It seemed perfectly normal until I clicked comments and remembered WWF is not wrestling. Thanks Dr.Fey.

Yea, that's generally looked down upon in international relations.

Cage match!

umm... isn't Saudia Arabia 100% desert and if so, how could they possibly have a bad environmental record?

Yeah... cuz Saudi Arabia gives a damn what anyone else thinks.

Beautiful creatures like Ricky The Dragon Steamboat and Jake The Snake Roberts must be protected.

Jamrock: Yea, that's generally looked down upon in international relations.

I was talking about the nameplate thing.

If wars were like pro-wrestling, where it's convincing for the rednecks and mouth-breathers in each country who want to see shiat get blown up, but nobody usually gets hurts, that would be awesome. They could even fight over token pieces of land, or something

And how do these fatheads propose to feed seven billion people without petroleum?

Executive directory Jeremy Hobbs said the act was "offensive, inexcusable and inappropriate."

Did the King of Saudi Arabia apologize to the US when a bunch of Saudi citizens committed a far more heinous crime against the US? No, he didn't; the question is rhetorical. It's time for the world to stop sucking up to the Saudis.

you know setting up cage matches at the UN might actually be the way to spark effective international cooperation on bigger scale

Fantastic subby, absolutely fantastic.

I found this funny - the reason WWE had to change their name from WWF to WWE was because of a lawsuit they filed against the ACTUAL WWF (World Wildlife Fund), claiming they had exclusive rights to the WWF symbol/tradename. Pretty simple case, really - the judge found that the World Wildlife Fund had been registered since about 1949 (IIRC) and the World Wrestling Federation was registered several years later. So even though WWE sued WWF, WWF won exclusive rights.

That'll teach 'em.

Now Saudi Arabia should apologize to the rest of the world for being generally unhelpful to humanity in every way except for having oil reserves.

Put them in a camel clutch!

I totally read that as World Wrasslin Federation and not the eat the pandas group.

So much funnier. Kudos, subby. Kudos.

Broken nameplate - 'cause Stone Cold said so.

kvinesknows: umm... isn't Saudia Arabia 100% desert and if so, how could they possibly have a bad environmental record?

Buchmann and Nabhan (1996) have projected that with an estimated 1200 species, there is greater species richness of native bees within an hour's drive of Tucson than anywhere else in the Americas, and perhaps anywhere else in the world. The overall pollinator diversity of the Sonoran region is remarkably high, with upwards of 150 butterfly species, perhaps as many as 1,200 moth species, 17 hummingbird species, and at least 5 nectar-feeding bats servicing the region's flowering plants. Finally, we must consider bird diversity from a variety of perspectives. There have been at least 500 bird species reported in the Sonoran bioregion, roughly half the known number of birds present in the continental U.S. or in all of Mexico. Remarkably, northsouth corridors such as the Rio San Pedro or the Rio Colorado may each harbor as many as 400 species for breeding, overwintering and migrating; that includes 75 percent of all the bird species which migrate between the U.S. and Mexico (Stevens et al. 1987; Anderson et al. 1987). There are roughly fifty species found in the Arizona portion of the Sonoran bioregion that are seen nowhere else in the U.S., and 15 species endemic to Mexican portions of the region (Flores-Villela and Navarro 1993). (new window)

Arabian Desert Biodiversity (new window)

EliminateNinniesAndTwits: Now Saudi Arabia should apologize to the rest of the world for being generally unhelpful to humanity in every way except for having oil reserves.

This. Even archeology and anthropology has been crippled in Saudi Arabia. Publicly known sites that could have possible historic significance routinely get destroyed by the local Muslim population intent on erasing knowledge of pre-Islamic history and beliefs.

To stay safe scientific digs get conducted in relative secret, often under the guise of construction and without publication in journals.

Drizzit: you know setting up cage matches at the UN might actually be the way to spark effective international cooperation on bigger scale

Um, the world would be ruled by Pooty Poot.

Over in one.

ECW! ECW! ECW! ECW!

apologizes?

Unavailable for comment.



/Obscure?
//Image as hot as his temper.

The Mad Fapper: Fantastic subby, absolutely fantastic.

