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#1
   After Tuesday
     even the
   calendar says

     M T W T F
#2
Anybody know how to get an e-mail address to be spammed?
Is there a web site to submit an e-mail address to?
#3
Better not do this or


A teenage Pakistani activist shot in the head by the Taliban arrived in the United Kingdom on Monday for more specialized medical care and to protect her from followup attacks threatened by the militants.
The attack on 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai as she was returning home from school in Pakistan's northwest a week ago has horrified people across the South Asian country and abroad. It has also sparked hope that the Pakistani government would respond by intensifying its fight against the Taliban and their allies.
Malala was targeted by the Taliban for promoting girls' education and criticizing the militant group's behaviour when they took over the scenic Swat Valley where she lived. Two of her classmates were also wounded in the attack and are receiving treatment in Pakistan.
The Taliban have threatened to target Malala again until she is killed because she promotes "Western thinking."

Men a-holes with guns take on a 14 year old child

#4
why bother showing up here 
#5
Discover Seattle! / E-Mail
Jan 27 12 04:23
This poll is for you  ;)
#6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa0nLdVJiIg&feature=youtube_gdata_player (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa0nLdVJiIg&feature=youtube_gdata_player)

#7
The guy says, "Doc, I'm having trouble getting it up." The doctor examines him and says, "You'll need to have some work done to bring back your sex drive. I can do it in a series of operations that will take thirty days and cost twelve thousand dollars, or I can do it in one operation right away that would cost thirty thousand dollars. Why don't you go home and discuss it with your wife?" The next day the guy comes back into the doctor's office. The doctor says, "What did you decide?" He says, "We're going to re-do the kitchen."
#8
Discover Seattle! / 20 only ??
Dec 09 11 04:52
20 messages only in an hour  :(
#9
What is a FinancialBail-Out ?
It is a slow day in a damp little Irish town. The rain is beating down harshly, and all the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt and everybody lives on credit.

On this particular day a rich German tourist is driving through the town, stops at the local hotel and lays a ¤100 note on the desk, telling the hotel owner he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night.

The owner gives him some room-keys and, as soon as the visitor has walked upstairs, the hotelier grabs the ¤100 note and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher.

The butcher takes the ¤100 note and rushes down the street to repay his debt to the pig farmer. The pig farmer takes the ¤100 note and heads off to pay his bill at the supplier of animal feed and fuel.

The guy at the Farmers' Co-op takes the ¤100 note and runs to pay his drinks bill at the friendly neighbourhood pub. The pub owner slips the money along to the local prostitute drinking at the bar - who, in spite of facing hard times, has always gladly offered him her 'services' on credit.

The hooker then rushes over to the hotel and pays off her room bill to the hotel owner with the ¤100 note.

The hotel proprietor quietly replaces the ¤100 note back on the counter, so that the rich traveller will not suspect anything.

At that moment the traveller comes down the stairs, states that none of the rooms are satisfactory, picks up the ¤100 note, pockets it and leaves town.

No one has produced anything. No one has earned anything. However, the whole town is now out of debt and looking to the future with a lot more optimism.

And that, dear ladies and gentlemen, is how a basic financial bailout package works!
#10
Online Pregnancy Test: It's A Girl!
 

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Holy &#%@! You seduced DDD
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#11
Discover Seattle! / Users Online
Oct 20 11 10:55
Users Online 60 Guests, 1 User (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/index.php?action=who)
Users active in past 20 minutes:
DDD (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=661)
Most Online Today: 91. Most Online Ever: 197 (Apr 02 08 05:07)


60 Guests is this correct?
#13
Went into a Bar. Ordered a martini.
There was a little monkey on the bar, begging for treats. I flipped him the olive. He caught it on the fly, sniffed it twice, stuck it up his ass, pulled it out and swallowed it whole. "What's up with the monkey" I asked? The Bartender says
"Well, there was this guy fed him a billiard ball". "Now he measures everything to make sure it will come out the other end".
#14
 [DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; COLOR: #000000; OVERFLOW: hidden; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; TEXT-DECORATION: none"] [P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal][SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"]I may not have agreed with some of his political views but he was a believer in what he stood for and that alone makes him a great person. We need more like him in this world.

