@Zyna-kat: If you already have the same disease?

@BrightSpark: Without going deeper into Israeli/Palestinian politics, this is a VERY different context compared to if this had happened in America. It's not just about religion. It's about the relations between a privileged and a disadvantaged group.

@Gingerlyyours: Ugh, that's just really bad behaviour. It was also mentioned on this thread that some security guards had been making comments on a traveller's penis size. I hope the security teams have good ground rules, otherwise it can be really invasive.

Euphemisms irritate me. How many times does he say "private parts" during the ad? They are called genitals, dude.

@Gingerlyyours: My guess is, the security staff doesn't really care about anyone's catheters etc. After seeing thousands of naked bodies every day they must have seen it all...

@Feverlady von Nippon: You know, a chain (or obviously a society as well) is only as strong as its weakest link. And you know which sex is the weakest... :P

@BAngieB: I was thinking exactly the same thing. If the hose of the hookah is phallic, then a smoking man would look gay, right? Like something a fundamentalist group should totally be opposed to? Sigh.

I'm so glad everything turned out good for her.

@DeccaLeChat: I'm not sure if you can blame your dourness on your Swedish heritage. But alcoholism? That you most definitely can.

@jumpingpiglet: Ha. I'm Finnish and fit the Nordic woman stereotype pretty well, but when I studied in Russia a friend of mine got told all the time that she can't be Finnish because she is short and has dark hair.

@cisum88note: Um, we don't. It's high, though: Finland has the 14th highest suicide rate in the world, after ex Soviet republics, Japan, and such. I guess most people lead happy lives here, but many who face serious problems don't really know how to deal with them and end up committing suicide. It has a lot to do with…

@baseballchica03: Uppsala is such a beautiful town, one of the cutest places I've ever been to. And I heard the university is pretty good as well.

@Sock.Hop: Scandinavia is packed with cute, blonde, feminist guys. Many of them can be quite reserved, though. :)

I was at a bar with a friend of mine, and we were chatting two guys up. The friend, a fairly foulmouthed chick, told the men: "Me and my friend Poro were just discussing that if we don't find any gentleman company tonight, the two of us will wake up tomorrow morning at my place... One will find a banana inside her,…

@sartastic: Haha, it's even more confusing knowing that Russia is a country full of homophobia.

@mordicai: Actually, when the weather is really hot shorts can be better than skirts. When you sweat your thighs stick together under the skirt, which feels pretty icky. Don't worry, you should be glad to miss that. :)

@bobella: Ha! I got disturbingly conscious about my neck as well. Boo.

@Ligeia: I got the impression that it can be hard to find guys who have the required, um, stamina. So finding a handsome and ripped man who can also perform as a porn star must be even harder? Dunno.

Nah. When I was 15 I wore a Nightwish fan shirt with "Beauty" written on its back. And I was (am) one.

@SarahMC: Reminds me of this: [www.theonion.com]