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[vogon13]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>And now it is a gay smurf thread . . .</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[shudder]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /> <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/12/12/9c506456-dd23-4443-8c1a-693603ab574d.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>{Gawd, I haven't got to do that in ages.&nbsp; This place really has foundered, hasn't it ?}</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[yevaud]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>&nbsp;And now it is a gay smurf thread . . .&nbsp;[shudder]&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;{Gawd, I haven't got to do that in ages.&nbsp; This place really has foundered, hasn't it ?}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> </p><p>Posted by <em>vogon13</em></DIV></p><p>Oh man, it gets worse than that...</p><p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vWm47yPLGc&feature=related </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[scottb50]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>&nbsp;And now it is a gay smurf thread . . .&nbsp;[shudder]&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;{Gawd, I haven't got to do that in ages.&nbsp; This place really has foundered, hasn't it ?}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Posted by vogon13</DIV></p><p><img src="file:///C:/Users/Scott/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/6/eec15904-b57d-4aab-9641-5f550a8740c9.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>I like flounder! </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[jimglenn]

<p>You people think it is fun. It is not. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In 1927, Felix the Cat became the first official parade balloon. Macy's filled the rubber animal with helium but didn't have a plan for deflating it when the parade was done, so Felix was just released into the air. He popped, of course, so the next year officials released balloons again, but incorporated release valves designed to let the helium leak out slowly over the course of a week. The balloons' release received much publicity; Macy's claimed that they would float hundreds of miles away from New York before landing softly in fields or people's yards. Stitched into balloons was a return address, and those who found one could return it to Macy's for a $100 reward. Unfortunately their flights weren't so peaceful. Out of five balloons, three landed in Long Island (one was torn to pieces by neighbors competing for the prize), one drifted into the East River, and one floated out to sea never to return. Stubbornly, Macy's tried the balloon release again, but in 1932 an errant balloon wrapped itself around a passing airplane's wing, sending it into a tailspin. The balloon release plan was abandoned in 1933, the same year that parade attendance hit one million.</p><p>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1862565,00.html</p>Heavy rain filled the brim of Donald Duck's hat in 1962, causing the character to tip over and dump 50 gallons of water on unamused onlookers. In 1971, rain fell so heavily that the balloon portion of the parade was cancelled. Sonic the Hedgehog broke an off-duty policeman's shoulder in 1993, but the worst accident came in 1997, when 43-mph winds blew The Cat in the Hat into a lamppost, causing the metal arm to fall off and hit 33-year-old Kathleen Caronna on the head. Caronna spent nearly a month in a coma, then sued Macy's and the city for $395 million. (The parties reached an undisclosed settlement in 2001.) Nine years later, in a strange twist of "only in New York" fate, Yankee relief pitcher Cory Lidle crashed his private airplane into Caronna's highrise apartment. <p>The 2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade should be much more subdued &mdash; sunshine and very light winds are the current forecast &mdash; and the new regulations implemented by city officials in 1998 have minimized the possibility of a balloon rampage. Accidents are still possible, of course. Remember that crazed airborne M&M that tore apart a lamppost in 2005? </p><p>&nbsp;</p><h1> Parade Balloon Hits Light Pole, Injuring Two</h1><p>A giant balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, swinging out of control in sudden bursts of wind, struck a light pole in Times Square yesterday, injuring two spectators and scaring scores of others in a replay of a 1997 accident that had prompted changes in the handling of the balloons.</p><div class="image"> <div class="enlargeThis"><a href="">Enlarge This Image</a></div> <a href=""> <img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/11/24/nyregion/parade_mm.1841.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="184" height="260" /> </a> <div class="credit">Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times</div> <p class="caption"> The M&M balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade before it knocked over a streetlight that injured two sisters. <a href="">More Photos ></a></p><p>The M&M balloon, 515 pounds of polyurethane filled with 13,335 cubic feet of helium, began to tip erratically as it entered Times Square about 11:40 a.m., witnesses said, before it hit the light pole near 43rd Street and was punctured. As the balloon collapsed, it pulled off a light fixture, which crashed to the ground amid a crowd of spectators. </p><p>Police and emergency workers descended on the scene, and the victims - a 26-year-old woman who was using a wheelchair, and her 11-year-old sister - were taken to Bellevue Hospital Center, where they were treated for cuts and bruises. </p><p>The girl, Sarah Chamberlain of Albany, had a chipped tooth and was cut in the back of the head; she received nine stitches. Her older sister, Mary, with a bruised forehead, was given a CAT scan, officials said. Both were released several hours later. </p><p>Their father, Stephen Chamberlain, said that he was relieved that his daughters were not seriously hurt and that "we plan to go back to the parade next year."</p><p>The balloons had been sent afloat at 9 a.m. by city and parade officials confident that the day's winds were milder than had been feared. Witnesses in Times Square said that several balloons had veered and tilted as their handlers appeared to struggle through the open area of the square. A spectator said another balloon had bumped the same light pole earlier.</p><p> As the M&M balloon moved down Broadway the wind sent it eastward into an office tower at 1500 Broadway, between 44th and 43rd Streets. As dozens of handlers tried to redirect it to its proper path, the balloon veered into the light pole, which was anchored on a traffic island. </p><p> "It looked like it was happening in slow motion," said William Dowling, 35, a Manhattan native who had recently moved to Fredericksburg, Va. "It was like a frozen moment with everyone just looking up. It's amazing no one else was hurt." </p></div> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[yevaud]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'> I like flounder! <br /> </p><p>Posted by <em>scottb50</em></DIV></p><p>Flounder...?</p><p><br /> <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/8/15/08974568-be5a-475f-9f38-23f2bdde51f7.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br />&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[yevaud]

