The Official JDBB Flame War!

Truckman · Old. But wise!

RE: The Official JDBB Flame War!

Aodan · Teiam Member

ddvmor wrote:

I think you'll find that my opinion is better and more accurate than yours because I once spoke to a guy in the pub who knew a man with a dog that was once owned by the chief animator of Masters of the Universe.

Furthermore any opinions that differ from mine are clearly incorrect and probably influenced by Nazis.

Excuse me, but I think you will find that I am naturally right, for the simple fact that I have girl parts.

Truckman · Old. But wise!

Aodan wrote:

I have girl parts.

So did Dr. Frankenstein...He probably should have read the assembly instructions a little more carefully though... spaz

...Ben

Susan · Tickle me, Elmo! I'm Roger Moore's Stunt Double!

Truckman wrote:

So did Dr. Frankenstein...He probably should have read the assembly instructions a little more carefully though......Ben

And the prize for the most appropriate use of a smiley goes...to Truckman!

Although I do have the best smiley. AND it's called Susan.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Aodan wrote:

Excuse me, but I think you will find that I am naturally right, for the simple fact that I have girl parts.

Which is exactly why your opinion cannot be trusted!

Truckman · Old. But wise!

Susan wrote:
And the prize for the most appropriate use of a smiley goes...to Truckman!

Thank you, my dear...You make my heart smile...

...Ben

JonnyStead · **"I'm Lois!"**

Truckman wrote:

Susan wrote:

And the prize for the most appropriate use of a smiley goes...to Truckman!
Thank you, my dear...You make my heart smile......Ben

Excuse me whilst I hack up a kidney....

Truckman · Old. But wise!

JonnyStead wrote:

Excuse me whilst I hack up a kidney....

Excuse me, Jon...I didn't mean to interrupt your lunch...

...Ben

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Truckman wrote:

JonnyStead wrote:

Excuse me whilst I hack up a kidney....

Excuse me, Jon...I didn't mean to interrupt your lunch......Ben

I just don't believe what I'm reading here. It's like you don't know anything. Look. I'll spell it out for you:

A Very Reliable Source wrote

The kidneys are organs that have numerous biological roles. Their primary role is to maintain the homeostatic balance of bodily fluids by filtering and secreting metabolites (such as urea) and minerals from the blood and excreting them, along with water, as urine. Because the kidneys are poised to sense plasma concentrations of ions such as sodium, potassium, hydrogen, oxygen, and compounds such as amino acids, creatinine, bicarbonate, and glucose, they are important regulators of blood pressure, glucose metabolism, and erythropoiesis (the process by which red blood cells (erythrocytes) are produced). The medical field that studies the kidneys and diseases of the kidney is called nephrology.[1] The prefix nephro- meaning kidney is from the Ancient Greek word nephros (νεφρός); the adjective renal meaning related to the kidney is from Latin rēnēs, meaning kidneys.[2]

In humans, the kidneys are located in the posterior part of the abdominal cavity. There are two, one on each side of the spine; the right kidney sits just below the diaphragm and posterior to the liver, the left below the diaphragm and posterior to the spleen. Above each kidney is an adrenal gland (also called the suprarenal gland). The asymmetry within the abdominal cavity caused by the liver results in the right kidney being slightly lower than the left one while the left kidney is located slightly more medial. The bulk of water re-absorption in the vertebrate kidney takes place in the loop of Henle.

The kidneys are retroperitoneal and range from 9 to 13 cm in diameter; the left slightly larger than the right. They are approximately at the vertebral level T12 to L3. The upper parts of the kidneys are partially protected by the eleventh and twelfth ribs, and each whole kidney and adrenal gland are surrounded by two layers of fat (the perirenal and pararenal fat) and the renal fascia which help to cushion it. Congenital absence of one or both kidneys, known as unilateral (on one side) or bilateral (on both the sides) renal agenesis, can occur. Renal agenesis is also the base for the renal anal gland which helps the large intestine absorb water.

