top 5 things you've never done

senior_service · Post by **senior_service** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:36 am

I've never:

-Tried coffee
-Seen a 'Star Wars' movie
-Done any illegal drugs
-Dated a blonde
-Listened to an entire Pink Floyd album

crash8_durham · Post by **crash8_durham** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:48 am

-used a cheese grater on my ass
-kissed madonna on tv
-used a rectal barometer
-made my own cheese
-torn the tag off a mattress

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:17 am

Crash wrote -

used a rectal barometer

You ain't livin'

pip_52 · Post by **pip_52** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:49 am

I want to add sensory deprivation to my list, just because Id like to try it someday. But, you know, the floatation tank kind, not the torturous kind ...

Mr. Average · Post by **Mr. Average** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:28 pm

Marital infidelity
Heroin
Ridden a Motorcycle (what a sheltered life!)
Voted Democrat
High Colonic (maybe that's my problem)

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:32 pm

Some things that I haven't done, but would like to some day:

1. Learn to surf
2. Learn to play the guitar
3. Hike the Inca Trail and sit atop Machu Picchu
4. Go to culinary school
5. Scuba dive

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 5:03 pm

This thread came to mind today while I was out ice skating with my wife and kids at the outdoor rink at Bear Mountain State Park on the Hudson River, about 40 miles north of Manhattan. I'd never been skating before (neither had my children, aged 2 and 4), but I think we all managed fairly well, and by the end of the afternoon I think I had the hang of it. Certainly would like to go back again, and soon. So I can cross that one off my list.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 5:05 pm

Mr. Average wrote:Voted Democrat

That's Democratic. Sorry, it's one of my pet peeves and I think a lot of conservatives do it on purpose. It's the Democratic party, not the Democrat party. It would be like me calling you a Republic.

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:54 pm

As an independent, let me just point one thing out:

Members of the Domocratic Party refer to themselves as Democrats. Members of the Republican Party refer to themselves as Republicans. One can say with "I voted Republican" [meaning party] or "I voted Republican" [meaning person]. The latter simply implies that the individual candidate is standing in for his/her party in the voter's mind. But it's acceptable use of colloquial American English.

As such, while "I voted Democratic" is certainly correct when referring to both party and individual, "I voted Democrat" could easily mean an individual, according to the same logic as above.

SoLikeCandy · Post by **SoLikeCandy** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 8:12 pm

oily slick wrote:
SoLikeCandy wrote:--skinny dipped
but you've had sex on the hood of a car

I wasn't naked during the hood sex! I do like to retain a bit of modesty.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:48 pm

Was the car moving at the time?

SoLikeCandy · Post by **SoLikeCandy** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:51 pm

Nah. No moving cars during sex. Only while vomiting...I'm not that much of a daredevil.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:54 pm

noiseradio wrote:As an independent, let me just point one thing out:

Members of the Domocratic Party refer to themselves as Democrats. Members of the Republican Party refer to themselves as Republicans. One can say with "I voted Republican" [meaning party] or "I voted Republican" [meaning person]. The latter simply implies that the individual candidate is standing in for his/her party in the voter's mind. But it's acceptable use of colloquial American English.

As such, while "I voted Democratic" is certainly correct when referring to both party and individual, "I voted Democrat" could easily mean an individual, according to the same logic as above.

You have a point. Still annoys the hell out of me.

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:40 am

I understand. That's what pet peeves do. I have a few myself.

Like people who overuse emoticons

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:46 pm

I recently read an article which touched on the whole Democrat/Democratic issue. According to the writer (probably liberal leaning, but I don't remember who), this is something Repulicans have done fairly deliberately to annoy Democrats since sometime in the 1950s, I think. And Republicans have defended it by saying that since small d "democratic" is kind of a compliment, then the Dems shouldn't get a freebie every time someone names the party!

Anyhow, it's obviously not a big deal. I even noticed that the left-of-center Marc Cooper this very week in the L.A. Weekly using the non-ic Democrat, though he's actually no fan of the Democrat/ic party.

Personally, I only get annoyed at the phrase "Democrat Party," becaise it deprives Dems of their God-given adjectival rights ("Republic Party"??). "Voting Democrat" is acceptable both as a phrase and, usually, as an action!