<p>My Great Ghu, Jim, what <strong>are</strong> those two M&M's doing...in public?!</p><p><br /> <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/6/1/f6367250-b281-4790-a1a1-715340117147.Medium.gif" alt="" /><br />&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[scottb50]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Flounder...? &nbsp; <br /> Posted by yevaud</DIV></p><p>Even Tartar Sauce wouldn't help that poor boy. </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Mee_n_Mac]

<p>Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>-----------------------------------------------------</p><p><font color="#ff0000">Ask not what your Forum Software can do do on you,</font></p><p><font color="#ff0000">Ask it to, please for the love of all that's Holy, <strong>STOP</strong> !</font></p> </div>

 

[jim48]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>You people think it is fun. It is not. &nbsp;In 1927, Felix the Cat became the first official parade balloon. Macy's filled the rubber animal with helium but didn't have a plan for deflating it when the parade was done, so Felix was just released into the air. He popped, of course, so the next year officials released balloons again, but incorporated release valves designed to let the helium leak out slowly over the course of a week. The balloons' release received much publicity; Macy's claimed that they would float hundreds of miles away from New York before landing softly in fields or people's yards. Stitched into balloons was a return address, and those who found one could return it to Macy's for a $100 reward. Unfortunately their flights weren't so peaceful. Out of five balloons, three landed in Long Island (one was torn to pieces by neighbors competing for the prize), one drifted into the East River, and one floated out to sea never to return. Stubbornly, Macy's tried the balloon release again, but in 1932 an errant balloon wrapped itself around a passing airplane's wing, sending it into a tailspin. The balloon release plan was abandoned in 1933, the same year that parade attendance hit one million.http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1862565,00.htmlHeavy rain filled the brim of Donald Duck's hat in 1962, causing the character to tip over and dump 50 gallons of water on unamused onlookers. In 1971, rain fell so heavily that the balloon portion of the parade was cancelled. Sonic the Hedgehog broke an off-duty policeman's shoulder in 1993, but the worst accident came in 1997, when 43-mph winds blew The Cat in the Hat into a lamppost, causing the metal arm to fall off and hit 33-year-old Kathleen Caronna on the head. Caronna spent nearly a month in a coma, then sued Macy's and the city for $395 million. (The parties reached an undisclosed settlement in 2001.) Nine years later, in a strange twist of "only in New York" fate, Yankee relief pitcher Cory Lidle crashed his private airplane into Caronna's highrise apartment. The 2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade should be much more subdued &mdash; sunshine and very light winds are the current forecast &mdash; and the new regulations implemented by city officials in 1998 have minimized the possibility of a balloon rampage. Accidents are still possible, of course. Remember that crazed airborne M&M that tore apart a lamppost in 2005? &nbsp; Parade Balloon Hits Light Pole, Injuring TwoA giant balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, swinging out of control in sudden bursts of wind, struck a light pole in Times Square yesterday, injuring two spectators and scaring scores of others in a replay of a 1997 accident that had prompted changes in the handling of the balloons. Enlarge This Image Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times The M&M balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade before it knocked over a streetlight that injured two sisters. More Photos >The M&M balloon, 515 pounds of polyurethane filled with 13,335 cubic feet of helium, began to tip erratically as it entered Times Square about 11:40 a.m., witnesses said, before it hit the light pole near 43rd Street and was punctured. As the balloon collapsed, it pulled off a light fixture, which crashed to the ground amid a crowd of spectators. Police and emergency workers descended on the scene, and the victims - a 26-year-old woman who was using a wheelchair, and her 11-year-old sister - were taken to Bellevue Hospital Center, where they were treated for cuts and bruises. The