• 10-25-2007, 09:59 AM
    markw
    So, what's with India? First monkeys, now elephants.
    Is this Mother Nature's revenge?

    http://www6.comcast.net/news/article...dia.Elephants/
  • 10-25-2007, 10:14 AM
    JohnMichael
    When in India make sure you do not upset the Hijra.
  • 10-25-2007, 10:39 AM
    markw
    It sounds like they already have good reason to be upset.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by JohnMichael
    When in India make sure you do not upset the Hijra.
    "Becoming a hijra is a process of socialization into a "hijra family" through a relationship characterised as chela "student" to guru "teacher", leading to a gradual assumption of femininity. Stereotypically each guru lives with at least five chelas; her chelas assume her surname and are considered part of his lineage. Chelas are expected to give their income to their guru, who manages the household. Hijra families are close knit communities, which often have their own houses.

    This process may culminate in a religious ritual that includes emasculation (total removal of the penis, testes and scrotum in men). Not all hijras undergo emasculation, and the percentage of hijras that are eunuchs is unknown. The operation—referred to by hijras as a nirvan ("rebirth") and carried out by a dai (traditional midwife)—involves removing the penis and scrotum with a knife without anesthesia."

    That's not, by any stretch of the imagination, my interpertation of nirvana.

    snipped from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_(South_Asia), the "becoming a hijra" section
  • 10-25-2007, 11:02 AM
    JohnMichael
    I think we are learning what will happen if we continue to abuse the earth and it's creatures.
  • 10-25-2007, 11:24 AM
    markw
    I agree
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by JohnMichael
    I think we are learning what will happen if we continue to abuse the earth and it's creatures.
    But when I had my cats fixed I'm sure they used anesthesia.

    And, I'll forgo any drunken elephant jokes even though thoughts of my first wife fill my mind and make it difficult.
  • 10-25-2007, 11:41 AM
    GMichael
    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!


    I am so, so, very sorry that I clicked on this thread.:prrr: :blush2:
  • 10-25-2007, 12:56 PM
    JohnMichael
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by GMichael
    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!


    I am so, so, very sorry that I clicked on this thread.:prrr: :blush2:



    That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
  • 10-25-2007, 01:23 PM
    GMichael
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by JohnMichael
    That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
    Somethings are worse than death. I already pushed Sir T into a water cooler for making this threat to me. Anyone comes near my nads with a knife better be ready to rumble.
    :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes:
  • 10-25-2007, 02:09 PM
    audio amateur
    Holy crap that sounds horrible
  • 10-25-2007, 03:12 PM
    bobsticks
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by JohnMichael
    That which does not kill you makes you stronger.

    Or in this case Mr. Nietzsche, " that which doesn't kill you helps you choose matching saris and ravikas". :ihih:
  • 10-26-2007, 04:35 AM
    markw
    OK, so this thread took an unexpected detour.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by GMichael
    Somethings are worse than death. I already pushed Sir T into a water cooler for making this threat to me. Anyone comes near my nads with a knife better be ready to rumble.
    :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes:
    There's no need to get "snippy" about it. ;)
  • 10-26-2007, 05:09 AM
    GMichael
    Yeouch.....
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by markw
    There's no need to get "snippy" about it. ;)
    Ba dump bump....
  • 10-26-2007, 06:34 AM
    L.J.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by GMichael
    Somethings are worse than death. I already pushed Sir T into a water cooler for making this threat to me. Anyone comes near my nads with a knife better be ready to rumble.
    :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes: :yikes:
    Well I guess a vasectomy is out of the question for you :p
  • 10-26-2007, 06:37 AM
    JohnMichael
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by bobsticks
    Or in this case Mr. Nietzsche, " that which doesn't kill you helps you choose matching saris and ravikas". :ihih:


    Now this is my kind of humor. Respect for knowing what the phrase to be said to the robot in "The Day The Earth Stood Still" in a now deleted thread.



    Rene Descartes walks into a McDonalds and orders a Big Mac and a coke.

    The person at the counter asks "Would you like fries with your order"

    Descartes answers "I think not" and disappears.
  • 10-26-2007, 09:24 AM
    markw
    Is that like the Bhuddist who, when asked by the vendor how he wants his hot dog..
    ..replies "Make me one with everything?"
  • 10-26-2007, 09:36 AM
    ForeverAutumn
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by JohnMichael
    Rene Descartes walks into a McDonalds and orders a Big Mac and a coke.

    The person at the counter asks "Would you like fries with your order"

    Descartes answers "I think not" and disappears.
    LMAO! Good one.
  • 10-26-2007, 09:46 AM
    JohnMichael
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by markw
    ..replies "Make me one with everything?"


    Most excellent!
  • 10-29-2007, 03:46 AM
    markw
    Anyhow, when the Buddhist paid for his $2 hot dog with a $20 bill and...
    .. didn't get any change, he asked the vendor about it.

    The vendor quietly replied "Change comes from within."