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	greypearl 2005-04-30 04:18 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, who slipped metaquotes the Valium? ~~And where can I get some?~~ (Reply to this)

	judyhazeleyes 2005-04-30 04:43 pm UTC (link)
	... wow. Are people on there seriously discussing assisted suicide for the severely depressed? I don't think I've ever seen that before. I'm not offended, mind - on some days, I'd very much love to take them up on that offer - I'm just quietly boggled. (Reply to this)(Thread)

bubosquared
2005-04-30 05:27 pm UTC (link)

Actually, back home in Belgium, in the wake of the euthanasia-legalisation debates, there was a small debate about this sort of thing. Basically, people saying that you know, some people live with (chemical) depressions for years, and can't find any medication that works, and they really just want out, so would it be that bad to make information available to them (not public, but after a "screening" of sorts, so to speak) so they can do it in the least painful/messy way possible.

I believe there's actuall an organisation like this in the Netherlands, who guide people through it, including making sure they have things like their will, living will, etc. in order, and that they've said all they want to say to friends and family.

I can sort of see their point, to be honest, in cases like that.

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	judyhazeleyes 2005-04-30 05:30 pm UTC (link)
	That's what I get for living in North America, I guess - I tend to forget sometimes that there are forward-thinking countries out there. That is bloody amazing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

bubosquared
2005-04-30 05:48 pm UTC (link)

I believe the main argument was to have chronic depression (and other mental illnesses, but that was the main one, I think) recognised as a chronic illness under the qualifications given in the euthanasia law. It was an interesting discussion, though I don't think they got anywhere with it yet. (And I think it was shortly thereafter usurped by the discussion about euthanasia on minors. That law opened up a whole can of worms, let me tell you.)

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	moonjaguar 2005-04-30 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	No, just_3_apples, you are not alone. I see it as satirical. I don't find suicide funny but I snickered. (waits for somebody.. somebody! to start posting the lyrics to "Suicide Is Painless" and for people to get their undies in a bunch). (Reply to this)(Thread)

atalantapendrag
2005-04-30 06:46 pm UTC (link)

I'm tempted to; if anyone has the right to be offended it's me. As I posted when there only a few comments, I've made suicide attempts in the past, and a close blood relative did suicide. Jokes about suicide are usually tasteless, but they can still be funny, and OMG! You know, there's nothing in the US guaranteeing a right to never be offended? Do other countries grant citizens that right or something? Because some people sure seem to think they have that right.

And it's not like it wasn't posted behind a cut.

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	(Anonymous) 2005-05-02 05:08 pm UTC (link)
	[insert "behind the cut" suicide joke here] (Reply to this)(Parent)

	mambo 2005-04-30 05:36 pm UTC (link)
	Personally, I'm boggling at the people who are commenting on how hard they're laughing. Because, um, it's an old and tired joke. I wonder if they heard the one about the duck who walked into the bar... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	moonjaguar 2005-04-30 07:47 pm UTC (link)
	A skeleton walked into a bar and said, "Get me a beer... and a mop!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	judyhazeleyes 2005-04-30 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	Two guys walk into a bar. Wouldn't you think that one of them would have the sense to duck? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gal_montag 2005-04-30 09:56 pm UTC (link)
	So a dyslexic walks into a bra... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	judyhazeleyes 2005-04-30 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	Do you know, I now have an insatiable urge to walk directly into the next lovely set of boobies that I see and say "Oh, I'm sorry! I'm dyslexic - I thought this was a bar." Too bad it'd get my face slapped into next year. And it may not be purty, but it's the only one I've got. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sarajayechan 2005-05-01 02:24 am UTC (link)
	DIES (Reply to this)(Parent)

	distractogirl 2005-05-01 05:31 am UTC (link)
	Ok so I really shouldn't because this is possibly as old as yours but on the same theme... What does DNA stand for? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gal_montag 2005-05-01 05:47 am UTC (link)
	What? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	distractogirl 2005-05-01 06:19 am UTC (link)
	Oooh. Someone who hasn't heard the only joke I know! It stands for the National Dyslexia Association. Oh and to anyone thinking of the smart answer I know it actually stands for Deoxyribo-Nucleic Acid. So ner. Yeah I know you weren't going to but... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gal_montag 2005-05-01 06:24 am UTC (link)
	snork That's a good one. =) A pirate walks into a bar and he's got a steering wheel in his pants, the bartender asks: "Hey man, what's with the steering wheel?" The pirate replies: "Yarr, it's drivin' me nuts." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

distractogirl
2005-05-01 06:51 am UTC (link)

*squeaks with laughter*

Thats good too!

I do know other good jokes. But they're blonde jokes, and they have all been told to me at one time or another with a look on the tellers face of "Look at me I'm so original I'm telling a blonde joke to a blonde girl!". *sigh*

Best blonde joke?

A group of English blondes are standing outside a club looking at the sign on the door. The leader-type turns to the others and says "Oh well looks like we can't go in then." The bouncer catches her and says, "why not, you all look old enough!"

"Oh we are!" She says, "But there's only 17 of us and the sign says 'Must be 18 to enter.'"

Forgive me. That was a terrible joke. I have another one, but its awful. And awfully dirty too.

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	gal_montag 2005-05-01 07:05 am UTC (link)
	Hee! Dirty jokes are good, so are awful jokes. Two apples are baking in an oven, one apple turns to the other and says: "Hey, how's it goin'?" and other apple says: "Oh my God! A talking apple!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

distractogirl
2005-05-01 07:14 am UTC (link)

*snickers quietly so as not to wake anyone*
These won't live up to what I said they were but, I should have been in bed many many (I think thats 8 in troll terms) hours ago, so two more little jokes won't hurt. And then I must stop. Cos I'm sure nobody is *that* interested.

Whats the difference between a blonde and The Titanic?

And...

How do you keep a blonde occupied for a week?
Put her in a round room and tell her to sit in the corner.

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	gal_montag 2005-05-01 07:17 am UTC (link)
	A blonde needs dinner before she'll go down on you? snickers I've heard the second one before. It's still funny, though. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	distractogirl 2005-05-01 07:31 am UTC (link)
	Very close, but no cigar - They know how many men went down on the Titanic. I don't know why I like that joke. It's got me into so much trouble! (Reply to this)(Parent)