AmerLisa

I find that statement to be absolutely true! That and my hairdryer, hair brush, root boost and hair spray. A little face spackle doesn't hurt things either.

meauxna

oh dear.

Titchski

None of that will help in the face of towering, insidious, terrifying HUMIDITY

and, errrr, fluff

AmerLisa

You know, you're absolutely right! Its frightening! What can we do????

Elliott

you don't have enough time in the day ???

not suprising looking at time you spent here so far today

Titchski

I shaved my head, that'll show em.

surly

There we go again, I didn't say ******. I said ****. ****** isn't word I would use here or anywhere else.

Just don't make stuff up.

surly

No

AmerLisa

I thought so.....

AmerLisa

Hmmm, Sinead O'Connor isn't a look I need.

elfman

So what did you call her – I’m sure I can’t be the only one wondering which four letter words apart from the dreaded C word don’t make it through the sweary filter. Perhaps we should have a full list in the site FAQ

Titchski

But that was your intent, right? To shock and insinuate you are using a four letter word by use of "****" and then when someone pulls you up on it to immediately act shocked and offended?

Or was I mistaken in my immediate thought, and you were actually referring to Elvira as a "Toffee Nosed Tree"? Or possibly "Toffee Nosed Dave"? "Toffee Nosed Lamp" perhaps?

surly

I'm sure the word isn't filtered at all, unfortunately I wasn't prepared for the gutter minds of some of you.

Kali-forniarrr

calm down, calm down, urm, like.

Okachickima

I will take a few points from the Independent story and the other link to show the amount of ill-researched and/or downright false drivel that is often published about the United States, and that you have chosen to post here.

"A 30-year gap now exists in the average life expectancy between Mississippi, in the Deep South, and Connecticut, in prosperous New England."

Of the 51 entities that make up the United States, there is 8 years difference in life expectancy between the lowest, the District of Columbia at 72 and Hawaii, at 80 years.
http://www.femhealth.com/LongevityStatistics.html

"Asian-American males have the best quality of life and black Americans the lowest, with a staggering 50-year life expectancy gap between the two groups."


In 2002 the life expectancy of all Americans was 77.3 years. White males had an expectancy of 75.1 years and black males 68.8. (These figures have all risen since.) If Asian-American males lived 50 years longer on average than black males it means that their life expectancy in that year was 118.8 years, and the U. S. should be praised for providing an environment that enabled such longevity.

http://pediatrics.aappublications.or...115/3/619#SEC6

"The U.S. infant mortality rate is on par with that of Croatia, Cuba, Estonia, and Poland; if the U.S. infant mortality rate were the same as that of top-ranked Sweden, 21,000 more American babies would live to celebrate their first birthdays every year."

Cuba has indeed done wonders in reducing its infant mortality rate. They have done this by classing as stillbirths deliveries that are counted as infant mortality in advanced countries. This link from WHO shows, starting at page 36, the perinatal mortality rate (combined infant mortality and stillbirths) of the U. S. and U. K. to be the same, and Cuba's half again higher, in the company of Chile and Costa Rica.

http://www.who.int/reproductive-heal...ality/text.pdf

"Educational expenditures vary significantly by state; New Jersey and New York spend around $14,000 per pupil, Utah spends less than $6,000 per pupil."

But which states' students are posting the better grades on achievement tests?

Perhaps you could post links showing whether or not there are significant racial disparities in the U. K. with regard to crime and imprisonment rates, academic achievement, infant mortality, etc.