All categories - 1 February 2007

Why don't people get English Humour? Why is it even called English humour? it is humour just like any other humour.. We are funny right??

Like a lot of our funny tv shows.. or comedians such as jimmy carr... noone gets it..

you odd people.. why don't you get us?????

2007-02-01 19:03:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-02-01 19:03:49 · 12 answers · asked by Raines 1 in Psychology

How do I enable JavaScript on Yahoo(SBC Global). I tried and it isn't doing it. What am I doing wrong?? Please help me, give me details how to do it, please!!!

2007-02-01 19:03:47 · 2 answers · asked by nevada nomad 6 in Programming & Design

1. Rory Emerald or Petunia
2. Panama or Costa Rica
3. Train or Bus
4. Rain or Sunshine
5. Fiji or Tahiti
6. Garden or Lawn
7. Green or Purple

2007-02-01 19:03:33 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

Would it be best to go through banks, credit unions or other lenders that mortgage brokers might suggest? What are competible and reasonable mortgage rates? Is 6.25% legit for an first offer or should I definitely keep looking?

2007-02-01 19:03:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Renting & Real Estate

2007-02-01 19:03:14 · 9 answers · asked by wel-come 2 in Zoology

2007-02-01 19:03:12 · 13 answers · asked by Mere Mortal 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-02-01 19:02:54 · 1 answers · asked by laila p 1 in Men's Health

Why did libs get so vindictive?

2007-02-01 19:02:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Afrocentric blacks keep claiming cleopatra was black when she was greek (macidonian)Whos next alexander the great.Why do they feel the need to rewrite history to prove their own self worth.By the way hannible was not black eather.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal

2007-02-01 19:02:37 · 5 answers · asked by pitviper 1 in History

2007-02-01 19:02:28 · 6 answers · asked by allan m 2 in Search Engine Optimization

I am 25 year guy working in a financial company and i m in love with my friend.she is just 19 years and syudying in T.Y.bsc.i proposed her and she told that we r just friends.Then after that we r still in contact with each other through sms and phone calls. Once for 2-3 days I haven't call her or sms her and she had not eaten anything for that many days and told that don't tell this to her elder sister.And just asked her elder sister about this matter and she came to know that i had asked her sister.After that she stoped talking and smsing me. She told that i don't trust u now. Her elder sister and Mom knows that I have proposed her. Plz Help me.

2007-02-01 19:02:28 · 8 answers · asked by Ajit P 1 in Singles & Dating

I mean like cavemen didn't believe in God so when?

2007-02-01 19:02:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-02-01 19:02:26 · 3 answers · asked by manoranjan s 1 in History

CHICAGO - Decades after the civil rights movement's greatest victories, black youth often see a world rife with discrimination, a new survey says. And yet they remain optimistic about their chances for affecting social change.

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Researchers at the University of Chicago, who were releasing the study Thursday, say their findings also show that these youth are complex when it comes to such issues as sex education and hip-hop music.

Cathy Cohen, a political science professor at the University of Chicago and the report's lead author, said the aim of the survey was to provide data that goes beyond broad stereotypes.

It found, for instance, that while 58 percent of black youth say they listen to rap music every day, the majority of them also think its videos are too violent and often portray black women in an offensive way.

"I enjoy rap music — I love hip-hop. I love totally different types of music," says Lauren Guy, a 24-year-old substitute teacher from Oak Park, Ill., who participated in the survey. "What I don't like is how women are degraded in music and how violence is glorified."

The survey, which researchers call the Black Youth Project, details the responses of nearly 1,600 black, Latino and white participants, ages 15 to 25, from several Midwestern cities.

Their responses don't always paint a rosy picture about minorities' view of the country.

More than half of African-American and Latino respondents said they believe government officials care very little about them, while 44 percent of white youth said the same. Just over half of black youth also were the most likely to feel their education was, on average, poorer than that of white youth. About a third of whites agreed with that statement. And 61 percent of African-Americans who were surveyed said they feel held back by discrimination.

"It's a red flag, prompting us to talk about what needs to happen in this country to bring about true equality for young people in general — and especially vulnerable young people," Cohen said, referring not just to black young people, but to everyone from low-income youth to gay and lesbians.

While they see many social problems in the world, the survey indicated teens and young adults are optimistic about their chances of changing things for the better.

A large majority of youth in the survey believe, for instance, that they can make a difference by participating in politics — with 79 percent black and white youth and 77 percent of Latino youth saying they feel that way.

They're also using their spending power through "buycotts" — buying products because they like a company's social or political values. A quarter of black youth said they'd participated in a buycott in the last 12 months, while 23 percent of white youth and 20 percent of Hispanic youth said the same. Cohen said several of the respondents mentioned the Motorola (RED) campaign, aimed at helping fund the fight against AIDS in Africa.

Other survey findings included the following:

• About a third of black and Hispanic youth thought drugs, violence, gangs and crime were problems in their neighborhoods, compared with 10 percent of white youth;

• 59 percent of white youth report receiving care from a private doctor, while 40 percent of African-American youth and 39 percent of Hispanic youth say the same;

• 81 percent of white youth, 79 percent of Hispanic youth and 76 percent of black youth disagree with the government funding abstinence-only education;

• 76 percent of African-American youth, 74 percent of Hispanics and 68 percent of whites think condoms should be provided at high schools.

The study is unusual in that it spotlights a group that's often overlooked by social scientists.

"We sometimes get a little statistic here and there as a footnote to someone else's research," says Bakari Kitwana, the Cleveland-based author of "The Hip-Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African-American Culture."

"This is a study that puts young black kids at the forefront."

Initial interviews for the survey were completed between July and November 2005, with in-depth interviews carried out in 2006. Youth interviewed for the project were from Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Louis and Gary, Ind.

The survey, which was funded by the Ford Foundation, has a margin of error of less than plus-or-minus 2 percentage points.

2007-02-01 19:02:21 · 9 answers · asked by brandley_1999 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

mine are: "the newlyweds series on dvd", "sex and the city dvds", the truth about cats and dogs, "the break-up"

2007-02-01 19:02:14 · 7 answers · asked by Minty 3 in Movies

my friend (an architect) and her lawyer-husband are relocating in Dubai, UAE. The husband is hesitant about the idea because he might not be able to practice his profession in Dubai. What requirements, if any, so that he can practice his profession as a lawyer in UAE

2007-02-01 19:01:57 · 2 answers · asked by Hermione 1 in Immigration

2007-02-01 19:01:41 · 14 answers · asked by RANDELL 7 in Polls & Surveys

I'm trying to find a not soo strong smelling deodorant for my young son any suggestions? Thank you!

2007-02-01 19:01:37 · 12 answers · asked by Leah! 1 in Other - Skin & Body

2007-02-01 19:01:29 · 1 answers · asked by some 1 in Engineering

I won a tin of mandarin segments in the tombola on the village green last summer.... i think its still gathering dust in my cupboard

2007-02-01 19:01:28 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

I am a first time mother and I need to stay at home with my child and I am working on my associates right now, online, and we could really use some income! I am looking for something that I might be able to do on the internet or something. Any ideas?

2007-02-01 19:01:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Personal Finance

2007-02-01 19:01:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

I like some of his music, but he just got a stank attitude and obviously doesn't have a life because all he talks about is money and girls. The songs he has that are good aren't even written by him.

2007-02-01 19:01:11 · 11 answers · asked by Nickname 2 in Celebrities

i wanna know - how can i improve my handwriting? its not like that my writings are illegible, but they are not uniform. i dont have one particular style of writing.
bottom line, i wanna improve my handwriting. can someone give me some honest and good tips?

2007-02-01 19:01:08 · 11 answers · asked by aryan_vikas2000 2 in Other - Education

Dear Billy Bob,

I'm writing this slow 'cause I know you can't read fast.
We don't live where we did when you left. Your dad read in the paper that..most accidents happen within twenty miles of home, so we moved. Won't be able to send you the address as the last..family that lived here took the numbers with them for their house, so they wouldn't have to change their address.
This place has a washing machine. The first day I put four shirts in it, pulled the chain and haven't seen 'em since.
The coat you wanted me to send to you, Aunt Ema said it would be a little too heavy to send in the mail with them heavy buttons, so we cut them off and put them in the pockets.
Three of your friends went off the bridge in a pickup. One was driving and the other two were in the back. The driver got out. He rolled down the window and swam to safety. The other two drowned. They couldn't get the tailgate down.
If you don't get this letter, please let me know and i will send another one.
Luv Ma

2007-02-01 19:01:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Jokes & Riddles

2007-02-01 19:01:05 · 9 answers · asked by Electrosam 3 in Video & Online Games

why was there no big outcry then?

2007-02-01 19:00:54 · 1 answers · asked by Wocka wocka 6 in Television