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Here's a picture of a public toilet in Switzerland that's made entirely out of one-way glass. No one can see you in there, but when you are inside, it looks like you're sitting in a clear glass box. Would you use it? From the Outside: From the Inside:

Anyone have an opinion on the movie Napoleon Dynamite? It looks like it will either be extreamly funny or extreamly stupid. Has anyone seen it?

Going by the past posts I would be willing to bet there are also some strong convictions in this thread on states that permit carrying concealed firearms. I'll take the apathetic view on this one too.

Agreed. How the hell coud we expect to use laws and rules written eons ago by some goofy old nearsighted white guys wearing wigs? Much of the constitution is archaic and people who think its the end all be all I hate to say are ignorant. You've got to be kidding right??? It isn't archaic, it's updated or amended with amendments to reflect the change in society. And another thing it guarantees people like us can express opinions like we are here.

Interview with an Honest Boss, Click Here ignore the hallmark opening. And a reminder to go along with this clip, bosses day is in two weeks, Oct 16th, for anyone who cares.

I think I've lost site of the issue being discussed here. Is this still about the so called assault weapon ban or have we moved on to constitutional law? My favorite is the 18th amendment.

According to Webster's the definition of a militia is; 1. a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency 2. the whole body of able-bodied male citizens declared by the law as being subject to call to military service. This is how my copy of the constitution words the 2nd amendment, is this correct? "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bare arms, shall not be infringed." It seems like it is missing the word and between "free state," and "the right of the people" is missing. Here's my question; Why are "militia" and "the people" both being lumped together as if they were the same thing? Doesn't amendment II say that both the militia/military and the people both have the right to bear arms?

Things to do in the bathroom at work (to piss HuskerBob off): 1. Stick yor palm open under the stall wall and ask your neighbor,"May I borrow a highlighter?" 2. Say "Uh oh, I knew I shouldn't put my lips on that." 3. Cheer and clap loudly everytime somebody breaks the silence with a bodily function noise 4. Say, "Hmmm, I've never seen that color before." 5. Drop a marble and say, "Oh shoot!! My glass eye!!" 6. Say "Darn, this water is cold." 7. Grunt and strain real loud for 30 seconds and then drop a cantelope into the toliet bowl from a couple of feet up, Then sigh relaxingly 8. Say, "Now how did that get there?" 9. Say, "Humus. Reminds me of humus." 10. Fill up a large flask with Mountian Dew. Squirt it erratically under the stall walls of your neighbors while yelling,"Whoa ! Easy boy!!" 11. Say," Interesting....more sinkers than floaters" 12. Using a small squeeze tube, spread peaunt butter on a wad of toliet paper and drop under the stall wall of your neighbor. Then say, "Whoops, could you kick that back over here, please? 13. Say, "C'mon Mr. Happy! Don't fall asleep on me!! 14. Say, "Boy, that sure looks like a maggot" 15. Say, "Darn, I knew that drain hole was a little too small. Now what am I gonna do?" 16. Play a well known drum cadence over and oven again on your butt cheeks 17. Before you unroll toliet paper, conspicusly lay down you "Cross- Dressors Anonymous" newsletter on the floor visiable to the adjacent stall. 18. Lower a small mirror underneath the stall wall and adjust it so you can see your neighbor and say, "Peek-a-boo!" 19. Drop a D-cup bra on the floor under the stall wall and sing "BornFree"

Stuff that pisses me off at work: stupid co-workers......