girl, Sarah Chamberlain of Albany, had a chipped tooth and was cut in the back of the head; she received nine stitches. Her older sister, Mary, with a bruised forehead, was given a CAT scan, officials said. Both were released several hours later. Their father, Stephen Chamberlain, said that he was relieved that his daughters were not seriously hurt and that "we plan to go back to the parade next year."The balloons had been sent afloat at 9 a.m. by city and parade officials confident that the day's winds were milder than had been feared. Witnesses in Times Square said that several balloons had veered and tilted as their handlers appeared to struggle through the open area of the square. A spectator said another balloon had bumped the same light pole earlier. As the M&M balloon moved down Broadway the wind sent it eastward into an office tower at 1500 Broadway, between 44th and 43rd Streets. As dozens of handlers tried to redirect it to its proper path, the balloon veered into the light pole, which was anchored on a traffic island. "It looked like it was happening in slow motion," said William Dowling, 35, a Manhattan native who had recently moved to Fredericksburg, Va. "It was like a frozen moment with everyone just looking up. It's amazing no one else was hurt." <br />Posted by jimglenn</DIV><br /><br /><strong>There is something surreal and creepy about being attacked by giant M&Ms.&nbsp;But then again, they'll melt in a little while anyway.&nbsp;Where's Godzilla when we need him?</strong> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Mee_n_Mac]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>My Great Ghu, Jim, what are those two M&M's doing...in public?! &nbsp; <br />Posted by <strong>yevaud</strong></DIV><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/5/4/257d78f3-cb85-459c-a440-86e959e3ca27.Medium.jpg" alt="" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>-----------------------------------------------------</p><p><font color="#ff0000">Ask not what your Forum Software can do do on you,</font></p><p><font color="#ff0000">Ask it to, please for the love of all that's Holy, <strong>STOP</strong> !</font></p> </div>

 

[jimglenn]

<p>Where's the hairy leggs?&nbsp; Both those have goatee beards. Sick. </p><p>Jim: Forget godzilla, although he would make a good float to kill people. Just eat the chick instead of save them.</p><p>Working on my new hydrogen powered fuel air munition crowd pleaser. &nbsp;</p><p><br /> <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/13/6/1d709b77-d79b-49a7-b622-70dbf90f5958.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br />&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[lampblack]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>&nbsp;That's a Smurf. The balloon represents a race of small blue sentient creatures.&nbsp;AFAIK, they are all male but one, and they get eaten by cats. There is quite a mythology on the topic, but I find it disturbing.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Posted by vogon13</DIV></p><p><font size="2">I get Smurf remains from my cats all the time. Smurfs are their second-favorite feast -- next to mockingbirds. </font></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[a_lost_packet_]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Oh man, it gets worse than that...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vWm47yPLGc&feature=related <br /> Posted by yevaud</DIV></p><p>I'm afraid it's much worse.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmdeSW4OA-I</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>

 

[Boris_Badenov]

<font size="2">I think I've been permanently damaged. I listened to both "Banana Phone" & "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" in the same day.</font> <br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/11/5/dba151c7-559b-428e-95e0-5b62ea0010e3.Medium.gif" alt="" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#993300"><span class="body"><font size="2" color="#3366ff"><div align="center">. </div><div align="center">Never roll in the mud with a pig. You'll both get dirty & the pig likes it.</div></font></span></font> </div>

 

[datalor]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>My Great Ghu, Jim, what are those two M&M's doing...in public?! &nbsp; <br />Posted by yevaud</DIV><br /><br />And why is there a giant blue ass behind them? Wait, I&nbsp;may not want to know the answer. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[jimglenn]

