Taking a Bite out of Chocolate City. Picture Heavy - Dialup Beware (1799 hits)
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Submitted by Newty (user info) at 2006-11-18 14:49:31 EST (#)
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good pictures indeed
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2006-11-18 13:46:53 EST (#)
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This is the first comment I've laid on Uber in months, and I'm using it on your post, so be honored. Ready? Here it is:
Uh, dem shore are sum purty pitchers
Now bask in my wisdom. I SAID BASK IN IT!!
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2006-09-22 15:21:06 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/93382#2152724
:)
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2006-09-20 17:47:19 EDT (#)
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this was absolutely awesome... absolutely awesome. and nostalgic. it's one of the cooler places i've lived. it was fun.
Submitted by kimberly (user info) at 2006-09-20 03:59:33 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-09-20 00:56:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2006-09-20 00:30:20 (#)
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Swish your own urine in your mouth: it whitens your teeth.
i would imagine more guys get STD's from toilets than women because sometimes if you sit too far forward or if you're too long, or if it is partially erect, then you might accidentally bounce the tip off the front of the bowl, and i dont know about anybody else, but when i do it i know somebody else has done the same before me and i just hope he didnt have any shit on his dick.
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You scare me.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2006-09-20 00:30:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Swish your own urine in your mouth: it whitens your teeth.
i would imagine more guys get STD's from toilets than women because sometimes if you sit too far forward or if you're too long, or if it is partially erect, then you might accidentally bounce the tip off the front of the bowl, and i dont know about anybody else, but when i do it i know somebody else has done the same before me and i just hope he didnt have any shit on his dick.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2006-09-19 22:47:22 EDT (#)
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luverly.
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2006-09-19 11:46:33 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by creep_firebombing (user info) at 2006-09-19 06:55:20 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2006-09-18 22:05:34 EDT (#)
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That racoon rocks.
Submitted by SPECIALk (user info) at 2006-09-18 21:55:22 EDT (#)
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Raccoons are majestic animals.
Submitted by COMountain (user info) at 2006-09-18 21:37:02 EDT (#)
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Doncha know? Steve Irwin is no longer among the living.
BEST TRIBUTE EVAR: http://www.ubersite.com/m/92679
I'm fucking serious.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2006-09-18 21:21:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Ahahahahaha!
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2006-09-18 17:35:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Raccoon picture was great.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2006-09-18 17:27:41 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-09-18 16:30:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-09-17 21:26:45 (#)
Ranking: -2
despicable poverty tourism.
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Apollo, one thing that you (and everybody else that matter) should know about people from Nawlins, is that they know how to make a buck.
They have a 300-year old tradition of fleecing rubes and gawkers - Katrina wasn't a disaster, it was a business opportunity (for some).
Filthy, although it's true New Orleans is a chocolate city, its proper nickname is the Crescent City - Chocolate City tends to refer to Atlanta, most of the time. The Big Easy works too.
Submitted by ruthless (user info) at 2006-09-18 15:35:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
We just chased a couple raccoons out of his parents garage. They were adorable.
It's almost September 20th.
Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2006-09-18 15:21:30 EDT (#)
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excellent pics
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-09-18 15:18:02 EDT (#)
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Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-09-18 00:41:46 (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-09-17 21:26:45 (#)
Ranking: -2
despicable poverty tourism.
that's no different to the people who go to ground zero and have a metaphorical disaster wank.
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Honestly dude, I had and still have reservations about taking pictures in the Lower 9th Ward but I do think there is something to be gained by actually seeing it that I didn't get from the news reports. Apparently what had been happening was 'Post-Katrina' tours were ferrying busloads of tourists out there who would scuttle off the bus, take a few snapshots of themselves standing in front of the carnage and then scuttle off to the next must-see location. I think that's extremely crass and I wouldn't want to be a part of it, but I don't think such locations need to become no-go areas. Visits need to be quiet and respectful, and I don't think we did a good enough job of that because we were with others who were in control of where we went and when who did not feel the same, but we certainly didn't make light of it.
If you think visiting New Orleans as a whole is "poverty tourism" - you're wrong. It's business as usual (only quieter) in so much of the city and if you speak to the musicians, the local business people and the artists, they are absolutely crying out for more tourists - they're their bread and butter, after all. If you want to boost New Orleans on the road to recovery, you should visit not stay away out of some moral righteousness."""
