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		Teen with Down Syndrome wins gold at Special Olympics, second place in a national beauty contest... but still has one more goal to fulfill before she graduates high school (kvia.com)		46
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Silly Jesus		2012-05-02 09:09:43 AM

11 votes:

perigee		2012-05-02 08:22:53 AM

6 votes:

Do a little dance... make a little love...
get Downs tonight!

poonesfarm		2012-05-01 09:56:04 PM

5 votes:

Counting to potato?

omenhiser		2012-05-02 08:43:14 AM

4 votes:

So, did they get her with the pigs blood?

liverleef		2012-05-02 08:12:26 AM

3 votes:

djkutch		2012-05-01 10:18:41 PM

3 votes:

cman: While we are at it, why dont we grant her a commercial pilots license? And, to be even more nicer to this fine disabled lady, why dont we give her a job as a scientist at a lab where small pox and anthrax are studied? If she were to go to school it would be discriminatory because she cannot pass the classes.

I really want to party with you. You sound like a fun guy.

P-Money All $tar		2012-05-03 05:28:04 AM

2 votes:

Rabid Turnip		2012-05-02 10:54:09 AM

2 votes:

perigee: Do a little dance... make a little love...
get Downs tonight!

i1134.photobucket.com

boyvoyeur		2012-05-02 09:07:01 AM

2 votes:

kvinesknows: What about the girl with no downs who also dreamed of being prom queen and looked like a shoo in to win until this biatch and her family came long and guilted people in to voting for her?

Online dating should be fun in the future for that girl.

"I'm looking at your profile. I bet you're really cute. I guess you were the best looking girl in high school."

"Well, I came in second for prom queen."

"Wow, the winner must have been a knock out."

"Um well... let's talk about you. Who do you look like?"

rpl		2012-05-02 07:05:39 AM

2 votes:

Win an argument on the internet?

doglover		2012-05-02 12:34:48 AM

2 votes:

Pictured here accepting the prize.

SharkTrager		2012-05-02 01:41:02 PM

1 votes:

The beauty contest was Glamour Shots?

Let's be fair. She was competing on a level playing field on that one.

Dr.Knockboots		2012-05-02 12:31:47 PM

1 votes:

Ever notice how those waterheads all have the same Pete Rose/Shemp haircut?

jst3p		2012-05-02 12:24:06 PM

1 votes:

If someone has sex with her, that would be farking retarded.

SweetSilverBlues		2012-05-02 11:45:21 AM

1 votes:

greenboy: Abe Vigoda's Ghost: greenboy: Bathia_Mapes: cman: While we are at it, why dont we grant her a commercial pilots license? And, to be even more nicer to this fine disabled lady, why dont we give her a job as a scientist at a lab where small pox and anthrax are studied? If she were to go to school it would be discriminatory because she cannot pass the classes.

Why don't you just STFU and FOAD.

off subject, and not in the least bit odd but...
Your screen name keeps popping in my head. Can you explain what it means, or else i may go nuts?

Here you go

I'm not sure that helped. I get that it is a character's name. Meh. I guess i'll go read catcher in the rye. I think that'll help.

Just...avoid anything regarding someone you find particularly fascinating after doing so, mmkay?

highendmighty		2012-05-02 11:24:31 AM

1 votes:

Get tossed into the ocean?

Abe Vigoda's Ghost		2012-05-02 11:13:15 AM

1 votes:

Silly Jesus: Paul Baumer: Silly Jesus: Paul Baumer: Silly Jesus:
Your checklist also applies to a tree. Or, perhaps more appropriately, a potato.

Sounds like somebody didn't get the pity vote when they were in high school and never got over it. Chin up now - jealousy is an awful thing.

Spot on, mate.

Admission is the first step towards resolution. I wish you well on your journey.

Ok, I just spent the last 2 minutes on my journey. Can I have my sympathy completion medal now?

i45.tinypic.com

Congratulations. We are all so very proud of you.

GeeksAreMyPeeps		2012-05-02 10:11:36 AM

1 votes:

OtherLittleGuy: doglover: [www.makeandtakes.com image 400x298]

Pictured here accepting the prize.

