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  1. quote:
    Then why did you call certain nabes ‘frozen vagina’ zones???

    because those neighborhoods listed are notorious areas for thin pursey lipped, uptight, fridged, waspy women?

    *rob*

  2. Hi Snappy. I did not know that about the food stamps program.
    And while it does count as bootstrapping, I am betting it is not very effective bootstrapping.
    Kind of like trying to create the plays of Shakespeare by having a monkey bang randomly on a keyboard.

  3. I consider myself very well off now, but I did not grow up that way. My mother and step father both spent years being unemployed, and calls from bill collectors were an every day occurrence. My wife grew up even poorer than I did.

    While my immediate family was never on welfare or food stamps, I had many relatives who were, and some who still are.

    I have no issue with government safety net programs. I think they are a necessity in civilized societies and serve a public good for all people.
    That does not mean that there is not room for adjustments and improvements.

  4. “if i had a vagina”

    Slopey, I don’t have a lot of time today. Can you re-write this to the tune of “If I Were a Rich Man”?

    “All day long I’d biddy biddy bum.”

    It almost writes itself…

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