the perfect chance to see how my purse does its magic. I press the brown button on the side of the purse,you can barely even see it it blends in so well with the purse. Instantly I know that the purse has put me threw with whoever is calling. I say "Hello?" "Is this Mrs. Weattie?" "Yes this is she, who is speaking ?" "This is Seargent Nick Randal from the South End Boston Police Department." "O wow, I wasnt expecting a call from an officer. Um...is there a reason that your calling me so early? Did I do something wrong? "No maam no. Its not that, maam as a procedure I usually tell people that if you are standing now you may want to sit down. "For what reason, besides Im like right about to get into my house so I just cant sit on the ground. "Well maam if you must you should sit on the ground. Maam..this morning at 7:35 your husband Steve was struck by a dump truck across the Lowe's Theater. It was a very serious accident. Your husbands car is completely ruined,in fact barely recognizeable. As of now, for sure we know that he is in the ER. The paramedics told us that your husband's heart had stopped twice and that they had to inject adrenaline to get his heart beating again. He has received serious head trauma and multiple bruises to his body. He is living and is not in I believe ICU, I dont know why he is not there or in an operating room but for sure we know that he is in the ER and that it would be wise if you could come down to the hospital. " "Steevey no how could Steevey...it it cant be him. It must be some one else. He was just on his way to work. He doesnt take a highway or anything! It cant be him!!! NOOO!!" "Maam we are completely sure it is him. He had the id of Steve Wheatie,27 years old, resident of 245 Andalos St. Boston." "Its just....will he be all right??? "Maam I cant say for sure. I suggest you go see him at the hospital and now maam I have other matters to attend too. Good day. "Good day? Good day! What the hell do you mean a good day? My husbands been in an accident and your going to tell to have a good day!You stupid cop pig!" I cant take what he just told me. How can Steevey be in the hospital? He could be dead! Steevey! WHY?! I fell to the ground and my door opened to the entrance of my house. Steve, no you cant die. How? I feel like my heart will burst how can this happen? I look up and see my house. Steevey its like hes here in front of me. Memories of him here come bac to me. Him bringing me into this house the first time with me in his arms as we walked into his house,walked on where im sitting as husband and wife. Steevey kicking our stair case there by accident when his team won the soccer match,him screaming GOOOAAAAALLLLL! Him taking a kick and slapping him his foot on the staircase and him hopping in pain still saying "OWWW,goalllll! ___I need some ice!" How can this have happened to him? "Steevey,no. Please God dont let this happen to him". 5 minutes ago seems like a whole other world. I only feel pain,fear,and love for my husband in this new world. O God,I have to go get there fast. I cant let him go. Nooo. Steevey. Tears flow down my eyes as I drive to the hospital with our memories together racing threw my head. Steve.Dont die. Dont. 8:35 in the morning. Im at the hospital and I'm speaking to Dr. Roknilajah that has seen Steevey. "How is he ? Will he live? Please tell me yes please. "Maam someone upstairs must sure like him. Hes fine." "He is! O my God! YES! I start jumping and down not caring that others are looking at me as they pass by. My husband will live ! YES! "Maam if you could please calm down for a moment." "What? Dont tell me theres some kind of other problem." "Maam,your in some way scaring the patients with your yelling for joy." "The patients dont know that my Steevey is going to live! You hear all that you patients! My husband will live! Take that! "Mrs. ____ please calm down. I have to tell you your husbands situation here." "What? Dont tell me you just made me do all that for nothing. Hes okay right?" "Not per say. As of now he is sleeping as both you and I would sleep. He is not in a coma or such at all. We know that his heart stopped on the way here. Im very suspicious of this since his damages to his head are not fatal. You see maam...I was under the impression I would be receiving a patient with severe head trauma,enough that would have the brain so badly affected to stop the heart. Your husband has inguries that could be healed in less than 2 weeks. He has only a deep scratch that will be located near his eyebrow. As I said he can be healed. I can not say how he will be when he wakes up since he has not gained consciousness per say. He has spoken though so that rules out coma. He will have to stay the week for us to monitor his vital signs and see if he has been affected by this accident. "But...hes still well right?" "Yes he is well. We will on the safe side though monitor him. We could even discharge him tonight but its not that. Its just he almost died in the ambulance and it would be recommended that we see if some thing like that will happen again. It could have just been from shock that his heart stopped but you understand me right? "Yes, I completely understand. As long as my husband is well then im well. So.. can I see him now? " "Yes if you would just follow me this way we should be at his room in a minute or 2. So..follow me. I have to admit your husband is a lucky man to be alive.We know that the accident was very severe. The car is completely wrecked We were told plenty of times by the paramdedics. Your husband must have had worn his seat belt and probably had good German airbags. " "Ahahaha yeah. Well...I love Beemers. I had a car one time that was like a death trap when I was 16. It was soo unsafe. But..I got a car from my dad and even that wasnt safe. The beemers though are just so adorable,fast and dependable. My husband well..he just saw my car when I met him and he just fell for BMWS. We're BMW people so..its good we are if it was those airbags that helped to prevent him from hurting himself." "Bmws you say? My family hates BMWS. By the way we are almost to his room. Anyway my family,we are Desi,my father forbid any German cars. He say first they too expensive and that they are too small and are unsafe for drivers. My father tried to make my family Toyota lovers. He still has his Toyota but I went for the Honda instead. "You go for Hondas! AHAH I dont know why Im laughing,we're in a hospital,but a Honda! Their so bad! Everyone knows that! Back in teh day they were good with the accords but the new gxs and all are soo bad.! Wow, sorry I just lately have had a weird experience. I feel like im 16 again lately. Just a little stage im going threw." "Hey its no problem o we all have our stages and no offense I take for the Honda thing. I know myself Honda is bad, I want to trade for NIssan,it is much cheaper than Honda. Anyway here is your husbands room,room 613. Shall we go in?" "Yes obviously!" "Ok.' "Steeevey.Steevey, Steevey Weevey get up. Come on my Steevey Weevey!" I was in darkness but I could here her voice calling to me. I couldnt see but I tried to move my arm to the dark to reach her. It sounded like ____ was above me calling for me. I had to reach her . ______! _____! Im here . Im here! "Are you little man? Are you here or are you just talking to yourself? "Who...whos there?" "An old friend just saying hi. I'll keep in touch." That voice in the darkness ...it sounded familiar. It was a raspy voice that sounded too old to even speak...a voice that evoked fear threw me. I felt myself shiver. Where am I? "STEEVEY! GET UP! COME ON GET UP STEEVEY! PLEASE!" I heard her voice and all