<p>Watch out for the purple one. A bad trip. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span class="b w xsm">[PDF]</span> </p><h3 class="r"><em>M&M</em>&rsquo;s Make First <em>Gay</em> Candy</h3><div class="s"><span class="f">File Format:</span> PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML<br />To further show their support <em>M&M</em> has created a <em>gay M&M</em> character. to star in their new line of commercials. Purple, as the new character <strong>...</strong><br /><cite>www.keweenawpride.org/uploads/pubs/Fairybull042304.pdf - </cite><span class="gl">Similar pages</span></div><div class="s">&nbsp;</div><div class="s"><br /> <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/15/de669d21-0c9a-4550-8ffe-0fb7038e85fc.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br />&nbsp;</div><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[yevaud]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>I think I've been permanently damaged. I listened to both "Banana Phone" & "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" in the same day. <br /> </p><p>Posted by <em>boris1961</em></DIV></p><p>It can be worse...the Numa Numa song...</p><p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[Boris_Badenov]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>It can be worse...the Numa Numa song...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o <br />Posted by yevaud</DIV></p><p><font size="2">Thank you very much. You've just forced me to pop both eardrums with an icepick.</font> <br /><br /><br />http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Forums/#</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#993300"><span class="body"><font size="2" color="#3366ff"><div align="center">. </div><div align="center">Never roll in the mud with a pig. You'll both get dirty & the pig likes it.</div></font></span></font> </div>

 

[yevaud]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Thank you very much. You've just forced me to pop both eardrums with an icepick. <br /> </p><p>Posted by <em>boris1961</em></DIV></p><p>Leonard Nimoy sings about Hobbits. </p><p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQtyJZhV2lQ</p><p><br /> <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/15/0/ef77e6a1-dead-4a13-80cb-d8f4168d19e9.Medium.gif" alt="" /><br />&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[Boris_Badenov]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Leonard Nimoy sings about Hobbits. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQtyJZhV2lQ &nbsp; <br />Posted by yevaud</DIV></p><p><font size="2">I think he snorted the Dilithium Crystals before he performed that song. <br />http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Forums/#<br />http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Forums/#<br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/15/13/bf599281-ced8-4c90-9d4d-3637985625c2.Medium.gif" alt="" /><br /><br /><br /><br /></font></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#993300"><span class="body"><font size="2" color="#3366ff"><div align="center">. </div><div align="center">Never roll in the mud with a pig. You'll both get dirty & the pig likes it.</div></font></span></font> </div>

 

[yevaud]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>I think he snorted the Dilithium Crystals before he performed that song. <br /> </p><p>Posted by <em>boris1961</em></DIV></p><p>Or worse...</p><p>*KSNORK!!!*</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /> <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/15/15/af081946-3e2b-473e-9f87-ad1bd1d2dd56.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br />&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[yevaud]

<p>So they're coming to take me away...</p><p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4 </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[jim48]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Where's the hairy leggs?&nbsp; Both those have goatee beards. Sick. Jim: Forget godzilla, although he would make a good float to kill people. Just eat the chick instead of save them.Working on my new hydrogen powered fuel air munition crowd pleaser. &nbsp; &nbsp; <br />Posted by jimglenn</DIV><br /><br /><strong>Sounds cool, Glenn. You'll have a blast with that one. Trust me!</strong> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[jim48]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Leonard Nimoy sings about Hobbits. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQtyJZhV2lQ &nbsp; <br />Posted by yevaud</DIV><br /><br /><strong>Please tell me you're making this up. I'm still recovering from Shatner's "Rocket Man", and that was thirty years ago!!!</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Mee_n_Mac]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Or worse...*KSNORK!!!*&nbsp; &nbsp; <br />Posted by <strong>yevaud</strong></DIV><br /><br />How odd ... that's the very sound siamesed elephants make ...</p><p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp-W5nr9N14</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>FWIW : There's an additional ~2 mins prior to the above that helps explain why even Tim Conway was breaking up at the start.&nbsp; It's here for those who have more patience ....</p><p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qqE_WmagjY</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There, now we're got a transvestite elephant dwarf beastiality thread !&nbsp;&nbsp; That's gotta&nbsp;beat a plain ole gay thread.</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>-----------------------------------------------------</p><p><font color="#ff0000">Ask not what your Forum Software can do do on you,</font></p><p><font color="#ff0000">Ask it to, please for the love of all that's Holy, <strong>STOP</strong> !</font></p> </div>