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The teacher was making the class of first graders recite the English alphabet.

So it came to the turn of a particular child who then felt an urgent need to walk down the hallway to use the restroom.

"Teacher, maam, I need to go to the restroom."

"Not yet. Recite your A-Z first."

"I can't, maam, I really need to go first."

"Recite it first, then you'll go."

"OK .... A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O ... Q R S T U V W X Y Z".

"What happened to your P?" the teacher asked.

What did the child say?

I think the CFA is irresponsible in encouraging a trait that is natural to the survival of the Maine Coon cat in the wild?

Unlike other cats, polydactylism in Maine Coons is not a disability or blemish but an evolutionary advantage of survival and dexterity.

Isn't the CFA acting like extremist Christians and Muslims who burn/tear down images of Buddha and Krishna because they think it they have the divine mandate to eliminate "undesirable" traits in society?

CFA authoritarians - please justify your reasons to encourage the extinctification of polydactylism in Maine Coons.

Two weeks ago, I answered a question about why Britain is not returning artefacts to Ethiopia with two simple sentences:

"What China demands from Britain, they get. What Africa requests from Britain, sorry."

The question had been there for a while, but 10 minutes after I submitted my answer, the question was "deleted". My activity showed I had two points for having answered a deleted question. But I found the question was reproduced under another question id, without my answer. Having done lots of programming, I would know how to reindex a question too.

The few other questions I answered after was also deleted, even though they were mild questions and answers like as though someone was shadowing my Yahoo activities and preemptively deleting the questions I laid my hands on. Frightening.

Do you think Yahoo is sucking up to China or do you think there are lots of pro-China trolls submitting deletion requests for answers/questions not favourable to China?

Two months ago, I had a non-offensive question why American Evangelical Christians say that they should not spend time and resources on environmental issues so as not to be diverted from their important goal of spreading their gospel but yet they spend a lot of time and money getting politically involved refuting (or in more modern terms "refudiating") that human activities causes harmful global warming. That they preach asking why should we take the risk of going to hell, and yet they spend time and money defending human activities that kills millions of unborn children worldwide. Yet all the while, their Jesus advocated a life of poverty and care for fellow humans.

There were quite a number of response, all of which were respectable, including from two pastors. That question was deleted. Why?

Frightening. Why??

Do you think that calling someone a tea party activist is a condescending insult? For example,

"He is like a Tea Party activist yelling all the right words."

"Tea Party is a cursory expression of what happened in Boston that day. The actual underlying activity was the Apple Cider Party that happened afterwards which then became the actual catalyst to the American Revolution. The American rebels threw all the tea overboard but brought home all the apple cider over which they discussed revolutionary plans."

Tea was important to the British but apple cider was important to the Americans. On the surface, the Boston tea party seemed to be provoked by the British Parliament's 1773 Tea Act. But the actual provocative issue was that the British restricted the Americans from brewing our favorite beverage at that time and Americans had to drink apple cider imported from England in pubs or else moonshine them at home.

Tea partying addresses the irrelevant issues (the 1773 Tea Act and Americans at that time did not like tea at all), whereas apple cider partying addresses the underlying core issues - the real issues.

Do you think Tea Partyers today just yell the right words but not address the relevant issues?

Don't you think we need more of apple cider activism?

I am not talking about Stallworth the cop who infiltrated the KKK.

In the 70's and 80's there was a black member of the Canadian chapter of the KKK. He was later expelled and he then sued the KKK for racial discrimination based on membership policies.

You probably have to be at least 50 years old to remember that.

Are there any verses or cascade of verses in any Bible that define

Universal healthcare = socialism = anti-christian

Are there any verses or cascade of verses in any Bible that makes a fatwa to promote anti-Socialism?

Did Jesus teach anything that could be projected into modernity that implies that he was against Socialism?

Does belief in Jesus and all the salvation perks that goes with it necessitate an anti-Socialism stand?

I want this to be answered by Catholics (and not by people out to criticise Catholicism).

Why are you supporting your Pope? Why are your cardinals defending him? Why can't you all make him abdicate in favour of a more responsible pope?

I don't understand ...

The Catholic church preaches against homosexuality but it condones activities of paedophilic gay priests.

When the Pope says that Cardinal Ratsinger, he could not rat and sing about the offenders because be was not aware. Is this not the same reason of Enron or Worldcom's CEOs - I was not aware, I had no control, I did not have the expertise.

He has no control over the sheep under his see? What excuse is that? Why aren't you guys clamouring for his abdication?

And his trusted aide who is the overseer of theological compliance and the vatican whip then trivialises the Holocaust just to defend his boss?

Having lost to the Broncos, the Dolphins, and the Colts ...

is there any way the Patriots would salvage themselves?

Is Tom Brady going to be of any help?

Sorry if the question offends anyone.

