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Q: Umbridge Haters and HP Fans: How is this?
27 Ways to Annoy Dolores Umbridge
1. Offer her flies. Tell her they’re good with ketchup.
2. Ask her if she’s related to Trevor.
3. Follow close behind her all day, making clip-clopping noises with your tongue.
4. Ask her if she’s met the handsome new divination teacher.
5. Tell her that Cornelius Fudge only hired her to scare small children.
6. Dye all her clothes black.
7. …when she acts horrified, say you were only trying to help her, and that “black is the new pink.”
8. Send her love notes, signing them as if they were from Cornelius Fudge.
9. Perpetually use the word “umbrage.”
10. Remind her constantly that her “Selwyn Family Heirloom” contained the shreds of the most evil wizard of modern times.
11. Create your own Educational Decrees to contradict her’s.
12. Make sure these said Decrees are identical to her own. Post them everywhere.
13. Turn all of her kittens into toads.
14. Talk in stage whispers about “army meetings,” “Dumbledore,” and “Harry Potter.” Should she confront you, stop talking, smile, and whistle innocently.
15. Tell her you’re doing a Herbology project and want to know more about the plants in her natural habitat.
16. Buy her Weasleys’ Wild-Fire Whiz-Bangs for Christmas.
17. Ask her if she’s read the latest edition of the Quibbler. When she says no, offer her one.
18. When she’s within earshot, announce loudly that Snape was a better headmaster than she was.
19. Or if you’re feeling particularly daring, announce that Sir Cadogan would make a better headmaster.
20.Offer her a free membership with S.P.E.W.
21. Tell her that you didn’t do your homework because “progress for progress sake must be prohibited.”
22. Ask her if she wears that mask all the time, or just when she’s teaching.
23. Ponder loudly whether the title “Hogwarts High Inquisitor” sounds quite as powerful as, say, “Muggle Prime Minister.”
24. Present her with a voodoo doll with an uncanny resemblance to her, but just before giving it to her, stash it away, muttering, “Oops, that one’s Harry’s…”
25. Buy her a pet Niffler.
26. Ask her why she didn’t transform into a beautiful princess when she recieved her first kiss.
27. …cut yourself off before you finish the question, look like you just realized something, then pat her arm consolingly and say, “Don’t worry. Not everyone is cut out for love.”
40 ways of irritating people who don’t like Harry Potter
1. Relate everything they say to the Harry Potter books and/or movies.
2. Say they look like a Harry Potter character of the opposite gender.
3. Quote Dobby.
sorry 4th one missing….
5. Read out loud to them whenever they can’t get away from you (Example: When in a car or an elevator). If you don’t have a book with you, recite from memory.
6. Give them Harry Potter merchandise for their birthday and Christmas and demand that they keep it and treasure it forever.
7. Rewrite their favorite song with Harry Potter lyrics and sing it constantly.
8. Crowd their inbox with Harry Potter related e-mail and make sure the subjects are misleading.
9. Start singing a Sorting Hat song at random moments, pretend to forget what comes next, and ask if they know in a very loud voice.
10. Make them play Quidditch with you.
11. Give all of their friends Harry Potter related nicknames and act mortally offended when they don’t know the history of their character.
12. Change your name to that of a Harry Potter character and start screaming when they don’t address you as such in public.
13. Always speak with a British accent – especially if you aren’t from the UK.
14. Refer to real places by Harry Potter names.
15. …throw a fit if others don’t use these names.
16. Draw round glasses and lightning bolt scars on every poster and picture you come across…in permanent marker.
17. Give long lectures about how the prophecy relates to every day life.
18. Give every room in your house a Harry Potter codename. ( Example: The living room becomes the Entrance Hall) and whenever someone asks you where something is, use these names.
19. Change them immediately if they figure out what the names refer to.
20. Constantly ask if they can see the thestrals too.
21. …refuse to explain what a thestral is.
22. Say, “Anything off the trolley, dear?” in a fake British accent when offering anyone food.
23. Pretend you can do magic.
24. Constantly rearrange their furniture and blame it on indecisive house-elves.
25. Yell “Get away from me, Death Eater!” whenever they get near you.
26. Constantly compare them to Mrs. Figg.
27. …laugh evilly if they ask who Mrs. Figg is.
28. Complain loudly about how your pictures don’t move.
29. Whenever you’re asked for advice, reply with “Three turns should do it” in a very serious voice.
30. Break any awkward silences by saying, “How ’bout them Chudley
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Wow! I really like those ideas!
A: UMBRIDGE
Put a permanent swamp in Umbridges office… 
Steal her blood-ink pen and write ‘Umbridge is a Moron’ until it appears on the back of your hand.. then go show her.
Invite her to a party to whom you have also invited Professor Trelawney, Hagrid, Grawp, centaurs, threstrals, house elves and other so called ‘half-breeds’.
HARRY POTTER
Whisper about You-Know-Who all the time until they ask who he is.
Ask them if they have a bad case of U-NO-POO
While theyre asleep tatoo a lightning scar on their forehead. When they awake exclaim that they are the chose one..
If they annoy you, tell them to stop or youll put the cruciatus curse on them.
Instead of talking about footy, talk about quidditch.
Constantly quote everything Luna has ever said.. BLIBBERRING HUMDINGER!.. etc etc.
cant think of anything else…
Q: Weirdest dream ever. Try to interpret it. No one else can.?
