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I like how the surfing bulldog looks like this is the most normal thing that has ever happened to it. - Reagen Jun 22, 07:14 1
- a bulldog raising one eyelid never fails to crack me up. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 07:16
Can you spit -- you know, like a baseball player? (no) Do you spit? (no) -- nm - mara Jun 22, 07:13 5
- nope, nope. -- nm - kelly Jun 22, 07:15
- no, no. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 07:14
- I can spit, but not the two-foot drooly spitting you see in the dugout. That's gross. - Jelly Jun 22, 07:14
- Nope, and nope. - Will Hunting Jun 22, 07:14 1
  - It is. I'm glad I grew out of it quickly. -- nm - Jelly Jun 22, 07:14
speaking of singing, on the subway i was beside this girl and i could hear the music on her ipod - Andie Jun 22, 07:10 5
- When I was in Toronto last, I could tell some guy was listening to the Dirtbombs so I gave him a grin and thumbs up... - secretslacker Jun 22, 07:14 2
  - if other people can identify the song on your ipod, you are playing it too loud. - loosilu Jun 22, 07:15 1
    - everyday I'm thinking, "Dude/Dudette, you're going to have serious hearing loss by the time you're 25" for at least 2 or 3 people on the train/subway -- nm - zork Jun 22, 07:26
- speaking of subways (you wouldn't see that in switzerland) -- (link) - marcel Jun 22, 07:14
- heh, girl next to me on the train the other day started unintentionally singing simply the best rather loudly. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 07:13
Memo to Beaker: I think I saw you at Walmart yesterday, but I wasn't 100% sure. -- nm - Shaun Jun 22, 07:02
Can you sing? (I sing all the time but I'm not very good.) -- nm - mara Jun 22, 07:00 21
- No. I've been requested not to sing in church. - Will Hunting Jun 22, 07:15
- I have video proof of con-carne and Dawson, so I'll be curious to see what they say :) -- nm - secretslacker Jun 22, 07:13
- THe words "off-key foghorn" come to mind. -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 07:08 1
  - (ironically, I have a decent musical ear. I just can't translate that into output) -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 07:10
- I used to be in a choir while at music school but I wouldn't say I was any good. -- nm - LMS Jun 22, 07:06
- I don't embarrass myself or the people I'm with...but I'm no superstar. -- nm - Jim Jun 22, 07:05
- I'd get kicked out of a Karaoke bar. -- nm - marcel Jun 22, 07:03
- Everybody can sing. Singing well however... -- nm - Shaun Jun 22, 07:03
- Yeah, not bad. I can do karaoke without embarrassing myself. -- nm - Subversive Jun 22, 07:03
- I can do rock band songs on hard. don't know how good that makes me. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 07:02
- yes, pretty well. - colin Jun 22, 07:02
- yes. -- nm - znufrii Jun 22, 07:02 4
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    - I was just *one* pop song... -- nm - znufrii Jun 22, 07:11 2
      - (and if that's not singing, what is?) -- nm - znufrii Jun 22, 07:12 1
        
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- I can sing on key but I have no vibrato or support. I'm decent in a choir singing alto. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 07:02 2
  - and not much of a range. two octaves is a strain. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 07:04 1
    - more than enough for any Dire Straits song .. -- nm - marcel Jun 22, 07:05
- I used to be a very good singer, but I'm out of practice with written music. - Jelly Jun 22, 07:01
- Same here, I like to sing but I'm terrible. -- nm - Krusty Jun 22, 07:01
Memo to mafic: teaching an SO or potential SO anything is asking for trouble. Huge test for a relationship IMO -- nm - Beaker Jun 22, 06:59 8
- if you replace "ride a bike" with "drive a stick shift", you see the issue. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 07:00 7
  - I tried to teach my wife to drive a stick when we were dating using my Firebird......yea, wasn't pretty - Scorpion Jun 22, 07:14
  - yeah, tried that once. there were tears. and yelling. neither from me. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 07:01 5
    - My father tried to teach me how to drive a stick, and it didn't go badly, but I still didn't learn. My boyfriend taught me pretty easily. -- nm - mara Jun 22, 07:03 4
      - At the time, I had a very hard time learning when my boyfriend tried teaching me how to drive a stick. - kelly Jun 22, 07:15 1
        
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      - she learned in the end. even got really good at it. but yeah, tears before we'd gone 10 feet. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 07:04
      - my dad started teaching me and it was ok, but I did better with my brother. - loosilu Jun 22, 07:04
ha! work is upgrading my home internet to business class (8mbps) and paying for it. - colin Jun 22, 06:56 5
- The downside, they'll be treating you like Google in China. No porn! -- nm - Qale Jun 22, 06:58 4
  - this is true, but i'll have two other computers in front of me while i'm working :) -- nm - colin Jun 22, 06:59 3
    - So you'll be watching those computers do it instead? Gross! -- nm - Qale Jun 22, 06:59 2
      - yeah.. i'll just hook them up with a crossover cable and watch them go... - colin Jun 22, 07:01 1
        
