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    Image of Mrs. Beeton Mrs. Beeton
    12/10/09

    In reply to No Country For Old Men (Except China)
    Well, that NYT story on the Very Olds just reminded me to kill myself. Geez.
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    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    12/10/09

    In reply to No Country For Old Men (Except China)
    FYI I switched out the old pic which was this: [bblmedia.com]
    because some people thought it was racist. To me it just looked like a funny old white man but maybe I'm wrong. Anyhow BACK TO WORK.
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    Image of Atilla the Bun Atilla the Bun
    12/10/09

    @Hamilton Nolan: I couldn't even tell if that picture was of a human being, much less what race it was supposed to be.
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    Image of sanyucat sanyucat
    12/10/09

    @Hamilton Nolan: @Atilla the Bun: I would love to know with what race people associated that picture.

    OMG! BREAKING! NENE LEAKES IS DOING A MAKEOVER ON MAURY!!! (home sick)
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    12/10/09

    @Hamilton Nolan: IMHO, the old pic was way better. I think people are getting too sensitive these days.
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    Image of Tru Invincible Tru Invincible
    12/10/09

    In reply to No Country For Old Men (Except China)
    "Eight Oxycontin"?

    Damn.
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    Image of dolemite1975 dolemite1975
    12/10/09

    @#c17481711:DJ AM died from eight oxy pills, right?
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    Image of Tru Invincible Tru Invincible
    12/10/09

    @dolemite1975: Eeeeeeeeeeexactly.
    Hence the "Damn".
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    Image of dolemite1975 dolemite1975
    12/10/09

    @Tru Invincible:I am slow today, apparently.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    12/10/09

    In reply to No Country For Old Men (Except China)
    China's just doing our bubble, but doing it faster, cheaper, and with inferior quality and huge portions. So many people though.. so many credit cards to issue and granite and flatscreens and cars. Theirs could take 10-20 years to blow.
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    12/10/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: truth.
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    Image of Helio Helio
    12/10/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: there was a reason I hearted you.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    12/10/09

    @Helio: Oh hello there sailor.
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    Image of ParahSalin ParahSalin
    12/10/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Disagree. The Commies would have put a single bullet in the head of their bankers if they crashed the world economy. We give ours $30 billion dollars in bonuses and the right to charge us 30% interest on credit cards. Communists do capitalism way better than we do.
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    12/04/09

    In reply to Kids Heed Government's Call to Smoke Menthols
    What is the deal with menthols? It's like smoking cold air conditioned air.
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    Image of Helio Helio
    12/04/09

    @Maxichamp: i feel the same way. If you really want to freshen your breath, don't smoke or keep some tic tacs handy.
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    12/04/09

    @Maxichamp: whereas I feel like I'm going to be doing a threesome with two handsome hair models up in the crisp, cool pines.
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    12/04/09

    In reply to Kids Heed Government's Call to Smoke Menthols
    I don't know about you guys, but I really miss the Very Berry Opioids and the Tutti-Frutti Phenobarbitol.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    12/04/09

    @AzureTexan: My childhood was one endless Saturday morning in front of the TV set, with a bowl of Honey Comb Methodone.
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    12/04/09

    @BadUncle: And who can forget Kellog's Banana Nut Barbiturates?
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    12/04/09

    @AzureTexan: I was more of a Lucky Shards man, myself. Picking the marshmallows out of the fiberglass was my favorite part of a balanced breakfast.
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    12/04/09

    @Perhaps Not: Yeah, and remember the new improved Lucky Shards?

    "Now with more asbestos!"
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    12/07/09

    @AzureTexan: Of course! And the adorable Carlos Carcinogen, the friendly, tumorous mascot! I remember begging my mom for the name-brand stuff, not the cheap knockoffs like Polonium Puffs and Radical Rads.
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    12/07/09

    @Perhaps Not: It was helpful, you have to admit, when Kellogg's came out with Chemo Krispies.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    12/01/09

    In reply to How Are We Whipping Our Kids Into Fighting Shape?
    Also, can we finally start tracking gym classes? I get that there are all kinds of arguments why maybe you shouldn't separate smart kids out from lame kids in English, but gym, really?

