Record Cold Here
 

It's brutal..27 degrees this AM. The birdbath is frozen!

Record broken..... coldest day in Houston since the 20's

WTF happened to global warming?.

It will be in the 60's tomorrow.

Joe

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Joe wrote:

It's brutal..27 degrees this AM. The birdbath is frozen!

Record broken..... coldest day in Houston since the 20's

WTF happened to global warming?.

It will be in the 60's tomorrow.

Joe

Oh me, 27F, poor you, I woke up to -4F, and that's warm up here lately!

Why can't you guys get with the program and use Celsius like the rest of
the civilized world?

Cheers
Marty

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Martin Baxter wrote:
Joe wrote:

It's brutal..27 degrees this AM. The birdbath is frozen!

Record broken..... coldest day in Houston since the 20's

WTF happened to global warming?.

It will be in the 60's tomorrow.

Joe


Oh me, 27F, poor you, I woke up to -4F, and that's warm up here lately!

Why can't you guys get with the program and use Celsius like the rest of
the civilized world?

Cheers
Marty

It's a problem...Mr Sails posed some distance/time/rate problems to his
junior/senior Oceanography classes in meters and kn and they were all
totally lost...didn't even have the sense to just go to the conversion
tables in the back of the book!

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"Martin Baxter" wrote:
b Joe wrote:

It's brutal..27 degrees this AM. The birdbath is frozen!

Record broken..... coldest day in Houston since the 20's

WTF happened to global warming?.

It will be in the 60's tomorrow.

Joe

Oh me, 27F, poor you, I woke up to -4F, and that's warm up
here lately!

Why can't you guys get with the program and use Celsius
like the rest of
the civilized world?

Because -10 really sucks!

Seahag

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katy wrote:


It's a problem...Mr Sails posed some distance/time/rate problems to his
junior/senior Oceanography classes in meters and kn and they were all
totally lost...didn't even have the sense to just go to the conversion
tables in the back of the book!


How can you teach science and not use SI units? A real fine group of
budding scientists Mr. Sails has there!

As an excercise in frustration everyone should be forced to do a few
basic physics problems using pounds, slugs, poundals, pound-feet. ..etc.

Cheers
Marty

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Seahag wrote:

"Martin Baxter" wrote:
b Joe wrote:

It's brutal..27 degrees this AM. The birdbath is frozen!

Record broken..... coldest day in Houston since the 20's

WTF happened to global warming?.

It will be in the 60's tomorrow.

Joe

Oh me, 27F, poor you, I woke up to -4F, and that's warm up
here lately!

Why can't you guys get with the program and use Celsius
like the rest of
the civilized world?

Because -10 really sucks!

Seahag

Yeah, but below -40 Celsius is actually warmer! And plus 35 sounds more
bearable than 95.

Cheers
Marty

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"Martin Baxter" wrote:
Seahag wrote:

"Martin Baxter" wrote:
b Joe wrote:

It's brutal..27 degrees this AM. The birdbath is
frozen!

Record broken..... coldest day in Houston since the
20's

WTF happened to global warming?.

It will be in the 60's tomorrow.

Joe

Oh me, 27F, poor you, I woke up to -4F, and that's warm
up
here lately!

Why can't you guys get with the program and use Celsius
like the rest of
the civilized world?

Because -10 really sucks!

Seahag

Yeah, but below -40 Celsius is actually warmer! And plus
35 sounds more
bearable than 95.

Hmmm, maybe we'll swith to Celsius for the summer...35 year
round!

Seahag

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Martin Baxter wrote:
katy wrote:


It's a problem...Mr Sails posed some distance/time/rate problems to his
junior/senior Oceanography classes in meters and kn and they were all
totally lost...didn't even have the sense to just go to the conversion
tables in the back of the book!



How can you teach science and not use SI units? A real fine group of
budding scientists Mr. Sails has there!

As an excercise in frustration everyone should be forced to do a few
basic physics problems using pounds, slugs, poundals, pound-feet. ..etc.

Cheers
Marty

They don't retain becasue it's not used in their real worlds..so
far...the Maths Dept does teach it of course and most of these kids are
either in Algebra 2, Trig, or Calc...yet they can't translate between
the classes..what? a math problem in Oceanography? My God...we thought
this was about water! When some of them found out it was about combined
geology, earth scince and ecology, tehy went ballistic...thought they
were going to go visit dolphins at the Aquarium and collect seashells....

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"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
It's brutal..27 degrees this AM. The birdbath is frozen!

Record broken..... coldest day in Houston since the 20's

WTF happened to global warming?.

It will be in the 60's tomorrow.

