Posted on 05/11/2012 5:53:26 AM PDT by Lucky9teen
Edited on 05/11/2012 11:30:03 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Tobacco Smoke Enemas (1750s – 1810s)
The tobacco enema was used to infuse tobacco smoke into a patient’s rectum for various medical purposes, primarily the resuscitation of drowning victims.
A rectal tube inserted into the anus was connected to a fumigator and bellows that forced the smoke towards the rectum.
The warmth of the smoke was thought to promote respiration, but doubts about the credibility of tobacco enemas led to the popular phrase “blow smoke up one’s ass.”
This has been reintroduced in Washington D.C. , by the Obama Administration. It will be part of the New Health Care Program.
Where is that BBQ joint?
From what I could find about the sign was it’s in Alabma:
If any art form can truly be called American, it’s offensive text on the signboards of churches and places of business. The latest masterpiece comes to us from an electronic repair shop in the Florence for this kind of art, Alabama: “BBQ PORK RESTAURANT IS SAFEST NO MUSLIMS INSIDE SEWER CAM REPAIR.” That’s right, if we are interpreting this right — though there’s no wrong way to interpret art — each and every Muslim in the world goes to a restaurant at least once a day and blows himself up. But he does not go places that serve pork, because his lips could shoot out from his exploding jaw and land on someone’s plate of pig butt
" helmet ??? pfffft ! more Yukon ! "
We had rain this week. So many accidents on the roads.
Hampton Roads, VA highways are full of dehydrated idiots.
Add water, all the idiots come out on the roads. It doesn’t matter the state of the water, although solid water (snow, ice) causes more problems than gaseous water (like fog). One snowflake hits the windshield and the driver goes, “OMG!! It’s snowing!!! I can’t drive in the snow!!! I’m gonna DIE!!!! AAUGH!!!!!”
When I was in the service...I partied like a sailor...(what the hell... I was a sailor). Later, when I was in college, I partied like I was a rock star...
Later still, I used to party like it was 1999...
Now I still like to party, but I also try to keep the expenses down... so I guess you could say, I party like a Secret Service agent.
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I Voted Democrat Because
I voted Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whoever I want. I decided to marry my horse.
I voted Democrat because I believe oil companies’ profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 18% isn’t.
I voted Democrat because I’m not concerned about the slaughter of millions of babies so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.
I voted Democrat because freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.
I voted Democrat because I believe that people who can’t tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don’t start driving a Prius.
I voted Democrat because when we pull out of Iraq I trust that the bad guys will stop what they’re doing, because they now think we’re good people.
I voted Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters.
I voted Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.
I voted Democrat because I’m way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves.
I voted Democrat because my head is so firmly planted up my ass that it is unlikely that I’ll ever have another point of view.
By the way, a Liberal is a person who will give away everything they don’t own.
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