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  • #81
    This is just way to amusing.

    Tiffany

    *Beanie Bop*
    Tiffany

    *Beanie Bop*

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    • #82
      <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Is it OK to use the play on words only because the victim is a donkey, ignorant of the joke? I'm sure we've all heard/told and laughed at Polish/dumb, Irish/drunk, fat, gay, blonde etc jokes, but I defy to you think of any of these which isn't just a little mean at heart...even while they may be hillarious (sp?) in the telling. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

      That is, quite possibly, the most ridiculous comparison ever written.
      See those flying monkeys? They work for me.

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      • #83
        you know what? I am going to go nump right now because this thread is tedious. And I'm not going to wear any socks while I do it. I might fing if I get really luck too.

        Ellipses users clique....."I Hate Stall Rest", HYOOTGP,TGFPT & PC alumni cliques
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        • #84
          <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by lilblackhorse:
          you know what? I am going to go nump right now because this thread is tedious. And I'm not going to wear any socks while I do it. I might fing if I get really luck too.
          _
          <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

          I was considering using my free time this afternoon to do some numping, but someone on the horse care board just posted about "foating", and that piqued my interest even more...

          Unashamed member of the Arab clique...just settin' on the Group W bench.
          "It's like a Russian nesting doll of train wrecks."--CaitlinandTheBay

          ...just settin' on the Group W bench.

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          • #85
            <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Just because I THINK something doesn't mean that I expect everyone else to think that way, or be persuaded to. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

            That is true, but you went beyond that by asking people to stop, and thus are trying to persuade people to think your way, although subtly.

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            NC Clique :P

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            • #86
              These threads are all just WAY too amusing...oh heck, I can see EVERYBODY'S point of view here.

              But I'm confused---since when is trying to persuade someone to think what you think not OK? This is an election year, after all!

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                #87
                Does foating require socks? I just hate the feeling when I have finged when a nump would have done just as well.

                On the other hand, I'm pretty sure I"m gonna Wang Chung tonight.

                When life gives you llamas, make llamanaid

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                • #88
                  <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by sascha:
                  small but IMHO important hijack here...

                  <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by BelladonnaLily:
                  I no longer invite one child to my house because I'm tired of hearing a 10 year old burp and fart in my car and then tell me about her latest conversation on the phone with her 16 yo boyfriend. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                  Banning that child from your car and your daughter's presence is not doing anything but perpetuating the problem (if the child really does have a 16 yo BF or more likely is rationalizing some sort of abuse by inventing a BF to take the abuser's role) AND teaching your own daughter how to turn a blind eye to other's needs because you don't like their manners. If you want to do right by your daughter and that child then make an effort to help by talking to the proper authorities/counsellors/whatever!

                  `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
                  Mud? I'll give you mud.
                  You can scoop it out of the sinkhole that tried to eat my car.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                  I am responsible for MY child. Not someone elses. I don't believe the child is in any immediate danger from her parents or others. The child is simply obnoxious and is allowed a little too much "free rein", if you will. And I have not banned her from my child's presence. They are in the same class and in a dance club together. She is a bully and hits other children. My husband and I have instructed our daughter on the proper way to make a fist and knock the hell out of her if she hits her again, which she did on Thursday. My daughter hit back. The principal actually understands my approach and did not reprimand my daughter. Should I still invite her to my home? Sorry, but if it is not society's job to accommodate parents and children on this BB, it is certainly not my job to play social worker to every obnoxious kid at my children's school.

                  edited to add-And btw, if another parents feels my daughter has bad manners and doesn't want to invite her back to their home, they are WELL within their rights. I always tell my children to show respect and use good manners at another home or they may not get invited back. So far, they've always been invited back and I've been told they were a pleasure to have. I must be doing something right. I simply do not have time to raise everyone else's children the right way too (only slightly tongue in cheek there )

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                  • #89
                    BelladonnaLily, you are so right. If it is not your responsibility to look out for the welfare of your child's friends/acquaintances then it is certainly not the responsibility of this adult/PG board to cater to unsupervised children on this board.

                    So glad your child's school principal didn't reprimand your child for making a fist and knocking the hell out of another child. That's great.

                    `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
                    Mud? I'll give you mud.
                    You can scoop it out of the sinkhole that tried to eat my car.
                    Ahhhh, spring is here. The birds are singing, the trees are budding and the paddocks are making their annual transformation from cake mix to cookie dough.

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                    • #90
                      haven't the time at this moment to read this whole deal (I am too excited!) but have skimmed through and got the general idea.

