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[Queenie1]

You obviously know nothing of ADD, Butterfly man, why do you keep having a go at my 1o year old kid....
If you want to be sad and read the'guidlines' for Add, why not try a few more positive ones....Impulsivity, ability to tolerate being thought of as eccentric, spontaneity, and little tolerance for boredom, in addition to daydreaming, are listed as identifying characteristics of creative individuals...Given that some highly creative children engage in 'disruptive, attention-seeking behaviour in the classroom, it is not surprising that they are not valued by their teachers as more conforming, less creative students.
Edison trait children have an inventory of positive qualities - for eg. and openness to multiple sights, sounds and thoughts, a daring, wandering imagination, a global perpective (not like you),
These kids are not disordered. they may havea different style of thinking, attending and behaving, but its the broader social and educational influences, that create the problem, not the kids themselves (say....would that include people like YOU)
Add'ers are high-energy people, incredibly good brainstormers. They can work for 15 hours or so at at time by choice. The business communtities should not fear Add, and see the potential goldmine instead!
More and more the concept of ADD as a disorder is being qualified by the inclusion of a string of positive qualities - such as creativity, high intellegence, ability to do many things at once, an aptitude for BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP, and a powerfull intuitive sense.........
Shame you haven't got any of these qualities! By the way, my son has an extraordinary IQ, probably much higher than you by the looks of things...your attitude stinks mate......
Queenie

[nick nickolas]

Excuse me Robert and Janet(Queenie)this is the Thalidmide topic Please start an A.D.D.topic for that dicussion
Nicc.
P.S. send some money to www.stumps r us

[Prof Willie B]

Wow, we got a new keyboards, those nice new curved ones.

Hey Queenie, figure it out, Robert's description fits every single one of us, including you. I for one met every single criterion for ADD, your's and his, as a 10 year old and I still do.

Peters (2), Robert, Brady, Flying Bob, Richie, Cassell, Kate, Adam, Petra, Hokum, Panic, Forrest, Bev, Waldo, Che, Lee Ross, Woody, Livinspace, Karens (2), Brians (2) et al. (sorry to those I omitted, I could only go on so long)

Did you really think we were "normal". For ****s sake think about it for just a little bit. We go to strange places, dress up in public and scream at people to come and look at us.

Take a deep breath and maybe start again.

You might really be at home.

(I wonder where everyone is and why every thing is so clean around here)

[This message has been edited by Prof Willie B (edited 12-19-2000).]

[Brian Wilson]

Wow there's a prime example of IRONY. Queenie commenting on someone's bad attitude. What did Blake say? "We are all mirrors of each other." True enough.

[Rich Potter]

I take exception to Brian's and Professor Willie's comments on this topic.

Somehow you appear to be insinuating that it is NOT all about Queenie. I dissent from that opinion. It is ALL about Queenie; can't you see that? Every single one of the posts on this board directly have something to do with her.

...and you wonder why she has to respond to every post! Hmmf!

--Rich

Today I shaved a hamster and waved it around while screaming out my upstairs window at an old man walking his dog, "I have tofu! I have tofu!"

That was about Queenie, too.


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[Frisbee]

You really are a spaceball..You know that

[Butterfly Man]

My very last post to you know who ...

Tofu no kadoni atama o butsukete shine...

[jester]

I would like to dedicate this column to a friend of mine who used to make a great living as a famous chainsaw juggler.

We love you stumpy. Your career was short and now so are your arms.

Can we keep this column on topic please.

[jester]

A woman in her eighties once challenged me to a race during a street show. Me on a unicycle, her on a zimmer frame (with wheels on the front)

We set up a race and a course and I pretended to take if very seriously. The crowd cheered her on, people pushed me off my unicycle and we invented lots of plausable ways by which she could win.

Eventually she lost and threw the frame at me in jest.

She enjoyed being centre of attention.

Afterwards we shared the hat.

When she had gone I had about five self righteous late teenagers starting on me about mocking the disabled and the elderly.

Actually I acknowledged her, her lifestyle, her condition and her ability to deal with it. Later that year she taught me how to perform the charleston.

Zimmer frames are so cool. Some medicines aren't.

[Zoltan]

Perhaps this better belongs in 'jokes', but still...


Three women are sitting in their OB-GYN's waiting room. All three are obviously pregnant. All three are knitting.

The first looks at her watch, puts down her knitting, reaches into her purse, takes out a bottle of pills, and swallows two pills. She then puts the bottle back in her purse, picks up her knitting and announces to the room in general, "I'm taking iron pills so my baby will have good blood."

The second looks at her watch, puts down her knitting, gets a pill bottle out of her purse and takes two pills. She picks up her knitting and says, "I'm taking calcium, so my baby will have strong bones."

The third woman puts down her knitting, reaches into her purse, take out a bottle of pills and takes two. She resumes knitting and says, "I'm taking thalidomide, because I never learned how to knit sleeves."


I told this joke at a party. After the laughter, one woman looked at me and said, "You're going straight to hell."

I said, "Ma'am, that joke is barely the tip of the iceberg."