    If you just let the hyper-competitive jocks be their own god-damn gym class, and let the rest of us do some tai-chi or some shit, everyone would be happier about exercise.
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    Image of kappakappaspankme kappakappaspankme
    12/01/09

    @braak: It seems like a lot of the comments are dealing with chubby teenagers who may have other issues contributing to their disdain for movement - like general adolescence. What about the elementary and tween set where children are more likely to engage in "play" as opposed to "blood sport?" Aren't they equally podgy?

    I'm not sure if this was regional or a sign of the times (I grew up in) but I recall the President's Physical Fitness Program (or something like that) where all of us little ones had to engage in minimal strength training and aerobic exercise in gym class - primarily before middle school. Do programs like this no longer exist?
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    Image of kappakappaspankme kappakappaspankme
    12/01/09

    In reply to How Are We Whipping Our Kids Into Fighting Shape?
    At the risk of sounding like Bill Maher (really - it pains me to write this), aside from the complete inertia of today's kiddos, I find fault with all of the chemicals we're pumping into little Billy and Sally. Not necessarily chemicals from food but chemicals from all of the mood altering meds fed to kids like Smarties were fed to some of us long-toothers. It's no secret that most anti-depressants/anti-anxiety meds pack on the pounds and create chunkers out of otherwise lithe people.

    Yes - these children need to get off their rears and move around. The neighbourhood bus stop is stacked with minivans and EnviroCrusher 3000s full of mommies and daddies who won't let there spawn walk to the phucking bus stop. That said - the go-to solution for behavioural problems these days is a fistful of pills. Pills that make you fat, slovenly, etc... regardless of age.
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    Image of Charlotte Rae's Web Charlotte Rae's Web
    12/01/09

    @kappakappaspankme: I just can't agree with your basic premise since the drug group that appears to be most over-prescribed is ADD/ADHD meds and those have the opposite effect in terms of food in general.
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    Image of kappakappaspankme kappakappaspankme
    12/01/09

    @Charlotte Rae's Web: Not exactly. [www.rollingstone.com]

    Now - this appeared in Rolling Stone in February. Imagine how long it's actually been discussed among doctors, therapists, educators and the like.
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    Image of Charlotte Rae's Web Charlotte Rae's Web
    12/01/09

    @kappakappaspankme: Zyprexa is nowhere near as common as Ritalin, Adderoll and the like.
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    Image of kappakappaspankme kappakappaspankme
    12/01/09

    @Charlotte Rae's Web: OK. You win. No more worrying about anti-depressants and anti-psychotics being prescribed for the children of America.
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    Image of Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate
    12/01/09

    In reply to How Are We Whipping Our Kids Into Fighting Shape?
    I remember having to take fitness tests in 6th grade. There were also several recesses a day; long, exercise-encouraged recesses. 7th-12th, we were required to take a PE class each semester.
    They don't do these anymore.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    12/01/09

    In reply to How Are We Whipping Our Kids Into Fighting Shape?
    As a former fat kid (with ongoing large motor skills gaps) I am in favor of this. Teaching physical education and nutrition as the foundation of a healthy lifetime, rather than an arena for humiliating people who aren't going to be competitive athletes. Yoga? Why not? Pilates? Yupper. Maybe get some tai chi and kettle bells in there, among other things, and more people might be happier overall and less of a burden to the health system.
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    Image of disproportionate response disproportionate response
    12/01/09

    @Smitros: more kettle bells, less kettle chips
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    12/01/09

    In reply to How Are We Whipping Our Kids Into Fighting Shape?
    I just want to throttle parents who are grossly overweight and have LITTLE kids who are already overweight. The kids probably are destined to remain struggling for life with their weight and the problems it causes. As everyone else has already stated, years ago we played outside, didn't sit on our asses playing video games and didn't get fast food several times a week.
    Every experience in America now centers around packing your piehole with crap. God forbid you should go to a store like Home Depot or Barnes and Noble without being able to mindlessly graze.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    12/01/09

    In reply to How Are We Whipping Our Kids Into Fighting Shape?
    so, are they going to put fat kids on their own short - yet wide - bus?
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    12/01/09

    @BadUncle: A stubby for the chubby.
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    12/01/09

    In reply to How Are We Whipping Our Kids Into Fighting Shape?
    That NES controller with with the round directional pad absolutely SUCKED. (I think it was the NES MAX.)

