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    PSA: Beware Of Grannies Setting "Mantraps"

    Terrence Howard's PSA For Bathroom Etiquette

    PSAs: Protect Girls From Everything

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    Image of deeemer deeemer
    11/16/09

    In reply to PSA: Beware Of Grannies Setting "Mantraps"
    It's a metaphor. This was the beginning of the pubic hair waxing movement. #mantrappsa
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    Image of Diziet_Sma Diziet_Sma
    11/16/09

    In reply to PSA: Beware Of Grannies Setting "Mantraps"
    Oh, wow - flashback! I remember this. But my favorite is the Learn To Swim one, why the guy who can't swim keeps "losing birds": #mantrappsa
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    Image of roxythekiller roxythekiller
    11/17/09

    @Diziet_Sma: I thought Dave was going to confess his love for Mike, explaining why a blonde bombshell needed to make a wish in the first place. #mantrappsa
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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    11/16/09

    In reply to PSA: Beware Of Grannies Setting "Mantraps"
    I don't know that I'd mind being captured by a British granny. We could have a nice cuppa and I'd learn the latest gossip about the vicar. Yes, in my world it's still 1953 in Britain. #mantrappsa
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    Image of TurtleSpeak TurtleSpeak
    11/16/09

    @token_illiterate_commenter: We still drink tea and gossip. #mantrappsa
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    Image of gherkinfiend gherkinfiend
    11/16/09

    In reply to PSA: Beware Of Grannies Setting "Mantraps"
    Britain loves a random PSA. I wish I could find the one from my childhood warning men (specifically men) about the dangers of not warming up properly before weightlifting...

    David Mitchell from Peep Show says it best here:

    [www.guardian.co.uk] #mantrappsa
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    Image of MalinaMango MalinaMango
    11/16/09

    In reply to PSA: Beware Of Grannies Setting "Mantraps"
    My first thought on seeing the headline: "This is a frightened city. Over these houses, over these streets hangs a pall of fear. Fear of a new kind of violence which is terrorizing the city. Yes, gangs of old ladies attacking defenceless fit young men." #mantrappsa
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    11/16/09

    @MalinaMango: One of their best, and that's saying one hell of a lot. #mantrappsa
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    Image of sybann sybann
    11/16/09

    In reply to PSA: Beware Of Grannies Setting "Mantraps"
    Everything is reminding me of Python today. #mantrappsa
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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    11/16/09

    @sybann: Why, did your penguin explode? #mantrappsa
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    Image of AllieCaulfield AllieCaulfield
    09/22/09

    In reply to Terrence Howard's PSA For Bathroom Etiquette
    Well, I agree w/ him on the baby wipes subject. My mother taught me about baby wipes when I was growing up & I'm surprised when other people don't keep them in the bathroom. Would you wipe a baby's bum w/ dry toilet paper or a wet wipe? It ain't astrophysics, folks.

    Back to Terrence Howard: I sensed that he was an odd duck ever since Hustle & Flow & Crash. Anyone else recall Terrence going on countless chat shows w/ countless stories about his family being victims of racism? It was so bizarre.
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    Image of spekkle spekkle
    09/22/09

    @AllieCaulfield: re: baby's bum w/ dry toilet paper or a wet wipe.

    I don't poo in my pants and sit in it.
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    Image of AllieCaulfield AllieCaulfield
    09/22/09

    @spekkle:
    We're all thrilled for you, but there are many people who don't practice good hygiene & I usually get stuck w/ them on an elevator.
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    Image of LolaQuinn is full of beans LolaQuinn is full of beans
    09/22/09

    In reply to Terrence Howard's PSA For Bathroom Etiquette
    Hmmm. Anyone see that episode of Obsessed where the woman was afraid of having bowel movements, so she used a toothbrush to scrub her asshole clean, but she did it until she bled and twice she had to get two blood transfusions because of it?

    Just sayin', TERRENCE HOWARD.
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    Image of sassyredhead sassyredhead
    09/22/09

    @LolaQuinn is full of beans: This is the episode that sucked me in, led me to Hoarders and has made my Monday nights fascinating.
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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    09/22/09

    In reply to Terrence Howard's PSA For Bathroom Etiquette
    If that's a joke, then surely this is, too:
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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    09/22/09


    @Mary McCarthyite: And this:
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    Image of boobookitt boobookitt
    09/22/09

    @Mary McCarthyite: What? All my eggs have a jaunty cap and a smile!
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    Image of hydrogen_jukebox hydrogen_jukebox
    09/22/09

    @Mary McCarthyite: Haha!

    1. what does heartbeat have to do with facial expression?