Me and my friend were in a never-ending lush valley. There were children everywhere, laughing and catching dandelion fuzzies. It was late afternoon. I was wearing a blue vest that was so long it fell to my feet and blue kaprees made of silk. In the middle of everything, there was a structure that seemed to be an intact replica of stonehenge draped in purple curtains with golden moons and stars embroidered into them. There was a meeting going on inside, and I was not allowed in. But I was spying anyway. There were many people in robes, and one of them was my Grandma. Now in real life she is this sunny, happy, life-loving cookie-baking grandmother. But in this dream she is very wise. I heard her arguing with the others about a chosen person, who I thought was me. She saw me and told me to go. I promptly forgot about the incident and me and my freind walked into a forest. There was a spring at the end of it. We were chatting and laughing and when we got to the spring, I realized it was a dream and flew around, to the annoyance of my freind. I told her she could not be annoyed because she was not real, and she said she felt real, and so I wondered if we were having the same dream. I woke up. I went to get a drink and my dream continured once I fell asleep again, this time without my freind. I was spying on the council again. There was a new person, a lady who looked like a cross between Sarah Palin and one of my teachers.She was arguing that she had to take me away. My Grandma was angry. But she lost, because the next thing I knew I was riding in a limosine lined with red velvet next to the lady, who was clad in grey. We were now driving through a desert. We stopped at a carribou coffee shop, which was also the secret entrance to the School. We went into the school in the back, where I was given a room. I lived there for several days before I got a letter from my grandma promising cookies and danger ahead of me. It was then that the grey-clad lady came to see me. She said it was time for the tests, but she could not tell me what tests. I went with her to the Gymnasium where there were a thousand people wating in bleachers greeted me. Almost all of them had Nebboschoer merchandise, although I did not know what the Nebboscoer was. They had giant blue foam fingers with “Nebboschoer is #1!” and tee-shirts and the like. A few had red foam fingers and were rooting for me, but only like five. I was confused, but then the grey-clad lady announced to the audience that their chosen one was to test her powers against the Nebboschoer. I did not know what to do. When she said the word Nebboschoer into the mic, everyone cheered. Then the earth shook beneath me. The crowd went quiet, but still buzzed with exited murmurs. The earth shook again. They were footsteps. Of a giant. They progressively got louder, and then the doorway crashed down. The thing that stood there was giant, white-grey, with black stripes running down the side of it’s face and back. It’s head was froglike as was it’s belly, and it’s teeth were not sharp, but human-like and rotten. It had a black tounge. It had long, skinny arms and fingers and bumpy legs. The Nebboschoer let out a cross between a human scream and a trumpet and a roar, and the crowd cheered. It charged for me, and I watched in fear as it reached to pick me up. Then I ran out of the room. It was not what I ever expected myself to do. I just ran up the stairs and away from that thing. The grey-clad lady was following me. I ducked into a bathroom with only two working lights and a truly infinate number of stalls. I ran down the row until the lady ran in, at which point I locked the door and stood on the toilet. I heard her footsteps pass my stall. I slipped, and she stopped. She said I would have to come out at some point. Then she left. I sat there for twenty minutes. Then I carefully stepped out and ran down the stairs, frantically searching for an exit. I found a door, but the students found me before I could get out. I screamed and they totally coated me, and I could not move. They dragged me back to the gymnasium, where the Nebbuschoer was sinking it’s grimy teeth into the writhing body of a blonde girl with a sweater. It ripped her apart before It charged at me, and right before it had me I woke up.
Weirder yet, the same friend from the part one of the dream e-mailed me the next morning about a dream she had where she was going to school in a desert and saw a limosine pull up, with me in it. It went on about her and somone hating her and random things, but then in the end she saw me running out of a gym, being prusued by a grey monster and a lady in grey. In her dream, though, I turned into a bird and escaped at the end, where I supposed I had died. But then I came back and when she asked me why, I told her that it was because I had to tell my story.
A: First of all, you did have a shared dream with your friend. Yes, it is possible and there are known cases of this. I have experienced it as well. The mental link between people is a lot stronger and more interesting than we realize.
Your dream is so rich in imagery and symbols, it is hard to isolate the main point. Going through those symbols and imagery, we have to look for a recurrent theme. Hard to see, but there is one: schools and tests. The stonehenge was a school of sorts, and you were later told you would have tests to pass, The lady in grey looked like a schoolteacher. You were running away from the Nebbuschoer in a gymnasium and hiding in a school bathroom. And your friend dreamt of you in a gym as well. I believe the Nebbuschoer and the lady in grey are your tests that you must pass. You did not confront and pass these tests in your dream.
For this reason, and because of the heightened significance given to your dream by the lucidity (when you flew and were aware of dreaming) and your friend’s dream, I presume these tests await you in the future. You have had a premonition.
It could be an academic school or university that you will get into or be chosen for, as being chosen was part of the dream. A limousine indicates that the university or school will be a special one. You will have to confront some difficult tests at that time. The lady in grey will be appear as a challenging teacher, the Nebbuschoer as a challenge you must overcome, and grandmotherly wisdom will guide you.
At last, I want to share that once I too dreamed of being on a vivid, rich journey climbing a stairway painted with tarot cards, to a secret house where dwelled wise, superhuman beings. Years later I attended a tarot school and found that tarot is not for predicting futures, it is actually a book of secret wisdom, with lessons one must pass as stairs. I have the sense that your dream about the stonehenge with purple cloth and golden moons is the same kind of dream for you. You will go to a special school or university, and it may be a spiritual university of some kind. And you will pass your tests.
With a mind like yours the life ahead both in dreams and reality should be very rich and vivid indeed.
Q: What kind of mental disorder is this, if any?
Alright, so ive been diagnosed with panic attacks (but i dont think panic disorder) but i do get them frequently, i have really bad hypochondria but i dont obsessively sanitize myself or anything, social anxiety disorder and clinical depression. As well as some OCD, which I think is fairly true but..heres my problem. About every year I become obsessed (and Imean its my purpose in life and its all I can think of and its my reason to live and its all that makes me happy, its the only reason to wake up, etc and it provides me with complete euphoria) A MOVIE -_- at my worst ive seen one 25 times in the movie theatre. its my escape. and usually i become obsessed with an actor from it. Im not gonna say what movie im osessed with now at this moment, but I am. Last year it was another one. And then I start looking for a guy in real life that looks like whatever actor from the movie that Im obsessed with. Last year I found one and I was OBSESSED with this boy (the actor and the one in real life) until now..that Ive found another movie and guy. This started when I was 8 and now Im 16. Nothing else in life gives me as much pleasure and every day I just wanna see the movie, watch the actor in the movie and obsess. Ill buy everything merchandise, soundtracks, posters and for a year ill just live and breathe it. It provides me with my only happiness. Might it be because Im afraid of real relationships and getting hurt (which I am) that instead I turn to movies and actors to fill me with the same joy I would have if i were in a relationship? Its emberassing but the movie/actor ecome my almost everything.
