A little boy came down to breakfast. Since they lived on a farm, his mother asked if he had done his chores. "Not yet," said the little boy. His mother tells him he can't have any breakfast until he does his chores. Well, he's a little pissed, so he goes to feed the chickens, and he kicks a chicken. He goes to feed the cows, and he kicks a cow. He goes to feed the pigs, and he kicks a pig. He goes back in for breakfast and his mother gives him a bowl of dry cereal. "How come I don't get any eggs and bacon? Why don't I have any milk in my cereal?" he asks. "Well," his mother says, "I saw you kick a chicken, so you don't get any eggs. I saw you kick the pig, so you don't get any bacon, either. I also saw you kick the cow, so you aren't getting any milk this morning." Just about then, his father comes down for breakfast, and he kicks the cat as he's walking into the kitchen. The little boy looks up at his mother with a smile, and says, "Are you going to tell him, or should I?

Originally posted by flying-still: And he strikes again! you sure the insanity was temporary? Are we keeping records now??? If sarcasm is what I get for a genuine apology then I think I shouldn't apologise at all. Next time I have a "Brain Fart" I'll be sure to stand by my comments. by the way, whats the deal with "Full Mail-boxes"??? :confused:

Originally posted by Ameenah: ^^^ Nice repost I don't think you can, I'd go for Barwaqos bull detector thing though. Just tell him, 'babes its cool, I prefer a brother with prior experience anyway..' and watch him run his mouth lol That's called Entrapment. You lie to guy to get the reaction you want and he lies right back at you to impress you. Tell me how you benefit from this when he says "I can appreciate your preference for an experienced brother and I hope you can appreciate my preference for a decent woman" So now you have a "pure" guy thinking you're only after one thing.....soooo sad.

sorry about that...I apologise to the sister as well as to the other Nomads. I had a case of temporary insanity. I'll try to construct my opinions in a more civilised manner in the future.

Try this: Go to google.com and type in weapons of mass destruction, and click the I'm feeling lucky tab and read the full message carefully.

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR....RELEVANCE That has to be one of the dumbest questions ever asked. its like asking how do you know someone is stup!d?...you 'll know when they open their mouth and ask " how can you tell if that guy is a virgin?" in others words you can't know until it's "too late". now there may be some obvious behavioural symptoms but even those can be a little misleading. So unless you have documented proof (pictures and videos), or you took part in the action, you will never know for 100% fact.

Music in Islam and why those who deny it is haram are commiting an act of kufer. (The rule in islam "denying something in islam that haram to being halal or something halal to being haram is kufer" it renders one a non beliver.) The qur'an and hadeeth, along with the statements of the companions and salaf confirm the prohibition of music. Surah Luqmaan:06 'and there are among men those who purchase idle talk (music and poetry) in order to mislead others from Allah's path without knowledge, and who throw ridicule upon it 'Idle talk has been interpreted to mean singing, listening and playing of musical intruments by various scholars and companions including Abdullah Ibn Masood ans Abdullah Ibn Abbas. Masood when questioned about the term Idle Talk replied 'I swear besides whom there is no other God, that it refers to singing (ghinaa). Contrary to popular belief there are a number of Sahih (Authentic) Hadeeth which clearly point to the fact that music, instruments, singing to the accompaniment of instruments etc. are prohibited by the Shari'ah. Sahih Bukhari> 'there will be those of my Ummah who will seek to make lawful: fornication, the wearing of silk, wine drinking and the use of musical instruments..' The words, 'seek to make lawful', shows that music is not permissible. Furthermore the prohibition of music is mentioned along with major sins like drinking and fornication. Ibn Majah, Abu Dawood and Ibn Habban>> 'A people of my Ummah will drink wine, calling it by other than that, it's real name. Merriment will be made for them through the playing of musical instruments and the singing of female singers. Allah will cleave the Earth under them and turn others into Apes and Pigs' There are Hadeeths by Haakim Al Mustadrak, Musad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal and Majma uz Zawaaid that say 'Two cursed sounds are that of the wind instrument and that of wailing upon the occurrence of adversity' Bukhari & Muslim both quote 'Remember! To fill a persons stomach with puss is better than to fill it with poems.' There are those who will argue that the prophet (saw) liked the sound of the Duff (a small hand drum without steel jingles) The beating of the Duff at weddings was not for the purpose of music, it was to announce the wedding. An Nasee&Tirmidhi>> 'that which distinguishes the allowed marriage from the forbidden is the sound of the duff' Though the scholars argue that the use of the duff was even only allowed for women.The duff was used by Arabs without rhythm, melody or any trace of immorality. In the highly regarded book on fiqu and fatawa FATAWA RAHIMIYAH, it states 'Quawwali ,tabla and musical intruments etc. are absolutley prohibited (haram). It is reported in the Musand of Ibn Abi Al-Dinar that the holy prophet (pbuh) said "In the last era a community from this Ummah will be transformed into monkeys and swines" The companions said "oh apostle of Allah! Will they not be believing in the Kalima 'there is no deity but Allah and Mohammed is his apostle'?" the prophet (saw) said "why not?" the companions asked "then what will be the reason for this punishment?" the prophet (saw) replied "they will adopt the profession of singing and music" he also said "It is a sin to hear music, it is a fault to sit at a musical fete and it is infidelity to derive pleasure from it" (Nisab, b.52,p 103, DM&S vol 5 p 306)

