Questions of the Week

1. Would you stay in a WWII war bunker for a vacation?
Added by: juni

2. Which Academy Award Best Picture format do you like best?
Added by: wislakrakow1

3. Do you support the ideals of Ronald McDonald?
Added by: Oblivious

4. Have you ever made an idiotic comment on YT and went to dispose of the evidence, only to find that someone had quoted you?
Added by: snarenathan

5. Was your first kiss with the same sex or the opposite sex?
Added by: Moku

1. Which samurai weapon should you use?
Added by: Tetsuken

2. What kind of a wedding will you have?
Added by: HLB10

3. What Will You Be When You Grow Up?
Added by: FrostWolf18

4. What kind of kisser are you in a relationship?
Added by: robpax

5. Which ethnicity of barbarian are you?
Added by: Celt101

Funniest Comments of the Week

From a Thread titled 'who have you cybered with on YT?':
Abzurd: The only way I would cyber with someone is through babelfish. Otherwise, i don't see the point
Cindy_: Except it ends up translating like this: "You put my tap in your mouth and touch your cat. I reach my hand to the bottom and assess your soft center. "
Abzurd: That's exactly what I want. If I can go through a whole cybering bablefish session with a girl and we both enjoyed it, I'm marrying her.

Random thread:
le_berger: I don't date, I skip to the juicy part right away.
Brunnen_G: You call a restraining order 'the juicy part'?

Random journal:
humblepie: I have flipped the situation and am now controlling his sorry ass through text messages, even though he's out with his stupid girlfriend right now.
HylianNinja: Awesome. Tell whoever that they're a big doodiehead if they don't punch their girlfriend right now. YOU SAID YOU WERE CONTROLLING THEM, MAKE TOOTH-LOSS HAPPEN.

From the 'who have you cybered with on YT?' thread again:
Cheese King: I think I might be cybering with leberger right now. It's hard to tell sometimes.

From a thread which evolved into a religious debate (I know, hard to imagine on YT) :
Noldor: So how come nobody is following Deuteronomy 13:7-12?
Abzurd: Is that the verse where they say a man with no testicles cannot enter the kingdom of Heaven?
Noldor: No, no, no, that's in Neuteronomy.

Joke of the Week

Cheating on a drunk

A man had been drinking at the bar for hours when he mentioned something about his girlfriend being out in the car.

The bartender, concerned because it was so cold, went to check on her.

When he looked inside the car, he saw the man's friend, Dave, and his girlfriend kissing one another.

The bartender shook his head and walked back inside.He told the drunk that he thought it might be a good idea to check on his girlfriend.

The fellow staggered outside to the car, saw his buddy and his girlfriend kissing, then walked back into the bar laughing.

"What's so funny?" the bartender asked.

"That stupid Dave!" the fellow chortled, "He's so drunk, he thinks he's me!"

Member of the Week

The member of the week is hellonicole. A member since March 2006, Nicole recently had a mini YT-meetup with former MOTW GreenandBlue in the Bay Area. Her interesting life is also always fun to follow through journals. congrats!

JoeInterview's Member Feature

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

JoeInterview: First off, how did you find YT?

Pantala: I don't remember the original site, but I saw a link to a question I thought was interesting enough to click and check out. That's when the addiction started. (btw, today is my 8 year yt anniversary, very apropos!)

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

P: A few things I guess. I think the community of it. The dynamic is different than other sites. I like the way so many different people interact with each other. You get to see a lot of different points of view, so sometimes you may look at something in a way you hadn't thought of. Also the unusual relationships people form. It's interesting to see who people gravitate toward, especially people that clash with each other.

Oh and the crack buddy laces the threads with.

JI: How have you changed the most in the 8 years you've spent here?

P: That's a pretty broad question. I'm not as argumentative and when I am, I make damn sure I can back up what I say. I think I'm a lot more apathetic about a lot of stuff. which, I suppose, is a good and bad thing.

JI: What's one topic that can still get you pretty worked up?

P: I don't really get worked up too much anymore. (hence the apathy) I mostly just throw my two cents in and leave the major arguments to the big guys.

JI: Describe your job to us.

P: I work for a small town newspaper. It is not as fun as it sounds. I mostly write up all the obits, engagements, letters to the editor, etc. I only occasionally actually 'write' my own articles. and I update our website two days a week.

