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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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 Posted - 08/20/2005 : 11:00:34
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Inspired by www.lowbrow.com
Post your lowbrow moments.
A recent one:
My kid was hungry, so we popped into a pizza joint near the university and got her a slice. She needs to pee, so we pass through this private, air conditioned room with couches and a big-screen TV that you have to go thru on the way to the bathrooms. There's four guys sitting there watching a porn movie. I pick her up, walk fast to the bathroom. On our way out of the pizzeria I complained to the manager. He said, "That kind of thing doesn't usually happen, but people can do what they want when they rent the place." Fine, whatever. The lowbrow moment:
I recognized one of the women in the film. I'm like, "Oh, she was in that movie I watched the other day."
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
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Posted - 08/20/2005 : 11:13:34
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groan
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2005 : 12:11:18
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picking cigarettes i threw away out of the trash?
gosh...there's so many... i can't decide...
maybe dumpster diving.
maybe having our rehersal dinner at our favorite bar where we met that was kinda i dive but we loved it... yea we got some flack for that... and then we ended up there after the reception with everyone!
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2005 : 12:12:43
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i liked ... flashing the goodies at a taco bell attendant for his marti gras beads... caught on camera!
(this was in my younger and dumber and single days)
"I ain't goin to be what I ain't" |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 08/20/2005 : 12:14:46
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My dog scooting around the carpet on her ass then jumping up and licking my mouth.
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 08/20/2005 : 12:55:30
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My other dog has been in the rain and is quite stinky but has his paws on the couch and is showing me his ruff (which is what he does when he thinks he's ohso handsome) and I'm debating whether to let him sit up here with me.
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Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music -- the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself. |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
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Posted - 08/20/2005 : 13:30:00
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This is not my low brow moment... but I think this one has us all beat!
Black workers sue Tyson, claim 'Whites Only' sign
8/20/05
By Deborah Barfield Berry
NEWSDAY
WASHINGTON - The way black workers tell it in the lawsuit filed last week, the "Whites Only" sign was posted on the door of the freshly renovated bathroom at Tyson's poultry plant in Ashland, Ala. Only white employees had the keys.
After some complaints, the sign was removed, but the bathroom was kept locked, and the refrigerator and cabinets in a new employee lounge were padlocked. Only white workers had keys.
"When I was young, my mother used to tell me stories about segregated bathrooms," Henry Adams, a plaintiff in the suit, wrote in a statement. "I never thought that her reality of 71 years ago would become my reality today."
Adams and 12 other black workers at the plant filed a discrimination suit last week against Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat producer.
The regional office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is also suing Tyson for violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits workplace discrimination. The nonpartisan Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law also stepped in on the workers' behalf.
"While this country has made great strides in addressing issues of racism, unfortunately, there are still people who have not yet gotten the message that segregation in the workplace will not be tolerated," Bernice Williams-Kimbrough, district director of EEOC's Birmingham office, wrote in a statement.
Tyson officials said they investigated the allegations and found they have no merit.
"We're surprised and disappointed by this legal action," Gary Mickelson, a spokesman for the Arkansas-based company, wrote in a statement. "The presence of any sign suggesting whites only or segregation of any kind is, without a doubt, a violation of our corporate polices and contrary to our corporate culture."
He said the company has "zero tolerance for racism."
In the lawsuit, black workers said an "Out of Order" sign was posted and the bathroom kept locked soon after it was renovated in the summer of 2003. Meanwhile, some white workers, including a supervisor, had keys and used it. Soon after, the "Whites Only" sign appeared, the lawsuit says.
A lawyer for the workers said a white employee reported that a supervisor told him to post the sign. It was removed, but black workers who complained said they faced retaliation, from suspensions to firings. A break room once used mostly by blacks was closed that summer. In a new lounge, the refrigerator and cabinets were locked and only whites had keys, the suit says.
Over the years, black workers were also subjected to racial slurs and comments, according to court papers. In one case, the lawsuit said, a picture of two monkeys with black workers' names underneath was posted on the locker of a black employee.
Lawyers for the workers said the racist sign pushed them to take legal action.
"They couldn't be quiet anymore," said Audrey Wiggins, a staff attorney with the Lawyers' Committee.
The workers are asking the court to force Tyson to set corrective polices. They are also seeking unspecified punitive and compensatory damages.
Wiggins said the suit should send a message that "the 21st-century workplace won't tolerate this kind of situation."
Distributed by the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service
"I ain't goin to be what I ain't" |
Edited by - Daisy Girl on 08/20/2005 13:30:29 |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
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Posted - 08/20/2005 : 13:36:24
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ok... now back to me my low brow moment today is going to be going to Deuce Bigalow II (I loved the first one) finally talked Mr. Daisy into going .... he was NOT into it.
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 08/20/2005 : 13:59:20
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Did anybody else see that?
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2005 : 14:04:08
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oh crap! did you bust me, owen? wasn't it just too horrible to leave?
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 08/20/2005 : 14:05:26
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Totally busted. I found it funny.
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Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music -- the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself. |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
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Posted - 08/20/2005 : 14:06:53
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what was it??
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2005 : 14:07:42
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God, I am so easy...
Tyson = outrageous, not lowbrow.
Deuce Bigolow = cheesey, not lowbrow.
This is lowbrow, fresh from last night:
I'm at the bar of my favorite restaurant after closing, hanging out with my buds the bartender and the owner and one of the cooks. Someone mentions something about a legendary private party that has long been rumored to have taken place at the restaurant where a thick line of cocaine was cut across the length of the 20-foot bar. Without thinking, I blurt out, "I can vouch it's not a rumor. My boyfriend and his teammates threw that party and I did some of that line." Without missing a beat, the bartender asks "Is it true guys were getting blowjobs upstairs?" and I go "Yep" and Vanessa the restaurant owner shoots me a look and I say "I only watched." The three of them crack up laughing.
Lowbrow moment.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 08/20/2005 : 14:12:39
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We should all be so revealing. I promise the next time I think of a really revealing story in the same vein I'll post it.
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Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music -- the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 08/20/2005 : 17:03:04
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yesterday i clogged my bosses toilet (at his house) and had to come out and ask if i could borrow a plunger.
note to homeowners: please keep plungers in your bathroom. especially if i'm coming over |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2005 : 22:40:58
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Surfer Rosa
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 08/24/2005 : 00:32:59
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Sorry Floop - I'm too ashamed to post any of mine.
Fire made it good. |
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 08/24/2005 : 05:34:21
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My little dog snuck through a gap in my fence the other night.
A neighbor brought the dog back and was chatting a little when she suddenly looked away and backed out of the conversation.
It dawned on me that I had answered the door in my boxers and hadn't buttoned down the front.
(Indecent exposure.)
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Edited by - ObfuscateByWill on 08/24/2005 05:35:57 |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 08/24/2005 : 05:44:38
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 Classic! |
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