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Old 5th March 2008, 09:42   #2551
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Check the same person's review on Porche Boxster.
PORSCHE BOXSTER Review
someone actually fitted an LPG kit on a porsche
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Old 5th March 2008, 10:09   #2552
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someone actually fitted an LPG kit on a porsche
Come on, that review is only a joke. I think they will remove it once found.
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A child's guide to US Foriegn Policy

US Politics FAQ: A Child's Guide to US Foreign Policy

Note: A little lengthy but nevertheless a good read. It's funny . I enjoyed it. Hope you do to


Q: Daddy, why did we have to attack Iraq?
A: Because they had weapons of mass destruction honey.

Q: But the inspectors didn't find any weapons of mass destruction.
A: That's because the Iraqis were hiding them.

Q: And that's why we invaded Iraq?
A: Yep. Invasions always work better than inspections.

Q: But after we invaded them, we STILL didn't find any weapons of mass destruction, did we?
A: That's because the weapons are so well hidden. Don't worry, we'll find something, probably right before the 2008 election.

Q: Why did Iraq want all those weapons of mass destruction?
A: To use them in a war, silly.

Q: I'm confused. If they had all those weapons that they planned to use in a war, then why didn't they use any of those weapons when we went to war with them?
A: Well, obviously they didn't want anyone to know they had those weapons, so they chose to die by the thousands rather than defend themselves.

Q: That doesn't make sense Daddy. Why would they choose to die if they had all those big weapons to fight us back with?
A: It's a different culture. It's not supposed to make sense.

Q: I don't know about you, but I don't think they had any of those weapons our government said they did.
A: Well, you know, it doesn't matter whether or not they had those weapons. We had another good reason to invade them anyway.

Q: And what was that?
A: Even if Iraq didn't have weapons of mass destruction, Saddam Hussein was a cruel dictator, which is another good reason to invade another country.

Q: Why? What does a cruel dictator do that makes it OK to invade his country?
A: Well, for one thing, he tortured his own people.

Q: Kind of like what they do in China?
A: Don't go comparing China to Iraq. China is a good economic competitor, where millions of people work for slave wages in sweatshops to make U.S. corporations richer.

Q: So if a country lets its people be exploited for American corporate gain, it's a good country, even if that country tortures people?
A: Right.

Q: Why were people in Iraq being tortured?
A: For political crimes, mostly, like criticizing the government. People who criticized the government in Iraq were sent to prison and tortured.

Q: Isn't that exactly what happens in China?
A: I told you, China is different.

Q: What's the difference between China and Iraq?
A: Well, for one thing, Iraq was ruled by the Ba'ath party, while China is Communist.

Q: Didn't you once tell me Communists were bad?
A: No, just Cuban Communists are bad.

Q: How are the Cuban Communists bad?
A: Well, for one thing, people who criticize the government in Cuba are sent to prison and tortured.

Q: Like in Iraq?
A: Exactly.

Q: And like in China, too?
A: I told you, China's a good economic competitor. Cuba, on the other hand, is not.

Q: How come Cuba isn't a good economic competitor?
A: Well, you see, back in the early 1960s, our government passed some laws that made it illegal for Americans to trade or do any business with Cuba until they stopped being communists and started being capitalists like us.

Q: But if we got rid of those laws, opened up trade with Cuba, and started doing business with them, wouldn't that help the Cubans become capitalists?
A: Don't be a smart-***.

Q: I didn't think I was being one.
A: Well, anyway, they also don't have freedom of religion in Cuba.

Q: Kind of like China and the Falun Gong movement?
A: I told you, stop saying bad things about China. Anyway, Saddam Hussein came to power through a military coup, so he's not really a legitimate leader anyway.

Q: What's a military coup?
A: That's when a military general takes over the government of a country by force, instead of holding free elections like we do in the United States.

Q: Didn't the ruler of Pakistan come to power by a military coup?
A: You mean General Pervez Musharraf? Uh, yeah, he did, but Pakistan is our friend.

Q: Why is Pakistan our friend if their leader is illegitimate?
A: I never said Pervez Musharraf was illegitimate.

Q: Didn't you just say a military general who comes to power by forcibly overthrowing the legitimate government of a nation is an illegitimate leader?
A: Only Saddam Hussein. Pervez Musharraf is our friend, because he helped us invade Afghanistan.

