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Anna Explains It All
by anna at 01:13 PM on September 05, 2006
The Newt drew flak for suggesting that women shouldn't serve in combat because they might be prone to infection when crouching in ditches. Just as the dean of Harvard got villified for saying that boys are better than girls at math and science. Which, at least statistically speaking, they are. He's now standing on a median with a coffee can in his hand.
But it is true that men's and women's brains are wired differently. For instance, if you are a guy, I defy you to watch this without laughing aloud. If you're a gal I defy you to watch it without crying out in shared horror or at leasting feeling some pangs of empathy.
comments (10)
I was afraid to click on the link. Sorry.
by LOCKHEED at September 5, 2006 5:09 PM
See, this video is enough to justify my complete shit storm of defiance in the face of anyone declaring themselves martial artists. It is the art of the geek. For white people at least, lol. If anybody sees fit to tell me they're a black belt in whatever, my immediate response is always, "Ooh, you were bullied at school."
There's a funny vid floating around t'internet that has a backstory tagged to it. Some school bully type was giving another kid a hard time and his chosen target would constantly announce that he wouldn't fight back because he was a martial artist and could severely injure the bully. Bully get's wind of this and immediately declares he'll fight the Karate Kid on his turf, with all the rules in place and everything. His brother attends to watch and takes his video camera to film it, that alone is enough to tell you the bully doesn't think he's gonna lose... the fight starts, they dance around each other for about ten seconds and then the bully knocks Karate Kid clean out with his first hit.
Trouble is, karate folk spend so much time doing kata (funky link embedded in word kata: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/newsletter/issue19/karategirl.html), imagining attackers coming from all angles and gleefully taking them all down Bruce style, they forget what it's like to get royally lamped directly in the face by a real fist.
by Ex Crimson Guard NCO at September 6, 2006 9:53 AM
Lock it isn't that bad. Go ahead. Be a man. NCO I am reminded of that Clint Eastwood movie where the karate guy goes through all that preparatory shrieking and then Clint just shoots him dead. With his 44. Magnum.
by anna at September 6, 2006 7:36 PM
Is that a Clint Eastwood movie, or are you thinking of Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Arc?
by mg at September 7, 2006 8:29 AM
Maybe it is both. Am I right about laughing at this?
by anna at September 8, 2006 7:46 AM
I remember Indie doing it. Me thinks we need a female perspective in here, to stare in awe at.
My mate's wife managed to get through this vid without cracking a smile:
http://cracked.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=924
... I dunno how, I was spilling tears with laughter. I think it was the infectious laugh of someone off screen that did me in, that and: "Bad Smell Air"
by Ex Crimson Guard NCO at September 8, 2006 1:47 PM
Bah. I got this message on Cracked.com:
Sorry, you cannot access this file directly...
by anna at September 9, 2006 8:42 AM
Try this, sorry the link is a so long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjUkS63mfVY&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcracked%2Ecom%2Fmodules%2Ephp%3Fop%3Dmodload%26name%3DNews%26file%3Darticle%26sid%3D924
by Ex Crimson Guard NCO at September 10, 2006 7:52 AM
That's pretty goddamn good. What is that brother doing in the video?
by anna at September 13, 2006 7:36 AM
He was the guest star!
by Long Time Lurker at September 13, 2006 9:31 AM