All categories - 26 May 2007

Im trying to tranlate a tale by Carson McCullers (Georgia, USA) titled: The Sojourner.
The complete translation its done already but i cant understand what it is Little Butterduck...
Here is the text:
"Was it indeed true that at one time he had called this stranger, Elizabeth, Little Butterduck during nights of love, that they had lived together, shared perhaps a thousands days and nights..."
Thanks!

2007-05-26 14:21:06 · 9 answers · asked by PEZ 2 in Languages

And why are republicans symbolized by an elephant?
(If you ask me, I'd rather be the elephant, which I am, of course. But back to the question.)

2007-05-26 14:20:48 · 26 answers · asked by luv_figure_skating 2 in Politics

I am considering a large tribal tattoo. Similar to a pair of permanent "shorts" I have been thinking of this for some time and am just working out the design. I've pretty well drawn up the design, mainly contrasting triangle patterns and large blocks of black with negative images, kind of art deco-ish. It'll be from waist to upper knees, all images bold.. Is there a specific meaning to this type of tattoo? I would like to keep it strickly a work of art and not a particular tribal affliation, though it will have a few polyneasian influences.

If your anti ink please don't reply, all other opionions are welcome.

2007-05-26 14:20:48 · 5 answers · asked by Blademaker 2 in Tattoos

♪♫Oh lord, won't ya buy me, a Mercedes Benz, my friends all drive porches, I must make a-mends♪♫

♥

2007-05-26 14:20:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-05-26 14:20:37 · 16 answers · asked by butterfly_cutepie 2 in Other - Society & Culture

I want a little brother so bad.I've wanted a sibling forever but my mom doesn't want another kid even though she just has me.I think about having a brother all the time.Like sometimes I even dream about it,I tried babysiting and playing with my cousins and stuff but I really want my own brother sooo much.I don't know what to do though =p

2007-05-26 14:20:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family

2007-05-26 14:20:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

In my Ethics class (udergraduate extra credit), the question that was posed was "does home schooling teach children about the world or does it protect them from it".
Please discuss.
Thank You.

2007-05-26 14:20:17 · 16 answers · asked by Mark 3 in Home Schooling

I'm not insulting the women just wondering why

2007-05-26 14:19:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

For the past 3 years, every year on memorial day, we go to my great grandparents grave and bring them new flowers (fake of course) and every year when we get there, the flower, the styrofoam, and the pot are all gone!!!!!!!!! it started with just the pot but now their taking everything.

im looking for a quote of some kind to put in the flowers to make the theives think twice before they take them this year.

2007-05-26 14:19:25 · 11 answers · asked by That One Girl....... 2 in Quotations

we got my dog a harness because she was pulling so hard we thought she would choke herself.now she is so scared of it she barely lets me put it on her.i have to ;ift up her head then keep it there to put it on her.WHY?

2007-05-26 14:18:44 · 7 answers · asked by tinytab75 1 in Dogs

find integers y and x that satisfy y^3=x^2.

2007-05-26 14:18:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mathematics

I need to know how much meat I need for a BBQ for 20 adults and 20 children. We are serving Burgers, Brats, and Hot Dogs, but have no idea what people will actually eat. Is there a "rule of thumb" for this situation?

2007-05-26 14:18:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cooking & Recipes

Cops: Ice Cream Truck Sold 'Pot-Sicles'
Friday, May 25, 2007 8:10 PM EDT
The Associated Press


MISSION, Texas (AP) — Police say the jingle of this ice cream truck meant pot-sickles. Police say elementary school students tipped them off to an ice cream truck driver who was apparently selling $5 and $10 bags of marijuana from the truck. Most customers were in the third, fourth, and fifth grades.

"It's a scary thought, but that's the info we received," Mission police Chief Leo Longoria said.

http://www.adelphia.net/news/read.php?id=13720558&ps=1020&cat=&cps=0&lang=en

2007-05-26 14:18:16 · 12 answers · asked by ? 2 in Politics

I have been taking a handful of tylenol pills and allergy pills
soon as I go to bed and yes,
I have been doing this for nearly half the year yes half of
this year?
I am a 51 year old woman and in the morning I have prescribed
medications that I have to take up to 9 or 10
different medications
just one of my medications at bedtime along with a handful
of allergy medication and tylenol pills
Yet every morning here I am time and time again
and not making this up, I really do this all of the time hoping
I never will wake up, yet I am here time and time again
and yes nearly half this year I have been doing this

I did this back in 2006?
Am I the walking Wonder Woman or something Super Woman
and am I the only person in the whole world who can do
this and I must be the only person
who does this and never dies

2007-05-26 14:18:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

can u please tell wat to buy or use or if there is a homemade recipe?

2007-05-26 14:17:32 · 9 answers · asked by Bing 2 in First Aid

my grandfather used to eat these at an old bakery in hebbronville, tx., that has now closed. i have looked but cant find anything similar to it. i cant ask him becasue he passed and cant ask the bakery becasue they have closed. i have tried cooks.com and allrecipes.com but they dont have what i am looking for....

2007-05-26 14:17:31 · 3 answers · asked by frany 3 in Cooking & Recipes

2007-05-26 14:17:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

that does not involve blaming liberals for something?

2007-05-26 14:16:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Who made up the religion? I heard it was King Henry VIII.

2007-05-26 14:16:55 · 6 answers · asked by x.schrei.x 1 in Religion & Spirituality

In my family when I was growing up (2 males, 2 females), we all shared a toilet, and my dad and brother put the seat where they wanted (usually up) and mum and I put it where we wanted (down). No issues, no problems.

After I became an adult, I discovered from television and so on that there was like this whole culture of jokes etc based around men not putting the toilet seat down, as if it was something they had done "wrong".

Is there any actual logic behind this idea, and in the real world, do real women care where their toilet seat goes? If so, how on earth does it trouble you?

And where/when did this idea start? Is it an American thing, an urban thing, or a 90s thing?

2007-05-26 14:16:48 · 33 answers · asked by Girl Machine 7 in Gender Studies

2007-05-26 14:16:45 · 3 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-05-26 14:16:40 · 18 answers · asked by eeyoree rocks2003 7 in Polls & Surveys

The game finished at slightly past 6, which is fox's signoff time

2007-05-26 14:16:38 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Baseball

Whats your favorite pop? Mine's Coca Cola . . . but I also like Dr. Pepper and Rootbeer.

2007-05-26 14:16:24 · 21 answers · asked by ♥qwerty07♥ 4 in Polls & Surveys

2007-05-26 14:16:16 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Birds

There is an end of the year party for school and it is on a lake. I am afraid of boats (bad experience) and one of things that we are doing is tubing.

Me and my gf are going and i don't think that she likes boats either but she might. Even though i am scared to death, should i go tubing if she does?

We of course are going to hang out with each other the entire time, do you think that she will think i am a wimp if i tell her i am scared of boats?

I had a bad experience in which i could have died. I was close but was saved. No one knows about this but my family.

2007-05-26 14:16:09 · 23 answers · asked by Mìthrándír 1 in Singles & Dating

Why does it threaten people to have their religion questioned or opposed? Do they think that if too many people jump ship, they will have to re-examine, or is it a bandwagon thing? I am looking for rational respectful answers.

2007-05-26 14:16:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

its our first date together and well we have a $20 budget

2007-05-26 14:15:59 · 8 answers · asked by Cate G 1 in Singles & Dating