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 [P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal][SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"][FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff40"]The last sentences says it all[?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /][o:p][/o:p][/FONT][/SPAN]

[o:p][/o:p][/SPAN]  

 Jack Layton, MP, Député

 Toronto – Danforth

 Leader of the Official Opposition/Chef de l'Opposition officielle

 Leader, New Democratic Party/Chef, Nouveau Parti démocratique

 

 August 20, 2011

 Toronto, Ontario

 

 Dear Friends,

 Tens of thousands of Canadians have written to me in recent weeks to wish me well. I want to thank each and every one of you for your thoughtful, inspiring and often beautiful notes, cards and gifts. Your spirit and love have lit up my home, my spirit, and my determination.

 Unfortunately my treatment has not worked out as I hoped. So I am giving this letter to my partner Olivia to share with you in the circumstance in which I cannot continue.

 I recommend that Hull-Aylmer MP Nycole Turmel continue her work as our interim leader until a permanent successor is elected.

 I recommend the party hold a leadership vote as early as possible in the New Year, on approximately the same timelines as in 2003, so that our new leader has ample time to reconsolidate our team, renew our

 party and our program, and move forward towards the next election.

 A few additional thoughts:

 To other Canadians who are on journeys to defeat cancer and to live their lives, I say this: please don't be discouraged that my own journey hasn't gone as well as I had hoped. You must not lose your own hope.

 Treatments and therapies have never been better in the face of this disease. You have every reason to be optimistic, determined, and focused on the future. My only other advice is to cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey, as I have done this summer.

 To the members of my party: we've done remarkable things together in the past eight years. It has been a privilege to lead the New Democratic Party and I am most grateful for your confidence, your support, and the endless hours of volunteer commitment you have devoted to our cause. There will be those who will try to persuade you to give up our cause. But that cause is much bigger than any one leader. Answer them by recommitting with energy and determination to our work. Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let's continue to move forward. Let's demonstrate in everything we do in the four years before us that we are ready to serve our beloved Canada as its next government.

 To the members of our parliamentary caucus: I have been privileged to work with each and every one of you. Our caucus meetings were always the highlight of my week. It has been my role to ask a great deal from you. And now I am going to do so again. Canadians will be closely watching you in the months to come. Colleagues, I know you will make the tens of thousands of members of our party proud of you by demonstrating the same seamless teamwork and solidarity that has earned us the confidence of millions of Canadians in the recent election.

 To my fellow Quebecers: On May 2nd, you made an historic decision. You decided that the way to replace Canada's Conservative federal government with something better was by working together in partnership with progressive-minded Canadians across the country. You made the right decision then; it is still the right decision today; and it will be the right decision right through to the next election, when we will succeed, together. You have elected a superb team of New Democrats to Parliament. They are going to be doing remarkable things in the years to come to make this country better for us all.

 To young Canadians: All my life I have worked to make things better. Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source of inspiration for me. I have met and talked with so many of you about your dreams, your frustrations, and your ideas for change. More and more, you are engaging in politics because you want to change things for the better. Many of you have placed your trust in our party. As my time in political life draws to a close I want to share with you my belief in your power to change this country and this world.

 There are great challenges before you, from the overwhelming nature of climate change to the unfairness of an economy that excludes so many from our collective wealth, and the changes necessary to build a more inclusive and generous Canada. I believe in you. Your energy, your vision, your passion for justice are exactly what this country needs today. You need to be at the heart of our economy, our political life, and our plans for the present and the future.

 And finally, to all Canadians: Canada is a great country, one of the hopes of the world. We can be a better one – a country of greater equality, justice, and opportunity. We can build a prosperous economy and a society that shares its benefits more fairly. We can look after our seniors. We can offer better futures for our children. We can do our part to save the world's environment. We can restore our good name in the world. We can do all of these things because we finally have a party system at the national level where there are real choices; where your vote matters; where working for change can actually bring about change. In the months and years to come, New Democrats will put a compelling new alternative to you.

 My colleagues in our party are an impressive, committed team. Give them a careful hearing; consider the alternatives; and consider that we can be a better, fairer, more equal country by working together. Don't let them tell you it can't be done.

 My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.

 All my very best,

 Jack Layton



Read more: [A style="COLOR: #003399" href="http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Read+Jack+Layton+final+letter+Canadians/5289798/story.html#ixzz1VsZopWN8"][FONT face=Arial]http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Read+Jack+Layton+final+letter+Canadians/5289798/story.html#ixzz1VsZopWN8[/FONT][/A][/DIV]
#15

The Newfie Bic Lighter

Bob and Ralph were fishing on the
[?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 /][ST1:STATE w:st="on"][ST1:PLACE w:st="on"]Newfoundland[/ST1:PLACE][/ST1:STATE] shoreline when Bob
pulled out a cigar. Finding he had
no matches, he asked Ralph for a light.