Yes - you are correct it is more complicated than my knee-jerk reaction.
Apologies.
Submitted by ubetidid (user info) at 2006-09-18 15:08:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by shitfuck (user info) at 2006-09-18 14:27:16 EDT (#)
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Yes!
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-09-18 13:55:38 EDT (#)
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Submitted by The_Yellow_Dart (user info) at 2006-09-18 13:50:23 (#)
Ranking: 2
You frame (or crop) your shots superbly.
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Thank you - I'm really trying to put some conscious effort into taking better snapshots so it warms my black little heart when people think they came out ok. I haven't cropped or done any photoshop style tinkering on these - they're just shrunk down to 20% in MSPaint of all things.
Submitted by The_Yellow_Dart (user info) at 2006-09-18 13:50:23 EDT (#)
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You frame (or crop) your shots superbly.
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2006-09-18 13:14:31 EDT (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-09-18 12:50:40 (#)
Ranking: 2
actually you have less chance of catching something from a toilet seat than you do from a door handle. sit down on the seat. the women that hover are paranoid and usually don't wipe the seat.
urine is sterile, and it's safe to drink your own but you shouldn't drink anyone else's.
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the women who hover create a vicious cycle. they hover, then piss on the seat, thereby making it necessary for others to hover, when, if no one hovered in the first place, there would be no piss on the seat, thereby making it completely unnecessary to hover. Cunts.
I just confused myself.
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-09-18 13:03:00 EDT (#)
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Rolf Harris drinks a glass of his own piss every morning.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-09-18 12:59:56 EDT (#)
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I've heard that drinking your own urine leads to bad breath.
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-09-18 12:59:43 EDT (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-09-18 12:50:40 (#)
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actually you have less chance of catching something from a toilet seat than you do from a door handle. sit down on the seat. the women that hover are paranoid and usually don't wipe the seat.
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Finally someone agrees. Have you seen the automatically rotating clingfilm-wrapped toilet seats they have at chicago o'hare? It's lunacy. And unless I have spent my entire life peeing wrong, the only thing that is ever going to touch the seat is a bit of ass cheek or a bit of thigh - there's nothing dodgy there. If you're in a position where some kind of...uh...opening is going to touch the seat, surely you're pissing all over yourself. I just don't get it.
I forget the exact statistic, but I believe someone did a study that showed the average office keyboard has loads more unpleasantness on it than the average toilet seat.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-09-18 12:50:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
actually you have less chance of catching something from a toilet seat than you do from a door handle. sit down on the seat. the women that hover are paranoid and usually don't wipe the seat.
urine is sterile, and it's safe to drink your own but you shouldn't drink anyone else's.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-09-18 12:44:57 EDT (#)
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You know...looking again at the raccoon/alligator face-off, it's like a metaphor for the current era of evolution, where mammals dominate because of their superior skill and agility, and reptiles just stand around looking dumb, like Indoninja.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/93183#2145935
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2006-09-18 12:33:47 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-09-18 12:28:27 EDT (#)
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All Racoons are ninjas.
Submitted by morontian (user info) at 2006-09-18 12:23:54 EDT (#)
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You seem to have a preoccupation with racoons. Have you sought counseling for this?
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-09-18 10:44:08 EDT (#)
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I love New Orleans but obviously, have not returned since that brief thunder-shower last year.
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-09-18 10:39:15 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-09-18 10:33:12 (#)
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Very nice photos...
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Thanks, much appreciated.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-09-18 10:33:12 EDT (#)
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Very nice photos...But you're still an idiot...and ETS is STILL a fucking moron.
New Orleans USED to kick ass.
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-09-18 10:00:58 EDT (#)
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Submitted by The_Mighty_Badger (user info) at 2006-09-18 04:14:37 (#)
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For effort. Your commentary just was not funny, even in slightest.
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You want to read something funny, go check out my 'Balls Deep Behind Enemy Lines' series (links to them all here: http://www.ubersite.com/m/73165) - this is just about photographs.
Submitted by retrospect (user info) at 2006-09-18 09:36:01 EDT (#)
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i enjoyed this
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2006-09-18 09:25:07 EDT (#)
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Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:42:07 (#)
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Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:35:23 (#)
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The Oak whatever plantation one with the view down the middle of the trees made my panties wet.
