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At the request of several readers, we’re bringing back the off topic thread. You can use and abuse this thread as needed or feel free to go into the forums and cause mayhem there.
Question of the Day: Can Spicy Foods Kill You?
Discussion Starter from Mental FlossI’m learning how to cook, which has been an adventure. The other night, after an encounter with some particularly spicy Italian sausage combined with even spicier barbecue sauce, my roommates and I found ourselves wondering if eating spicy foods could kill you. I mean, it can certainly cause intense pain and chest tightness; so can too much spicy food kill you?
Well, according to everything I could find on the internet, probably not. I could only dig up a few cases where pepper killed and none of them were typical. In one, a four-year-old with pica (a penchant for eating things that aren’t necessarily nutritious) breathed pepper in and experienced respiratory failure. This medical study documents eight known cases of pepper deaths, seven of them homicides. Other research has shown that in high doses, consuming pepper can be lethal, but even I don’t put enough pepper in our food to qualify as a lethal dose. Even spice allergies are generally mild. In fact, spiciness is pretty tame; it doesn’t even kill your taste buds, since it registers in the pain sensors on our tongue. Spicy food doesn’t even cause ulcers, as we used to think, but it actually can help secrete new stomach lining and help treat them.
Pepper spray is a different beast, though. It’s not meant to be lethal (it’s often hailed as the best non-deadly defense weapon), but it can be in extreme cases. Earlier this month, a Bel Air man died after police used pepper spray to restrain him after he threatened to kill his family. However, examiners said the effects of the pepper spray were exacerbated by his 550-pound girth and high stress, which led to breathing problems and made the pepper spray lethal. Also, asthmatics and people with intense allergies can experience respiratory problems from pepper spray, which can sometimes result in death.
Overall, though, it looks like spiciness may do more good than harm. They may not kill people, but new research shows that they can help kill cancer cells. Spices can also help kill bacteria and prevent food from spoiling, which explains why some ancient cultures were so fond of piling on the pepper (I’m looking at you, Thailand). All in all, it looks like we ought to rethink the names of the world’s hottest peppers – Bih Jolokia, which translates to “poison chili pepper” and Bhut Jolokia, which means “ghost chili pepper.” Still, with an astronomic 855,000 and 1,001,304 Scoville units respectively (compared to 30,000 for cayenne and 300,000 for the habanero), it doesn’t sound like anything I’ll be using for salsa anytime soon.
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sgt. slaughter
generallee on 5/15/2008 at 8:30 am said:
dusty rhodes
That was my high school principals name…too weird.
wasnt hoover presidnet then also? LOL 
More like Reagan and George H Bush..
generallee on 5/15/2008 at 8:46 am said:
wasnt hoover presidnet then also? LOL
Shut up Dennis, Get back to squeezing lemons!
yes master. please dont beat me master.
Blane, if you can read this, hope you’re doing well buddy.
Free rice at JJ’s! Woohoo! 
Bret, you’re funny bro! 
www.hotsauceblog.com/hotsaucearchives/pepper-garden-update/#comment-139341
generallee on 5/15/2008 at 8:30 am said:
dusty rhodes
Don’t forget Andre the Giant, The Nature Boy Rick Flair and Hulk Hogan.
forever
retorical
everyone
explains
bhut
lance
armstrong
never
expires
jimmy superfly snooka
the iron shiek
junkyard dawg
ole and arn anderson
I don’t know too many guy wrestlers but now, female jello wrestlers is a completely different story.
generallee on 5/15/2008 at 9:23 am said:
forever
retorical
everyone
explainsbhut
lance
armstrong
never
expires
Nice. The whole controversy is a bit over done on both sides. Do ya think they should allow a do over?
I am staying out of this on for once. i just want the prizes.
Me too but I entered too late.
