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You're accused of the following charges
You're a woman trapped inside a man
Your sexuality no one denies you
But your preference we can't understand
You are the loneliness of all people

It's time for you to realize
AIDS like the plague is from God
For he sees something wrong in his eyes

Anally Inflicted Death Sentence
A.I.D.S.
Anally Inflicted Death Sentence
A.I.D.S.
Anally Inflicted Death Sentence
A.I.D.S.
Anally Inflicted Death Sentence
A.I.D.S.

That's what you get for having
A penis up your ass
You should have used a condom
That's what you get when you
Swallow another man's load
A lubricated condom

How do you find love in another man's hairy ass
You should have used a condom
Millions of lost hamsters
Running rampant in your bowels
Take the Hershey Highway

Fudge packing men
Fudge packing men
Fudge packing men
Fudge packing men
A manly man
Fudge packing men
Fudge packing men
Fudge packing men
Lyrics taken from this page

period... or absolute lack of humor

and George Carlin saw it comin'

pc culture makes me shiver now... how bad will it be in 10 years?

And you can fly
High as a kite if you want to
Faster than light if you want to
Speeding through the universe
Thinking is the best way to travel

It's all a dream
Light passing by on the screen
And there's you and I on the beam
Speeding through the universe
Thinking is the best way to travel

We ride the waves
(From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/m/moody-blues-lyrics/the-best-way-to-travel-lyrics.html)
Distance is gone, will we find out?
How life began, will be find out?
Speeding through the universe
Thinking is the best way to travel

And you can fly
High as a kite if you want to
Faster than light if you want to
Speeding through the universe
Thinking is the best way to travel

Now if I find a product I like
I'll buy up the whole company
Shave my face, and grin and smile
And then I'll sell it on tv
And everyone will know me
I'll be more famous than howard hughes
I'll grow a long beard and watch
Ice station zebra in the nude

Thank you for being a friend
Traveled down the road and back again
your heart is true you're a pal and a cosmonaut

I'm not ashamed to say
I hope it always will stay this way
My hat is off, won't you stand up and take a bow

And if you threw a party
Invited everyone you knew
You would see, the biggest gift would be from me
and the card attached would say,
Thank you for being a friend

Thank you for being a friend
Thank you for being a friend
Thank you for being a friend

If it's a car you lack
I'd surely buy you a cadillac
Whatever you need, anytime of the day or night

I'm not ashamed to say
I hope it always will stay this way
My hat is off, won't you stand up and take a bow

And when we both get older
With walking canes and hair of gray
Have no fear, even though it's hard to hear
I will stand real close and say,
Thank you for being a friend

(I want to thank you)
Thank you for being a friend
(I want to thank you)
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/a/andrew-gold-lyrics/thank-you-for-being-a-friend-lyrics.html ]
Thank you for being a friend
(I want to thank you)
Thank you for being a friend
(I want to thank you)
Let me tell you bout a friend
(I want to thank you)
Thank you for being a friend
(I want to thank you)
Thank you for being a friend
(I want to thank you)
Thank you for being a friend

And when we die and float away
Into the night, the Milky Way
You'll hear me call, as we ascend
I'll see you there, then once again
Thank you for being a friend

Thank you for being a friend
(I want to thank you)
Thank you for being a friend
(I want to thank you)
Thank you for being a friend
(I want to thank you)
Thank you for being a friend
Whoa, tell you about a friend
(Thank you right now, for being a friend)
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna tell you right now, and tell you again)
Thank you for being a friend
(I wanna thank you, thank you, for being a friend)
Thank you for being a friend

there are some great economic studies that are critical of the patent system -- but there's no shortage of studies supporting it (and of companies funding such studies). So the only way that politicians would act is that businesses themselves exercise effective pressure against the patent system.

