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goodness gracious!  duol ra man ni sa amo sa cebu.  hinaot unta nga di ni namo silingan kawatana. 

Quote from: Lorenzo on February 21, 2012, 10:05:22 AM
Madame Isles, i really like reading about these extra tid bits of information you provide us. hehehe, its very interesting..

it shows us how fun the world is, really.

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 21, 2012, 10:05:14 AM
Hmm, TB holds its collective breath in anticipation...

it should, you should, especially.  you're gonna be my escort, mr jumbo.

hahaha!  ngil-ad ra gyod tingali ug hunahuna ang suspek.  nag-brief na lang god si manoy kay padung unta malibang sa kasagbutan. 

2. Miss Pregnant


Just because your belly is expanding doesn't mean you can't enter a beauty contest. No more hiding behind tent-like dresses for pregnant women of the twenty-first century, Ms. Pregnant celebrates beauty with a bump. And yes, they parade in bikinis!


1. Miss Landmine


The millions of landmines planted in Angola during the bloody civil war inspired a competition for injured women. Created by Norwegian artist Morten Traavik, Miss Landmine celebrates pride and empowerment over physical perfection. In this beauty contest 10 women competed for the title of most beautiful mutilated Angolan woman. The first prize? A leg prosthesis.

http://www.oddee.com/

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 21, 2012, 09:53:51 AM
Hmm, di ba beauty title holder man ka, Ms. Isle? Unsa gani to nga category?

coming... at the near top of the heap (at no.2).  hinoon, next year na tingali ko mo-qualify (aherm) sa ms. senior sweetheart. 

4. Miss Artificial Beauty


After a Chinese girl was banned from a beauty competition for having some surgery work done, a group of people decide to create a very unusual contest in 2004, with one requirement only: they must have a plastic surgery. The contestants competed for the title of Miss Artificial Beauty, with finalists ranging in age from 18 to 62. All competitors --including one transsexual-- had to provide a doctor's certificate to prove they’d been under the knife. It was a one-time-only event.


3. Miss Klingon Empire


The Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant, held every year at the Star Trek Convention at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, aims to discover beauties who are out of this world. The pageant's definition of beauty might seem weird to most of us - these ladies get glammed up to assume the persona of any female Klingon character, official or created, from "Star Trek." The pageant features the most beautiful women the Klingon Empire has to offer, to be judged in Beauty, Talent and Personality categories.

6. Miss Jumbo Queen


Thailand hosts the Miss Jumbo Queen pageant for big beautiful women. This wobbly annual event is staged at the Samphran Elephant Ground near Bangkok, as part of the Jumbo Banquet elephant feast. The contest is held to select the contestant who best exhibits the characteristics of an elephant by virtue of her grace, elegance and size, and the winner will lead a jumbo banquet and help promote elephant conservation causes in Thailand.


5. Miss Navajo Nation


Obviously, the contestants of Miss Navajo Nation are members of the Native American Navajo Nation, but the interesting part is the Tribal Skills area, where the contestants demonstrate their skill in essential tribal skills such as butchering sheep. The contestants must butcher a sheep and are judged on their neatness and efficiency. They do it wearing pageant-wear (dresses or tribal garb), with butcher’s smocks over the top.

8. Miss Russian Army


What could the Russian Army do to get good publicity and to recruit more men? The Russian Defense Ministry decided to throw a beauty contest. So in June 2005, nineteen female soldiers and sailors participated in the competition (entitled Beauties in Shoulder Straps), which was broadcast on live television. The event included the soldiers walking down the catwalk in uniform and singing songs while accompanied by guitarists (a memorable lyric included the phrases, "Since we're soldiers, our first concern is automatic weapons; boys come second"). Other events, shown on film, saw the contestants competing in drills, crawling in combat uniform, entering tanks, and running with automatic weapons. The jury ultimately gave the title to Lieutenant Ksenya Agarkova, an engineer with Russia's Northern Fleet. Unfortunately, bikinis were not allowed.


7. Ms Senior Sweetheart


Ms Senior Sweetheart is a national pageant for lovely ladies over age 58 and is held every year in Fall River, Massachusetts. Intended to show the public that senior ladies still have lots of pep in their step, contestants compete in talent, interviews, and an evening gown presentation. The pageant was started in 1978 as a Lions’ Club fund raiser and has been a national competition ever since.

yikes, naa gyod diay weirder beauty contests and titles...


10 Most Bizarre Beauty Pageants

Strange Stories
by Gracie Murano
http://www.oddee.com/
5/6/2009


10.  Miss and Mister Beautiful Bottom


The Most Beautiful Bottom in the World contest was launched in 2007 by the underwear manufacturer Sloggi. Open to both men and women, the winner for each category gets a modeling contract.