Turk on 5/15/2008 at 9:25 am said:
I don’t know too many guy wrestlers but now, female jello wrestlers is a completely different story.
what bout swamp buggy queens? or female mudd wrastlin champs?
i got ya beat there
generallee on 5/15/2008 at 9:29 am said:
what bout swamp buggy queens? or female mudd wrastlin champs?
i got ya beat there
I can believe that you know more than me about men in tights that are grab a#!ing but you’re fooling yourself about the women.
now you are on today TUrk.
tully blanchard
bam bam bigelow
lex luthar
ted debiasi
road warriors
generallee on 5/15/2008 at 9:28 am said:
I am staying out of this on for once. i just want the prizes.
i got dragged into it so no way to stay out now. fck thetruth
see how i did that so it didnt go into moderation but at the same time there wasnt no racist sht in it either?
what the heck are you talking bout?
there wasnt no racist sht either?
sounds like you need to go back to english class. in english, 2 negatives make a positive therefore stating that there was racist sht in it.
generallee on 5/15/2008 at 9:58 am said:
there wasnt no racist sht either?
sounds like you need to go back to english class. in english, 2 negatives make a positive therefore stating that there was racist sht in it.
I don’t think Justin was talking about anything that you said so ease up there cowgirl.
save a horse ride a cowboy. yee haw!
sorry i misunderstood you justin.
wow, being nice is easy. maybe you can try it thefalse?
generallee on 5/15/2008 at 10:09 am said:
save a horse ride a cowboy. yee haw!
sorry i misunderstood you justin.
wow, being nice is easy. maybe you can try it thefalse?
It’s all about the communication.
General, when are you headed out to Georgia?
pertinear 3.75 hours.
ah, the land of hospitality, sweet tea, waffle houses on every interstae exit and civil war history.
i saw UGA, USC, UF, and OU are favorites for the ncaa nat champ football this upcoming year. should be a good game come 11/1/08 dont ya know?
generallee on 5/15/2008 at 10:19 am said:
pertinear 3.75 hours.
ah, the land of hospitality, sweet tea, waffle houses on every interstae exit and civil war history.
i saw UGA, USC, UF, and OU are favorites for the ncaa nat champ football this upcoming year. should be a good game come 11/1/08 dont ya know?
Yep, Yep. Have Fun.
Turk on 5/15/2008 at 9:22 am said:
Don’t forget Andre the Giant, The Nature Boy Rick Flair and Hulk Hogan.
and the Von Erich family, Jerry the king Lawler, Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Andy Kaufman for that matter.
king kong bundy
randy macho man savage
rowdy roddy piper
jesse the body ventura
bret the hitman hartmen
the ultimate warrior
Freddie Blassie and John Tolas
George the Animal, Ricky Steamboat, The Great Kabuki
ricky steamboat. thats who i was thinking.
good one parker.
who were them brother wrastlers that wore the michigan wrastlin unis and ear muffs?
Heres one:
Fire
Red
Engines
Extinguish
Burning
Land
Amid
Nighttime
Embers
Old skoll wwf…
SD “Special Delivery” Jones
Baron Miguel Sacluna(sp?)
Ken Patera
Pedro Morales
Fred Blase
Rene Goulet
Eddie Guerrero
Ernie “the Cat” Ladd
Bob Backlund
Larry Zbyscko
Al Simmons
Nick Botwinkle
Eddie Gilbert
Jake the snake Roberts and Bigg John Studd
The Moondogs (oh man, I’m dating myself with that one).
Clever.
Buddah on 5/15/2008 at 12:14 pm said:
Fred Blase
Rene Goulet
Eddie Guerrero
Ernie “the Cat” LaddBob Backlund
Larry Zbyscko
Al Simmons
Nick Botwinkle
Eddie Gilbert
I think we created a new form of HiKu.
Xero on 5/15/2008 at 11:51 am said:
Heres one:
Fire
Red
Engines
ExtinguishBurning
Land
Amid
Nighttime
Embers
Oops, this one was a more poetic.
