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I wonder who will Fed prefere to be ATP Chief now

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Originally Posted by Castafiore

I've never skied. Did some langlauf, though. One of my langlauf skis was kaputt so it acquired adjusting every ten meters or so, which made that trip not something I'd like to repeat any time soon. The trouble was that I had a time limit to finish the trip, so when the stupid ski did function properly, I had to be that much quicker to gain time.

The guides accompanying me (I was the last one so they had to stick with me) thought that I was putting on a show so I had a non-stop argument with them about it during that darn trip.
Them: "Oh come on, don't be such a baby. GET ON WITH IT"
Me: "Do you think that I actually like having to stop every couple of meters?"
Them: "I think you're not trying hard enough"
Me: "You try them on then. See if you like it. I'm not doing this for my own amusement, you know. I'd rather be with the group than this faffle. My ski is not closing properly. It's not my fault that you gave me bad skis, FFS. Why didn't you check the material properly?"
Them: "There's nothing wrong with the ski but you're not putting it on well"
Me: "so, you really think that I'm doing this on purpose. You think that I like having to work at least twice as hard to do the same trip. Unreal"

etc.

It's only afterwards when they checked my ski that they acknowledged that my ski was wrong:
Them (after studying the ski): "...Ah...er....the ski was not functioning properly after all"
Me: "Thanks for not believing me when I tried to communicate that message a gazillion times during the trip."

---> no langlauf for me, thank you very much.

Are they still alive

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There's this big hoopla in the newspapers about Jodie Foster officially stepping out of the closet. I thought that she had admitted to being gay in an official interview at least a decade ago. I don't quite understand why this is such a big thing all of a sudden.

That's exactly what she said on the GG, that this not her "coming out" because she came out ages ago

[MariaV]

Originally Posted by acionescu

It was Sleepy Beauty? Giselle? Bayadere?

I'd go out on a limb and say the Swan Lake, the goat of all goats. Couldn't be any less, no?
Btw I saw a Midsomer Murders episode recently where former Russian prima ballerina's husband was killed. And they played the Swan Lake of course.

Edit: The media has to make hoopla about something. At least Daniel Day-Lewis and Anne Hathaway should have their Oscars secured. To calm dowm Andreea - I WILL go to watch Les Miserables next week or so.

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I hope so

I mean, i couldnt care less but it's cringe worthy hearing people not doing something they enjoy because it's "too long"

[MariaV]

Originally Posted by acionescu

I hope so

I mean, i couldnt care less but it's cringe worthy hearing people not doing something they enjoy because it's "too long"

Don't worry, I've sat through 4-hour theatre performances and over 6-hour tennis matches none the less. (Just take last year's AO final. )

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yes. And you whined endlessly since

[Castafiore]

Originally Posted by MariaV

over 6-hour tennis matches none the less.

...and moaned about it as if you had to pay the prize money per second played to both players out of your own pocket.

Edit: what Andreea says.

[MariaV]

I did NOT whine endlessly, I just didn't think it was humane, both towards the players and the spectators.

[Castafiore]

Originally Posted by MariaV

I did NOT whine endlessly

You did.


Gérard Depardieu has lost the plot completely now and here

Depardieu also heavily criticised the anti-Putin protest stunt that the Pussy Riot all-female punk band performed last year in Russia's main cathedral.

Two band members are currently serving two-year sentences in Russia's notorious manual labour camps.

Depardieu almost directly repeated Putin's argument that the band members would have received worse treatment had they gone to an Arab country and performed in a mosque.

"Imagine if these ladies walked into a mosque; they would not come out alive," the actor said in a different section of the interview taped in apparent secrecy with the help of a cell phone.

"But when I say such things in France, I am considered an idiot," he added.

[acionescu]

NOT ONLY IN FRANCE, Gerard, NOT ONLY IN FRANCE

[Dextertje]

Depardieu is drunk 24/7 does anyone still listen to his rambling speeches?

[-Evita-]

Here's a bit of random Korean trivia: all Koreans turn one year older on January 1st, not on their real birthdays. They still celebrate the birthdays but it's not as special as in other countries. The reason for the January 1st collective birthday (I imagine) is that Koreans need to use different politeness levels to older people and to people who are the same age as them. Imagine if someone was half a year older than you, you'd need to switch between these levels a lot, it would be confusing and difficult. So they decided that everyone born in the same year was the same age. Neat, huh And yeah, they usually ask or offer their age when meeting new people because they need to know which politeness endings to use.

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[Corey Feldman]

is that the Korean porno with Maru the cat you and Andreea been enjoying?

[-Evita-]

Originally Posted by Corey Feldman

is that the Korean porno with Maru the cat you and Andreea been enjoying?

Maru will not like that you called him a cat.