Q: Why did we invade Afghanistan?
A: Because of what they did to us on September 11th.

Q: What did Afghanistan do to us on September 11th?
A: Well, on September 11th, nineteen men, fifteen of them Saudi Arabians, hijacked four airplanes and flew three of them into buildings, killing over 3,000 Americans.

Q: So how did Afghanistan figure into all that?
A: Afghanistan was where those bad men trained, under the oppressive rule of the Taliban.

Q: Aren't the Taliban those bad radical Islamics who chopped off people's heads and hands?
A: Yes, that's exactly who they were. Not only did they chop off people's heads and hands, but they oppressed women, too.

Q: Didn't the Bush administration give the Taliban 43 million dollars back in May of 2001?
A: Yes, but that money was a reward because they did such a good job fighting drugs.

Q: Fighting drugs?
A: Yes, the Taliban were very helpful in stopping people from growing opium poppies.

Q: How did they do such a good job?
A: Simple. If people were caught growing opium poppies, the Taliban would have their hands and heads cut off.

Q: So, when the Taliban cut off people's heads and hands for growing flowers, that was OK, but not if they cut people's heads and hands off for other reasons?
A: Yes. It's OK with us if radical Islamic fundamentalists cut off people's hands for growing flowers, but it's cruel if they cut off people's hands for stealing bread.

Q: Don't they also cut off people's hands and heads in Saudi Arabia?
A: That's different. Afghanistan was ruled by a tyrannical patriarchy that oppressed women and forced them to wear burqas whenever they were in public, with death by stoning as the penalty for women who did not comply.

Q: Don't Saudi women have to wear burqas in public, too?
A: No, Saudi women merely wear a traditional Islamic body covering.

Q: What's the difference?
A: The traditional Islamic covering worn by Saudi women is a modest yet fashionable garment that covers all of a woman's body except for her eyes and fingers. The burqa, on the other hand, is an evil tool of patriarchal oppression that covers all of a woman's body except for her eyes and fingers.

Q: It sounds like the same thing with a different name.
A: Now, don't go comparing Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. The Saudis are our friends.

Q: But I thought you said 15 of the 19 hijackers on September 11th were from Saudi Arabia.
A: Yes, but they trained in Afghanistan.

Q: Who trained them?
A: A very bad man named Osama bin Laden.

Q: Was he from Afghanistan?
A: Uh, no, he was from Saudi Arabia too. But he was a bad man, a very bad man.

Q: I seem to recall he was our friend once.
A: Only when we helped him and the mujahadeen repel the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan back in the 1980s.

Q: Who are the Soviets? Was that the Evil Communist Empire Ronald Reagan talked about?
A: There are no more Soviets. The Soviet Union broke up in 1990 or thereabouts, and now they have elections and capitalism like us. We call them Russians now.

Q: So the Soviets ? I mean, the Russians ? are now our friends?
A: Well, not really. You see, they were our friends for many years after they stopped being Soviets, but then they decided not to support our invasion of Iraq, so we're mad at them now. We're also mad at the French and the Germans because they didn't help us invade Iraq either.

Q: So the French and Germans are evil, too?
A: Not exactly evil, but just bad enough that we had to rename French fries and French toast to Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast.

Q: Do we always rename foods whenever another country doesn't do what we want them to do?
A: No, we just do that to our friends. Our enemies, we invade.

Q: But wasn't Iraq one of our friends back in the 1980s?
A: Well, yeah. For a while.

Q: Was Saddam Hussein ruler of Iraq back then?
A: Yes, but at the time he was fighting against Iran, which made him our friend, temporarily.

Q: Why did that make him our friend?
A: Because at that time, Iran was our enemy.

Q: Isn't that when he gassed the Kurds?
A: Yeah, but since he was fighting against Iran at the time, we looked the other way, to show him we were his friend.

Q: So anyone who fights against one of our enemies automatically becomes our friend?
A: Most of the time, yes.

Q: And anyone who fights against one of our friends is automatically an enemy?
A: Sometimes that's true, too. However, if American corporations can profit by selling weapons to both sides at the same time, all the better.

Q: Why?
A: Because war is good for the economy, which means war is good for America. Also, since God is on America's side, anyone who opposes war is a godless un-American Communist. Do you understand now why we attacked Iraq?

Q: I think so. We attacked them because God wanted us to, right?
A: Yes.