OG_girl, I have to say to say I agree with you 100% and I'm not encouraging any guy to run out and do it but at the same time if the situation was such that it was appropriate then I would support it. I just don't see why SOME of these girls are getting all rowdy about it.

Originally posted by somealien: isnt it obvious? you yrself dont feel comfortable with him anymore, i say thats grounds enough to break up with him. What????? You're one of those chronically single women, aren't you? ( you don't have to answer that - you know yourself and I won't believe you if you say you're not). Just like that break it off. what ever happened to stuff like..."talk to him and tell him you're not ready". A little quick on the trigger there...slow down a little.

So what you're saying is that the Islamic Shari'a is wrong and it should changed. Maybe you would prefer it if he just slept with other women behind your back. I personally wouldn't want to have two wives. But I stand by my religion 100%....I won't take the good and throw out the bad rules. This is just an assumption, but I detect some insecurity. If you're a good wife and you do everything you're supposed to I don't think he'll be straying off to other women.

Originally posted by 2Cute: 1- NO SEX B4 MARIAGE 2- NO SEX B4 MARIAGE AGAIN 3- NO LYING. TELL THE TRUTH 4- PRAY 5TIMES. NO SKIPING 5- RESPECT UR WIFE .I'M SURE SOME OF THEM DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THAT.. 6- SOMETHING CALLED SADAQO. DO U EVER ??????? 7- GO TO XAJ IF U CAN. 8- FASTING IF U STILL REMEMBER, NO SMOKING AND SAY I ASK GOD FOR PERMISION.... AND MORE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HE MENTION HIS QURAN...HAVE THEY EVER ????? HERE THEY ARE ALWAYS RUNING THERE MOUTH GOD LET US HAVE 3 AND 4WIFES.. HE ALSO TOLD U TO SATISFY THEM AND TREAT THEM EQUALY AND ASK THEM IF THEY AGREE WITH UR DESISION IF THEY NOT, WELL END OF STORYYYYYYYYYY NO EXTRA FOR U BRO............../ So, 2Cute, are saying that if your husband did all of the things you listed above and was a good muslim and a good father, you would be happy for him if he married another younger woman? By the way, I don't why and how you can run off and judge every man of using it as an excuse. Firstly, it is approved in the religion. Secondly, there are strict conditions as to when and how he can do it. It may not be for everyone, but there are some people out there who do meet the requirements and do get married to 2 or 3 wives. You should be happy for them and their families instead of trying to ingnite fitna in a happy home

Originally posted by BARWAAQO: What happened to innocent until proven guilty? I don't think that applies in this case....there's pictures. I sympathize with the girl who had to see that kind of picture from a man she was ready to marry. At this point the burden of proof is on him. Maybe it's the guy's boy-friend that sent her the pictures. If he is gay, she should publish the facts, let the world know and let him live in shame.