Also I constantly have thoughts about killing people. Not family, just friends and especially strangers. I hate people. So so so so so much. Everyones a filthy peice of shit and all they do is hurt eachother. Were lower than animals, which I use to torture when I was smaller…Ive denied any impulses to do anything,though. Although when I get mad, as youd expect, I go fucking insane. I would love to torture people ,more than kill. I eel like everytime I teel people these things they dont take me seriously..do I have to do it for people finalyl to take notice and believe me and see the shit theyve done to me?
I go to a psych and im supposed to be on celexa but im only on xanax. I can deal with anxiety. And I dont really want the obsessions to stop because theyre the only thing that makes me happy in life. Is this a form of OCD? Id like some opinoins/answers.
Oh, and how could I forget – I was severely anorexic for 3 years from 12-15, but I fully recovered.
to Lisa: no…it goes way beyond that, heres an example; id rather stay at home want watch the movie and escape than go to a mall or something 
A: You have a disease called: being a teenager. Teenagers obsess over pop culture. They wouldn’t be teenagers otherwise. We wouldn’t have pop culture otherwise. We have to have someone to pay attention to pop culture!
Q: URGENT! I’m about to make a phone call for a job and I need help with my pitch?
Okay first of all, I am so excited haha. Some Victoria Jackson reps sold me $110 of cosmetics for $20. YAY. And then she asked me if I was working, which I am not, and then she gave me her boss’ number to call and talk to about getting a job with them. 
I desperately need a job and I’m having a real hard time finding one and I love Victoria jackson products xD
I have not had much experience in the work place as I only just turned 18 on Sunday. I’m still waiting for my tax file number as the ATO is taking forever to send it to me. I no longer go to school as I finished last year so I am able to work full time. I have no other commitments that I can not alter for this.
So please help me with my pitch?
I was thinking something along the lines of
“Hey I’m Kelley (last name). I’m a friend of Thaksuala’s and she recommended that I gave you a call seeking employment. Now I am young. I’ve just had my 18th birthday however, I am very mature and quite capable of handling myself and dealing with the public. Not to mention that it is often commented on how approachable I am.
I have completed my VCE (which is the last two years of high school where I live) and have no other commitments that will get in the way of working for you and am available to work for you full time.
Now because I am so young, my experience in the work place is limited. I have however, volunteered my time as a trainee for 3 mobile for a week where I was able to gain experience in visual merchandising, stock updates and updating client details.
I also worked for a short time at Top Bakery in (suburb) serving customers. This was something I really enjoyed. I love interacting with others and so serving the customers was something that was naturally enjoyable for me. Unfortunately, Top Bakery was in the process of switching Managers and when the new managers hired me they did not realise how in debt the old ones were and they were not able to afford to keep me as an employee.
Now there is one small problem. The Australian Tax Office has not yet sent me my Tax File Number. I suspect I should receive it within the next two weeks. However I am able to work for you as soon as you wish. I would also love it if you gave me fan opportunity to prove myself to you. I will work for a week or two without pay while waiting for my Tax File Number if necessary.
Okay so I’ve never had to sell myself to anybody before and am completely clueless hahaha. Can you guys PLEASEEe help me?
A: Well, you should arrive on time or earlier, smile, look pretty and compliment the interviewer. First impressions MUST be good. You should start with introducing yourself and saying that you love their products and are incredibly enthusiastic about the work their company’s been doing. If they ask what, say that you love their
Q: How do you get over the past of a very unheathy obsession?
i obbsessed MADENINGLY over the band green day for 4 years. (ages 9-12) (-well almost 13 actually)
they drived me crazy with love. when i was 8 i knew theyre music, as my brother would play theyre album (International Superhits) in his room. i ADORED what i heard, but he just would not tell me who it was! so i was desperate to find out, i REALLY had to know. about a year later American Idiot came out. i heard them on the radio. at first i didnt know it was them, I LOVED IT THOUGH. i loved it so much, i went on the internet when i got home and searched “american idiot” on google. i then found the band who sang it. Green Day. i looked at the other stuff they had. there was a whole list of songs of international superhits . then, i played one, and i was SO HAPPY because this was the moment i found out this was the band i had been wishing for all this time! !! i downloaded their new album and grew to really really love it. then, when i was 9, he was out one day so i stole his CD! . he didnt notice, cause he didnt listen to it anymore. i got away with it for about 1 year. then he found at one christmas! xD! i still had it again though. just. he didnt even like them by this time. so i got it back in he end .
he was just trying to be annoying and restricting to me as an older brother. (we’re 7 years apart). i listened to it ALOT. i was IN LOVE with it. it was the best music i had ever heard in my life.
i played their music ALOT. i mean ALOT!
i went on their website everyday. i printed out tons of pictures of them to stick on my walls. i bought practically all their merchandise. i draw pics of them and had alot of dreams about them.
alot of my childhood was spent listening to green day.
finally, afew weeks before i turned 13 i sorta became less and less interested in them. which was a good thing. i gave up on them because theyre new album wasnt due for atleast another few years. i couldnt wait, i needed something else i guess.
but recently i have been going on their website to see information on their new album and tour dates etc. when yesterday, when i got back from school, i looked down the new list of tour dates and there, right there, it says LONDON!!!!!!!! :O!!!
i was in total shock.
i was so very very excited. & kinda nervous.
i didnt know how to act.
all i knew was i HAD to see them no matter what.
i mean,
i spent most of my childhood with them. xD
so my question is,
HOW AM I ‘SPOSE TO ACT?
i was in such an unhealthy obsession to them.
then i got out of it for about 3 yrs.
but now?? what do i do?!
it feels so strange. WHAT AM I GONNA BE LIKE WHEN I SEE THEM IN THE FLESH?!?!
i seriously hope i dont faint or anything.
xD
i want to be as excited as i was in yr 7 on the night.
but i dont wanna scare off my friends with it for another 6 months! xD
(i hang round with different people now)
and i’ve changed quite abit too.
so like I DUNNO?!
any idea’s??
