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gopher321

2011-10-26 12:41:57 PM

A wed wose. How womantic.

Loaf's Tray

2011-10-26 12:45:58 PM

Subby said "rape" twice.

I love Garlic Man

2011-10-26 12:46:02 PM

what about rapes?

dr_iacovone

2011-10-26 12:46:16 PM

You said rapes twice.

kvinesknows

2011-10-26 12:46:41 PM

My wife likes rape, maybe we should move there.

NightOwl2255

2011-10-26 12:46:53 PM

Subby likes him some rapin'.

Codenamechaz

2011-10-26 12:47:00 PM

You said rape twice.

maliklockett

2011-10-26 12:47:07 PM

dr_iacovone: You said rapes twice.

I like Rape

Barnstormer

2011-10-26 12:47:27 PM

chickens one day and feathers the next...

Love the lingo.

The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves

2011-10-26 12:50:19 PM

What about Methodists?

ihatedumbpeople

2011-10-26 12:50:49 PM

oblig

fappomatic

2011-10-26 12:50:51 PM

Also enjoys rape.

statesymbolsusa.org

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utsagrad123

2011-10-26 12:53:19 PM

ihatedumbpeople: oblig

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Tempted to post my entry for an upcoming photoshop thread as a followup to this, but that will just ruin it for the PS contest.
/First world rape problems

ThreeEdgedSword

2011-10-26 12:54:11 PM

HotIgneous Intruder

2011-10-26 12:54:30 PM

FTA: "We definitely do drink a lot. I ain't going to lie," said Jordon Bourque, a 23-year-old pipe inspector from Lafayette, La., who was drinking beer at a bar in the Williamsport, Pa., area one recent night."

Sounds like some visiting good old boys need to get schooled on manners in this here town.

BarbadoSlim

2011-10-26 12:54:58 PM

Subby likes rape.

/rape

RickyWilliams'sBong

2011-10-26 12:57:40 PM

Does that make it rape-rape?

/whoopi'd

ThreeEdgedSword

2011-10-26 12:58:19 PM

themanuf

2011-10-26 12:58:43 PM

anyone mention yet that you said rape twice?

/doesn't need no stinking badges

Good Behavior Day

2011-10-26 12:58:53 PM

There's a buffet chain called HuHot Mongolian Grill. At the top of the menu, it says "Pillage like a Mongol."

I don't think they realize how much rape that involved.

/dibs on the blonde waitress

Snowflake Tubbybottom

2011-10-26 12:59:13 PM

Had a nice time, would rape again.

Crosshair

2011-10-26 01:01:43 PM

Um, people still believe that the "Wild west" was wild? That was a concoction of 1950's and 60's TV shows. Modern day New York is more dangerous then the western frontier ever was in terms of violence.

In Abilene, Ellsworth, Wichita, Dodge City, and Caldwell, for the years from 1870 to 1885, there were only 45 total homicides. This equates to a rate of approximately 1 murder per 100,000 residents per year. By contrast, the 2007 murder rate in NYC was 6 per 100,000 residents and Baltimore's was 45 per 100,000 residents.

A return to the "wild west" level of violence would be an improvement.

Ow! That was my feelings!

2011-10-26 01:02:53 PM

did some work in Williston, ND a while back. it is America's armpit.

Banned on the Run

2011-10-26 01:03:16 PM

You said theft once.

markb289

2011-10-26 01:03:34 PM

Bart: Stampeding cattle.
Hedley Lamarr: That's not much of a crime.
Bart: Through the Vatican?
Hedley Lamarr: [smiling] Kinkyyyy. Sign here.

MorePeasPlease

2011-10-26 01:05:52 PM

markb289

2011-10-26 01:06:01 PM

Taggart: We'll work up a Number 6 on 'em.
Hedley Lamarr: [frowns] "Number 6"? I'm afraid I'm not familiar with that one.
Taggart: Well, that's where we go a-ridin' into town, a-whompin' and a-whumpin' every livin' thing that moves within an inch of its life. Except the women folks, of course.
Hedley Lamarr: You spare the women?
Taggart: Naw, we rape the shiat out of them at the Number Six Dance later on.
Hedley Lamarr: Marvelous!

rev_nevar

2011-10-26 01:07:00 PM

George R R Martin approves.

