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    <title>Gaia: JOY SOULutions: Enjoy, Share &amp; Inspire  - JOY for the FUN of IT - LIVE, LOVE, LAUGH &amp; Carpe Risum (Seize the Laughter) ~</title>
    <id>tag:gaia.com,2008,:Gaia</id>
    <link>http://groups.gaia.com/joy/discussions/feeds/thread/347578</link>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:27:27 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Gaia: JOY SOULutions: Enjoy, Share &amp; Inspire  - JOY for the FUN of IT - LIVE, LOVE, LAUGH &amp; Carpe Risum (Seize the Laughter) ~</description>
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      <title>Re: LIVE, LOVE, LAUGH &amp; Carpe Risum (Seize the Laughter) ~</title>
      <author>http://joybringer.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>Joy Bringer</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-347613</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:27:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/joy/conversations/view/347578#347613</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      Spasibo Kes &amp;amp; Andrew!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am still laughing on the chair after picking myself from the floor :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;That is a really funny and soo true toooo! Great find &amp;amp; sharing!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here&amp;#39;s another that I&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://joybringer.gaia.com/blog/2006/8/women_political_in-correctness_integral_naked" target="_blank"&gt;posted some time ago&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;with a similar and different angle to it?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;u style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;strong style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;How to Speak About WOMEN And Be Politically In-Correct :)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She is not a BABE or a CHICK - She is a BREAST- GIFTED BEING.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She is not a BLEACHED BLONDE - She is PEROXIDE DEPENDENT.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She is not a BAD COOK - She is MICROWAVE COMPATIBLE.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She is not HALF NAKED - She is WARDROBE IMPAIRED.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She doesn&amp;rsquo;t wear too much JEWELRY - She is METALLICALLY OVERBURDENED.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She is not CONCEITED - She is INTIMATELY AWARE OF HER BEST QUALITIES.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She does not want to be MARRIED - She wants to lock you in DOMESTIC BLISS.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She does not GAIN WEIGHT - She is a METABOLIC UNDERACHIEVER.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She is not a SCREAMER or MOANER - She is VOCALLY APPRECIATIVE.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She is not EASY - She is HORIZONTALLY ACCESSIBLE.&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She does not TEASE or FLIRT - She engages in ARTIFICIAL STIMULATION.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She is not DUMB - She is a DETOUR OFF THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She is not TOO SKINNY - She is SKELETALLY PROMINENT.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She does not have a MUSTACHE - She is IN TOUCH WITH HER MASCULINE SIDE.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She does not HATE TELEVISED SPORTS - She is ATHLETICALLY IGNORANT.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She has not BEEN AROUND - She is a PREVIOUSLY ENJOYED COMPANION.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She does not WEAR TOO MUCH PERFUME - She commits FRAGRANCE ABUSE.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She does not GET YOU EXCITED - She causes temp BLOOD DISPLACEMENT.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She is not KINKY - She is a NON-INHIBITED SEXUAL COMPANION.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She does not have a KILLER BODY - She is TERMINALLY ATTRACTIVE.&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She does not GO SHOPPING - She is MALL FLUENT.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She is not an AIRHEAD - She is REALITY IMPAIRED.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She does not get DRUNK or TIPSY - She gets CHEMICALLY INCONVENIENCED.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She does not get FAT or CHUBBY - She achieves MAXIMUM DENSITY.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She is not COLD or FRIGID - She is THERMALLY INACCESSIBLE.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She is not HORNY - She is SEXUALLY FOCUSED.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She doesn&amp;rsquo;t wear too much MAKEUP - She has reached COSMETIC SATURATION.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She does not have BREAST IMPLANTS - She is GRAVITY RESISTANT.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She does not NAG YOU - She becomes VERBALLY REPETITIVE&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She is not a SLUT - She is SEXUALLY EXTROVERTED.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She is not LOOSE - She is MORALLY IMPAIRED.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She does not have MAJOR LEAGUE HOOTERS - She is PECTORALLY SUPERIOR.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;She does not have THIN LIPS - She is COLLAGEN DEPENDENT.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;&lt;em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;I wonder how will this list look if it was politically correct, written by a non-American or created by a woman for men&amp;hellip; :)&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;EnJOY,&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;Darina&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Re: LIVE, LOVE, LAUGH &amp; Carpe Risum (Seize the Laughter) ~</title>
      <author>http://kathysmith.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>~KES</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-347601</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:54:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/joy/conversations/view/347578#347601</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      &lt;span style="font-family: '-webkit-monospace'; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t#" target="_blank"&gt;Google Translator&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;was fun. &amp;nbsp;I found Russian for starters.&lt;/div&gt;&#1046;&#1080;&#1074;&#1080;, &#1083;&#1102;&#1073;&#1086;&#1074;&#1100;, &#1089;&#1084;&#1077;&#1093;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: '-webkit-monospace'; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I laughed when&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://pods.gaia.com/50_stars/discussions/view/345316" target="_blank"&gt;Andrew&amp;#39;s joke&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;made the community front page. &amp;nbsp;They are not intended to be womanizing...just laughter I can tell.