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		<title>Where&#8217;s My Dolly</title>
		<link>http://strude.com/2009/03/wheres-my-dolly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Strude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shallow End of the Gene Pool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buffy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cabbage Patch Dolls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overheard from a 30-something man.  Of course I use the term &#8220;man&#8221; loosely. &#8220;I love Cabbage Patch Dolls.  I think they are a very creative toy.&#8221; First of all, kudos to the dude who feels comfortable to admit something like this in public. Second, a creative toy?  It&#8217;s a doll.  A doll with a birth [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Overheard from a 30-something man.  Of course I use the term &#8220;man&#8221; loosely.</p>
<p>&#8220;I love Cabbage Patch Dolls.  I think they are a very creative toy.&#8221;</p>
<p>First of all, kudos to the dude who feels comfortable to admit something like this in public.</p>
<p>Second, a creative toy?  It&#8217;s a doll.  A doll with a birth certificate, grant you, but a doll nonetheless.  All the birth certificate does is name the doll for you, thus robbing you of any creativity you could have used by naming the doll yourself.</p>
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		<title>Love in an Elevator</title>
		<link>http://strude.com/2009/03/love-in-an-elevator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Strude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, if you stand right in front of the elevator doors as you are waiting for the elevator, you are a dillhole.  If you are so close to the door, that your big, fat gut starts to spill into the elevator as soon as the door starts to open, you are a dillhole.  If you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, if you stand right in front of the elevator doors as you are waiting for the elevator, you are a dillhole.  If you are so close to the door, that your big, fat gut starts to spill into the elevator as soon as the door starts to open, you are a dillhole.  If you shove your way into the elevator, bowling over the people who are trying to exit and forcing them to step around your big, fat gut to get out , you are a dillhole.</p>
<p>To the dude in the ugly Hawaiian shirt who is guilty of all the above:  You are a big, fat, freaking dillhole.</p>
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		<title>Buffet</title>
		<link>http://strude.com/2008/10/buffet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Strude</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Buffet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Joey: Where&#8217;s the waitress? I&#8217;m starving. Chandler: It&#8217;s a buffet, man Joey: Oh, here&#8217;s where I win my money back. My kids like a local buffet, so we hit it up every month or so. While there a couple of nights ago, I was getting my food and I saw one of the staff members [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Joey: Where&#8217;s the waitress? I&#8217;m starving.<br />
Chandler: It&#8217;s a buffet, man<br />
Joey: Oh, here&#8217;s where I win my money back.</p></blockquote>
<p>My kids like a local buffet, so we hit it up every month or so. While there a couple of nights ago, I was getting my food and I saw one of the staff members had brought a man to the food and was motioning with her arm as if to say <em>here it is</em>.</p>
<p>The man looked at her funny and said, &#8220;Oh, you get it yourself?&#8221;</p>
<p>What did he think a buffet was?</p>
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		<title>Mommy&#8217;s Mammary Malt</title>
		<link>http://strude.com/2008/09/mommys-mammary-malt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Strude</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ben and Jerry's]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[That could be a new flavor of Ben &#38; Jerry&#8217;s if PETA has their way. In their latest look-at-me stunt, PETA has sent a letter to Ben and Jerry saying they should replace the cow milk used in Ben and Jerry&#8217;s ice cream with human milk. Two questions: How can you possibly squeeze enough boobies [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That could be a new flavor of Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s if PETA has their way. In their latest look-at-me stunt, PETA has <a href="http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=11993" target="_blank">sent a letter</a> to Ben and Jerry saying they should replace the cow milk used in Ben and Jerry&#8217;s ice cream with human milk.</p>
<p>Two questions:</p>
<p>How can you possibly squeeze enough boobies to make all that ice cream?  And where do I apply for that position?</p>
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		<title>Mrs. Moses, Mao, and the Mormons</title>