                      Thank you all for educating me, increasing my sensitivities, amusing me, and generally supplying me with a totally pleasurable experience! I am NEVER offended, and if I "jump into the fray" it is with an enthusiastic desire to match wits with you guys, not change you!

                      My personal feeling about someone who is offended is to ask why they even looked at a thread if it was so potentially offensive? And, in this day and age, I suspect there are very few younger people who haven't been exposed to some reality therapy. If they haven't then heaven help them!

                      If you have a problem, it is YOUR problem, not MINE!!! I would appreciate it if YOU control your kids(while you still can!), not MY thread reading! Your right to exert yourself in what you consider to be effective parenting should not alter my right to enjoy this ADULT (!) BB.

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                      • #91
                        <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by sascha:
                        BelladonnaLily, you are so right. If it is not your responsibility to look out for the welfare of your child's friends/acquaintances then it is certainly not the responsibility of this adult/PG board to cater to unsupervised children on this board.

                        So glad your child's school principal didn't reprimand your child for making a fist and knocking the hell out of another child. That's great.

                        `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
                        Mud? I'll give you mud.
                        You can scoop it out of the sinkhole that tried to eat my car.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>



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                        • #92
                          Belladonna,

                          Hitting is one thing. That, I would never tolerate, whether it was being done to or my my child. I agree, if she is going to hit, she is not welcome.

                          Belching and farting is something else. Probably not the sort of thing I would make a big deal of. When my daughter was 10 she could sit on the phone with her best friend trying to see who could fart the loudest over the phone! Ten years later, she no longer indulges in this behavior, unless she is doing it so discretely no one knows!

                          My point it that is is important to choose your battles wisely. However, it seems like you are wise not to allow this particular kid in your house (more, I hope, for the dangerous rather than the annoying behavior).

                          I do think our friend, Tiffany, has a point. This thread has seemed to have mostly deteriorated into the "for entertainment value only" category--if it did not in fact start there.

                          Founder and president of the No-Legged Rider Clique
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                          • #93
                            Scootie, , if belching and farting were the worst of it, no I probably wouldn't have made a big deal. After all, I'd have to make my husband move out if I were that strict. I just used a bad example of her behavior. I just think after being tripped, kicked, hit and spit at, my daughter is justified in a little self-defense. I know this child's mother and like her as a person very much. She's just very complacent about her daughter's behavior. She has been made aware of it by the teachers and principal.

                            I don't see the point in calling the mother to complain every day, or going to school to complain about her bullyishness or her guttertalk, or sheltering my child from her by being "big bad momma". The school is aware and my daughter is entitled to defend herself. That's my point but sascha just didn't get it.

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                            • #94
                              BelladonnaLily - Actually I did get the point. I just don't happen to agree with it.

                              As for the thread being for entertainment value? Hullo people this is a BB not a learned journal. (Not meant as a slight against all the terrific advice people have given and received in more serious threads!)

                              `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
                              Mud? I'll give you mud.
                              You can scoop it out of the sinkhole that tried to eat my car.
                              Ahhhh, spring is here. The birds are singing, the trees are budding and the paddocks are making their annual transformation from cake mix to cookie dough.

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                              • #95
                                Yes, it is a BB, but the COTH BB has always been above average in the quality of advice, debate, and conversation that goes on here.

                                Tthere seems to be an "element" present that would rather allow our standards to drop than admit that they are not only self-centered, but exceedingly ill-mannered as well. Enough is enough guys; believe me, I'm no angel, and certainly no "motherator," but I am easily able to see that there are more than a few here who have been downright rude, for no apparant reason that I can see.

                                This ISN'T your own home, it's a website hosted by a respected national equestrian publication-ie, more like someone ELSE'S home, or actually, more like someone's office. Get with it, and grow up!

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                                • #96
                                  <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by sascha:
                                  BelladonnaLily - Actually I did get the point. I just don't happen to agree with it.

                                  <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                  I'd be truly interested in your advice based on your experiences as a parent. I am certainly open to new ideas. What would you suggest in this case?

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                                  • #97
                                    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Fluffernutter:
                                    I think the funniest thing about Catchride is the little trustfunders who try to play like they're straight up gangstas from offa the streets!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                    Don't be trippin boo

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                                    • #98
                                      <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>

                                      You appear to be not only high, but mighty as well.
                                      <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>






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                                      • #99
                                        Any child who punched another in my kids' school would be suspended...

                                        "B***h in training"
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                                        • #100
                                          Oh, oh, oh..... thank God I have no children.

                                          "He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of his devotion."
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