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i had ALL their albums.
and all theyre unreleased stuff too.
and i loved all theyre side-bands too.
like Pinhead Gunpowder and The Network.
and arghhhh! it was just
SUCH A STRONG OBSESSION.
A: Go. enjoy the concert. Try to remember that they are just people like everyone else. The band members are in their late 30’s now, so when you see them don’t be shocked to find out they are just a little younger than your parents probably.
Q: is there something i can do about this?
i obbsessed MADENINGLY over the band green day for 4 years. (ages 9-12) (-well almost 13 actually)
they drived me crazy with love. when i was 8 i knew theyre music, as my brother would play theyre album (International Superhits) in his room. i ADORED what i heard, but he just would not tell me who it was! so i was desperate to find out, i REALLY had to know. about a year later American Idiot came out. i heard them on the radio. at first i didnt know it was them, I LOVED IT THOUGH. i loved it so much, i went on the internet when i got home and searched “american idiot” on google. i then found the band who sang it. Green Day. i looked at the other stuff they had. there was a whole list of songs of international superhits . then, i played one, and i was SO HAPPY because this was the moment i found out this was the band i had been wishing for all this time! !! i downloaded their new album and grew to really really love it. then, when i was 9, he was out one day so i stole his CD! . he didnt notice, cause he didnt listen to it anymore. i got away with it for about 1 year. then he found at one christmas! xD! i still had it again though. just. he didnt even like them by this time. so i got it back in he end .
he was just trying to be annoying and restricting to me as an older brother. (we’re 7 years apart). i listened to it ALOT. i was IN LOVE with it. it was the best music i had ever heard in my life.
i played their music ALOT. i mean ALOT!
i went on their website everyday. i printed out tons of pictures of them to stick on my walls. i bought practically all their merchandise. i draw pics of them and had alot of dreams about them.
alot of my childhood was spent listening to green day.
finally, afew weeks before i turned 13 i sorta became less and less interested in them. which was a good thing. i gave up on them because theyre new album wasnt due for atleast another few years. i couldnt wait, i needed something else i guess.
but recently i have been going on their website to see information on their new album and tour dates etc. when yesterday, when i got back from school, i looked down the new list of tour dates and there, right there, it says LONDON!!!!!!!! :O!!!
i was in total shock.
i was so very very excited. & kinda nervous.
i didnt know how to act.
all i knew was i HAD to see them no matter what.
i mean,
i spent most of my childhood with them. xD
so my question is,
HOW AM I ‘SPOSE TO ACT?
i was in such an unhealthy obsession to them.
then i got out of it for about 3 yrs.
but now?? what do i do?!
it feels so strange. WHAT AM I GONNA BE LIKE WHEN I SEE THEM IN THE FLESH?!?!
i seriously hope i dont faint or anything.
xD
i want to be as excited as i was in yr 7 on the night.
but i dont wanna scare off my friends with it for another 6 months! xD
(i hang round with different people now)
and i’ve changed quite abit too.
so like I DUNNO?!
any idea’s??
A: You have great enthusiasm. Get tickets early. Just go. Teens in America go crazy over some tv and musical stars too.
Q: how do you get over the past of an unhealthy obsession?
i obbsessed MADENINGLY over the band green day for 4 years. (ages 9-13)
they drived me crazy with love. when i was 8 i knew theyre music, as my brother would play theyre album (International Superhits) in his room. i ADORED what i heard, but he just would not tell me who it was! so i was desperate to find out, i REALLY had to know. about a year later American Idiot came out. i heard them on the radio. at first i didnt know it was them, I LOVED IT THOUGH. i loved it so much, i went on the internet when i got home and searched “american idiot” on google. i then found the band who sang it. Green Day. i looked at the other stuff they had. there was a whole list of songs of international superhits . then, i played one, and i was SO HAPPY because this was the moment i found out this was the band i had been wishing for all this time! !! i downloaded their new album and grew to really really love it. then, when i was 9, he was out one day so i stole his CD! . he didnt notice, cause he didnt listen to it anymore. i got away with it for about 1 year. then he found at one christmas! xD! i still had it again though. just. he didnt even like them by this time. so i got it back in he end .
he was just trying to be annoying and restricting to me as an older brother. (we’re 7 years apart). i listened to it ALOT. i was IN LOVE with it. it was the best music i had ever heard in my life.
i played their music ALOT. i mean ALOT!
i went on their website everyday. i printed out tons of pictures of them to stick on my walls. i bought practically all their merchandise. i draw pics of them and had alot of dreams about them.
alot of my childhood was spent listening to green day.
finally, afew weeks before i turned 13 i sorta became less and less interested in them. which was a good thing. i gave up on them because theyre new album wasnt due for atleast another few years. i couldnt wait, i needed something else i guess.
but recently i have been going on their website to see information on their new album and tour dates etc. when yesterday, when i got back from school, i looked down the new list of tour dates and there, right there, it says LONDON!!!!!!!! :O!!!
i was in total shock.
i was so very very excited. & kinda nervous.
i didnt know how to act.
all i knew was i HAD to see them no matter what.
i mean,
i spent most of my childhood with them. xD
so my question is,
HOW AM I ‘SPOSE TO ACT?
i was in such an unhealthy obsession to them.
then i got out of it for about 3 yrs.
but now?? what do i do?!
it feels so strange. WHAT AM I GONNA BE LIKE WHEN I SEE THEM IN THE FLESH?!?!
i seriously hope i dont faint or anything.
xD
i want to be as excited as i was in yr 7 on the night.
but i dont wanna scare off my friends with it for another 6 months! xD
(i hang round with different people now)
and i’ve changed quite abit too.
so like I DUNNO?!
any idea’s??
A: This may sound a bit odd, but it’ll come naturally. You’re overthinking things.