Plant Rights Activist

2011-10-26 01:07:54 PM

subby said "and" twice

Bob16

2011-10-26 01:13:10 PM

>> the stream of men from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and elsewhere has been accompanied by increases in arrests, traffic violations, protection-from-abuse orders and warrants issued for people who don't show up in court, law enforcement officials said.

So Pennsylvania has gone into the the asshole importation business

Pwnchubr

2011-10-26 01:13:57 PM

Enough rape for everyone! Would rape again A +++!

Savage Belief

2011-10-26 01:13:57 PM

Crosshair: Um, people still believe that the "Wild west" was wild? That was a concoction of 1950's and 60's TV shows. Modern day New York is more dangerous then the western frontier ever was in terms of violence.

In Abilene, Ellsworth, Wichita, Dodge City, and Caldwell, for the years from 1870 to 1885, there were only 45 total homicides. This equates to a rate of approximately 1 murder per 100,000 residents per year. By contrast, the 2007 murder rate in NYC was 6 per 100,000 residents and Baltimore's was 45 per 100,000 residents.

A return to the "wild west" level of violence would be an improvement.

Maybe that has something to do with the practice of a "fair fight" where someone could still get shot to death and no one would be charged with murder. There's also the population numbers. Sure all those towns only had 45 homicides, but what was the percentage when compared to the 8 million living in NYC?

Savage Belief

2011-10-26 01:15:49 PM

Oh and rape, rape etc etc.

UncleFuucktard

2011-10-26 01:17:54 PM

I love Garlic Man

2011-10-26 01:17:54 PM

handbanana?

chopit

2011-10-26 01:18:03 PM

CHEWING GUM IN LINE?!

madcan34

2011-10-26 01:19:25 PM

But not like RAPE rape

BeesNuts

2011-10-26 01:20:35 PM

That is the strangest article I've read all day. Some highlights while we're all focused on the rapeyness of the headline.

But he said that many in the industry obey the law and that authorities in Pennsylvania have less tolerance for troublemakers than police in small-town Texas, where rig workers are used to raising hell and getting a pass from law enforcement.

"You can do that (stuff) and get away with it," Bourque said. In Pennsylvania, "they look at it totally different."

Welcome to The North where we have things like rules and shiat. Sucks. I know. Enjoy your stay.

Renee Daly, 27, of Montrose, Pa., said she knows of at least three marriages that ended when local women abandoned their husbands for gas-field workers.

It's "because of these Southern gentlemen, with their Southern accents, and the girls move in with these guys to take care of them," she said. "You get to spend their money, and they're gone two weeks at a time."

LOL

And the coup de gracey:
"Busching and Williston police are scrambling to hire but say they can't pay enough for their new officers to afford the high rents, and many would-be local applicants have opted for a higher paycheck in the drilling industry."

There's lulz. There's super-lulz. And then there's this. The police are trying to hire more police to protect the citizens from the drillers. But the prospective employees are just joining the drillers instead. Because they pay a living wage.

Aw man. That's fun.

adm_crunch

2011-10-26 01:21:04 PM

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier

2011-10-26 01:22:17 PM

The gas inspector is near?

4NTLRZ

2011-10-26 01:22:52 PM

As someone who previously worked as a rough-neck in far west Texas, I'm getting a kick outta the posts in this thread.

cantsleep

2011-10-26 01:23:31 PM

Sure all those towns only had 45 homicides, but what was the percentage when compared to the 8 million living in NYC?

You miss the 1 per 100,000 part of that qoute?

Saracuda

2011-10-26 01:24:31 PM

Strippers can make $2,000 a night up there.

/wish I wasn't such a fatty!

rawbert7

2011-10-26 01:25:12 PM

BeesNuts: That is the strangest article I've read all day. Some highlights while we're all focused on the rapeyness of the headline.