Joe



Sorry to disappoint you Joe, but it's the variability of the climate that's
the problem. GW = higher highs, lower lows. A couple of degrees warmer isn't
the problem directly. It's an indirect effect. Hold onto your socks, things
will be getting worse before they get better, assuming we do something now.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

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"Capt. JG" wrote

Sorry to disappoint you Joe, but it's the variability of the climate that's the problem. GW = higher highs, lower
lows. A couple of degrees warmer isn't the problem directly. It's an indirect effect. Hold onto your socks, things
will be getting worse before they get better, assuming we do something now.


What a freaking moron! Definitely shows how abusing illegal drugs has consequences.

Cheers,
Ellen

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Martin Baxter wrote:


How can you teach science and not use SI units? A real fine group of
budding scientists Mr. Sails has there!

Well, the British schools did it for several centuries. Of course, they
also schlepped everything around using horse-drawn wagons.

Now that we're well into the 19th century, the time has long since
passed to start using modern conviences like a measurement system that
makes sense.

As an excercise in frustration everyone should be forced to do a few
basic physics problems using pounds, slugs, poundals, pound-feet. ..etc.

Be sure to state the results in furlongs per fortnight.

//Walt

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Marty,

A very good question. I don't have an answer for you. Just to many
people are scared to death about the change over. We do have a lot of
Neal types that refuse to change.

By the way; I've almost changed over and use factors for English. I
still have a lot of trouble with linear measurements. I convert to
metric after I cut the plank. Sorry.













http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomJazz

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

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Thom Stewart wrote:
Marty,

A very good question. I don't have an answer for you. Just to many
people are scared to death about the change over. We do have a lot of
Neal types that refuse to change.

By the way; I've almost changed over and use factors for English. I
still have a lot of trouble with linear measurements. I convert to
metric after I cut the plank. Sorry.













http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomJazz

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

The problem is teaching the comparison...it's just like learning a
language..if you're translating in your head all the time you'll never
be able to speak...you just have to learn it flat out and use it that
way and not think linear...same with temperatures...the system does more
to hinder learning by making the comparison when none is needed...I hate
it when elementary texts define a meter as "a bit more than a
yard"....What's that supposed to mean?

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"Martin Baxter" wrote



Why can't you guys get with the program and use Celsius
like the rest of
the civilized world?

no need to, eventualy we will take over the whole world.


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_

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Ever wonder why WORLDWIDE shipping containers are measured
in feet?

Scotty


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
...
Marty,

A very good question. I don't have an answer for you. Just
to many
people are scared to death about the change over. We do
have a lot of
Neal types that refuse to change.

By the way; I've almost changed over and use factors for
English. I
still have a lot of trouble with linear measurements. I
convert to
metric after I cut the plank. Sorry.













http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomJazz

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

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Hey Marty,

This is cold on either Scale!

http://www.terrisfunny.com/maxwinter/dog.html













http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomJazz

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

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Scotty wrote:
"Martin Baxter" wrote



Why can't you guys get with the program and use Celsius

like the rest of

the civilized world?


no need to, eventualy we will take over the whole world.


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_


Lordy...why would we want it?

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On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:47:00 -0800, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

:"Joe" wrote in message
roups.com...
: It's brutal..27 degrees this AM. The birdbath is frozen!
:
: Record broken..... coldest day in Houston since the 20's
:
: WTF happened to global warming?.
:
: It will be in the 60's tomorrow.
:
: Joe
:
:
:
:Sorry to disappoint you Joe, but it's the variability of the climate that's
:the problem. GW = higher highs, lower lows. A couple of degrees warmer isn't
:the problem directly. It's an indirect effect. Hold onto your socks, things
:will be getting worse before they get better, assuming we do something now.

I installed three compact fluorescent's; that should take care of my
neighborhood.

Besides, it's all over in 2012 anyway.

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"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
...
Marty,

A very good question. I don't have an answer for you. Just to many
people are scared to death about the change over. We do have a lot of
Neal types that refuse to change.

By the way; I've almost changed over and use factors for English. I
still have a lot of trouble with linear measurements. I convert to
metric after I cut the plank. Sorry.

Hey Thom. you know the saying 'measure twice, cut once'? Do it in inches and
centimetres as well then you will be quite sure...

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Edgar wrote:
"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
...
Marty,

A very good question. I don't have an answer for you. Just to many
people are scared to death about the change over. We do have a lot of
Neal types that refuse to change.

By the way; I've almost changed over and use factors for English. I
still have a lot of trouble with linear measurements. I convert to
metric after I cut the plank. Sorry.

