THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

  • 28 Mar 2024, 12:18
  • Welcome, Guest
Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread  (Read 5657 times)

Dissy

  • The German Chancellory building
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 459
  • The only asshole in the internets
And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« on: 15 Feb 2008, 14:14 »

This story brought a tear to me eye.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/13/iraq.wheelchairs/index.html?eref=ib_topstories










No political debates in this thread.  I don't care if you are for or against being in Iraq. 
« Last Edit: 17 Feb 2008, 08:25 by Dissy »
Logged
Quote from: Tommy on Gabbly
i'm not paying for your boob jon
Quote from: Darryl
I fuck at typos
Quote from: Squiddy
but you haven't sig quoted me yet kevin
Quote from: Darryl on meebo
9 inches is pathetic by today's standard

valley_parade

  • coprophage
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 7,169
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #1 on: 15 Feb 2008, 14:32 »

Awesome. A few years back, my uncle had a wheelchair donated to a kid in Bosnia in my name, through a program like this one.
Logged
Wait so you're letting something that happened 10 years ago ruin your quality of life? What are you, America? :psyduck:

redglasscurls

  • Duck attack survivor
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,614
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #2 on: 15 Feb 2008, 14:48 »

There's an old guy in Nepal with a wheelchair donated in my name:)
Logged
Denn Du Bist, Was Du Isst   (you are what you eat)
also, related to burning stuff: a friend threw up on a hot water heater once, the vomit steam burned her face. awesome!

valley_parade

  • coprophage
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 7,169
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #3 on: 15 Feb 2008, 14:49 »

o/


(my wheelchair will get more use than yours)
Logged
Wait so you're letting something that happened 10 years ago ruin your quality of life? What are you, America? :psyduck:

redglasscurls

  • Duck attack survivor
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,614
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #4 on: 15 Feb 2008, 14:50 »

\0

(Probably, I can't see one being terribly good on hilly/rocky terrain)
Logged
Denn Du Bist, Was Du Isst   (you are what you eat)
also, related to burning stuff: a friend threw up on a hot water heater once, the vomit steam burned her face. awesome!

valley_parade

  • coprophage
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 7,169
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #5 on: 15 Feb 2008, 14:53 »

(plus the old guy will probably die before the kid, though I suppose they could take his wheelchair and give it to someone else..)
Logged
Wait so you're letting something that happened 10 years ago ruin your quality of life? What are you, America? :psyduck:

KharBevNor

  • Awakened
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 10,456
  • broadly tolerated
    • http://mirkgard.blogspot.com/
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #6 on: 15 Feb 2008, 16:21 »

Hey guys.

Guess why there's a lack of basic medical technology in Iraq.

Next post: I'll tell you how many children died unnecessarily in Iraq during UN sanctions.
Logged
[22:25] Dovey: i don't get sigquoted much
[22:26] Dovey: like, maybe, 4 or 5 times that i know of?
[22:26] Dovey: and at least one of those was a blatant ploy at getting sigquoted

http://panzerdivisio

Lines

  • Awakened
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 10,234
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #7 on: 15 Feb 2008, 19:36 »

Hmm, considering Dissy wanted this to be a cheerful thread and at least most of us know, how about we don't go there, ok?

As for more feel good stories, I'm very glad that Amenah Al-Bayati has recovered. Her and her mother will be returning to Iraq though, so I hope they and the rest of their family stay safe until this whole mess is over.
Logged
:grumpypuss: :grumpypuss: :grumpypuss:

Rizzo

  • Bling blang blong blung
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,192
  • R'lyeh City Hardcore
    • Riding the failboat
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #8 on: 15 Feb 2008, 19:49 »

Lets all pat ourselves on the back and congratulate ourselves on a job well done. Or we could do the right thing, obey the forum rules and not discuss politics.
This is an inherantly political topic and I suspect mods won't be keen on some of us getting up in arms about it.
So, take it to Aurostion or Quiki and we can discuss it there.
Logged
Quote from: Jimmy the Squid
Sometimes I feel like everyone around me is some sort of statistical/mathematical genuis and I'm hitting a gazelle in the head with a rock and screaming at the sky when there's a storm.

Sox

  • Scrabble hacker
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,390
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #9 on: 16 Feb 2008, 00:24 »

We're not all members of the quiki or Aurostion, nor do we all have the time to split between multiple forums. Nobody has really gone out of their way to start a topic on political debate here, they just sort of happened, and they happened in a very civilised manner with people on both sides of the fence presenting their opinions in a sensible and non-inflammatory fashion.

