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edina
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response 125 of 155:
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Apr 19 16:52 UTC 2002 |
Re 123 You really think so? Deoderant smells worse than body odor?
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happyboy
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response 126 of 155:
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Apr 19 17:07 UTC 2002 |
her shit don't stink neether, i betcha.
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edina
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response 127 of 155:
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Apr 19 17:07 UTC 2002 |
She's a vegetarian - I highly doubt that.
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brighn
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response 128 of 155:
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Apr 19 17:38 UTC 2002 |
#126> Let's ask Randy LeJeune.
#125> Depends on the sweat. Some people's sweat smells quite arousing to me.
Other's makes me puke.
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jazz
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response 129 of 155:
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Apr 19 18:03 UTC 2002 |
You don't want to ask Randy. He'd give you a dissertation on the
bouqet and compare it to the shit of other famous people.
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oval
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response 130 of 155:
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Apr 19 19:48 UTC 2002 |
honestly people, if you don't eat meat and tons of junk food, and you shower
every day, you really don't need deordorant.
"
Why Capitalists Want To Sell You Deodorant
1. Body smells are erotic and sensual. Capitalists don't like that because
they are impotent and opposed to all manifestations of sensuality and
sexuality. Sexually-awakened people are potentially dangerous to capitalists
and their rigid, asexual system.
2. Body smells remind us that we are animals. Capitalists don't want to
be reminded of that. Animals are dirty. They eat things off the ground. They
are openly sexual. They don't wear tuxedos or corsets or have their hair done.
3. Body smells are unique. Everyone has her own body smell. Capitalists
don't like individuality. There are millions of body smells but only a few
deodorant smells. Capitalists like that.
4. Deodorants are harmful. Many capitalists like that because they are
always looking for new illnesses to cure. Capitalists love to invent new
medicines. Medicines make money for them and win them prizes. They also cause
new illnesses so that they can invent even more medicines.
5. Deodorants cost you money. Capitalists are especially pleased about
that.
6. Deodorants hide the damage that capitalists' products cause to your
body. Eating meat and other body pollutants sold by capitalists makes you
smell. Wearing pantyhose makes you smell. Capitalists don't want you to stop
wearing pantyhose or eating body pollutants.
7. Deodorant-users are insecure. Capitalists like insecure people.
Insecure people don't start trouble. Insecure people also buy room freshners,
hair conditioners, and makeup.
8. Deodorants are unnecessary. Capitalists are very proud of that and they
win marketing awards for it. "
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happyboy
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response 131 of 155:
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Apr 19 20:27 UTC 2002 |
/skips that last post while frying some porkchops.
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brighn
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response 132 of 155:
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Apr 19 21:01 UTC 2002 |
*asks to lick barry's armpits, but only if he refrains from deodorant*
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oval
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response 133 of 155:
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Apr 19 21:02 UTC 2002 |
hey i eat meat sometimes - is how i know it's true.
i also emit curry odor through my pores when i eat curry.
when i go in a public place i can smell the deodorant-wearing junkfood-eating
people. they stink. they smell like chewed bubblegum on the floor of a movie
theater.
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happyboy
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response 134 of 155:
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Apr 19 21:04 UTC 2002 |
/gives oval and brighn a BIG SWEATY MEATGREASE HUGGLSEZES
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oval
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response 135 of 155:
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Apr 19 21:08 UTC 2002 |
it's my kickin phermones, ain't it.
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happyboy
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response 136 of 155:
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Apr 19 21:09 UTC 2002 |
dudette!
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brighn
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response 137 of 155:
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Apr 19 21:11 UTC 2002 |
Yah, dat's what it is all right.
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anderyn
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response 138 of 155:
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Apr 19 23:31 UTC 2002 |
This response has been erased.
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other
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response 139 of 155:
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Apr 20 01:35 UTC 2002 |
re #128: WHEN were you sniffing my sweat, brighn?
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jazz
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response 140 of 155:
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Apr 20 02:06 UTC 2002 |
Okay. I'm just a neat freak, I guess.
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brighn
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response 141 of 155:
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Apr 20 04:24 UTC 2002 |
#139> There was that one night... I snuck into your laundryroom... I just had
to find out...
