Society & Culture - 18 November 2006

i work with this girl, Sam, and she's never been very feminine, always getting called sir and stuff, and until recently i felt kinda sorry for her, because its not her fault she's not very pretty and looks kinda like a guy, but today her girlfriend came in to see her and sam tells me that she's always felt like she was meant to be a man and is going to get a sex change and well, my mind is blown. i had no idea these kinds of people lived in my town, let alone that i'd ever have to meet one and i just don't get this, but i have to work with her and we've been friends up till now, but i still think this is all wrong and god doesn't make mistakes like this and she must be sick in the head ro something what can i do?

2006-11-18 10:41:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

So you want a day off. Let's take a look at what you are asking for. There are 365 days per year available for work. There are 52 weeks per year in which you already have 2 days off per week, leaving 261 days available for work. Since you spend 16 hours each day away from work, you have used up 170 days, leaving only 91 days available. You spend 30 minutes each day on coffee break which counts for 23 days each year, leaving only 68 days available.

With a 1 hour lunch each day, you used up another 46 days, leaving only 22 days available for work. You normally spend 2 days per year on sick leave. This leaves you only 20 days per year available for work. We are off 5 holidays per year, so your available working time is down to 15 days. We generously give 14 days vacation per year which leaves only 1 day available for work and I'll be damned if you are going to take that day off!

2006-11-18 10:40:50 · 6 answers · asked by mrqprfc 2 in Other - Holidays

2006-11-18 10:40:28 · 18 answers · asked by linknigh1 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Do the Gospels have everything in it you need to know to be saved and go to heaven. If so, why do churches need to preach from any other books in the bible.?

If not, Then what else do you need?

2006-11-18 10:40:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

RAmen

2006-11-18 10:39:49 · 17 answers · asked by Jim_Darwin 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-18 10:39:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

You can include Sikhism in the list.

2006-11-18 10:38:40 · 5 answers · asked by LearningGuy 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Please, no answers from fools or foolish remarks or labeling of others as fools! There are on-line dictionaries which derived their definitions from the original dictionary if you need help with the right answer.

2006-11-18 10:36:04 · 14 answers · asked by Lovin' Mary's Lamb 4 in Religion & Spirituality

RAmen

2006-11-18 10:36:03 · 13 answers · asked by Jim_Darwin 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Most Black men (street type and even the non-street type) - have nocticable voice tone being more deeper than other voices or I dunno deeper or just more with a different sound to it. And I am not talking about Black's pronouncing English or anything, I am talking about voice tone for example. compare the late Richard Pryor voice with say Jim Carrey _voice tone -

any feedback?

2006-11-18 10:33:46 · 6 answers · asked by gary m 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Not trying to be mean, but its almost like they don't know. I feel embarrased for them.

2006-11-18 10:32:47 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

10) The serpent was more crafty than any of the animals; he as a lawyer for the ACLU.

9) And Noah lived 950 years…but still never got flood insurance

8) And lot chose to live in Sodom mostly because property taxes were so low there.

7) When told he would have a son, Abraham laughed… for he was 100 years old and could not afford in-vitro fertilization.

6) Abraham! Take your son, your only son.. and bring him to the orthodontist.

5) King Abimelech saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebecca; so he taped it and sent it to Jerry Springer.

4) And Joseph’s brothers hated him for his coat of many colors which his father bought him retail

3) Potiphar’s wife took notice of Joseph; she e-mailed his MySpace page at least five or six times a day.

2) Pharaoh rewarded Joseph with riches and one of those cushy lifetime government jobs.

1) Joseph interpreted his fellow inmates’ dreams and he began charging them $325 for each 50-min session.

2006-11-18 10:32:45 · 8 answers · asked by Gamla Joe 7 in Religion & Spirituality

When you go shopping and you are ready to check out and the two people at the register are just chatting away and they see you but they keep talking? It drives me insane!

2006-11-18 10:32:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I think that English should be made the official language, but alot of people find that racist, How is that racist??
I mean if you are going to come to a country then you should know how to speak the language. And since 99% of Americans speak English, it makes sense that they should learn how to speak English. Duh.
And I'm soo sick and tired of everything getting printed in English AND spanish, and the Spanish channel, and all the hispanic peopele working at McDonalds who cant speak English. Why doesn't anyone realize we are losing our country to the Mexicans. We might as well be called the United States of Mexico.

2006-11-18 10:31:28 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-11-18 10:31:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

2006-11-18 10:31:04 · 21 answers · asked by Jim_Darwin 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Why are you concerned about it? If not, why not? If you don't know what it is, just listen in please!

2006-11-18 10:30:33 · 7 answers · asked by Lovin' Mary's Lamb 4 in Religion & Spirituality

also what are there names

2006-11-18 10:29:35 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

or is this changing for footbal regalia ?

2006-11-18 10:28:35 · 14 answers · asked by landgirl60 4 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-11-18 10:28:05 · 9 answers · asked by Camel Eye 1 in Etiquette

God wants a family, and he created you to be a part of it.
The entire Bible is the story of God building a family who will love him, honor him, and reign with him forever.
It says,
"His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. And this gave him great pleasure" (Ephesians 1:5)

It's an appiontment, it pleasing to God, So perhaps I'll see you in Church as part of God's family?

2006-11-18 10:27:54 · 14 answers · asked by inteleyes 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-18 10:27:53 · 18 answers · asked by Mickey B 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Lot's of Black kids don't know until they learn a bit more. I mean they can take the p** out of their African student class associates that have African names with some meaning but forget that their own names are European in having European descent (this is a huge percent of Black kids with European names) and we knwo where they come from.

Fernandez - SPANISH

Jones - I believe Anglo-European

Ok, for the white kids/people to have those names, cause its cool it comes from their native continent but....

2006-11-18 10:24:49 · 8 answers · asked by gary m 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I think death would be a unique experience, knowing that I'm not actually going to die, I think I just might. What about you?

2006-11-18 10:24:35 · 33 answers · asked by bloodsanctum 4 in Religion & Spirituality

My first date with my current boyfriend was at a park. As I was exciting the camp area...after dark....I slamed on my breaks as a owl was in the middle of the road. The Owl looked at me....then took its prey (a small rodent of some sort) and flew away.

Not that it really matters...but I was wondering what kind of signs could and owl represent??? Could it be something about my boyfriends and I relationship--we are in love now and have been together for over a year...with zero fights?
Or, could it just be something about my life? It felt like some good sign at the time though.

If it helps....I live in the pacific northwest....I don't know what kinds of owls are native here. And the face was white....with brownish white on its body.

Thanks!!

2006-11-18 10:24:18 · 15 answers · asked by thegirlnextdoor 2 in Mythology & Folklore

Is it easier to learn to ski or to snowboard?

2006-11-18 10:22:12 · 10 answers · asked by Val G 5 in Other - Holidays

2006-11-18 10:20:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Hunting is killing for fun, like a hobby, so why do churches give hunters special weeknight services during hunting season? They're killing for pleasure!

2006-11-18 10:20:33 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Is the world imperfect.
There is a direct relation, a fatal and mathematical one, between the work and the artificier. As you know a tree by it's fruit, you will know a craftsman by his works.

The world is a beautiful place. I'm the first to admit that. However, NO one would ever say that the world is a perfect place.
If I were to read a book filled with spelling errors, grammatical mistakes, sentences that are poor and the style neglected, where the ideas are common and quotes incorrect, I would certainly not attribute that ugly work to a master of literature now would I?

The same goes for the universe. It is an imperfect place, and it always has been.
Perfection can never determine imperfection. Period.

The world is imperfect because it is a natural thing, free of any supernatural influence. Which is good since the supernatural only exists in the imagination of those too stupid to understand reality.

2006-11-18 10:19:57 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-18 10:18:57 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture