Sweet. And. Low(down).

I don't drink coffee at home. I often go to breakfast on Saturday and will have coffee, but I never make it at home.

Sometimes thinking of the coffee at work is the only thing that keeps me going down the interstate. Even if it is way over-priced.

Thank you for the reply, I'm touched.

Why the hell would you want to climb Everest? I think it's mental illness.
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This is what it looked like over the weekend. 300 people attempted the summit. Staring at the ass of the guy in front of you for a day as you suck down the oxygen bottles and hope you don't die while your guide drags you up the final leg of the mountain doesn't sound like fun to me.

This article says that those doing it are so disoriented from the lack of oxygen, they don't even remember the experience.

People die in huge numbers, and the bodies are so difficult to recover, they just leave them there. So as you are climbing, you are passing all these corpses. Four died over the weekend, and they are having trouble identifying them and understanding what happened, because the fellow (300!) climbers were all so groggy from oxygen starvation. Crazy.

God's way of thinning the herd.

Considering there's quite a bit of paperwork involved with climbing to Everest's summit, one would think one of the required forms/items to take with you would be some kind of ID tags or patches with at least your name and country of origin that go on your outermost clothing or gear. I'm not sure exactly how you only get 'rough' identifications of people in a team set-up.

Apparently there are so many bodies all along the trail, they use them as landmarks. One of them with fluorescent green boot has been there since 1996 and is referred to as "green boots."

These bodies must be a useful source of food for the herds of yeti that live on the mountainside.

That's just stupid beyond stupid. At least with the running of the bulls, everyone else gets to watch you being an idiot.

I'm sure they all have cameras now. It would be cool if there was a way to do a global image search in all languages. I bet there are a lot of pictures out there on the web captioned "Me on the summit of Everest" in various languages.

Seniors choose to rike bikes to school instead of "pranking", are even sensible enough to get a poice escort, and are suspended for a prank. WTF?

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapi..._river_default

Good lord.

I hope one of those seniors goes on to be a forestry major so he can come back to school and clearcut the forest of sticks up that principal's ass. JFC.

My vote? NOT a prank.

Omg. That is utterly ridiculous. :headshake

(Jumping off tired old planet of no fun allowed)

What are the odds the principal was either caught up in the back-up or had relations/business get caught in it?

probably pretty good. and that other students were also discomfited by the riders. **STILL** not a prank.

Cost to Make Penny and Nickel Rises, Annual Loss Reaches $116.7 Million

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Our smallest coin is the 5 cent. Life goes on.

Unit cost, not value of materials. Unit cost including manufacture and distribution. The cost of distribution will vary according to things like gas prices.

Unit Cost to Produce and Manufacture Cent
...............................................FY 2011 FY 2010
Cost of Goods Sold .................0.0197 0.0176
Sales, General & Administrative 0.0041 -
Distribution to Reserve Banks....0.0003 0.0003
Total Unit Cost .........................0.0241 0.0179

Unit Cost to Produce and Manufacture Nickel
................................................FY 2011 FY 2010
Cost of Goods Sold .................0.0938 0.0916
Sales, General & Administrative 0.0176 -
Distribution to Reserve Banks...0.0004 0.0006
Total Unit Cost .........................0.1118 0.0922

This represents the sixth year in a row that the cost to produce and distribute the cent and nickel have exceeded their face values. For the 2011 fiscal year, the two denominations were produced at a loss of $116.7 million. This amount is nearly triple than the loss of $42.6 million generated from the two denominations during the prior year.

:2cents:

I would like to exchange these for 4.82 cents.

kthxbai

Here's what I never understood. Why MUST coins be made of odd metal alloys? Why can't they just be made from, say, aluminum, or steel for durability? They are only tokens with a given face value anyway. Now with the "new" pennies, they aren't even worth their weight in silver or copper.

Pretty soon, cash will be a forgotten relic anyway, IMO. The government will go to a cashless system so they can track all monies spent and where for what they will claim is tax purposes but will really be an attack on drug profits and citizens who for whatever reason choose to fly beneath the radar.

All money should be recorded on cards, like ID type cards. There'd be no need for paper or metal money at all!

less forgeable

Over here they started making the smallest value coins in steel fifteen or more years ago.

If Wikipedia can be trusted it was actually in 1992 and apparently as from this year at least some of the larger value coins will be steel too.

I think we should go back to using the teeth of our enemies as currency.

I like the way Clodfobble thinks.

Would I be worth less, then, what with my caps and all?

"Eh, I'd kill her for her teeth but they ain't gonna fetch me nuthin'!"

I would think you'd be worth much more b/ c of them.

Dental gold is usually very pure, and is more valued than jewellery.

The trick is in finding a better class of hobo.

Caps are porcelain.. Will there be a big demand for toilet materials?

You never know.

CAPS?



(see what I did thar?)

Ahhh Richard Herring. I think I am a little bit in love with that man :)

400 sheep fall from overpass, strike cars after truck rollover in Australia

Joseph Netto CNN

9:57 a.m. PDT, June 1, 2012
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA—
A truck carrying nearly 400 sheep tipped over while on an Australia overpass, sending the helpless animals tumbling down on shocked drivers below, CNN affiliate Network Ten reported.

The incident occurred Thursday night in Laverton North near Melbourne.

