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NEWS.com.au | Backless g-string revealed (August 13, 2004): "Backless g-string revealed
By Dominique Jackson
August 13, 2004
AUSTRALIA could be on the brink of a startling underwear revolution, thanks to Gold Coast couple Jan and Chuck Digney ('just your average mum and dad') and their invention: the backless brief.
Jan had a visible G-string problem and asked her daughters for advice.
'They said they freebag it, basically, `We don't wear undies Mum.'
'Well,' says Jan, speaking after a champagne-fuelled lunch to celebrate the launch, 'there's got to be something out there to stop people from doing that'.
She worked through 50-odd prototypes before arriving at a design that replaces the back with two bra-style straps under the bottom.
'It's like freebagging but you're protected,' she says.
The challenge, says Chuck, is to get people to believe they stay up.
The couple has spent $300,000 on the first run of 35,000 and patenting the invention across the world.
Are you tired of all those sissy "friendship" poems that always sound good, but never actually come close to reality? Well, here is a series of promises that really speaks to true friendship:
1. When you are sad - I will help get you drunk and plot revenge against the sorry bastard who made you sad.
2. When you are blue - I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.
3. When you smile - I will know you finally got laid.
4. When you are scared - I will rag on you about it every chance I get.
5. When you are worried - I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be and to quit whining.
6. When you are confused - I will use little words.
7. When you are sick - Stay the hell away from me until you are well again. I don't want whatever you have.
8. When you fall - I will point and laugh at your clumsy ass.
his is my oath..I pledge it till the end. ! Why?, you may ask.because you are my friend. Send this to 10 of your closest friends, then get depressed because you can only think of two and one of
them isn't speaking to you right now anyway.
Love, Jen
Steve Jobs says "Apple has the best displays in the industry bar none. Our competitors buy the panels we reject." (laughing in audience) "It's true."
"There are over 150 new features in Tiger" says Jobs.
Here were your selector responses and results:
1. TAXES & SPENDING (Check any and all statements with which you agree): Reduce federal spending and taxes, even if this means shifting responsibility for providing services to state and local government, private industry, charitable groups and/or individuals.
Regardless of increases or decreases, it is vitally important that federal spending and taxes are balanced.
(Medium Importance)
2. Federally funded social services and poverty aid should be delivered through religious, community-based, or other non-profit organizations. These Bush
None of the above/Prefer alternate solutions/Not sure
(Medium Importance)
3. Federal funding of welfare and assistance to unemployed and under-employed individuals and families
No preference/None of the above/Prefer alternate solutions
(Medium Importance)
4. Federal funding of "corporate welfare", which has been defined as "special government subsidies or benefits that are targeted to specific industries or businesses"
Should be decreased
(Medium Importance)
5. SECURITY & TERRORISM
Since 9-11 the issues of civil rights and liberties have come in conflict with issues of security.
Law enforcement agencies should be granted greater discretion to read mail and email, tap phones, and conduct random searches.
America should adopt stricter standards for international student visas.
Terrorist suspects should be tried in civilian courts with due process protections (rather than in military tribunals).
(High Importance)
6. FOREIGN AFFAIRS
It is appropriate for the U.S. to support the formation of a Palestinian state.
It is appropriate for the US to maintain a non-interventionist foreign policy.
It is bad policy for the US to attack an enemy nation pre-emptively.
(Medium Importance)
7. EDUCATION
Increase federal funding of public schools.
Support tax incentives and/or increased federal funding of programs such as grants and loans to help students attend college.
(High Importance)
8. HEALTH CARE
Support the concept of federally funded national healthcare coverage for all or most Americans.
(Medium Importance)
9. SOCIAL SECURITY
Allow workers to invest a portion of their payroll tax into private investments.
(Medium Importance)
10. ILLICIT DRUGS Laws and penalties regarding illegal drugs such as a narcotics, hallucinogens, etc.
Prevent and reduce drug use through education and counseling, but do not legalize drugs.
(Medium Importance)
11. TRADE--
On issues of trade with other countries, my ideal candidate would favor the following
More restrictive "Fair Trade" policies.
(Medium Importance)
12. GUN POLICY -- Regarding the following special interest groups, my ideal candidate will generally support the positions of
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, a group that "supports a ban on the importation, manufacture, sale and transfer of handguns and assault weapons, with reasonable exceptions for police, military, security personnel, gun clubs, and antique and collectable firearms stored in inoperable condition. Hunting weapons, such as shotguns and rifles, would be unaffected by these bans."
