Questions of the Week

1. Is non-sexual dating a thing of the past?
Added by: Koto

2. Are you going to meet up with any YTers this summer?
Added by: die_numb

3. Can you really study or prepare for the SAT?
Added by: Proserpine

4. Do you always wear a helmet when riding a bike?
Added by: pankate

5. Is it silly to capitalize the first letter of 'atheist'?
Added by: dots

1. Are you Artistic?
Added by: vampfreak2

2. What track runner are you?
Added by: rosswheels

3. what type of robot are you?
Added by: mk9

4. Which Marvel Superhero are you?
Added by: Ferdinand

5. What kind of flower are you?
Added by: 96shelby

Funniest Comments of the Week

In a thread about swine flu after it's been discovered that the flu has effected some people in kansas:
stevesloth: Makes you wonder what kind of relationship these people from Kansas have with their pigs...
DaveW: They need love even when their sister is menstruating.

In a thread where some silly teen is complaining about math homework:
hc_luver: it just pisses me off when they just randomly give us assignments that don't really help us whatsoever. (when do we need to figure out the interior angles of a square?)

In one of Shakira's journals about how she finds her professor sexy :
Rik_Khaos: 'Professor Sex' sounds like a character in an x-men knockoff porno.
Schreck: I've seen Vulvarine.

In a discussion about the age at which you reach a sexual peak:
sander: Sex after 40 compared to sex at 16 is like an expensive dinner at a fine restaurant compared to a BigMac.
Isthiezak: It's more expensive?

In another thread about Swine Flu:
IceQueen84: It's not airborn...So when flying Sunday, don't have to wear a stupid mask. If anyone on the plane has flu symptoms, I am going to start screaming BURN THEM though.
about.blank: surely if somebody on the plane has the flu then the flu is airborne.

Joke of the Week

President.

Someone once said when a black man becomes president, pigs will fly. Sure enough 100 days later 'swine flew'.

Member of the Week

The member of the week is YoU_WiSh. A member since January 2004, recentely had a mini YT-gathering with former MOTw lizzywizzy. Despite the rain it sounds like they had a great time. congrats!

JoeInterview's Member Feature

This week's interview features 4evame. This interview was conducted by travbowman.

JoeInterview: First off, how did you find YT?

4evame: I was in my first year of college (which turned out to be a waste of time) and I was in the Resource Room on the computers looking for jokes. Google found YT, so I read through some, then signed up so I could add one of my own. I tried 3 times and it never got approved, so I gave up. Over a year later, in my second college, I remembered about the place and became a journal junkie.

JI: What would you say is the biggest reason you keep coming back for more?

4EM: I'm SO nosy. I'm the type of person who goes round a roundabout a few times to have a good look at an accident that's occured. So I tend to come back to make sure I'm not missing anything!

I love the many different types of personalities and sense of humour, and watching them all mingle is so entertaining.

JI: Describe life at the Cats Protection League for us.

4EM: I love my job, and one day is hardly ever the same. I arrive at 8am, and feed and give all their cats their medication. Then start the clean at 9. We have 25 pens to clean, so don't usually finish until 11. We have volunteers who come in and help out too which is great.

Then the afternoon consists of many things. Looking fter the public when they come to re-home cats, doing home visits for reserved cats, picking up sick cats and taking them to the vets, trapping and neuteuring feral colonies, and the one no-body likes, picking up dead cats. Then there is the afternoon feed and medication at 4pm, and I leave usually about 5pm.

It's a very physical job, and can be very emotional at times, but you come home with a feeling of accomplishment, knowing you're doing your bit to help.

JI: When did your love of animals start?

4EM: From a very young age. I used to bandage up my teddies when I was little, and there is a picture of me somewhere when I was 2, sitting in the garden next to a wild blackbird.

From primary school I knew I wanted to work with animals, and I initially wanted to be a Vet, but I wasn't clever enough I did some work experience as a vet nurse, but it wasn't an enjoyable experience, the staff were horrible, so it put me off.

