Silly parent. "Make the bed" is a pointless exercise and we all know it.

The dog should be walked because going for a walk with their humans is all the dog ever wants anyway -- it's their favoritest thing _ever_ -- so making "walk the dog" a chore is backwards, it ought to be a reward instead.

And vacuuming is horrible. No wonder the parent wants to pawn it off on the kids. No wonder the kids don't want to do it either.

But the kids will probably just use the pinnacle human achievement (well, after pre-sliced bread) on something stupid like FaceTwit or BookSpace.

Poor Bruce Jenner. What did he do to deserve the Kardashians? Did he kick a dog??

They get hay, water, and a flight attendant? Sounds better than coach.

(Looks like my first attempt failed...)

"Hunh, Deng Xiaoping died."

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"Hunh, Deng Xiaoping died."

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Wow, this guy has _awesome_ friends: rather than fall on their asses laughing and pointing they run over to hoist him up and unhook him.

Nothing like mutilation to set a young kid straight. (Not to mention that play _is_ the child's work, to learn balance, eye-hand coordination, running, climbing, throwing, competition, cooperation, language, and creative problem solving.)

Less "boring" and more "malevolent".

I don't begrudge the wealthy their wealth.

I do begrudge that the wealthy tend to pay an effective tax rate that is roughly half of my effective tax rate. I'm also upset that US taxpayers have subsidized Romney's Dressage horse.

It's time to get rid of the Capital Loss tax writeoffs (why do we subsidize losers again?) and bring Capital Gains and Dividend Income rates back up to the Earned Income rates.

I've gotta admit they hit the Spanish stereotype pretty close -- though they aren't quite as intricate as one might expect -- not bad.

"The shortest line is the fastest line not always. That line is all single pathetic men; all cash, no chit-chat."

This is a win-win! Shove 35 kids per teacher into a room and then when the kids fail to learn, take back some of the teacher's pay! It'll be way cheaper than the alternative of doubling the numbers of teachers and paying them enough money to raise a family... That'd be silly.

Well that's rude; if the sorcerer is even, you might as well hash out your differences over a pint at the pub. There's no need for a battle.

If the family's version of events is true, that teacher ought to be fired. It's bad enough the schools are filled with teenagers without the teachers also being petty dicks.

PREVED!

Sooo cute bears. I want bear cubs...

Ooh! That's the first table at the popular "Handles Of The World" museum in Handelburg, Germany.

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