9. Miss Exotic World


The Miss Exotic World Pageant is an annual burlesque pageant and convention held in Las Vegas, and is the annual showcase event (and fundraiser for) the Burlesque Hall of Fame. The pageant attracts former burlesque queens from past decades, as well as current participants of the neo-burlesque scene. The pageant consists of burlesque performances spanning a weekend, culminating with the competition to crown a single performer as Miss Exotic World. Because of the significance of the Exotic World Burlesque Museum to the burlesque community, winning the pageant is considered a top honor for a burlesque performer.    

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on February 21, 2012, 09:12:32 AM
We have Miss Ubi man seguro diri sa Bohol during the annual Ubi Festival.

i thought it was just a plan of a joke.  well, i'm not laughing anymore...

what other beauty titles will they think of next?  miss cacao?  miss chicken dung fertilizer?  miss ubi isn't too far off, after all.

Quote from: islander on February 21, 2012, 12:37:24 AM
Malachy can afford to rest. He's already had grand-pups and is now retired after taking 115 best in show titles overall.

"He's won enough," Fitzpatrick said.
***
Malachy beat out an impressive lineup of a Dalmatian, German shepherd, Doberman pinscher, Irish setter, Kerry blue terrier and wire-haired dachshund to become the nation's No. 1 pooch.

While the Garden crowd cheered louder and louder with every little step Malachy took on the green carpet, not everyone agreed with judge Cindy Vogels' choice.

The web immediately lit up with comments lampooning this Peke and the breed in general, with CNBC's Darren Rovell tweeting, "The Westminster Dog show winner the Pekingese is closer to a cat."

beeeeeeehhhh!

Pekingese becomes America's top dog at Westminster

Associated Press
Wed, Feb 15, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) â€" The Peke was pooped.

Malachy the Pekingese was totally worn out Wednesday, a day after he wobbled off with best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club.

The bitty 4-year-old with the smushed-in face, flowing fur and slower-than-slow walk kept falling asleep during a visit to Sardi's restaurant in the Theater District. He also passed up the traditional day-after steak lunch after eating his regular meal of chicken and rice.

"He's tired, you poor boy," co-owner and handler David Fitzpatrick cooed. "You're going to pass out."

Malachy did, in fact. Several times, actually, while resting on a vinyl cool pack on a table alongside his championship ribbon and shiny silver bowl.

He snores, by the way.

The eyes that were so sparkly at Madison Square Garden during America's biggest dog show on Tuesday night had a hard time staying open, even when prompted by Fitzpatrick and fashion designer Michael Kors.

Malachy can afford to rest. He's already had grand-pups and is now retired after taking 115 best in show titles overall.

"He's won enough," Fitzpatrick said.

The 11-pound pooch will head home to East Berlin, Pa., to be a house pet. He also likes to stretch his tiny legs outdoors.

"Chases rabbits," Fitzpatrick said. "Tries."

Also, he said, in Malachy's future: "Have time for the ladies."

No need for a haircut to look his best. A Peke's hair naturally grows to its long length and doesn't require any trimming, just a lot of grooming.

Malachy beat out an impressive lineup of a Dalmatian, German shepherd, Doberman pinscher, Irish setter, Kerry blue terrier and wire-haired dachshund to become the nation's No. 1 pooch.

While the Garden crowd cheered louder and louder with every little step Malachy took on the green carpet, not everyone agreed with judge Cindy Vogels' choice.

The web immediately lit up with comments lampooning this Peke and the breed in general, with CNBC's Darren Rovell tweeting, "The Westminster Dog show winner the Pekingese is closer to a cat."

CNBC, incidentally, shared the television coverage on the opening night of the two-day show.

Fitzpatrick said there was a late-night party after the win. And by the time Malachy woke up early for the usual next-day tour of the town, he was already tuckered out.

Malachy made the rounds at the morning talk shows, then a visit to the top of the Empire State Building was canceled because of inclement weather. By the time he got to Sardi's shortly before 1 p.m., it had been a long day.

Fitzpatrick said Malachy was petted by about a thousand people during his trek through the city.

"I think he does know something's up," he said, telling Malachy "you're a celebrity now."

http://news.yahoo.com/

Malachy, a Pekingese, sits in the trophy after being named best in show at the 136th annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

http://news.yahoo.com/

Malachy, a Pekingese, is handled by owner David Fitzpatrick as he competes for best in show during the 136th annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in New York. Malachy was named best in show. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

http://news.yahoo.com/

    Malachy, a Pekingese, competes for best in show at the 136th annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Malachy went on to win the title. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

http://news.yahoo.com/
   

kun molansar lang unta, hapa sila sa name recognition pa lang, labi na kun mahinabo nga naay trans-european elections...

