All categories - 23 July 2006

I made a comment around the dinner table yesterday to some of my work colleagues and their spouses that created an awkward silence. I'm not American, and so after speaking to one of my friends, what i said was obviously misinterpreted.

After someone made a comment saying that the US would reinstitute the draft, i remarked jokingly "that would solve the mexican problem"

What i meant was that immigration would stop to a country with a draft, and i realized that the way it was recieved was that all the mexicans are going to die.

When i go into work on monday, should i explain my mistake to my colleagues, or should i forget about it? It obviously wasnt malicious, nor am I racist, i just dont want it to be awkward.

Thanks.

2006-07-23 10:33:02 · 9 answers · asked by shachar86 2 in Etiquette

Visit my YAHOO! 360 page and tell me what yall think. Any suggestions? (Dating, relationships, sports, etc...)

2006-07-23 10:32:59 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

and whats them your choice?

2006-07-23 10:32:51 · 13 answers · asked by kkahn9dodge 5 in Polls & Surveys

Needs to be in Southern California
Prefer in Orange County or Los Angeles County

2006-07-23 10:32:51 · 18 answers · asked by SweetBrunette 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I hear everybody saying we got the best military in the World, but this Iraq War is nothing but bad news, soldiers dying every week and i hear people saying we are gonna lose this war. What is happening?? And what is gonna happen??

2006-07-23 10:32:50 · 11 answers · asked by Smiles_187 2 in Military

2006-07-23 10:32:42 · 68 answers · asked by Alex 1 in Fast Food

It happens after every other feed he is about 2 1/2 months old

2006-07-23 10:32:34 · 7 answers · asked by jit23 1 in Newborn & Baby

2006-07-23 10:32:23 · 10 answers · asked by PJo 2 in Other - Diseases

Sometimes on websites, you can click on a picture to enlarge it. How do you do this?

2006-07-23 10:32:18 · 1 answers · asked by zbbasktbal82092 3 in Programming & Design

Ok so, we are on the brink of WW3 with what's going on now in the middle east, the average temperature of the world is skyrocketing. Who thinks the end of the world, or at least some great catastrophe which will change the way we live will happen in their lifetime?

2006-07-23 10:32:16 · 7 answers · asked by Austin S 2 in Other - Society & Culture

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/medtech/0,71364-0.html?tw=rss.partnerfeed

"A new brain-computer-interface technology could turn our brains into automatic image-identifying machines that operate faster than human consciousness....

Darpa, or the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is funding research into the system with hopes of making federal agents' jobs easier. The technology would allow hours of footage to be very quickly processed, so security officers could identify terrorists or other criminals caught on surveillance video much more efficiently."

2006-07-23 10:32:01 · 3 answers · asked by mikeythechimpwillhewin 2 in Other - Politics & Government

this is not any kind of racist comment i can assure you

2006-07-23 10:31:59 · 38 answers · asked by yogi bear 1 in Biology

2006-07-23 10:31:58 · 3 answers · asked by morgan2 1 in Other - Family & Relationships

2006-07-23 10:31:49 · 26 answers · asked by Lucas R 3 in Vegetarian & Vegan

don't say Halo or Halo 2 because
they suck balls

2006-07-23 10:31:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Video & Online Games

2006-07-23 10:31:41 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

I think that they used to not do that but it seems their all westernized now or are they hairy?

2006-07-23 10:31:35 · 8 answers · asked by rache001 3 in Hair

2006-07-23 10:31:26 · 17 answers · asked by wierdo 1 in Baseball

and can some1 tell me the difference between MBBS and MD? which is better?

2006-07-23 10:31:25 · 3 answers · asked by sud 2 in Higher Education (University +)

2006-07-23 10:31:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

2006-07-23 10:31:08 · 6 answers · asked by Tim D 1 in Marriage & Divorce

Looking for a realiable easy to use medical website. One that has a lot about womens health would be prefered.

Thank You! :)

2006-07-23 10:31:06 · 7 answers · asked by Mel 2 in Women's Health

its in german so might be hard to read

2006-07-23 10:31:01 · 12 answers · asked by david_beckham_fan911 1 in Other - Germany

Does it matter when the gifts are opened?

2006-07-23 10:30:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

school starts and this one guy likes me, but isnt really into me! i want to surprise him, along with ohters!! is there anyway to lose 25-35 lbs that quick??? plzzzz help! i am on a prescription for my acne, and it is allmost gone, but i burn really easy when i go outside, because of it and NO sunscreen has ever worked for me!! does anyone have any tips, for eating right, and losing weight fast?? there is also no swimming pool around for like 35 miles, and i dont have my drivers licence!! thanx!!

2006-07-23 10:30:47 · 6 answers · asked by Christina G ♥ 3 in Women's Health

Is there something kinky afoot here (Auggh!! Could not resist it--sorry, I"ll move on) like a none-too-subtle sexual overture in the form of an unspoken invitation, as it were, to the dance (AUGGHHH!!! EVEN WORSE!!--I barely am in control!! HELP!!), in which your socks cause your roomie to associate them with oral activities just as eating. More to the point, I suppose, is the issue of walking up in the morning and finding your toes all shriveled up like someone or something has been, ah, sucking on them? I won't admit outright that this has happened to me, you see, and I just want to get some feedback (Ooops, almost fell into that one!) so I know whether to buy a pistol or not and keep it under my pillow, or to just put a lock on my sock drawer.

2006-07-23 10:30:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Family & Relationships