I might use it. It really depends on the audience reading my stuff.

In some situations I feel like I'm showing off if I use the semicolon, so I like to throw in a few split infinitives or dangling participles to balance it out.

I recall seeing a show about a family dog who mauled the face of a child, and the parents of the child had to decide between the son or the dog. The mother wanted to get rid of the dog, but the father, who was the original owner of the dog before the marriage, could not depart with the dog. So he kept him, and the wife felt like he chose the dog over their baby.

I tell ya, as a fish owner, I am very protective of *my* fish, because they belong to *me*. I could care less about other fish. And I don't attribute any greatness to my fish - in fact, they're quite plain. But I would, and have, gone the extra mile just so they could live better.

I spent $200 one time just to save one oranda goldfish, but she died anyway. $200 is a lot of money for a student like me to spend on a $10 fish, but at least I have peace of mind that I did everything possible.

@ Man or Monster, take a deep breath and relax. A good christian wouldn't resort to name-calling, would they? As ted just mentioned, there are multiple interpretations of the poetry in the bible. For you, I believe your Christian interpretations are your vehicle for discrimination.

Now, you can call me a genius, or an idiot. But to call a scholar/Professor from Columbia U. an idiot is inaccurate. He found exact scripture that suggested Jesus liked to have sex with boys.

and to ted. Yes, I don't think Jesus was devine, nor do I think he ever existed. There is no definitive proof he did. Just because several people claimed he lived does not equate proof. There are tons of people who share hallucinations, delusions and fallacies - look at most Christians. They believe in some sky-fairy who passes judgment on people - as if... we all know it's the Flying Spaghetti Monster who touches us with his noodly appendage.

I like this quote:
"The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully."
-Richard Dawkins, eminent Biologist from Oxford University.

I hope they donate it to a good cause to people who need it.

I'm surprised about certain things in this story:

1) Burger King employees usually cant afford to throw away weed (which mostly is the most expensive herb in the world per lb., unless it's schwag which it probably was)

2) The obese police officer would NOT have died unless he was laughing too hard and had a heart attack.

3) Judge John Pope looks like Dumbledork.

4) The police officer was crying over the ordeal - and he actually talked like a stoner.

Charles, you're free to think whatever you like because Jesus's mere existence is debatable.

And Darragh, the reason why there are 20,000 different brands of Christianity is because they all can't decide on the 'right' interpretation of the Bible. Don't speak for all Christians with your interpretation and say the bible is against homosexuality; I know plenty of Christians who would refute that.

Heck, if you do the math according to the lineages, the Earth is 6000+ yo. Um, off by a few billion years, perhaps? LOL

Tim, you bet m8! Hope you like fat spliffs, hehe.

Tim, you could be right. I've never heard of Soupy Sales up until today, but it looks like an interesting show.

Mr. Rogers Neighborhood was a great show and I miss his voice and cadence. After checking out his Senate speech, I have to admit as an adult watching him, he does sound and look like a pedophile, but I know he probably wasn't one. I guess if a guy says he loves children and likes to express his feelings, he's crossing over to more traditionally female roles, or by some small chance he could be a pedophile in sheep's clothing.

my friends and i play a game where we try to hold in one inhalation of weed smoke while crossing a bridge/tunnel, but i dont think even the gold medalist at the bong olympics could touch these bridges...

united geeks of youtube meets bjork.

In the Holy Bible it mentions how one should sell their daughter as a sex slave. The passage is below:

"When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the slave girl's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment." (Exodus 21:7-11 NLT)

Additionally, the Bible says a woman who is raped should marry the rapist. Here is the passage:

"If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to divorce her." (Deuteronomy 22:28-29 NLT)

Women have always enjoyed 2nd class citizenship since the beginning of time. The Bible exemplifies this gender inequality.

can anyone substantiate the rumor that Mr. Rogers was cancelled prematurely because at the end of a live show he was caught muttering under his breath, "that should satisfy the little fuckers for a day"?

i don't think it's a true story but have you heard of this rumor?

@ SW, don't hold back... please tell us what you REALLY think.

someone spray some LSD on a few ads and watch Welsh vanish into obscurity. i doubt im not the only catastrophic thinker out there.

MoniA is right. Goldfish need inordinate amounts of water because they produce copious amounts of waste material/feces through their gills and fecal matter.

People that stick them in stagnant bowls are cruelly killing goldfish slowly - no to mention those stuck in ipods!!

i don't know how many people ive met who wonder why their fish die in one week (space, uncycled tank, waste materials, untreated water, etc.)

yes, i love fish!