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PrintableImago said: FunkMistress said:  I'm glad somebody got the joke. (waiting for the usual assholes to seize to opportunity to get on their soap box and lambaste me while they're at it.)
Who's boobs are those in your avvie? Is that Erin?? | |
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Slave2daGroove said: purplehippieonthe1 said: If you think that's expensive, you should try living in Iceland. I drive a Opel Corsa that's very fuel-efficient but the current gas price is about 2 canadian dollars for one litre of unleaded 95 oct. gas! I know that prices are even higher in Europe, as crazy as that might sound, but the situation here is very difficult because of the high fuel prices. There have been regular protests by truck drivers that are protesting fuel prices (and some other truck driver-related issues) by blocking highways and driving slowly. The protests have been met with support from the public for the most part despite the road delays but these protests have now become more disorganized and are getting more and more out of hand. Yesterday truck drivers blocked the main road from the capital to the southern region for 6 hours! And things got so much out of hand that police had to step in with measures I've never seen done here in Iceland before.... And one thing I must mention. The truck drivers are not even the ones that suffer most from the high fuel prices... they usually get the 24,5% VAT deducted for business reasons. But here's a clip of the protests that were taking place yesterday.... craziness. 
[Edited 4/24/08 9:32am] This is not good. Be safe purplehippie, do you live in the capital? I didn't even know they had this many cops there, much less pepper spraying protesters... Yes I live in the capital but usually these protests have been taking place while I'm at work, far from the scene of protests. I don't feel particularly unsafe but then again I haven't witnessed stuff like this with my bare eyes. I would imagine it being quite scary filling the tank at the gas station which is shown there, seeing crazy cops nearby with pepper-spray screaming "GAS! GAS! GAS!" Here is another clip from the protests... I have never seen so many cops at one particular "scene" in this country: http://dagskra.ruv.is/str...=4365662/1 | |
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CarrieLee said: Imago said: I'm glad somebody got the joke. (waiting for the usual assholes to seize to opportunity to get on their soap box and lambaste me while they're at it.)
Who's boobs are those in your avvie? Is that Erin?? OMG, don't say that name. I'll get temp banned.
Her boobs are like avatar cryptonite. And yes--they are hers. | |
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Imago said: Spookymuffin said: Oh my GOD don't you DARE whinge about gas prices. Boo fucking hoo. Come to England -- or any other country, for that matter -- where prices actually represent supply. THEN YOU CAN CRY.
We're American though. We deserve better.   | |
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Imago said: FunkMistress said: I'm glad somebody got the joke. (waiting for the usual assholes to seize to opportunity to get on their soap box and lambaste me while they're at it.) I thought it was funny! | |
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Imago said: CarrieLee said:
Who's boobs are those in your avvie? Is that Erin?? OMG, don't say that name. I'll get temp banned.
Her boobs are like avatar cryptonite. And yes--they are hers. They're HUGE. Bitch.  | |
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Spookymuffin said: evenstar3 said: but they've always been high there, right? they're continually rising on us & it's that aspect that's shitty to deal with. No, they've not always been higher, it's just that our prices have been higher since the mid-90s to reflect the falling supply. America artificially maintained lower oil prices to keep the economy going at full pace. i have no idea about that kind of thing, but hey, they're the reason i can't commute to a job in l.a. this summer soooo not loving them very much at the moment. | |
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CarrieLee said: Imago said: OMG, don't say that name. I'll get temp banned.
Her boobs are like avatar cryptonite. And yes--they are hers. They're HUGE. Bitch. They have to be to contain her huge heart. | |
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Spookymuffin said: UK Gas Prices right now are closer to $12/gallon. If not more.
that's because you guys don't have your own refineries and shit. 
we got that. it's all just a big conspiracy to start drilling in the Alaskan nature preserves. | |
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Imago said: CarrieLee said: They're HUGE. Bitch. They have to be to contain her huge heart. 
Wait, does that mean I have no heart? 
. [Edited 4/24/08 9:57am] | |
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CarrieLee said: Imago said: They have to be to contain her huge heart.
Wait, does that mean I have no heart?
. [Edited 4/24/08 9:57am] I'm glad some got the joke. (waiting for all the assholes to chime in and get on a soap box about how it's impossible to live without have a heart, and lambaste me while they're at it.) | |
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Imago said: They have to be to contain her huge heart. :fallthefuckoff: | |
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About those protests I mentioned earlier, today shit has officially hit the fuckin' fan. Yesterday, when the drivers of the trucks refused to move their trucks from the highway, their trucks were moved by the police to a special place. Today, when the drivers were picking up their vehicles, a truck driver attacked a policeman while some people were actually cheering and applauding this.
on picture: the attacker being held down by a policewoman 
I'm all for lowering fuel prices by lowering fuel taxes, but this shows that there are different methods to getting that point across, and these kind of tactics simply are NOT working. [Edited 4/24/08 12:43pm] | |
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evenstar3 said: Spookymuffin said: Oh my GOD don't you DARE whinge about gas prices. Boo fucking hoo. Come to England -- or any other country, for that matter -- where prices actually represent supply. THEN YOU CAN CRY.
but they've always been high there, right? they're continually rising on us & it's that aspect that's shitty to deal with. It is what it is. Get used to it. It's not likely that the oil rich nations are going to take pity on you. They have too many other cutomers that can afford to pay the price, as well as play nice with them so  | |
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I feel your pain, as a mother of three young girls who serves as a taxi for them...I am stopping at the gas station every 5-6 days and adding 70 bucks of gas. WTF!!!?? | |
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You're kidding, right? Damnyum.
Spookymuffin said: UK Gas Prices right now are closer to $12/gallon. If not more. | |
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