But he said that many in the industry obey the law and that authorities in Pennsylvania have less tolerance for troublemakers than police in small-town Texas, where rig workers are used to raising hell and getting a pass from law enforcement.

"You can do that (stuff) and get away with it," Bourque said. In Pennsylvania, "they look at it totally different."

Welcome to The North where we have things like rules and shiat. Sucks. I know. Enjoy your stay.

Renee Daly, 27, of Montrose, Pa., said she knows of at least three marriages that ended when local women abandoned their husbands for gas-field workers.

It's "because of these Southern gentlemen, with their Southern accents, and the girls move in with these guys to take care of them," she said. "You get to spend their money, and they're gone two weeks at a time."

LOL

And the coup de gracey:
"Busching and Williston police are scrambling to hire but say they can't pay enough for their new officers to afford the high rents, and many would-be local applicants have opted for a higher paycheck in the drilling industry."

There's lulz. There's super-lulz. And then there's this. The police are trying to hire more police to protect the citizens from the drillers. But the prospective employees are just joining the drillers instead. Because they pay a living wage.

Aw man. That's fun.

Kinda like the police in Mexico. shiatty wage and get shot by cartels or join cartels with 6-figure salary and shoot police. Tragic really.

markb289

2011-10-26 01:25:23 PM

chopit: CHEWING GUM IN LINE?!

I hope you brought enough for everybody.

BeesNuts

2011-10-26 01:27:17 PM

And the list of "things that are worse" gets hilarious when broken down.

More divorce from women running off with these guys. Oh and more domestic violence too!

More arrests. Shortage of police. Oh and they are having trouble getting these guys to court.

More chlamydia. because really. Is there ever enough chlamydia? Oh... psst. there's rumors of prostitution... keep it on the DL though.

Back in Pennsylvania, a Bradford County commissioner, Doug McLinko, said the crime spike doesn't change his mind about the importance of the drilling boom to the local economy. Other states, he said, would "cut an arm off" to have such a surge.

"I'm always a little apprehensive about painting this as a big problem around the county, because it just isn't," McLinko said. "A lot of these people are really well-behaved. ... To a large degree, is it out control or a major issue? Absolutely not."

A small price to pay for 6.5% UE.

lakrfool

2011-10-26 01:28:00 PM

Mongo like candy.

BarbadoSlim

2011-10-26 01:29:05 PM

Saracuda: Strippers can make $2,000 a night up there.

/wish I wasn't such a fatty!

You sound unrapeable.

watson.t.hamster

2011-10-26 01:30:41 PM

rawbert7: BeesNuts: That is the strangest article I've read all day. Some highlights while we're all focused on the rapeyness of the headline.

But he said that many in the industry obey the law and that authorities in Pennsylvania have less tolerance for troublemakers than police in small-town Texas, where rig workers are used to raising hell and getting a pass from law enforcement.

"You can do that (stuff) and get away with it," Bourque said. In Pennsylvania, "they look at it totally different."

Welcome to The North where we have things like rules and shiat. Sucks. I know. Enjoy your stay.

Wait, so you're saying Texas is soft on crime? I question the validity of this statement.

And the coup de gracey:
"Busching and Williston police are scrambling to hire but say they can't pay enough for their new officers to afford the high rents, and many would-be local applicants have opted for a higher paycheck in the drilling industry."

There's lulz. There's super-lulz. And then there's this. The police are trying to hire more police to protect the citizens from the drillers. But the prospective employees are just joining the drillers instead. Because they pay a living wage.

Aw man. That's fun.

Kinda like the police in Mexico. shiatty wage and get shot by cartels or join cartels with 6-figure salary and shoot police. Tragic really.

If only there were some way to convince people to take the police jobs . . . if only.

iutodd32

2011-10-26 01:30:57 PM

'Scuse me while I whip this out.

/Boy is he strict.
//We don't want the Irish.
///(Explosion) (Horse flying through the air)

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