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on February 20, 2012, 11:29:15 PM
Mura man ug Panglao ang pangangan Ms. Isle nga makatabok ang kotse ug ubang sakyanan kay naa may coastway nagconnect sa island paingon sa mainland. Longest coastway man daw ang pangangan sa tibook pilipinas ba to. Hapit na malukop ug semento ang Bato(tawag namo sa tulay nga nagconnect sa isla) Suroy unya mo didto puhon.  Nakacross ang mga hapon sa isla during hapanese war kay diha naman ang bato. Gianntusan jud ni ug hakot ug bato sa among mga apuhan aron di na sila magsegi bugsay moadto sa sawang calape.

interesting.  gitan-aw nako sa google map because of this tip of yours.  i got a bonus of a picture.  i hope to experience traveling on this causeway one day. 


(google earth)

length: 3.5 kilometers

arang kakuti sa baye...

panahon na nga mag-ilaila mong duha, mga long-lost igzu.

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 20, 2012, 12:59:46 PM
Well, what it does is, it repeatedly hammers the point, producing friction which in turn elicits the joining of issues...

in which case, nahimo kang voyeur nga bulilyaso?

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 20, 2012, 04:53:44 PM
Sa ato pa, naay tumoy ni si Inday? Or, conversely, naay buho si Bugsay?

pareha mo ni bugsay, naay buho sa ilong.

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 20, 2012, 05:06:32 PM
Waray poet diay si Bugsay? Hmm, na-maintain diay nija ijang abilidad kay di baja waray birat sa Tsayna...

ga-hinapon na man ka, bansai.  bahin ug waray baya ni nga thread.

ila ning theme song uy...

dila ra ba diay...

actually, gipaningot na kay nakaeget na, pero perfect baya ang iyang score.

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 20, 2012, 08:00:22 PM
Panghugas na intawon, gawas kon gimingaw na jud ka jamo sa Bawingsha...

pakinamous ay... kada liso namous.  morag nagdako nig kaligo ug namous da...

Quote from: chicogon on February 20, 2012, 03:20:24 AM
"Ang Ba...y.o.t Kong Dumaga" by Bugsay... kabasa na ka ani Ms. Isle? I'm sure wala pa... hehehehe 

Tiwas sa ko pamalandong aning balaka... 

wa ba kaha ko masulod ani sa tadjaw... hahaha!  paskang.  fr chic, asa man ni nga nalukop na man nakog basa ning childboard, wa man gyod ko kitag dumaga?  tua ba ni sa talk of the town o sa cars and automotive?  o nahimo na bang hen ang dumaga?

basta cute angkonon gyod lagi dayon...

‘Rich kids’ gang up on traffic aide who spoiled drag race

By Nathaniel R. Melican
Philippine Daily Inquirer
10:42 pm | Saturday, February 18th, 2012

About 30 “drag racers” ganged up on a traffic enforcer who tried to break up their dangerous, often alcohol-fueled sport in Pasay City on the wee hours of Saturday, according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).

The incident prompted MMDA Chair Francis Tolentino to warn of a tougher crackdown and revive an earlier, controversial proposal to arm the agency’s traffic aides.

Tolentino yesterday said one of his men, Raul Reoteres, suffered head wounds and bruises after taking a beating from the racers and their peers, whom the official described to be young males apparently belonging to “rich families.”

The mauling took place at around 2 a.m. on Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, a known favorite of drag racers since it usually has little or zero vehicular traffic in the early morning hours. The MMDA imposes a 60-kph limit on the highway.

“Initial investigation showed that the racers who mauled our enforcer were from rich families. They were mad that they were being asked to stop the race,” Tolentino told the Inquirer yesterday.

“It so happened that this was a large group, about 30 of them, who eventually mauled the enforcer. Apparently drunk, they immediately fled after the incident but we have witnesses who saw what happened and can identify those involved,” he added.

“We will return there in full force [today] and in the coming weeks. So if they decide to return there, too, they better be prepared,” he said. “We will never stop until we have fully eradicated drag racing on Macapagal.”

Other MMDA enforcers patrolling the area rushed Reoteres to San Juan de Dios Hospital. He was discharged late yesterday.

The MMDA said it would review footage from security cameras along the highway to determine the plate numbers of the vehicles involved in the race which Reoteres tried to stop.

