When one speaks, hears or reads about habits, it’s invariably done in the context of ethics and morals In my latter years I have either discarded off or partially harnessed habits that normally would fall under the religiously unethical or immoral scope (my teens is another story I have one habit that doesnt fall under that scope, that I have managed to pinpoint and identify, but yet have still failed to overcome or harness. Procrastination will be my ultimate downfall if it hasnt already. The opportunites that have come by and gone whilst I stood by and did nothing are countless. Numerous opportunities that pertain to love, career, education, financial matters, etc....you name it i blew it Now here's what I have recently stumbled across that I found more disturbing. Procrastination breeds another very dangerous behaviour ....Regret. For if you spend your days remeniscing about the opportunites you screwed up (what if's) because of your nonchalant approach, you will be one dismal character; but alas they go hand in hand, and are inseparable traits. Ahh the irony, if your prone to one, you will inevitabley suffer the other. P.s. Shukran Haji Ngonge, very interesting read.

^^^ Perhaps ....there many possible variables that could have happened. Regardless its a sad ending. P.s. Glad to see you back and posting

Lets be realistic , since when did a freaking Flea Market becoume a mall !

Hypotheticaly speaking, if I was in this unfortunate situation (Ilahiyo iga badbaadi) I would'nt embarass myself a second time around. If she didnt have the guts to reject their irationale decision, then she probably isnt worthy enough for a second shot; at my expense! Once bitten twice shy...

^^^Errrmm...You forgot to add the Captain Morgan to that list. Wouldnt be suprised if they say I have Tuareg in me....nice scam though.

Intresting. Looks like oxymorons are the common factor in selecting these. I get the ones in 2-10, but #1 is slighlty confusing. The sun oozed over the horizon, shoved aside darkness, crept along the greensward and with sickly fingers, pushed through the castle window, That is the only instance that catches my eye. Describing the sun's fingers as sickly; when sickly is usually interpreted as pale, sick, dark, feeble etc; not a characteristic used to describe the sun. I would have selected #8 as the winner if given the choice.

^^ Your good... Various Villains and Rogues Immersed On Unleashing Sins. Time to log of and go paint the town red, enjoy your weekend mizz Lander, and dont do anything, I wouldnt do

Many Somalis are, in fact, desperate for a certain kind of foreign intervention: a neutral force of blue-helmeted United Nations peacekeepers. Largely sealed off from the outside world, they have no perception of what a blot the last UN mission was in the annals of intervention. The UN came in that time to protect and supervise food aid distribution after the collapse of the government; it left five years later, bloodied and expertly manipulated by the warlords. There is, Ambassador Jim Wall noted, very little appetite to repeat the experiment So sad that the rest of the world has forsaken us. The so called leaders inablity to compromise coupled with our complacent attitude, leaves us proverbialy dead as a door nail the men, wearing sarongs and carrying walking sticks, walk hand in hand up the street or gather over tea and heated games of cards.

LONDON (Reuters) - Far from making him better, the medication used to treat the madness of England's King George III may actually have made him worse, according to research published Friday. One of the longest serving British monarchs who ruled for nearly 60 years, George had five very public bouts of madness culminating in his death -- blind, deaf and insane in January 1820. The generally accepted theory has been that his fits of insanity -- the best documented lasting from October 1788 to February 1789 and triggering a constitutional crisis -- were due to a genetic disorder that caused variegate porphyria. But there was no explanation of why the disease that causes symptoms such as lameness, hoarseness, acute abdominal pain, insomnia and temporary mental disturbances hit so late in his life or why the bouts were so deep and lasted so long. Now a team of scientists from Britain and Australia have found high concentrations of arsenic in samples of the king's hair and suggested it came from the antimony-based medicine administered -- sometimes by force -- to cure him Source

^^^ Nice, You had to pick a long word huh Individual If Nobody Decides I Vow I'll Devise Unsavory Asinine Laws.

Imbecilic I manage besides every character idly lurks, ignorantly carping. I picked an easy word, whose next up

Sheer boredom at work compelled me to start this game. This might have been played at some point or another in the forum, if so forgive me , if not, here are the rules and enjoy Starting Word A word is posted as an acronym and the letters have to be used to make a sentence., Then Mark one of the words in your sentence by using bold letters, and that will be the following acronym Example Tip = To Irk People. Simple right. Pen down your sentence then highlight the new word for the next person to crack. Fadlan, lets try to come up with coherent sentences if we can, and if you can come up with catchy, quircky lines good for you I'll start it off. Somalia is a doomed nation Somalia online monitors all ludicrous imbecilic arguments.