I'm not doing my dream job, but I'm working my way towards it.

JI: What would be your dream job?

4EM: My dream job would be to work in a rehabilitation centre for exotic animals abroad. Africa would be my first option, working with any of The Big 5. They are amazing animals, and to interract with them, and help them back into the wild would be wonderful.

JI: What's the most exciting place you've traveled to so far?

4EM: Most exciting place was probably Knowsley Safari Park. The monkeys were jumping on our car, and the ostriches were trying to peck at themselves in the mirrors. Really exciting being so close to the animals.

The most exciting country has to be Cyprus. The wildlife is crazy. I saved a lizard from drowing in our pool! Poor little bugger. Also, there are banana trees EVERYWHERE! The people are so friendly and the environment is so natural and quiet.

JI: How have you changed the most in your 5+ years at YT?

4EM: I'm no where near as sensitive as I used to be, but that's probably since I stopped smoking so much pot. More paranoid than sensitive I suppose! My music taste is another thing. When I forst joined YT, I was what you call a 'Goth/Rocker'. I'd listen to nothing but heavy rock. Now I listen to anything and everything.

I'm a lot more independant as well, and don't rely on other peoples opinons to help me make decisions. So all in all, I've changed for the better.

JI: What's the story behind your screenname?

4EM: I've used this screen name for years, and the first thing I used it for was a website called student centre. I don't know if anyone has ever used it? That must be about 8 years ago now.

I don't really have a story behind it. I just suppose I'll always be myself, and if people don't like the way I am, then tough!

JI: What's your drink of choice when at the pub?

4EM: I don't often drink alcohol, as I'm usually designated driver. Plus I have a phobia of being sick so I don't tend to get wasted. When I do go out for a drink, I tend to stick to the spirits. Vodka and Coke is a favourite. Goes down so easily.

I don't do beer unless it's in the summer and it's boiling hot and I'm sitiing outside!

JI: What does family mean to you?

4EM: This is quite a difficult question. We are not a close knit family. Not like some families I hear about. To me, it means having someone to go to when times are hard. Someone to speak to and give me support.

I discuss more thing with my mum and auntie than I do with my father, which is a shame. Me and my father are too alike, and ver rarely do we have a discussion without it turning into an argument. I love every member of my family with all my heart, and would be lost without them.

JI: What's the best thing about living in Wales?

4EM: The countryside. I adore it. My job involves quite a bit of driving, and I often end up through valleys, and then up massive hills. Next minute I'm surrounded my nothing but fields, stuck behind a tractor.

I could drive forever in areas like that. I hate being in busy town centres, with 100's of lanes and one way systems bloody everywhere. I hate it. Wales have some lovely historic stories. Any other Welshies will know what I mean when I say Beth Gellert.

I just wish I knew more of the language. I love listening to people speaking fluently in Welsh. Oh and of course, the sheep.

JI: What's the biggest disadvantage to living where you do?

4EM: We've just moved (for the 9th time) to a bungalow my dad has built, and it's right by a set of traffic lights, with a fire brigade and a police station about 100 yards away. So all we hear is sirens, often through the night. The area in general is fine though. It can be a bit dodgy, with the chavs around. But you get that anywhere. That family where everyone knows their reputation!

JI: What's the best way to spend a weekend?

4EM: Half of my weekend consists of working, so my days off, which are Friday and Saturday, are classed as my weekend. The best way to spend it, would be to get up handy and do something with my friends. Go to a theme park, or the zoo or something like that. A full day out.

Then in the evening I'd go out and have a few drinks, or visit a friend I don't get to see very often. Then the Saturday I'd have a big lie in. Well I say big, I panic if I wake up after 12. Such a waste of a day! Then I'd do my weekly chores, maybe a bit of shopping, and spend the evening relaxing with my family.

JI: What's the best part about a theme park?

4EM: The adrenaline rush. The bit where you're in the queue waiting to go on a massive ride thinking "Should I really be doing this? No I shouldn't, I'm going to leave. But then I'll look like a pussy. Bugger it, I'll do it"

Then you sit in the ride, get strapped in, and really start to panic "Oh my god, what am I doing, I'm going to die" Then all the way round you do nothing but laugh and come off with a big huge smile on your face. I bloody love it.