Actually, this was her prize:

[www.valdosta.edu image 640x566]

/obscure?
//more like obtuse

Surprised that no one has posted this yet:

Paul Baumer		2012-05-02 09:55:50 AM

1 votes:

Silly Jesus:
Your checklist also applies to a tree. Or, perhaps more appropriately, a potato.

Sounds like somebody didn't get the pity vote when they were in high school and never got over it. Chin up now - jealousy is an awful thing.

stoli n coke		2012-05-02 09:52:26 AM

1 votes:

almafuerte: cman: Bathia_Mapes: GAT_00: Maybe because that doesn't really read as satire.

Exactly this. What you posted comes across as trolling, not satire.

My apologies

Don't apologize. This assholes drank all the cool aid, and bought all of the PC bullshiat regarding retards.

If you are defective, be thankful you weren't born in Sparta and shut the fark up. Why the hell are we doing this bullshiat? She has a defective chromosome. She's not beautiful or smart. Pretending that she is and giving her stupid prizes makes as as farking retarded as she is.

First, stop jacking it to 300.
Second, "makes as as farking retarded as she is?" Let he who is without dumbass throw the first potato.

stoli n coke		2012-05-02 09:32:19 AM

1 votes:

Bongo Blue: Just does'nt seem like Olympics without boxing...

Too many legal pitfalls and liability issues. Putting 2 tards in the ring would be like cloning the Incredible Hulk and injecting them with PCP and shark adrenaline, then turning them loose on each other. Not only would there be a very low survivability probability for both fighters, the first 2 rows of spectators would be in extremely high danger of injury or death themselves.

That's why I proposed pitting Special Olympics athletes against UFC fighters in an enclosed cage to protect the crowd.
Liddell Vs. Corky, Summer 2013, Atlantic City, $49.99, only on Pay Per View.

Silly Jesus		2012-05-02 09:31:35 AM

1 votes:

Paul Baumer: I can't believe that somehow there are people that find the idea of a "pity vote" for this kid more troubling than the reasons kids normally vote for prom queens. Seems more like a step up in intellectual character from where I sit. I am much more tempted to give everyone the benefit of the doubt here, and consider that many concluded

A: I am not going to win,
B: it's not that big a deal,
C: those really attractive kids treat me like shiate the rest of the year, so why the fark should I vote for them?
D: Nunez actively doesn't treat me like shiate, so she's more deserving anyway.

Such concern for the attractive and well-off here - it's like you can spot the Republicans..

Your checklist also applies to a tree. Or, perhaps more appropriately, a potato.

Dinobot		2012-05-02 09:26:18 AM

1 votes:

Little.Alex		2012-05-02 09:13:56 AM

1 votes:

IAMTHEINTARWEBS: hillary: GIS for Glamor Shots is.....

well.....

don't.

Ya gotta trust me on this, just don't.

Oh mommy, make the eyehurt stop.

Well, you gotta see this then.
I laughed 'til I pooped myself.

Link
Link

To me; a lot of bad Glamor Shots end up looking like John LIthgow.

auntiefashion.files.wordpress.com

Dadoody		2012-05-02 07:49:22 AM

1 votes:

Dilios: When the boy was born, like all Spartans, he was inspected.

Doctor Funkenstein		2012-05-02 07:38:30 AM

1 votes:

HotWingConspiracy		2012-05-02 07:34:57 AM

1 votes:

Successfully calculate potato to the power of firetruck?

Macular Degenerate		2012-05-02 07:28:10 AM

1 votes:

Can't see image, so did a GIS for CarolAnn Nunez

"I want to eat your soul...after you bring me a cookie."

4.bp.blogspot.com

OtherLittleGuy		2012-05-02 07:24:28 AM

1 votes:

doglover: [www.makeandtakes.com image 400x298]

Pictured here accepting the prize.

Actually, this was her prize:

www.valdosta.edu

/obscure?
//more like obtuse

IAMTHEINTARWEBS		2012-05-02 07:18:22 AM

1 votes:

hillary: GIS for Glamor Shots is.....

well.....

don't.

Ya gotta trust me on this, just don't.

Oh mommy, make the eyehurt stop.

Well, you gotta see this then.
I laughed 'til I pooped myself.

Link

Link

assjuice		2012-05-02 07:13:30 AM

1 votes:

Public school- so easy even a retard can do it.

HenryFnord		2012-05-02 07:07:54 AM

1 votes:

Does rather debase the "married the prom queen" cachet.

Dadoody		2012-05-02 07:05:34 AM

1 votes:

Down syndrome or Down's syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, is a chromosomal condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. It is named after John Langdon Down, the British physician who described the syndrome in 1866. The condition was clinically described earlier in the 19th century by Jean Etienne Dominique Esquirol in 1838 and Edouard Seguin in 1844. Down syndrome was identified as a chromosome 21 trisomy by Dr. Jérôme Lejeune in 1959. Down syndrome can be identified in a baby at birth, or by prenatal screening.

The incidence of Down syndrome is estimated at 4.6 per 10,000 births, Down syndrome occurs in all human populations, and analogous conditions have been found in other species such as chimpanzees.

Often Down syndrome is associated with a delay in cognitive ability and physical growth, and a particular set of facial characteristics. The average IQ of young adults with Down syndrome is around 50, compared to normal children with an IQ of 100. A large proportion of Individuals with Down syndrome have a severe degree of intellectual disability.

Many children with Down syndrome who have received family support, enrichment therapies and tutoring manage to graduate from high school and are able to do paid work, and some participate in post-secondary education as well.

Individuals with Down syndrome may have some or all of the following physical characteristics: microgenia (an abnormally small chin), an unusually round face, macroglossia (protruding or oversized tongue), an almond shape to the eyes caused by an epicanthic fold of the eyelid, upslanting palpebral fissures (the separation between the upper and lower eyelids), shorter limbs, a single transverse palmar crease (a single instead of a double crease across one or both palms), poor muscle tone, and a larger than normal space between the big and second toes.Health concerns for individuals with Down syndrome include a higher risk for congenital heart defects, recurrent ear infections that may lead to hearing loss, obstructive sleep apnea, thyroid dysfunctions, and obesity.

Early childhood intervention, screening for common problems, medical treatment where indicated, a conducive family environment, and vocational training can improve the overall development of children with Down syndrome. Education and proper care will improve quality of life significantly, despite genetic limitations.

Feel_the_velvet		2012-05-02 06:50:21 AM

1 votes:

Carolann has dreamed of being prom queen for years and years.

Oh, prom queen.

Gordon Bennett		2012-05-02 06:24:17 AM

1 votes:

cman: While we are at it, why dont we grant her a commercial pilots license?

She has Down's Syndrome. She isn't 'tarded.

www.cineol.net

It does, however, sound as if she is indeed leading a really kick-ass life, scrote.

puffy999		2012-05-02 06:22:04 AM

1 votes:

She has also won second place in a national Glamor Shots contest

Lionel Mandrake		2012-05-02 03:44:32 AM

1 votes:

cretinbob: I'm sorry, I read that as "local porn"

That's hot

Richard Freckle		2012-05-02 12:43:18 AM

1 votes:

Mazzic518		2012-05-02 12:31:04 AM

1 votes:

Somacandra		2012-05-02 12:07:13 AM

1 votes:

Dude, that's totally awesome! Sounds like a great school with a really accepting and human student body. I wonder what her career plans are....beside kicking cman's ass, of course.

Silly Jesus		2012-05-01 11:40:31 PM

1 votes:

cman		2012-05-01 11:34:47 PM

1 votes:

Bathia_Mapes: cman: Bathia_Mapes: GAT_00: Maybe because that doesn't really read as satire.

Exactly this. What you posted comes across as trolling, not satire.

My apologies

Accepted.

No disrespect intended, but you suck at satire.

Satire, jokes, well, almost everything

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-05-01 11:34:04 PM

1 votes:

cman: Bathia_Mapes: GAT_00: Maybe because that doesn't really read as satire.

Exactly this. What you posted comes across as trolling, not satire.

My apologies

We really do need a sarcasm font

/you had me wondering if you were in a bad mood, too

cman		2012-05-01 10:05:47 PM

1 votes:

While we are at it, why dont we grant her a commercial pilots license? And, to be even more nicer to this fine disabled lady, why dont we give her a job as a scientist at a lab where small pox and anthrax are studied? If she were to go to school it would be discriminatory because she cannot pass the classes.