That's it, that's what he was describing to me. (I was rather fascinated with the whole concept, having someone who spoke English explain it, unlike my time in Europe, lol) This wasn't a problem for him, because his parents were familiar with foreskin-care being taught as another element of hygiene lessons for kids.

I knew a guy, born in the US, whose parents were from Portugal and he was uncut. He was taught as a little kid how to take care of his foreskin— washing it and making sure to roll it back every time he bathed. It's really no different than teaching kids to brush their teeth and wash their ears, but then again, if Dad…

I'm circumcised and had a UTI once (one of the worse experiences of my life, actually).

When I lived in Eastern Europe, I "made a friend," who was horrified when I explained (in broken Eastern European-ese) that, "In America, we don't have these." The look on his face was akin to that if someone had said to an American, "in my country, we cut our ears off."

But if your organs aren't functioning well,...

I have a relative who was carrying on about her juice diet (or whatever) and she was saying how she can "feel the juice cleaning out her kidneys." She got slightly annoyed with me when I pointed out that's not how kidneys work, actually. (Way to go (what I remember of my) 10th grade physiology class!)

Just think of the entertaining permutations.... *pant*

I volunteer too!!!!!!!!!!!

*swoon*

I don't get why Garage is 'die' when it's a borrowed word— why not 'das'? Because it ends in -e?? (Then again, these things aren't really logical, they just are.)

I was 17 and had plenty of hair everywhere, thx. This was the first time I had ever seen such a thing, and being American, it was unusual to me. This is why one travels! Anyway, whatever people want to do about shaving (or not) is fine by me. I don't shave my pits or legs so I can understand why that would be…

Perhaps, but either way, who cares if she has hairy pits or not?

Madonna lives in Europe, mostly. How is armpit hair shocking with this fact in mind? (True story: as an exchange student in Central Europe in high school, I had to pretend not to be horrified when my host mother lifted her arms to adjust her hair while wearing a tanktop— she had more hair under her arms than I did.)

The cats were quoted as saying, I'm in ur capital, overthrowin ur d00ds!

It's a hat-tip to the homosexual contingent who care about low taxes and personal responsibility....

That's how I've always felt about JCP. It might not have been snazzy but the prices were decent (especially when there were sales and/or coupons), the merchandise was good quality and there's an interesting selection. The home goods are great— I have towels and sheets that are 10+ years old and are still going strong…

Bed, Bath and Beyond has a wonderful registry system— in person help and an online component.

Ignore the 18 year olds who snark. The advantage of being an adult learner is that you know exactly what you want to do and you're going to make it happen. That's all that matters. It might not be pleasant at the moment but it's worth it and it will work out. Study hard!!

Maybe all of the moldy vaginas had made him lose his mind? "Another day, another yeast infection..."

Another reason people who become physically dependent on opioids (like after an accident or surgery) turn to heroin is because the opioid withdrawal is so horrible that they simply cannot deal with it— and they get little support beyond "cut the percocets down gradually, have fun being pukey for 2 weeks, kthxbai." If…