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Post by Ally on Jun 8, 2006 23:43:09 GMT
Yeah, X-men is in my head...
So, if you were a mutant, what power would you want to have?
I'd be telepathic. Not just because I'm nosy, but because you'd ace every exam and be able to blag your way into anywhere. And think of the fortune you'd save on phone bills....
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Post by Emily on Jun 9, 2006 8:11:07 GMT
I want to be kitty and walk through walls, take the shortest route every time, never worry about forgetting your keys, dont get wet in the rain et c.
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Post by Ally on Jun 9, 2006 11:14:06 GMT
Plus you get to (indirectly) knock out Vinny Jones! (Saves remembering his name ;D)
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Post by petrobrad on Jun 9, 2006 11:36:39 GMT
I would want to be angel so I can fly and not get stuck behind fat people when shopping and I can truely escape from the world.
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Post by Emily on Jun 9, 2006 14:46:35 GMT
he was ugly though...
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Post by Ally on Jun 9, 2006 15:27:56 GMT
Oi, nothing wrong with fat people.
Angel had a rather nice chest, but not really my type facially.
Hey Pete, I'll have to post you the angel porn poem I read ages ago...
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Post by petrobrad on Jun 9, 2006 17:50:03 GMT
I look forward to reading it, I'm sure it is a work of art. Why are you going "Oi" to my fat person comment considering you aren't in the least bit fat. The worst are those who way about 20 stone and wander slowly back and forth across the pavement in front of you so you can't get past "Move it you fat woddling cow" is normally what goes through my mind about then, I'm not very patient and there is no reason for them to be fat unless they have a genetic disorder like prada-willi's syndrome. Fat people aggravate me when they complain about being fat and actually do nothing about it. On supersize surgery there was this one man who was going to have his stomach stapled but he couldn't have it done unless he lost a certain amount of weight first, and do you know what he did to try and lose this weight? He sat in front of the bloody TV watching DVDs and stuffing his face full of fast food, of course you're clinicaly obese you lazy sod! My little rant is finished. Oh.. and on the topic of angel, I don't think he's too bad looking but I have seen other pictures of the actor and he looks worse than he does as angel. And anyway I would only have his wings the rest would be gorgeous little me ;D in terms of me having his powers but I'd have him as himself tho (angel not the actor)
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Post by Ally on Jun 9, 2006 21:01:38 GMT
*sigh* OK, before I start, I want to make it clear I'm not angry and I'm not getting at you - I think everyone's guilty of fattism to some extent, including me. And I've wanted to get all this off my chest for a really long time, so this is going to be a really self-obsessed post, for which I apologise. The reason why I went oi - I know I'm not fat, and that I never really have been more than a bit overweight. BUT - I've spent most of my life thinking quite the opposite, and being very unhappy about it. Before I came to uni, I used to try and diet, which got me more and more obsessed with food and the way I looked, which led to bingeing, which led to me doing lots of stupid things to keep my weight down. When I first came to uni I was totally in control of what I ate, and promptly put myself on a semistarvation diet (yoghurt for breakfast, soup or salad for lunch and dinner - I used to be proud that I was getting more calories from alcohol than I was from food). I dropped about a stone (and, according to the BMI scale, was a "healthy" weight for the first time in my life). I also weighed myself every morning, went to the gym twice a day, made up all kind of stupid excuses not to eat in front of people, and was generally completely obsessed. And, the moment I got home, I started bingeing again. Luckily, at Easter I found a couple of books that have helped me SO much - one of which is "Making Peace with Food" by Susan Kano. The most important thing I learned from this book is that, despite what we're brought up (subtly and not-so-subtly, from family, peer group, the media, everything) to believe, BEING FAT IS NOT A BAD THING. You said that there is no reason for people to be fat unless they have a genetic disorder. This is simply not true - some people are naturally fatter than others, and for some people, their natural, healthy weight is very high. (There's no room to list all the scientific studies here, but any of you guys are welcome to borrow the book if you want to check the facts). Take me - like I said, I've never been obese, or even really all that fat. At the moment, I'm the slimmest I've ever (healthily and happily) been in my adult life - and I weigh 11 stone*. Yeah, I'm tall - but even relative to my height, I'm "fatter" (ie bigger built, more prone to laying down fat) than, say, Emily. I eat incredibly healthily, and I'm still pretty obsessive about exercise - if I don't do some every day, I get in a really bad mood. Your weight is *partly* related to what you eat - but only partly. How many really slim people do you know who live on junk food and do no exercise? My guess is, a fair few. If you watched them eating, you wouldn't think "Oh my God, what the hell are you doing to yourself?" - so why think it of a fat person with the same lifestyle? (Especially when you consider that even clinically obese people live longer and have fewer health issues than people who are "model-thin", and that the healthiest people overall are about 2-3 stone overweight). *And when I was eating stupidly low amounts, the lowest I ever got was 10 stone 12. So, just goes to show, it's not what you eat that counts (especially as the two pounds was probably just dehydration). We're made to believe that thin is "better" than fat, but really that's just as stupid as thinking green eyes are "better" than blue eyes or some other kind of physical difference, and the sooner we stop thinking it, the better (not just for fat people but for everyone). We're not bags of sugar - what we're worth isn't determined by how much we weigh. I'm done now, and don't worry, I'm not going to go on about it any more. ;D
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Post by Ally on Jun 9, 2006 21:22:26 GMT
PS - I had a look on my shelves and it seems the angel porn is at home, so you'll have to wait till Tuesday. ;D
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Post by Animae on Jun 9, 2006 22:33:28 GMT
ANGEL PORN?