Has there been any way, archaelogically, literally or scripturally to verify that Jesus was male? Cannot refer to older Jewish scriptures as proof, since that would be circular arguments, since it cannot be proven that Jewish scriptures were talking about Jesus at all, just as it cannot be proven that the Christian gospels and epistles were talking about Mohammed at all.

Since, unlike Mohammed, Jesus never had offspring to demonstrate that he/she was male - therefore, Peter, Paul (except Mary and Joseph) and the rest never really physically verified that he/she was male. Not even the magi from the east verified.

BTW, how many magis were there actually that visited baby Jesus in the deep of Bethlehem winter on Dec 25? Was Santa Claus one of them too?

I read from CNN that Americans traveling to China who display flu-like symptoms may be randomly quarantined over concerns with H1N1 flu virus, or if you had sat on the airplane next to someone who was with fever and sick.

I am thinking, why not - presuming they would quarantine us in a cheap but reasonable hotel at their expense. If I can't go anywhere, except cooped up in the hotel room and some restricted amenities, I should at least get !!one week's FREE CHINESE FOOD!!, right?

My questions are

- what is the best city in China to get one week's free stay knowing that my movement would be restricted, I could at least be allowed to sit on the balcony and enjoy the sight and sounds?

- what are my chances of getting quarantined?

- how to induce fever that last just long enough for them to quarantine me?

A. Do you agree that Christian Conservatives in the US are

- killing millions and millions of born and unborn children worldwide through their ignorance of global warming.

- conducting gradual mass euthanasia by their mass rejection of publicly managed health care.

- allow themselves to be manipulated by businesses and politics who know how to speak their language.

It has been established that citizens in countries with government funded health care lower costs and live longer lives (http://us.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/11/life.expectanc...

B. What is the motivation behind their support for private agenda that lobbies against public health care and resolution of global warming issues?

Why do they allow themselves to be influenced and persuaded by groups who are clearly driven by greed?

C. Is greed driven Capitalism so important to the Evangelical system of salvation that they run profusely to its defence?

They give the excuse that global warming and social issues should not divert their attention from the business of "saving souls" but somehow they manage to find time and money to fight against, rather than for, resolving these issues?

Are they really pro-Life or a bunch of hypocrites?

Why? Is it because they themselves are the antichrist and the beast that their theology has prophesied that would destroy the world?

How can we get you to change your mind and open your eyes?

The use of the word "categorically" has been one of the most useless and lamest coined by American politicians.

When a politician or govt official or CNN says,

I "categorically deny" this has ever happened.

The White House made a "categorical statement" over the affair.

???!!!

What value does "categorically" add to the sentence besides bombasticism? It does not add any further meaning to the word "deny".

The only proper way to use the word "categorically" is

I arranged the CDs/books/email categorically.

To "categorically deny" would mean that the denying person has come up with a categorised list of reasons. A politician or official can't just make a "categorical statement" because categorical requires a list of categorised statements.

Don't you agree?

Our cat started chewing on our indoor house plants. She's 2.5 years 15 pound 2 ft long (nose to butt) cat.

So I started slicing up lettuce portions into her food. About half a leaf of lettuce daily. If she doesn't get her lettuce or I forgot, she would twirl around my feet to harass me. Sometimes she gets impatient that she smelled the lettuce I am cutting up for her, and she puts her front paws on the table to observe me slicing the lettuce. She eats up the lettuce in no time. She would not eat more than half a leaf a day.

We lived on a farm for a few months and our dog (pointer mutt) then learned from the horses and started chewing and eating grass. But he does not have the teeth to chew up the grass and he would regurgitate it. To prevent him from desiring for grass I too give him half a leaf of lettuce daily. He does not like eating carrots but he loves carrot soup mixed into his dog food. But so far, I have not given him carrot soup because I am not sure if carrot soup is good for him, but he never had any bowel problem after having carrot soup.

Should I continue feeding our dog carrot soup?

Does your dog or your cat like lettuce?

Do most cats or dogs like lettuce?

What do you think of the dietary behaviour of my cat and dog? Abnormal?

How do you compare Eeuwwe Bowel to Andy Kaufman or Days of Our Lives?

I prefer watching Eeuwwe Bowel to watching Days of Our Lives.

Days of Our Lives actors are either over acted or under-acted.

Do you find that Days of Our Lives seemed to be testing ground for new actors who are unsure of their facial expressions and whose body language is out-of-phase with their facial and verbal expressions.

Do you applaud Andy Kaufman like a visitor to an impressionist art museum? Trying to understand the artwork but not daring to offend anyone by criticising it.

Do you hate Eeeuwe Bowel because he has successfully demolished your favourite video game?

Do you hate Eeeuwe Bowel as much as a Mac/I-tune devotee ( having misplaced fanatic devotion to silly Apple devices) would hate Microsoft Windows?

Frequently, my cat would not eat until I watch her or eat with her. Sometimes, she pops her head while I am sleeping to wake me up to draw me to the kitchen where her food trough is. So I would like to take a survey of Maine Coon cats.

Where applicable - please choose more than one answer.

1. Your cat requests your presence when she eats

A. All the time

B. Frequently

C. Occasionally

D. Sometimes, your pet starts eating only when you eat something.

E. My pet does not exhibit such strange habits.

2. Gender (I meant the cat)

A. Male

B. Female

C. Fixed

D. Not sure

E. I don't have a Maine Coon cat (but I still wish to respond to the survey).

3. Age (the cat)

A. 1-

B. 1+

C. 2-4

D. 4+

E. 10+

4. Opens doors by turning the handle or knob

A. All the time

B. Frequently

C. Occasionally

D. My cat does not exhibit such strange behaviour

E. State some other reaction to doors.

5. You have deciphered the trill and murmuring language of your cat

A. I am able to converse with my cat using its trillmur language

B. I normally have a good idea what it wants from its trillmur

C. Its sounds are faint hints to me.

D. I know it wants something but I don't know what.

E. What trill? What murmur?

6. Your cat would give that rare high pitch meow

A. When it's excited

B. When it's desperate because you are not paying attention.

C. Never heard it meow before

D. It meows all the time

E. State some other reasons.

7. What do you do with the cat down shed

A. I sweep it up and throw it away

B. I collect it to refill my depleted down jacket.

C. I collect it hoping to sell it to Burlington Coat Factory.

D. I leave it alone

E. State some other disposition.

8. Even though bigger than other cats, my cat

A. runs away from confrontation

B. looks for a fight

C. never has problems with other cats

D. is never allowed outside

E. State some other reaction with other cats.

9. My cat

A. Is attracted to noise.

B. Is attracted to falling boxes.

C. Runs away from extreme loud noise.

D. Hides under the bed from any noise like other cats.

E. Describe other reaction to noise and falling things.

10. My cat

A. loves to approach strangers and visitors

B. harasses strangers and visitors with butting its head/body

C. hides under the bed like other cats when visitors come

D. pays no attention and continues its lazing

E. hides behind you with strangers.

11. My cat

A. demands that its litter box be meticulously clean

B. can tolerate a little mess

C. will poop beside the box if it is not spotless

D. will tolerate lots of mess

E. will hold for a long time until it is cleaned.

Q1. Is Hillary picked as SoS because

A. She is a formidable ally and experience extremely helpful to Obama.

B. She is a formidable rival turned into an ally and she has to be rewarded.

C. She is a formidable rival and Obama hopes to keep his SoS away from 2012 primaries.

D. All of the above.

Q2. If you were a Hillary Supporter, Would you want Hillary

A. To make another bid at 2012 primaries

B. Not to rock the boat unless Obama did badly as a Prex.

C. Should retire from elected politics and give her best to the country as SoS as a farewell present to us.

D. Regardless of Obama, make another try at 2012 primaries.

3. Bill will be there

A. To harrass Obama

B. To embarass Hillary

C. To keep out of sight

D. A & B

Any other comments: About Hill leaving the Hill for SoS?

Before we had rap and eminem, we had

Bob Dylan

Johnny Cash

Willie Nelson

and Charlie Daniels!

So Rap is not really a new development.

Would you classify Rhythmic Poetry aka Rap as a general class of music and the following as subcategories

- Hip-hop

- Dylan, Falco

- Rhythmic Country

- Cantones Opera

- Siamese & Malay Mak Yong

- Zapin fused with Ghazal

?

Anyone has a list (or you tube reference) of traditional rhythmic poetry of any other cultures? !!NOT tawdry imitation of American Hip-hop!!

Anyone has a youtube reference for zapin fused with ghazal of any language?

Dear Congress,

All over Yahoo and You Tube, Americans are saying NO.

NO $700B bailout but you guys seem to be going ahead with it. Is Congress acting as usual when the American people are saying NO but y'all simply disregard us and went to war.

Americans are not idiots and recognises a bad deal when we see it. Do you mean to say that Paulson and Bernanke are experts and Americans do not know what we want?

Even if Americans are idiots, we should be allowed to be idiots so listen to us! Is this a democracy or Fascist regime? The answer is NO, not even with safeguards. Yes to $700B but not on the banks.

Having done with the ranting, here are my questions:

1. Is anybody planning to march on Capitol Hill or their local city square to demonstrate against this bad deal?

2. How can we make Congress listen to NO? I have already written to Tom Allen.

3. Is there anyone who is saying YES. I mean many are saying YES to $700B for homeowners but NO to the banks. Are anyone out there who is saying YES?

4. Bernanke and Paulson simply made a sweeping statement "the alternative would be more costly" but never never detailed "how it would be costly". Anybody thinks they have a solid reason on "costly"?

Is Ashlee Simpson a relative of Bart, Homer, Maggie and Marge? How are they related?

She abruptly appeared on the scene out of nowhere few years ago.

Does she sing better than any of the Simpsons?