Word for the Day, Monday June 6, 2011

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Re Weiner: Let’s shed light, refulgent
On this putz, who is so self-indulgent
He’s such a phony and fake
He used a carrot to make
His underwear look like it’s bulgent

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I want to see that movie! A friend saw the hangover II and hated it - my son and husband went to see the latest Pirates of the Carribean movie in IMAX and loved it

[xsmommy]

i see no reason for Boehner to sully himself, when Weiner is self-destructing so nicely. republicans interjecting themselves in dem scandals then become the story. Weenie has centerstage here and doesn’t need any one wagging fingers at him.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Haha - that is my theory as well! When he tripped over his tongue to say it “might” be an altered photo or depiction of him.....he meant, “yes that is a photo i took of my underware but not necessarily with my wares inside”

[xsmommy]

i could have sworn i saw something on FR that made me think it was conservative, which is why i was inclined to see it. i did know it wasn’t a chickflick, though there were probably lots of people in the audience who did not. MartyBiron, backup goalie for the NYRangers liked it and def commented he was pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t a chickflick, so i should have figured if it’s appealing to hockey players its crude. But honestly, xsteen and i were bellylaughing at verious points. I think you, your hub and son would like it!

[hobbes1]

That’s kind of my point. The original incident was fine to avoid. When the Editor of the OpEd page of the local paper goes live with harassment that would get ANY WORKING MALE fired, (and hearings if it was an athlete/female reporter, and it happens IN THE CAPITOL, he’s derelict for not putting San Fran nan on the spot to police her own, and by extension his own.

He Runs that show. That makes him Responsible.

[xsmommy]

in the grand scheme of things, Boehner’s inaction doesn’t outrage me.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I am NOT a Russell Brand fan so there was no way I would have paid to see “Get Him To The Greek”, but I watched it on HBO last week......Geez, it was like a 7th grade boy’s dream. Every other word was a curse word, lots of sex mentioned, graphically. That idiot Puff Daddy was horrible - again, cussing and lots of racial crap - there he was, a mega wealthy business owner claiming one of his employees was calling him a “house n#gg@r” - it was so stupid.

[xsmommy]

i don’t know SNL people but apparently the protagonist female and others from Bridesmaids are on SNL. She also wrote the movie. The romantic lead is some obscure irish guy who stars on some British series called IT something? i figured maybe you or soother knew him. he’s very endearing. i think his name is Chris O’Dowd.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

We thought the first Hangover was hilarious so we might like it more than some. And a 20 year old’s sense of humor is more open to the crude stuff than an old lady....so we will probably see it anyway! lol

[hobbes1]

To me..it’s a symptom of the problem WITH the grand scheme of things.

We just had an election in NY26, because Boner FORCED the Lee’s resignation, and I can see taking the high road in both the Lee Case, and in the original Wiener incident.

Once it went to the next level, he became another deal maker, like Lott was accused of being...

Remind me again, How Lott, Foley, Lee and so on, have cost the party, and the movement in general.

Then one of San Fran Nans chief hatchet men gets caught up in a similar imbroglio, then goes public/DeltaHouse about it....

That’s an abdication of leadership.

(cue the ‘we just disagree response...I know. I just find it outrageous.)

[SoothingDave]

“The IT Crowd.” I believe it’s on Netflix. Not groundbreaking, it stays within the sitcom genre. But it’s pretty funny.

A clueless woman is placed in charge of the IT department (which consists of two geeks who have their offices in the basement).

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Yes several of the females in Bridesmaids are from SNL - the short heavy one (Melissa McCarthy) stars in a sitcome called Mike and Molly - I’ve seen Cris O’Dowd before - does he fake an American accent in the movie or keep his Irish one?

[SoothingDave]

I saw the last half of that one and wasn’t impressed. Only stayed around for Jonah Hill. If you want juvenile humor with lots of cursing, watch a Kevin Smith movie.

If you haven’t seen “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” try it. Seth Rogen is in it and it is a riot. And underneath it all is a love story. It definitely got overlooked and there were problems promoting a movie with that title and subject matter.

Also, filmed and set in the local town of Monroeville.

[Servant of the Cross]

On D- Day/Memorial Day Week: You could have heard a pin drop

JFK’s Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60′s when Charles de Gaule decided to pull out of NATO. De Gaule said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.

Rusk responded,

“Does that include those who are buried here?”

DeGuale did not respond.

You could have heard a pin drop.

***

When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of ‘empire building’ by George Bush.

He answered by saying, “Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.”

You could have heard a pin drop.

***

There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying, “Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intend to do, bomb them?”

A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: “Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?”

You could have heard a pin drop.

***

A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries.

Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, “Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?”

Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied, “Maybe it’s because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn’t have to speak German.”

You could have heard a pin drop.

***

And finally…

Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.

“You have been to France before, monsieur?” the customs officer asked sarcastically.

Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.

“Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.”

The American said, “The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it.”

“Impossible. Americans always have to show their passports upon arrival in France!”

The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, ”Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn’t find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to.”

You could have heard a pin drop.

God bless America and the heroic men and women of its Armed Forces.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I’ve seen IT a couple of times - mildly funny. The guys who did “Little Britain” have a new series (to us) starting the 18th I think - also next season of the Inbetweeners (which we love), a new series called outcasts (sci fi) and those little britain guys have one called ‘come fly with me”

[xsmommy]

he’s very cute!

[xsmommy]

he’s irish and she actually says something to him in the movie about it bc he’s a cop and she said, i thought you had to be born here to have that job.

[xsmommy]

that Melissa McCarthy absolutely steals the show in that role. i LMAO at her. she is by far the funniest!

[SoothingDave]

There’s something amusing about Roy answering the phone with “Hello, IT Department. Have you tried turning it off and back on again?”