fear was washed away from me. I couldnt even remember who spoke to me. All I knew was ____ back and I had to find her. I saw light in front of me. I could see it and I ran to it. I ran to her voice. I saw the light grow and grow and grow until my whole sight was filled with light. I opened my eyes to look into my loves eyes ____. She was kissing me and I kissed back. I felt like I had run a thousand miles and my reward after the struggle of running was to be with ____. "mmmm...this is a nice way to wake up,can we do more things?" "Steevey! Dont ever scare me like that again! I thought that you would never wake up! I almost was going to shove water down your head! Dr. Roknilajah though said it would spoil the equipment. " "What did you say? Doctor? Where am I ____?" "Steve its ok. Your in a hospital. Its like 8:45 in the morning". You had an accident this morning at 7:35. " WHAT?! I had an accident less than an hour ago?! How am I?" "Calm down Steevey." She gave me a hug and rubbed my hair. I was beginning to get scared but her hug calmed me down. It was like she had a mystic power to somehow remove all all the pain and fear from me. She spoke to me in whispers like I was her child rubbing my hair threw. "Shhh. Steevey its ok. You had an accident but its ok. Your ok. You just came out of it with a scratch." Thats it a scratch?" "Isnt that funny Steve? The doctor says you have the same scratch as me right near your left eyebrow except yours is going to be a a whoole lot bigger than mine. "O real nice way to cheer me up ____" "Ahahah im sorry I just lately have been feeling like I'm 16 again. Its strange I even said like! I've been using like today like at least 100 times!. "____ thats fine...when do you think I fell in love with you? I fell in love with you when you were 16. If your going to be 16 then I;ll fall in love with you all over again. "Awww Steevey. You always have something sweet to say dont you? "Baaby I may be lying down here but Ill always be sweet for you and Ill keep on being sweet. I was beginnning myself to feel like I was young again. Strange. I hadnt said those kind of pick up lines since I was 16. It must just be that my mind is believing from ____ that we are 16 again. "sO... Steve. Do you feel better?" I feel great now ____ but when do I get out of here? Thats the question I want to get answered. "Steve your not allowed out of here for like a week. Ooops I said like again. I mean your not allowed to leave this hospital until a week has passed. "Oh wow. What am I going to do the whole time? " "Rest of course. Get your strength back. You'll need your energy. "Energy?" "Well...did you think I would forget about this ring and this purse? I think you'll need to get your energy back because honey you and me will be busy with some fun work soon. "Oooo well dont get my heart racing for you ____ or else the doctors will think Im going crazy over here. "Ahahah well Steevey Ill be bacK in a bit to get you something to cheer you up.! "Ok ____ I cant wait to see what it is . I smiled to her and she gave me another of her gorgeous smiles. I layed my head down on the pillow more and couldnt believe that I was here in a hospital,feeling completely normal with only a scratch on my head. Im in a hospital and my BMW is probably trash now. Its funny how my life changed in less than an hour. I guess I'll be missing that childrens week at the library. I dont think they let cell phones in here so I'll have to ask ___ to call Charlie because he'll have to cvoer for me. Hes my assistant so he knows most of my plans of what I was going to say and do...well.. the boring stuff. Its the funny that he wont have or the wit but at least he;ll get my point across with everyone. I wonder what ____ will bring me. Maybe a pie. I could go for some pie right about now. Poor Steevey. He must feel like crap right now. Im so thankful that at least hes alive. He still has his sweetness going for him. He seems normal so Im so glad that at least hes all right. I think some pie,though,will cheer him up. Good thing I saved half of it. Im in the hospital's parking lot,its an elevated parking lot so I'm on the 3rd floor. I'm now in front of my pink Beemer putting my keys into the doors lock. "Dont think he likes that pie. I think he likes chocolate better." What,WHERE THE hell did that voice come from? "Who's there?" "An old friend paying my regards to an old friend." "Well...ok old friend,stay the fuck away from me you hear?! You sound like a perv and I've seen movies,I'm not going to be the fool girl to keep on talking to the killer so that he can get closer to me to get me!. "Ooo feisty little girl arent you?" "Well ____ dont worry you will be seeing more of me around lately. Eve heard of taking a chill pill? HAHAHAHAHA!!!!" Aghhh that laugh. This mans laugh sent goosebumps running down my spine. I started shaking a bit. It must just be the wind and its cold so...thats just a laugh. I better get in my car now...this pervert could be like right next to me! I turn the key in the lock and quickly get in my beemer. I shut the door and quickly hit the automatic lock for the doors. I put the key in the ignition. Im backing up from my parking space. I look behind me. "BOOO!" "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" He's right there sitting in the seat in the back. I scream uncontrollably and run from my car. I quickly take the keys out of the ignition quickly,run out of the car like theres no tomorrow. Other people looking for parking spaces drive by me "Watch it you dumb broad!" "Shove it Im friggin running here!" Whoa..why am I talking like this and what am I running for? Maybe I'm seeing things. Maybe there was no guy in the car. My door was locked when I entered so...maybe im just imagining things. I think maybe I need a quick nap. Whats happened today has made me feel like I've been awake straight for a week. I feel like a fool walking back to my car. What if there is someone in the car? What the hell am I walking back to the pervert guy? My cars just right there,I can see it. Its about 45 ft. from me. I dont see anyone in the car. I definitely think I was imagining things. A car suddenly comes around the corner. I feel safer if there was a witness around when I get near the car. If there was someone here they woudnt try shit to try and get me. I run to my car and the driver looking for a space passes by me when I reach my Beemer. No one is in my car and my door is open still. I definitely think I just imagined that guy. What am I fooling myself? Of course I saw him. Maybe though he was behind the car outside and not inside the car. It doesnt matter. It was probably just some lonely hobo looking for some money and prob from me a piece of ass. AHAHAHAHAHAAHAH! Likes he gonna get it! I dont think so! AHAHAHAHAHAH! Ok...im so not surprised now that Im thinkinng like this and randomly laughing. I think Ill just go with the flow with what my minds doing. I've been too serious lately. Now just in case I think Ill put my Beemer in a different space. Maybe on the 1st floor. Then im soo giving Steevey his pie. Then he can have the pie to eat...and me to cheer him up! He's already had a bad day but Im going to try to make it better since he made the beginning of my day the greatest. "Phewww that tasted good." I told ____ after finishing a plate of pumpin pie in my room. "I know right? You bought like the best pie for me. Whered you get it from anyway? " "Hmm...I think I think I got it from BJ's." "You went to BJ's last night? Thats like almost all the way near Cambridge! You went all the way down there last night just for me?" "Well...I was low on aftershave so I had to get that