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Mr Buttons
09-03-2009, 11:33 AM
Here. (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hAkLGsyNutX4LzUQhcc2zUSHXqYgD9AFU16O0)

The irony, it burns.
lieu
09-03-2009, 11:54 AM
Wow, even the protests have gone digital.
Drain Bead
09-03-2009, 11:59 AM
Bet he's glad he had Medicare!
ShibbOleth
09-03-2009, 12:11 PM
Bet he's glad he had Medicare!

And not that cheesy government healthcare.
pbbth
09-03-2009, 12:23 PM
This kind of thing is what ticks me off about my grandmother right now. Not finger biting, but her determination to believe that government run health care would leave her to die because she is old but medicare is currently paying for her leukemia treatments. :smack: If she wasn't my cancer-fied, elderly grandma I'd want to throttle her for being so dense.
tdn
09-03-2009, 01:26 PM
It's amazing to me how emotional people can get about things like this, sometimes to the point of violence.

There's a guy at work who's pretty cool, but I can remember a time when he got pretty worked up. It was a few months before the start of Iraq II: Electric Boogaloo. He was absolutely convinced that Saddam has a WMD pointed directly at his head, and if we didn't do something to stop him RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE IN THE NEXT TEN SECONDS!!!!!!11111

I ended up agreeing with him because I feared he was about to hit me.
Brainiac
09-03-2009, 02:03 PM
Serves one of them right.
Makes me glad they didn't bring firearms this time.
Beadalin
09-03-2009, 02:40 PM
Wow, even the protests have gone digital.Heh heh.
Two Many Cats
09-03-2009, 02:41 PM
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tdn
09-03-2009, 02:42 PM
Heh heh.

It sems like there was something funny in his comment, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
Jackmannii
09-03-2009, 02:52 PM
"We can try to re-attach that digit, but the case will have to be reviewed by a Finger Panel first."
MovieMogul
09-03-2009, 03:08 PM
This kind of thing is what ticks me off about my grandmother right now. Not finger biting, but her determination to believe that government run health care would leave her to die because she is old but medicare is currently paying for her leukemia treatments. :smack: If she wasn't my cancer-fied, elderly grandma I'd want to throttle her for being so dense.Well, with any luck, Obama will do it for ya!
AskNott
09-03-2009, 03:28 PM
Sometimes, if you give somebody the finger, he'll take it.
Blalron
09-03-2009, 04:26 PM
It's amazing to me how emotional people can get about things like this, sometimes to the point of violence.

There's a guy at work who's pretty cool, but I can remember a time when he got pretty worked up. It was a few months before the start of Iraq II: Electric Boogaloo. He was absolutely convinced that Saddam has a WMD pointed directly at his head, and if we didn't do something to stop him RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE IN THE NEXT TEN SECONDS!!!!!!11111

I ended up agreeing with him because I feared he was about to hit me.

So... did you converse with him after it became apparent there weren't any WMDs? Did he acknowledge his error?
Rack-a-Bones
09-03-2009, 04:49 PM
These town hall meetings are getting out of hand.
garygnu
09-03-2009, 06:07 PM
Well, with any luck, Obama will do it for ya!
Obama's already throttled Steven Hawking (http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/08/12/presaward7.jpg).
Reply
09-03-2009, 08:33 PM
Wow, even the protests have gone digital.

Heh.
Intergalactic Gladiator
09-03-2009, 09:14 PM
Finger sandwiches, anyone?
Zebra
09-03-2009, 09:24 PM
Obama's already throttled Steven Hawking (http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/08/12/presaward7.jpg).



He looks like he is stealing Hawkings' lunch money.
eleanorigby
09-03-2009, 09:26 PM
It sems like there was something funny in his comment, but I can't quite put my finger on it.

I bet if you think a bit harder, you could nail it.
Digital Stimulus
09-03-2009, 11:56 PM
My handle should provide me some fodder for wit, but...nope. :(

I can't do anything right today; I've been all thumbs.
StaudtCJ
09-04-2009, 12:06 AM
Just don't bite off more than you can chew.
lieu
09-04-2009, 06:57 AM
My handle should provide me some fodder for wit, but...nope. :(

I can't do anything right today; I've been all thumbs.But... but... we're counting on you!
Northern Piper
09-04-2009, 07:38 AM
Witnesses are reported to have heard the biter muttering, "Health-care is prescioussss, yes, prescioussss..."
racer72
09-04-2009, 07:44 AM
There sure has been a lot of finger pointing when it comes to this health care issue.
tdn
09-04-2009, 08:37 AM
So... did you converse with him after it became apparent there weren't any WMDs? Did he acknowledge his error?

I've said hi to him plenty of times, but I've decided it's just not worth it to engage him in political discourse. We rarely see each other in places where that would happen anyway.
tdn
09-04-2009, 08:39 AM
I bet if you think a bit harder, you could nail it.

Aww, you are just too cuticle!
eleanorigby
09-04-2009, 07:55 PM
Aww, you are just too cuticle!

:)
GIGObuster
09-04-2009, 09:08 PM
AFAIK even the police reported that it can not yet (or not ever) assign all the blame on the one that bit the finger off. Many times when a street fight like this takes place, the person that is doing the biting usually does it as a defensive move when he/she is being pin down or hit upon.