I'm in a Shakespeare class right now and we are discussing comedies in general, as well as Shakespearean comedies.  Four hundred years ago, Shakespeare was making fart jokes, though today they slip right by (pardon the pun) because Elizabethan English is so different.

So, the question was raised:  Are fart jokes universal?

My position is yes, because they must be genetic, because if you even say the word you smile, or giggle, or worse, depending on the context.

So, what do you think?  I'm polling this for my class.

And if you are curious about Elizabethan English, here's the Hokey Pokey, done Shakespeare style...

O proud left foot, that ventures quick within Then soon upon a backward journey lithe.
Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:
Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.
Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke.
A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.
To spin! A wilde release from heaven's yoke.
Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl.
The Hoke, the poke -- banish now thy doubt.
Verily, I say, 'tis what it's all about.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/drought/story/2012-01-16/drought-texas-california-snow/52604882/1

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2087210/Seattle-weather-Worst-blizzard-nearly-30-years-heading-Northwest.html

City faces double its annual snowfall in just two days!

it seems the time for preparations start today, after the video watched so far from the horizon project, seemingly reinforcing what Ed Dames and others have been saying, including John Dinardo. it is time we took seriously the threats from the great solar beast in the sky, after all the so called elite have made their own  plans and have their deep bunkers as protection. Also  we who have limited resources, and I include myself here, have far simpler yet equally effective solutions that can be implemented, once the sun erupts and we get blasted by its radiation.

so,  I assume we all live in a house or trailer or whatever, and it strikes me the simplest way to protect against the solar blast is to use aluminum foil. Whilst this is cheap it may not be wholly effective yet will go a long way and my proposal is to make screens foe each window that can easily be erected , placed over the windows and doors.

Here in the UK we can get hold of plaster boards with aluminum foil over them and they are used as insulation in studded walls for instance. Alternatively you can use frames made of two by two, and stretch the foil over them each one fitting a window. Use of a staple gun helps or we can use glue over the frame.

Another way may be to use a mirror over a main window or some sort of reflective shield, but the next few months and into 2013 will see just what is about to happen to us. i hope it is all a load of hype and life goes on in its merry way, but at least by simple and cheap means we will be better prepared, hopefully.

http://12160.info/profiles/blogs/food-packaging-is-full-of-flouride-and-is-very-damaging    This is not a natural occurence it must be put there.  

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/radioactive-tissue-box-holders-yanked-bed-bath-shelves-article-1.1005746

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RuCMRpx_Eo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf-dMJTjVJM

SIGNIFICANT CME: Sunspot complex 1401-1402 erupted this morning, Jan. 16th at approximately 0400 UT, producing a C6-class solar flare and a bright coronal mass ejection. SOHO recorded the expanding cloud:

The CME is not heading toward Earth, at least not directly. It might deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field on Jan. 18th. Stay tuned for further analysis

my emphasis added.

comment;

let is assume something big and gravitationally huge let alone charged with plasma from the heliosphere. now assuming they have this in sight and as it edges closer and as the sun erupts accordingly, would this not explain the massive chemtrailing taking place in the UK right ow and i assume the rest of Europe let alone North America? Bill Deagle reckons and I support him here, they are creating a plasma sheath around t earth, like the Annunaki did , to protect against solar radiation. this alone shows they know something is coming, look at the CME in the picture  above. and the volcanism and the earthquakes. March to May could be very interesting to observe...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP9RnDp_tms

I do not remember where I picked this up.  If it has already been posted here, I am sorry Cheryl, please delete it.

In the video the ittle bits he has to say are most interesting.  Notice the part where he says, huge size and other worldy strength?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4tPaDOSps0

Large-scale seismic activity rising along planet’s southern pole

January 15, 2012 – ANTARTICA - A strong and shallow series of earthquakes have erupted near the remote South Shetland Islands region of Antarctica on Sunday, experts from the U.S. Geological Survey said. The earthquakes in the intense tectonically-activated series measured a 6.6 magnitude, followed by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake and a 5.1 aftershock. The epicenter of the earthquakes was at various depths of from one kilometer (0.62 miles) to 14 km (9.2 miles) below the earth’s surface and some 464 kilometers west of Coronation Island in distance. No destructive tsunami was created, according to the U.S. NOAA warning center. The earthquake series is worrisome because it’s further evidence of what I have been warning about for over the past 6 months, that the Southern hemisphere, particularly around the periphery of Antarctic, is shows increasing signs of seismic destabilization. On January 12, there was a swarm of five moderate earthquakes which erupted south of Africa- the strongest of which was a 5.3 and a 5.5. On January 13, the South Sandwich Islands, north of Antarctica, was hit with a 5.1, and 5.2. On January 14 the region was struck again with a 5.0 earthquake and another 4.9 on January 15^th. Not only are earthquakes increasing along the southern polar region but in November of 2011, the Tasmania’s Antarctic Climate and Ecosystem centre found that the South Ocean was storing more heat than any other ocean on the planet. The shape of the earth, a mal-formed spheroid, whose center of gravity is becoming increasing displaced by the turbulent shifting of the planet’s mass due to a wave of strong earthquakes that have rattled the planet over the last 7 years. These large mega-thrust earthquakes are exacting a terrible toll of stress on the planet’s angular momentum. In 2004, the planet suffered a devastating 9.1 mega-thrust earthquake in the Indian Ocean near the Sunda Strait. In February of 2010, Chile was rocked by a 8.8 magnitude earthquake and in March of 2011, Japan was similarly hit with a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami. In April of 2011, the European satellite Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer, or GOCE released a detailed map of Earth’s gravity field.

The digital 3-dimensional model shows planet Earth’s dimensional gravity signature is now severely deformed and this is increasing mechanical stresses within the planet’s interior- which will further aggravate thermal gradient. As the planet is generating more energy in rotation to do the same work under greater resistant pressure- it is adding an additional burden to a stressed system that is already in dire need of a catastrophic correction. The fact that Earth has oceans to create tidal budge on its sides and absorb massive earthquake seismic shocks may be the only thing that has saved the planet thus far from shifting over. Earth’s unbalanced model is further compounded by two additional factors. The planet’s magnetic field is degrading from a magnetic polar migration and subsequent reversal and the disproportionate weight of the Antarctica ice-cap has created a wobble or precession in the planet’s spin, which has recently fluctuated according to some scientists. Throw in the planet’s angle of inclination of 23° degrees and you have an unstable system that is bobbling along in space as it spins in tilted and trembling fashion. If any more large earthquakes strike the planet in the near future, her stability will erode further and the dangers of a catastrophic crustal correction becomes more likely, similar to what has already happened on Uranus, which is sitting on its side, and Mercury (with a magnetic field is already 150 times weaker than Earth’s) whose magnetic field has also slipped and is experiencing an unexplained thermal anomaly at the southern pole. All of these factors are increasing tectonic-plate stresses and earthquake activity on a very dangerous region of the planet that is already tinged by deep submarine volcanism. –The Extinction Protocol

http://www.divshare.com/direct/16556712-31c.mp3 (this will be a mp3 download file)

after listening, tell us what you think? Do we now have tabloid radio to the max?

Follow-up to Benjamin Fulford and The Global Economic Pulp Ficition, which was posted on the Fulford blog.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45978039

Don't forget the one in NC recently.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/hows_that_government_meddling_workin_out_for_ya.html

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/01/06/new-bill-known-as-enemy-expatriation-act-would-allow-government-to-strip-citizenship-without-conviction/

Allows gov't to strip citizenship without conviction.

Well, icing on the cake, huh?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PYtK6gtrCs  Full transcript from  Tolec's interviews and many questions that were asked to him with answers, very long and interisting read.  

Animal Death List

4th June 2011 - 800 Tons of fish dead in a lake near the Taal Volcano in the Philippines.

13th May 2011 - Dozens of Sharks washing up dead in California.

13th May 2011 - Thousands of fish wash up dead on shores of Lake Erie in Ohio.

6th May 2011 - Record number of wildlife die-offs in The Rockies during the winter.

1st May 2011 - Two giant Whales wash ashore and die on Waiinu Beach in New Zealand.

22nd April 2011 - Leopard Sharks dying in San Francisco Bay.

20th April 2011 - 6 Tons of dead Sardines found in Ventura Harbour in Southern California.

20th April 2011 - Hundreds of Dead Abalone and a Marlin wash up dead on Melkbos Beach near Cape Town.

18th April 2011 - Hundreds of dead fish found in Ventura Harbour in Southern California.

29th March 2011 - Over 1300 ducks die in Houston Minnesota.

28th March 2011 - Sei Whale washes up dead on beach in Virginia.

26th March 2011 - Hundreds of fish dead in Gulf Shores.

8th March 2011 - Millions of dead fish in King Harbor Marina in California.

3rd March 2011 - 80 baby Dolphins now dead in Gulf Region.

25th February 2011 - Avian Flu - Hundreds of Chickens die suddenly in North Sumatra Indonesia.

23rd February 2011 - 28 baby Dolphins wash up dead in Alabama and Mississippi.

21st February 2011 - Big Freeze kills hundreds of thousands of fish along coast in Texas.

21st February 2011 - Bird Flu? 16 Swans die over 6 weeks in Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK.

20th February 2011 - Over 100 whales dead in Mason Bay, New Zealand.

20th February 2011 - 120 Cows found dead in Banting, Malaysia.

19th February 2011 - Many Blackbirds found dead in Ukraine.

16th February 2011 - 5 Million dead fish in Mara River, Kenya.

16th February 2011 - Thousands of fish and several dozen ducks dead in Ontario, Canada.

16th February 2011 - Mass fish death in Black Sea Region in Turkey.

11th February 2011 - 20,000 Bees died suddenly in a biodiversity exhibit in Ontario, Canada.

11th February 2011 - Hundreds of dead birds found in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

9th February 2011 - Thousands of dead fish wash ashore in Florida.

8th February 2011 - Hundreds of Sparrows fall dead in Rotorua, New Zealand.

5th February 2011 - 14 Whales die after being beached in New Zealand.

4th February 2011 - Thousands of various fish float dead in Amazon River and in Florida.

2nd February 2011 - Hundreds of Pigeons dying in Geneva, Switzerland.

31st January 2011 - Hundreds of thousands of Horse Mussell Shells wash up dead on beaches in Waiheke Island, New Zealand.

27th January 2011 - 200 Pelicans wash up dead on Topsail Beach in North Carolina.

27th January 2011 - 2000 Fish dead in Bogota, Columbia.

23rd January 2011 - Hundreds of dead fish in Dublin, Ireland.

22nd January 2011 - Thousands of dead Herring wash ashore in Vancouver Island, Canada.

21st January 2011 - Thousands of fish dead in Detroit River, Michigan.

20th January 2011 - 55 dead Buffalo in Cayuga County, New York.

18th January 2011 - Thousands of Octopus was up in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.

17th January 2011 - 10,000 Buffalos and Cows died in Vietnam.

17th January 2011 - Hundreds of dead seals washing up on shore in Labrador, Canada.

15th January 2011 - 200 dead Cows found in Portage County, Wisconsin.

14th January 2011 - Massive fish death in Baku, Azerbaijan.

14th January 2011 - 300 Blackbirds found dead on highway I-65 south of Athens in Alabama.

7th January 2011 - 8,000 Turtle Doves reign down dead in Faenza, Italy.

6th January 2011 - Hundreds of dead Grackles, Sparrows & Pigeons were found dead in Upshur County, Texas.

5th January 2011 - Hundreds of Dead Snapper with no eyes washed up on Coromandel beaches in New Zealand.

5th January 2011 - 40,000+ crabs wash up dead in Kent, England.

4th January 2011 - 100 Tons of Sardines, Croaker & Catfish wash up dead on the Parana region shores in Brazil.

4th January 2011 - 3,000+ dead Blackbirds found in Louisville, Kentucky.

4th January 2011 - 500 Dead Red-winged blackbirds & Starlings in Louisiana.

4th January 2011 - Thousands of dead fish consisting of Mullet, Ladyfish, Catfish & Snook in Volusia County, Florida.

3rd January 2011 - 2,000,000 (2 Million) Dead fish consisting of Menhayden, spots & Croakers wash up inChesapeake Bay, Maryland & Virginia.

1st January 2011 - 200,000+ Dead fish wash up on the shores of Arkansas River, Arkansas.

1st January 2011 - 5,000+ Red-winged blackbirds & Starlings fall out of the sky dead in Beebe, Arkansas.

20th December 2010 (est. date) - Thousands of Crows, Pigeons, Wattles & Honeyeaters fell out of the sky in Esperance,Western Australia.

2nd November 2010 - Thousands of sea birds found dead in Tasmania, Australia.

Borrowed from :  http://www.end-times-prophecy.org/animal-deaths-birds-fish-end-time...