too." "Steevey, you went all the way to BJ;s just for aftershave? Couldnt you just get that from Sams club,its like a few streets away from our house! " "____ your right but then again, Bj's makes some good pie dont they? " "Awww so you did go all the way out there just for me!". "Did you think I would forget the day that we first met? It was the best day of my life. How could I forget it? It was when I met you and that was the best thing to ever happen to me. I met you ____ ,you my best friend in life,my companion" "Steevey shut up. Your like going to make me cry! I understand. I'll admit that at first I thought you were just another guy from their little gang trying to suck up to me. I was thinking what a lame kid pretending like he actually wants to protect me? Could you do a better job acting ? "Ahahaha" "Yeah,Steevey. Im glad I met you that day. I remember I was having a shitty day too. Its like when I started speaking to you,like everything just cleared up and I felt so happy and glad to be around with you. "Aww ____ now im going to cry. I dont have that kind of affect on you. " "Of course you do,your my Steevey." She rubs my cheek and looks at me. Her face is so sad. I know how hard it must be for her to see me in this bed,looking like I;m helpless. I see a tear come from her eye and fall down onto the bed. "___ dont. Please dont cry. I dont want you to cry. I'm ok,I'm going to get threw this for you. "No Steevey. Its not fair! How could this have happenned to us? You left for work like any other day! You left me the most beautiful gifts that no one has ever given me,you didnt do anything wrong and look whats happened to you! I cant stand to see you here. It's not you. I'm use to seeing you happy and dancing all weird and all that other stuff you do to try to make me laugh." "_____ come here." I open my arms for her and she enters into my arms. I give her a long hug and a tear falls from my eye into her hair. "I will get threw this. Dont worry ____. Ill get threw this for you. I'll take us away from this pain. Ill take the sadness and pain away from you like I did back at the station." I'll take it all away soon ______. It is 4:45 P.M March 31st,1999. "Can I have your attention please? Now boarding for the 4:58 Worcester Express on traaack number 7. I repeat now boarding for the 4:58 Worcester Express on traaaaaaack number 7." Finnaly, theres my damn train. I'm 16 years old. I'm in South Station in Boston. It is 4:45 P.M. I am sitting at a table with my backpack on my shoulders,eating a Milky Way candybar. I'm sitting with hundreds of other people waiting for other trains to pull in,to Needleham,to Attleboro,to Marlborough,and for others to Florida and Washington D.C. I dont have much time to waste,since if I move slow then I will probably not get a seat for myself and I will have to sit with someone,probably a smelly lady who hasnt taken a shower in days,or maybe next to someone eating a smelly sandwhich. Either way if I want my own whole seat I should move now. The Worcester Express gets packed pretty fast. It is 4:46 P.M. I get up from my chair and walk to the closest trash bin. I look back to make sure I did not leave anything behind. My seat has in less than 20 seconds been already taken by another person. Seats in the station are hard to get in the afternoon due to packs and packs of people trying to get home from here. I turn my head back from that person who took my chair and look for the trash bin which I find is near the bookstore they have here. Not a bad book store but the prices are soo damn expensive. $21.95 is the price for one Dr. Seuss book. I'm like what the hell? How many commuters are suckers here too actually buy from this store? It seems alot are because this store is still in business. It is 4:47 P.M. Im turning away from the trash bin and walking a bit faster to the doors that leads to the track. I'm passing by the food court with passing Au Bon Pain,Mcdonalds,Som Dum Guy Chinese food,and I'm outside where the trains are waiting to be boarded. The intercom once again says "Now boarding on the 4:58 Worcester Express on traaaaaack number 7. Also now boarding on the 4:58 train to Providence on traaack number 9. Now boarding on the 4:58 train to Providence on traaack number 9. I'm walking down the train platform to chooose a car to go too. Hundreds of people are walking with me looking for a car to choose . I walk a bit down since the further cars you go too the less people there are. Everyone takes the first 3 cars and thats where its most packed. Theres some hold up a bit up front. Why is everyone kind of slowing down? Hmm...I try to see more on my tippy toes and I can see that its just a group of kids my age their in the middle of the platform. Well..they should move. Im not going to wait here on this platform all day. "You know what Jack? I dont like pink. I think pink is for fags,and for girls well then you must be for girls with girls right baby? "Shut the fuck up and leave me alone. Just let me get in the damn train. "Ooo but what if we dont want too ?" "Well then I'll just have to kick your ass wont I? "Oh you hear this Jack?" "O yeah I be hearing this Johnny. This girl got fangs watch out." "Ahahah.. how bout this baby dolll, why dont you come with me and Jack here and we'll show you a good time around Boston. "No thanks I dont need a couple of fags to show me the gay bars around here. I dont go for fags,their not my type." "You stupid little bit.....! "Excuse me Johnny is it? Leave the girl alone." I dont know why I stepped forward. I didnt even know I had the guts to do this. But..I saw that this Johnny was gonna take a hit at this girl. I knew that if he did one hit that someone would stop him if he tried for another but I couldnt allow for even one hit to hit her precious face. I could not just go on with my business without protecting this girl. She was too beautiful. I never saw a girl as pretty as her. I felt like I had to protect her from these scumbags. I had a feeling he was going to make a move so I pushed threw the crowd,got close to Johnny and caught his hand in mid-air before he could do anything. "Yo,what the hell this kid doing Jack? Let go of my damn hand you little....." "Hey I dont need to hear any swearing from your mouth. Ill let your hand go if you can leave this girl alone,good idea? "Like shit it is" " I was soo occupied with this Johnny and me thinking I was saving the day for this girl that I forgot about Johnny's other hand and the other guy Jack. He took his other hand and punched me hard in the chest. No one saw that move because Jack moved in and got behind me and punched me in the back. I was on the ground. I was thinking what is the girl doing now? What the hell,theres a fight going on here and no one is saying anything. These people,commuters,are so fucking dumbasses! I was on the ground,in a kneeling position. "I think little boy you picked the wrong fight to play in. Why dont you come with us and we can all have a little fun, Me,Jack and this bitc..... "I told you shut the hell up! " My temper came suddenly threw the pain of being punched. I took my hand and punched Johnny behind his leg. His leg by reaction bent down and I took that oppurtunity to rise up and me be above him I took my knee and slammed it hard against his face. As for Jack he stood there in shock and so...for him I turned around and tried to give him one good punch from me. He tried to run away from me . I didnt want to let him get away without some pain so I tried to kick his leg. I did and he ran into a few commuters knocking down a 2 men. His face hit the pavement and I could see at least there was some burns there to let