Oh, and the doughnuts!

JI: If buddy decided to sell YT to you for a dollar, what would be the first thing you would change?

4EM: Yellow bloody envelopes. Have the ability to make them blue again. Or made red ones so that you know which to stay away from. I'd make a shop thing, so members can sell stuff on it too.

I'd get commission of course. Oooo and I'd make it so you can have personal colour schemes too, if that makes sense.

JI: What's your most prized possession and why?

4EM: It would have to be my car. It's not the smartest car in the world, but it gets me from A to B, and I'd be completely lost without it.

It's my haven. If I fancy a bit of thinking time, I just jump in my car and take a quiet drive through the countryside. I always feel relaxed after a good drive.

It holds many secrets! I've had people laugh and cry in my car. It has memories of so many fun times. Driving down the road with my friends, belting out cheesy tunes. I love her.

JI: You get to meet any three YTers anywhere you want. Who's there and where is it?

4EM: It would be Stevesloth, because he comes across as quite mysterious and I'm nosy as hell so want to know what he's actually like. CarolineYes, because she's bloody brilliant. Even though I don't speak to her as much anymore, I'd love to hang out with her. And the other being Halzberry. She seems a really fun loving person, and I'm really impressed by her artistic skills, so I'd be asking her to draw things constantly!

It would probably be a really nice day, and we'd go to the countryside and sit in a big field with some food and some drinks and chat and laugh, then carry on doing so through the night.

JI: What's your forte in the kitchen?

4EM: Well, I'm a crap cook to be honest. I can cook cake rather than meals. Especially flapjacks. They are my speciality.

I remember making burgers once, but they went terribly wrong and ended up as a bit of a mush. I can make pizza, including the base. I love making pizza.

JI: Whose sense of humour always gets you to laugh each time you read/watch/hear it?

4EM: Alan Davies. Only the British probably know who he is. Good ole' Jonothan Creek! I love him, he's so cute, and he's so stupid.

He's on a program called Q.I. It's a gameshow about loads of fancy facts, and he's ALWAYS last with minus points. But he is always the one to make me laugh.

Even on Jonothan Creek, where he is a fictional character, I can't help but smile at him, waiting for something to occur which is going to make me laugh. He's amazing.

JI: What's a hidden talent of yours that not many YTers know about?

4EM: I consider myself a bit of a computer whizz. If any of my family have problems, I'm always the one they call to fix their computers.

I don't do things like take them apart, but anything software related, most of the time, I can sort it out. Also, I love working out things like new mobile phones, and electrical stuff like that. I'm a bit sad really. This interview isn't going to do my street cred much good!

JI: What kind of mobile phone do you recommend for ease of use?

4EM: Nokia tends to be the easiest make I think. The Nokia 6301 is one a few of my friends have, and they rate it for it's simplicity. It's not got an amazing camera, or anything too technical on it.

It can play Mp3's and stuff like like, but the menu layout and everything is dead simple, like most Nokias. Unless you decide to go for something like the N95 with all fancy things on it. I love phones with fancy things on it. Mine is a touch screen Samsung, and I love it.

JI: What piece of technology do you wish you could get your hands on?

4EM: A big HD TV. Simple, but man I get so jealous when I see the adverts on the TV. My laptop is Blu-Ray and HD ready, so if I were to connect it to a HD TV, I'd have a great experience.

With an added surround system. Oh yeh. My laptop hs got surround sound and a subwoofer and bass booster, but to connect it up to a real system would just be amazing.

JI: Any final words of wisdom to share with your fellow YTers?

4EM: Lets go for something cheesy. Smile and the world will smile with you.

This week's article is titled 'School abandons 'disability day' fundraiser', and the thread was posted by holly_bolly.

This week's link is titled 'Michael Jackson's collection of crazy', and the link was posted by lilsublime.

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