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Originally written by Synergy67:

I have no problem with it being possible though or with vast eons of time transpiring for all things having developed and evolved in whatever way they do. I have a strong personal sense and conviction that there is something truly special and "other" about human beings from any animal, and that relates to the spiritual.

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Originally written by Jewels:

November 12th 10:32:17PM

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Originally written by Marlenny:

May 5th, 2001 at 11:40pm.

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Originally written by Marlenny:

I never celebrated Halloween nor Thanksgiving (They aren't celebrated in Dom. Rep.). Nonetheless, I've been celebrating it ever since I moved to New York. My first year here I dressed as a Cleopatra (I think), last year as a Genie, and this year: We'll see. It's my last year as a teen so I'm gonna act as immature as possible.

Edit: To Ash- Only for you darling.
Edit2: I'm not sure whether I'll do it this year or not. First time I did it (I was 17) and it was a favor to my little brother. And last year, I was 18 and it was as a dress up party. So I wasn't so uncomfortable since there were 19 year olds dressed as vampires, monsters, cheerleaders, etc.
Edit3: Wrong ages

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Originally written by Ash Lael:

I've never seen it happen. And even if I had, there would have been no candy on offer. We have lollies instead. :P

EDIT: Nineteen-year-olds still go trick-or-treating? I had it in my head that it was a little kids thing.

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Originally written by Drakefyre:

Respond and discuss.

1) What is your gender?

2) How religious would you say that you are: Not at all, somewhat, or very?

3) Are you vegetarian or vegan?

4) A trolley is running out of control down a track. In its path are 5 people who have been tied to the track. Fortunately, you can flip a switch that will lead the trolley down a different track. Unfortunately, there is a single person tied to that track. Should you flip the switch?

5) As before, a trolley is hurtling down a track towards five people. You are on a bridge under which it will pass, and you can stop it by dropping a heavy weight in front of it. As it happens, there is a very fat man next to you - your only way to stop the trolley is to push him over the bridge and onto the track, killing him to save five. Should you proceed?

6) As before, a trolley is hurtling down a track towards five people, all children under 10. You can divert its path by flipping a switch, but if you do, the trolley will continue down an alternate track towards five senior citizens. Do you flip the switch?

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Originally written by Frayalitz:

He, hehehehehe...

Thank you for inspiring us for a new BoA scenario...

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Originally written by Ash Lael:

Irrelevant to me since no one celebrates Halloween in Australia. But I throw it in the "harmless fun" box along with Harry Potter.

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From my Wikipedia link:
Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, usually by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting candy. It is celebrated in much of the Western world, though most commonly in the United States, the British Isles, Canada and sometimes in Australiaand New Zealand.

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Originally written by Frayalitz:

He, hehehehehe...

Thank you for inspiring us for a new BoA scenario...

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Originally written by Ash Lael:

Irrelevant to me since no one celebrates Halloween in Australia. But I throw it in the "harmless fun" box along with Harry Potter.

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From my Wikipedia link:
Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, usually by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting candy. It is celebrated in much of the Western world, though most commonly in the United States, the British Isles, Canada and sometimes in Australiaand New Zealand.

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Originally written by Ash Lael:

It would be difficult for it to be Farts Out Loud, considering she just Laughed her Arse Off.

Wait, that happened right after the Fol, didn't it? So there could be a connection.

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Originally written by Synergy67:

Wasn't "Farts Out Loud" the name of the flatulent Indian in "Dances with Wolves"?

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Originally written by Eldibs:

To be fair, I have to post one about men too:

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Originally written by Archmage Alex:

I nearly forgot one.

There was this blonde who ran out of money. She decided she would make some more by kidnapping. She went to the local park and grabbed a kid. She wrote a note: "I've kidnapped your child. I want you to leave $10,000 in a brown paper bag under the tree at the edge of the park tomorrow morning. Signed - A Blonde" She then taped the note to the child and sent him on his way. The next morning she came to the tree and found a brown paper bag. Inside was $10,000 and a note saying "How could you do this to a fellow blonde?"