Q: But how did we know God wanted us to attack Iraq?
A: Well, you see, God personally speaks to George W. Bush and tells him what to do.

Q: So basically, what you're saying is that we attacked Iraq because George W. Bush hears voices in his head?
A: Yes! You finally understand how the world works. Now close your eyes, make yourself comfortable, and go to sleep. Good night.
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Red, Green & Blue Jerks

A man was in a hurry to meet his friend down at the nearby lake. On the way down there, he was stopped by a man fully dressed in red.
The man pulled over, and the red man asked, "Hi, I'm the red jerk of the highway. Have anything to eat?"
The man smiled and handed him a sandwich.
He continued down the highway and was yet again pulled over by a man fully dressed in green.
He stopped and the guy in green said, "Hi, I'm the green jerk of the highway. Have anything to drink?"
Without smiling, the man handed the green guy his coke.
He started off again and started to speed down the highway.
Yet again he was stopped by a guy fully dressed in blue. Sighing, he pulled over and pulled down his window, leant out and said, "Let me guess. You're the blue jerk of the highway. What do you want?" "Registration and license please" came the reply.

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Old 6th March 2008, 07:06   #2555
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@lotusking- that was sheer genius
 
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vito, that was hilarious.
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Actual dialogs by teachers and professors not good at English:

1. Our class teacher once said, "Pick up the paper and fall in the dustbin"

2. Our Hindi teacher said, "I'm going out of the world to America"

3. "Dont try to talk in front of my back"

4. "Dont laugh at the back benches, otherwise teeth and all will be fallen down"

5. Teacher in a furious mood: "Write down your name and father of your name"

6. "Ssh. Quiet. Principal is revolving around the college"

7. "Half of you go to the left, half of you go to the right and the remaining come behind me"

8. "I'll illustrate what I have in my mind" said the professor and erased the board

9. Librarian scolding: "If you will talk again I will kneel down outside"

10. "Tomorrow call your parents especially mother and father"

11. "Why are you looking at the monkeys outside when I am in the class?"
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Actual dialogs by teachers and professors not good at English:

1. Our class teacher once said, "Pick up the paper and fall in the dustbin"

2. Our Hindi teacher said, "I'm going out of the world to America"

3. "Dont try to talk in front of my back"

4. "Dont laugh at the back benches, otherwise teeth and all will be fallen down"

5. Teacher in a furious mood: "Write down your name and father of your name"

6. "Ssh. Quiet. Principal is revolving around the college"

7. "Half of you go to the left, half of you go to the right and the remaining come behind me"

8. "I'll illustrate what I have in my mind" said the professor and erased the board

9. Librarian scolding: "If you will talk again I will kneel down outside"

10. "Tomorrow call your parents especially mother and father"

11. "Why are you looking at the monkeys outside when I am in the class?"


My physics teacher in the lab,"Keep quiet!All of you'all.Why must you talk while I'm having my period?"

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My physics teacher in the lab,"Keep quiet!All of you'all.Why must you talk while I'm having my period?"
I had a physics professor in my Engg class who, on a hot day, kept saying "open the windows, let the air force come in!"
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Old 6th March 2008, 15:48   #2561
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some gems from my Physical ed teacher

1.all of you stand in a straight circle!!!
2.i saw you three going doubles on the cycle yesterday!
3.when some of us decided to have lunch before the lunch bell rang
he thundered-"ALL YOU EAT,COME OUT"
 
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have you heard the other classic:
open the windows and let the atmosphere come in!"
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Old 6th March 2008, 15:51   #2563
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have you heard the other classic:
open the windows and let the atmosphere come in!"
Thats good But I think air force is meant for more serious business!
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Old 6th March 2008, 16:04   #2564
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On the same lines..

My college seniors told me this when i joined. It was about a Physics prof.

One day when he entered the class he found some guy throwing stuff towards the girls side. He immediately told the guy to get out of the class.
When he was about to start the lecture he wanted to bring the guy back into the class but didn't get the exact words to use. So he went outside the class and with fingers pointing to the classroom said "Get out" ..

I was not sure if the guys made up this story but found very hilarious then.
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So he went outside the class and with fingers pointing to the classroom said "Get out" ..
Actually I have heard a better version. The lecturer got very angry with a student, but couldn't remember to say Get Out. So, he walked out and called the student out saying "Come here" and once the student was out, he said "Stay here" and then walked in.
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