Questions of the Week

1. Do you despise any one store so much that you will not go there to shop no matter what?
Added by: Angelica79

2. Assuming you're over 20 years old, would you hang out with high school teenagers under any circumstances?
Added by: wilde.

3. Is it appropriate to ask someone if they have any medical conditions on the first date?
Added by: cszulins

4. Have you ever fallen for an Internet scam?
Added by: snarenathan

5. Do you believe that a clandestine cabal of elites is manipulating world affairs?
Added by: Absynth

1. Which one of my geese are you?
Added by: cherrycola84

2. The Law and Order: Special Victims Unit trivia quiz!
Added by: jvandemcr2

3. Which member of my family are you?
Added by: Blake189

4. Which Whitest kids member are you?
Added by: marshman11

5. What Type Of Fish Are You?
Added by: Theodorathex

Funniest Comments of the Week

From a Thread about mom and daughters spending insane amounts of money to all get breast implants:
EhFahQ: Why would you ruin perfect C breasts by making them size DD?
Abzurd: They didn't like the way their toes looked.

In a thread announcing that one of the Beastie Boys has cancer, forcing them to cancel concerts and delay a CD release:
JSchlaudraff: Bad time to get ill
Pantala: He can do it any time, he has a license.

In a thread titled "Who have you cybered with on YT?" :
Courtbebe: No one. And I have no intention of ever cybering with any YT folks.
chips2001: GOD. Let a person down gently, why don't you?

In the "how do I quit my job" thread By BobFudge she was given this advice on the resignation note:
CameronVance: Dear Boss: Over the past (insert time here) I have faithfully committed my self to working in this environment. Now due to your unwillingness to work with me and my education, I am forced to quit. Please note that unlike others, I hate this motherf*ckin place. I may actually burn it down when I leave. Also I pooped in the copier. KTHNXBAI BobFudge

In the wish corruption thread, where wishes get granted, but are twisted:
blakeizorsom: I wish I was blue.
Amadeus: Granted, but you're blue da ba dee da ba di..

Joke of the Week

Accountants and Engineers on a Train

Three engineers and three accountants are traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three accountants each buy tickets and watch as the three engineers buy only a single ticket.

"How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asks an accountant.

"Watch and you'll see," answers an engineer.

They all board the train. The accountants take their respective seats but all three engineers cram into a restroom and close the door behind them. Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around collecting tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and says, "Ticket, please." The door opens just a crack and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on. The accountants saw this and agreed it was quite a clever idea. So after the conference, the accountants decide to copy the engineers on the return trip and save some money (being clever with money, and all). When they get to the station they buy a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the engineers don't buy a ticket at all.

"How are you going to travel without a ticket?" says one perplexed accountant.

"Watch and you'll see," answers an engineer.

When they board the train the three accountants cram into a restroom and the three engineers cram into another one nearby. The train departs. Shortly afterward, one of the engineers leaves his restroom and walks over to the restroom where the accountants are hiding.

He knocks on the door and says, "Ticket, please."

Member of the Week

The member of the week is pepperdrinks. A member since October 2002, Pepper is one of those quieter members who is awesome to have around. Whether it's posting about music or books or any other topic, she always has interesting things to say. congrats!

JoeInterview's Member Feature

This week's interview features rca26_1. This interview was conducted by travbowman.

JoeInterview: First off, how did you find YT?

rca26_1: Like a lot of others, I was bored one day and typed in 'bored.com' which of course linked me to YT. However, before I tried bored.com, I tried 'boring.com' which is the website of a hilariously titled Florida company.

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

RCA: Well, I don't come on nearly as often as I did in early high school, but nowadays I like YT primarily for the sports competitions - March Madness, Bowl Pick 'em, Fantasy Premier League, etc. I like the sports discussions here because they're filled with well-rounded, varied people who like sports, not the die-hard fanatics who troll ESPN boards.

JI: What sport could you follow year-round if it were possible?

RCA: Well fortunately, my favorite sport - soccer - is year-round. I think that's one of the neat perks about it. I can follow the Premiership and other European Leagues from Fall-Spring and Major League Soccer and international competitions during the summer. With how it's set-up, you're really never left yearning for more. If I'm picking a non-cheating answer, I'll take NFL football, just because I love Fantasy Football. Inviting a few guys over for a live draft is just so much fun.

JI: You recently switched colleges. What was the reason for the change?