Florida
Rednecks
Execute
Elk
Between
Lunch
And
Nightfall
Everyday
Bobo Brazil
Lord Layton
The Shiek
Dick the Bruiser
Siki
arizona jack on 5/15/2008 at 1:19 pm said:
Bobo Brazil
Lord Layton
The Shiek
Dick the Bruiser
Siki
dICK THE bRUISER :LOL:
There was a story a few years ago where a teen mother killed her baby with chili peppers…but it wasn’t the heat that di it, the baby suffocated.
Horrendous story
Marissa on 5/15/2008 at 2:05 pm said:
There was a story a few years ago where a teen mother killed her baby with chili peppers…but it wasn’t the heat that di it, the baby suffocated.
Horrendous story
Jesus….thanks for the ray of sunshine there Marissa.
Bushwackers.
Haystacks Calhoun
Chief Jay Strong Bull
SteveM on 5/15/2008 at 8:47 pm said:
Haystacks Calhoun
Chief Jay Strong Bull
Steve, I do believe it was Chief Jay Strongbow, but E for effort.
Wahoo McDaniels
Buzz Sawyer
Kerry Von Ehrich and family
Tully Blanchard
Ole Anderson
Lex Luger
Pistol Pete Whatley
Paul Orndorff
Tito Santana
The British Bulldogs- Davey Boy Smith & the Dynamite Kid
Alfa & Sika: The Wild Samoans
Demolition: Ax, Smash & Crush
Killer Bees: B. Brian Blair & Jumping Jim Brunzell
SteveM on 5/15/2008 at 8:47 pm said:
Haystacks Calhoun
Chief Jay Strong Bull
Haystacks Calhoun, WOW, I’m feeling pretty old right now, lol
Buddah on 5/15/2008 at 9:13 pm said:
Steve, I do believe it was Chief Jay Strongbow, but E for effort.
Wahoo McDaniels
Buzz Sawyer
Kerry Von Ehrich and family
Tully Blanchard
Ole Anderson
Lex Luger
Pistol Pete Whatley
Paul Orndorff
Tito Santana
The British Bulldogs- Davey Boy Smith & the Dynamite Kid
Alfa & Sika: The Wild Samoans
Demolition: Ax, Smash & Crush
Killer Bees: B. Brian Blair & Jumping Jim Brunzell
Paul Orndorff was a tool.
arizona jack on 5/15/2008 at 9:35 pm said:
Haystacks Calhoun, WOW, I’m feeling pretty old right now, lol
Don’t forget Mr. Fuji and his tag-team partner, Professor Taru Tanaka
I stand corrected on Chief Jay’s name, Buddah. Good catch. So do you remember the patented move The Chief used to dispatch his opponents?
SteveM on 5/16/2008 at 1:17 am said:
Don’t forget Mr. Fuji and his tag-team partner, Professor Taru Tanaka
I stand corrected on Chief Jay’s name, Buddah. Good catch. So do you remember the patented move The Chief used to dispatch his opponents?
The dreaded Tomahawk Chop!
Here is few of my old favorites.
Pampero Firpo OH YEAH!!!
Sgt. Slaughter
Nikolai Volkoff
Andre The Giant
“The Nature Boy” Ric Flair
The Undertaker
Yokozuna
Bret “The Hitman” Hart
“Big Daddy Cool” Diesel
The Heartbreak Kid
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin
The Rock
Mankind
Kurt Angle
Randy Orton
Bob Backlund performed an exercise on the wwf one year, which was supposed to be a world’s record. What was the name of that of that exercise?
Buddah on 5/16/2008 at 9:10 am said:
Bob Backlund performed an exercise on the wwf one year, which was supposed to be a world’s record. What was the name of that of that exercise?
Was it the deep knee bends with the deck of cards?
General, if you don’t remember, me and you already had this conversation. But here’s one I didn’t see in anyone’s list. One of my all time wrestlin‘ favorites.
Rufus R. “Freight Train” Jones
Buddah on 5/16/2008 at 3:59 am said:
The dreaded Tomahawk Chop!
Judges????……..Bzzzzzzz. Nope, I don’t think I can give you that one. The “Tomahawk Chop” actually immobilized the opponent. Then to put them away, he administered the “Heart Punch”.