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happyboy
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response 142 of 155:
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Apr 20 13:06 UTC 2002 |
PIT FETISH
PIT FETISH!!
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scg
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response 143 of 155:
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Apr 21 00:41 UTC 2002 |
On the rare occasion that I've been back in Ann Arbor or other indoor
smoking-permitted parts of the country, I've been amazed at how bad the
non-smoking sections of restaurants that have smoking sections smell. I don't
think I noticed it nearly so much when I lived there, probably just taking
it for granted. I did, when I lived in Ann Arbor, attempt to avoid
restaurants without non-smoking sections. In California I do find it quite
nice that I don't have to worry about whether a restaurant will be smoky
before going in. Of course, I still have to worry about whether the food is
good and so forth, so I suppose having one more factor to consider wouldn't
be a huge deal. I have found in other parts of the country that I have
problems when people seat me in the smoking section without asking, since it
no longer occurs to me that I need to specify non-smoking. California's ban
sometimes strikes me as a little silly -- solving a problem with legislation
that could be mostly solved by the market -- but it also makes California a
much more pleasant place to live.
I don't know if the statistics I've heard are accurate or not, but the story
I've heard several times is that California bars saw their business increase
when smoking was banned, due to all the people (like me) who tended to avoid
such places when they were full of smoke. When such bans are proposed in
other places I keep seeing quotes from bar owners about how such a ban would
put them out of business. Is the story I've heard about the ban's effect in
California true? Is there any evidence to suggest that the bar owners
elsewhere are right that their business would be reduced by a ban?
I also keep hearing that such bans are unenforcable. I haven't seen any
evidence of enforcement in California, although I'm sure some probably goes
on. Mostly, smoking in an indoor public place is something that just isn't
done, at least in the Bay Area -- the smokers know they need to go outside
to smoke, and do so.
I suspect that a ban on outdoor smoking would be a bad idea, given the number
of smokers I know who smoke outside by not in their own houses. I suspect
many of them would start smoking in their houses if they couldn't do so
outside -- smoking is supposedly quite addictive -- thus creating difficult
decisions for their friends about whether to avoid visiting them, and exposing
their children (who don't have a choice about living in their parents' houses)
to a lot more smoke.
Protecting the workers does strike me as a much better reason for a ban on
restaurant and bar smoking than protecting the customers. The customers can,
of course, choose to eat or drink elsewhere. The workers may in some cases
have to choose between working there and not eating.
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gull
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response 144 of 155:
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Apr 21 02:27 UTC 2002 |
Re #130: Is it also capitalists that have made shirts with soaking wet,
stained armpits unfashionable?
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oval
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response 145 of 155:
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Apr 21 02:40 UTC 2002 |
no, only people that don't bathe, launder their clothes, or eat properly.
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keesan
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response 146 of 155:
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Apr 21 13:28 UTC 2002 |
I have neighbors on both sides that smoke outdoors. I have to be careful,
in warm weather, about when I go out to get the mail as there is usually
someone smoking a few feet from the mailbox. She leaves her windows open so
I cannot leave mine open. (Side by side apartments). But I will try to
remember to be grateful that I can go near a tree!
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edina
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response 147 of 155:
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Apr 22 16:30 UTC 2002 |
Do people that have allergies get treated for them? My grandmother is
allergic to a bunch of stuff (mold, cats, chocolte, wheate, dairy, etc.) She
started going for shots about 5 years ago - two shots, twice a week - now she
is down to one shot every 2 weeks in teh summer and one shot every 6 weeks
in teh winter. So, it can be helped along.
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glenda
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response 148 of 155:
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Apr 22 16:51 UTC 2002 |
I got shots on a regular basis for 7 years. Stopped them for many years, went
back on them for 2-3 years. Am off again. I use a nasal spray, take Dr.
recommended anti-histamines and pseudophedrin currently.
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slynne
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response 149 of 155:
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Apr 22 19:06 UTC 2002 |
I had a Rx nasal spray for the airborne allergies but found that good
old fashioned benedryl worked just as well. I just avoid the one food I
am allergic to since my reaction isnt life threatening (unless one
considers the potential wrath of a roommate due to horrible fart smells
that are the first symptom I get after eating that food).
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