Sorry Fractelle, but this is quite droll. I think you and someone else might have taken Pericles' post just a tad seriously.

Whistler - I had a look at your site and I think you should stick to painting. Your writing's nuts.

Whistler, it seems to me that you don't know the meaning of the
word.

You still can't get that chip off your shoulder. I remind you that
when Kevi is out of the country, Julia is running things and one
day she might even take over and run things all the time. A woman
in charge!

Stop living in the past. Reality is now. The world has moved
on.

Examinator

Tomayto shmatyo!

If I had wanted to quote the entire song I would've. NOR have I bought into Whistler's rant. There are better ways of debating Whistler than with tired old misogynistic jokes. Duh! Do I tell you how to write?

I am just fed up with humour at other people's expense. Especially stuff that should've remained buried in the 1950's RSL club from whence it came.

I put up with a lot around here. I post more links to humourous sites than anyone else here. And just this once, because I disagree with you - I am told I am taking this too seriously?

WHAT_THA?

CJ Morgan

YOU took Chaser a little too seriously - In my opinion, but did I get on YOUR case about it?

Pericles

You can do tongue-in-cheek a lot better than the above shtick and you know it.

Yabby

I know you are a misogynistic old goat and don't expect to appreciate that women have had a gut-ful of "take my wife, please" jokes. We long for humour that is actually clever and not straight out of Sam Newman's Joke Book for Irritable Old Men.

As for my comments on the topic - any taker's boys?

Because the neo-capitalists still have their greasy mitts all over the steering wheel - despite GFC.

Or do I only matter when I don't challenge the status-effing-quo?

Finally

Whistler

Separate legislature based on gender would drive the gulf of communication even further apart than it already is. As quite clearly demonstrated by previous posts.

Lighten up and work on a few jokes - we need some real humour around here.

*I know you are a misogynistic old goat*

Ah Fractelle, you misuse the term. Check out what it really means.
Susan Forward wrote a whole book about it and popularised it in
psychology. Do I now call you an old feminazi?

YOU might be sick of female jokes, but they will exist, as do male
jokes, jewish jokes, NZ jokes, Irish jokes etc. I for one, am
amused by peoples foibles, be they male or female. I don't try to
pretend that they don't exist. You need to lighten up dear.

*Non-reg-Capitalism is in the driver's seat!*

Oh there were lots of rules. But the chief law enforcement official
at the SEC, was a little old libararian type of grandma, who simply
did not do her job. If the cops don't enforce the law, there will
be crooks who will thrive. It would be no different, if you took
our police off the streets.

Now an Ernst Spitzer type of law enforcer, would have made a
huge difference! But no, in puritanical America he was sent
to purgatory, for hiring a few hookers.

So Americans got what they voted for, now they pay a heavy price
for electing the Bush regime. That is democracy for you, its not
perfect, but its the best that we have.

Yabby,
In principal I agree to your conclusion re 'un-controlled capitalism'. If not with all the embellishments.
The one major disagreement we have on the subject is that I simply ask why does it have to be the way it is. Especially when it can be improved. Albeit incrementally (with due deference to culturally enhanced human nature, fear of change and "galloping" inertia.

Fractelle and others

Thanks to Fractelle and Max.
After 50+ years the light is now glimmering my PNG literal speak is being often misunderstood/miss-interpreted in Aussie speak.
"Why not..? You should" are intended as a question and suggestion respectively in my lexicon not directives.

PS Fractelle note the times of posts.