"We looked up and we could see the truck flip on its side and then the next minute, we were underneath and yeah, raining sheep doesn't happen everyday," said Kristy Davis, a witness.
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400 sheep fall from overpass, strike cars after truck rollover in Australia
Joseph Netto CNN

9:57 a.m. PDT, June 1, 2012
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA—
A truck carrying nearly 400 sheep tipped over while on an Australia overpass, sending the helpless animals tumbling down on shocked drivers below, CNN affiliate Network Ten reported.

The incident occurred Thursday night in Laverton North near Melbourne.

"We looked up and we could see the truck flip on its side and then the next minute, we were underneath and yeah, raining sheep doesn't happen everyday," said Kristy Davis, a witness.

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Hannah Sidebottom, [ Really?]another witness, said the incident was a surprise.

"I saw them coming down like a mountain of, it looked like dirt but obviously wasn't, and then, there was nothing we could do they were literally on top of us," she told the affiliate.

Only one person was hospitalized, but the sheep did not fare as well. Less than 10 of them are expected to survive.

Animal welfare officials said the road was littered with dead and dying sheep.

"They were confronted with a very horrific, very distressing sight," the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said.

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Poor little lambs! :(

The officer that issued the ticket in this story is contender numero uno for the Golden Asshole Award.

What a fucking douche.

So wrong, yet so damn funny.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...illed-car.html

Yes, that link says what you think it says.


Eta: Ahem. what it said, until the software shortened it, was http:// www. dailymail.co.uk/ news/ article-2154283/ Cats-away-Artist-turns-dead-pet-flying-helicopter-killed-car.h t m l

Well, fuck.

That link made me has a sad.

Lemming's or Demoncrats?

*ALERTS TO WORLDWIDE THREATS IN 2012*
*From JOHN CLEESE *

The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Syria and
have therefore raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved." Soon,
though, security levels may be raised yet again to "Irritated" or even "A
Bit Cross." The English have not been "A Bit Cross" since the blitz in 1940
when tea supplies nearly ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorized from
"Tiresome" to "A Bloody Nuisance." The last time the British issued a
"Bloody Nuisance" warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish
Armada.


The Scots have raised their threat level from "Pissed Off" to "Let's get the
Bastards." They don't have any other levels. This is the reason they have
been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300 years.


The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror
alert level from "Run" to "Hide." The only two higher levels in France are
"Collaborate" and "Surrender." The rise was precipitated by a recent fire
that destroyed France's white flag factory, effectively paralyzing the
country's military capability.

Italy has increased the alert level from "Shout Loudly and Excitedly" to
"Elaborate Military Posturing." Two more levels remain: "Ineffective Combat
Operations" and "Change Sides."

The Germans have increased their alert state from "Disdainful Arrogance" to
"Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs." They also have two higher
levels: "Invade a Neighbour" and "Lose."

Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual; the only threat
they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels.

The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy.
These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy
can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.

Australia, meanwhile, has raised its security level from "No worries" to
"She'll be all right, Mate." Two more escalation levels remain: "Crikey! I
think we'll need to cancel the Barbie this weekend!" and "The Barbie is
cancelled." So far no situation has ever warranted use of the last final
escalation level.

Regards,
John Cleese,
British writer, actor and very tall person



And as a final thought - Greece is collapsing, the Iranians are getting
aggressive, and Rome is in disarray. Welcome back to 430 BC.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-0...helped/4055696

Octo-mom quit before she started. What a tool.

http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/06/octomo...rance-florida/

*snort*

I have no interest in what John Cleese has to say. He is an ultra-conservative who declines to pay taxes to a country he purports to care about. No taxation? No representation. Shut your gob.

America is welcome to him.
And Michael Caine. And Sean Connery.
Miserable old giffers.

True dat. Never understood that attitude.

The UK's slave labour program hits a new low.

"Sleep under a bridge in the cold, dark and rain, change your clothes in public and then work all day. What will you be paid for it? Oh, nothing."

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_liksechtRU1qfz3l8.png

No thanks, not interested in the smarmy ugly fucks. ESP Connery. But thanks for thinking of us. Those three kind of look alike, wouldn't you say? :D

Given my dreadful ability to recognise faces, I can't really say. But they all sound distinctive, so I can tell them apart...

"Shadders? On me lungs? I'm been etin away! Oh Gaod in Eaven Elp Me!"

Talking smarmy, you're welcome to Piers Morgan too.
And I'll send you Jeremy Cllarkson if I manage to run him over.

Every time I see an advert for Piers I want to smack him. They take the shot with his nose sticking up in the air, looking ever so pompous.

I don't know the guy from Adam, never watched, but those ads turn me right off.

OH, here's the pic. Bleh.

Me too! I don't know the ad you are talking about, but I hate his face.

Plus, he refuses to answer how he knows about private conversations that were hacked from Paul McCartney's cell phone. The guy is a crook or is protecting crooks.

Pic ads like on cnn.com, to get us to watch the show. That's the main pic I've seen used.

It's not working, for me. ;)

Crook.

We don't have the 5th Amendment over here, so journos either lie or shut up. It means the same anyway.

Crook.

He's pretty much universally despised over here.

Few years ago on the old format Room 101, in the final show, Ian Hislop wanted to put Piers Morgan into the room.

I knew there was a reason I wanted to bed him.

I'm assuming you're referring to Hislop ?:P

He's one of my favourite people off've the telly. So clever, clever.

Well, not Morgan!

I liked Room 101 with Nick Hancock, personally.
I'm a stickler for the original.