***THE OFFICIAL FRIDAY SILLINESS THREAD***

Silliness from around the world | Friday, March 28, 2014 | uochuck sitting in for Lucky9teen

[upchuck]

Are you ready for some Friday Silliness?

lucky9teen sent me a FReepmail saying she is sick and asking me to post this thread. This is an awesome responsibility and I hope, with your help, that this thread will be a crazy, insane, off-the-wall and out-of-the-box experience.

Let's get started:

Some would say this is a perfect mix:

---

Lots of new stories lately about people who are "other than heterosexual." Let us always remember that a transvestite is just a guy who likes to eat, drink and be Mary.

---

Let me see if I have this correct...

Ukraine buys almost all its energy (natural gas)from Russia. Revenues from natural gas sales are a primary source of income for Russia.

Because of the recent disagreement between Ukraine and Russia, Russia is raising the price of natural gas it sells to Ukraine.

Ukraine is almost broke and can't afford the increase in the natural gas price because it would be forced into bankruptcy.

Obama(the USA) just announced the United States is giving Ukraine $1 billion to assist in paying for the higher priced natural gas it buys from Russia.

So, the United States is actually giving Russia $1 billion because the money is just passing through Ukraine.

The first question: Has Putin figured out a way to raise the price of his natural gas sales and make the U.S. pay for the increase?

Next question: Was he really in the KGB or was he a commodities trader?

If this analysis is accurate, Putin just got Obama(the USA) to pay him $1 billion by holding a press conference and trucking some troops across town from the Russian Navy base in Ukraine.

Who is the smartest guy in the room now?

---

And, speaking of being the smartest guy in the room:

---

Fun fact: Humans are deuterostomes, which means that when they develop in the womb, the anus forms before any other opening. Which means at one point you were nothing but an asshole.

Some people never develop beyond this stage.

---

---

H/T to smoothsailing

---

---

---

                A Tale of Two Cities
                         Chicago        Houston
Population               2.7 million    2.15 million
Median HH Income         $38,600        $37,000
% African-Americ         38.9%          24%
% Hispanic               29.9%          44%
% Asian                  5.5%           6%
% Non-Hispanic White     28.7           26%
Pretty similar until you compare the following:
                         Chicago        Houston
Concealed Carry gun law  no             yes  
# of Gun Stores          0              184 Dedicated gun stores plus 
                                        1500 legal places to buy guns: Walmart,
                                        K-mart, sporting goods, etc.
Homicides in 2012        1,806          207
Homicides per 100K       38.4           9.6
Avg. Jan. high temp. (F) 31             63

Liberal conclusion: Cold weather causes murder.

[relentlessly]

Thanks, upchuck....I do wish that we could rate posts around here....one last one...

[upchuck]

That is a good one :)

[Liberty Valance]

[ErnBatavia]

I’m here this week!!

Pshaw......I'm in at the beginning of next week; was offline since Wednesday due to tearing apart the house for new flooring.