Lets see, 1) Lied about my age to get into movies... 2) Lied about my age to get a job.... 3) Lied about my age to get into this country... 4) Lied about my age to get an older woman... 5) Lied about my age to buy stuff... I fail to see what the big deal is. Who's out senting these age standards anyway? In case cable tv, shopping malls and alleged higher education have blurred your memories, we come from a culture where 15 yr old girls get married and have 2 kids by the time the hit 17.

to Gauge Maturity

I feel like the only one from Baadiye....you guys put the "mad" in Nomad...international globetrotters. I had an Abti that left in the 60's to go study somewhere in Europe and a week after he left, he disappeared and was written off as dead. 33yrs later, out of the blue, he tracks down my mom and calls. This guy has been living in Brazil, married to a Somali woman and has kids older than me. I guess it's in our blood to roam.

So here's the deal. Allah is most merciful and Forgiving. For the short time we have in this life, giudelines have been set as to what you can and cannot do. So within the set timeframe you collect "bonus points" for doing right and you lose points for doing wrong. However, when you do wrong within this time you can go back and correct it. When the time runs out and you meet your make on Judgement day, the points are counted and you can't request more time because the deadline has past. That is probably the simplest way I can explain this.

Tagane, I read the article and I REALLY doubt that was a true story. I've seen other "stories" written by this Afdheere guy. He exagarrates. He's like the HR dept for the gay community. writing these articles to show that it's OK and this has been going on forever. What ever people like them say is irrelevant because they will burn in hell. Phobia means fear...I'm not homophobic...I just can't stand filth.

...no they blame the unappreciative driver that messed-up the machine.....

The more powerful a nation becomes, the more it asserts its victimhood. In contemporary British eyes, the greatest atrocities of the 18th and 19th centuries were those perpetrated on compatriots in the Black Hole of Calcutta or during the Indian mutiny and the siege of Khartoum. The extreme manifestations of the white man's burden, these events came to symbolise the barbarism and ingratitude of the savage races the British had sought to rescue from their darkness. Today the attack on New York is discussed as if it were the worst thing to have happened to any nation in recent times. Few would deny that it was a major atrocity, but we are required to offer the American people a unique and exclusive sympathy. Now that demand is being extended to earlier American losses. Black Hawk Down looks set to become one of the bestselling movies of all time. Like all the films the British-born director Ridley Scott has made, it is gripping, intense and beautifully shot. It is also a stunning misrepresentation of what happened in Somalia. In 1992 the United States walked into Somalia with good intentions. George Bush senior announced that America had come to do "God's work" in a nation devastated by clan warfare and famine. But, as Scott Peterson's firsthand account Me Against My Brother shows, the mission was doomed by intelligence failures, partisan deployments and, ultimately, the belief that you can bomb a nation into peace and prosperity. Before the US government handed over the administration of Somalia to the United Nations in 1993, it had already made several fundamental mistakes. It had backed the clan chiefs Mohamed Farah Aideed and Ali Mahdi against another warlord, shoring up their power just as it had started to collapse. It had failed to recognise that the competing clan chiefs were ready to accept largescale disarmament, if it were carried out impartially. Far from resolving the conflict between the clans, the US accidentally enhanced it. After the handover, the UN's Pakistani peacekeepers tried to seize Aideed's radio station, which was broadcasting anti-UN propaganda. The raid was bungled, and 25 of the soldiers were killed by Aideed's supporters. A few days later, Pakistani troops fired on an unarmed crowd, killing women and children. The United Nations force, commanded by a US admiral, was drawn into a blood feud with Aideed's