Dammit, fooled again!

Originally posted by CinnamonBark: Oh, well, I'm a girl. Although, I wouldn't hit on me if I were you; I'm sixteen. You don't want to be showcased on To Catch a Predator , do you? Dabshid thinks it's an awards show... Geeljire, that's true. I think it's because baseball has way more jargon than other popular sports. Most are about two opposing teams on opposite sites of a rectangular field, and the object of the game is to somehow get the ball to your opponent's side. There's only so much you can do to complicate that. But baseball (and cricket I suppose) is entirely different in structure, and lends itself to metaphors and analogies. But the euphemisms is what sells it for me Dabshid wanted to make a home run but Castro struck him out.

He wants to play baseball, and is asking if you got a bat and balls or the mitt.

Originally posted by +Faheema: Jay-Z sings at Glastonbury 2008 (oasis cover) Wonderwall Hilarious. I never thought I'd hear an Oasis song prefaced by a strong language warning Only thing I wanna know is: WHY??

Scorpion_Sista, this has been bugging me for a long time and I finally have to ask: Why do you write "bee bye"? LOL @ Baashi. The last few paragraphs had me in stitches.

Welcome Newbie. Che, don't you mean dawlad-diid or dawlad-doon?

Honestly guys, for shame. Swahili was at least a relative of a language I know :rolleyes: Hayam, at least Canada Day fireworks are ON Canada Day. For some reason the July 4th fireworks are on July 2nd or 3rd :confused:

Malika, you mean offer him lip gloss? Che, no I don't It's okay though, looks like we've broken the Swahili monopoly for now. Ya'll have a nice day...

Che, he's apparently exploring Tonsil Island. I know Stoic, it's just I take a few minutes break and what do I see? A whole page of incomprehensible chatter...

I would be afraid to cough if I was on that thing. Of course it wouldn't be complete unless you can throw lighting bolts at random passersby. Speaking of decadent whimsy, I wish someone would invent the flying skateboard from Spiderman already.

Malika, and Northerner has been using commas a bit too liberally :confused: It's like waay ka dhaxleen his signature pieces... Che, alright. Owhay arehay odaytay?

Enough you three! Mana xamaneysiin?

Stoic, that's one amazing track.

No Castro, that's just macking Money, I think you're mixing many unrelated issues. Family planning doesn't have anything to do with dumaal. If the woman with 6 kids hadn't died, she would still likely have more kids, so why would the question only come up if she dies and her husband marries her sister? Likewise scenario 2 and 3 just sounds soap-operish. There were/are no social safety nets in Somalia. No state welfare, no social security, etc. Practices like dumaal are how we try to take care of the needy. Dumaal is going out of style not because people are ashamed of Somali culture (there are much more shameful things we gleefully embrace), but because the situations we live in are different now. How many people live in clan enclaves, so that if their mother marries a man of another tribe she will be taking them away from their relatives? How many families live solely on their father's income? How many have to deal with the intricacies of inheritance of livestock or land? I can just imagine the confusion of the San Diego Somalis having to see their good children move to Minneapolis just because the children's mother lagama gaarin before she hooked up with those strange northerners

Big surprise. Even nearly every sheeko caruureed had some questionable content... Suul cawro is practically X-rated.

^I'm more of a "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" girl...

^LOL. Another unlikely juxtaposition: Kids First My favorite: Not a bug

Abtigiis, At least the ladies are making their intentions clear. You should be much more worried about all the guys oo kuu qoslaya iyagoo god kuu qodayah at the same time. Beware the Ides of March or you will soon be crying out "Et tu Stoic?" Ah who am I kidding? This is getting old. Your problem is you don't know when a joke should be retired. Like an SNL-skit-turned-movie, you keep on going until you've lost the audience in boredom (or worse, contempt). A peace offer kulahaa. Give it a rest already.

You're welcome. It was nothing

Don't be silly Ibti. I wasn't patronizing you :confused: But I might be now... Abtigiis, the wording of the ceasefire did not prohibit making accurate predictions about your deviant literary output

Originally posted by Dabshid: War gabadha luuqa kula faq, heshiis waa ogoshahaye, Adigu meesha ha iska waalin, adigii baa daasado daba kusii xiranayee, Sala calee! LOL. Abtigiis, We (the horde out to get you) are having a heated discussion by email and on the phone. I cannot tell what the outcome will be, but you would be surprised to know that I'm the most sympathetic of your foes, and your foes are many indeed. If you only knew...

Ngonge, since when did SOL pages become such a premium? Between your avowals of boredom, Abtigiis' impending story about a man and his unorthodox attachment to a goat with really long eyelashes, and the Troll Corner, I was under the impression a little righteous Ibti anger would allow us to justify our participation in all the REAL nonsense

People, you're getting hung up on the hand shaking part. It doesn't matter if he said he would need to take a dump on stage before accepting the award. That they told him there would be no problem, actually printed out the silly thing, crossed out his name instead of printing out another one, and then presented it to someone else without informing him beforehand. That's just daft, man. Is it really so hard to treat other people as human beings?

Abtigiis, I appreciate the difficulty you're in but I cannot accept this peace offer. There are certain concessions you must make, and it is glaringly obvious that you are unwilling to make them. You know what they are (how could you not?), but if you plead ignorance I will be happy to inform you by PM. Cordially, Cara P.S. This desperate overture on your part has led to a pause in hostile actions against you, so rejoice and work hard to make it permanent!

I can't believe the other woman actually accepted the award. It's not worth the clip-art it's illustrated with.