(High Importance)
13. ABORTION POLICY -- Regarding the following special interest groups, my ideal candidate will generally support the positions of
Planned Parenthood, a group that "believes in the fundamental right of each individual, throughout the world, to manage his or her fertility, regardless of the individual's income, marital status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or residence."
(High Importance)
14. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY -- Regarding the positions of the League of Conservation Voters, self-described as "the political voice of the national environmental movement and the only organization devoted full-time to shaping a pro-environment Congress", my ideal candidate will generally
Share the positions of the League of Conservation Voters
(Medium Importance)
15. MINORITY ISSUES -- Regarding the positions of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), whose stated goal is the "elimination of all barriers to political, educational, social and economic equality".) my ideal candidate will generally
No preference/None of the above/Prefer alternate solutions
(Medium Importance)
16. CIVIL LIBERTIES -- Regarding the positions of the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) an organization that describes themselves as "our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States", my ideal candidate will generally:
Share the positions of the ACLU
(Medium Importance)
17. CANDIDATE VIABILITY -- Remove from scoring consideration those candidates on my list:
(Importance)
Rankings:
1. Your ideal theoretical candidate. (100%)
2. Kerry, Senator John, MA - Democrat (72%)
3. Cobb, David - Green Party (70%)
4. Nader, Ralph - Independent (70%)
5. Brown, Walt - Socialist Party (59%)
6. Badnarik, Michael - Libertarian (39%)
7. Bush, President George W. - Republican (30%)
8. Peroutka, Michael - Constitution Party (17%)
El Duque holds Blue Jays at bay
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Bernie Williams hits a two-RBI single during the fifth inning on Saturday. (Ed Betz/AP)
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Orlando Hernandez was the latest Yankees hurler to dazzle the home crowd, as El Duque continued his storybook comeback with eight shutout innings against the Blue Jays. New York topped Toronto, 6-0, beating its AL East foes for the sixth time in seven meetings this season.
"It's great for us," said manager Joe Torre. "Everybody is in a pretty good mood. The last three games, everybody has been on their toes and doing good things."
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Movies
Top 12 Best Movie Lines Ever
Horror writer Stephen King, who moonlights as an Entertainment Weekly columnist, recently polled EW readers to find out what they think are the best movie lines ever.
Here are the 12 picks by Entertainment Weekly readers:
1. "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
--Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin) in "The Princess Bride"
2. "Inconceivable!" "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
--Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin) in "The Princess Bride"
3. "Have fun storming the castle."
--Miracle Max (Bill Crystal) in "The Princess Bride"
4. "As you wish."
--Westley (Cary Elwes) in "The Princess Bride"
5. "I'll have what she's having."
--Female diner (Estelle Reiner) in "When Harry Met Sally"
6. "You had me at hello."
--Dorothy Boyd (ReneƩ Zellweger) in "Jerry Maguire"
7. "Fasten your seat belts--It's going to be a bumpy night."
--Margo Channing (Bette Davis) in "All About Eve"
8. "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together...and blow."
--Marie Browning (Lauren Bacall) in "To Have and Have Not"
9. "If I'd been a ranch, they would've named me Bar Nothin'."
--Gilda (Rita Hayworth) in "Gilda"
10. "Veda's convinced me that alligators have the right idea: They eat their young."
--Ida Corwin (Eve Arden) in "Mildred Pierce"
11. "You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man.
--Matty Walker (Kathleen Turner) in "Body Heat"
12. "Get outta here! And don't come back for five to seven days!"
--Vada Sultenfuss (Anna Chlumsky) in "My Girl"
Entertainment Weekly editors didn't want the readers to have all the fun. So they picked 50 more great movie quotes from the last half century. Here are the top five:
1. "I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it."
--Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) in "On the Waterfront"
2. "We all go a little mad sometimes."
--Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) in "Psycho"
3. "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me."
--Ben Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) in "The Graduate"
4. "Hey, don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love."
--Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) in "Annie Hall"
5. "She's my daughter! She's my sister! She's my daughter! My sister, my daughter. She's my sister and my daughter."
--Evelyn Cross Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) in "Chinatown"