him feel some pain. I turned around and looked for the girl. She was stepping on the hand of Johnny. "Who's the bitch? WHo?" "Owww owwwww. Let me go!" " Not until you say it.!" "All right All right Im the bitch!" "And what color do you love?" "I love pink,all right owww oowwwww! damn stop! I said it! I love pink! "Thats right you better be loving pink! Pink everything got it?! "Yeah yeah let me go!" "Hey anything you want to say to this guy? I was just in shock of how she was handling him,then I realized she was speaking to me. "Ooo yeah. Who loves pink Johnny? I couldnt hear you from over here." "I love pink. Im sorry, I wont say anything about you guys,just let me go! "All right get out of here then no ones stopping you!" The girl let go of his hand and he tried to get up and she kicked his butt. Literally she kicked his butt and he went falling flat on his face on the hard pavement of the platform. I was laughing and we both laughed together. We were laughing like crazy. It was just soo funny. It was something you think you would see on Madtv but this was just too funny. Johnny got up and I saw that he had a scrape on his face and a bloody nose but at least nothing serious from me giving him a knee. My knee kind of hurt but I thought that is definitely worth it to feel some pain. It means that you had a fight and kicked butt at the end. Johnny ran back down the platform running with a limp holding his butt. It was such a funny scene that me and the girl laughed at him and pointed at him. The commuters were staring at us like we were lunatics. They even turned to look at what we were pointing at. Johnny was gone but we were still pointing so I think the commuters believed we were laughing at the station. "Wow...that was soo funny." "I know right? Like did you see him run holding his ass? What a loser." I felt now a bit shy speaking to a girl I didnt even know. I was thinking to myself ok your speaking to a girl. Well come on keep on speaking. Dont just walk off now into the train and leave it at that! "Um...yeah so we make a good team kicking butt. "Ahaha yeah I guess we do. You did a good job of getting those guys. Thanks for what you did. Like I dont think anyone was even going to do anything." "Well...if you've been on the train alot then you should know that commuters are like zombies. They just walk and thats about it. They dont really have much sense and can be the biggest suckers for anything." "Ahahaahahah! Wow thats funny. So your a brave,thoughtful, funny guy. Whats your name?" "I'm Steve." "Thats it,just Steve?" "Yeah,just Steve. "Hmm...well since your so cute and so nice I think I'll call you Steevey! "Steevey...hmm that sounds good. Am I like your lost puppy to name me? " "You could be. Where you been all this time? I been taking this train for a week now but I havent seen you around before." " "Last call boarding call for the 4:58 Worcester Express,last call for the 4:58 Worcester Express. "Oh I think thats time for us to leave this place" said the girl. "Yeah I guess so. Wow look,we're like the only people on this platform now." "Yup so...Steevey shall we go in? She pointed to the train car. "Well after you maam". "Aww thank you Steevey." We entered the train together and I felt like I was in a whole new world. I've been using the commuter rail to get to school this whole year and its already the end of March and wow...theres a bit of a change in my life now meeting this beautiful girl. It is 4:58 P.m, March 31st 1999. Who is this guy? I cant believe he just saved me from those guys. I probably could have got them both but still...he actually came and stood up for me. Thats sweet...I didnt see no one else do that for me. He handled it so well too...well except for that punch at the beginning he got from that guy but I think he was too distracted looking at me. His face was like what the hell am I doing? It was soo funny. But he really saved me from those guys. Steevey...thats such a nice name. I always come up with the cool things. Hmm...Steevey. Steevey Weevy. That sounds nice. I should sit with him, see how this Steevey is. Who knows ,speaking to these commuters has been so boring,its like they have no life. Steevey,I think maybe he could entertain me for the ride like that would be so fun. Well first I want to see how he's going to handle getting me or himself a seat. I know for sure he wants to be serious with me if he sits with me,if he sits across me,then hes such a mamas boy. Ok..lets see shes right behind me and every chair is filled with people. There must be a way to get a seat. I want to sit next to her. I never even sat next to a girl before and spoke to her! Maybe I should find my own seat and just say Ill see you later then. What am I stupid? I just saved the girl and I'm just gonna let her go just like that? Shes so different from other girls. Most of the girls are all the same just trying to show their fronts and backs as much as possible. But shes not like that. I def can see her front and back but not because she wants everyone too,its just there. She seems so unique,her looks are great and she's funny too. I could definitely have fun speaking to her. It'd be I think like the first time I actually have a whole conversation with a girl and this trip is like an hour and a half so that would definitely be a long conversation. Im just too shy. I have to step up. Im so going to get me and her a seat. Just me and her. Ok what the hell is Steevey doing? Hes just standing there,looks like hes thinking. Like wow,if its going to take him this long to find a seat,I think I should find my own seat then and call it quits with him. "EXCUSE ME." "Yes son?" "Sir,your sitting in my seat." "Excuse me ? I didnt see you sitting here before but if you would like too I can share this seat with you and if the girl over there is with you,I can let her fit here too. "Sir,thats a great idea. Thats very thoughtful of you but you see sir,shes my sister. She's um...come here. I lean close to the guys ear... "Shes a bit retarded,birth defect at birth." "O how tragic. "Yes sir,its hard for her to adjust to life. You see sir,today is the first time that she is on a train. Now she may not look scared,but you see I tried sitting her down in the last car with some people and she completely started screaming. If you catch me sir,I didnt want to stay in that car since I would be receiving stares and such and I dont want my sister to be stared at. "O yes son. I understand. I had a grandmother who was exactly the same way. I had to watch her everyday at my home. It was hard but it feels good in the end that your helping your family doesnt it? "Yes it is sir... it will help her in the future. " "Yes,so you need the whole chair then,because she'll prob get nervous with me right? "Yes sir,howd you know? My grandmother was the same when we use to go to the groceries. God bless your soul young man." "As well as yours sir for taking care of your grandmother." "Yes,thank you and good luck with your not soo well sister. "Thank you sir." O my God! I cant keep a straight face here! Its so hard. Im not the well sister! AHAHAHA that was sooo damn funny and smart as well. Like wow,that was classy bsing. Well I think he got us seats.So...he must want to sit with me because theres one empty seat next across from the large seat. So...he definitely wants to sit with me. "After you maam." "Uhhh thank you Steevey brother hahaha". "Thank you sister." I sit down across from the girl in the single chair. I really do want to sit next to her but I want to be sweet to her first. "So..why are you sitting there? What did you get this huuuge seat for?" "I got it for you. You look tired and I thought I would give you a seat for you to rest." "Aww...thats so nice. You bullshitted that guy just to get a seat just so I can get this huge seat?" "Well,yeah like I said you look tired and I think maybe you should relax,put your feet up. You couldnt do that with me there. "O really? And why is that?" "Well let me show you why." I got up from my seat and sat down next to her. "Put your feet up now and you;ll see why I thought you also wouldnt want me to sit there." She put her feet up and her shoes rested on me. She was wearing pink flufy boots. They looked nice. They werent even dirty from her walkin whereever. Her boots were even perfect. I didnt know what was going on here but I felt like this girl was someone special. Not just your average girl you meet and then never see again. I think this girl was someone that would be a good friend of mine for the future. "Hmm..I see your point but why wouldnt you want my foot on you? You dont love my pink boots?" "Of course I love your boots! Their pink and I like pink as a color. I just never thought of making it my favorite color. " "Well you should because pink is like the most best color in the world. It's like so pink! Its bright,its pink. Pink is good with everything,food,clothes,cars even,even for hair! "Ahahaha well if you say so. Before we keep on talking..um..I didnt get your name yet. "Ahahah really? I'm ____" "Thats a nice name to have." "You think so or are you just saying that?" "Well you tell me does this face lie? =). "Ahahaha no I dont think so but thanks for telling me that. "So your Steevey and im ____. "Yup." "So...do you mind my shoes on you? "No,no its ok. Keep them there. If your boots being there makes you feel better then leave them there. At least I get to look at your nice pink boots." "Aww, I realize that you have alot of sweet things to say. Can you always talk sweet?" "Well...yeah most of the time I can talk sweet. I'll tell you now..Im a bit shy so..I never really used my sweetness with other girls. In fact your probably like the first girl that I ever really had a long conversation with. "Omg really? I feel so special now. So im the first girl to hear Steevey's sweetness!" "You could say that. So...you live in Worcester?" "No I live in that other little town near Worcester." " Oooo you mean Strawberry." "Yup,strawberry. How bout you? " "Im a woostarian born and raised." "Awesome, I know Worcester like the back of my hand. Where do you live around ? "Do you know Main South? I live around there." "OOoo the not so good area. So what are you doing on a train going all the way from Boston?" "I go to school in Boston. The school system in Worcester sucks. "Hmm..well I go to Strawberry and it not that bad. The school is kind of gay but ehh..its ok." "Thats cool I guess." "So...what have you been going to Boston this week for? " "This week is lke the worse week to be in school for me right now so I've been skipping. "Skippping school?You actually skip school? That doesnt really help you out much at the end does it?" "Are you a nerd?" "What, you think im a nerd? What happened to sweet,funny,brave Steevey?" "Ahahaha well...you were sticking up for school. If you went to Strawberry high then you woudldnt be talking like that." "Maybe thats true,but still you get one day to hang around but is it really worth it? A day is 24 hours but if you fail in life thats about 50 years ahead of you in failure. " "50 years of failure? I dont think I;ll be missing out on much if I skip a week. "Yeah but one week leads up to two weeks and then two weeks leads up to three weeks and then" "Steevey I get it! Ok!You say I shouldnt skip school. "Welcome to the 4:58 Worcester Express. This is the 4:58 Wooorcester Express. This train will be making stops too Backbay,West Natick,Framingham,Ashland,Southborough,Westborough,Grafton,and Wooooooorcester. We hope you enjoy your trip today with the MBTA. The train will move in just a few moments so..please take your seats" "So..____ how old are you?" "Im 16 right now." "How about you?" "Im 16 too,yay we're 16 woohoo!" An old man sitting in the seat in front of us turned in his chair to look at me and ___. "Hey,kid can you quiet down?!" "Kid? Im a kid. Old man would you please stay in your business and Ill stay in my business?" I told the guy. ____ was turning a light shade of pink on her cheeks and I was wondering if she knew even her body turned pink at times. "Dont try to act like a smartass all right kid? Ive had a bad day and I dont need to hear kids yelling behind me. I hear enough noise from my wife." "Your wife is noisy? Well maybe she should be! Im a woman and I think that your wife made a mistake choosing you for a husband. "Hmpphhh,just keep quiet ok?" "We;ll try sir. If you could please turn around then we shall try our most bestest to be quiet ok mr adult? =) I told the guy with a big smile. "Smartas..." The man turned back to his seat. "I guess we're good at dissing people too" "Yeah,these people are so annoying. I hate people like that. Why cant they just mind their own business?" "I dont know ___, sometimes people have their problems and they dont know where to put their feelings. I dont want to receive that guys feelings though. I have my own problems." "Yeah,this year has been hell for me. I have to work right after I get off this train. Thats like till 9 and then I have like load of h.w and I'm too lazy to do it now. "I usually do the h.w now or sleep." I told ____. "Sleeping sounds good. I'm so tired. Howd you know that I would like get tired and do this whole stretch myself out?" "I kind of had a feeling thats all. It's like a sixth sense for me. I see something or an event and in my mind I just plan something out like what can follow next. I saw you and you just looked tired too me so..Im thinking we're going on a train and theres these big chairs,maybe she'll want to lay down." "Maybe that guy was right,maybe you are a smartass!" "Hey ___,I'm so not. I'm just smart but that doesnt mean I'm not funny." The train suddenly makes a bulge and _____ is pushed almost out of her seat. I quickly lean myself forward and catch her around the waist. "Hahahah,I wasnt expecting that! Thanks for that too,nice reflexes." "I couldnt just let you fall on the floor with me sittting above you. I would feel feel bad that I didnt do anything. And its a dirty floor and you dont need to get yourself dirty." "Dirty? I;m a dirty girl little boy." "Your dirty? Ohh so if you hold on, let me get a tissue and wipe you off." "No,y
Letter to my Pets.? The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest. The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run. I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm. For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years-canine or feline attendance is not mandatory. The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough! To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our front door: Rules for Non-Pet Owners Who Visit and Like to Complain About Our Pets: They live here. You don't. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture.(That's why they call it 'fur'niture.) I like my pets a lot better than I like most people. To you, it's an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speak clearly. Dogs and cats are better than kids ....they eat less, don't ask for money all the time, are easier to train, usually come when called, never drive your car, don't hang out with drug-using friends, don't smoke or drink, don't worry about having to buy the latest fashions, don't wear your clothes, and don't need a gazillion dollars for college - and if they get pregnant, you can sell the children.