militia. As the feud escalated, US special forces were brought in to deal with the man now described by American intelligence as "the Hitler of Somalia". Aideed, who was certainly a ruthless and dangerous man, but also just one of several clan leaders competing for power in the country, was blamed for all Somalia's troubles. The UN's peacekeeping mission had been transformed into a partisan war. The special forces, over-confident and hopelessly ill-informed, raided, in quick succession, the headquarters of the UN Development Programme, the charity World Concern and the offices of Medecins sans Frontieres. They managed to capture, among scores of innocent civilians and aid workers, the chief of the UN's police force. But farce was soon repeated as tragedy. When some of the most senior members of Aideed's clan gathered in a building in Mogadishu to discuss a peace agreement with the United Nations, the US forces, misinformed as ever, blew them up, killing 54 people. Thus they succeeded in making enemies of all the Somalis. The special forces were harried by gunmen from all sides. In return, US troops in the UN compound began firing missiles at residential areas. So the raid on one of Aideed's buildings on October 3rd 1993, which led to the destruction of two Black Hawk helicopters and the deaths of 18 American soldiers, was just another round of America's grudge match with the warlord. The troops who captured Aideed's officials were attacked by everyone: gunmen came even from the rival militias to avenge the deaths of the civilians the Americans had killed. The US special forces, with an understandable but ruthless regard for their own safety, locked Somali women and children into the house in which they were beseiged. Ridley Scott says that he came to the project without politics, which is what people often say when they subscribe to the dominant point of view. The story he relates (with the help of the US Department of Defense and the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff) is the story the American people need to tell themselves. The purpose of the raid on October 3rd, Black Hawk Down suggests, was to prevent Aideed's murderous forces from starving Somalia to death. No hint is given of the feuding between him and the UN, other than the initial attack on the Pakistani peacekeepers. There is no recognition that the worst of the famine had passed, or that the US troops had long ceased to be part of the solution. The US hostage-taking, even the crucial role played by Malaysian soldiers in the Rangers' rescue, have been excised from the record. Instead -- and since September 11th this has become a familiar theme -- the attempt to capture Aideed's lieutenants was a battle between good and evil, civilisation and barbarism. The Somalis in Black Hawk Down speak only to condemn themselves. They display no emotions other than greed and the lust for blood. Their appearances are accompanied by sinister Arab techno, while the US forces are trailed by violins, oboes and vocals inspired by Enya. The American troops display horrific wounds. They clutch photos of their loved ones and ask to be remembered to their parents or their children as they die. The Somalis drop like flies, killed cleanly, dispensable, unmourned. Some people have compared Black Hawk Down to the British film Zulu. There is some justice in this comparison, but the Somalis here offer a far more compelling personification of evil than the blundering, belligerent Zulus. They are sinister, deceitful and inscrutable; more like the British caricature of the Chinese during the opium wars. What we are witnessing in both Black Hawk Down and the current war against terrorism is the creation of a new myth of nationhood. America is casting itself simultaneously as the world's saviour and the world's victim; a sacrificial messiah, on a mission to deliver the world from evil. This myth contains incalculable dangers for everyone else on earth. To discharge its sense of unique grievance, the US government has hinted at what may become an asymmetric world war. It is no coincidence that Somalia comes close to the top of the list of nations it may be prepared to attack. This war, if it materialises, will be led not by the generals in their bunkers, but by the people who construct the story the nation chooses to believe.