        Eeeeevaaa! -- nm - Qale Jun 22, 07:03
Also, can you whistle? (yes) Can you do the loud, piecing kind of whistle (with or without your fingers)? (no) -- nm - mara Jun 22, 06:56 23
- nope x2. -- nm - kelly Jun 22, 07:12
- Yes, no. -- nm - Subversive Jun 22, 07:03
- This is actually an amusing story. - Jelly Jun 22, 06:59 2
  - *picks Jelly for the lead whistler in Wind Of Change* -- nm - marcel Jun 22, 07:00 1
    - *pretends we're having audio difficulty* -- nm - Jelly Jun 22, 07:00
- Yes and yes, very loud. -- nm - Krusty Jun 22, 06:58
- yes. no -- nm - marcel Jun 22, 06:58
- Can you whistle using a blade of grass? (no) -- nm - mara Jun 22, 06:57
- Sort of. No. -- nm - Shaun Jun 22, 06:57
- yes -- nm - Beaker Jun 22, 06:57
- Yes and yes. Can you blow a bubble with gum? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 22, 06:57 4
  - Yes. -- nm - Krusty Jun 22, 07:00
  - Nope. -- nm - Jelly Jun 22, 06:59
  - yes. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 06:59
  - Yes. -- nm - mara Jun 22, 06:58
- yes, no. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 06:57
- yes, no, but I can hum and whistle at the same time... -- nm - znufrii Jun 22, 06:57
- barely. no. -- nm - Andie Jun 22, 06:57
- before I had braces, yes. Now, not so much. -- nm - Roger More Jun 22, 06:57 2
  - before braces I was able to shoot a thin jet of water between my front teeth with good accuracy. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 07:01
  - Me too. -- nm - LMS Jun 22, 07:00
- yes, no... i have tried and tried.. don't know how people do it... -- nm - colin Jun 22, 06:57
- yes, no. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 06:57
Childhood skills Poll: Can you ride a bike?swim? rollerskate? yes, yes, yes. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 06:53 40
- yeah, yeah, yeah. -- nm - kelly Jun 22, 07:15
- Yes, yes yes. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 22, 07:14
- Yes, yes, yes. -- nm - Krusty Jun 22, 06:59
- yes, not great, not great. -- nm - Qale Jun 22, 06:59
- yes, yes, probably but never done it (skate is a big yes) -- nm - Beaker Jun 22, 06:57
- Yes, Not well but I wont drown, I am a Canadian who can not ice skate or roller skate...I am ashamed :( -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 22, 06:57 4
  - ski? I can do cross country (both kinds) but never did alpine. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 06:58 3
    - I can do pretty much anything that involves snow and strapping your feet to things. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 07:05
    - Have done very little cross-county but it seemed easy enough. (Don't know how long I could do it, though). Have never downhill. Can you snowshoe? -- nm - mara Jun 22, 07:02 1
      - never tried snowshoe but how hard can it be? ;P CLassic XC takes a little practice to get fast. Skating (in the XC sense) is kinda hard but I can do i -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 07:03
- yes*3. though I was never very good on traditional rollerskates. inline are easy. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 06:57
- yes, yes, yes. I can't think of anything I can't do, really. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 22, 06:56 7
  - Sneeze with your eyes open. -- nm - Diva Jun 22, 06:57 2
    - now that I've actually done. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 06:59
    - just put your finger in between your eyelids! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 22, 06:58
  - lick your elbow -- nm - marcel Jun 22, 06:56 3
    - or touch your elbows behind your back (we used to get girls in bars to try this. good times, good times.) -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 06:58 1
      - the way Morpheus walks in Matrix? -- nm - marcel Jun 22, 07:03
    - then stick it in your ear. -- nm - colin Jun 22, 06:57
- yes, yes, yes. -- nm - znufrii Jun 22, 06:56
- Yes, yes, no. -- nm - TWuG Jun 22, 06:55
- yes, yes, yes -- nm - colin Jun 22, 06:55
- Jump rope: No. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 06:55 2
  - I can jump rope by myself, but not with two other people holding the rope. -- nm - Jelly Jun 22, 06:56 1
    - same here. Can't jump in. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 06:56
- Yes, not really, no -- nm - Roger More Jun 22, 06:54 6
  - I thought swimming was automatic in Oz? -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 06:55 5
    - everyone's taught how to swim, but not everyone learns well -- nm - Roger More Jun 22, 06:55 4
      - can you dive? I can dive forwards but not backward, was able to do one somersault. Sure I cannot do it now without killing myself. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 06:58 3
        