'Ya, shure, I tink I haff a lighter,'
Ralph replied and then reaching into his tackle
box, he pulled out a Bic lighter 10 inches long.

'Holy shit, man!' exclaimed Bob taking
the huge Bic Lighter in his hands.
'Where'd yew git dat monster?'

'Well,' replied Ralph, 'I got it from my Genie.'

'You haff a Genie?' Bob asked.

'Ya, shure. It's right here in my tackle
box,' says Ralph.

'Could I see him?'

Ralph opens his tackle box and
sure enough, out pops the Genie.


Addressing the Genie, Bob says,
'Hey dere! I'm a good buddy of
your master. Will you grant me
one wish?'

'Yes, I will,' says the Genie.

So Bob asks the Genie for a
million bucks. The Genie disappears
back into the tackle box leaving
Bob sitting there waiting for his million
bucks. Shortly the [ST1:STATE w:st="on"][ST1:PLACE w:st="on"]Newfoundland[/ST1:PLACE][/ST1:STATE] sky
darkens and is filled with the sound of
a million ducks flying directly overhead.

Over the roar of the million ducks
Bob yells at Ralph,
'What the hell? I asked for a million
bucks, not a million ducks!'

Ralph answers,
'Ya, I forgot to tell yew dat da Genie
is hard of hearing. Do yew really tink
I asked for a 10 inch Bic?'

#16
Discover Seattle! / TROUBLE IN USA
Aug 19 11 08:51
The recession has hit everybody really hard...

My neighbour got a pre-declined credit card in the mail.

Wives are having sex with their husbands because they can't afford batteries.

CEO's are now playing miniature golf.

Exxon-Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen.

A stripper was killed when her audience showered her with rolls of pennies while she danced.

I saw a Mormon with only one wife.

If the bank returns your check marked "Insufficient Funds," you call them and ask if they meant you or them.

McDonald's is selling the 1/4 ouncer.

Angelina Jolie adopted a child from America.

Parents in Beverly Hills fired their nannies and learned their children's names.

My cousin had an exorcism but couldn't afford to pay for it, and they re-possessed her!

A truckload of Americans was caught sneaking into Mexico.

A picture is now only worth 200 words.

When Bill and Hillary travel together, they now have to share a room.

The Treasure Island casino in Las Vegas is now managed by Somali pirates.

And, finally....

I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, wars,  jobs, my savings, Social Security, retirement funds, etc.

I called the Suicide Hotline and  got a call centre in Pakistan.
#17
Discover Seattle! / Storm Chaser
Aug 05 11 03:36
 [DIV class=entry-content] [DIV class=entry-body] [P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"][A style="DISPLAY: inline" href="http://sneil.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f9164528834014e8a66f44c970d-popup"][img class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54f9164528834014e8a66f44c970d" title=Ram-tornado-truck alt=Ram-tornado-truck src="http://sneil.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f9164528834014e8a66f44c970d-500wi"][/A]



 [SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"]By Jake Lingeman and Ronan McGrath, AutoWeek[/SPAN]

 [SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"]It takes a special breed of person to be a storm chaser. It takes an extra-special truck to withstand the 350-km/h winds that tornadoes produce. The six-ton TIV-2 is just such a vehicle.[/SPAN]

 [SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"]Based on a Ram pickup, the TIV-2 has six wheels, with a tandem set in the rear. Power comes from a Cummins turbodiesel engine, but acceleration and braking stats are unavailable.[/SPAN]

 [SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"]Filmmaker Sean Casey built the truck for his movie Tornado Alley, which will be playing at IMAX theaters across the country. He eventually plans to build another truck with even more off-road capabilities.[/SPAN]

 [SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"][/SPAN]

[/DIV][A id=more][/A] [DIV class=entry-more] [SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"]The truck is armored with two-inch-thick aluminum, Kevlar and steel. The armor plates slide down to the pavement on each side, preventing the car from being lifted. For even more stability, it uses steel spears shot three feet into the ground.[/SPAN]

 [SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"]A rotating turret sits on top of the truck for the cameraman. It has 360-degree capability and can opened when weather permits.[/SPAN]

 [SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"]The TIV-2 tops out at 160 km/h, which should be enough to outrun a storm. Driver and medic Marcus Gutierrez says it's just like driving a regular truck, with a few add-on pieces.[/SPAN]