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Originally written by Marlenny:

Fol.

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Is that like LOL, but... different?

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Originally written by Hands and Minds:

I've seen that joke in English, too.

A better Jewish joke: A young man calls his mother and says, "Mom, I know you'll be disappointed in me. You sent me to years of religious school and Hebrew classes, you were so proud when I was bar mitzvahed. But Mom, I just can't be Jewish anymore. I've found Jesus and he changed my life. I've been going to church every Sunday and everything."

His mother doesn't know what to say or what to do, so she does what she always does in times of trouble: she calls her rabbi. "Rabbi, I need help!" she tells him. "I raised my son to be a good Jewish boy, but now he's converting to Christianity!"

"Funny you should mention that," the rabbi replies. "I also have a son, as you know, and I also raised him as a good Jewish boy. I thought he would follow in my footsteps and be a rabbi too. But just a few days ago he called and said that he was converting to Christianity!"

"You, too?" asks the mother. "What did you do?"

"Well," says the rabbi, "I did what I always do when I'm in trouble. I prayed to God. And you know what? He answered me!"

"God answered you? What did he say?"

"Well..." the rabbi says slowly, "He said, 'Funny you should mention that. I have a son, and I raised him to be a good Jewish boy, and...'"

—Alorael, who has no more sig-sized jokes to share.

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Originally written by Marlenny:

Well to your delight. I've decided to translate it all for you. Here it is:
Once upon a time there was a priest traveling in a bus. A nun gets on the bus and sits right next to him. As time goes by the priest accidentally touches her knee. The nun gets mad and tells the father: you should remember what psalm 69 says. The priest apologizes and the travel continues. A couple of minutes later, the priest, again, touches not so accidentally the nun's leg (a little bit above the knee). Well, history repeats itself; the nun gets angry and repeats the father to remember the words of psalm 69. The priest apologizes yet again. The same thing happens once more time just that the priest goes a little bit upper, but the nun repeats her saying. After a while, the priest gets to the convent and runs to see what psalm 69 says, and almost dies when he reads it.
"Keep going up and you'll find the glory".

Edit: fixed the quote.

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Originally written by Eldibs:

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I think I need a bit of a rest. And a bit of lunch might be good as well, especially considering I skipped breakfast...

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Missing breakfast causes problems for you? I miss breakfast almost every day (because I refuse to eat breakfast out of a cafeteria), and I never have any trouble.

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Originally written by Synergy67:

MUJI: I'm sure the locals will be flattered that your perusing of their histories here have drained away your lifeforce. By all means, eat some food, have a nice power nap and recharge.

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Originally written by Synergy67:

RIIKKA, what the--??? It looks like your name exploded.

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Originally written by Synergy67:

PERSONAL AMUSEMENT: Heh heh. I dug deeply enough to find a pic of TM, whom I believe may be gracing us with his presence in another week. He looks nothing like I pictured (no horns or nothin'.)

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Originally written by Synergy67:

I believe it's time to finally throw together something of a webpage for myself. I have 10 usused MB with my Verizon account. Trouble is, the Verizon website builder utility is "not available" at present for some mystifying reason, much to my annoyance. Anyone know a good simple free WYSIWYG webpage builder for Mac OS9? I can boot up OSX if necessary. I once long ago had Cyberstudio, but never really learned to use it. I'm not a programmer and I don't know how to write HTML code. I like simple, intuitive, and streamlined.

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Originally written by Thralni, emperor of Riverrod:

I have here another Jewish joke, which I didn't find all that good, but here ya go anyway:

A man goes to the rabbi.

"Rabbi, maybe I'm getting paranoid, but I think my wife is trying to poison me. Could you please speak to her and maybe find out her plans?"

The Rabbi goes to his wife and comes back after several hours. Then he says:

"I have talked tp your wife... for THREE HOURS!!! My advice: TAKE THE POISON!!"