1960 thetruth
11:43 pm on May 16th, 2008 [ Quote ]
BLANE on May 16, 2008 at 10:23 pm said:
I think it’s the best thing that has ever happened in the Hot Sauce Industry !!!!! I recieved an email from Nick saying it had nothing to do with attacks on other commentors, (This was to protect the Hobbit I believe!!!) But that I crossed the line when I attacked him…… So my thought for the day is get some thick skin and grow some balls, because he dosen’t like being called a 22 year old midget.
lolololollolololololololololololololololololololololollolololololololololol
whats the matter pissed you cant get back in stay with your idiots thats what you all are
1961 thetruth
11:46 pm on May 16th, 2008 [ Quote ]
come on my site so i can ban your there toooo
Just like other comments i did not make!!!! same old ttf adding posts..this comment was not made by me..just like Blaine said…
And yes you did post….. to funny!!! I know I changed your post to make you look like a bigger d%ck than you already are, but at least I can admit I changed your post, . About the hair I think I have a little more than you…. But on the other hand bald is bald…
Dam buddah just can let it go huh!!THAT COMMENT WAS NOT PUT UP BY ME MOVE ON BRO
update
1&2 Peppers
3—- Chooch+Pootan
4—- Cajun Island
5—- Mild to Wild
13– TorchBearer
12– Montezuma
15– Csigi
18– Chili Pit
50– Blane, DK,Buddah–?
52– Fat Kid Sauce
21&22-CaJohn’s Show Sponsors
25&26–Hot Shots
27–Defcon
14–Bodines BBQ
29–Intensity Academy
33–Porkys
34–Big Dawg
35–Texas choice
39–Ole Rays
40–Blair’s
41–Redd Eye
42–Butt Shack
43–Lee’s Mustard
46&47 Garden Fresh Salsa
49–Captain Tom’s
17–Urban Chef
44–Sauce Cartel
38-Flamingo’s Joe’s
63–Rick Bayless-Frontera
53- Tony Legner Food Polish
54- Tahiti’s Joes
20-Ben’s Mustard
37-Bisummo
8 - Mae Ploy & Golden Country Show Sponsor
6- Kentucky Smokin grill
9- KP Specialty pepper Products
16- Rothschild Farms
45- Cin Chili
Cox’s Newspaper Show Sponsor
Miller Beer Choice of Beers
Coke Show Sponsor
The truth on 5/17/2008 at 5:36 am said:
Just like other comments i did not make!!!! same old ttf adding posts..this comment was not made by me..just like Blaine said…
And yes you did post….. to funny!!! I know I changed your post to make you look like a bigger d%ck than you already are, but at least I can admit I changed your post, . About the hair I think I have a little more than you…. But on the other hand bald is bald…
Dam buddah just can let it go huh!!THAT COMMENT WAS NOT PUT UP BY ME MOVE ON BRO
If that isn’t you, then my apologies. You haven’t been the angel in all this, so what are the rest of us to believe? I am sure you heard of the fable, Peter and the Wolf. I might have been guillable enough to have believed it, but the people in the know, have facts to show you were on HWL through something called IP Address. Something you denied ever being on. So what is thetruth, and how am I going to be able to tell between the fakes and the lies?
Buddah on 5/17/2008 at 7:24 am said:
If that isn’t you, then my apologies. You haven’t been the angel in all this, so what are the rest of us to believe? I am sure you heard of the fable, Peter and the Wolf. I might have been guillable enough to have believed it, but the people in the know, have facts to show you were on HWL through something called IP Address. Something you denied ever being on. So what is thetruth, and how am I going to be able to tell between the fakes and the lies?
It was truth. IP’s don’t lie. He’s just trying to add fuel to a dying fire.
Buddah on 5/17/2008 at 7:24 am said:
If that isn’t you, then my apologies. You haven’t been the angel in all this, so what are the rest of us to believe? I am sure you heard of the fable, Peter and the Wolf. I might have been guillable enough to have believed it, but the people in the know, have facts to show you were on HWL through something called IP Address. Something you denied ever being on. So what is thetruth, and how am I going to be able to tell between the fakes and the lies?
