The Random & Off-Topic Thread

A retired rabi has saved all the foreskins from during his working life. He knits them into a purse for his wife.

Presenting it to her, she thanks him, and says she will keep her loose change in it, as it is rather little.

He replies "It is now, but if you rub it, it will turn into a suitcase!"

Native Americans consider mentally-handicapped people as God's special children.

At my former job we had a workshop for them. They helped us so much and were very nice.  
Oops.  Wristie-smacking time!  We're off the topic.  

Aren't you forgetting about Chicago?

But the Detroit River gave little kids an opportunity to experience lead poisoning.

Some one here got me thinking again. Gay marriage.

I don't want to argue it. But if we have redefined marriage haven't we also redefined divorce?

Can a man now sue his partner for maintenance living costs? I think women can sue if their relationships are long standing, common law.

Will a man be eligible for abused spousal benefits, many such benefits payed for by the tax payer? I'd say yes, I mean one man may be part of the women's "weaker" classification.

If there is adopted children, does the "weaker" (perhaps less wealthy) man get the house and custody of the children as we women often do? And dead-beat dads laws?

I assume family wealth will now go to the divorced partner after a death.

Divorce gets ugly.

I don't think men should be treated any differently when it comes to divorce. If the man has a role that is typical of a woman (stay at home dad?!), then why shouldn't he be rewarded with similar things upon divorce?

If the dad is a better caretaker, then he should have the main custody of the children. It should never just automatically go to the mother. Some mothers are unfit as parents!

That quote definitely could have been my own =p Sexism effects everyone, it's not just a women's issue.

How do you work that out? 

You can't get blood out of a stone is a popular legal line over here.

That is quite different, they have an example to set, with bankruptcy an option.

But in divorce law, bankruptcy is very much undesirable.

If you are bankrupt, you still pay the back-taxes?

Where does that money come from?

It is the same here, but once the bankrupt proceedings are over, no payment is required.

That sounds similar to ours.

Yeah I saw this on the news.

It is incomprehensible they did no engineering testing
before and after proceeding.

This contamination really exceeded 18 months bc homes were brought online
over a period of time.

It could have easily been tested

15 PPB is the EPA threshold. (I looked it up in my Merc Manual)

Home test kits can be had for $15 but if this was me I would do
a whole house assessment, including swabs and air quality samples.
(about $1,500 from A&L Labs)

So this fiasco in Detroit was totally avoidable.