Everyone finds something they love and then lose it and when it comes back you will probably feel the same way – this can relate to almost everything. So i wouldnt worry about the excitement part, listen to their new stuff and look forward to it. theres no shame in liking things from the past or liking a band. I wouldnt say that obsessing over anything is entirely healthy but your young and your older now too so you’ve got maturity to tell you when your going on a bit.
About the new friends youve got two chocies -
1) control it better and use your more mature appreciation for music, whilst still loving the band – you dont have to go crazy.
2) Be yourself, dont over think it and if they are your friends truly they will understand that every once in a while you will talk to them about Green Day and about the gig and most propbably drag once or two of them along with you. maybe they even harbour a secret love for Billy Joe?
Good luck!
Q: Got a huge freaking race problem with our 7 year old and I need supreme help in what to do!?
okay, so here are the circumstances..We live in Ga. 30 minutes from atlanta. And my husband does alot of business down there with buying up businesses that are closing out, and then selling they’re merchandise. Mostly all the men he works with live in Atlanta, and all of them are African American. Very nice people, really in all reality the funnest group you will ever be around, we have cook outs and poker games and we all have an amazing time. So here is the problem..they all use terms..even my husband along with them with terms such as “my nigga” and ho, and they listen to all the rap music etc etc etc. Um, I’m a country girl, I listen to toby keith, and allison krauss, and we go to church on sundays’ etc..and actually so do they..anyway..we’ve known them now going on two years, they’re kids play with our kids, we go to each other’s family get togethers and picnic and birthday parties..etc. So heres the problem..due to all of this, my 7 year old little girl has picked up some great great phrases (wink wink) that are apparently prevelant amongst this crowd..and they thought it great fun to teach it to her and to hear a 7 year old little white girl (they’re phrase..not mine) saying they’re “cultural” phrases. Bigger problem…no informed me of her education..and she of course would never have cause to use the phrases around me…or at least not yet. Bigger problem? no one apparently educated her that they were bad..and not be said out of the group..so she had assumed these were acceptable phrases around any person of african american nature. So..she used them on the school playground. I have now recieved letters from several african american families downgrading me for raising a racist child..and she now has to write an apology letter to all african american children in her school….when we tried to explain to them (the african american families) exactly why she said what she did, and where she learned it..they informed us that it didnt matter than basically since she was not african american than it was racist..even though some of they’re own children use these phrases as jokes towards each other..as well as sing some of the phrases in the songs that if said by a white person would be racist…so what do I do? I nor anyone is my family is not racist…some of the phrases I never even heard before hanging around these families..and she had no racist intent when saying it. My first reaction is to just have her do, and to maybe add..that no one should use the words..even those of the race the words are for…my second reaction is to just have her do it, with no other additives and just let it go. My third reaction is to say no..she has nothing to apologize for..allow the school to expel her and start home schooling. When she writes the apology note, she will be reading it at a social event the school is holding..they will allow our friends who taught her these songs and phrases to stand up and talk in her defense, after her apology note. So what to do? how does anyone feel about this? on both sides of the race card? is this fair? what would be our fair response to this? and yes this is a real situation, and yes I really really please and asking for help on exactly what to do with this situation. I’m just so angry because she is just a little girl, and she hates hurting anyone..i mean…she recieved an award at this same school no more than 3 weeks ago for raising the most money for a cancer fund raiser, and she has donated her hair twice to lockes of love..shes a very loving caring little girl and she never would have even known these words, or phrases or songs, if the friends of my husband hadn’t thought it so funny to hear a “small little white girl” say them. So what to do? what would you do? what should I do?
heres basically the gist of what happened and how all this started. first let me state..my husband is really a very nice guy, and nothing explicit is said in front of the kids, but there are some things they had come out with that were just not things you would say to a person of another race. But basically, what occured is this. She went with my husband the one day because his friend’s kids would be there as well (school was out and they didnt have any of they’re normal activities) so they were playing together, and the friend also has a sister who is married and she has 2 children. his sister is very young..19. So the kids were playing hide and seek and they wanted the sister and her husband to play. But she wouldn’t, so my daughter said why won’t they play with us today? and the little boy said “aw, they just bein porch monkeys” …more to continue
so..my daughter the following week goes back to school (they were on break) and she has a friend at school who is black, she has known him since Kindergarten (they are now in 2nd grade) and they were on the playground and he was just sitting and wouldn’t play. So she tried to get him to join in the game, and he didn’t want to. So she turned around and said “why are you being such a porch monkey?” or something similiar to those lines. so as you can see..no, she would not have a reason to use that term to me. However..the fact is..she didn’t even mean it as him being black and therefore being a monkey..she heard the phrase, liked it..and therefore..used it. till this point..she had no idea what “racist” even meant..nor did she have any idea why associating a monkey with a black person would even mean anything..and I don’t even think after explaining it to her that she understands it. but anyway..thats what was said, thats what occured. She has apologized to the boy personally…
and as I stated..our friends as well as ourselves have actually explained to the school as well as to the boys family why it occured..they just don’t care..which is why the school is giving our friends the chance to stand up at the social gathering in her defense…they said its the only thing they can see doing to fix the problem. I feel she should only apologize to the boy, and I feel the his family is really being very un-understanding..but then again, I’ve never had to deal with race, so who am I to say what hurts in that area and what doesn’t. we have talked with her…and she will not be using the phrase again..I’m just still not sure she fully understands why.
A: oh my! Ok, it took some thought on this one. I am sure that your daughter never said this to you because you are white, so it would not have occurred to her. Also, since it was taught to her by a black person, who found it cute and funny, she may well have thought it was some form of endearment? At any rate, it is not funny, and I would be talking to the person who taught it to her, and explain the problem it has caused. I am sure they had no intention of hurting anyone when they taught her, but none the less it was a pretty stupid thing to do. I agree with the other answer as well, there is no need for your daughter to appoligise to the entire school, or every person of color in the school, as she didnt say it in front of the entire school. In my opinion I would explain to her that those words should not be used by anyone at anytime. Then explain (tactfully as you can) WHY you do not say it. Then have her applogise directly to the child she said it to. I think the school was just as wrong in thier actions. This could have been handled by the school, calmly telling your daughter this is inappropriate, and sending a note home with her, and the other child. I do not see a reason to publicly chastise your child, she meant no harm. She seems like just as much the victim here as anyone else.