    In fact, I would go so far as to say the original standard NES controller is one of the greatest things Japan has ever produced.
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    Image of sanyucat sanyucat
    12/01/09

    @Botswana Meat Commission FC: What about tiny, tiny erasers? Or kamikaze pilots?
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    Image of noahjacquemin noahjacquemin
    12/01/09

    @Botswana Meat Commission FC: but it had turbo buttons!
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    12/01/09

    @noahjacquemin: That's just for lazy (fat) kids with slow thumbs.
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    12/01/09

    In reply to How Are We Whipping Our Kids Into Fighting Shape?
    Having just returned from Europe, all I can say is thank goodness someone is doing something about America's next generation of fatties. There wasn't an obese child or adult in the entire city of Dublin, but my goodness was that airplane filled to the brim with supersized 'mericans.
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    Image of NightElfMohawk NightElfMohawk
    12/01/09

    @misslinda: Well, apparently the Brits aren't paying attention to the Irish much...

    [www.ox.ac.uk]
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    Image of rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny
    12/01/09

    @misslinda: That's because the British still take all the fat Irish babies, eat them and make gloves of their skin.
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    12/01/09

    @NightElfMohawk: Ah, see I didn't say they weren't overweight, I said they weren't obese. There were no Lane Bryants, plus sized clothing departments, or motorized scooters because the general population was a normal size. While that might qualify as overweight by some measures, it certainly wasn't what you see on a trip to Mall of America for instance.
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    Image of meechybee meechybee
    12/01/09

    @misslinda: I just returned from Paris yesterday (yes, be jealous) and the portions are literally half of what we're used to here. I ate generously the week I was there (croissants, full-fat yogurts, wine, and whatever else I wanted) and still lost about four pounds.

    By comparison the croissant I got at Starbucks this morning was like a loaf of bread -- you could have fit three croissants from Paul inside of it.
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    12/01/09

    @meechybee: That's so funny, after my last visit to Paris (I think 3 years ago) I decided to go on a Parisian Diet which I defined as "eat half a portion of whatever the heck you want." So whatever meal was placed in front of me, whether at home or at a restaurant, I split in half. I was never hungry and never stuffed. Also, I bought smaller plates.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    12/01/09

    In reply to How Are We Whipping Our Kids Into Fighting Shape?
    Yeah, I'm calling kids today pansies. I can recall several instances of being downright threatened to exercise during school. And probably because of the horrors suffered, I didn't gain a "freshman fifteen" in college and most of us stayed pretty trim, didn't eat a lot of garbage (Vending machines didn't exist in my high school. What? You want a snack? Cut class and go to 7Eleven or suck it up with a water fountain until 3pm.), and mostly didn't complain. Exercise... just was.

    Not saying it was all fitness nirvana (See Pins or People rant below) but mostly we learned some shit about not being slothing maniacs. Here's a list:

    1) Gymnastics
    2) Weight training
    3) Flag Football (I'm a girl)
    4) Track and Field
    5) Aerobics
    6) Volleyball/Badminton
    7) Softball
    8) Basketball
    9) Field Hockey/Lacrosse/Soccer

    And of course, square dancing, kick ball, and jumping rope. AND we took showers. (This we fought everyday, but oh, so, necessary. Ever been in a classroom with twenty-five 13 year olds?)

    Kids are getting off too easy, too early.
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    Image of bboston88 bboston88
    12/01/09

    @Spirit Fingers: I second that.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    12/01/09

    @Spirit Fingers: Oh, you're a girl? I didn't know that.

    I think all gym classes should be replaced with Kung Fu.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    12/01/09

    @braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Kung Fu would be pretty excellent actually, but I'm thinking an untold amount of lawsuits could follow. Imagine if you could've roundhouse kicked some little fuckwad in the face as a pre-teen. I so would have.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    12/01/09

    @Spirit Fingers: Hm. A valid point, though I'm not sure that ability had anything to do with how many fights I got into as a kid. I didn't know how to throw a roundhouse, but I was happy to bite some fuckers in the eye.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    12/01/09

    @braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Hm. Biting in the eye...effective. But perhaps not as rewarding as a running mule kick to the sternum.

    I likes to work with mah feet.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    12/01/09

    @Spirit Fingers: I was working a shock-and-awe reputation in those days. I figured, skinny guy like me, the only way I'd be safe in high school is if I had a reputation as some crazy little bastard who would try and eat your face.

    Nobody wants to be a part of that, you know?
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