Hey Thom. you know the saying 'measure twice, cut once'? Do it in inches and
centimetres as well then you will be quite sure...



The problem is that no matter how much Tom cuts off it's still too short.

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Thom Stewart wrote:

Hey Marty,

This is cold on either Scale!

http://www.terrisfunny.com/maxwinter/dog.html

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomJazz

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

Good one! Once met a guy who claimed that when it's -50 and you take a
leak in an upwards direction, it freezes before it hits the ground. He
was from north of Winnipeg and claimed firsthand knowledge.

Cheers
Marty

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Martin Baxter wrote:
Thom Stewart wrote:

Hey Marty,

This is cold on either Scale!

http://www.terrisfunny.com/maxwinter/dog.html

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomJazz

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage


Good one! Once met a guy who claimed that when it's -50 and you take a
leak in an upwards direction, it freezes before it hits the ground. He
was from north of Winnipeg and claimed firsthand knowledge.

Cheers
Marty

You knew my Uncle Bill?

Record Cold Here
 

On Feb 19, 8:10 am, Martin Baxter wrote:
Thom Stewart wrote:

Hey Marty,

This is cold on either Scale!

http://www.terrisfunny.com/maxwinter/dog.html

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomJazz

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

Good one! Once met a guy who claimed that when it's -50 and you take a
leak in an upwards direction, it freezes before it hits the ground. He
was from north of Winnipeg and claimed firsthand knowledge.

Cheers
Marty

Myth....Will not happen. Mythbusters tried it at sometyhing like -200
(small box room made of dry ice) and it did not freeze fast enough.

Canooks will fall for anything.

Joe

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On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:10:55 -0500, Martin Baxter wrote
(in article ):

Thom Stewart wrote:

Hey Marty,

This is cold on either Scale!

http://www.terrisfunny.com/maxwinter/dog.html

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomJazz

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

Good one! Once met a guy who claimed that when it's -50 and you take a
leak in an upwards direction, it freezes before it hits the ground. He
was from north of Winnipeg and claimed firsthand knowledge.

Cheers
Marty

When I was a kid and in the scouts we had camping 1 weekend a month. Back
then there was a lot of snow. I am no stranger to winter camping. We had a
weekend camp out and everyone ****ed off the same rock for 2 days. The spire
that grew was no less than awe inspiring.


--
Mundo, The Captain who is a bully and an ass

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Mundo wrote:
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:10:55 -0500, Martin Baxter wrote
(in article ):


Thom Stewart wrote:

Hey Marty,

This is cold on either Scale!

http://www.terrisfunny.com/maxwinter/dog.html

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomJazz

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

Good one! Once met a guy who claimed that when it's -50 and you take a
leak in an upwards direction, it freezes before it hits the ground. He
was from north of Winnipeg and claimed firsthand knowledge.

Cheers
Marty


When I was a kid and in the scouts we had camping 1 weekend a month. Back
then there was a lot of snow. I am no stranger to winter camping. We had a
weekend camp out and everyone ****ed off the same rock for 2 days. The spire
that grew was no less than awe inspiring.


Our Girl Scout troop winter camped too..in Michigan..was quite
rugged...we had trenches, though, that we then buried at the end of the
weekend...with the traditional log front....that was back in the days
when getting your WIlderness badge really emant something...

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Joe wrote:


Myth....Will not happen. Mythbusters tried it at sometyhing like -200
(small box room made of dry ice) and it did not freeze fast enough.

Canooks will fall for anything.

-200 what, celsius, farhenhiet? Either way I doubt it. Besides everyone
knows Canadians can pee higher than Mythbuster wimps can toss water, (we
have superior equipment).

Cheers
Marty

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"Martin Baxter" wrote in message ...
Joe wrote:


Myth....Will not happen. Mythbusters tried it at sometyhing like -200
(small box room made of dry ice) and it did not freeze fast enough.

Canooks will fall for anything.

-200 what, celsius, farhenhiet? Either way I doubt it. Besides everyone
knows Canadians can pee higher than Mythbuster wimps can toss water, (we
have superior equipment).


Are you of African descent? Your post reminds me of a joke I heard years ago.

There was this big, handsome black man who lived in Washington D.C. His name was
Leon. Leon was a real hit with the ladies. One day Leon met a woman who couldn't
keep her hands off him. She grabbed his bicep and said,
"Oh Leon, yo sur has big muscles! How big 'round is yo arm?"
"About 20 inches." replied Leon.
Then the woman put her arms around Leon's waist and she asked, "Leon yo sur has a
small waist, how big 'round is yo waist?.
"About 28 inches." replied Leon.
Then she grabbed his thigh and asked, "Leon how big is yo thigh?"
"About 30" 'round," said Leon.
Then she slid her hand up to his crotch and she said. "My o my, Leon, yo sur
has something very big in there. How big issit Leon?"
"About fo' inches," said Leon.
"Naw, Leon, ya gotta be ****in' wif me, it's much bigger than that, sho is!"
"I said fo' inches," Leon repeated.
"I doesn't believe ya," said the woman. "How does ya measure that, Leon?"
Leon replied "From da flo'."