“We want at least our traffic officials to carry guns. In the meantime, we will strengthen our patrols by requiring our

enforcers to make their rounds in tandems,” Tolentino said.

The MMDA chair said he will also ask the Pasay City government to ban the sale of alcoholic drinks at the gasoline stations along the highway.

“We were told that, before the races, the drivers and other participants usually have a drink first at the gasoline stations,” he said.

Tolentino also said his agency had also received word that the races also attract some wealthy businessmen who go the area to place bets.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/

Over the weekend, the President said he was not going to be silent about the issue and that he would continue to voice out his thoughts on Corona “if needed” after senator-judges called on the two leaders to stop the word war and just allow the impeachment trial to run its course.

The President also stated that his verbal attacks were not directed at Corona but at the system which the latter was representing.

Over the last few days as the impeachment trial still tackled Article 2 of the impeachment complaint, which included exposing the impeached Chief Justice’s dollar accounts, both Mr. Aquino and Corona had been using public speeches as venues to attack each other.

Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz said Mr. Aquino may have all the right to voice out his opinions but his position as the highest leader of the country do not permit him to do so.

“He can really speak his mind if he was like us common Tom, Dick and Harry but he is not since he is the President,” Cruz told reporters.  “Proper decorum and propriety dictates that he should exhibit some sort of statesmanship and prudence,” said Cruz.

The mere fact that Corona’s impeachment trial was already taking place, Mr. Aquino’s verbal attacks on the chief justice was already “out of place,” he added.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/

Bishops urge Aquino, Corona to behave

By Jocelyn R. Uy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
3:57 pm | Monday, February 20th, 2012


MANILA, Philippinesâ€"With the word war between the two highest leaders of the country far from being over, some Catholic bishops on Monday joined calls for President Aquino and Chief Justice Renato Corona to observe proper decorum and exercise some prudence in their words and actions towards each other.

“We advise them to be more discreet in what they say [and] to be more prudent in what they tell the people,” according to Tagbilaran Bishop Leonardo Medroso over the Church-run Radio Veritas.

Concerned over the nonstop fighting between the President and the Chief Justice, who is facing an impeachment trial, the prelate on Monday said they must respect each other’s dignity and show some level of maturity since they were leaders being looked up to by the people.

“[They should be] more mature in relating with one another since they are leaders … they are talking as persons with dignity and education,” said Medroso.  “Every word that they say will always have the influence on the people,” he added.

In a phone interview with reporters, Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez said he hoped that Mr. Aquino and Corona would be reminded that they should be setting a good example to the public.

“We hope they realize that they are public servants and they always have the public’s good in mind and heart [and] we appeal that … they put aside their personal issues because it’s bad for the country,” said Iñiguez, also chair of the Catholic bishops’ Public Affairs Committee.

Quote from: chicogon on February 20, 2012, 03:20:24 AM
"Ang Ba...y.o.t Kong Dumaga" by Bugsay... kabasa na ka ani Ms. Isle? I'm sure wala pa... hehehehe 

Tiwas sa ko pamalandong aning balaka... 

kini pa akong nasakpan: Handumanan Sa Usa Ka Bajut
« on: December 12, 2009, 03:39:41 PM »

taym pa sa kay nagsakit pa akong apapangig ug kinatawa... maabtan unya ko ni banana republic, mahibung gyod siya, hahaha!

imbestigaron ba kaha sa u.s. ang batang mokanta ug "o, jose, can you see..." kay maong iyang sabot sa lyrics?

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 20, 2012, 04:56:54 PM
Rabong pud aho, oi, kon patuboon. Labi na ang perming sinalipdan...

tungod kay imong gipadayag, sureness ko nga opaw nang perming sinalipdan...

Quote from: taga tigbao on February 20, 2012, 04:52:26 PM
Indeed! I wish next year I could bring others, even those who are not yet SFC members in the 2013 ICon to be held in Manila!

mainteresado na gyod ani si hubag, bai tigs.  kun madakpan nimo si bugsay, bastante.

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 20, 2012, 04:43:31 PM
Hmm, it's secondhand, I must say...

kanang gitawag ug ukay-ukay?

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 20, 2012, 04:45:26 PM
I have no bungot, excuse me, my chin is as clean as when I was born...

No comment on the ridiculous affectations of others...

suya ka lang kay rabong, hehehe.