^^Nice Contaminated Minds can be found on the self titled cd UB40 Some people search for the holy grail Run round in circles and chase their own tails But you can't really blame them for clutching at straws For weeding some truth in our morals and laws Some people say that revolution will descend On this madness end this confusion But we've all heard the privileged boast and preach And the promised land we want is still out of reach I once knew a man who wore self-righteousness Like a medal on his inflated chest He hated all people for breaking his rules Looked down with distaste on the cowards and fools He lived like a king in his castle of stone And sneered at the man who worked hard for his home He knew all the right words and who to defend And would be with conviction the working mans friend Chorus Contaminated minds play judge and jury too But contaminated minds are blind to truth Contaminated minds speak with loudest voice But not everybody has the luxury of choice

True Fry. Im not a fan of the ascended annubis, he had an advantage of the others that didnt sit well with me. Theres no comparison with the wraith and the azgard. The azgard's weoponry is far advanced and they are not hand to hand combatants, whilst the wraith are relativley "primitive" , and are better suited for physical combat. Aside from the teleporting ability they have onboard their ships, I think they stand no chance. They better introduce wraith characters soon, or else the "hive" ship collective suspense factor is going to wear out. It already has with me, I keep wondering is there more to them . lol@se7en...

Short. Petite or Robust.

Ah sci-fi , Im a recovering trekkie fan, and I ive found solace in StargateSG-1/Stargate Atlantis. The gou’uld characters based on ancient Egyptian mythical gods is the ish. I cant wait for the day the Wraith and the Goa'uld System Lord’s run into each other, its inevitable and definetly will be climatic. I fail to see why they have not created main characters for the Wraith thus far, and have limited them to hive ships. P.s. They should'nt have killed the character Apophis, he was the man.

To begin with, I have neglected poetry and let it dry up I had sent it west in the beginning of the spring rains But let me set forth what prevented me from sleeping last night. God’s blessings are numerous than those growing trees I will remind you of the victory He gave us Listen to me,my council, for you are most dear to me If the unwashed left-handed one* had died yesterday If I had cut his throat, may he taste hell in the grave itself And the wild animals had eaten him, he and his ilk would deserve this. I would salute the hyena that would gorge itself on his flesh, As it is doing me a service ,it is dearest to me than other animals of the wild If I knew it, I would reward it every day. That deformed one wasted a lot of my wealth Since he kept committing wrongs again and again I knew all along that the hyena would devour him It was their insincere refusal to acknowledge the truth That put them down and destroyed them And made me attack their best men with a dagger If they had not been ungrateful, I would not have Been enraged with them I would not have lost my generosity and respect for the. I would not have withheld anything from them, if they had Desired peace But when they acted disdainfully, death marched straight at them If I had broken the jaw of the low born Shuxle* And the crow were to peck at the corpses where Yusuf* spends his nights And the laments of the women would sound like the buzzard. * Notables of the Sultanate. (Yusuf cismaan, Guray Shirwac Nur,) Translated by Mursal Farah and Lidwien Kapteijns