Things that make me go GRRRRR. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chief executives at U.S. companies that shipped jobs overseas won a 46 percent pay hike last year, more than five times the average CEO raise, while ordinary workers' paychecks barely budged, a study showed on Tuesday. In its annual look at CEO compensation, the nonprofit liberal Institute for Policy Studies found executive pay at the 50 firms outsourcing the most service-sector jobs increased 46 percent in 2003, while the average CEO got a 9 percent raise and regular workers saw a 2 percent boost in pay. "The fact that leading outsourcers make more money than average CEOs is one more reflection of a perverse system that rewards executives for making decisions that may improve their bottom line while hurting workers and communities," the Institute said in its 11th annual survey. The study found the average compensation for chief executives at the top 50 outsourcing companies was $10.4 million last year, 28 percent above that of executives at 365 large companies surveyed by Business Week magazine, who earned about $8.1 million each. CEO pay overall was 301 times higher than the $26,899 earned by the average production worker, the study showed. That's up from about 42 times that of the average worker in 1982. The study's definition of compensation includes salary, bonuses, restricted stock, long-term incentive payouts, other annual compensation and the value of stock options exercised. It does not include the estimated value of options granted but not exercised. The institute said it was not able to calculate the exact number of U.S. jobs affected by outsourcing last year because shipping jobs overseas has become such a sensitive political issue that firms try to avoid reporting such jobs losses. The study focused on the 50 companies "on the forefront of the outsourcing trend" based on a database compiled by the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers, an affiliate of the Communications Workers of America labor group. HOT POTATO The top 50 outsourcing firms included United Technologies Corp., where CEO George David's pay rose 629 percent to $70.5 million last year; Citigroup, where outgoing CEO Sanford Weill's pay rose 305 percent to $54.1 million; and software giant Oracle, where CEO Lawrence Ellison's pay rose 103,974 percent to $40.6 million, according to the study. Outsourcing has become a political hot potato in America, where job growth has lagged the economic recovery, and both President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry have struggled to reassure workers there is a solution. According to Forrester Research, more than 3 million service jobs will move offshore by 2015 -- many of them white-collar, high-tech or call-center jobs to India. Some economists and policy-makers have said the shift will benefit the nation in the long run by lowering the price of goods and services and boosting profits, but U.S. workers argue they cannot afford to buy anything if they don't have jobs. The study noted that if the U.S. minimum wage had increased as quickly as CEO pay has since 1990, it would be $15.76 an hour instead of the current $5.15. The study noted the pay for CEOs who outsource was about 3,300 times the pay of an Indian call center employee or 1,300 times that of an average Indian computer programmer.

I think the tricky thing is putting what to and not to ban in the hands of our elected officials. My concern would be, not that assault weapons could be banned or even handguns, rather the precedent banning them would create. If they ban one kind of weapon then what is there keeping them from banning others. What if banning assault rifles started a domino effect of banning other weapons; rifles, handguns, swords, knives, spears, clubs, bats, oh no there goes baseball. Who's decides what has a "legitimate" purpose? Assault rifles do have a practical purpose to collectors, that is to be the biggest badest gun in their collection...

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So now here's my question, is banning weapons good or bad? If good then where do you draw the line; handguns, bow and arrow, knives, sling shot??? Don't get me wrong, I'm not a 2nd amendment junky or anything, just posing the question.

Hard to disagree with that. and btw I don't disagree...

I don't care how cute, if this were my puppy it would be taking it's first flying lesson next.

I'm guessing not to many people really give a sh#t, I don't. Strange but I haven't heard hardly anything about it on the news. I guess the mass media is chousing other issues this week.

I hadn't even heard of Friday Night Lights until I read it here. I must be living in a cave because now I am seeing commercials for it left and right. Looks promising. Team America: World Police looks like it will be awesome.

NP man. Here's a clip you'll enjoy. I literally laugh out loud every time I see it. Click here to view --> homersimpson.mpeg

Another one I hadn't seen before. Wonder how old this is, ie which prez it was meant for.

Some old, some new (to me at least)...

I heard on the radio today that Sky Captain is defiantly worth seeing. Something cool about this one I didn't know, it was filmed completely in front of a blue screen. Sounds like it will be great visually, if not anything else... NEW YORK (AP) -- "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" is full of visions of the dark, soaring New York cityscape, dogfights in the sky and the majestic Himalayan mountains. But what was the movie set like for the actors? A whole lotta blue. That's because "Sky Captain," despite its grandiose appearance, was filmed entirely against a blue screen with digital effects filled in. Though real actors star in it, almost everything else is fake. Think "Roger Rabbit" in reverse. While computer generated imagery has for years been a large presence in movies, "Sky Captain" is the first major motion picture made entirely digitally with living, breathing actors. Only what they touch is tangible. More here

Mental note: No chicken and egg jokes.

Anyone seen either "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" or that new Japanese kung fu flick, I think it's called "Hero"? Are either of them worth the time?

A suggestion, a area specifically for jokes and humor. I know they could go under pop culture / everything else but that might get cluttered real fast if I have anything to do with it Today's funny: A chicken and an egg are lying in bed. The chicken is leaning against the headboard smoking a cigarette, with a satisfied smile on its face. The egg, looking a bit pissed off, grabs the sheet, rolls over, and says, "Well, I guess we finally answered THAT question."

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