Quote from: taga tigbao on February 20, 2012, 04:46:29 PM

Puwede man pud ug atong himoong exclusive and EB. Puwede ug adto tag resort ani aron way tawo kaajo.

ayay!  ayawg tantong kumpiyansa, bai tigs.  

naminaw ko aning version ni whitney (hehe, naa koy iring named whitney, but she's no singer), naahat god kong giganahan ug amerika...

labad bitaw usahay ning magpapapel sa ato.  interpretation in singing is something.  kun moimbestigar na man lang sila kay wa motunong sa tono, mahurot ang atong schoolchildren intawon ug imbestigar kay kadaghanan baya ani nila sintonado nga mokantag bayang magiliw.

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 20, 2012, 04:29:47 PM
Excuse me, I'm not in anyway in the picture. You are the putative expert on constipation reduction,  and I simply made it known to all and sundry that such is the case. Capiche?

kay ngano laging iapil man pod nimo si banana republic sa picture... speak for yourself, sabe?

ang imong wig nga bungot, parehas kang lorenz?

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 20, 2012, 04:09:55 PM
Correction! Ang akong WIG parehas sa buhok ni Atty. Cuevas...

aw, hehe, i like your fashion taste kun maohon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupsPg5H6aE#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yJ2HEDJvQA#

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 20, 2012, 09:56:28 AM
Hmm, gi-liposuction?

eeekkk!  gi-liposuction nimo or ni belo?

Quote from: chicogon on February 20, 2012, 03:20:24 AM
"Ang Ba...y.o.t Kong Dumaga" by Bugsay... kabasa na ka ani Ms. Isle? I'm sure wala pa... hehehehe 

Tiwas sa ko pamalandong aning balaka... 

hahaha!  sa title lang daan, naugtas na ko.  i will look for it here in tb.  unsa kaha ni sa?  autobiographical?

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 20, 2012, 09:49:38 AM
He he, way lingaw, ay...

mao ni akong lingaw uy.  read and dokdok tb because i hate going out.  makapunit na pod unya kog giant helpless or dying kitten, wa na koy lugar para nila intawon.  ingon na ra ba si banana republic nga mora na kuno kog nawong ug iring, bungot na lang ug ikog ang kuwang. 

OT: kun nia pa sa pinas si fr chic, lorenz, raqz, bugs ug hubs, magluhod-luhod gyod ko nga mo-adopt silag iring.  birthday gifts from me.

puwede tuod ka mo-adopt, tigs?  i'm good at homing... kompletohan ta ka, from cat litter box, carrier, to vaccinations and neutering.  naay conditions, like they should be indoor pets.  say mo, single for christ?  (giant cats i have none, rest assured.)   

very, very interesting!  i had to read this over and over.  thanks, hubs.

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 20, 2012, 12:28:19 PM
Hmm, hayan perming mag constipation si banana republic...

something must be wrong with your igot-igot. 

Quote from: Lorenzo on February 20, 2012, 01:43:00 PM
hehehe, perhaps I can ask my Tito to visit this this site. were you a law student at san carlos university's college of law?

the banana republic and my niece were.  not me, who knew him since way back when he was still fresh from the seminary. 

i just wish the president could be more statesmanlike... tua na bitaw sa impeachment court; let those senator-judges decide corona's fate.  hilom na lang unta si p-noy kay maklaro hinoon ug samot nga vengeful ra siya.  how dare him say that his is the public's sentiment.  his personal animosities are not necessarily the public's. 

bilib ra ba unta ko ani niya as a sentimental symbol of our democracy.  he should not waste his popularity ratings by being mataray.  it looks like we're getting more mediocre by the day because of his style hinoon. 

Quote from: taga tigbao on February 20, 2012, 11:33:03 AM
Nakalaag mi sa Bohol. Sa area nila Te Racquel dihay Couples for Christ nga mao intawoy nag-akatar pud namo ug hatid hatod sa venue unja mokuha namo inig ka gabii. Ambot ug giunsa to pagkaamigo sa among kauban nga si Bro. Nino (parionon ni sija). Mao pud to nagtour namo sa Bohol gikan didtos Chocolate Hills, tarsier, floating restaurant and river cruise sa Loboc, sa Baclayon Church. Wa na mi kalaag kaajo kay wa nay oras pero nag enjoy mi kaajo!

congratulations, bai tigs!  it's nice to know that you had people who cared wherever you went.  lahi gyod tuod ning di nawong ug terrorist.  by the way, sayon na diay iadto sa ilang raqz sa pangagan?  di na diay mag-pump boat?  dugay-dugay na gyod diay ko nga wa makaanha anang dapita... 

Quote from: taga tigbao on February 20, 2012, 01:07:07 PM
Mag EB ta Bay Hubs!