I take my apology back, you lied once more. IP Address is confirmed yet again, but now on TTF. So again, why are you called thetruth anyway? The biggest question I have is why Nick lets you represent HSB as if you are a part of its ownership?
In the USPS, we are told that if we are in uniform, whether on duty or not, we represent the uniform we wear. We have to be upstanding people in the public eye because when we act in a manner not befitting the USPS, they are directly affected. You want to go and act like an assclown on another website and wave the HSB Banner as such as you do, it makes Nick and HSB look bad.
Buddah on 5/17/2008 at 7:57 am said:
I take my apology back, you lied once more. IP Address is confirmed yet again, but now on TTF. So again, why are you called thetruth anyway? The biggest question I have is why Nick lets you represent HSB as if you are a part of its ownership?
In the USPS, we are told that if we are in uniform, whether on duty or not, we represent the uniform we wear. We have to be upstanding people in the public eye because when we act in a manner not befitting the USPS, they are directly affected. You want to go and act like an assclown on another website and wave the HSB Banner as such as you do, it makes Nick and HSB look bad.
Whatever buddah i really dont care about ttf..let them say what they want i did not do it end of post later ip address ea ok DK i really belive you..like i said post away im done
The truth on 5/17/2008 at 8:05 am said:
Whatever buddah i really dont care about ttf..let them say what they want i did not do it end of post later ip address ea ok DK i really belive you..like i said post away im done
Okay, I am done too. We can just send the IP Address to Nick and let him compare the one you post with on here and let him make the call. I am sure you won’t have any problems though because you are tight. Have a nice day.
Richard Noggin
hudd on 5/17/2008 at 10:10 am said:
Richard Noggin
Buddah on 5/17/2008 at 8:21 am said:
Okay, I am done too. We can just send the IP Address to Nick and let him compare the one you post with on here and let him make the call. I am sure you won’t have any problems though because you are tight. Have a nice day.
HOLY!!!
No debate, no BS!!!
That should answer all questions.
I know we can all get along.
Getting along means you are letting each other be.
You can be friendly with everyone without being everyones friend.
Just rolled in from Winchester, VA for an N-SSA Civil War shoot, man I’m beat. Anyway, I’ll post pictures when I take them, but we picked up an amazing fire pit. The best part is our name and logo were plasma cut into the sides. The thing is massive, about 4 1/2 feet across. The guys name is Duke Easley, check his stuff out at www.virginiafirepit.com. May be a shameless plug, but the guys work is awesome!
Where’s all the idiots who asked for this thang? 
BTW…Mondays suck donkey.
Buddah on 5/19/2008 at 2:18 pm said:
Where’s all the idiots who asked for this thang?
BTW…Mondays suck donkey.
I second that thought….oh how I dread Mondays.
Turk on 5/19/2008 at 4:53 pm said:
I second that thought….oh how I dread Mondays.
How sad, one 7th of your life spent in a state of dread.
Seriously. Awfully quiet.
Buddah on 5/19/2008 at 2:18 pm said:
Where’s all the idiots who asked for this thang?
BTW…Mondays suck donkey.
LOL ya know I was wondering the same thing.
Maybe they are spending their time trying to find something else to bitch to Nick about now that they actually got what they want. Freakin sad and hilarious at the same time. Gotta love the irony……
Buddah on 5/19/2008 at 2:18 pm said:
Where’s all the idiots who asked for this thang?
BTW…Mondays suck donkey.
kristi on 5/20/2008 at 5:02 am said:
LOL ya know I was wondering the same thing.
Maybe they are spending their time trying to find something else to bitch to Nick about now that they actually got what they want. Freakin sad and hilarious at the same time. Gotta love the irony……
Nobody asked for an off topic section. There WAS one already, just nobody used it. What was asked for was a change in the way it is implemented so it would be used instead of the regular comments section in the latest posts.