336 useless fact STAR IF U LIKE? Useless Facts For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h). If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long. Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" - and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home!) The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". Bulls are color blind. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Lip stick contains fish scales. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown. Women blink twice as many times as men do. The McDonalds at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs. A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The first episode of Leave It To Beaver aired on October 4, 1957. Beaver Cleaver's locker number is 9. The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver. Jerry Seinfeld's apartment number (on the show) is 5A. In the old episodes it was 3A. The life span of a taste bud is ten days. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits. The billionth digit in Pi is 9. The first 100 numbers of Pi are: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884... 58209749445923078164062862089986280348... Click HERE for 99,999 digits of pi! A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. Emus can't walk backwards. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bears is called a sleuth. 12 or more cows is called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive too! The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. Pinocchio was made of pine. The largest pumpkin weighed 377 lbs. A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will. More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery. There are 22 stars in the Paramount logo. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. The pound sign # is called anoctothorpe. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6". Singapore only has one train station. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. Napolean made his battle plans in a sandbox. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. The green stuff on the occasional freak potatoe chip is chlorophyll. If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange. Pluto's orbit crosses Neptune's making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun. It has been that way since 1979 and will remain that way until 1999. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. Popeye was 5'6". Howdy Doody had 48 freckles. The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay". Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year. Hilary Clinton once said We are the President. The percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%. The percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%. There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll. The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles. The average American eats 2 donuts a day. The longest word in the Old Testament is Malhershalahashbaz. The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years. Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17. It takes the Where's Waldo artist one month to complete a drawing. 2500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties. A baby is born every 7 seconds. 10 tons of space dust fall on the Earth everyday. On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. Blue and white are the most common school colors. Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year. The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: What hath God wrought?. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: Watson, please come here. I want you. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: Mary had a little lamb The three words in the English language with the letters uu are: vacuum, residuum and continuum. A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestd... His middle name is George James. It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In a normal life time an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat. A new book is published every 13 minutes in America. America's best selling ice-cream flavour is vanilla. American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year. American's eat 134 pounds of sugar a year. Every year the sun loses 360 million tons. Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe. You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray. Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool. Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises. India has 50 million monkeys. By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life. Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year. Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. You breathe about 10 million times a year. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream. The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse. Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018. The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour. The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects. The most common time for a wake up call is 7am. The doorbell was invented in 1831. The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board. The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928. There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream. The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown. There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay. The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight. A squid has 10 tentacles. A snail's reproductive organs are in its head. A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose. The word "AND" appears 46,277 times in the Bible. The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn". The telephone's U.S. patent number is 174,465. The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day. There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holme's apartment. When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from it's eyes. Napoleon was terrified of cats. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint. The typical American eats 263 eggs a year. The ballpoint pen was invented in 1938 by Laszlo and Georg Biro. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935. In 1961, an IBM 7090 computer calculated Pi to 100 265 digits. The human body weighs forty times more than the brain. After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp. A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. The oldest known vegetable is the pea. Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. The avocado has the most calories of any fruit. The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia. The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese. The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone. 4000 people are injured by teapots each year. The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year. The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback. The ostrich has a 46 foot long small intestine. The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states. The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger. George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year. Stainless stell was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913. A scallop has 35 blue eyes. The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one. The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow. Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935. The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal. The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey. Russia has the most movie theaters in the world. Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograph machine. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday. An Oscar weighs seven pounds. It takes the typical person seven minutes to fall asleep. Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer. The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps. The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902. Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 600 m.p.h. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet. Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue. A jellyfish is 95 percent water. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump. The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly. America once issued a 5-cent bill. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails. You blink about 84,000,000 times a year. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans. Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used. Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right of left handed... or is that pawed? The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than women. Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions. Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight. After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again! When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head. Coca-Cola was originally green. Hong Kong has the most Rolls Royce's per capita. Alaska is the state with highest percent of people who walk to work. 28 percent of Africa is wilderness. 38 percent of America is wilderness. A duck's quack does not echo and no one knows why. It costs $6400 to raise a medium size dog to age of 11. Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during any given hour: 61,000. 70 percent of Americans who visited Disneyland/World. Intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair. The youngest pope was 11 years old. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other country. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet and was developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only "mobile" National Monuments. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter "uncopyrightable." Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ? The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and learned how to walk up standard staircases. When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because, when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people (without killing them) used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know his voice was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel that it burns. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-star Game. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Butterflies taste with their feet. A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca Cola was originally green. The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words. There are more collect calls made on Father's Day than on any other day. Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. The world's youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. The youngest Pope was 11 years old. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey...). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down"). The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. American car horns beep in the tone of F. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
Do you like these pet rules? Pet Rules To be posted VERY LOW on the refrigerator door - nose height. Dear Dogs and Cats, The dishes with the paw prints are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate of food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest. The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run. I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm. For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years --canine or feline attendance is not mandatory. If you need to kiss me, then don’t go smell the other dog or cat's butt before hand. I cannot stress this enough! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our front door: To All Non-Pet Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain About Our Pets 1. They live here You don't. 2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That's why they call it "fur"niture.) 3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people. 4. To you, it's an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speak clearly. Remember: Dogs and cats are better than kids because they: 1. Eat less – and don’t have funny fad tastes either 2. Don't ask for money all the time – in fact never! 3 Are easier to train 4. Usually come when called – well most times! 5. Never drive your car 6. Don't hang out with drug-using friends 7. Don't smoke or drink 8. Don't worry about having to buy the latest fashions 9. Don't wear your clothes 10. Don’t demand you look fashionable 11. Love me without any pressures, or emotional demands 12. Don't need a gazillion dollars for college, and 13. If they get pregnant, you can sell their children