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

P: The strawberries. Hands down. Everyone should get to try them. Most everything else pretty much sucks.

JI: What would you say is the worst thing about living there?

P: Idiots and the ungodly heat. It's a toss up.

JI: What was the teenage version of Pantala like?

P: Ya know, thinking of the answer to this I realized if I knew the teenage me now, I'd totally kick her dumb ass. I was a mess... made a lot of stupid decisions that could have ended in a catastrophe.

I was also a huge smartass.

JI: What sort of music has been getting the most spin from you lately?

P: I don't usually listen to a whole cd all the way through. I prefer it random. That's why I like my ipod more than I thought I would. So ya know, I'll go from Metallica to Bryan Adams (yeah, I said it) to Justin to Cake to Soundgarden.

JI: What's the top spot on your list of places to travel that you've never been?

P: Pretty much anywhere in Europe. There is so much interesting history anywhere you go and the photographer in me drools at the thought of it.

I'd love to see Prague. I think there would be a great photograph anywhere you turn. Amsterdam for obvious reasons, but also their lack of cars must be nice. Anywhere/thing world war II related. and Lichtenstein, also for obvious reasons.

JI: When did your love of photography start?

P: I guess the spark for it was five or six years ago. I didn't really start taking it seriously until I started working for the paper. (when I was originally hired it was as a photographer) I can also credit a yt member, muff (a/k/a ragamuffin, a/k/a carli). When we first met on yt she was taking photography classes, so she helped a lot and her photos inspired me and helped me look at things a little differently.

JI: What's your forte in the kitchen?

P: oh I'm totally a baker but I hate to cook. But I can't make something sweet and have it in the house, I'd weigh 800 pounds. So I bring most of whatever I make to work. My boss jokes that it gives me job security.

JI: You're a regular in the YT trivia games each week. What are your favourite trivia topics?

P: The ones I know a lot about. I like some tv related games, if the questions arent about shows before I was born. I like the food and cooking games, presidents and general American history.

But my very favorite games were specific subjects I know a good bit about, like the futurama, simpsons, princess bride, etc. then I dont have to google as much.

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

P: Rain, muff and sheady in Amsterdam.

JI: Speaking of Rain, does having a family member as a YTer ever affect what you've posted?

P: Nope. I don't care what that bitch thinks. Seriously though, nah, I'm really close with my sisters. (got the tattoo to prove it!) if there was something I couldn't say in front of her, I couldn't say it in front of anyone.

JI: Describe what it's like living with MS on a week to week basis.

P: Ya know, I don't really think about it like that. It all seems normal to me know. Even though I'm always sort of aware of it because I'm always adapting how I do things. It's almost like a game sometimes, challenging myself to figure out how to do something by myself.

But I still do pretty much the same things everyone else does in a week, just slower.

JI: What was the hardest thing to adapt to at first?

P: Well, it wasnt something I just woke up with, it was a gradual process. First it was a little limp and gettin kinda tired, then over time the limp got worse and I started falling down a lot, mostly walking my dog though. Anyway, so you slowly adapt with it, as each new thing that comes along.

But the thing I've had the hardest time getting used to is taking a shot three times a week. I still hate it.

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

P: Other than my cat, my camera. My big dslr. I have a nice little coolpix, but it's obviously much more limited in what it will do, so it's more of a handy snapshot kinda thing.

JI: For an amateur who wants to start getting into taking better shots, what kind of camera do you recommend?

P: Ya know, I wouldn't. Every user is different and every camera is different. Get one that feels good and does what you need it to do. What brand is just a preference. If you think one is better than the rest, then there ya go.

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

P: Nobody is gonna die just by you admitting you're wrong.

This week's article is titled 'Worker's ‘secret iPhone’ suicide', and the thread was posted by Mizu.

This week's link is titled '40 of The Most Creative Lamp Designs Ever', and the link was posted by Mr Bungle.

Best Avatar of the Week	Best Profile Design of the Week
VictoryRider	"The Colorful Moon" by Macarena.

Featured Article of the Week

Manginas 2 - the failure of the "other" definition
Excerpt: I do not purport to have invented the term, which is why finding another article on it while Googling was not surprising. What surprised me, however, was the definition of the term “Manginas” that said article had used.

Written by mynameismike

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