It didn't read as a joke. Especially when you just said

"Interesting that we favor him not deserving the prize."

What is that interesting? I would be freaked out had the vote been any other way.

I can just hear the cookie monster growl now.

I wonder if someone asked them if they were gay, or if they came out themselves...

My dog will hump pillows, legs, male dogs, you name it.

Does that make him gay too?

I love the new politically correct world. It makes reality a lot more funny.

"Modern tipping is backwards. Originally a tip was offered before the meal…thus tips meaning “to insure proper service”

Do you get payed a week before you work? Of course not. That would be absurd. What if you call off 2 days during that time you got payed already?

"Still laughing at Kevin’s tipping method. That’s one way to guarantee they’ll spit in your food."

I did this before society went to that level. Besides, if someone is doing their job, no money gets removed. And very few times did I have to do such a thing. And most of the waiter/waitresses that did get it, fully knew why, and it wasn't just me being a dick.

Like for example if I asked for refills (you should never have to ask) And I don't get them, but see the person that is waiting on me, jib-jabbing for 5 minutes with someone before forgetting to get my refill, they will get a dollar removed. And rightfully so.

This works well still BTW at buffets. They aren't going to spit in everyone's food.

And to comment on this.

"And yet… I tip. I would like to say it is because I want to help out my working class brethren who are paid an unfairly low wage, but at the end of the day it might just be social norms causing me to go for my wallet."

Don't let "social norms" effect the way you do things. Do them because it's the right thing to do.

We need the right thing to do to start being the social norm.

"this was probably spotted at a Wal-Mart"

Thank Bill Clinton for that. One of the MANY MANY jobs he created were Wal-Mart and telemarketing jobs.

He gave Wal-Mart such a break when opening new stores etc, that is how they spread so far so fast.

The ironic part about it is, it's the leftists that usually are ranting against it. When your ex-Messiah and the first black president (sorry Obama, Clinton beat you already) was the one responsible for Wal-marts main growth.

" In a situation which is creating many more enemies for america, worldwide than existed at the time of 9/11."

FUD. Baseless accusations. Keep that intellectual dishonesty to yourself.

Those who act like there were no terrorists in Iraq before we got there, or that people loved the US Before Bush or somehow they eve hate us worse because of him are shouting out verbal masturbation that has no bearing on the truth.

Do I think they aren't as happy as they were in the 90s when Clinton was doing nothing when they kept attacking us? Sure. But they shouldn't be.

We shouldn't be worried about what these people think about us. They are scum. They are the virus of the earth. They don't care about you or anyone in your family. They want to see them all dead.

Yet you are worried what they think about you.

"No, it’s an attack on truth. The Iraw invasion was carried out for good and sufficient purpose, and the US government has not ‘gleefully embraced’ torture. These are myths widely circulated by people who hate America."

Amen.

BTW Clinton wanted Iraq gone too. He himself said Iraq would never by a stable place till Saddam was gone. Oh, and he claimed they had Nukes too.

But no one called him a liar. I was told cause he didn't overthrow a dictatorship. That's why. well you'd think one would lambast the person that KNEW what to, but didn't do it, than the person that knew what to do, and carried it out .

"Clinton, Dec. 19, 1998: "Earlier today, I ordered America's armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. . . . Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors. . . . Saddam Hussein must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world with nuclear arms, poison gas or biological weapons."

I also guess it's ok to bomb the crap out of Iraq and kill a bunch of people, as long as you don't topple over their dictatorship.

"Can you see what McCain and Palin have done with all of their hatemongering? "

What hate mongering? Informing the public that Obama has ties with terrorists is now called hate mongering?

If that's the case, what is it called when the left attack Palin's kids?

"An attack on anti-American elites in the blue states does not constitute an attack on America."

Good point.

Lots of hate and vitriol coming from some people I've seen call themselves tolerant in this thread.

We pay because we know that most waiters, waitresses making their living on tips. They get pay a low low low hourly fee, and if they don't get tipped, they don't have money to live on.

Having said that, I do not tip for bad service. If the person waiting my table isn't doing their job, they aren't going to get payed for it.

I used to do this thing where I knew about how much the cost of the meal would be. Then I'd figure out the tip, and put it at the end of the table. Anytime the waiter or waitress fucked up (that wasn't an accident) money was removed from the table. There were many times the waiter/waitress had noticed this. It often leads to better service.

People also tip because well, it's just good manners. And it rewards those doing a good job. Something that seems to be an American thing only? Who knows.

I've seen foreigners say "I don't believe in tipping" and don't tip.

But say it was the other way around. In Europe say, it was the way they did things. And a bunch of Americans came over and never tipped because we didn't do it. We would get BLASTED for being so insensitive to European culture and being cheap.

Funny how there are two sets of rules for the same happenstance.

Ahaha bush is bad! ahahah

I broke my pencil today.

His fault. He made me do it.

This is easy.

I would say science gathered data or information. As sometimes the knowledge, especially at first, is usually off.

Ack I went back and read my post above and it didn't have all my reply..

Anyhow, that above, plus MANY OTHER documents showing proof that Iran has indeed HELPED and PROTECTED Al-qaeda members.

And just because "Iran gives money to the Badr brigade in Iraq to fight AQ." Doesn't mean they aren't in bed together. That could very well be Iran making it look as if they aren't part of that group. When in fact, recent history shows that they have been more than hospitable to AQ.

So no, just because they are both bad guys or that the both work with bad guys that suddenly makes my statement true. The facts about their ACTUAL relationship over the past recent years makes it true.

No matter how Iran attempts to hide behind it's curtain and pretend no one is there.

Yeah Tell that to Syria and the people of Jordan....

If you want to believe that the AQ has nothing to do Iran you can go ahead. No rain off my back.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,664967,00.html

"Next week's much anticipated final report by a bipartisan commission on the origins of the 9/11 attacks will contain new evidence of contacts between al-Qaeda and Iran—just weeks after the Administration has come under fire for overstating its claims of contacts between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

"A senior U.S. official told TIME that the Commission has uncovered evidence suggesting that between eight and ten of the 14 "muscle" hijackers—that is, those involved in gaining control of the four 9/11 aircraft and subduing the crew and passengers—passed through Iran in the period from October 2000 to February 2001. Sources also tell TIME that Commission investigators found that Iran had a history of allowing al-Qaeda members to enter and exit Iran across the Afghan border. "

So yes, yes they do.

It's just not the US. It's everywhere. But people don't seem to see that for some reason...