This is something that makes me go hmmm. There is an island named Lesbos, and the people from that island are called Lesbians. They want to take back that phrase and have it refer only to them and not to homosexual women. It reminds me of that Southpark episode where Mrs. Garrisson rallied the “lesbians” [...]
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In Venezuela we have the saying “jala bolas” which, loosely translated means “c*ck sucker”. Daniel Ortega, the president of Nicaragua, embodies the sentiment of the phrase. He has now also broken off diplomatic relations with Colombia, following in line with Chay-vez and that other CS from Ecuador. Of course, since Ortega is the former head [...]
A long time ago, when I was a new employee at a company named after a certain fruit of paradise fame, there worked a retired army Colonel. I was in a class that he was teaching on a certain troubleshooting procedure that had a lot of us newbies in a bind. The Colonel was a [...]