The school is taking this waayyy to far. If this was a repeat offense I could see it. But if the boys family is understanding about it, why cant the school be. Isnt it also possible that the school is humiliating the little boy, by everyone buzzing about it, and the story being repeatedly told. I am sure there are more 7 year olds that know what a “porch monkey” is than at any other school in the Nation now. I am not saying this is no big deal but if it is a one time offense you can not crusify her.
Q: Been caught stealing. What should I do?
Age: 18
State: NC
I was at a local mall with a few friends, and we were browsing some clothing. The idea comes to me out of no where to pluck the tags off of these items. I remove the bar codes, and my friends then decide to leave the store. I stroll out of the door of the store with $23 of merchandise, and a loss prevention employee taps me on my shoulder, thus begins my nightmare.
My stupid mistake of thinking that I might be getting away with shoplifting gets me a one year ban from the mall and a five year ban from the store. (Both conditions are perfectly fine with me). I understand my stupid mistake, and I just wish to forget it, learn my lesson, and get on with life. The LP employees were about as nice and curious as someone could be after witnessing a theft from their store. The officer that filed the report, however, was quite the opposite. He brought to my attention that “All hopes of college are gone” for me (which I could understand), but he did go on to make several insulting comments. (Was I a transvestite or crossdresser? Did I have incest love with the three girls that I was with whom he presumed to be my sisters? Tossing a sarcastic comment at me about my haircut in my drivers license picture). Now I have a court date for early April and no idea of where to turn next.
I am content with a paying a fine, I’ve already saved a few hundred dollars. I hate now having a criminal record, and the fact that this was such a petty mistake and poor judgment just rubs salt in the wound for me.
My questions are:
1) Is it worth it to hire a lawyer, or would I just get the same punishment if I were to go to court alone, admit to the crime, say how stupid I feel, and accept whatever penalty they throw at me?
2) Am I facing jail time? I’d imagine that since this is a first-time offense (and for such a small price [$23]), I shouldn’t have any more than an over-night stay, if any jail time at all.
3) What kind of fee might I be looking at?
4) Is there any chance of expunging the charge, either immediately or within the next year or two?
I’m am mainly concerned about questions 1, 2, and 4.
Also, please remember that I was not trying to impress anyone. No one else in my group realized I was doing it. I have never had a history in shoplifting either. This was the first and will be the last time that I ever attempt such a stupid stunt.
A: 1. It is best to hire an attorney. They can usually get your sentenced reduced.
2. Since this is your first offense, I doubt very seriously if you will go to jail. They may sentence you to community service, or fine, or both.
3. The fee is up to the Court to decide.
4. If your record is clean for the next few years (check with your state) there’s a good chance of getting it expunged off your record, but I’m going by my state laws regarding that matter.
Q: Will someone help me with my College Admissions Essay? =]?
Read this please!
I have never been quite ready for college. I’ve always put in on the back burner and never really thought about it. I never wanted to leave my hometown, my friends, or the comfort of my sheltered life. Everything was so perfect and normal. Then one day, something hit me like a giant bus. On March 26, 2008, my best friend got into a terrible car accident, and it completely changed my life, forever. It really was the hardest time of my life. Because of this, I feel like I want to go to college to create a new life, pursue a major that I’ll thrive and love, and have experience the real world.
First, I want to go to college to create a new life for myself. Losing anyone close to you is very hard. It makes you want to just escape from all the drama. I want to have as much fun as I did with her. College is a place to truly find your strengths and weaknesses. I want to meet new people, and make new friends who I will cherish for the rest of my life. I was really only close with one friend, and now that she is gone, I want to get closer with more people. I believe that Indiana University of Pennsylvania will really help me do that.
Second, I want to pursue a major that I’ll thrive and love, which IUP can also help me with. Ever since I was little, I have been cutting and sewing clothes for my two little sisters, my mom, and my dog, Brownie. IUP’s fashion merchandising major sound like something that I will really enjoy, and excel at. I am a girl with big dreams. I don’t want to live in a small town for the rest of my life, and having a career in fashion from IUP fashion merchandising program would make me ready for the leap to the real world.
Third, I want to experience the real world. I rely on my mother, grandma, and even my best friend way to much. When I lost her, I felt so left out, like a lost little kid in the middle of the mall just looking for her parents. I realize that I can not rely on people my entire life. I want to be independent, and lead my own life. Ever since the accident, I just want to leave my hometown and find out what more there is to life. Indiana, Pennsylvania sounds like the perfect city to live it. It is not too big, nor too small. I can not image anywhere else but IUP. There are so many activities to keep my busy, while I learn what the real world is going to be like. I really think that it can prepare me for that.
Overall, Indiana University of Pennsylvania sounds perfect for me. I need to lead a new life, make changes, and to pretty much just grow. I think that I am now truly ready for what college life has to offer me. Losing my best friend has taught me something truly important that I always need remind myself, never take life for granted. I want to make my life all it can possibly be, and that is why I think IUP is where I want to be spending the next four years of my life.
A: Yeah, I agree with you. I know what you’re talking about. Last year in September 2007, one of my mom’s best friends, Janis, died of pancreatic cancer at the young age of 54 I think. Although she wasn’t my friend, she was like a second mom or an aunt to me. She knew me my whole life, ever since I was born, and she was actually a rather healthy person, but her innocent life was taken by such a deadly form of cancer. I was in 9th grade at the time, and I was devastated when she died. I began to fall behind in school due to large amounts of stress, and I procrastinated constantly on homework. It just got worse and worse. I even started to see a counselor because I became mildly depressed. My parents and I got into arguments daily over simple things. Now I’ve changed, however. I eventually got over her death, and my grades improved slightly. I think that going to a new college to meet new people is a fantastic idea. I know that my best friends help cheer me up Good luck.
Q: Would you wait for your Bf/Gf if they went to jail?
Okay….
My boyfriend is in a bit of trouble, to say the least.