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 20, 2012, 01:16:36 PM
He he, nganong dili. Pero gaduhaduha ko kay gipangita man gud ko sa mga otoridad...

adto ni si hubag pangitaa tingali sa iglesia ni cristo big rally karong february 28 sa manila, bai tigs.  pareha ni silag buhok ni serafin cuevas.

obyus ba... pareha ra mo ana niya.  matod pa ni yoyoy, "kay naglakaw ang mga girl-boy nga may tumoy", hahaha!

katulgon pa ko.  mora na kog zombie.  overeating man god sa lunch.  feeling kanding hinoon ko kay usa ka dakong bowl nga veggie salad akong gihurot.  aaaargh... morag nia pa sa tutonlan nasangit ang uban.

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 20, 2012, 10:22:56 AM
Katig? Hmm, way Bugsay diha?

naa uy, flying bugsay kana; gikan sa balingsya niadto sa tsina, tig-landing sa sugbu...

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 20, 2012, 10:17:33 AM
Kay ano "eggplant" man ang gamit mo day?

para maningles ba pod ginagmay sa cebuano kunohay, dong.  libog man god ko kun mogamit ba ko sa translation ug "talong" or "tawong" because "tarong" is also a cebuano word though it's not a vegetable in cebuano.  da, maayo pa eggplant na lang, hehe.

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 20, 2012, 01:34:21 PM
Hmm, litik kuno. Hapuhap baya...

yours must be an egg with the hide of an armadillo.  tiaw bay ang litik mahimong hapuhap...

sukad karon, ako na lang ang higante... nga size 5 ang tiil.

Quote from: islander on February 20, 2012, 02:26:08 AM
"I laugh myself silly when some guy claims to know someone who was there, or even goes so far as to claim that he or she was there when they found the skeleton and took the picture," IronKite said.

"Sometimes people seem so desperate to believe in something that they lie to themselves, or exaggerate in order to make their own argument stronger."

ugh.  right on the head of the nail... i promise not to lie to myself anymore, ever again. 

Wanting to Believe

David Mikkelson of Snopes.com said such hoaxes succeed when they seem to confirm something people are already inclined to believe, such as a prejudice, political viewpoint, or religious belief.

A hoax also needs to be presented "in a framework that has the appearance of credibility," he said in an email.

The "ancient giant" has both elements, according to Mikkelson.

"It appeals to both a religious and a secular vision of the world as different and more fantastic than mere science would lead us to believe," he said.

"Proof," Mikkelson added, "comes in the form of a fairly convincing image."

For anyone who may have knowingly propagated the myth, Mikkelson added, the motivation "probably wasn't any different than the motivation for engaging in a game of ringing someone's doorbell and running awayâ€"because it's an easy way to have a laugh at someone else's expense."

Alex Boese, "curator" of the virtual Museum of Hoaxes, said fake giants have a long history going back to the at least the 1700s.

The recent hoax is reminiscent of the once famous Cardiff Giant myth, involving a ten-foot-tall (three-meter) stone figure dug up in 1869 in Cardiff, New York, Boese said.

Many people believed the figure was a petrified man and claimed he was one of the giants mentioned in the Bible's Book of Genesis: "There were giants in the Earth in those days."

Likewise, Boese said, the recent giant hoax "taps into people's desire for mystery and their desire to see concrete confirmation of religious legends."

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/

How the Image Was Made

IronKite started with an aerial photo of a mastodon excavation in Hyde Park, New York, in 2000. He then digitally superimposed a human skeleton over the beast's remains.

The later addition of a digging man presented the biggest technical challenge.

"If you look, he's holding a yellow-handled shovel, but there's nothing on the end," IronKite said.

"Originally, the spade end was there. But [it] looked like it was occupying the exact same space as the skeleton's temple, making the whole thing look fake.

"Now it looks like he's just holding a stick, and people don't notice. It's funny."

IronKite also altered the color of the man's clothing to create a "uniform tie-in" with the white-shirted observer peering down from the wooden platform.

The two figures work to exaggerate the scale of the skeleton, he added.

IronKite said he's tickled that the pictureâ€"which took only about an hour and a half to createâ€"has generated so much Internet attention.

"I laugh myself silly when some guy claims to know someone who was there, or even goes so far as to claim that he or she was there when they found the skeleton and took the picture," IronKite said.

"Sometimes people seem so desperate to believe in something that they lie to themselves, or exaggerate in order to make their own argument stronger."

Arabian Giant

Variations of the giant photo hoax include alleged discovery of a 60- to 80-foot long (18- to 24-meter) human skeleton in Saudi Arabia. In one popular take, which likewise first surfaced in 2004, an oil-exploration team is said to have made the find.

