HelperElfMissy 42 Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 ...no...there are plenty of fat and lazy people that don't stub their cig's out on their babies Thursday. ...and there are plenty of fat people who are not lazy. ...and there are plenty of lazy people that are not fat. ...and there are plenty of child abusers who are neither fat nor lazy. The reporting is continuing to stereotype people. I repeat: Poor reporting. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Originally Posted By: thursday surely the story is trying to show that she was so fat and therefore lazy, that she couldn't be arsed to go get the ashtray, so she stubbed out her fags on her kid. quality mate!! Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 She should have psyched the ashtray and maybe it would have moved towards her. The kid learnt a valuable lesson.. and hope he won't turn into a serial killer. deadly mummy smoking- run! Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Going to Hamilton Island Going to Hamilton Island Going to Hamilton Island Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Are you gonna have a cruise on a Yacht? All the small islands around were beautiful when I went there, especially South Mole Is. But I know I am outdated. Have fun ! For me, the wind is down so I'm going to the glaciers tomorrow. 5 hrs trip, taking the slow train, waiting for an hour, and bus. Snowboarding will be on Monday. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Enjoy the boarding Jynxx! No - not going on a yacht. Celebrating Papa's 40th birthday with a little trip just the two of us. Thank goodness for parents willing and able to look after our kids. Just 3 nights there - staying at qualia resort - and then a couple of days in Sydney - going to a friends 40th party (big surprise. she doesnt know we are coming from Perth), and then back to the real world. Should be great fun. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Sounds like it. Enjoy! I've got a big weekend coming up friend who has a place in Hakone. Big party. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Quite shocked and obviously relieved to hear this Quote: But fears that the world is due to end in December 2012 is nothing but a myth fuelled by internet rumour, according to a leading NASA scientist. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Let the fools believe it's going to end, hopefully a whole heap of em commit suicide to make sure! Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 It sure is a shocker. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I'm a bit relieved there. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Quota's needed to boost women on boards: Jackson oh bugger - they are talking about business 'boards' - I thought we might be having some kind of beyond the grave MJ intervention encouraging girly snowboarders... ...just a little bit snow excited at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted October 24, 2009 Author Share Posted October 24, 2009 Quote: Dallas is about to make a comeback, with Larry Hagman returning to his role as JR Ewing. The hugely successful soap gripped millions of viewers all over the world in the 1980s as it followed the fortunes and feuds of a Texas oil family. Warner Bros executives are in talks to make an updated version and Linda Gray, 69, who played Sue Ellen, and Patrick Duffy, 60, who played JR's brother Bobby, are also in talks about reprising their roles. Could there be any better news on a Saturday afternoon? I think not. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Originally Posted By: Mamabear Quota's needed to boost women on boards: Jackson oh bugger - they are talking about business 'boards' - I thought we might be having some kind of beyond the grave MJ intervention encouraging girly snowboarders... ...just a little bit snow excited at the moment. Norway introduced legislation some time back that all publicly listed and public owned companies had to have at least 40% female representation on their boards. Of course there was a lot of resistance at first but supposedly it's been very sucessful and the companies with the highest representation of women on their boards are on the whole outperforming those with less. Can't see the Japanese embracing anything like that anytime soon. They have about the lowest representation of women on company boards out of any industrialised nation. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Bet they would have decent homebaked muffins to munch on in the breaks instead of stale plain biscuits too Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Wold Cup Alpen starting in Soelden Austria ... Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Going Jynxx? Link to post Share on other sites
ssar 0 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Sandcastles don't get much better than this, geez: http://villafanestudios.com/Dantescroll.jpg Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Quote: Disney offers millions of parents Baby Einstein video refunds Disney is offering millions of parents refunds on its best-selling Baby Einstein learning videos in an apparent admission that they do not boost infants' intelligence. The entertainment giant made the expensive concession after being threatened with legal action over its claims that the videos provided educational benefits. The refund currently only covers households in North America but British campaigners said they would be pushing for refunds for parents in the UK who have purchased millions of Baby Einstein products. The Baby Einstein line of videos, flashcards, books and DVDs, which also include Baby Mozart, Baby Shakespeare and Baby Galileo spin-offs, is estimated to be worth more than £120 million a year in Britain and the US, where it represents 90 per cent of the baby media market. The company's educational DVDs, which cost about £17, can be bought from most major retailers and toy shops. But research has cast doubt on claims that such "educational" videos for young children really do educate. Some studies have suggested they could even have a negative effect. A study by Washington University found that for every hour that infants of 8 to 16 months watch educational videos, they understood six to eight fewer words than other babies not exposed to such videos. The University specifically mentioned Baby Einstein when announcing the study. In the face of growing complaints, the Walt Disney Compan dropped the word "educational" from its marketing in 2006. But now the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC), based in Boston, which had threatened Disney with a class-action lawsuit, has claimed "victory" after the company offered American parents refunds for the products. "We believe that this is an acknowledgement that baby videos are not educational," said Susan Linn, a psychologist and director of the campaign. In response, the Baby Einstein Company called the campaign's statements "peppered with revisionist history" and said that its "consumer satisfaction" programme has been clearly identified on its websites since 1999 and on packaging since 2008. Lawyers on both sides refused to comment. Aric Sigman, a psychologist and author of Remotely Controlled, a book about how television is ruining lives, welcomed Disney's offer: "This is a really important symbolic act by a multinational company," he said. "It shows what many of us have been saying for a long time, that the virtual life cannot beat real life when it comes to language acquisition in children. None of these videos or educational TV shows, including those on the BBC, can rival or supplant babies talking and listening to parents." Pippa Smith, founder of Mediamarch, which campaigns to reduce the effects of media on children, said: "Anybody who has these videos in the UK should be given the equal treatment and be able to demand a refund too. "Parents are given the idea that these DVDs are educational but there is evidence to show that screen-based activity is bad for the development of the brain." However, Margaret Morrissey, the founder of Parents Outloud pressure group, said the Baby Einstein videos suited some children. "I'm not sure how much most children learn from them but I do know they are not rubbish and I don't believe they do any harm," she said. "Certainly one of my grandchildren seemed to learn a lot. She would repeat to me the words she had picked up from it." Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 The Mail has an important scoop this morning David Beckham averts his eyes from the scantily-clad cheerleaders at basketball game Since moving to Hollywood two years ago, David Beckham has become a regular courtside at Los Angeles Lakers games. After the England footballer was caught on camera ogling cheerleaders from the front row, his wife Victoria could have been forgiven for wondering if his interest in basketball was genuine. But as he took his place in his $2,200 seat in the Staples Center last night, Becks made sure he kept his focus on the game and away from the perky cheerleaders. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Good GOD! The day a man stops looking is indeed tragic. What has she done to him?! Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 I think it's more a case of the media just being truly meaningless, Mamabear. I'm sure he takes a shufty. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Well thank god for that! I think the media needs to shut up about who perves at who. Now if Beck's had gone and swooped up the entire cheerleading team and had his merry way with them - just coz he is Beck's, and he can... and poor little emaciated Vicky is sitting at home with the kiddies trusting that her man is loyal ... - then that story is tabloid worthy. Taking a shufty - or even a great long drooling perve -->....leave the man alone! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Beckham should not be in the important news thread Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 What, too important?! Link to post Share on other sites
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