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[Big Blue Owl]

Why were they offended?

Because they hate the game, "Who's got your nose?"

[ElfDude]

My uncle still has mine...

[awip2062]

My mom threw mine out the window on the 5 one day and I made her go back and pick it up. I wouldn't believe it was still there even when I saw it in the mirror.

They were offended because apparently where they were from that is the same as flipping someone off.

[Kares4Rush]

My mom threw mine out the window on the 5 one day and I made her go back and pick it up. I wouldn't believe it was still there even when I saw it in the mirror.

They were offended because apparently where they were from that is the same as flipping someone off.

a "T-bird"

[Walkinghairball]

Yeah............."Flip Z birds", long live rock flock Kares kiddo.

[schuette]

and talking about birds..

Gay Flamingos Become Proud Parents

Gay flamingos Carlos and Fernando have become proud foster parents after taking an abandoned chick under their wings.

The pink pair were so desperate to have a family they started stealing eggs at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire.

But their egg-sitting and hatching skills impressed staff so much that when one of the Greater Flamingo nests was abandoned, they were considered the number one choice to "adopt" the chick.

The unhatched egg was whisked off to an incubator where it was warmed up and monitored.

Hours later a healthy chick hatched, but staff were concerned the flamboyant duo would not bond with the newborn because the process normally begins when the chicks are "calling" them from inside the egg.

So the chick was carefully placed in an old eggshell, which was taped up and returned to the unsuspecting couple's empty nest.

The pair were soon seen 'talking' to the chick inside the egg and a little while later it hatched for a second time - to be greeted by its loving new foster parents.

WWT spokeswoman Jane Waghorn said: "Fernando and Carlos are a same sex couple who have been known to steal other Flamingos' eggs by chasing them off their nest because they wanted to rear them themselves.

"They were rather good at sitting on eggs and hatching them so last week, when a nest was abandoned, it seemed like a good idea to make them surrogate parents."

Carlos and Fernando, who have been together for about six years, can feed their chick without any female help - by producing milk in their throat.

The chick, who is being brought up in a "cr?che" with 15 other newborns, has been welcomed into the flock, under the watchful eye of its new parents.

Gay flamingos are not particularly rare and enjoy an elevated status with their choice of partner.

"If there aren't enough females or they don't hit it off with them, they will pair off with other males," Ms Waghorn said.

The pair are Greater Flamingos, the most widely dispersed of the six flamingo species, being found in Europe, Asia, Africa and North and South America. The average lifespan is about 30 years.

[CygnusX1]

and talking about birds..

Gay Flamingos Become Proud Parents

Gay flamingos Carlos and Fernando have become proud foster parents after taking an abandoned chick under their wings.

The pink pair were so desperate to have a family they started stealing eggs at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire.

But their egg-sitting and hatching skills impressed staff so much that when one of the Greater Flamingo nests was abandoned, they were considered the number one choice to "adopt" the chick.

The unhatched egg was whisked off to an incubator where it was warmed up and monitored.

Hours later a healthy chick hatched, but staff were concerned the flamboyant duo would not bond with the newborn because the process normally begins when the chicks are "calling" them from inside the egg.

So the chick was carefully placed in an old eggshell, which was taped up and returned to the unsuspecting couple's empty nest.

The pair were soon seen 'talking' to the chick inside the egg and a little while later it hatched for a second time - to be greeted by its loving new foster parents.

WWT spokeswoman Jane Waghorn said: "Fernando and Carlos are a same sex couple who have been known to steal other Flamingos' eggs by chasing them off their nest because they wanted to rear them themselves.

"They were rather good at sitting on eggs and hatching them so last week, when a nest was abandoned, it seemed like a good idea to make them surrogate parents."

Carlos and Fernando, who have been together for about six years, can feed their chick without any female help - by producing milk in their throat.

The chick, who is being brought up in a "cr?che" with 15 other newborns, has been welcomed into the flock, under the watchful eye of its new parents.

Gay flamingos are not particularly rare and enjoy an elevated status with their choice of partner.

"If there aren't enough females or they don't hit it off with them, they will pair off with other males," Ms Waghorn said.

The pair are Greater Flamingos, the most widely dispersed of the six flamingo species, being found in Europe, Asia, Africa and North and South America. The average lifespan is about 30 years.

that's just gay.

[zepboy]

Gay flamingos . . . what a bunch of fools!

[ElfDude]

You always wondered, now you know!

[Me]

I didn't know that birds can be gay.

Thanks, Schuette!

[Walkinghairball]

What the flock????


I think they all have their peckers in a knot.

[ElfDude]

Some frightening info from a newly released report from the PEW Research Center.

* More than one in four Muslims (or 26%), aged 18-29, said "Suicide Bombing is Justified." 2% percent of them say it can often be justified, 13% say sometimes, and 11% say rarely. Add to that, the 5% don't know/refused to answer this easy, instinctive question, and it's even worse--for a total of 31%--almost a third of young American Muslims, who support homicide bombings. This younger group of Muslims is the most radical, the study found, and it's the largest group of Muslims in America. It is also the future of "America's" Islam.