He hasnt been charged yet but he has a strong case building up against him for theft and fraud, when he was the manager at a company.
It was only small things, giving discounts to family and swaps of merchandise for something else that the company needed. But apparently it has added up to quite a bit of money/stock missing.
The cops havent actually come to talk to him yet, but we know of friends and family that have had to give statements of where they got their product from and proove that they actually paid for it.
(cops are saying that when my partner recieved money for products that he was actually pocketing some money)
Now all my friends and family think he is guilty and will be locked away for at least 2-5 years. They havent even asked me or him for his side of the story. My Dad whom my partner and I are really really close to wont give me the time of day and telling me to get out of the relationship now coz he is only going to ruin my future, I cant even stand going around to my Mum & Dads anymore coz all they do is talk shit about my bf.
I want to/am going to stand by him. We have been together for over 4years and I love him more than anything,but I dont know how to cope with my family now, so how will I do it if he does go away??
I just wanted some other peoples opinion?What would you do??
Sorry that it is long, Sensitive topic.
Im turning 21 in June, he is turning 25 in June. He has only been in trouble for drinking driving.
A: I would definitely stay in the relationship. now is when he needs you most and you have to be strong for him, he might be scared and when he gets out of jail he will have a hard time finding a job. I’m sure he didn’t mean any harm when he did what he did. wish you the best.
Q: Becoming a Fashion Designer?
I see Fashion as a form of elegant art and unique Personality. I have been designing clothes since i was about 13 during my spare time. But i took a break for a while to and now and 18 and in June i graduate high school. I have always searched to do what i wanted to be but being a fashion designers seemed to far of a dream to accopmlish but that doesn’t mean i never gave my hopes on becoming the next hign end designer in my generation. I don’t know if its worth it and going to fashion school, i was thinking of leaving the U.S. and not go to college and start my line in Cali, Colombia, where the market is expanding. Luckily over many years my parents have worked hard and own two stores where people rent to sell merchandise in a tourist location. What i was thinking was to open my clothing line in one of thier stores and see how it goes, i think it is much easier over there since its much cheaper because i live in NY and its to expensive. its also helpful because my aunt in Colombia went fashion school and she can help me and i also sended her my designs and she said that i had a good eye and imagination. I have always dressed my mom when she asked my to pick out a oufit for her and have recieved numerous compliments from her friends. I would like to design everything and i know its gonig to take a huge amount of work but i’m willing to to do because i feel this is what i’m really truly good at. Also My dad says i have a Don in me that not many people have for colonges because i always knows what smells good for men and women. Do you think i have what it takes to become a fashion designer and is it a good idea?
Another thing i also know how to dress my self very good because it seems like all the ladys just love the way i dress especially my math teacher who always says what a great outfit aswell as other people. I’m a liitle worried about what my friends may think if i tell them that i want to design clothes since its mostly a girl thing but i feel, i have good loyal friends.
A: You sound a lot like me.
If you want it, you have to work for it. I’m not sure about the choices of fashion school since I’m also debating on that, but my own plans are to attend one of the state’s universities that have fashion merchandising, designing, and study business administration as well. If you haven’t already, talk to your councilor about it.
For the last question, I think that real friends support friends when it comes to things like this. If it makes you feel any better, not all designers dress well (I know it sounds awful, but use the word well instead of good when describing..I’m a grammar Nazi at times xD). Sometimes they’re too busy making people look beautiful to worry about their own appearance.
Q: Which College should I go to?
I live in NC and am going to college next year. I am going into an art major of visual communications or fashion design. I have been accepted into Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, and I am hoping to get accepted into Pratt Institute in NYC and Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles. However if I get accepted into all of them I won’t know where to go. All my teachers say SCAD is great, one of my friends will hopefully e joinging me in two years, and its close to home and HS friends. Pratt is in NYC which I love, I have always loved New York City and I know my way around there, my brother lies there too, it has great programs, and I will be able to get away from my mom (I love her but I need to get out) but still be able to get home in a day if I really need/want to. But FIDM in LA is far away, I get to start anew, there are so many job possibilities, plus it is the home of my next favorite passion, acting. However its really really far from home and I have never been out west, but at the same time I really would like to experience something new. So which school should I go to? They are all great with amazing programs and campuses. I am so confused
finances are not an issue and the campuses are all equal i just don’t know about location
A: congrats on getting in there! here’s what i think….i live in atlanta and one of my friends is actually going to SCAD and i’ve heard soooo many great things about it! so definitely consider that…personally though, if i got into pratt in ny i would totally go there because i absolutely love nyc! i think going there would provide really good opportunities for the future while also letting you experience actual independence away from your mom. and about FIDM in LA, i’m not sure that i would go there. i lived out west (in idaho) for 7 years and let me tell you, it’s totally different from the south. the people really don’t have the same “southern hospitality” as they do here, and LA is truly like a state on its own. so i would def consider SCAD and for sure pratt! that’s just my opinion though, but i hope it helps
Q: Paypal .?
FAQs section for Paypal
Ive just had my account frozen without a good reason, with $45,000 in it,
what should I do ?
Tough luck mate, just write it off and use bidpay in future. Completing the steps as we ask, will just be a fruitless and futile exercise.
OH BY THE WAY BEFORE WE CONTINUE
(As yahoo keeps suspending my account for posting this, please feel feel free to copy and paste this on yahoo answers as many times as you want,
YAHOO JUST LOVES IT WHEN THE CAT GETS OUT THE BAG LIKE THIS
just sign up for another free email account with yahoo, log onto yahoo answers and keep posting when youve nothing better to do in your spare time, this way we spread the word and keep it spreading word, when you get suspended, just open another account and do it again, if were all doing it, this message will always be there for people to see)
But Im a frial old man with 3 months to live, I just want the money to leave to my little grandson.
Tell him to get down that local labour exchange and get a job humping bricks all day, if he needs money.
I need the money to feed and clothe my little 6 year old daugher
Pimp her out for $20 a go, to the first guy in an old anorak coming out the bookies, with an old dog end in his mouth and his winnings, especially if he comes up and offers her sweets or says ” ere darlin haw abaut it then” Then tell her shes got money and to go and buy her own bloody food and clothes.
