recurring 090304
Recurring themes
(1) It's still, after all these years, cool in Mauritania for adolescent girls to be fattened up so that they'll be round and thus appear older, in order to be desirable marriage candidates. (2) The quaint developing-world protest against gov't by sewing one's lips together has struck again, as a water company worker in Mexico, dissatisfied with his lack of promotion, has stitched his mouth closed. (3) And this one is headed for the No Longer Weird list . . . the stupid calls to 911, such as this episode last week in Fort Pierce, Fla., in which Ms. Latreasa Goodman, 27, insisted three times that cops should rush right over because McD's claimed to be out of McNuggets and only wanted to substitute a McDouble rather than refund her money. "[M]y McNuggets are an emergency." The Guardian (London) /// Associated Press via Yahoo /// TCPalm.com
(1) It's still, after all these years, cool in Mauritania for adolescent girls to be fattened up so that they'll be round and thus appear older, in order to be desirable marriage candidates. (2) The quaint developing-world protest against gov't by sewing one's lips together has struck again, as a water company worker in Mexico, dissatisfied with his lack of promotion, has stitched his mouth closed. (3) And this one is headed for the No Longer Weird list . . . the stupid calls to 911, such as this episode last week in Fort Pierce, Fla., in which Ms. Latreasa Goodman, 27, insisted three times that cops should rush right over because McD's claimed to be out of McNuggets and only wanted to substitute a McDouble rather than refund her money. "[M]y McNuggets are an emergency." The Guardian (London) /// Associated Press via Yahoo /// TCPalm.com
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I think Florida needs a new emergency number for this sort of thing, given how common it is. 111, maybe?
Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 03/04/09 at 10:41 AM
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I can feel her pain. I've had this happen to me too but I did receive a refund. Still, it seems as though they should know what they have in stock to sell. It's not like the store is that big.
A couple of years ago someone left a car out in front of my house; usually where I park my truck. I let it go for about 3 days then called the police. I was told to call 911.
In fact, I have had to call the police several times over the past few years for things that I wouldn't consider to be an emergency but have always been told to call 911.
I can feel her pain. I've had this happen to me too but I did receive a refund. Still, it seems as though they should know what they have in stock to sell. It's not like the store is that big.
A couple of years ago someone left a car out in front of my house; usually where I park my truck. I let it go for about 3 days then called the police. I was told to call 911.
In fact, I have had to call the police several times over the past few years for things that I wouldn't consider to be an emergency but have always been told to call 911.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 03/04/09 at 01:03 PM
Mauritania - I've often thought how nice it would have been to be living in much earlier times when women who were incredibly pale and a bit round/curvy were considered the absolute height of beauty. I could have been a supermodel! Then I think about the state of medical care then and I decide it's better to have to wear sunblock 80 and have the people in Mauritania think I look 5 years old than I am.
stitched his mouth closed - Does that disqualify you for employement in Chattanooga?
McD's - They didn't have what she wanted and wouldn't give her a refund. I would call the police station if it came down to it, but not 911. I heard this on the news this morning and think it should be mentioned that she called several times, not just the once. To make sure they knew what a dire emergency this was?
stitched his mouth closed - Does that disqualify you for employement in Chattanooga?
McD's - They didn't have what she wanted and wouldn't give her a refund. I would call the police station if it came down to it, but not 911. I heard this on the news this morning and think it should be mentioned that she called several times, not just the once. To make sure they knew what a dire emergency this was?
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 03/04/09 at 01:30 PM
Wenthral - Does that person still live next to you? Has to be pretty old by now...
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 03/04/09 at 01:32 PM
Stalin and Hitler? What did he do, jump sides?
Posted by Viceman48 on 03/04/09 at 01:51 PM
Maybe West Virginia can give all their illegal barbies to Mauritania?
Posted by Matt in Florida on 03/04/09 at 02:16 PM
In Mauritania " a woman's size indicates the amount of space she occupies in her husband's heart"...WTF? This just pisses me off.
Posted by Skitt in SW USA on 03/04/09 at 02:30 PM
Thanks coach, I need to study a little more.
Posted by Viceman48 on 03/04/09 at 02:31 PM
I love the idea of a non-emergency national hotline similar to 911. Yes, everyone has local police numbers they can call, but how many of us know those numbers offhand? Plus, Maxx is right. Calling that number usually results in your being told to dial 911. And the people who would use it the most probably aren't smart enough to remember more than three numbers in a row anyway.
Posted by Nethie on 03/04/09 at 06:41 PM
Jules, sweetheart, you took the words right out of my mouth... of course my mouth isn't stitched up. Not that it's good for anything right now other than yelling at my husband.
I too, am a fair-skinned, fairly buxom chick that would have had the men lining up way back when. But then we probably would have died in childbirth, so probably not worth it. Plus whoring around was less popular back then.
I too, am a fair-skinned, fairly buxom chick that would have had the men lining up way back when. But then we probably would have died in childbirth, so probably not worth it. Plus whoring around was less popular back then.
Posted by KW in Dallas, TX on 03/04/09 at 09:45 PM
OK, let's just sum up all three like this...
If story number three would take a tip from story number two she would run less of a risk looking like story number one in a couple of years.
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Well grouped Chuck! Thanks for the set up.
If story number three would take a tip from story number two she would run less of a risk looking like story number one in a couple of years.
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Well grouped Chuck! Thanks for the set up.
Posted by DownCrisis on 03/05/09 at 12:17 AM
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