 [SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"]The TIV-2 won't win any beauty or efficiency awards, but as purpose-built vehicles go, it's one of a kind.[/SPAN]

[/DIV][/DIV]
#18
Discover Seattle! / Henny Youngman
Jul 14 11 08:39
 [BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"]  [/BLOCKQUOTE]   [BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"]  [DIV dir=ltr][FONT color=black size=3 face="Times New Roman"][SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"][/SPAN][/FONT][FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"][/FONT]
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   [DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" class=ecxyiv1183037130MsoNormal][FONT color=black size=4 face=Arial][SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"][/SPAN][/FONT] [/DIV]

 [DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" class=ecxyiv1183037130MsoNormal][FONT color=black size=4 face=Arial][SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"]His most famous line was "Take my wife......please".[/SPAN][/FONT][/DIV]

 [DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" class=ecxyiv1183037130MsoNormal][FONT color=black size=4 face=Arial][SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"][/SPAN][/FONT] [/DIV]

 [DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" class=ecxyiv1183037130MsoNormal][FONT color=black size=4 face=Arial][SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"]My favorite was "I just came back from a pleasure trip; I drove my mother-in-law to the airport."[/SPAN][/FONT][/DIV]

 [DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" class=ecxyiv1183037130MsoNormal][FONT color=black size=4 face=Arial][SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"][/SPAN][/FONT] [/DIV]

 [DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" class=ecxyiv1183037130MsoNormal][FONT color=black size=4 face=Arial][SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"]Here's a few, most of which I hadn't heard before...[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT color=navy size=4 face=Arial][SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"][/SPAN][/FONT][/DIV][/DIV]

 [DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" class=ecxyiv1183037130MsoNormal][FONT color=navy size=4 face=Arial][SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"][/SPAN][/FONT] [/DIV]

 [DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" class=ecxyiv1183037130MsoNormal][FONT color=black size=4 face=Arial][SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"]My neighbor knocked on my door at 2:30 am this morning, can you believe that..... 2:30 A.M.?   Luckily for him I was still up playing my bagpipes.

Man calls 911 and says "I think my wife is dead."  The operator says how do you know?  He says "The sex is the same but the laundry is building up!"

I was in bed with a blind girl last night and she said that I had the biggest penis she had ever laid her hands on.  I said "You're pulling my leg."

I saw a poor old lady fall over today on the ice!  At least I presume she was poor -- she only had $1.20 in her purse.

My girlfriend thinks that I'm a stalker.  Well, she's not exactly my girlfriend yet.
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Went for my routine check up today and everything seemed to be going fine until he stuck his index finger up my ass!  Do you think I should change dentists?

A wife says to her husband, "You're always pushing me around and talking behind my back." He says, "What do you expect?  You're in a wheel chair."

I was explaining to my wife last night that when you die you get reincarnated but must come back as a different creature.  She said she would like to come back as a cow.  I said, "You're obviously not listening. "

The wife has been missing for a week now.  Police said to prepare for the worst.  So I have been to the thrift shop to get all her clothes back.[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT color=navy size=4 face=Arial][SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"][/SPAN][/FONT][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/BLOCKQUOTE][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/DIV][/BLOCKQUOTE]
#19
Discover Seattle! / RAIN
Jun 02 11 04:39
Just how much longer is this crappy rain / weather going to go on for???  I have had enoght....FFS
#20
What would end it right away for you
#21
 Pakistan's army has admitted to "shortcomings" in its efforts to locate Osama bin Laden.

 In a statement Thursday, the army also said U.S. military personnel in the country will be reduced to the "minimum essential" levels. The army statement gives no details, but it comes amid Pakistani anger over the American raid that killed bin Laden on Monday.

 The statement warned that if the U.S. launches a similar raid in the future then the army and intelligence services will review their ties with Washington

 It is the first response by the army since the raid. The army has been criticized for failing to locate bin Laden in a large compound in an army town not far from the capital Islamabad.

 U.S. officials were not immediately available for comment.

 Earlier Thursday, the Pakistan government warned the U.S. of "disastrous consequences" if it carried out any more unauthorized raids against suspected terrorists.

 However, the government stopped short of labelling the helicopter raid on the al-Qaeda leader's compound as an illegal operation, and insisted relations between Washington and Islamabad remain on course.