I have always had reservations about the mad mullah’s character, on the same token I cant help but admire him for his sheer prowess of oral Somali literature. My Somali literature is limited, but with the help of translated material, I have come to appreciate the egocentrics oral skills. When my dad first turned me onto the mullahs poetry, he’s advice was you can always appreciate his oral skills and proficiency of the Somali language, but loath his message; indeed the further I delve into his poems the less reserved I am becoming of his character. 1904 after negotiations with the Italians and British, the sayyid was given his own city and sea-port in Ayl. However as Ayl and environs were to poor in resources and too limited for the ambitions of the Dervish movement, the leaders gradually came the decision to take up the armed struggle once again. It was at this point that the Sayyid composed the following poem known to the dervish as gala-leged (literally, knocking the unbelievers to the floor, or defeating the infidels), while other Somalis knew it as Gudban. It is considered one of the most memorable poems of the Sayyid and served as policy declarations or proclamations of edicts, a kind of state-of-the-union address.(Majority is laden with qabiil innuendoes, so I’ll post the cleanest portion that conforms to SOL etiquette, and so happens to be the beginning 24 lines.) Awel maanso waatan gudboo guriyey waayaaye Waatan galbeedkaas u diray guga hortiisiiye Aan gaasheeyo tii xalay hurdada gama’a ii diidday Galladaha Ilaahay ka badan geedahaas baxaye Guushuu inoo yeelay baan idin garwaaqsiine Guddiyey I maqal waxaa tihiin gacaladaydiiye Najiska gurta xumaa haddu shalayto geeryooday Godka lagu cadaabkii haddan gowrac ugu jiiday Uu guduri cunay wa waxay galkabsanaayeene Dhurwaagii ka giigaan u diri gacan salaameede Isagay gargaaroo dugaag iiga gooniyahe Haddan garan gunaan siin kahaa gooriyo ayaane Gandaldheere waataan wax badan guuyaduu maraye Gef hyadduu ku sii daray wixii lagu gufeynaayey Anigu wow garaad qabay inuu gigi waraabuuye Giriirixis aan jirin wa wixii gaabshay oo rogaye Gaalleefta waataan la dhacay gucurradoodiiye Haddeeyaan abaal gadiin sidaa uma gadoodneene Godolkiyo kasnaantaan u qabay kama galgaaleene Kamana gaagexeen abid hadday nabad uu goohaane Waxse mowd ku gaardiyay markay ganafka taageene Gobooygii shuxle ahaa haddan gowsihii jebiyey Gegida Yuusuf jiifaa tukuu gabas-dhebaayaaye Geesaaska dumarkaa sidii galow la moodaaye

Ofleh, I also believe violence begets violence. We can't expect, as people who live in the west (not westeners), to stick our d!cks up people's a$$es overseas and live happily ever after. You my friend are a work of art. London nomads in SOL are affected by this, their friends, family, aquintances, and you are going off in a tirade justifying these vile acts. War hedhe isku xishood, there's a place and time for everything, fadlan save your righteous rhetoric

^^ Alxamdulilahi, and I hope all the other London Nomads are ok. A sad day indeed. her work place is talking of booking hotels for their employees I dont know if thats such a good idea. My first instinct would be to avoid crowds or crowded places, there easy targets...but thats just me.

Lol@Athena, 21 right....Yup I believe you Poo hoo...sour grapes is all. Do you have some French cousins or something? Nope Zeph, just got a bone to pick with London streets, my impecable driving record got tarnished while I was there (slight fender- bender). :mad: P.s. Londoners, do you intend to put a leash on the football hooligans during this time, I hear they can rather get "out of hand"...Im kidding

Snappy Answer #1 A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate to check tickets. As a man approached, she extended her hand for the ticket, and he opened his trench coat and flashed her. Without missing a beat she said, "Sir, I need to see your ticket, not your stub." Snappy Answer #2 A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store, but couldn't find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?" The stock boy replied, "No ma'am, they're dead." Snappy Answer #3 The cop got out of his car and the kid who was stopped for speeding rolled down his window. "I've been waiting for you all day," the cop said. The kid replied, "Yeah, well I got here as fast as I could." When the cop finally stopped laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket. Snappy Answer #4 A truck driver was driving along on the freeway. A sign comes up that reads "Low Bridge Ahead." Before he knows it the bridge is right ahead of him and he gets stuck under the bridge. Cars are backed up for miles. Finally, a police car comes up. The cop gets out of his car and walks around to the truck driver, puts his hands on his hips and says, "Got stuck, huh?" The truck driver says, "No, I was delivering this bridge and ran out of gas." Snappy Answer #5 A crowded United Airlines flight was canceled. A single agent was rebooking a long line of inconvenienced travelers. Suddenly an angry passenger pushed his way to the desk. He slapped his ticket down on the counter and said, "I HAVE to be on this flight and it has to be FIRST CLASS." The agent replied, "I'm sorry sir. I'll be happy to try to help you, but I've got to help these folks first, and I'm sure we'll be able to work something out." The passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly, so that the passengers behind him could hear, "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO I AM?" Without hesitating, the agent smiled and grabbed her public address microphone. "May I have your attention please," she began her voice heard clearly throughout the terminal. "We have a passenger here at Gate 14 WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity, please come to Gate 14." With the folks behind him in line laughing hysterically, the man glared at the United agent, gritted his teeth and swore. "F*** you!" Without flinching, she smiled and said, "I'm sorry, sir, but you'll have to get in line for that, too." And the VERY BEST snappy answer .... Snappy Answer #6, THE TEACHER Snappy Answer OF THE YEAR A college teacher reminds her class of tomorrow's final exam. "Now class, I won't tolerate any excuses for you not being here tomorrow. I might consider a nuclear attack or a serious personal injury or illness, or a death in your immediate family but that's it, no other excuses whatsoever!" A smart-*** guy in the back of the room raised his hand and asks, "What would you say if tomorrow I said I was suffering from complete and utter sexual exhaustion?" The entire class does its Best to stifle their laughter and snickering. When silence is restored, the teacher smiles sympathetically at the student, shakes her head, and sweetly says, "Well, I guess you'd have to write the exam with your other hand