Wilbur Hubbard

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Charlie Morgan wrote:

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:14:30 -0500, Martin Baxter
wrote:

Joe wrote:


Myth....Will not happen. Mythbusters tried it at sometyhing like -200
(small box room made of dry ice) and it did not freeze fast enough.

Canooks will fall for anything.

-200 what, celsius, farhenhiet? Either way I doubt it. Besides everyone
knows Canadians can pee higher than Mythbuster wimps can toss water, (we
have superior equipment).

Cheers
Marty

Yeah, but your equipment is on top of your head, giving you an unfair
advantage.

That's so we can keep an eye on what we're doing!

Cheers
Marty

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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
...

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...
Joe wrote:


Myth....Will not happen. Mythbusters tried it at sometyhing like -200
(small box room made of dry ice) and it did not freeze fast enough.

Canooks will fall for anything.

-200 what, celsius, farhenhiet? Either way I doubt it. Besides everyone
knows Canadians can pee higher than Mythbuster wimps can toss water, (we
have superior equipment).


Are you of African descent? Your post reminds me of a joke I heard years
ago.

There was this big, handsome black man who lived in Washington D.C. His
name was
Leon. Leon was a real hit with the ladies. One day Leon met a woman who
couldn't
keep her hands off him. She grabbed his bicep and said,
"Oh Leon, yo sur has big muscles! How big 'round is yo arm?"
"About 20 inches." replied Leon.
Then the woman put her arms around Leon's waist and she asked, "Leon yo
sur has a
small waist, how big 'round is yo waist?.
"About 28 inches." replied Leon.
Then she grabbed his thigh and asked, "Leon how big is yo thigh?"
"About 30" 'round," said Leon.
Then she slid her hand up to his crotch and she said. "My o my, Leon, yo
sur
has something very big in there. How big issit Leon?"
"About fo' inches," said Leon.
"Naw, Leon, ya gotta be ****in' wif me, it's much bigger than that, sho
is!"
"I said fo' inches," Leon repeated.
"I doesn't believe ya," said the woman. "How does ya measure that, Leon?"
Leon replied "From da flo'."

Wilbur Hubbard

What a nice piece of blatant racism.

Max

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Maxprop wrote:

"I doesn't believe ya," said the woman. "How does ya measure that, Leon?"
Leon replied "From da flo'."

Wilbur Hubbard

What a nice piece of blatant racism.

Hey! I saw Blazing Saddles, remember Madelaine Kahn and Sherrif Bart?
......it's true, it's true!..... ;-o

Cheers
Marty

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"Maxprop" wrote in message nk.net...

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message ...

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message ...
Joe wrote:


Myth....Will not happen. Mythbusters tried it at sometyhing like -200
(small box room made of dry ice) and it did not freeze fast enough.

Canooks will fall for anything.

-200 what, celsius, farhenhiet? Either way I doubt it. Besides everyone
knows Canadians can pee higher than Mythbuster wimps can toss water, (we
have superior equipment).


Are you of African descent? Your post reminds me of a joke I heard years ago.

There was this big, handsome black man who lived in Washington D.C. His name was
Leon. Leon was a real hit with the ladies. One day Leon met a woman who couldn't
keep her hands off him. She grabbed his bicep and said,
"Oh Leon, yo sur has big muscles! How big 'round is yo arm?"
"About 20 inches." replied Leon.
Then the woman put her arms around Leon's waist and she asked, "Leon yo sur has a
small waist, how big 'round is yo waist?.
"About 28 inches." replied Leon.
Then she grabbed his thigh and asked, "Leon how big is yo thigh?"
"About 30" 'round," said Leon.
Then she slid her hand up to his crotch and she said. "My o my, Leon, yo sur
has something very big in there. How big issit Leon?"
"About fo' inches," said Leon.
"Naw, Leon, ya gotta be ****in' wif me, it's much bigger than that, sho is!"
"I said fo' inches," Leon repeated.
"I doesn't believe ya," said the woman. "How does ya measure that, Leon?"
Leon replied "From da flo'."

Wilbur Hubbard

What a nice piece of blatant racism.