RCA: Growing up in Madison, Wisconsin, I had always wanted to go to the University of Wisconsin. It's a great school with a tremendous culture that is interwoven with the city of Madison itself. For most of high school it was assumed that I'd go there until I learned that I was a National Merit Scholar, which entitled me to a full-ride scholarship at a number of universities, primarily in the south. After a lot of personal debate, I chose from those free rides the University of South Florida in Tampa. Not having to worry about finances for a year was an incredible blessing and I loved living in Tampa, but I began to miss being home a bit too. It was adventurous and freeing to be on my own 1500 miles from home, but the fact of the matter was that I was 17 and not really ready. This, coupled with the fact that USF is not as well-respected of a school as UW, led me to transfer.

JI: What will you miss most about being at USF?

RCA: I made a number of good friends while I was there, including a total sweetheart of a girlfriend that I had to break up with as a result of the transfer. I still feel kinda bad about that. I also miss living in Tampa Bay in general, where a beach was never far away and you could wear shorts in December. I'm sure I'll miss that part of it more once I have to trudge through snow to get to class. And not to sound like a one trick pony here, but I miss the sports culture from USF. Not because it was better than UW's, but because it was growing. Going to football games there, we felt like we were on the ground floor of what could eventually be a dynasty. Like we were there for the birth.

JI: Can Selvie and Grothe lead them to the Big East title this year?

RCA: Actually, I've seen USF atop some preseason Big East lists. Whether that's a testament to USF's skill or the weakness of the Big East remains to be seen, though. I think they can win it, and I'll be thrilled if they can. I still have lots of Bull Pride.

JI: What will you be studying at UW-Madison?

RCA: I'm majoring in business - management as of right now, but I'll probably add another major in real estate. Business sounds pretty dull and standard as a major, but it's a field in which there really isn't a ceiling. If you work hard and catch some breaks, the sky is absolutely the limit, which is probably the main reason I've chosen it above other majors.

Also, my dad had an office job when I was growing up, so I think it just seems standard to me. Plus I like wearing business attire. You can't help but feel confident in a good suit.

JI: What would be your ideal job?

RCA: That's the funny thing about being a business major. It's hard for me to pinpoint a dream job. Through networking or just friends' parents, I've gotten a chance to talk to financial advisers, real estate managers, management consultants and just about everything else you can do with a business degree. The one thing I've noticed that all these businesspeople have in common is that their jobs have no impact on their happiness, just their lives outside of work. So that's sort of my ideal job, one that doesn't interfere too heavily with enjoying the better parts of life, like faith and family.

JI: What are your views on faith, in a nutshell?

RCA: Haha. Here's where I try not to disqualify myself for future public office. To label it, I'm a Lutheran, but to put it simply I believe in a benevolent God who has a plan for all things. I'd try to explain my beliefs more convincingly, but I'll be the first to admit that faith isn't by nature logical. If it was, it wouldn't have to be faith.

JI: Changing gears, what sort of music has been getting the most spin from you lately?

RCA: Discovering new music has been something I've become a lot less passionate about since high school, so lately my musical tastes have been turning a lot more mainstream. My old standbys of piano rock like Ben Folds and Something Corporate still get a fair amount of play, but if I'm in the car I'm listening to rap on the radio. It's something I picked up from Florida, I think.

It's silly for me because in high school people saw me as an underground music expert (not that Ben Folds is underground), and now I just listen to the same stuff that people my age stereotypically listen to.

JI: Have you ever seen Ben Folds in concert?

RCA: Yeah, I've gotten to see him twice, both times in a fairly intimate theater setting. I've been to quite a few quite varied concerts but my favorite experience was seeing Ben Folds. Obviously I enjoyed it quite a bit with him being one of my favorite artists, but even some of the friends I went with who weren't familiar with a lot of his stuff raved about the show. If you're a fan of any of his music, I'd consider his concert a must-see.

JI: What's the story behind your screenname?

RCA: Oh my. Well I remember in oh, about third grade or so when AIM started to be all the craze. I couldn't think of a screen name that no one had taken so I just looked all around the room the computer was in. There was an RCA brand TV right by the computer so I took that and tacked on a 26, because that was my favorite number at the time. the "_1" came later when I was getting a hotmail account, because when I signed up for that, "rca26" had already been taken. So for a while there, every website I signed up for, I signed up as "rca26_1".

Once I realized it was a real mouthful I started signing up places as "RCA" or just my surname. However, this is one of the few sites I still go to from that era so it lives on here, I suppose.

JI: If you could meet any three YTers anywhere you wanted, where would you go and who would be there?

RCA: Due to my transient nature as a YTer, there aren't really any active members that I've talked to for any length as of late. Surely there are a few fine young ladies on YT, and you never say no to hanging out with some fine young ladies.

