RKMBs Forums .::Important::. off topic and offensive posts I think the goddamn pilot light is out again.

Brrrrrr. fuckers.

I'm made for cold climates.

Just bust up a chair and burn it. That am will get you in heat.

Shared bodily warmth is good on these occasions.

Just make sure it's a big dog. Nothing sucks more than one small warm spot and a lot of surrounding coldness.

WOW!

oh

YUP

That's right, Pariah, just play it off .

I'm not sure whether or not that's agreement.

Congrats Uschi! Just move to Texas where its warm year round...or supposed to be! It's back up to 66 degrees today *yeahs*!

Yee-haws? No yee-haws?

Move to Texas? Move to TEXAS? MOVE to Texas??! MOVE to TEXAS??!?!?!?!!?!?!?

What the hell would I want to do that for?!

They'll shoot me for that? It was just a stupid sign!

I know what your answer is: It is the same answer that audiences give me whenever I discuss this particular problem. The answer is no. The taxpayers should not be required to finance items which are not official business but which are primarily political business.
Well, then the question arises, you say, "Well, how do you pay for these and how can you do it legally?" And there are several ways that it can be done, incidentally, and it is done legally in the United States Senate and in the Congress. The first way is to be a rich man. So I couldn't use that.

Getting shot in Texas is on my top 10 list of ways to die.

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Frank Burns is the king of spam! -Beardguy57

Frank is just a disturbed inividual, dont provoke him or he may turn violent
-Flameswordsman

"I hate Frank Burns! He reminds me of hell!" -Son of Mxy

"Don't encourage him"-Rex

Frank Burns is God. He's God's father, Maggedon. -Im Not Mister Mxypltk

Frank Burns is one of the best, if not THE best, alts to grace this board every
weekend. -Joe Mama

If it wasn't for Frank Burns' posts, many of my threads would have no replies in
them! "Thank you, Frank! -Lor

Does Frank Burns spamming this thread mean it has been officially been bumped, or
dumped? -Beardguy

Thus have many Off Topic threads perished...not with a wimper...not with a bang....but
with Frank Burns' spam. -Beardguy

God bless Frank Burns and his spamming. He occasionally dregs up important stuff I've
missed the first time around. -King Snarf

Frank Burns is the greatest alt ever.-Prometheus

I think Frank wants to come out of the closet -Beasrdguy

Frank thinks about sex..but does sex think about Frank? -Beardguy

Frank Burns speaks from experience, Oakley. He has four bastard children of his
own. -Anilman

Thank You Frank for your tireless efforts and your loyal support. You truly are the Rock
of the RKMBs. -PJP

let it be known Frank Burns now enlists in the New Regime. -Grimm

Fuck off Frank Burns, you arse bandit. And stick that in your signature.
-First Among Daves

please take your Frank Burns hating elsewhere. -Stupid Doog

Frank is one smart snake on a motherfucking plane. -Killconey

Frank Burns has just become my favorite alt ID. -Joe Mama

i hate frank burns spam -Rob

I've been quoted by Frank Burns! This is the greatest day in the history of everything
-King Snarf

Leave it to Frank Burns to add a bunch of shit to the off-topic forum.-alen1

Fucking Spams OT too much-Ballon knot

Frank Burns and Mopius should merge to create the ultimate factoids about sleeping
-Karl Hungus

frank burns really is the worst fucking alt id on these boards.-Fused

Frank am got aids.-Urg

ill get you frank! I swear it! -Kneutrons

Frank Burns is better than porno! Okay, not that good, but he's a close second.
Pornography, then Frank Burns, then levitating ninjas with kung-fu grip. Yeah.
-Jason E Perkins

He's a good guy, that Frank.-Jeremy

Hi Frank Burns... want to buy some of my daddy's Viagra?-Murtazins'-Daughter

Frank Burns is a shittier alt id than Mopius-Fused

Frank makes life worth living.-Hybrid

don't be mean to Frank. He posts various things, occasionally entertaining.-Uschi

Is Frank Burns just some renegade Google Bot that dumps random information here?-Illegal Machine

Frank Burns REALLY REALLY likes Mr. GayLA. The Time Trust

What will happen to the RKMBs when we're all old and senile?"They'll be
spammed by Frank Burns. Only daily, as he'll forget when
he last visited." Jeremy

off topic forum. if it wasnt for frank burns i wouldnt even know it was
still there...K-nutreturns

I like frank burns. he's better than most spammers cuz he always makes 2 post
s instead of 1. that shows moxie.-Stupid Doog


Frank Burns does not know the meaning of a joke, bad, good or indifferent.
-The Time Trust


I love you,Frank Burns.-Im Not Mister Mxyzptlk

Accept everything about yourself--I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end--no apologies, no regrets.--Clark Moustakas

Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment--the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.--Jorge Luis Borges

Be not anxious about what you have, but about what you are.--Pope Gregory I

Be what you are. This is the first step towards becoming better than you are.--J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare (Guesses at Truth: Second Series)

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.--Dr. Suess

Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.--Hans Christian Andersen

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.--Maya Angelou (quoted in Mind Your Own Bizniche by Squire)

But an accurate definition of the self is impossible. You are more than you realize, more than you can define. And the more time you spend trying to nail down the definition, the less time you spend living right now. ... Your past is not your identity... You, living now, is your identity.--George Lawrence-Ell (The Invisible Clock)