So where’s the commentors in the regular posts? Seems this thread has been the most popular one here on it’s own since the Curt’s Salsa thread. Seem’s like a sucess so far to me.
Funny thing is that nobody actually got anything here. Wait until this post drops off of the front page and people lose track of it, the crap will show up in the regular posts again. The point that was made was that the off topic wasn’t easily accesible, not that it didn’t exist. Nothing funny or ironic here. Just another display of the same old crap that’s wrong with this site.
Sam on 5/20/2008 at 2:21 am said:
Seriously. Awfully quiet.
I’ve got a suggestion, FREE BLANE! That ought to liven things up around here.
Perhaps the solution is for Nick to include an off topic thread post just below each new post of a review, or garden update, or recipe…
That way there is always an accessible OFF TOPIC thread that can be easily found and used for each new post.
Boy oh boy Kristi that doesn’t sound like you. I think the truth here is that there wouldn’t be complaints if people would treat each other with respect as if they were dealing with themselves.
DK, I love ya brother, but there is only so much banging you can do on that drum before people put cotton in there ears. This blog is Nick’s and he is free to do whatever the hell he wants with it. People asked for more, then there are many alternatives we can turn to. If he wants an off topic thread or not, or some random assclown as a spokesperson, Nick is free to do what he wants to do. Yes, you have a right to blog freely and speak your mind, and he is free to ignore you, ban you or take you up on your recommendations. In the end, this is Nick’s website.
Sorry, bad day, and I am ready to bite someones head off today.
Gildo on 5/20/2008 at 9:02 am said:
Perhaps the solution is for Nick to include an off topic thread post just below each new post of a review, or garden update, or recipe…
That way there is always an accessible OFF TOPIC thread that can be easily found and used for each new post.
THERE ya go! A simple suggestion to stimulate discussion instead of the normal defensive attitude. How flippin’ hard was that? Nice Gildo. Glad to see you’re still posting bro.
DK on 5/20/2008 at 8:02 am said:
Nobody asked for an off topic section. There WAS one already, just nobody used it. What was asked for was a change in the way it is implemented so it would be used instead of the regular comments section in the latest posts.
So where’s the commentors in the regular posts? Seems this thread has been the most popular one here on it’s own since the Curt’s Salsa thread. Seem’s like a sucess so far to me.
Funny thing is that nobody actually got anything here. Wait until this post drops off of the front page and people lose track of it, the crap will show up in the regular posts again. The point that was made was that the off topic wasn’t easily accesible, not that it didn’t exist. Nothing funny or ironic here. Just another display of the same old crap that’s wrong with this site.
I’ve got a suggestion, FREE BLANE! That ought to liven things up around here.
Im convinced you will never be happy. You want an off topic thats easily accesible, you get it, still not happy. This whole topic of conversation is just tired. I know you didn’t ask but I didn’t ask to listen to you complain every other day either so all is fair in love and war right? xoxo
Nobody’s perfect and maybe a bit more tolerance and CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is more in order. This nega
Buddah on 5/20/2008 at 9:18 am said:
Boy oh boy Kristi that doesn’t sound like you. I think the truth here is that there wouldn’t be complaints if people would treat each other with respect as if they were dealing with themselves.
DK, I love ya brother, but there is only so much banging you can do on that drum before people put cotton in there ears. This blog is Nick’s and he is free to do whatever the hell he wants with it. People asked for more, then there are many alternatives we can turn to. If he wants an off topic thread or not, or some random assclown as a spokesperson, Nick is free to do what he wants to do. Yes, you have a right to blog freely and speak your mind, and he is free to ignore you, ban you or take you up on your recommendations. In the end, this is Nick’s website.
Sorry, bad day, and I am ready to bite someones head off today.
Put cotton in the ears, the drums get louder, and still nothing gets done. That’s been my whole point all along.