I found this funny - the reason WWE had to change their name from WWF to WWE was because of a lawsuit they filed against the ACTUAL WWF (World Wildlife Fund), claiming they had exclusive rights to the WWF symbol/tradename. Pretty simple case, really - the judge found that the World Wildlife Fund had been registered since about 1949 (IIRC) and the World Wrestling Federation was registered several years later. So even though WWE sued WWF, WWF won exclusive rights.

That'll teach 'em.

There is no teaching Vince McMahon anything. Ever.

But yeah, it's pretty funny.

Looks like WWF needs a PR rep like Owen Hart needed a safety pad

/Window please

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: Looks like WWF needs a PR rep like Owen Hart needed a safety pad

/Window please

I lol'd. Damn you.

WWF needed a PR rep like Chris Benoit needed a psych evaluation?

The Mad Fapper: Fantastic subby, absolutely fantastic.

I found this funny - the reason WWE had to change their name from WWF to WWE was because of a lawsuit they filed against the ACTUAL WWF (World Wildlife Fund), claiming they had exclusive rights to the WWF symbol/tradename. Pretty simple case, really - the judge found that the World Wildlife Fund had been registered since about 1949 (IIRC) and the World Wrestling Federation was registered several years later. So even though WWE sued WWF, WWF won exclusive rights.

That'll teach 'em.

The World Wildlife Fund sued the World Wrestling Federation for merchandising the WWF brand too much overseas which violated an agreement the two had that allowed them both to use WWF.

/Vince McMahon is still an ass

"Apologized unreservedly... soured an already-tense mood..."

Oh, get on. Some immature trustafarian throws a childish tantrum (hur, I put it in the TOILET, huh huh) and instead of just taping up a new sign & moving on, a bunch of diplomats who clearly know better chose to react in mock horror as though it were an international assassination attempt. Politics at its best.

Hypothetical Imperative: The Mad Fapper: Fantastic subby, absolutely fantastic.

I found this funny - the reason WWE had to change their name from WWF to WWE was because of a lawsuit they filed against the ACTUAL WWF (World Wildlife Fund), claiming they had exclusive rights to the WWF symbol/tradename. Pretty simple case, really - the judge found that the World Wildlife Fund had been registered since about 1949 (IIRC) and the World Wrestling Federation was registered several years later. So even though WWE sued WWF, WWF won exclusive rights.

That'll teach 'em.

There is no teaching Vince McMahon anything. Ever.

But yeah, it's pretty funny.

hrm the WWE wikipedia page claims the WWF sued, and the WWF page clames the WWE sued.

Though the WWF page looks to have alot of other innacuracies, like claiming the suit happened 2 years after it was settled, and other random vandalizing.

Cyno01: kvinesknows: umm... isn't Saudia Arabia 100% desert and if so, how could they possibly have a bad environmental record?

The desert is actually a very delicate ecosystem.


Please don't feed the delicate ecosystem.

"If I live to be 100, I will never understand why they keep so many damn weapons under the ring. It's like they want the wrestlers to use them on each other..." - Jim Ross, WWE RAW

done in 1

canyoneer: kvinesknows: umm... isn't Saudia Arabia 100% desert and if so, how could they possibly have a bad environmental record?

Buchmann and Nabhan (1996) have projected that with an estimated 1200 species, there is greater species richness of native bees within an hour's drive of Tucson than anywhere else in the Americas, and perhaps anywhere else in the world. The overall pollinator diversity of the Sonoran region is remarkably high, with upwards of 150 butterfly species, perhaps as many as 1,200 moth species, 17 hummingbird species, and at least 5 nectar-feeding bats servicing the region's flowering plants. Finally, we must consider bird diversity from a variety of perspectives. There have been at least 500 bird species reported in the Sonoran bioregion, roughly half the known number of birds present in the continental U.S. or in all of Mexico. Remarkably, northsouth corridors such as the Rio San Pedro or the Rio Colorado may each harbor as many as 400 species for breeding, overwintering and migrating; that includes 75 percent of all the bird species which migrate between the U.S. and Mexico (Stevens et al. 1987; Anderson et al. 1987). There are roughly fifty species found in the Arizona portion of the Sonoran bioregion that are seen nowhere else in the U.S., and 15 species endemic to Mexican portions of the region (Flores-Villela and Navarro 1993). (new window)

Arabian Desert Biodiversity (new window)

exactly.. just like Arizona, nothing there worth saving so whats it matter?