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;div class="content" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; position: relative; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;table border="0" width="100%" class="layout" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" id="345670"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;td width="25" style="vertical-align: top; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="24" style="vertical-align: top; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;a style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" href="http://snowywebb.gaia.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="border-width: 1px; border-color: #dddddd; vertical-align: text-bottom; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Tahoma; text-align: center; border-style: solid; padding: 1px; margin: 0px" class="photo buddyicon" src="http://aura.gaia.com/photos/43/428281/icon24/Avatar.jpg" alt="Andrew : Disciple of the still small voice." title="Andrew : Disciple of the still small voice." width="24" height="24" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="10" style="vertical-align: top; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="579" style="vertical-align: top; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="links" style="float: right; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; text-decoration: none; color: #0066cc; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" href="http://pods.gaia.com/send?send%5Breferer%5D=http%3A%2F%2Fpods.gaia.com%2F50_stars%2Fdiscussions%2Fview%2F345316%23345670"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h4 style="font: normal normal bold 14px/normal Arial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;a style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" href="http://snowywebb.gaia.com/"&gt;Andrew&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;said Sep 30, 12:45 PM:&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;td width="25" style="vertical-align: top; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="vertical-align: top; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe, and he&amp;rsquo;ll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it, and he&amp;rsquo;ll have to touch it to be sure.&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think.&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;Q. What did God say after creating Adam&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;A. I must be able to do better than that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Q. How do you get a man to do sit-ups?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;A. Put the remote control between his toes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Q. What do you call a woman who knows where her husband is every night?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;A. A widow.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Q. What is the one thing that all men at single bars have in common?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;A. They are all married.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Q. Why is it so hard for women to find men that are sensitive, caring, and good-looking?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;A. Because those men already have boyfriends.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Q. How does a man change a roll of toilet paper?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;A. No one knows - we&amp;rsquo;ve never seen it done!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Q. What do men consider foreplay?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;A. Half an hour of begging&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Q. What&amp;rsquo;s the fastest way to a man&amp;rsquo;s heart?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;A. Through his chest with a sharp knife.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Q. What is it when a man talks nasty to a woman?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;A. Sexual harassment.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;Q. What is it when a woman talks nasty to a man?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;A. $3.99 a minute.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Q. How can you tell if a man is excited?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;A. He&amp;rsquo;s breathing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Q: Why is a laundromat a really bad place to pick up a woman?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;A: Because a woman who can&amp;rsquo;t afford a washing machine will never be able to support you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="links" style="float: right; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="content" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; position: relative; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;table border="0" width="100%" class="layout" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" id="345749"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;td width="13" style="vertical-align: top; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="24" style="vertical-align: top; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;a style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" href="http://snowywebb.gaia.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="border-width: 1px; border-color: #dddddd; vertical-align: text-bottom; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Tahoma; text-align: center; border-style: solid; padding: 1px; margin: 0px" class="photo buddyicon" src="http://aura.gaia.com/photos/43/428281/icon24/Avatar.jpg" alt="Andrew : Disciple of the still small voice." title="Andrew : Disciple of the still small voice." width="24" height="24" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="10" style="vertical-align: top; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="579" style="vertical-align: top; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0066cc; font-size: 11px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" href="http://snowywebb.gaia.com/"&gt;Andrew&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;said Sep 30, 4:49 PM:&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;td width="13" style="vertical-align: top; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="vertical-align: top; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;Men Are Just Happier People &amp;mdash; (sent to me by a lady friend)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;What do you expect from such simple creatures?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Your last name stays put.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;The garage is all yours.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Wedding plans take care of themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Chocolate is just another snack.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;You can never be pregnant.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;(You can wear NO shirt to a water park.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Car mechanics tell you the truth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;The world is your urinal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;You don&amp;rsquo;t have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Same work, more pay.