Dear Redneck Son; I'm writing this letter slow because I know you can't read fast. We don't live where we did when you left home. Your dad read in the newspaper that most accidents happen within 20 miles from your home, so we moved. I won't be able to send you the address because the last Arkansas family that lived here took the house numbers when they moved so that they wouldn't have to change their address. This place is really nice. It even has a washing machine. I'm not sure it works so well though: last week I put a load in and pulled the chain and haven't seen them since. The weather isn't bad here. It only rained twice last week; the first time for three days and the second time for four days. About that coat you wanted me to send you, your Uncle Stanley said it would be to heavy to send in the mail with the buttons on, so we cut them off and put them in the pockets. John locked his keys in the car yesterday. We were really worried because it took him two hours to get me and your father out. Your sister had a baby this morning; but I haven't found out what it is yet so I don't know if your an aunt or an uncle. The baby looks just like your brother.... Uncle Ted fell in a whiskey vat last week. Some men tried to pull him out, but he fought them off playfully and drowned. We had him cremated and he burned for three days. Three of your friends went off a bridge in a pick-up truck. Ralph was driving. He rolled down the window and swam to safety. Your other two friends were in back. They drowned because they couldn't get the tailgate down. There isn't much more news at this time. Nothing much has happened. Love, Mom P.S. I was going to send you some money but the envelope was already sealed

^^ ...I thought majority of the ladies in SOL claimed to be 21... :confused: Big deal London won, I pity the athletes who will have to put up with your narrow, crammy, congested streets.

Walaal Hibo, you misconstrued my point completely. See his whole essay is laying blame solely on the corrupt politicains and even went as far as asking to empower the "good" people. Quintessential Manechian doctrine; Good (people)Vs Evil (politicians). Here's my poor example of transitive argument (law of equality) which is weak, but an appropriate response to his equally very weak argument. (this is what I meant by arent politicians voted by the people for the people and we are collectivley responsible) 1. Corrupt politicians are the cause of our problems 2. We the people vote the corrupt politicians into office 3. Thus we the people are equally responsible for our woes as much as the politicians. In essance he's essay is saying our politicians are corrupt, we dont know better, we cant help ourselves, so keep the money and instead come build our hospitals and schools. Isnt that an admission of $tupidity, acknowledging we are completly useless, incompetent and need westerners to not only fund our infrastructure, but to also supervise and build it. What can we possibly do right by ourselves? I think this article took away any shred of decency we had left. Are u implying that all the African people choose those political thugs coz they didn't know any better? If anyone is implying we didnt know better its the author. What impression do you get from the below paragraph? But lately, just very lately, some of our young ones who went to schools and traveled to far away lands told us another story. They told us we have to have money to feed our children. They told us we need money to have schools, hospitals, roads and clean water. They told us that money was not evil and in fact it was not as rare as a snake's droppings after all. They told us to go to our leaders and ask them to build schools, hospitals and roads for us and provide us clean water. And when we told them our leaders became crazy and started beating us, killing us and driving us out of our farms and taking away our animals. This is why in Africa today you can see many wars, burnings and killings P.s. Rest assured walaal im very informed and cognizant of the events that transpire in Africa.