Here's another one of those sobering articles: Introduction: Learn to love yourself. Build your self-esteem. Don't feel guilty, learn to forgive yourself. Such mantras of the self help movement pervade popular media, talk shows, business motivational literature, teen counseling, and drug addiction counseling. They are often referred to by television stars, psychiatrists, psychologists, desk calendars, CEOs, and New Age "religious" material. Initially they sound good. They appear to be sound advice. And they are repeated so often that they quickly make the transition from advice and opinion to popular belief and eventually way of life. Close examination of the application of these phrases reveals a tremendous destructive element to them. An analysis of guilt will illustrate the point. Definition of Guilt: Guilt (gilt) n. 1. a) the act or state of having done a wrong or committed an offense; culpability, legal or ethical b) a painful feeling of self-reproach resulting from a belief that one has done something wrong or immoral 2. conduct that involves guilt; crime; sin. (Source: Webster's New World Dictionary, Second College Edition) As mentioned in the definition, guilt is a "painful" experience. We have all learned this on our own. No dictionary is needed to call attention to the pain of guilt. Knowledge of guilt as a painful, self-reproachful feeling is not the problem. The problem lies in understanding the significance of it and acting accordingly. Enter the self help movement...Quite appropriately, the self help movement, too, defines guilt as a painful, unwanted experience. But rather than addressing the act, thought, or intentions which have brought guilt about, the self help tendencies are to encourage and train people not to feel guilt at all. "Self judgment is one of the main characteristics that leads to depression. The word 'should' is a judgmental word." (a popular talk show 11/3/01) That the pain of guilt is somehow bad, negative, counterproductive, or destructive. In actuality, guilt is quite the opposite. It is a healthy, productive, protective, and positive feeling that motivates, trains, and encourages correction of one's mistakes, and thus may serve to prevent future mistakes. Similar to the pain of touching a hot stove causing an immediate withdraw reaction, guilt has the potential to intiate withdrawal from committing regretful and sinful acts. Just as we remember the painful consequences of touching the stove, we remember the pain of doing wrong. Self-Esteem: To esteem the self is to raise it up. This is not necessarily a good thing. Islam literally means "submission" and Muslim literally means "one who submits". They are words that by their very nature require humility. It is humility that places one's forehead on the ground in prayer, not self-esteem. Guilt and Fever: Just as a fever indicates that something is wrong, and may serve a protective function, so too with guilt. When one feels febrile, the search begins for a source of the fever, be it infection, blood clots, cancer, whatever. Once the source is found, it is addressed. Guilt should evoke a similar response. Once the source of the guilt is known, it should be addressed. If you have wronged someone, set out to correct the wrong. If you have committed a sin, seek the forgiveness of Allah. Guilt and remorse are necessary for one to even know that a wrong has been committed. If the guilt is masked, ignored, or replaced with some other "positive" feeling, the source of that guilt is never addressed. Guilt and Regret as Conditions of Tawba (Repentance): "...Seek the forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him in repentance..." (Holy Qur'an 11:3) Seeking repentance is not merely a verbal request. It has conditions. According to the scholars of Islam, these include: #1 Immediate cessation of the sin, #2 Regret for what is past, #3 Determination not to return to the sin, and #4 Restitution of victims’ rights, or seeking their forgiveness. These are all necessary and cannot be divorced from each other. "And those who do not make tawbah are indeed the dhaalimoon (wrongdoers)." (Holy Qur'an 49:11) Were we to adopt the self help notion of guilt as destructive and harmful, we would be less likely to fulfill the other conditions of repentance. If we feel no regret, we would not be inclined to stop the wrongdoing. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Remorse is repentance." (Reported by Ahmad and Ibn Maajah; Saheeh al-Jaami’) Following Conjecture: On an individual level, masking and denying guilt has the potential to encourage sin and wrongdoing. Far worse, however, it calls the entire prophetic tradition in to question. The way of the prophets (peace be upon all of them) was to encourage good, forbid evil, and teach repentance. If the "painful" sense of knowing that a wrong was committed is removed, the need for repentance is forgotten. Following the guidance and the sunnah of the prophets (peace be upon them), then, becomes a thing of the past. Furthermore, the very people espousing these mantras are basing their teachings on mere conjecture. Clearly, they are not recipients of revelation, and they are not encouraging the way of the prophets. Instead, the call is to "feel good about yourself", to find peace in self-esteem. Conclusions: Self help and motivational literature attempt to replace natural, protective feelings with contrived, fleeting, and destructive feelings. Part of the deception of the self help literature is that it often encourages good, while simultaneously removing the means for the self to forbid evil. Undermining repentance undermines the prophetic tradition...precisely the goal of a Dajjalic order.

Until you find the "Caps lock" button, you are "ALI-HAAJI"

it was a "limited humor" topic.

I was born in a small tuulo called Habaas weyne on the year of the big rain. My family moved up in life and we went to the big city of Xarar Dheere. After the war I was transplanted to Nairobi where I dodged cops with big rifles who seemed to have lost something call kitaambuliisho and looked for it everywhere. In '96 I moved to Canada, thinking I moved from hell to heaven, but that feeling came crashing in ball of flames when 2 days after I got to Toronto, they shut down the biggest street in the City for a Gay parade :eek:

Originally posted by Jawahiir: Oh man i am dying to watch 28 days, but everyone i know is a such a wimp and is scared!,doesnt help either that the only theater playin it is all the frigging way downtown But i am going to watch..if tis the last thing i do! pay for my ticket and parking and I'll pick you up, drive you there and drive you back

This actually happened In Germany, a woman decided that her skin cream, Oil of Ulay, was no longer doing it for her so, fancying herself a a modern-day Cleopatra, she decided to try camel's milk. She stole a camel from the local zoo and transported it back to her house. It wasn't until she got all the way home with her new best friend that she discovered the camel was a male.