* 12% of foreign-born Arab Muslims said that "Suicide Bombing Can be Justified Often/Sometimes." That's more than one in ten. 10% of them don't know/refused to answer. That's a total of 22% who apparently support homicide bombings. That's more than one in five and almost one in four. Yup, if you meet an Arab Muslim on the streets of America, it's a likely one in four chance he/she supports homicide bombings.

* 8% of all U.S. Muslims said suicide bombing is justified. Add to that the 9% that don't know/refused to answer, and you get 17%, almost 1 in 5 American Muslims. For all foreign-born U.S. Muslims, 9% support suicide bombings--plus 9% refusing to answer, and it's 18%. For all native-born U.S. Muslims, it's 8% who support the bombings, plus 5% who refused to respond--for a total of 13%. Yup, being born and raised in the U.S. isn't the moderating force it's cracked up to be . . . if you're raised in the Islamic faith.

* More than 1 in 4 American Muslims, aged 18-29, support Al-Qaeda.

This doesn't bode well at all.

[zepboy]

That, among other reasons, is why I support the right to have and BEAR arms. If honest, law abiding citizens, who do not believe in suicide bombing, have the ability to possibly stop a suicide bomber, it is their duty to themselves, their fellow sitizens, and their country to do so.

[Walkinghairball]

Some frightening info from a newly released report from the PEW Research Center.

* More than one in four Muslims (or 26%), aged 18-29, said "Suicide Bombing is Justified." 2% percent of them say it can often be justified, 13% say sometimes, and 11% say rarely. Add to that, the 5% don't know/refused to answer this easy, instinctive question, and it's even worse--for a total of 31%--almost a third of young American Muslims, who support homicide bombings. This younger group of Muslims is the most radical, the study found, and it's the largest group of Muslims in America. It is also the future of "America's" Islam.

* 12% of foreign-born Arab Muslims said that "Suicide Bombing Can be Justified Often/Sometimes." That's more than one in ten. 10% of them don't know/refused to answer. That's a total of 22% who apparently support homicide bombings. That's more than one in five and almost one in four. Yup, if you meet an Arab Muslim on the streets of America, it's a likely one in four chance he/she supports homicide bombings.

* 8% of all U.S. Muslims said suicide bombing is justified. Add to that the 9% that don't know/refused to answer, and you get 17%, almost 1 in 5 American Muslims. For all foreign-born U.S. Muslims, 9% support suicide bombings--plus 9% refusing to answer, and it's 18%. For all native-born U.S. Muslims, it's 8% who support the bombings, plus 5% who refused to respond--for a total of 13%. Yup, being born and raised in the U.S. isn't the moderating force it's cracked up to be . . . if you're raised in the Islamic faith.

* More than 1 in 4 American Muslims, aged 18-29, support Al-Qaeda.

This doesn't bode well at all.

I heard all of this on Savage yesterday. It made me ill.

"Every muscle tence to fence the Enemy Within."

Zep said

That, among other reasons, is why I support the right to have and BEAR arms. If honest, law abiding citizens, who do not believe in suicide bombing, have the ability to possibly stop a suicide bomber, it is their duty to themselves, their fellow sitizens, and their country to do so.

Agreed.

[CygnusX1]

Some frightening info from a newly released report from the PEW Research Center.

* More than one in four Muslims (or 26%), aged 18-29, said "Suicide Bombing is Justified." 2% percent of them say it can often be justified, 13% say sometimes, and 11% say rarely. Add to that, the 5% don't know/refused to answer this easy, instinctive question, and it's even worse--for a total of 31%--almost a third of young American Muslims, who support homicide bombings. This younger group of Muslims is the most radical, the study found, and it's the largest group of Muslims in America. It is also the future of "America's" Islam.

* 12% of foreign-born Arab Muslims said that "Suicide Bombing Can be Justified Often/Sometimes." That's more than one in ten. 10% of them don't know/refused to answer. That's a total of 22% who apparently support homicide bombings. That's more than one in five and almost one in four. Yup, if you meet an Arab Muslim on the streets of America, it's a likely one in four chance he/she supports homicide bombings.

* 8% of all U.S. Muslims said suicide bombing is justified. Add to that the 9% that don't know/refused to answer, and you get 17%, almost 1 in 5 American Muslims. For all foreign-born U.S. Muslims, 9% support suicide bombings--plus 9% refusing to answer, and it's 18%. For all native-born U.S. Muslims, it's 8% who support the bombings, plus 5% who refused to respond--for a total of 13%. Yup, being born and raised in the U.S. isn't the moderating force it's cracked up to be . . . if you're raised in the Islamic faith.

* More than 1 in 4 American Muslims, aged 18-29, support Al-Qaeda.

This doesn't bode well at all.

I heard all of this on Savage yesterday. It made me ill.

"Every muscle tence to fence the Enemy Within."

Zep said

That, among other reasons, is why I support the right to have and BEAR arms. If honest, law abiding citizens, who do not believe in suicide bombing, have the ability to possibly stop a suicide bomber, it is their duty to themselves, their fellow sitizens, and their country to do so.

Agreed.

Agreed as well, BUT:

DAMMIT - I really wish they would stop calling it "suicide" bombing.

It's HOMICIDE bombing.

they just-don't-get-it.