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Yeah those trees were fucking beautiful. If it wasn't for the unbelievable swarms of insane constantly-joined-at-the-groin insects (lovingly referred to as 'Porno Bugs') I could have lived in that alley.
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It's not an alley of trees it's an ALLEE
http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLJ,GGLJ:2006-18,GGLJ:en&q=allee
You're English, aren't you required by the Queen to know your garden terminology?
Nice pics either way
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-09-18 09:16:22 EDT (#)
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Nice.
Submitted by Bob_Dole (user info) at 2006-09-18 08:22:27 EDT (#)
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Bob Dole would watch the travel channel if they aired travel logs like this.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2006-09-18 07:57:21 EDT (#)
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Crikey!
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2006-09-18 07:13:55 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-09-18 04:47:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
If I can have a wank over a quadruple amputee sucking of a man on a plane as he stores her in his travel luggage then I see no problem in me having a wank over the symbolic memory of human misery.
Submitted by The_Mighty_Badger (user info) at 2006-09-18 04:14:37 EDT (#)
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For effort. Your commentary just was not funny, even in slightest.
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2006-09-18 02:24:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
those flooded properties, sans the houses that were handed down thru the generations, will now create a new "land-rush" for the 'white-machine' in the area
nature's urban renewal
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-09-18 02:22:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Thanks for not making the mobile home joke, I appreciate it greatly.
Submitted by Allyson (user info) at 2006-09-18 01:17:43 EDT (#)
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thank you for the laughs, and for the great photos...
Thanks.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-09-18 01:02:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I couldn't think of a better vacation spot at the moment if you actually want to help people who really need it. I'd recommend visiting this area to anyone. The swamp tour was probably my favorite part, personally. That guide was cool as shit.
Here is the tour we went on. I told the guy I'd plug his tour, as he was exceptional. I couldn't have asked for a better time. Business is slow for these people right now. Our guide's wife actually is living in Kentucky because she lost her work down there. I encourage everyone who wants a kickass vacation without all the hassles of crowds to visit this swamp tour. It was worth every penny. http://cajunpridetours.com/swamp_tours.htm
As a side note, this particular tour has been featured on the Travel Channel's "Most Haunted Places" and was the site of filming for parts of the new Jackass movie that is supposed to be coming out.
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-09-18 00:41:46 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-09-17 21:26:45 (#)
Ranking: -2
despicable poverty tourism.
that's no different to the people who go to ground zero and have a metaphorical disaster wank.
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Honestly dude, I had and still have reservations about taking pictures in the Lower 9th Ward but I do think there is something to be gained by actually seeing it that I didn't get from the news reports. Apparently what had been happening was 'Post-Katrina' tours were ferrying busloads of tourists out there who would scuttle off the bus, take a few snapshots of themselves standing in front of the carnage and then scuttle off to the next must-see location. I think that's extremely crass and I wouldn't want to be a part of it, but I don't think such locations need to become no-go areas. Visits need to be quiet and respectful, and I don't think we did a good enough job of that because we were with others who were in control of where we went and when who did not feel the same, but we certainly didn't make light of it.
If you think visiting New Orleans as a whole is "poverty tourism" - you're wrong. It's business as usual (only quieter) in so much of the city and if you speak to the musicians, the local business people and the artists, they are absolutely crying out for more tourists - they're their bread and butter, after all. If you want to boost New Orleans on the road to recovery, you should visit not stay away out of some moral righteousness.
Submitted by RePet (user info) at 2006-09-17 23:39:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Goddamn I wish I could rate higher than 2.
Stupid Bart and your ranking limits...
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-09-17 23:27:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-09-17 21:26:45 (#)
Ranking: -2
despicable poverty tourism.
that's no different to the people who go to ground zero and have a metaphorical disaster wank.
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Things are 'different from'. Don't they teach you English in Britain or Canada?
Forget Texas. . .