You claim to be the worlds online leader in online payment processing, yet all this ?????
Hitler was the leader of Germany and the Nazi Party, Saddam Hussein was leader of Iraq and its people, by the same token, were leader of online payments. That doesnt mean in any way that this will work to your benefit, it only means we have the power and inclination to use it to rip you off.
What about us users who only buy and are not merchants?
No problem my friend sign up we wont freeze your account, youre the people we respect and want as account holders. But dont expect the same good treatment if you start collecting money, thats for us to take from you.
Bear in mind also, that very often, if we reverse your payment to a seller, he or she will do the decent thing and refund it, offering you another way to pay if you still want the merchandise. It is standard practice for us to reverse the transaction intended back to you also so the seller loses the money and doesnt get a chance at getting payment from you another way, as a result you dont get your money back either (we get it) and the seller cant send you the goods cos he hasnt been paid. Stalemate for both parties. So all in all, its better to use bidpay or some other payment method.
What can we the public do about this terrible state of affairs ?
Its all down to strenth in union to defeat us. Given the answer to the above question regarding “Buyers” only which you may or may not have been aware of, all of you in the world, spread the word, tell all your friends, family, etc
OPEN OTHER EMAIL ACCOUNTS WITH YAHOO AND COPY AND PASTE THIS MESSAGE ON YAHOO ANSWERS AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT, THE MORE THE MERRIER AND THE QUICKER THE WORD GETS OUT
Then all unite together by all agreeing to boycott Paypal and close your accounts and move to bidpay or other payment service. This service is now permissable on Ebay and if you all do this, Bidpay will become the worlds top payment processor and we´ll end up going bankrupt. Which would be a victory for the good, ordinary, honest everday hardworking, decent people of this planet.
LOTS OF LUV AND BIG SOPPY KISSES
THE PAYPAL TEAM
X X X X X X X X X X X X X
XXXXX X X X X X X X X X X
A: There are a number of web sites dedicated to PayPal problems (eg. “pay pal sucks” or some such ..)
You really should post your issues there (and not try to ‘hijack’ yahoo questions …) ..
If you really need to vent your anger at Yahoo users, I suggest “Religion” is a more appropriate forum
Q: Paypal .?
FAQs section for Paypal
Ive just had my account frozen without a good reason, with $45,000 in it,
what should I do ?
Tough luck mate, just write it off and use bidpay in future. Completing the steps as we ask, will just be a fruitless and futile exercise.
OH BY THE WAY BEFORE WE CONTINUE
(As yahoo keeps suspending my account for posting this, please feel feel free to copy and paste this on yahoo answers as many times as you want,
YAHOO JUST LOVES IT WHEN THE CAT GETS OUT THE BAG LIKE THIS
just sign up for another free email account with yahoo, log onto yahoo answers and keep posting when youve nothing better to do in your spare time, this way we spread the word and keep it spreading word, when you get suspended, just open another account and do it again, if were all doing it, this message will always be there for people to see)
But Im a frial old man with 3 months to live, I just want the money to leave to my little grandson.
Tell him to get down that local labour exchange and get a job humping bricks all day, if he needs money.
I need the money to feed and clothe my little 6 year old daugher
Pimp her out for $20 a go, to the first guy in an old anorak coming out the bookies, with an old dog end in his mouth and his winnings, especially if he comes up and offers her sweets or says ” ere darlin haw abaut it then” Then tell her shes got money and to go and buy her own bloody food and clothes.
You claim to be the worlds online leader in online payment processing, yet all this ?????
Hitler was the leader of Germany and the Nazi Party, Saddam Hussein was leader of Iraq and its people, by the same token, were leader of online payments. That doesnt mean in any way that this will work to your benefit, it only means we have the power and inclination to use it to rip you off.
What about us users who only buy and are not merchants?
No problem my friend sign up we wont freeze your account, youre the people we respect and want as account holders. But dont expect the same good treatment if you start collecting money, thats for us to take from you.
Bear in mind also, that very often, if we reverse your payment to a seller, he or she will do the decent thing and refund it, offering you another way to pay if you still want the merchandise. It is standard practice for us to reverse the transaction intended back to you also so the seller loses the money and doesnt get a chance at getting payment from you another way, as a result you dont get your money back either (we get it) and the seller cant send you the goods cos he hasnt been paid. Stalemate for both parties. So all in all, its better to use bidpay or some other payment method.
What can we the public do about this terrible state of affairs ?
Its all down to strenth in union to defeat us. Given the answer to the above question regarding “Buyers” only which you may or may not have been aware of, all of you in the world, spread the word, tell all your friends, family, etc
OPEN OTHER EMAIL ACCOUNTS WITH YAHOO AND COPY AND PASTE THIS MESSAGE ON YAHOO ANSWERS AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT, THE MORE THE MERRIER AND THE QUICKER THE WORD GETS OUT
Then all unite together by all agreeing to boycott Paypal and close your accounts and move to bidpay or other payment service. This service is now permissable on Ebay and if you all do this, Bidpay will become the worlds top payment processor and we´ll end up going bankrupt. Which would be a victory for the good, ordinary, honest everday hardworking, decent people of this planet.
LOTS OF LUV AND BIG SOPPY KISSES
THE PAYPAL TEAM
X X X X X X X X X X X X X
XXXXX X X X X X X X X X X
A: i honestly don’t know what the point of your question was? did paypal seriously freeze your account? why would you keep that much money with an online account.
don’t get me wrong, i have been using paypal for 8 or more years. i have had over 7000 transactions. i love paypal…they are a great on line service and i use the debit as a credit card and then i never get a credit card bill. when i have money in there. its like free money to spend.?
i also have used bid pay for several years. ,and they send in form of a check to me.
paypal is REALLY the best on line service. it covers the buyers who don’t get their merchandise & it covers the seller when they have proof of sending to confirmed addy.
so what is the point of opening up another email accounts, which you can and should have a few anyways…??
please post answer. thanks
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