OrelupM: Hypothetical Imperative: The Mad Fapper: Fantastic subby, absolutely fantastic.

I found this funny - the reason WWE had to change their name from WWF to WWE was because of a lawsuit they filed against the ACTUAL WWF (World Wildlife Fund), claiming they had exclusive rights to the WWF symbol/tradename. Pretty simple case, really - the judge found that the World Wildlife Fund had been registered since about 1949 (IIRC) and the World Wrestling Federation was registered several years later. So even though WWE sued WWF, WWF won exclusive rights.

That'll teach 'em.

There is no teaching Vince McMahon anything. Ever.

But yeah, it's pretty funny.

hrm the WWE wikipedia page claims the WWF sued, and the WWF page clames the WWE sued.

Though the WWF page looks to have alot of other innacuracies, like claiming the suit happened 2 years after it was settled, and other random vandalizing.

My understanding was that it happened like this:

WWF was holding a fundraiser event and advertising the hell out of it. Vince McMahon got pissed off that people were confusing his brand and the World Wildlife Fund, so he issued a cease-and-desist order against WWF. When WWF refused to honor it, McMahon sued. WWF countersued after the WWE case was thrown out, and the judge ordered the Then-WWF to change their name.

Of course, this is just how I remember hearing about it, and some quick google-fu turns up many different stories on how it happened.

/I still remember their promo "Get the 'F' out"
//WCW used to rip on that promo, saying "they're taking the 'fun' out"
///ah the good old days.

WelldeadLink: Please don't feed the delicate ecosystem.

I'd hate to be the person who stumbled across the delicate ecosystem's rectum.

The ultimate plan to make oil affordable.....

1)Make all food exports leaving the US controlled by the Federal govt and not private industry.

2) Announce that the price of exported corn/grain/etc from the US will cost per bushel what oil costs per barrel.

3)????

4) profit

Lets see you eat your oil.

"Wrestling is gay".

squerrelco3, Bobby Knight throwing a chair is in no way obscure!

Neither is this:

I apology unreservedly. I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact and was in no way fair comment and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future.

The Mad Fapper: OrelupM: Hypothetical Imperative: The Mad Fapper: Fantastic subby, absolutely fantastic.

I found this funny - the reason WWE had to change their name from WWF to WWE was because of a lawsuit they filed against the ACTUAL WWF (World Wildlife Fund), claiming they had exclusive rights to the WWF symbol/tradename. Pretty simple case, really - the judge found that the World Wildlife Fund had been registered since about 1949 (IIRC) and the World Wrestling Federation was registered several years later. So even though WWE sued WWF, WWF won exclusive rights.

That'll teach 'em.

There is no teaching Vince McMahon anything. Ever.

But yeah, it's pretty funny.

hrm the WWE wikipedia page claims the WWF sued, and the WWF page clames the WWE sued.

Though the WWF page looks to have alot of other innacuracies, like claiming the suit happened 2 years after it was settled, and other random vandalizing.

My understanding was that it happened like this:

WWF was holding a fundraiser event and advertising the hell out of it. Vince McMahon got pissed off that people were confusing his brand and the World Wildlife Fund, so he issued a cease-and-desist order against WWF. When WWF refused to honor it, McMahon sued. WWF countersued after the WWE case was thrown out, and the judge ordered the Then-WWF to change their name.

Of course, this is just how I remember hearing about it, and some quick google-fu turns up many different stories on how it happened.

/I still remember their promo "Get the 'F' out"
//WCW used to rip on that promo, saying "they're taking the 'fun' out"
///ah the good old days.

McMahon started the whole thing and lost spectacularly. The 2nd and most recent lawsuit (2001) filed by the Wildlife folks came about because despite being told not to do so the McMahon kept using the name overseas and the web address.

squrrelco3: Unavailable for comment.

{bobby knight picture}

/Obscure?
//Image as hot as his temper.

Do you even know what the word "obscure" means?

radioman_: Executive directory Jeremy Hobbs said the act was "offensive, inexcusable and inappropriate."



Approves

I will never apologize to any towelhead. Not now not ever. fark them. I hope every farking Muslim camel farkers dies of ass cancer.

Enjoy the weekend everyone!