The three hypothetical damsels and I will go to...hmm. How about a cruise to Alaska. I've always wanted to go on one of those.

JI: Whose sense of humour can always get you to laugh any time you read/hear/watch it?

RCA: I'm a huge fan of anti-humor so I love Andy Kaufman, or more recently Tim and Eric. When it comes to stand-up, I LOVED Mitch Hedberg before his tragic passing, and I do consider myself a Demetri Martin fan as well. The deadpan delivery makes the comedian as far as I'm concerned.

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

RCA: I'd have to say a soccer jersey from a club team that I started with some of my friends. We were pretty awful, but we took the time to organize a good-looking uniform with some backers and we had a lot of fun.

The jersey gained a lot more sentimental significance when two of my teammates were killed in a car accident at the start of this summer. We were able to get another jersey, have the whole team sign it and give it to their parents at the funeral. It means so much to me every time I look at the jersey.

JI: Who outside of family has had the biggest impact on your life?

RCA: One of my friends from high school, named Caleb. Only being 18, my life hasn't really been "defined" yet, but he's aided me quite a bit in growing as a person.

He tried to help me with a girl problem I had, and while it never quite got resolved the way I wanted it to, he was instrumental in convincing me to be a man and deal with it. It helped me to be a lot more confident in a lot of aspects of my life, which was probably the area in which I was most lacking during high school.

JI: What aspect do you want to work on over your last few years of college before entering the big bad real world?

RCA: I'd say the confidence is still something that's not 100% there yet. I think a lot of people in my generation deal with the same problem. People my age grew up on the internet, and were really the first to do so. Therefore, we're incredibly skilled at internet research and communication, but the face-to-face and phone contact that still makes the world go round is more foreign to us.

I don't have tremendous issues talking to people in person, but there's still some minor anxiety when I don't have the safety net of the internet to carefully choose what I want to say. Hopefully that will continue to improve over time.

JI: How do you think that aspect of your generation will affect the workforce in 10-20 years?

RCA: Well, we're already starting to see a less and less personal communication system when it comes to working, what with video conferences and online training and the like. I'd say it will mostly be a good thing, cutting down on business travel and further creating a global economy.

However, I hope the face-to-face never quite gets eliminated, because so much can be lost in translation otherwise.

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

RCA: Hmm. It's hard to pinpoint it since it's what I grew up with, but I love that there's some diversity. Yes, a large portion of Wisconsin is small town, white blue-collar/farm types, but we've also got a very urban feel with Milwaukee and a liberal, progressive aura in Madison. Roll that in with the spacious natural beauty of Northern Wisconsin and you've got a more varied state that we're given credit for.

Also, I just love Midwesterners on the whole. People around here just seem to be raised on politeness and friendliness. You avoid the hustle and bustle of living on a coast.

JI: What's the biggest disadvantage to living there?

RCA: Well you could probably guess that I'd say this, but definitely the winters. I like a little bit of winter weather and snow, but by February the ice storms and subzero temperatures get a bit annoying to deal with. I'd probably prefer a more temperate climate, but I don't think I'd want to ditch winter altogether. Just shorten it.

JI: Describe what it means to be a cheese-head for those on YT who don't know.

RCA: Oh boy. If I say something wrong I'll probably get jumped on by all the other cheese-heads on the site. Like I stated before with Midwesterners in general, I'd say most Wisconsinites are polite, friendly and down-to-earth. We also have a lot of pride in our state (and our Packers) and we have incredibly unhealthy dietary habits (beer, brats, cheese) that we love to death.

We're also good drivers, and we automatically assume that the jerk who just cut us off in the left lane is from Illinois.

JI: If Brett Favre ends up in Minnesota, will you want him to do well in the 14 games not involving the Packers?

RCA: Absolutely not. I'm probably the most pro-Aaron Rodgers Packer fan you'll meet. The fact that Brett Favre wants to join Minnesota just to get back at a front office that didn't really victimize him just shows me that he's a crybaby who has no respect for the fans who loved him for so many years. I sincerely hope that if he comes back he flops, especially against the Packers.

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

RCA: I haven't lived a whole lot of life yet, but I've found it's important to learn from everything. When the hard times come, that's when you learn the most about yourself and life. If you learn and grow through everything that happens to you, a failure is never completely a failure.

This week's article is titled 'Taco Bell Chihuahua dies', and the thread was posted by Cheese King.

This week's link is titled 'Haik Ewe', and the link was posted by Amadeus.

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Hence, She is Dead
Excerpt: I wrote this poem two nights ago after brainstorming awhile. Constructive criticism appreciated.

Written by BlackBird77

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