Submitted by stok (user info) at 2006-09-17 23:18:03 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by bart (user info) at 2006-09-17 23:05:40 EDT (#)
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nice pictures
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2006-09-17 22:33:08 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-09-17 21:26:45 (#)
Ranking: -2
despicable poverty tourism.
that's no different to the people who go to ground zero and have a metaphorical disaster wank.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
3 out of 20 pictures with a disclaimer, no evil intent or attempt(s) to make light of the matter
Fuck You, you pathetic short sorry-ass no dick ugly big headded cock-sucking hunch-back pig-fucking little bitch of a rabid dog turd on the gravel driveway next to the leaky shit-house your daddy lives in when it rains at night
I hope you die from complications of anal herpes.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-09-17 21:47:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-09-17 21:26:45 (#)
Ranking: -2
despicable poverty tourism.
that's no different to the people who go to ground zero and have a metaphorical disaster wank.
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It wasn't like that at all. I wanted to document some of the desruction for posterity, not for oogling.
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2006-09-17 21:32:31 EDT (#)
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Stupid, stupid, Rucky raccoon didn't even see the gator.
Pictures R XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXcelent.
- M Burns
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-09-17 21:27:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-09-17 21:26:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
despicable poverty tourism.
that's no different to the people who go to ground zero and have a metaphorical disaster wank.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-09-17 21:25:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I am impressed by your witticisms. Truly.
Submitted by matnotharry (user info) at 2006-09-17 21:15:45 EDT (#)
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I liked this but can't think of anything more interesting to say.
evidently
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:58:02 EDT (#)
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Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:55:06 (#)
Ranking: 2
Thats got to be the ballsiest Racoon ever, even the ones that hung out with those purple dudes with the huge noses didnt have cojones like that cheeky little bastard
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I miss Cyril Sneer with a passion. I wonder if you can get it on dvd.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:57:03 EDT (#)
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Shit, sorry.
Good post, negro.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:56:39 EDT (#)
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I was glad you thought to include our good aunt Jemima, but surely there were more plantaion pics...
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:55:06 EDT (#)
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Thats got to be the ballsiest Racoon ever, even the ones that hung out with those purple dudes with the huge noses didnt have cojones like that cheeky little bastard
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:47:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
My favorite domestic vacation I ever had was in New Orleans a few years back. To know that a place so culturally rich and vibrant was so ravaged is quite sobering, and it must have been quite an experience to see.
I never thought cemeteries could be such beautiful places until I saw them there.
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:43:59 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:41:05 (#)
Ranking: 1
Needs more superdome rape montage.
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I'm having those ones laminated for easy wipe-clean-ability and keeping them in my 'private time' collection.
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:42:28 EDT (#)
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That's one badass coon.
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:42:07 EDT (#)
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Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:35:23 (#)
Ranking: 2
The Oak whatever plantation one with the view down the middle of the trees made my panties wet.
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Yeah those trees were fucking beautiful. If it wasn't for the unbelievable swarms of insane constantly-joined-at-the-groin insects (lovingly referred to as 'Porno Bugs') I could have lived in that alley.
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:41:05 EDT (#)
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Needs more superdome rape montage.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:39:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'll come back later and tell the story about the joint and the undercover cop.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:36:49 EDT (#)
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Excellent pictures. I predict heat. Cemetary heat. . .
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:36:34 EDT (#)
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I was a senior in high school when I went. Some older dude offered me some beads, he said "want some beads? pick the ones you like." so I picked some out, and he handed them to me, and I said thank you and put them around my neck and started to walk away.
He started to chase me.
I threw them back at him.
I DIDNT KNOW I HAD TO "PAY" FOR THE BEADS!! I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST BEING NICE
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:35:23 EDT (#)
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Absolutely beautiful.
I miss New Orleans; it was 7 1/2 yrs ago that I was there... with my old school 35mm camera and less appreciation for beautiful photos than I have now.
The Oak whatever plantation one with the view down the middle of the trees made my panties wet.
Awesomeness.
Submitted by moneyshotforyou (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:30:08 EDT (#)
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nice-photos
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:28:41 EDT (#)
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Yes. Simply yes. One of the best picture posts in forever.
Submitted by Harbinger (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:26:12 EDT (#)
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haha im glad you're enjoying the U.S. - welcome!
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:21:35 EDT (#)
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I meant weary of captioning. Not wearing. Clearly the four pots of coffee have taken their toll.
Submitted by Maltese (user info) at 2006-09-17 20:18:58 EDT (#)
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Lick my chocolate starfish and GEEEEEET OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT.