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By: Free Online Tax Returns

Free Online Tax Returns — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:29:11 +0000

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I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…

By: Jagdeep

Jagdeep — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:11:19 +0000

bananabrain I bet you love Stevie Wonder too, around the time of ‘Innervisions’ and ‘Songs in the Key of Life’

By: Jagdeep

Jagdeep — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:08:21 +0000

But Punjabi is more like Shakespearean English, capable of great beauty but also of being earthy, rough and bawdy

Well said Anas!

By: tari

tari — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:15:46 +0000

It is not faire moment. not good for all.

By: sonia

sonia — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:31:08 +0000

jagdeep you’re a sensible man, what can i say? well-said on no. 34.

By: bananabrain

bananabrain — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:41:15 +0000

not so much of the androgynous, jagdeep – the beard and male pattern baldness tends to give it away. and not so much of the rabbi either – i really don’t know that much compared to proper scholars, i just don’t tend to get asked anything that hard in dialogue situations!

and, not just prince, but also ice-T, parliament-funkadelic and anything else which involves bringing the funk. and i was also a bit of a metalhead in my youth and still enjoy anything from pantera via david lee roth to KISS.

*limbers up the floyd rose whammy bar*

WHEAUWUWUWUWUWUWUWHEAAAAAOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWwwwwwwwwww.

widdlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddlywiddly.

this could explain the flamenco, too.

b’shalom

bananabrain

By: A Councillor writes

A Councillor writes — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:50:05 +0000

I get along in English, German and French, I can order food and drink in Catala, Swedish and Dutch. I can still read a little bit of Russian and Welsh and rather a lot of Latin and Attic Greek. I’m trying to learn at least how to be polite in Mirpuri.

I must admit, that if I had all the time in the world, I’d like to learn Mandarin Chinese.

Russian is great for swearing, btw, even if swearing is somewhat nekulturny.

By: Letters From A Tory

Letters From A Tory — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:26:08 +0000

I’m a Conservative and I think it’s a great idea from Brown. I completely agree that social cohesion is seriously lacking in this country and if we can do anything to improve it (so long as we don’t screw up our economy in the mean time) it will benefit everyone.

By: Anas

Anas — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:31:05 +0000

The thing with Punjabi is itâ€™s very flexible. Itâ€™s very earthy and broad but it can be mellifulous and melancholy too especially in old poetry and folk songs.

Yes! that’s what I love about punjabi — even tho I’m not very fluent in it. Urdu is beautiful but so refined and “proper”. But Punjabi is more like Shakespearean English, capable of great beauty but also of being earthy, rough and bawdy.

By: sonia

sonia — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:08:00 +0000

sorry! for my mixup of the j’s…

By: Sofia

Sofia — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:00:23 +0000

Jagdeep, yes I know you were joking…although I have come across people who have given me funny looks when I tell them that I do a bit of work there…and also from the ppl that attend when they ask what my name is..although I don’t mind at all, I just use it as a way to talk about things we all have in common…like the school my mum went to in Ludhiana..and how they shouldn’t be eating all that fried food…and how the young generation have no respect tch tch…I also think i’m learning a lot from the way the gurdwara is set up, with volunteers etc..both positive and not so positive…

By: Jagdeep

Jagdeep — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:40:00 +0000

Punjabi can be quite poetic as well Sofia. The thing with Punjabi is it’s very flexible. It’s very earthy and broad but it can be mellifulous and melancholy too especially in old poetry and folk songs.

I was just kidding about the Gurdwara by the way.

By: Sofia

Sofia — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:33:36 +0000

Leon, thank you for the clarification on the whole M15 M16 thing..

Justforfun – tamil..i’m not interested…(just bein honest).

Jagdeep – yeh shock horror, a muslim that gives a toss about people of another religion…damnit…
as for punjabi..i must say…i can never tell when the in laws are swearing at me..so i should really learn:P:P

By: Jagdeep

Jagdeep — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:08:51 +0000

bananabrain, I’m still freaking out at the thought of you at a Prince concert. I had an image of you as a very resevrved rabbi type guy. But now I know you’re a androgynous sexy mother f**ker who happens to be Jewish.

By: Leon

Leon — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:00:23 +0000

- sounds important! Are you sure its nothing to do with Bananabrainâ€™s great cultural experience

Nah…and no it’s nothing intelligence orientated, think global media.;)

By: bananabrain

bananabrain — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:00:11 +0000

ooh, farsi, i forgot farsi – the most beautiful language in the world, albeit with brazilian portuguese coming a close second. and lest you think i’m being disloyal to hebrew, i’m just speaking aesthetically. as for arabic, it’d be iraqi, of course.

and, as for cultural experiences, i meant music, of course, you smutty people. besides, this pre-dates mrs bananabrain…. although she also enjoys a good samba from time to time.

hur hur hur

b’shalom

bananabrain

By: Kismet Hardy

Kismet Hardy — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:58:48 +0000

aboriginal

Sorry, i was going to write something pseudo-funny but that just made me piss my pants for so long I’ve forgotten it

By: Leon

Leon — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:58:39 +0000

canâ€™t remember whether that was M15 or M16..(dunno which one does what)

MI5 is domestic and N Ireland, MI6/SIS (Secret Intelligence Service to give it its full name) is foreign Intel work.

By: Jagdeep

Jagdeep — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:58:34 +0000

Heh not quite, Iâ€™ve other reasons but yeah they are geo political in nature

OO7 Leon

By: Jagdeep

Jagdeep — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:56:27 +0000

Anasâ€¦now why would i wanna learn punjabi when i know urdu:P:Pâ€¦having said that, Iâ€™m rapidly picking up the odd phrase or so, from the old ladies in the Gurdwara..hehe

Tauba tauba tauba — you visit Gurdwara? How sufi you are.

Learn Punjabi, it’s great. Hairdo (Urdu) is too effeminate.