Don't you know, the first result I got for a google search of the term "good news" was about cutting the risk of cancer through a simple daily exercise.
Logged

Rizzo

  • Bling blang blong blung
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,192
  • R'lyeh City Hardcore
    • Riding the failboat
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #10 on: 16 Feb 2008, 00:46 »

DSW

That's Do Some Wanks for the unenlightened.
Logged
Quote from: Jimmy the Squid
Sometimes I feel like everyone around me is some sort of statistical/mathematical genuis and I'm hitting a gazelle in the head with a rock and screaming at the sky when there's a storm.

Johnny C

  • Mentat
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 9,483
  • i wanna be yr slide dog
    • I AM A WHORE FOR MY OWN MUSIC
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #11 on: 16 Feb 2008, 01:04 »

I already did today but I still feel like talkin' politics.

What does that mean?
Logged
[02:12] yuniorpocalypse: let's talk about girls
[02:12] Thug In Kitchen: nooo

KharBevNor

  • Awakened
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 10,456
  • broadly tolerated
    • http://mirkgard.blogspot.com/
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #12 on: 16 Feb 2008, 03:00 »

I refuse to participate in transparent and unimaginative attempts to spread glurgey happiness that feed off human misery we ourselves (as a civilisation) have created. Especially when someone tells me no politics. Sorry, but that is a dismal attitude, to quote a greater man than myself.
Logged
[22:25] Dovey: i don't get sigquoted much
[22:26] Dovey: like, maybe, 4 or 5 times that i know of?
[22:26] Dovey: and at least one of those was a blatant ploy at getting sigquoted

http://panzerdivisio

KharBevNor

  • Awakened
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 10,456
  • broadly tolerated
    • http://mirkgard.blogspot.com/
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #13 on: 17 Feb 2008, 07:43 »

I'll click any thread I want to shitcock.
Logged
[22:25] Dovey: i don't get sigquoted much
[22:26] Dovey: like, maybe, 4 or 5 times that i know of?
[22:26] Dovey: and at least one of those was a blatant ploy at getting sigquoted

http://panzerdivisio

Slick

  • Lovecraftian nightmare
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 2,788
  • I am become biscuit
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #14 on: 17 Feb 2008, 08:27 »

Touché.

No, really, j'ai touché ta mère last night.
« Last Edit: 17 Feb 2008, 08:34 by Slick »
Logged
It's a roasted cocoa bean, commonly found in vaginas.

mooface

  • Guest
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #15 on: 18 Feb 2008, 00:20 »

If this does not bring a smile to your face, nothing will:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/incharacter/2008/02/cookie_monster_comes_to_npr.html

this made my morning.

what is your favorite sound?
"Om nom nom nom nom!"

If heaven exists what would you want god to say to you at the pearly gates?
COWABUNGA!

cookie monster will always be my favorite.
« Last Edit: 18 Feb 2008, 01:00 by mooface »
Logged

IronOxide

  • Scrabble hacker
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,429
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #16 on: 18 Feb 2008, 00:32 »

Mai, I feel like this is the time for me to tell you that in some circles, I am known as Cookie Monster.

Seriously
Logged
Quote from: Wikipedia on Elephant Polo
No matches have been played since February 2007, however, when an elephant, protesting a bad call by the referee, went on a rampage during a game, injuring two players and destroying the Spanish team's minibus

KharBevNor

  • Awakened
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 10,456
  • broadly tolerated
    • http://mirkgard.blogspot.com/
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #17 on: 18 Feb 2008, 01:09 »

The Cookie monster is against affirmative action and supports war with Iran.

THE COOKIE MONSTERS POLITICS ARE HELLA SCARY.
Logged
[22:25] Dovey: i don't get sigquoted much
[22:26] Dovey: like, maybe, 4 or 5 times that i know of?
[22:26] Dovey: and at least one of those was a blatant ploy at getting sigquoted

http://panzerdivisio

Alex C

  • comeback tour!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 5,915
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #18 on: 18 Feb 2008, 11:13 »

And the only thing he won't eat is sardine icecream! Cookie Monster would be less welcome in Berkeley than the Marines.
Logged
the ship has Dr. Pepper but not Mr. Pibb; it's an absolute goddamned travesty

littlelove

  • Plantmonster
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 47
Re: And now, its time for a pick-me-up thread
« Reply #19 on: 18 Feb 2008, 12:02 »

interesting article, but poorly written. Somebody didn't go to journalism school....

articles like that make me want to hurl, they are so poorly put together.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up