How so? It's a stereotype joke. Since when is stereotyping racism?

Don't tell me you're one of those ignorant, knee-jerk liberal, don't-hurt-my-little-feelings,
politically correct cockerels. Oh, please spare me!

Wilbur Hubbard

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Wilbur Hubbard wrote:

How so? It's a stereotype joke. Since when is stereotyping racism?

Don't tell me you're one of those ignorant, knee-jerk liberal, don't-hurt-my-little-feelings,
politically correct cockerels. Oh, please spare me!

Max, a liberal? Hah Hah! That's rich, you might get Max to come to
gathering of liberals if they were promising to burn Al Gore and Hillary
Clinton at the stake, maybe.


Cheers
Marty

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Martin Baxter wrote:
Maxprop wrote:

"I doesn't believe ya," said the woman. "How does ya measure that, Leon?"
Leon replied "From da flo'."

Wilbur Hubbard

What a nice piece of blatant racism.


Hey! I saw Blazing Saddles, remember Madelaine Kahn and Sherrif Bart?
.....it's true, it's true!..... ;-o

Cheers
Marty

Madelaine Kahn....she was great....a true diva...

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Martin Baxter wrote:
Wilbur Hubbard wrote:

How so? It's a stereotype joke. Since when is stereotyping racism?

Don't tell me you're one of those ignorant, knee-jerk liberal, don't-hurt-my-little-feelings,
politically correct cockerels. Oh, please spare me!


Max, a liberal? Hah Hah! That's rich, you might get Max to come to
gathering of liberals if they were promising to burn Al Gore and Hillary
Clinton at the stake, maybe.


Cheers
Marty

...or if there was sigle malt Scotch....

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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
...

"Maxprop" wrote in message
nk.net...

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
...

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...
Joe wrote:


Myth....Will not happen. Mythbusters tried it at sometyhing like -200
(small box room made of dry ice) and it did not freeze fast enough.

Canooks will fall for anything.

-200 what, celsius, farhenhiet? Either way I doubt it. Besides
everyone
knows Canadians can pee higher than Mythbuster wimps can toss water,
(we
have superior equipment).


Are you of African descent? Your post reminds me of a joke I heard years
ago.

There was this big, handsome black man who lived in Washington D.C. His
name was
Leon. Leon was a real hit with the ladies. One day Leon met a woman who
couldn't
keep her hands off him. She grabbed his bicep and said,
"Oh Leon, yo sur has big muscles! How big 'round is yo arm?"
"About 20 inches." replied Leon.
Then the woman put her arms around Leon's waist and she asked, "Leon yo
sur has a
small waist, how big 'round is yo waist?.
"About 28 inches." replied Leon.
Then she grabbed his thigh and asked, "Leon how big is yo thigh?"
"About 30" 'round," said Leon.
Then she slid her hand up to his crotch and she said. "My o my, Leon, yo
sur
has something very big in there. How big issit Leon?"
"About fo' inches," said Leon.
"Naw, Leon, ya gotta be ****in' wif me, it's much bigger than that, sho
is!"
"I said fo' inches," Leon repeated.
"I doesn't believe ya," said the woman. "How does ya measure that,
Leon?"
Leon replied "From da flo'."

Wilbur Hubbard

What a nice piece of blatant racism.


How so? It's a stereotype joke. Since when is stereotyping racism?

Don't tell me you're one of those ignorant, knee-jerk liberal,
don't-hurt-my-little-feelings,
politically correct cockerels. Oh, please spare me!

Wilbur Hubbard

Gotta be Neal or Mooron.

Max

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"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...
Wilbur Hubbard wrote:

How so? It's a stereotype joke. Since when is stereotyping racism?

Don't tell me you're one of those ignorant, knee-jerk liberal,
don't-hurt-my-little-feelings,
politically correct cockerels. Oh, please spare me!

Max, a liberal? Hah Hah! That's rich, you might get Max to come to
gathering of liberals if they were promising to burn Al Gore and Hillary
Clinton at the stake, maybe.

I'll bring the matches.

Max

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"katy" wrote in message
...
Martin Baxter wrote:
Wilbur Hubbard wrote:

How so? It's a stereotype joke. Since when is stereotyping racism?

Don't tell me you're one of those ignorant, knee-jerk liberal,
don't-hurt-my-little-feelings,
politically correct cockerels. Oh, please spare me!


Max, a liberal? Hah Hah! That's rich, you might get Max to come to
gathering of liberals if they were promising to burn Al Gore and Hillary
Clinton at the stake, maybe.


Cheers
Marty

..or if there was sigle malt Scotch....

I'll bring the glasses.

Max