By your own soul, learn to live
And if men thwart you take no heed.
If men hate you have no care.
Sing your song, dream your dream,
Hope your hope and pray your prayer.--Parkenham Beatty

Committing yourself is a way of finding out who you are. A man finds his identity by identifying.--Robert Terwilliger

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.--Pope John XXIII

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.--Carol Mosely-Braun

A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.--Robert F. Bennett

Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do and damned if you don't.--Eleanor Roosevelt

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.--Dale Carnegie

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.--Janis Joplin

Don't listen to those who say, "It's not done that way." Maybe it's not, but maybe you will. Don't listen to those who say, "You're taking too big a chance." Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today. Most importantly, don't listen when the little voice of fear inside of you rears its ugly head and says, "They're all smarter than you out there. They're more talented, they're taller, blonder, prettier, luckier and have connections…" I firmly believe that if you follow a path that interests you, not to the exclusion of love, sensitivity, and cooperation with others, but with the strength of conviction that you can move others by your own efforts, and do not make success or failure the criteria by which you live, the chances are you'll be a person worthy of your own respect.--Neil Simon

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit.--Mary Lou Retton

Every year I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing, and which shirking pain, misses happiness as well. No one ever yet was the poorer in the long run for having once in a lifetime "let out all the length of all the reins."--Mary Cholomondeley

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It started back up, Pariah. no worries.

I'm gonna worry anyway. I don't want you to be all coldy.

When you choke a smurf, what color does it turn?

Does fuzzy logic tickle?

Do blind Eskimos have seeing-eye sled dogs?

Do they have reserved parking for non-handicap people at the Special Olympics?

Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?

Do radioactive cats have 18 half-lives?

If you shoot a mime, should you use a silencer?

What was the best thing before sliced bread

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For hundreds of years people have been awed by the bright lights and big noise of fireworks. The ancient Chinese used fireworks at festivities and to frighten enemies in battle. Captain John Smith set them off in Jamestown in 1608, enjoying a bit of English popular entertainment and impressing Native Americans.Legend has it that the Chinese made the first fireworks in the 800s, filling bamboo shoots with gunpowder and exploding them at the New Year with the hope that the sound would scare away evil spirits. According to tradition, Marco Polo brought this technology back to Europe.It's fair to say, however, that the origins of fireworks are shrouded in smoke; the China story is widespread, and possibly true, but fireworks may in fact have developed in India or the Arab world. Fireworks became known in Europe during the 1300s, probably after returning Crusaders brought them from the East.By the 1400s Florence, Italy, was the center of fireworks manufacturing. At this time fireworks were just one effect in a celebration rather than its focus. At religious festivals Italians made plaster figures that spewed fireworks from their eyes and mouths. The 1533 coronation parade for Anne Boleyn included a papier-mache dragon that belched fire. During the 1700s displays became more elaborate and were popular with European royalty. French king Louis XV ordered extravagant displays of fireworks at Versailles, and Russian czar Peter the Great put on a five-hour show after the birth of his son. Meanwhile, in the American colonies settlers used fireworks to mark happy occasions. Early fireworks were enjoyed more for the sound than the show—in its simplest forms gunpowder explodes quickly, leaving a terrific bang but not much to see other than a rather brief golden glow. Over time people discovered that using chemical compounds with greater amounts of oxygen made the explosives burn brighter and longer. The multi-hued displays we know now began in the 1830s, when Italians added trace amounts of metals that burn at high temperatures, creating beautiful colors. Other additives also produced interesting effects. For example, calcium deepens colors, titanium makes sparks, and zinc creates smoke clouds.

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As the economy continues to suffer a growing number of people are opting to
publicly pray about their every day tribulations. In Rockville, Md., local resident Rocky Twyman, 59, had heard enough from both fellow peers and the Holy Spirit.After hearing complaints about the rising gas prices from fellow volunteersat a local soup kitchen, Twyman, a long time activist, said he needed to do something.Twyman hit the streets and began campaigning for what now is nationally called the "Pray Down The High Gas Prices Movement." Beginning in the Maryland area, he and local and spiritual supporters went to gas stations with permission from the owners, gathered around the pumps cipher-style, and sang, prayed and also recruited paying customers. Once the media caught wind of Twyman's effort to introduce religion as a solution to the suffering economy versus bureaucratic dialogue, the prayergatherings grew both nationally and internationally.

A mallard duck mounted an epic rescue mission to recover her six chicks when they were washed down a storm drain.The ducklings seemed doomed when they were swept away from their mother down a drain cover in Newcastle, reports the Daily Mail.However, their determined parent refused to accept their loss, and followed their cheeps for over a mile, across roads, roundabouts, rail lines, two school fields and the grounds of a hospital.Eventually they came to a halt, and the unnamed mother duck stood guard by the manhole cover above them - for four hours.Jogger Peter Elliott, 59, had noticed the quacking mother as he set out, but was confused to find her still patrolling the same area upon his return.His two-year-old grandson James heard the stranded ducklings when he came out with his mother Vicki, 30, to investigate.Mr Elliott, his son-in-law Rob Jefferson, 30, and neighbour, Jim Calder, 62, armed themselves with a crowbar and other tools and set about rescuing the ducklings.

"We managed to haul this heavy manhole cover up and saw six little ducklings scrabbling around in the drain," said Mr Elliott. "We got a little fishing net from the house and lifted each duckling out in turn.