>> ^servus:
nope too busy looking out for the surfer chick's ass.

I'm with ya on that, Servus.
I'd like to find her in the alps....:].....:|.....:\....:[.

If only you were first.
Then all those comment upvotes could be yours...
>> ^nanrod:
I never want a stranger to find me in the Alps!

Instead they are his. Now he has a brand new power point sitting on his mantel.
>> ^Oatmeal:
I never want to find a stranger in the Alps.

No one ever upvotes for the same comment made later on in the postings.
But just in case...

I never want be the guy on 'I Shouldn't Be Alive' who survived 7 days and nights in the Alps with a stranger.

I never want to find a stranger in the Alps.

If only you were first.
Then all those comment upvotes could be yours...

>> ^nanrod:

I never want a stranger to find me in the Alps!

Instead they are his. Now he has a brand new power point sitting on his mantel.
>> ^Oatmeal:

I never want to find a stranger in the Alps.


No one ever upvotes for the same comment made later on in the postings.
But just in case...

I never want a stranger to find me in the Alps!

Though, "This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps" is a pretty good edit in my book.

I never want to find a stranger in the Alps.

From where I'm standing, Wolff's commentary is somewhat misleading. The protests in France, for instance, are not about higher taxation of the rich or putting a stop to government bailouts of the financial sector. The primary concern is the proposed reform of their pension system. Similarly, the most significant protests in Germany are centered around the use of nuclear power and - no kiddin' - a giant infrastructure/real estate project.

The real party is still somewhat "contained" south of the Alps.

You have been awarded 1 Power Point for fixing the embed code for Dead Pool video Rollerblade Bodysuit in the Swiss Alps. Thank you for helping maintain VideoSift's reliability.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

In Australia, Liberals = Republican (weird I know) and Labor = Democrats. Though I would say that Australia's Liberals are somewhat to the left of the US's Republicans. We do have some other minor parties that are a bit more to the right. The Nationals, and the "Family First" parties are the most prominent.

This is in Norway, not the Alps.

>> ^HaricotVert:
I involuntarily dry heaved at the frostbitten penis.


As opposed to voluntarily?

I heard about this when they were filming it (The Inuit intelligence network is nothing if not efficient).

I found it interesting they imported a white woman to run the dog team, which would've involved flying her and her team into Resolute Bay, at a cost of thousands, when they could have just hired a local Inuk. I'm crazy like that.

Also, cold-weather training in the Austrian Alps is just not smart for preparing for the Arctic. All jokes aside, we are taught to have complete and sullen respect for the Arctic winters - it can kill you for the slightest of mistakes.

And finally, I found it fitting that they all wore Gore-tex, and complained about the cold. A snuggly caribou parka, and they would have been sweating all the way to the pole and back.

When Bill Clinton was in the alps, fighting grizzly bears
He used his magic fire breath, and saved the maidens fair!

So what would Bill Clinton do if he where here today,
I'm sure he'd kick an ass or two, that's what Bill Clinton'ed do.

>> ^anyprophet:
Now, about acupuncture. There is no evidence that it works as advertised. That is by redirecting qi at your meridians. In fact, there is ample evidence that these meridians were actually a very recent invention and a massive fraud. Any perceived effect acupuncture has is either coincidental or a placebo effect. Which is what many, many recent studies have shown.


"Recent examinations of Ötzi, a 5,000-year-old mummy found in the Alps, have identified over 50 tattoos on his body, some of which are located on acupuncture points that would today be used to treat certain ailments. Some scientists believe that this is evidence that practices similar to acupuncture were practiced elsewhere in Eurasia during the early Bronze Age. According to an article published in The Lancet by Dorfer et al., "We hypothesised that there might have been a medical system similar to acupuncture (Chinese Zhenjiu: needling and burning) that was practiced in Central Europe 5,200 years ago... A treatment modality similar to acupuncture thus appears to have been in use long before its previously known period of use in the medical tradition of ancient China. This raises the possibility of acupuncture having originated in the Eurasian continent at least 2000 years earlier than previously recognised."

I don't know about you, but pre-history doesn't indicate "recent" to me.



Again, I'm not saying it's a cure-all. I'm not saying that modern technology hasn't zeroed in on the real cause of many immediate problems, or ailments.

But I think to toss aside what is apparently a form of "healing" that predates our written history is more than a little smug.