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Wrinkles add character.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Wedding dress - $5000. Tux rental - $100.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;The occasional well-rendered belch is practically expected.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;New shoes don&amp;rsquo;t cut, blister, or mangle your feet.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;One mood all the time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;You know stuff about tanks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;You can open all your own jars.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;You almost never have strap problems in public.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Everything on your face stays its original color.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;You only have to shave your face and neck.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;You can play with toys all your life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;Your belly usually hides your big hips.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;One wallet and one pair of shoes: one color for all seasons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;You can &amp;ldquo;do&amp;rdquo; your nails with a pocket knife.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache..&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;No wonder men are happier.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>LIVE, LOVE, LAUGH &amp; Carpe Risum (Seize the Laughter) ~</title>
      <author>http://joybringer.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>Joy Bringer</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-347578</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:56:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/joy/conversations/view/347578</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      &lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;img style="border-width: 1px; border-color: #cccccc; border-style: solid; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" src="http://aura.gaia.com/photos/44/437946/large/FunnyLeafyME.jpg" alt="Funnyleafyme" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /&gt;&lt;p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #66008d; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;There is too much seriously dysfunctional sh*t*uff all around to NOT be laughing it off!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #66008d; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;Time to WakeUpLaughing &amp;amp; expose/fix the ELectile Dysfunction of this too messy matrix.&amp;nbsp;Who better to start the laughing in the Now by making even Time a thing of the past than&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" href="http://www.wakeuplaughing.com/video/beyonda300K_Stream.wmv" target="_blank"&gt;Swami Beyondananda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;- watch &amp;amp; belly laugh ad infinitum! :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #2e6ffd; min-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #2e6ffd; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;The man of understanding finds everything laughable.&amp;nbsp;~ Goethe ~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #d90b00; min-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #d90b00; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;Ready to split his sides with&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;laughter&lt;/strong&gt;.~ Miguel de Cervantes ~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #d90b00; min-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; color: #66b132; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;He who laughs, lasts. ~ Mary Pettibone Poole ~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; color: #66b132; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; color: #66b132; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="asset_container" style="float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; width: 100%; text-align: center; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="asset_holding" style="width: 130px; float: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-width: thin; border-color: silver; border-style: solid"&gt;&lt;img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" src="http://aura.gaia.com/photos/44/437945/small/LaughingSmiley.jpg" alt="" width="130" height="136" /&gt;&lt;div class="asset_caption" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: center; font-size: smaller; padding-top: 10px; margin: 0px"&gt;Laughing Smiley&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #66008d; font-family: Arial" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #66008d; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;strong style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;So I have 2 requests 4 you:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #66008d; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;1. Share some-ANY-thing that makes you LAUGH - joke, story, music, picture, video, art...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #66008d; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;2. Translate LIVE, LOVE &amp;amp; LAUGH in your and/or another language that you know &amp;amp; share it here so that we can come up with a fun list in many/all languages.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #66008d; min-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #66008d; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;in&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Bulgarian&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;- LIVE, LOVE &amp;amp; LAUGH =&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&#1046;&#1080;&#1074;&#1077;&#1103; , &#1051;&#1102;&#1073;&#1103; , &#1057;&#1084;&#1077;&#1103; &#1089;&#1077;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #66008d; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;in&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Latin&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;LIVE, LOVE &amp;amp; LAUGH =&amp;nbsp;Digero, diligo, rideo or = ACTUM, AMOR, RISUM!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #66008d; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;......&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #66008d; min-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBjoMlctn8Y" target="_blank"&gt;Life, Love and Laughter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp; everything in between!&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieKG65605UY" target="_blank"&gt;Even magic for the kids!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #66008d; min-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBjoMlctn8Y"&gt;Donavon Frankenreiter - Life, Love &amp;amp; Laughter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #66008d; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Carpe Risum! (Seize the Laugher!!!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: #66008d; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"&gt;D a r i n / a :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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