fun facts...? For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h). If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long. Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make changea for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" - and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home!) The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". Bulls are color blind. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Lip stick contains fish scales. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown. Women blink twice as many times as men do. The McDonalds at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs. A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The first episode of Leave It To Beaver aired on October 4, 1957. Beaver Cleaver's locker number is 9. The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver. Jerry Seinfeld's apartment number (on the show) is 5A. In the old episodes it was 3A. The life span of a taste bud is ten days. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits. The billionth digit in Pi is 9. The first 100 numbers of Pi are: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884... 58209749445923078164062862089986280348... Click HERE for 99,999 digits of pi! A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. Emus can't walk backwards. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bears is called a sleuth. 12 or more cows is called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive too! The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. Pinocchio was made of pine. The largest pumpkin weighed 377 lbs. A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will. More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery. There are 22 stars in the Paramount logo. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. The pound sign # is called anoctothorpe. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6". Singapore only has one train station. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. Napolean made his battle plans in a sandbox. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. The green stuff on the occasional freak potatoe chip is chlorophyll. If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange. Pluto's orbit crosses Neptune's making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun. It has been that way since 1979 and will remain that way until 1999. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. Popeye was 5'6". Howdy Doody had 48 freckles. The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay". Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year. Hilary Clinton once said We are the President. The percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%. The percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%. There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll. The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles. The average American eats 2 donuts a day. The longest word in the Old Testament is Malhershalahashbaz. The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years. Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17. It takes the Where's Waldo artist one month to complete a drawing. 2500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties. A baby is born every 7 seconds. 10 tons of space dust fall on the Earth everyday. On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. Blue and white are the most common school colors. Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year. The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: What hath God wrought?. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: Watson, please come here. I want you. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: Mary had a little lamb The three words in the English language with the letters uu are: vacuum, residuum and continuum. A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestd... His middle name is George James. It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In a normal life time an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat. A new book is published every 13 minutes in America. America's best selling ice-cream flavour is vanilla. American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year. American's eat 134 pounds of sugar a year. Every year the sun loses 360 million tons. Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe. You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray. Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool. Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises. India has 50 million monkeys. By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life. Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year. Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. You breathe about 10 million times a year. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream. The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse. Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018. The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour. The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects. The most common time for a wake up call is 7am. The doorbell was invented in 1831. The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board. The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928. There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream. The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown. There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay. The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight. A squid has 10 tentacles. A snail's reproductive organs are in its head. A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose. The word "AND" appears 46,277 times in the Bible. The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn". The telephone's U.S. patent number is 174,465. The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day. There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holme's apartment. When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from it's eyes. Napoleon was terrified of cats. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint. The typical American eats 263 eggs a year. The ballpoint pen was invented in 1938 by Laszlo and Georg Biro. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935. In 1961, an IBM 7090 computer calculated Pi to 100 265 digits. The human body weighs forty times more than the brain. After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp. A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. The oldest known vegetable is the pea. Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. The avocado has the most calories of any fruit. The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia. The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese. The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone. 4000 people are injured by teapots each year. The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year. The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback. The ostrich has a 46 foot long small intestine. The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states. The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger. George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year. Stainless stell was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913. A scallop has 35 blue eyes. The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one. The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow. Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935. The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal. The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey. Russia has the most movie theaters in the world. Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograph machine. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday. An Oscar weighs seven pounds. It takes the typical person seven minutes to fall asleep. Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer. The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps. The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902. Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 600 m.p.h. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet. Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue. A jellyfish is 95 percent water. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump. The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly. America once issued a 5-cent bill. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails. You blink about 84,000,000 times a year. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans. Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used. Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right of left handed... or is that pawed? The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than women. Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions. Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight. After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again! When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head. Coca-Cola was originally green. Hong Kong has the most Rolls Royce's per capita. Alaska is the state with highest percent of people who walk to work. 28 percent of Africa is wilderness. 38 percent of America is wilderness. A duck's quack does not echo and no one knows why. It costs $6400 to raise a medium size dog to age of 11. Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during any given hour: 61,000. 70 percent of Americans who visited Disneyland/World. Intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair. The youngest pope was 11 years old. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other country. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet and was developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only "mobile" National Monuments. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter "uncopyrightable." Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ? The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and learned how to walk up standard staircases. When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because, when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people (without killing them) used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know his voice was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel that it burns. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-star Game. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Butterflies taste with their feet. A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca Cola was originally green. The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words. There are more collect calls made on Father's Day than on any other day. Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. The world's youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. The youngest Pope was 11 years old. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey...). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down"). The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. American car horns beep in the tone of F. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles
did you know? For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h). If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long. Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make changea for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" - and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home!) The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". Bulls are color blind. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Lip stick contains fish scales. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown. Women blink twice as many times as men do. The McDonalds at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs. A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The first episode of Leave It To Beaver aired on October 4, 1957. Beaver Cleaver's locker number is 9. The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver. Jerry Seinfeld's apartment number (on the show) is 5A. In the old episodes it was 3A. The life span of a taste bud is ten days. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits. The billionth digit in Pi is 9. The first 100 numbers of Pi are: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884... 58209749445923078164062862089986280348... Click HERE for 99,999 digits of pi! A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. Emus can't walk backwards. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bears is called a sleuth. 12 or more cows is called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive too! The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. Pinocchio was made of pine. The largest pumpkin weighed 377 lbs. A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will. More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery. There are 22 stars in the Paramount logo. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. The pound sign # is called anoctothorpe. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6". Singapore only has one train station. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. Napolean made his battle plans in a sandbox. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. The green stuff on the occasional freak potatoe chip is chlorophyll. If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange. Pluto's orbit crosses Neptune's making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun. It has been that way since 1979 and will remain that way until 1999. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. Popeye was 5'6". Howdy Doody had 48 freckles. The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay". Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year. Hilary Clinton once said We are the President. The percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%. The percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%. There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll. The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles. The average American eats 2 donuts a day. The longest word in the Old Testament is Malhershalahashbaz. The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years. Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17. It takes the Where's Waldo artist one month to complete a drawing. 2500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties. A baby is born every 7 seconds. 10 tons of space dust fall on the Earth everyday. On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. Blue and white are the most common school colors. Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year. The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: What hath God wrought?. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: Watson, please come here. I want you. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: Mary had a little lamb The three words in the English language with the letters uu are: vacuum, residuum and continuum. A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestd... His middle name is George James. It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In a normal life time an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat. A new book is published every 13 minutes in America. America's best selling ice-cream flavour is vanilla. American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year. American's eat 134 pounds of sugar a year. Every year the sun loses 360 million tons. Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe. You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray. Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool. Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises. India has 50 million monkeys. By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life. Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year. Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. You breathe about 10 million times a year. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream. The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse. Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018. The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour. The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects. The most common time for a wake up call is 7am. The doorbell was invented in 1831. The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board. The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928. There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream. The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown. There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay. The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight. A squid has 10 tentacles. A snail's reproductive organs are in its head. A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose. The word "AND" appears 46,277 times in the Bible. The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn". The telephone's U.S. patent number is 174,465. The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day. There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holme's apartment. When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from it's eyes. Napoleon was terrified of cats. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint. The typical American eats 263 eggs a year. The ballpoint pen was invented in 1938 by Laszlo and Georg Biro. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935. In 1961, an IBM 7090 computer calculated Pi to 100 265 digits. The human body weighs forty times more than the brain. After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp. A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. The oldest known vegetable is the pea. Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. The avocado has the most calories of any fruit. The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia. The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese. The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone. 4000 people are injured by teapots each year. The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year. The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback. The ostrich has a 46 foot long small intestine. The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states. The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger. George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year. Stainless stell was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913. A scallop has 35 blue eyes. The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one. The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow. Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935. The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal. The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey. Russia has the most movie theaters in the world. Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograph machine. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday. An Oscar weighs seven pounds. It takes the typical person seven minutes to fall asleep. Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer. The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps. The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902. Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 600 m.p.h. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet. Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue. A jellyfish is 95 percent water. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump. The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly. America once issued a 5-cent bill. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails. You blink about 84,000,000 times a year. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans. Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used. Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right of left handed... or is that pawed? The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than women. Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions. Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight. After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again! When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head. Coca-Cola was originally green. Hong Kong has the most Rolls Royce's per capita. Alaska is the state with highest percent of people who walk to work. 28 percent of Africa is wilderness. 38 percent of America is wilderness. A duck's quack does not echo and no one knows why. It costs $6400 to raise a medium size dog to age of 11. Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during any given hour: 61,000. 70 percent of Americans who visited Disneyland/World. Intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair. The youngest pope was 11 years old. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other country. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet and was developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only "mobile" National Monuments. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter "uncopyrightable." Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ? The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and learned how to walk up standard staircases. When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because, when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people (without killing them) used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know his voice was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel that it burns. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-star Game. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Butterflies taste with their feet. A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca Cola was originally green. The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words. There are more collect calls made on Father's Day than on any other day. Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. The world's youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. The youngest Pope was 11 years old. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey...). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down"). The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. American car horns beep in the tone of F. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles
Pet Rules...? Pet Rules... To be posted VERY LOW on the refrigerator door - nose height. Dear Dogs and Cats, The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate of food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest. The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run. I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm. For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years -- canine or feline attendance is not required. The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough! To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our front door: To All Non-Pet Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain About Our Pets: 1. They live here. You don't. 2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That's why they call it 'fur'niture.) 3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people. 4. To you, it's an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speak clearly. Remember: In many ways, dogs and cats are better than kids because they: 1. Eat less. 2. Don't ask for money all the time. 3. Are easier to train. 4. Normally come when called. 5. Never ask to drive the car. 6. Don't hang out with drug-using friends. 7. Don't smoke or drink. 8. Don't have to buy the latest fashions. 9. Don't want to wear your clothes. 10. Don't need a 'gazillion' dollars for college. And finally, 11. If they get pregnant, you can sell their children.
how many facts do you know!!? For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h). If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long. Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" - and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home!) The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". Bulls are color blind. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Lip stick contains fish scales. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown. Women blink twice as many times as men do. The McDonalds at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs. A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The first episode of Leave It To Beaver aired on October 4, 1957. Beaver Cleaver's locker number is 9. The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver. Jerry Seinfeld's apartment number (on the show) is 5A. In the old episodes it was 3A. The life span of a taste bud is ten days. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits. The billionth digit in Pi is 9. The first 100 numbers of Pi are: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884... 58209749445923078164062862089986280348... Click HERE for 99,999 digits of pi! A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. Emus can't walk backwards. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bears is called a sleuth. 12 or more cows is called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive too! The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. Pinocchio was made of pine. The largest pumpkin weighed 377 lbs. A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will. More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery. There are 22 stars in the Paramount logo. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. The pound sign # is called anoctothorpe. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6". Singapore only has one train station. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. Napolean made his battle plans in a sandbox. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. The green stuff on the occasional freak potatoe chip is chlorophyll. If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange. Pluto's orbit crosses Neptune's making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun. It has been that way since 1979 and will remain that way until 1999. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. Popeye was 5'6". Howdy Doody had 48 freckles. The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay". Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year. Hilary Clinton once said We are the President. The percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%. The percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%. There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll. The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles. The average American eats 2 donuts a day. The longest word in the Old Testament is Malhershalahashbaz. The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years. Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17. It takes the Where's Waldo artist one month to complete a drawing. 2500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties. A baby is born every 7 seconds. 10 tons of space dust fall on the Earth everyday. On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. Blue and white are the most common school colors. Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year. The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: What hath God wrought?. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: Watson, please come here. I want you. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: Mary had a little lamb The three words in the English language with the letters uu are: vacuum, residuum and continuum. A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestd... His middle name is George James. It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In a normal life time an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat. A new book is published every 13 minutes in America. America's best selling ice-cream flavour is vanilla. American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year. American's eat 134 pounds of sugar a year. Every year the sun loses 360 million tons. Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe. You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray. Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool. Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises. India has 50 million monkeys. By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life. Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year. Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. You breathe about 10 million times a year. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream. The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse. Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018. The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour. The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects. The most common time for a wake up call is 7am. The doorbell was invented in 1831. The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board. The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928. There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream. The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown. There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay. The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight. A squid has 10 tentacles. A snail's reproductive organs are in its head. A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose. The word "AND" appears 46,277 times in the Bible. The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn". The telephone's U.S. patent number is 174,465. The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day. There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holme's apartment. When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from it's eyes. Napoleon was terrified of cats. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint. The typical American eats 263 eggs a year. The ballpoint pen was invented in 1938 by Laszlo and Georg Biro. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935. In 1961, an IBM 7090 computer calculated Pi to 100 265 digits. The human body weighs forty times more than the brain. After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp. A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. The oldest known vegetable is the pea. Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. The avocado has the most calories of any fruit. The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia. The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese. The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone. 4000 people are injured by teapots each year. The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year. The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback. The ostrich has a 46 foot long small intestine. The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states. The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger. George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year. Stainless stell was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913. A scallop has 35 blue eyes. The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one. The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow. Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935. The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal. The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey. Russia has the most movie theaters in the world. Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograp