I really don't understand...

a great many things. The one that is puzzling me now is why some men and women are so freaked out by homosexuality and lesbianism. I know that I am a fan of the stick shift and no external influence is going to change that.

It seems to me that those people who are so freaked out know that their preferences don't conform to what their religion, society, etc., tell them is acceptable. They assume everyone else has that much angst and are seeking to keep others from being their true selves because they (angsted out ones) can't handle it in their own lives.
I know, others have expressed this better than I.

Blast from the past

I discovered this comic back in the 80's

Dear Friends from Missouri - do you really want this guy representing you?

I know abortion is a heavily charged issue. I may not hold with this guy's beliefs on same subject. What really makes me nuts is this statement that if you are "legitimately raped" then "the female body has ways to shut that down." I mean for fuck's sake that is just nuts.

Much more eloquent than "Men can't control themselves"

Exactly

My name is Henri

And Henri - the sequel -

I'm watching a fictional depiction of Flight 93

I know I have a lot of unresolved anger. I hope I would do major damage to anyone causing this situation.

Size does matter

A co-worker offered me a winestopper that was given as a gift to her. Her otherwise cool husband is not so modern when it comes to other men giving her gifts, let alone ones that look like this:

Nothing going on, she just used to work with a very non-pc (and fun) crowd. Anyway, I of course showed it to a number of also non-pc women who, I think, found it just as funny as I did.

I bring it home and try to insert it into the wine bottle open at the time and IT DID NOT FIT. It was TOO THICK. I found this very funny so I emailed said women (including the gifter).

As of now the only one who responded said "Use as decoration maybe that is what it is intended for". Now I don't know if she was being literal or not (which has it's own comic implications).

I can't decide which is funnier - that it was too thick for the opening or that it is a decoration.

Update - More from the same person - "I think it is wine decoration and it's totally hysterically cute! Put it in the middle of a cheese plate at least it will make good conversation". I laughed so hard, I felt I was going to cough up a lung.

Further update - it is too small for the latest wine bottle.

My sister's birthday IS coming up