As for it being Nick’s website, THAT it is, but it’s a cop out excuse and always the easy go to answer. In ownership, it’s true, it’s his, no doubt about that. Seems that I remember a time when there was a post about a plaque, or award that Nick received and he said that the HSB isn’t truly “his” site, but that it belongs to all the people that use it. So why is the typical reply to any suggestions that “it’s Nick’s site, he can do what he wants”. There’s an awful lot of people that visit this site with brains of their own and ideas that could possibly benifit the HSB. Why quash those ideas from the start with the attitude that it’s Nicks site, to heck with you, he’s gonna do what he wants?
Yes, in the end, it’s Nick’s decision, but to flog someone for suggesting something isn’t the answer. That’s wher I have a problem.
Uh oh, the rest of my comment didn’t come through…..whatever……beating a dead horse at this point, again, just tired.
Kristi on 5/20/2008 at 9:23 am said:
Im convinced you will never be happy. You want an off topic thats easily accesible, you get it, still not happy. This whole topic of conversation is just tired. I know you didn’t ask but I didn’t ask to listen to you complain every other day either so all is fair in love and war right? xoxo
Nobody’s perfect and maybe a bit more tolerance and CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is more in order. This nega
So another simple Off topic gets posted to appease me? I didn’t ask for that. I said that there needs to be an easily accessible off topic area. Nothing’s changed. And I never said that I was gonna post 30 posts a day in here if one was created. An off topic section isn’t needed for MY benefit, but for the whole sites benefit.
This post will no longer be easily acessible once it drops from the front page. Nothing was changed, a new thread was posted to quiet things for the time being. I stand by every word that I’ve said. As me ever being happy, unless someone would actually attempt to make changes or at least embrace the idea that it can happen for the better, and people can visit this site without being attacked or berated, then no, I won’t be happy.
I hate inaction. No matter where it is. I’m a firm believer that everything can be improved upon. And that can’t be accomplished by sitting around just accepting things for what they are. Everything I’ve accomplished has been because I’ve made it happen. Nothings ever ben just handed to me. I won’t let it. Maybe my expectations are a little high, but why shouldn’t they be?
Sorry Buddah, is it wrong of me to blame my pregnancy hormones??????? lol
Kristi on 5/20/2008 at 9:48 am said:
Uh oh, the rest of my comment didn’t come through…..whatever……beating a dead horse at this point, again, just tired.
At least I wasn’t the one to bring out the stick. I’m totally against cruelty to animals, even dead, rotten, bloated, flies crawling in the eye sockets, worms out the other end, ones. Ok, my luch is ready, everyone enjoy your meal!
Kristi on 5/20/2008 at 10:12 am said:
Sorry Buddah, is it wrong of me to blame my pregnancy hormones??????? lol
Oh, Kristi, my bloated comment was in no way directed towards you. Stay sweet, and your opinion counts as much as everyone elses around here. Hormaones or not.
Sam on 5/20/2008 at 2:19 am said:
How sad, one 7th of your life spent in a state of dread.
But I make up for it on the other 6 days. Sam, you are the man! That lead you provided has already turned into a nice sale so Double DD Meats of Washington is now the latest retailer of Ass Murdering Hot Sauce. WooHoo! They seem like very nice people and I love the backstory to that establisment.
Buddah on 5/20/2008 at 9:18 am said:
Boy oh boy Kristi that doesn’t sound like you. I think the truth here is that there wouldn’t be complaints if people would treat each other with respect as if they were dealing with themselves.
DK, I love ya brother, but there is only so much banging you can do on that drum before people put cotton in there ears. This blog is Nick’s and he is free to do whatever the hell he wants with it. People asked for more, then there are many alternatives we can turn to. If he wants an off topic thread or not, or some random assclown as a spokesperson, Nick is free to do what he wants to do. Yes, you have a right to blog freely and speak your mind, and he is free to ignore you, ban you or take you up on your recommendations. In the end, this is Nick’s website.
Sorry, bad day, and I am ready to bite someones head off today.