And ally my dear you look wonderful.
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Post by Lu on Jun 10, 2006 10:52:55 GMT
Personally i think its much better the be a weight your happy with than a healthy weight whether thats under or overweight. For years i've been a skinny person but healthily so and i was happy with how i was. i was constantly being told i was 'too thin' and i needed to eat more so i did this year i put on some weight. My clothes didnt fit, i wasnt happy with how i looked and generally felt unconfident with myself. So i say, if your happy and its not causing you any harm, dont let anyone make you think how you look is wrong
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Post by Emily on Jun 10, 2006 12:21:36 GMT
Please don't use me as a comparison, i'm getting to the dangerously thin mark now. I've always been underweight according to the dumb-ass ridiculous BMI chart, I'm now skinnier than Lucy, and I get myself into "oh god what if I'm pregnant" frenzy's because there isn't room in my tiny abdomen for my stomach and it sticks out. Unfortunately seeing as I eat the same stuff I've always eaten, there doesn't seem to be any reason for this, except for my stupid lightning fast metabolism, which is how the cake incident landed me in hospital, because my heart rate went through the roof. Now there's a mutant power for you, accelerated metabolism! keep eating or keel over and die! (Ps Ally, might I remind you just how great you look in your miniskirt ... and how great you always looked in your iconic "drunken ho" top. Just in case you ever forget.
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Post by Ally on Jun 10, 2006 12:35:49 GMT
Sorry babe, I only mentioned you because our body types are different. *hugs* The getting thinner might be stress (especially as it's been final project time.) You still look fantastic.
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Post by petrobrad on Jun 10, 2006 14:42:56 GMT
I couldn't help myself but Ally said DangerGeek in another thread so I decided to have a go at drawing him and this is what I came up with (bad I know): He is slower than a dead snail and safer than a newborn babe. His pocket protector will protect him from ALL stains (even self-made ones), his knowledge of Star Trek and the bad Greek myth shows will put any enemy into a coma, his acne can erupt at any time drowning the unfortunate in bittorrents of yellow slime. If you wonder why he has an eye patch, he got overexcited while watching Xena one time.
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Post by Emily on Jun 10, 2006 16:01:19 GMT
peter carroll: comic genius...
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Post by Ally on Jun 10, 2006 16:09:47 GMT
Heehee...brilliant!
He should have a sidekick - Fanboy...
Fanboy: Jiminy jillickers, Dangergeek! Look at the queue for that Star Trek extra's autograph!
Dangergeek: Have no fear, Fanboy - I have a plan! *pulls out walkie talkie* Deploy Becky!
*Becky pops up out of nowhere*
Becky: This place is hot and smelly and full of geeks!
*The geeks, enraged (and probably horny), jump on Becky, while Dangergeek and Fanboy sneak up and get the autograph*
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Post by Emily on Jun 10, 2006 19:38:03 GMT
who do geeks have as a nemesis?
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Post by petrobrad on Jun 10, 2006 20:01:10 GMT
Jocks and Cheerleaders I believe, the two most deadly intelligent cliques in the known universe. Their apparent lack of intellect is just a disguise or how else would they come up with insults such as Ho!, Fag!, Bitch! and Fuckwad!
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Post by Emily on Jun 11, 2006 9:49:52 GMT
I'm a bit confused about the origins of fuckwad...
oh and whilst we're on the subject does anyone know the origins of the word 'okay'?
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Post by petrobrad on Jun 12, 2006 12:07:23 GMT
You might as well ask for the origin of any word in any language.
Why do we call things the words we do? Coz we are the freaks of nature while all the other organisms on the planet look at us with disgust in their eyes, leaves, feelers, sensory organs.
Another question we can ask: Why does Em's Mum think that Em put glass in her wine?
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