 

 [A href="http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/cbc-article.aspx?cp-documentid=28624406"]http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/cbc-article.aspx?cp-documentid=28624406[/A]

 

 

 They knew where Bin a**hole was all along ..........IMO

#22
 While Alexander Graham Bell is often

 While Alexander Graham Bell is often mistakenly claimed as Canadian (he was born in Edinburgh before coming to Canada in 1870, at 23) the company that holds the telephone inventor's name was actually spearheaded in the great white north by his father. Bell received the U.S. patent for the telephone in 1876 and assigned 75 per cent of its Canadian rights to his father, Melville, who began a small business the next year selling wooden hand telephones for use on private lines. Melville would move to the U.S. in 1879 to join his son, who had already immigrated south, but not before selling the rights to Canada's telephone patent to the National Bell Telephone Company of Boston (NBTCB). In 1880, the NBTCB sent an executive named Charles Fleetford Sise north to Montreal, where he founded The Bell Telephone Company of Canada, honouring the name of the family that had invented and first marketed the groundbreaking tech device.

  and here I thought he was Canadian

#23
http://www.canada.com/business/Report+Canadians+most+tolerant+developed+world/4600494/story.html#ixzz1JKTKJ928 (http://www.canada.com/business/Report+Canadians+most+tolerant+developed+world/4600494/story.html#ixzz1JKTKJ928)

PARIS — Canadians are the most tolerant people in the developed world, are terrific readers, enjoy more "positive experiences" than everyone but Icelanders, and don't produce many babies, according to a new report released Tuesday.



The conclusions were contained in the latest edition of Society at a Glance, a broad-brush analysis of social and economic indicators among the 34 member states of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.



"At 84 per cent on average, Canadians report the highest community tolerance of minority groups — ethnic minorities, migrants, and gays and lesbians — in the OECD, where the average is 61 per cent," said a summary of Canada-specific findings.
#24
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[SPAN class=smalltext]Happy B - DAY   Gopher           [img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #3169c6 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #3169c6 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c6d3ef; BORDER-TOP: #3169c6 1px solid; CURSOR: pointer; BORDER-RIGHT: #3169c6 1px solid" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#C6D3EF';this.style.border='1px solid #3169C6'; " onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor=''; this.style.border=''" onclick="InsertImage('/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/17.gif');" align=absMiddle src="http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/17.gif"]                                     I know its not the 19 but better now than missing it[/SPAN]
#25
[A href="http://www.lufthansa-vp.com/vp1/play.html"]http://www.lufthansa-vp.com/vp1/play.html[/A]

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#26
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 [H4]   How many lies do you tell in a week?[/DIV][/H4]    
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Discover Seattle! / Hyde
Oct 01 10 07:36
  References to Homosexuality in Stevenson's Jekl and Hyde


Stevenson's choice of certain words in the novel is extremely pertinent to a homoerotic reading of the text. In some Victorian circles (and most certainly not in others), certain words had very explicit homosexual connotations.

The word "homosexual" seems to have come into the English language around 1869, introduced by a Hungarian named Benkert but not generally used by the British until the 1880s. Yet, according to Theo Aronson, there were other words used at that time to identify the love between the same gender. "Homogenic love," "similisexualism," and "Uranism" were apparently among the more common references to homosexuality.

Within the novel, however, the word "homosexual" is never used. If it were, perhaps, then such a homoerotic interpretation as this would be redundant. There are, however, certain, rather ambiguous, words that Stevenson uses that have Victorian homosexual connotations.

During their walk together, Utterson and Enfield come across the home of Edward Hyde. After relating his story about Hyde, Enfield refers to the place as "Black Mail House" (8).

When asked if he ever inquired about the man who lived therein, Enfield replies,

"No sir, I make it a rule of mine: the more it looks like Queer Street, the less I ask" (9).

Both of these references to Hyde's home are more direct references to Hyde himself, made by a man who, at least publicly, must acknowledge the distinction between himself and the man who lives in Soho. Poole also makes a reference to Hyde's homosexuality: "Then you must know as well as the rest of us that there was something queer about that gentleman - something that gave a man a turn. . . " (57).


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Discover Seattle! / Seal Hunt
Aug 20 10 09:59
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[STRONG class="bar pct30"]30%[/b]  [LI]No, the hunt is part of Inuit culture and brings in income
[STRONG class="bar pct55"]55%[/b]  [LI]I don't know
[STRONG class="bar pct6"]6%[/b]  [LI]I don't care
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