Cheer up camper, Lassie will come home and everybody else lighten up because life’s too short to get your panties in a bunch over the small stuff. I work a hard 40 for da man Monday through Friday (8 to 5) and really look forward to hanging out with all of the people that I have met on these blogs but it gets to be a little too much like work with all of the back and forth between the commentators. In the grand scheme of things, it’s really just not that important and by gones should be by gones. Actually, I think Bret at Jungle Jims should sanction a good natured WoF Sumo Wrestling (in the padded outfits) tournament between Blane and TheTruth as a way to put this whole thing all behind everyone.
Turk on 5/20/2008 at 10:57 am said:
Cheer up camper, Lassie will come home and everybody else lighten up because life’s too short to get your panties in a bunch over the small stuff. I work a hard 40 for da man Monday through Friday (8 to 5) and really look forward to hanging out with all of the people that I have met on these blogs but it gets to be a little too much like work with all of the back and forth between the commentators. In the grand scheme of things, it’s really just not that important and by gones should be by gones. Actually, I think Bret at Jungle Jims should sanction a good natured WoF Sumo Wrestling (in the padded outfits) tournament between Blane and TheTruth as a way to put this whole thing all behind everyone.
I could handle that.
DK on 5/20/2008 at 10:31 am said:
At least I wasn’t the one to bring out the stick. I’m totally against cruelty to animals, even dead, rotten, bloated, flies crawling in the eye sockets, worms out the other end, ones. Ok, my luch is ready, everyone enjoy your meal!
Oh, Kristi, my bloated comment was in no way directed towards you.
Someone say free roadkill
Willy, what is the ultimate gain by repeating the same criticism over and over again? You honestly believe that this is the tactic that will make Nick change his mind and make this blog in your image? You know we have good alternatives that offer a different approach than at HSB. I know you have a vision, and its a good one, but saying the same thing over and over again obviously will not change a thing. After a while you got to let the guy do what he thinks is best. Is it any different than teaching your kids to do the right thing, and hoping when they hit the real world they will do the right thing. You can always guide them, but you have to let them be, because if you don’t resentment will kick in. Nick is no child, and I don’t mean to use that analogy to demean him, just the first thing off of the top of my head.
All things can be made better except maybe a good slice of NY pizza, and I am sure some of you will suggest a hot sauce to change my mind. The HSB is not a bad place, and its not a bad place to read. Nick has some personal stuff going on, and I think whatever that might be it should be the most important thing in his life for the moment. Lets give the guy a break.
Oh yeah, Nick, Free Blane.
Buddah on 5/20/2008 at 1:38 pm said:
Willy, what is the ultimate gain by repeating the same criticism over and over again? You honestly believe that this is the tactic that will make Nick change his mind and make this blog in your image? You know we have good alternatives that offer a different approach than at HSB. I know you have a vision, and its a good one, but saying the same thing over and over again obviously will not change a thing. After a while you got to let the guy do what he thinks is best. Is it any different than teaching your kids to do the right thing, and hoping when they hit the real world they will do the right thing. You can always guide them, but you have to let them be, because if you don’t resentment will kick in. Nick is no child, and I don’t mean to use that analogy to demean him, just the first thing off of the top of my head.
All things can be made better except maybe a good slice of NY pizza, and I am sure some of you will suggest a hot sauce to change my mind. The HSB is not a bad place, and its not a bad place to read. Nick has some personal stuff going on, and I think whatever that might be it should be the most important thing in his life for the moment. Lets give the guy a break.
No tactic, not wanting anything in my image. And no, I don’t think Nick gives a rats ass what I say. But there’s a lot of wrong that’s been done to a lot of people here, and nobody seems to care. Well, I do and I’m willing to speak out about it. Always have been, always will be.
Maybe it’s falling on deaf ears. Well, so be it. It still doesn’t make the BS that goes on here right, and it sure as hell doesn’t help anything to stay quiet, people bitch about that too.
Gildo stepped up today and made some suggestions. Where’s the discussions on that? Umm, everyone’s too busy worried about why I’m not posting in the off topic thread. Why not just take up where Gildo left off and try to make a difference in what happens on the HSB.
Free Blane, Free Jerky, Free Roadkill!! Peace out bra.
dusty rhodes