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Comment on Why I hope there’s a SOPA v2 by Jason Kennerly

Jason Kennerly — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:05:59 +0000

It’s called the OPEN act, it’s nothing like SOPA, and it cuts off profits from thieves the best way possible – by making it illegal for the money-changing corporations who also profit off of piracy to transfer money to the pirates in the first place.

Continuing to target free speech by imposing ANY form of censorship will continue to result in a militant struggle against the censors. The 1st amendment is sacred – it is a right worth fighting and even dieing for.

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Comment on The ten best track cars, chosen by a spreadsheet by William Johnson

William Johnson — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:32:12 +0000

Interesting. I think if you could compare your list of cars buy an (average horsepower over the useable rev range) to (weight) ratio you would get a more accurate list of car. Still cool that the Tesla is at the top.

Comment on Also Wrong: Gents’ restrooms with a urinal and a toilet in the same room, separated by a velvet curtain by Brett

Brett — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:17:55 +0000

I’ve encountered mens’ rooms like this before, but no curtain. If I’m just going to use the urinal, I don’t bother locking the door in case someone else wants to use the toilet. Most guys are okay with this. Some times, guys will come in and pee in the toilet; other times, they open the door, see me there, and leave (maybe they want to drop a deuce). One time I was at a car wash in Orange County. The urinal was next to the door facing out. I had just started to pee when a guy opened the door. He saw me peeing in the urinal right in front of him and froze in the doorway not knowing what to do. Meanwhile, I’m looking over his shoulder at the cashier who smiled at me. It was funny. I told him to “come in”, so after he got over his initial surprise, he walked over to the toilet and had a pee. He didn’t lock the door either. It’s always humorous to catch people by surprise in a situation that they weren’t expecting.

Comment on Book chapter: What not to say or do when visiting the U.K. by Alissa

Alissa — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:03:17 +0000

Abso-bloody-lutely amusing. Roaringly insane and I must say, quite correct. I find the British-stereotype scenario funny and sadly, true. Poor Americans- such a bad rep.

… and the first question I asked my Uncle in America was if they sold guns in Wal-Mart.

Comment on Book chapter: What not to say or do when visiting the U.K. by Brenda

Brenda — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:00:46 +0000

Thank you for sharing this chapter; I quite enjoyed it and may even have laughed aloud in a few places.
Since my superpower is editing, and I have decided not to wait for the world to be endangered before using it for good, please forgive me for pointing out that the last sentence of the second paragraph – “…he will fall and love and unexpectedly die.” – ought to read “fall in love”, yes? (although, it’s usually the contrived love interest that does the dying, seems like.)
Also, the last sentence under Heritage: “Their eyes will light up as they as ask…” – need to remove that second ‘as’.
And I probably shouldn’t mention the extra space under Comparisons with American Things: “…being the best/ oldest/deepest/tallest of something”.
Thanks again for the tips, and the giggles.

Comment on Book chapter: What not to say or do when visiting the U.K. by alan

alan — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:52:20 +0000

I am married to an American and have lived in the US for 4 years. We lived in the UK before that. Yes she is loud and often coarse and is geographically blind and a few more of the behavioural stereotypes – and dresses like a vagrant – - apparently I am a snotty condescending Brit and Amanda Knox is innocent. She asked me yesterday if we had groundhog day. I told her we didn’t have groundhogs and she replied ” Yes, but do you have groundhog day”. An American woman in York asked me if Norway was in the north of England too, as she was going there tomorrow. ALL the stereotypes are true and those about the Brits are too. I try to hate Americans but I am one myself now so its difficult. They cant help it and once you relax on all this stuff, they can be very generous – tit for tat. Oh and they don’t say tit bits coz its rude – they say tid-bits. They are nipple-o-phobes and disapprove of drinking and breasts (janet jackson’s freak em). God save America and God bless the Queen.

Comment on Free books for Facebook fans! by doris glasgow

doris glasgow — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:29:23 +0000

i hope i win a book—just love your sense of humor—i like everything British—the T V shows from there, the buildings, the history & tradition–everything—plus you’re kind of cute too-would you sign it for me if i win?

Comment on Search terms used by people to find my site. Yes, really by Heather

Heather — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:09:28 +0000

I found your site while trying to figure out how people found mine! I love some of those… especially the uh, chocolate one and the zucchini one. It’s not just great to know what random terms people found a blog with, but also just some of the crazy crap they’re searching for! On that note, make sure Google Suggestion is on and start typing “Is it” – watch what comes up.

I, too, wrote a post on search terms used to find me. Mine all deal with sexy women and wallpaper even though my site has NOTHING to do with either of those topics! It’s funny, too, because every other search term has to do with something I’ve blogged about. But then all of a sudden there are these random search terms.

Anyway, thanks, it’s funny to see how people manage to find our blogs based off random irrelevant topics. And I thought Google was putting a stop to that…

Comment on Book chapter: What not to say or do when visiting the U.K. by Emily

Emily — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:28:14 +0000

This is the biggest load if drivel I have ever read. If you truly want information I’d look somewhere else.