    2. Any "information" written in Comic Sans is immediately unreliable.
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    Image of boobookitt boobookitt
    09/22/09

    @hydrogen_jukebox: also - babies don't really'smile' until they're about 2 months old so why would a fetus smile?

    Why am I trying to make sense of this?
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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    09/22/09

    @hydrogen_jukebox: Yeah: the word "Comic" says it all.
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    Image of EndangeredRed EndangeredRed
    09/22/09

    @Mary McCarthyite: This billboard faces the waiting room window of the Planned Parenthood I go to.
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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    09/22/09

    @EndangeredRed: Coincidence? I think not.
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    Image of EndangeredRed EndangeredRed
    09/22/09

    @Mary McCarthyite: Not remotely. It's just so manipulative and mean, I hate it. I actually know one of the people on the board of the local Pregnancy Center, and he was very proud of their genius plan to put that billboard there.
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    Image of boxspelunker boxspelunker
    09/22/09

    @Mary McCarthyite: This reminds me of my favorite abortion joke ever:

    My sister and I were driving down the highway and we passed a sign that said, "Abortion! It's a Black and White Issue!"

    ...but the photo was in grayscale.

    AHAHAHAHA.
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    Image of Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon. Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.
    09/22/09

    @Mary McCarthyite: There used to be a billboard near my house that was just a white background with the word "FETUS" in 10-foot bold black type. I cracked up every time I drove past. That one must have been a parody.
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    Image of hydrogen_jukebox hydrogen_jukebox
    09/22/09

    In reply to Terrence Howard's PSA For Bathroom Etiquette
    This has to be a joke. It's just too ironic.

    (Because who in their right mind would use six different unreadable fonts and flopped default gradients?)
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    Image of Ailatan Ailatan
    09/22/09

    @hydrogen_jukebox: and the colours! who chose those colours? it looks so 80's tv guide.
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    Image of hfree hfree
    09/22/09

    @hydrogen_jukebox: And a photo that looks like it was taken on a cameraphone at a courthouse.
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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    09/22/09

    @All: all of these elements combine to create AWESOME.
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    Image of Jack_Burton Jack_Burton
    09/22/09

    @hydrogen_jukebox: =cough= Microsoft Publisher =cough=
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    Image of stealthird stealthird
    03/18/09

    In reply to PSAs: Protect Girls From Everything
    Actually, the people behind the texting one have several others and they have videos for both boys and girls. Observe: [www.thatsnotcool.com]
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    Image of Megan Ellen Morrice Megan Ellen Morrice
    03/18/09

    In reply to PSAs: Protect Girls From Everything
    My favorite PSA was one from about 5 years ago that had the message that smoking marijuana makes you pregnant. The girl came home to her parents and took a pregnancy test and they spoke about if she was not high it wouldn't have happened. It was around the same time most of the PSAs were targeting marijuana (including the marijuana makes you run over small children on their bikes when you go through the drive through, remember that one?) A girl in one of my classes in college told me that the people who made the PSAs make them deliberately ridiculous to plant the seed of the ridiculousness in general of our current drug policy, but I have nothing to back that up with. It does make me sick the way they completely abuse statistics. Around that same time, there was another pot PSA that referenced a study of car accidents...but left out the fact that an overwhelming majority of those drivers were drunk!! So, just remember ladies...it is smoking the chronic that will make you bang like 40 dudes without a rubber, not binge drinking. In fact, marijuana is probably illegal because of its much more devastating effects than that of binge drinking.
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    Image of happymisanthrope happymisanthrope
    03/18/09

    @Megan Ellen Morrice: When I took drivers' ed, we had to watch a animated documentary that was clearly made in the 70's about the dangers of being high and driving.


    It was awesome. Especially since it just looked as if it were drawn by stoners.

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    Image of RobertaFisk RobertaFisk
    03/18/09

    In reply to PSAs: Protect Girls From Everything
    Ok, I know it's too late for anyone to see this, but I had to write it anyway. The exaggerating on these PSAs pisses me off because it's alienating girls from otherwise useful messages. If I was 15 again, and saw a PSA that said smoking pot was going to make me go so crazy that I would take naked photos of myself and then not remember, I would never take a PSA seriously again. Which is a shame, because some of these messages, like "know when your boyfriend is being controlling" or "don't go into strange men's houses when you're a teenage girl" are valid and important. Rant over.
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    Image of SugarSugar SugarSugar
    03/17/09

    In reply to PSAs: Protect Girls From Everything
    Did anyone watch "Girls Beware?" The stranger guy at 3:40 is seriously giving me the creeps.
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    Image of CordeliaShirley CordeliaShirley
    03/17/09

    In reply to PSAs: Protect Girls From Everything
    can I just add:
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