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Symbols

Halloween's theme is spooky or scary things particularly involving death, black magic, or mythical monsters.

Commonly-associated Halloween characters include ghosts, witches, bats, black cats, owls, goblins, zombies and demons, as well as certain fictional figures like Dracula and Frankenstein's monster. Homes are often decorated with these symbols around Halloween.

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Religious Viewpoints

The majority of Christians ascribe no doctrinal significance to Halloween, treating it as a purely secular entity devoted to celebrating imaginary spooks and handing out candy. The secular celebration of Halloween may loom larger in contemporary imagination than does All Saints' Day.

The mingling of Christian and pagan traditions in the development of Halloween, and its real or assumed preoccupation with evil and the supernatural, have left many modern Christians uncertain of how they should react towards the holiday. Some fundamentalist and evangelical believers consider Halloween a pagan or Satanic holiday, and refuse to allow their children to participate. In some areas, complaints from fundamentalist Christians that the schools were endorsing a pagan religion have led the schools to stop distributing UNICEF boxes at Halloween.

Other Christians, however, continue to connect the holiday with All Saints Day. Some modern Christian churches commonly offer a "fall festival" or harvest-themed alternative to Halloween celebrations. Still other Christians hold the view that the holiday is not Satanic in origin or practice and that it holds no threat to the spiritual lives of children — being taught about death and mortality actually being a valuable life lesson.

Ironically, considering that most fundamentalist sects are Protestant in nature, many Protestant denominations celebrate October 31 as Reformation Day, which commemorates the October 31, 1517 posting of Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses. Many mainline churches and religious schools, particularly Lutheran ones, meld the two holidays without worrying about "Satanic influences."

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Symbols

Halloween's theme is spooky or scary things particularly involving death, black magic, or mythical monsters.

Commonly-associated Halloween characters include ghosts, witches, bats, black cats, owls, goblins, zombies and demons, as well as certain fictional figures like Dracula and Frankenstein's monster. Homes are often decorated with these symbols around Halloween.

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Religious Viewpoints

The majority of Christians ascribe no doctrinal significance to Halloween, treating it as a purely secular entity devoted to celebrating imaginary spooks and handing out candy. The secular celebration of Halloween may loom larger in contemporary imagination than does All Saints' Day.

The mingling of Christian and pagan traditions in the development of Halloween, and its real or assumed preoccupation with evil and the supernatural, have left many modern Christians uncertain of how they should react towards the holiday. Some fundamentalist and evangelical believers consider Halloween a pagan or Satanic holiday, and refuse to allow their children to participate. In some areas, complaints from fundamentalist Christians that the schools were endorsing a pagan religion have led the schools to stop distributing UNICEF boxes at Halloween.

Other Christians, however, continue to connect the holiday with All Saints Day. Some modern Christian churches commonly offer a "fall festival" or harvest-themed alternative to Halloween celebrations. Still other Christians hold the view that the holiday is not Satanic in origin or practice and that it holds no threat to the spiritual lives of children — being taught about death and mortality actually being a valuable life lesson.

Ironically, considering that most fundamentalist sects are Protestant in nature, many Protestant denominations celebrate October 31 as Reformation Day, which commemorates the October 31, 1517 posting of Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses. Many mainline churches and religious schools, particularly Lutheran ones, meld the two holidays without worrying about "Satanic influences."

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Originally written by chicho:

really or sarcasm?

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Originally written by chicho:

in that case then no one would understand i, maybe Marlenny does.
the double sense that this joke have violates severily the CoC so maybe i will see the Canned title very soon...

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Originally written by Synergy67:

In some western cultures, America in particular which I know best, it is apparent to me that we are quite afraid of death.

We resort to going to extreme and extremely expensive lengths to stave off death for as long as possible. We have developed medical technologies which now enable us to cling to a life far beyond the place where all in nature has decreed otherwise, even when the quality of life is virtually non-existent.

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