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Another tip for newbies,wanting exercise
| Tue, 08-31-2004 - 6:03pm |
Today is Primary Election Day and the polls are open 7-7 in Florida. If it's election day in your state, get out there and vote. Take a walk to the polls (it's good physical exercise) and perform that other "exercise" of your right to vote as you best see fit. Our polling places, some of them anyway, also have an area where people can *elect* to give blood afterwards. Now I can't promise that it uses up massive amounts of calories, will cause any weight loss, but it sure will make you feel good (and it will help someone else) if you can see your way clear to do both: vote AND give blood. A two-fer! What a deal.
Forte

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I've been proud of myself for a long time, thank you very much.
"If Hurricane Frances makes landfall in Florida (and all the models show it will) it would be the worst double strike hurricane on a state in at least a century."
What does that have to do with the election?
"So you respond, in advance of that hurricane, by taking this opportunity to attack the state of Florida and all Floridians."
The hurricane and my joke about the election have nothing to do with each other. Stop making mountains out of molehills.
"I started the thread, to suggest posters take an opportunity to walk to their polls to vote in Primaries"
Florida was the only state that had a primary yesterday. Besides, not all of us can walk to our primary to vote. Your friend Astri certainly can't. I can't either, but not because of disability.
"Exercising one's right to vote, after all, burns calories"
Punching out those chads IS pretty challenging. Wait, did you mean physically challenging, or mentally challenging?
"(this is a 100 lbs board),"
Ah. Your favorite refrain. We know what this board is for.
"I also said that in Florida (and likely your states too) . . . ."
My state doesn't have physical polling places. Oh well. Guess I'll just have to go the gym.
"I hope there **really and truly IS ** a God, and that ** each of you** posting these slams at Florida get to explain that to Him."
I think God would find it amusing as well. After all, it's just an election. But He might not find jokes about misdirecting tourists in the face of an oncoming hurricane funny.
"That brand of meanness doesn't start overnight, and as Lucy Ricardo (a good comedian) use to say....' you got some 'spla'nin to do.'"
Oh, lighten up. I hate Californians too! Besides, I didn't even tell you my favorite memory of the 2000 election. On a sign held by a pro-Bush protester: "If you can read this, you must be a Republican."
"In the meantime, as we await the inevitable, FLORIDA LOCALS, please STAY SAFE. My prayers and positive thoughts are with my fellow ***FLORIDIANS*** who live here in Florida right now. "
And yet start your post with this:
"Are you proud of yourselves yet? "
FU and your **local** friends.
"What is an 'Oprah'?" - Teal'c, SG-1
Oh,and you know what!?I have family and friends in Florida,and even though I joke that they don't know how to vote...a hurricane is no laughing matter.So keep you s&*ts and giggles to yourself!!!
I WILL be talking to Him when my time comes. I think He knows the difference between a Florida VOTING joke and your tourist slams. I actually think YOU will be the one doing some spla'nin (as you put it. don't think the Hispanic contingent in Florida would be too happy with you there, Forte). You are the one who wants to DIRECT THE TOURISTS to the storm.....no one here does.
Your own posts have bitten you back, Forte. You and Astri started this, now you want to place blame elsewhere. I think you better go back and read your posts re: tourists.
Edited 9/1/2004 6:39 pm ET ET by two_kids
HERE, HERE! Let's not forget those who live in Virginia either! They have been seriously hit by some major flooding too over the hurricanes recently. My thoughts and prayers also go out to those who are traveling in Florida and Virginia and those who live in trailers and all those living along the Atlantic coast. How devasting! Let's not forget those poor people in Cuba who were first devastated not just the locals in Florida....
Let's all not forget to have a sense of humor about ourselves, because that is a good thing! Life is just too short.
Shawn and Heather Thornton 7/16/04
Heather and Shawn 7/16/04
"It's a Buffett song, oonagh. Don't make mountains out of molehills."
Now I say to you:
"It's an election joke, forte. Don't make mountains out of molehills."
Irony.
Erin
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Shame, for shame.
Jokes about voting are nothing compared to joking about sending people into danger during a hurricane--no matter how much you dislike tourists.
So, I think you need to rethink your rant......your friends were doing quite a bit of attacking in regards to Floridians (non-native and tourists).
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