Since philosophy as a major is getting such a bad rap: The University of Virginia's Office of Career Planning and Placement reports in "A Comparative Study by Major of Law School Admission Test Performance," that the average LSAT (Law School Admissions Test) score for a philosophy major at that school was approximately 15 points higher than the average for any other major. In addition, the American Medical Association conducted a study in which they found philosophy majors had the third highest acceptance rate into American medical schools. York University investigated philosophy major's performance on the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) and also found philosophy majors performed an average of 5% better than the average. In the verbal portion of the exam, philosophy majors scored higher than all other fields, including English. The quantitative portion of the GRE is historically where humanities majors do poorly, however philosophy majors still performed higher than social science majors with the exception of economics. Link Aung San Suu Kyi, Bill Clinton, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bruce Lee were/are philosophy majors.

I'm curious Rudy. Do you talk the way you write?

LOL @ Zafir. She probably gets the phone bill too. Originally posted by Naden: I love these little stories that bring images of quiet, starry nights in miyi with people gathered around talking about the latest angel sightings (or was it men with cow legs sightings?) . Please elaborate.

^LOL. I don't really understand what the appeal is. Being high = feeling dizzy. Why is that a good thing?

So in ur opinion, if teen wanted to marry old dude and both feel ready and consent, it would be all good? Here’s picture , say they consented, instead of dicates of culture...what do u think? Showing pictures of girls who were forced, then asking a hypothetical question about consenting teens is some interesting spin Khalaf.

^It's like chewing gum. Try stopping after just 1 or 2 times.

^^Yeah, but look at her all humiliating him by talking about getting it on with zebras and wildebeasts. It's just catty. So to speak.

Once I said to my mum "ninkeedii way furtay." Much hilarity ensued. I still don't get it. Originally posted by Tagsiile: What exactly does "waa lasoo furay" mean anyways, and why is it sexist? All I know is "fur" means "open". It means (paraphrased): "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, I'm are free at last!"

^You're complaining now, what till someone pokes you.

POLOKWANE, SOUTH AFRICA—After three rainy seasons together, a black rhinoceros and a parasite-eating tickbird are beginning to suspect that their symbiotic relationship has fallen into a rut, the couple reported Sunday. "We're really symbiotic—almost too symbiotic," the rhino said. "It's just gotten so predictable lately that I'm starting to wonder, 'Is this all there is?'" First meeting at a local watering hole in 2004, both creatures immediately saw themselves as natural for one other and, in the words of the rhino, felt something "new, gratifying, and mutually beneficial." Within hours, the tickbird had moved into the rhino's habitat and set up house on his thick hide. But as time went on, it slowly dawned on the couple that their partnership was perhaps merely one of convenience. "I admit, when we first got together, I was a total mess," the rhino said. "She really helped me clean up my act. But we've been together so long now that I always know exactly what she's going to do next." Devouring horsefly larvae embedded in her 3,000-pound partner's back, the tickbird seemed to agree that there was little fire left in their symbiotic relationship. At worst, she said, it feels like she and the rhino have been trapped in the same dead-end symbiosis for "countless millions of years." "We just go through the motions, and there's hardly any communication," the tickbird said. "And we do it the exact same way every time. I get on top and take the parasites off while he just lays there." "Feed off the embedded ticks on his hide, chirp when the predators come. Feed off the embedded ticks on his hide, chirp when the predators come. Where's the passion, the heat?" the tickbird continued. The tickbird also accused the rhino of trying to make her "feel small." "He doesn't realize everything I do for him," the tickbird said. "If it wasn't for my 'incessant squawking,' as he calls it, he would be shot by poachers before he even saw them coming." Both creatures separately expressed envy of their neighbors, a plover and crocodile, who "never seem to have the problems we do," the rhino said. "That crocodile appreciates having his teeth cleaned, and he makes sure she knows," the tickbird said. "Look at that big grin." The rhino said that he often feels like a victim of her nitpicking. "I might look tough, but I have feelings," the rhino said. "I give her plenty to eat and a great place to perch, but it feels like she's constantly pecking an open wound. Ugh, why can't we just be friends with mutualistic benefits?" The frustration has caused the pair to act out in passive-aggressive ways. The rhino will frequently charge without warning, jarring the tickbird from her perch. Meanwhile, the tickbird often deliberately embarrasses her partner by speculating aloud about a symbiotic relationship with a cape buffalo or zebra, often within earshot of those species. According to a nearby elephant, this sense of stagnancy commonly occurs in symbiotic partnerships across sub-Saharan Africa. "The rhino and tickbird may have evolved physiologically to meet each other's needs, but it's clear they haven't evolved emotionally," the elephant said. "They need to recognize that in order to go forward. The rhino's loud snorting is very alienating. And obviously the tickbird is projecting her own feelings of inadequacy when she criticizes the rhino for being a typical Diceros bicornis." For all their friction, both creatures conceded that they weren't sure they could actually live without each other. "I don't know why we stay together," the rhino said. "I guess we're just creatures of instinctual habit."