		<link>http://strude.com/2008/08/moses-mao-mormons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Strude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been enjoying the Olympics, especially watching Michael Phelps and his record breaking gold heist.  I didn&#8217;t, however, watch the Opening Ceremonies.  I didn&#8217;t really care to see a bunch of dorks in white suits running around forming various images like a marching band without the band.  Also, not too heart broken about missing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been enjoying the Olympics, especially watching Michael Phelps and his record breaking gold heist.  I didn&#8217;t, however, watch the Opening Ceremonies.  I didn&#8217;t really care to see a bunch of dorks in white suits running around forming various images like a marching band without the band.  Also, not too heart broken about missing the edited fireworks.  What kind of a sorry country edits fireworks for TV so the the rest of the world thinks they were better than they were?  A pinko Commie country, that&#8217;s what kind.</p>
<p>On the night of the Opening Ceremonies, we were out at the Olive Garden, thanks to a generous contribution from the &#8216;Rents.  While waiting for our table a woman as old as Moses shuffled out, talking to her grandchild about how the only thing she likes about the Olympics are the Opening Exercises.  She coudn&#8217;t give a rat&#8217;s about the thrilling competition, the triumph of the human spirit, or countries coming together in the name of sports.</p>
<p>I personally don&#8217;t buy that crap, but that&#8217;s what the Olympics are selling.  I wasn&#8217;t feeling love for my fellow man when Phelps and Company punked France after all their trash talking.  I just jumped up and down yelling at France (yes, the entire country) to stick that in their pipe and smoke it.  Of course, when it comes to France, that&#8217;s more love than any American is usually willing to give, so hey, way to go Olympics.</p>
<p>Back to Mrs. Moses, she was really wanting to get home so she wouldn&#8217;t miss any of the festivities, and since it looked like it was going to take her half an hour just to get to her car, she had reason to be worried.</p>
<p>Now, what is my point?  I am sure my LDS readers have spotted it.  For those of you outside the Zion Curtain, at the beginning of Sunday School each week, all the primary kids meet together for a while before breaking off to their individual classes.  This time is referred to as Opening Exercises.  Mrs. Moses wanted to hurry home so she wouldn&#8217;t miss the Olympic Opening Exercises.</p>
<p>Now, having not watched, can anyone tell me who said the prayer?  Did they sing Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam?  Or the Chinese version <a href="http://strude.com/audio/MaoVolunteer.mp3">Mao Wants Me For a Volunteer</a>?  Just asking.</p>
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		<title>You&#8217;re a Real Hell&#8217;s Angel, Buddy</title>
		<link>http://strude.com/2008/07/youre-a-real-hells-angel-buddy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Strude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Driving to a client&#8217;s office yesterday, I was cut off by some schmuck on a Vespa-type scooter.  The sticker on the back of his scooter read: It&#8217;s not illegal to be a biker. Is that what you think you are, dillhole?  A biker?  No, you&#8217;re a scooterer.  It&#8217;s not a real word, but you&#8217;re not [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Driving to a client&#8217;s office yesterday, I was cut off by some schmuck on a Vespa-type scooter.  The sticker on the back of his scooter read:</p>
<blockquote><p>It&#8217;s not illegal to be a biker.</p></blockquote>
<p>Is that what you think you are, dillhole?  A biker?  No, you&#8217;re a scooterer.  It&#8217;s not a real word, but you&#8217;re not a real biker.</p>
<p>No matter how many times you scoot down the road with what&#8217;s left of your hair blowing in the breeze,  no matter how many times you tell your bro, &#8220;Killer boots, man,&#8221;  and no matter how many times you brag, &#8220;I get 70 miles to the gallon on this hog,&#8221; you will never be a biker.</p>
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		<title>Yellow Jersey</title>
		<link>http://strude.com/2008/07/yellow-jersey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Strude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over heard in the break room while at lunch: I saw a guy riding his bike this morning wearing yellow. Come on, man.  Any color but yellow.  You gotta earn that color. What? He&#8217;s just some dude exercising or doing his part for the environment by biking to work. This isn&#8217;t the Tour de France, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over heard in the break room while at lunch:</p>
<blockquote><p>I saw a guy riding his bike this morning wearing yellow. Come on, man.  Any color but yellow.  You gotta earn that color.</p></blockquote>
<p>What?</p>
<p>He&#8217;s just some dude exercising or doing his part for the environment by biking to work. This isn&#8217;t the Tour de France, dillhole. The guy can wear whatever freaking color he wants.</p>
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		<title>Petty? Sure, but fun.</title>
		<link>http://strude.com/2008/07/petty-sure-but-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Strude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shallow End of the Gene Pool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Driving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the way to work, I was doing 70 in a 60 mph zone. 201 at that point is just a two lane job. I was in the left lane passing a garbage truck when a glance in my rear view revealed some lady in a Ford just hugging my bumper to no end. She [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On the way to work, I was doing 70 in a 60 mph zone.  201 at that point is just a two lane job.  I was in the left lane passing a garbage truck when a glance in my rear view revealed some lady in a Ford just hugging my bumper to no end.  She was close enough that I could clearly see every whisker on her chin.</p>
<p>Her firm set mouth set below her enormous bug-eyed sunglasses let me know she was itching to get a move on despite the fact we were already speeding.  I eased off the gas so I wouldn&#8217;t completely pass the garbage truck.  I ended up half a car length ahead.  I think the garbage truck driver read my mind because he sped up until we were nose to nose and then matched my speed.</p>
<p>I couldn&#8217;t help but laugh as I looked in my mirror again.  The lady trapped in the Ford behind us was not happy.</p>
<p>But I was.</p>
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		<title>Mullet this over.</title>
		<link>http://strude.com/2008/07/mullet-this-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Strude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While eating lunch in the break room, I actually heard the following phrase from a woman talking about her ex-husband: &#8220;Yeah, women would stare at him all the time. He had the mullet going, and he was hot.&#8221; He had the mullet going? He was hot? Mullet and Hot should never appear in the same [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While eating lunch in the break room, I actually heard the following phrase from a woman talking about her ex-husband:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Yeah, women would stare at him all the time.  He had the mullet going, and he was hot.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>He had the mullet going?  He was hot?  Mullet and Hot should never appear in the same sentence unless it goes something like this, &#8220;My fugly ex chopped his mullet off because the weather was so hot.&#8221;  That&#8217;s it.  No exceptions.</p>
<p>And those women probably weren&#8217;t staring because he was hot.  They were staring in awe and wonderment that someone with a mullet got a woman to go into public with him.</p>
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		<title>Kiss My Full Moon</title>
		<link>http://strude.com/2008/06/kiss-my-full-moon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Strude</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watching CNN the other day, I saw a piece on the Lunar Embassy.  What is the Lunar Embassy?  Well, some schmuck that calls himself the Head Cheese needed money and figured he could sell real estate.  Driving down the road, Mr. Cheese asked himself, &#8220;Where is a bunch of real estate I could sell?&#8221;  He [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Watching CNN the other day, I saw a piece on the Lunar Embassy.  What is the Lunar Embassy?  Well, some schmuck that calls himself the Head Cheese needed money and figured he could sell real estate.  Driving down the road, Mr. Cheese asked himself, &#8220;Where is a bunch of real estate I could sell?&#8221;  He looked out the window and there was his answer.  The Moon.</p>
<p>The freaking Moon!</p>
<p>According to the story, this guy has made over 7 million dollars selling plots of land on the Moon.  He&#8217;s making millions selling crap he doesn&#8217;t even own.  And the flip side of this coin is people are buying what he&#8217;s selling.  This business had also spawned copycats doing the same thing.</p>
<p>This pisses me off on many levels.  How can someone sell something they don&#8217;t own?  How can people, including past presidents, buy it?  The whole thing seems idiotic.</p>
<p>The icing on top of this crap-cake is the Head Cheese has, according to his website &#8220;been named co-chairman of the Republican Congressional Business Advisory Council. He has also been given the National Republican Leadership Award and most recently he has been issued the highest honor the National Republican Congressional Committee has, the prestigious Republican Gold Medal.&#8221;</p>
<p>Another reason it pisses me off is while growing up, I wanted to be an astronaut.  I still have a love for all things NASA and outer space.  Some a-hole selling plots of land on the Moon somehow cheapens the Moon and treats something that I have dreamed about and held in esteem as a thing of naught.  I am failing to explain it, but it pisses me off.</p>
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