        I can dive forward easily. I once dove backwards and was surprised at how easy it was, but then never tried it again. -- nm - mara Jun 22, 06:59 1
        
        I was able to hop on the end of the board a couple times to get height. again, sure I can't do that now. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 07:10
        
        Off a board? I can jump in, that's about it -- nm - Roger More Jun 22, 06:59
- yes. yes. yes (not from childhood) -- nm - marcel Jun 22, 06:54
- No, yes, definitely no (but I can ice skate - weird). -- nm - Jelly Jun 22, 06:54
- Yes. Yes. Sort of. Can't ice skate, though. -- nm - mara Jun 22, 06:53 5
  - I "can" ice skate but I suck. I can go forwards and backwards and turn corners, but not stop. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 06:54
  - Also, can you yo-yo? Hula hoop? (Yes, no.) -- nm - mara Jun 22, 06:54 3
    - yes. no -- nm - marcel Jun 22, 06:57
    - yes, yes. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 06:54
    - Yes, yes. -- nm - Jelly Jun 22, 06:54
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- that's... interesting. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 06:55
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i'm whining about garbage but the strike actually includes city day care workers, museum workers, the island ferries, summer camps, social services, - Andie Jun 22, 06:48 12
- Do the garbage workers in Toronto strike every single year? - Subversive Jun 22, 07:04
- "a mob of enraged wedding party guests are now heading for City Hall" -- nm - marcel Jun 22, 06:56
- But dont you see? The City is trying to take away our hard earned right to 18 sick days a year that we can roll over and retire on!!! Wont someone... - City of Toronto Workers Jun 22, 06:55 2
  - yeah, the public sympathies are NOT with the workers here. -- nm - Andie Jun 22, 06:58 1
    - big word -- nm - Beaker Jun 22, 06:58
- I wonder if it includes libraries. -- nm - mara Jun 22, 06:49 1
  - only the ones that share facilities with the city (like the one in City Hall) -- nm - Roger More Jun 22, 06:51
- You need a permit for wedding pictures? -- nm - znufrii Jun 22, 06:49 4
  - if you are taking them on city property, sure. -- nm - Andie Jun 22, 06:50 3
    - (it keeps it under control, you don't just have 20 wedding parties show up in one park at once.) - Andie Jun 22, 06:51 1
      - *pictures a brawl* -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 06:51
    - oh, that makes sense then. -- nm - znufrii Jun 22, 06:50
so, I just found out the new girl can't ride a bike. is me teaching her a good idea? -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 06:43 21
- Pedal bike or motor bike? -- nm - lileve Jun 22, 06:47
- Regular bike or dirk bike (motorcycle)? -- nm - Inigo Jun 22, 06:46 15
  - Dirk Diggler special? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 22, 06:47
  - bicycle. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 06:47 13
    - Interesting. How did she go through childhood without learning? -- nm - Inigo Jun 22, 06:48 12
      - I'm not exactly sure. only really talked about the impact it had on her later. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 06:50
      - that was my first thought, but then I thought maybe a lot of city kids don't learn? -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 06:50 3
        
        she grew up in suburban Perth, it's not like it's inner city or anything. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 06:51 2
        
        I wonder how common that is? -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 06:52 1
        
        first person I've ever met. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 06:55
      - I learned when I was a kid, but I'm willing to bet I couldn't hop on one now and ride away. -- nm - Jelly Jun 22, 06:49 6
        
        What loosi said. You really don't forget. You might be a little hesitant, but that would go away quickly. -- nm - Inigo Jun 22, 06:51 3
        
        I'm sure I would get used to it again after a couple of days, but if you showed me a bike right now, I'd embarrass myself. - Jelly Jun 22, 06:53 2
        
        sometimes that's just becuase the bike doesn't fit you, though. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 06:53 1
        
        That could be the case, yes. -- nm - Jelly Jun 22, 06:55
        
        it's just like riding a bicycle. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 06:50 1
        
        Well, not exactly... oh wait, yes it is. :) -- nm - Jelly Jun 22, 06:51
- brave and crazy -- nm - 'lia Jun 22, 06:44
- could be romantic? or you could yell at each other a lot. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 06:43 2
  - you can see the bind I'm in. plus there's a fair chance at wrecking a bike I'd have to borrow. - mafic Jun 22, 06:46 1
    - oh. don't borrow a nice bike. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 06:47
time for a nap, bye :) -- nm - Stacy Jun 22, 06:43

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