It's like the little car was a pack of mentos :>

>> ^nanrod:

Fortunately, the verb to hold makes perfect sense. Unfortunately your knowledge of English appears to be limited. "To hold" has many meanings, one of them being " to retain forcibly, as against an adversary".
>> ^CircleMaker:
Unfortunately, the verb 'to hold' makes just as little sense as 'to hold down' in referring to keeping a fort stable in somebody's absence. If David has a problem with the notion of hover-forts, he ought to be troubled by the implications on the width of said fort which are manifest in any usage of 'to hold' taken literally.



Exactly. That counter-argument is mentos.

*dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/The-ultimate-Mentos-commercial-parody

This video has been nominated as a duplicate of this video by Lurch. If this nomination is seconded with *isdupe, the video will be killed and its votes transferred to the original.

What is that candy bar, like Mentos the Freshmaker or something?

I wasn't thinking bombs away, I was thinking how can we add a mentos delivery system to that coke

Not a bad list, thanks! Whaddya want promoted/qualitied then?

In reply to this comment by demon_ix:
Afro Ninja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEtIoGQxqQs
OK Go - Here it goes again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaRfxjcpYvM
Diet coke + Mentos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKoB0MHVBvM
Star Wars Kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU
Chocolate Rain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA
Computer Freakout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAGvPq4EesA
Ansiktsburk: See Ornthoron's reply above.
Leave Britney Alone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc
Dramatic Chipmunk / Prairie Dog / Squirrel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw

That was kinda fun, finding all that Just missed two.

Missed one... the one that looks like QVC. I don't recognize it though.

>> ^demon_ix:
Afro Ninja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEtIoGQxqQs
OK Go - Here it goes again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaRfxjcpYvM
Diet coke + Mentos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKoB0MHVBvM
Star Wars Kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU
Chocolate Rain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA
Computer Freakout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAGvPq4EesA
Ansiktsburk: See Ornthoron's reply above.
Leave Britney Alone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc
Dramatic Chipmunk / Prairie Dog / Squirrel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw
That was kinda fun, finding all that Just missed two.

Afro Ninja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEtIoGQxqQs
OK Go - Here it goes again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaRfxjcpYvM
Diet coke + Mentos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKoB0MHVBvM
Star Wars Kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU
Chocolate Rain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA
Computer Freakout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAGvPq4EesA
Ansiktsburk: See Ornthoron's reply above.
Leave Britney Alone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc
Dramatic Chipmunk / Prairie Dog / Squirrel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw

That was kinda fun, finding all that Just missed two.

Federal...provincial

I expect the opposition would be a lot less strident to Obamacare if there was specific language in any of hte bills that created a system of state programs with only loose federal oversight. Problem is, the bills in Congress aren't talking about that. People like me have a hard time believing the feds are just going to step back. All current bills point to the creation of a large federal system where money is sent to Washtington and then doled out from there ala Medicare & Medicaid.

CBO estimates

I only brought up the CBO as an example to show that even Obama's own agency does not expect this plan to 'save' money. You're using it like a Jungian archetype. "If the CBO says it will cost 2 trillion, that means it'll only cost 1.4 trillion." Uh - sure - that's how it all works... :eyeroll:

Use whatever 'estimate' you like. Use some estimate that says Obamacare will magically produce free money on trees and the whole ball of wax will only cost $6.50 and a pack of Mentos. The specific estimate in question you prefer is utterly irrelevant. The point is that any federal program created to manage health care will end up costing WAY more than estimated and will manifest as a massive money pit that sucks in billions and spits out below-average results ala Medicare/aid.

What we should be comparing is out of pocket cost for health care as a percentage of after tax income

No - I'd say we should be looking at total out of pocket costs including taxes. That means we don't just look at how much I'm spending on private care, but we also look at how much we have to pay for the whole deal. Every bill in congress to date is not projected to cost individual taxpayers 'less' when all costs are tallied. There will be taxes, monthly payments to a 'plan', office visit fees, co-pays, prescription drug costs, 'for service' fees for any 'non approved' treatments. And on and on and on.

People talking as if Obamacare will just be "Yay - I can go anywhere and get treated for anything and it's all FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Uh - no - that's total bullcrap. You have only to look at Medicare and Medicaid today to see the future of Obamacare. Substandard coverage, high costs, and big fat government involvement in what you can & can't have. The writing is right there on the wall. It's as plain as a Bulgarian pin-up. How anyone can delude themselves into thinking Obamacare will be the FIRST program in government history to buck the trend is beyond me.

Winstonfield lives in a world where if everyone owns a gun, everyone is safer.

Typical neolib issue avoidance. I live in a world where common sense & reality must be dealt with. Obamacare ignores both.

^ Yes, but how many involved Mentos?!

Thanks much, muchacho!

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Hello, I'm back, but I'm not gonna promote.. I'm gonna *QUALITY

It would have definitely had better background music had he brought some nice, refreshing Mentos along.

In reply to this comment by gwiz665:
If only they'd taken a Mentos first...

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Ground and pound!!!

If only they'd taken a Mentos first...

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Ground and pound!!!

It's like some sort of Mentos commercial from hell!