Originally posted by Paragon: ^^Lol. It is like driving license dear. You gotta be old/handful enough to fit in the driving seat . That makes it legal or illegal. Though the juxiposition of 'kids' and 'marriage', however temporary, gives me a splitting headache. Kids should be acustomed to whipping, not quickies. Hate to break it to you, but kids are a common outcome of marriage. It's marriages and quickies I find to be a funny juxtaposition. And whippings! Whoa nelly, I see what you mean about licensing Layzie, I don't know how you walk around with that humongous chip on your shoulder.

I didn't know there was an illegal way to have boy/girlfriends, unless we're talking Silence of The Lambs here "I like to have my boyfriend parboiled please."

All in all, if the trend continues, expect to be sending more dollars More than $50 anyway you quuni. The Canadian dollar at 99 cents? There goes shopping trip to Toronto

^Don't forget better looking too.

I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long. Like a worn-out recording, of a favorite song. So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed. And in the personals column, there was this letter I read: "If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain. If you're not into yoga, if you have half-a-brain. If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape. I'm the lady you've looked for, write to me, and escape." I didn't think about my lady, I know that sounds kind of mean. But me and my old lady, had fallen into the same old dull routine. So I wrote to the paper, took out a personal ad. And though I'm nobody's poet, I thought it wasn't half-bad. "Yes, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain. I'm not much into health food, I am into champagne. I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon, and cut through all this red tape. At a bar called O'Malley's, where we'll plan our escape." So I waited with high hopes, then she walked in the place. I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face. It was my own lovely lady, and she said, "Oh, it's you." And we laughed for a moment, and I said, "I never knew".. "That you liked Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain. And the feel of the ocean, and the taste of champagne. If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape. You're the love that I've looked for, come with me, and escape." "If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain. If you're not into yoga, if you have half-a-brain. If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape. You're the love that I've looked for, come with me, and escape."

^Wouldn't you say yes even if you didn't want to marry the guy? It'd be pretty humiliating for a guy to be turned down with so many people looking on.

^Xiin, you're trying to kick-start a "true meaning of [insert Religious Holiday]" discussion among adults like it's remedial Sunday school. I dare say it's you who's made a mountain out of a molehill

I'm not sure I get your drift Adna. Are you saying you wouldn't necessarily advise someone to get into a long distance relationship? Or did I completely misread you there?

I didn't know it was possible to misunderstand "Do Whatever The F*** You Want".

Yeah but I can only work what's there.

For Ngonge: Men falling out over a bit of muufo

^So you won't do for your child what your mom did for you?

^Rudy, are we talking about the kind of encounters in which you may ask for a receipt, but convention demands you don't? Seems to be your sum experience with women.

^I bet three of those minutes he's recovering

I can't decide who to mock: those who don't know what muufo is, or those who eat it. I think I'll go with my "anything that is not cad iyo caano is rubbish" sense of superiority. Originally posted by Nephthys: Now it takes a practiced muufo maker to bake it, iska dub maaha, you need the lady that rubs her hands under the armpits as a good luck charm before she even touches that dough. LOL. Aha, I guess Keyf is being a bit reticent, doesn't wanna give the secret family ingredient away!