Here the skeleton is held up as evidence of giants mentioned in Islamic, rather than Hindu, scriptures.

The Debunkers

Web sites dedicated to debunking urban legends and "netlore" picked up on the various giant hoaxes soon after they first appeared.

California-based Snopes.com, for example, noted that the skeleton image had been lifted from Worth1000, which hosts photo-manipulation competitions.

Titled "Giants," the skeleton-and-shoveler picture had won third place in a 2002 contest called "Archaeological Anomalies 2."

The image's creatorâ€"an illustrator from Canada who goes by the screen name IronKiteâ€"told National Geographic News via email that he had had nothing to do with the subsequent hoax.

He added that he wants to remain anonymous because some forums that debated whether the giant was genuine or not "were turning their entire argument into a religious one." It was argued, for instance, that the Saudi Arabian find was entirely consistent with the teachings of the Koran.

"This was about the same time that death threats and cash bounties were being issued against cartoonists and other industry professionals for doing things like depicting the Prophet Mohammed," IronKite wrote.

The account added that the team also found tablets with inscriptions that suggest the giant belonged to a race of superhumans that are mentioned in the Mahabharata, a Hindu epic poem from about 200 B.C.

"They were very tall, big and very powerful, such that they could put their arms around a tree trunk and uproot it," the report said, repeating claims that initially appeared in 2004.

Voice editor P. Deivamuthu admitted to National Geographic News that his publication was taken in by the fake reports.

The monthly, which is based in Mumbai (Bombay), published a retraction after readers alerted Deivamuthu to the hoax, he said.

"We are against spreading lies and canards," Deivamuthu added. "Moreover, our readers are a highly intellectual class and will not brook any nonsense."

Other blog entriesâ€"such as a May 2007 posting on a site called Srini's Weblogâ€"cite a report supposedly published in the Times of India on April 22, 2004. But a search of that newspaper's archive revealed no such article.

aha!  islander here kj one again, baby.  unsaon, siaw man gyod ni si bai hubs...

"Skeleton of Giant" Is Internet Photo Hoax

James Owen
for National Geographic News
December 14, 2007

The National Geographic Society has not discovered ancient giant humans, despite rampant reports and pictures.

The hoax began with a doctored photo and later found a receptive online audienceâ€"thanks perhaps to the image's unintended religious connotations.



The photo fakery might be obvious to most people. But the tall tale refuses to lie down even five years later, if a continuing flow of emails to National Geographic News are any indication. (The National Geographic Society owns National Geographic News.)

The messages come from around the globeâ€"Portugal, India, El Salvador, Malaysia, Africa, the Dominican Republic, Greece, Egypt, South Africa, Kenya. But they all ask the same question: Is it true?

Perpetuating the Myth

Helping to fuel the story's recent resurgence are a smattering of media outlets that have reported the find as fact.

An often cited March 2007 article in India's Hindu Voice monthly, for example, claimed that a National Geographic Society team, in collaboration with the Indian Army, had dug up a giant human skeleton in India.

"Recent exploration activity in the northern region of India uncovered a skeletal remains of a human of phenomenal size," the report read.

The story went on to say the discovery was made by a "National Geographic Team (India Division) with support from the Indian Army since the area comes under jurisdiction of the Army."

ahat ba...

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 16, 2012, 08:20:38 PM
Hmm, "the lines balanced in strict syllabic measure by a caesura"? Bwahaha, measure by a caesura? Man, you've been eating too much grass...

lisod tuod sabton, bisag moablig dictionary or google search...

from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/:

cae·su·ra also ce·su·ra  (s-zhr, -zr)

n. pl. cae·su·ras also ce·su·ras or cae·su·rae also ce·su·rae (-zhr, -zr)

1. A pause in a line of verse dictated by sense or natural speech rhythm rather than by metrics.

2. A pause or interruption, as in conversation: After another weighty caesura the senator resumed speaking.

3. In Latin and Greek prosody, a break in a line caused by the ending of a word within a foot, especially when this coincides with a sense division.

4. Music A pause or breathing at a point of rhythmic division in a melody.

well, maybe the news writer (or the quoted merle alunan) meant that a caesura can be used as a measurement of balance?  samot kalibog akong kutaw...   

when you have the time, puwede suwayan pod nimog compose into a song the following lyrics, fr chic?  (a little background: a prior composition on this had already been performed in cebu and tagbilaran; the composer was a young girl from leyte.  but it was composed for a choir in syncopated style, mao nga lisod kantahon ug solo kay morag yabag paminawon.  with assurance of no danger of copyright infringement here...)