Yea there isn't a shortage of studies, and a bunch of companies support them, however how many are not biased to begin with? Yes there are studies that conclude patents are not good that start with a bias too. And businesses, some of them that is, support patents because it reduces their competition. Reduced competition means less progress. Without government granted monopolies, which is what patents are, I believe and many economic studies support it there will be more progress. Is if businesses have to compeat to stay in business they'll innovate more. Sure another business may use their innovation, or the business can make use of trade secrets. That even works for the individual inventor who has no financing for manufacturing. What they can do is go to a contract manufacturer have have them sign Non-Disclosure Agreements, NDA, which are frequently brought up here on Slashdot.

So the only way that politicians would act is that businesses themselves exercise effective pressure against the patent system.

That's true if only businesses pressure politicians. If however voters apply pressure politicians will have to listen.

As I see it though there's a huge problem, international trade and trade agreements like World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and World Trade Organization (WTO). As it's name suggests WIPO was created to protect "intellectual property", IP. Every nation would have to agree to eliminate IP and that is close to being impossible I think short term. As Billy Holiday sang The impossible will take a little while.

Falcon

Thank god finally a reason to link to this. Opening song of The Adventures of Pete and Pete. That song is Hey Sandy by Polaris. Here are the lyrics.

Please explain how I'm exploiting anyone's addition by placing a bet with a bookmaker.

Add it up yourself. Take a look now at what your boy has done.

Seriously though, every bet has winners and losers. You can't win without someone else losing. A number of those losers are addicted. It shouldn't take a fucking flowchart to figure this out. Gambling hurts people. If you can live with that, that's okay, but if you can't live without it without lying to yourself, then you should stop. To do otherwise is to invite schizophrenia. Gambling often ruins people and even drives a percentage of them to crime. Since it offers no benefit to society, there's no reason for society to support it. Since it does harm to society, it is sensible for society to attack it.

Maybe this is some sort of reference I just don't get, but I am having trouble trying to understand why it was modded "funny".

Yes, it's some sort of reference.

I know I know for sure/
Neeng neeng yong yong yeeng yong nang nong eeng nay-yong/
I know I know its you/
Neeng neeng yong yong yeeng yong nang nong eeng nay-yong/

That example reminds me of an asterisk comment(which read "nonsense syllables" in the printed music of the Doors' "Roadhouse blues" where Jim Morrison sings:

You gotta roll, roll, roll,/
You gotta thrill my soul, alright./
Roll, roll, roll, roll-a got-ta chee-chay-chow bop-a-lula...[*nonsense syllables]
Thrill my soul./

For some reason, this song popped into my head after reading this article.

Swabbing door handles of cop cars
With D.M.S.O.
Mixed with L.S.D...

I've found that lyrics sites are very common offenders. Just Google some lyrics from a popular singer and you will quickly find an infinite source of spyware and adware. Now, they have ads for many different ineffective spyware removers on those sites as well, so they are doing their best to screw their visitors twice.

he should credit his source and put it in quotes

Like the Johnny Cash song, just name the kid Sue and he'll be forced to grow out of his shell.

LS

Just the thought of 6 billion naked people shivering in the woods singing "cum by ya" is so warm in fuzzy I bet actually doing it would all but prevent hypothermia.

Actually, after about two days they'd be more likely to be singing stuff along the lines of Nothing But Flowers...

I prefer the song "Process Man" by Great Big Sea.

CHORUS:
And its go boys go
They'll time your every breath
And every day in this place your two days near to death
But you go...
Well a process man am I and I'm tellin' you no lie
I work and breathe among the fumes that tread across the sky
There's thunder all around me and there's poison in the air
There's a lousy smell that smacks of hell and dust all in me hair
CHORUS
Well I've worked among the spitters and I breathe the oily smoke
I've shovelled up the gypsum and it neigh 'on makes you choke
I've stood knee deep cyanide, got sick with a caustic burn
Been working rough, I've seen enough, to make your stomach turn
CHORUS
There's overtime and bonus opportunities galore
The young men like their money and they all come back for more
But soon your knocking on and you look older than you should
For every bob made on the job, you pay with flesh and blood
CHORUS
Well a process man am I and I'm telling you no lie
I work and breathe among the fumes that tread across the sky
There's thunder all around me and there's poison in the air
There's a lousy smell that smacks of hell and dust all in me hair
CHORUS x 2

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