The kidneys receive unfiltered blood directly from the heart through the abdominal aorta which then branches to the left and right renal arteries. Filtered blood then returns by the left and right renal veins to the inferior vena cava and then the heart. Renal blood flow accounts for 20-25% of the cardiac output.[3]

Which, when you couple it with the following:

A very relaible source states:

Luncheon, commonly abbreviated to lunch, is a midday meal.[1]

In English-speaking countries during the eighteenth century what was originally called "dinner"— a word still sometimes used to mean a noontime meal in the UK, and in parts of Canada and the United States — was moved by stages later in the day and came in the course of the nineteenth century to be eaten at night, replacing the light meal called supper, which was delayed by the upper class to midnight.

Lunch was originally intended as a vehicle in which working classes could escape their job and purchase alcoholic beverages, a favourite being perry.[citation needed]

The mid-day meal on Sunday and the festival meals on Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving (in the U.S. and Canada) are still often eaten at the old hours, usually either at noon or between two and four in the afternoon, and called dinner. Traditional farming communities also may still commonly have the largest meal of the day at mid-day and refer to this meal as "dinner."[citation needed]

The abbreviation lunch, in use from 1823,[1] is taken from the more formal "Lunchentach,"[2] which the OED reports from 1580, as a word for a meal that was inserted between more substantial meals.

In medieval Germany, there are references to nuncheontach, a non lunchentach according to OED, a noon draught— of ale, with bread— an extra meal between midday dinner and supper, especially during the long hours of hard labour during haying or early harvesting. In Munich, by the 1730s and 40s, the upper class were rising later and dining at three or four in the afternoon, and by 1770 their dinner hour in Pomberano was four or five.[3] A formal evening meal, artificially lit by candles, sometimes with entertainment, was a "supper party" as late as Regency times.

In the 19th century, male artisans went home for a brief dinner, where their wives fed them, but as the workplace was removed farther from the home, working men took to providing themselves with something portable to eat at a break in the schedule during the middle of the day. In parts of India a light, portable lunch is known as tiffin.

Ladies whose husbands would eat at the club would be free to leave the house and have lunch with one another, though not in restaurants until the twentieth century. In the 1945 edition of Etiquette, Emily Post still referred to luncheon as "generally given by and for women, but it is not unusual, especially in summer places or in town on Saturday or Sunday, to include an equal number of men"— hence the mildly disparaging phrase, "the ladies who lunch." Lunch was a ladies' light meal; when the Prince of Wales stopped to eat a dainty luncheon with lady friends, he was laughed at for this effeminacy.[3] Afternoon tea supplemented this luncheon at four o'clock, from the 1840s.[3] Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management had much less to explain about luncheon than about dinners or ball suppers:

The remains of cold joints, nicely garnished, a few sweets, or a little hashed meat, poultry or game, are the usual articles placed on the table for luncheon, with bread and cheese, biscuits, butter, etc. If a substantial meal is desired, rump-steaks or mutton chops may be served, as also veal cutlets, kidneys, or any dish of that kind. In families where there is a nursery, the mistress of the house often partakes of the meal with the children, and makes it her luncheon. In the summer, a few dishes of fresh fruit should be added to the luncheon, or, instead of this, a compote of fruit or fruit tart, or pudding. —Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management

Clearly implies the stiplulation that not only are you wrong but also as dumb as a stoned box of rocks! (see what I did there?)

Truckman · Old. But wise!

I was equally appalled at the thought of someone consuming his own internal organs for lunch but thought it might be some local custom and didn't want to say anything that might embarrass anyone...

...Ben

JonnyStead · **"I'm Lois!"**

I'm not sure any of us are getting into the spirit of the flame war here - hands up who knows what one is?

Aodan · Teiam Member

I can't bring myself to do it... lol

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

It's not easy is it?

I'll have another go. Hang on...

(deep breath)

Aodan Wrote

I can't bring myself to do it... lol

OMG UR TEH SUXXOR!!!

phew...