What Is Faith?

Faith is sunlight in the rain
A lowly worm with a gift of grace
Faith is letting go a sad refrain
And taking in a song of praise

Faith is the planter who plants
Knowing well the vagaries of weather
Faith is the chanter who chants
With a voice that floats like a feather

There the scarecrow does its task
With its jacket all a-tatter
Faith is knowing how to ask
Of the scarecrow what's the matter

A pause in earthly changes
The serenity after the storm
Faith is seeing beyond the mountain ranges
A butterfly after the worm

Faith is knowing how to cry
Faith is the scarecrow feeling pain
Faith is seeing a butterfly
Of sunlight in the rain.

kindly post your composition and performance here at tb in the near future, if it's not asking too much. 

hahaha!  kun ako pa si rachel, ipalamoy ni nako ni john.

kalooy ni kabang.  kadtong ni-disappear siya for some days, nagpalayo tawon to sa mga tawo either to die alone or to heal alone.  i'm glad it was the latter.  wounded animals don't eat when they do their best to heal, morag mag-body cleansing sila sama sa atong fasting.  anyway, nahaw-ang gyod tawon akong tiyan nga nagbasa ani nga thread.  i was never wrong about animals, really.  and in tb, i'm not alone.  oh, happy me!

waray is a forgotten first language of mine (i spoke it until i was 10 years old) but i still have some memory of childhood songs, one of which is this lullaby (sung to the tune of 'lubi-lubi'):

hi mano palabyo mahal an baligya        si manoy palabyo mahal ang baligya
adobo, sitsaron opod an mantika          adobo, sitsaron apil ang mantika
pinaparisan pa han luyat na tarong       parisan pag luyat nga eggplant
hi mano palabyo mahal la gihapon.       si manoy palabyo mahal lang gihapon.

duol rag kabuing ang cebuano ug waray.

human na.  human na nako litki iyang itlog.

kun wa pay pantalon, nagkinahanglan ug orinola, hahaha!

12:30 na karon diri.  lurat pa akong mata.  wa pa ko kapanghugas sa kinan-an ug panihapon.  nagkaon na pod ko.  ambot naunsa na ko.  mauwaw na ko ni banana republic pero unsaon man nako nga nakamata ko alas 9 na man sa gabii... lahi ug time zone ang akong sleeping habits, meow.

pinakno baya kadaghanan sa balak ni adonis (pareha pa gyod mo nga named after a god; mas kuyaw lang iya).  somewhere in this childboard is his 'Balaki ko, day, samtang gasakay tag habalhabal' ug 'Ang babayng way bilbil'.  paskang paknoa, hahaha!  suddenly, bilbil is in.  

sureness ko nga makakat-on gyod kag abtik pa sa ninja nga molihay sa bunal ni ismi.

aw, unsa ba diay... wa man lang ka magpahibawo.  mangluod man sad ta ana.  second edition na lang akong huwaton.

whistling gyod na kay gihuyop ang anus morag balloon, mao nga niburot ang tiyan.  mao nay tambal ug constipation.

i will wait for bugsay's poetry book.

Quote from: chicogon on February 19, 2012, 03:32:00 AM
Asa mana sila available Mike... para makahibaw pod ang mga interested?

cebuano poetry books akong tirada nga gifts for cebuano-speaking people i meet outside the country.  sayon i-wrap, they can be kept, they never go stale.

the translator, merlie m. alunan, once taught at divine word college (now holy name) in tagbilaran, when she was still merlie a. wenceslao.  that was before she threw her husband out.  alunan is actually her maiden name.   

meryl streep man (tingali) ni siya...

this looks like one congress that does not investigate.

hahaha!  tua na pod ning duha; reality bites lagi gyod ang legendary nga likoan...

na, hala, panguyog mong tanan, aron dungan mo ani niyag pangihi nga gatindog sa unahan...

is this tb's new look or just my laptop or my eyes?  the color blue is lighter now; just asking. 

ang luyo ana nga t-shirt kay ang sumpay man nga "...kay kanunay lang ko niya palabhon, palutoon, ug kulatahon."

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 18, 2012, 11:25:29 PM

is that you as a young boy, lorenz?

hahahaha!  natiwasan gyod tuod ang classical artists ani nga interpretation.  teenage mutant ninja artists.

kuhaa na lang kaha ang "y"...

ka-cute!  shot sa tadjaw...

aw, boy-lady man hinoon ni, pero sige lang, black attire man gihapon.

likay na lang, inday.  think less of yourself and your needs.  you're supposed to be past that now, at least to a certain significant degree.