To:Electra & GIRLS ONLY!

[Irishspark]

I just love samosas, I know how to make Barfi but I leave the eucalyptus oil out, Koala bears and my neck needs that when I get colds, it also wards off vampires as it makes their eyes tear up and I prefer to use garlic for cooking rather than perfume. What is grapeseed used for? I'm a sumac fan too, I love Afghani rice with raisins and lamb yummy! The beautiful Kashmir! You are going there without me? I also want to see the markets of Peshawar......I have never ridden on an elephant so I've always wanted to go to Elephant selling season in Northern India -where I could pretend I was a buyer and ride a 100 elephants.....of course with my luck someone would put me on a rogue one that killed its last mahout.....they should put "Avoid riding cheap elephants" in their travel brochures......

Originally posted by Nikita
Irish honey..
But do you have the trutee Indian Spices.. nothing compares to them. I shall take my jeep to the mountains of Kashmir & the dry deserts of The Punjab to stock up for you.

[Nikita]

waahaaa.LOL I was in Lahore last year & fell off of an elephant, I think I was embarased more than anything else.
I di had one sore arse for days after!
aah haaa so you likes the Noth's food.
When Im there thats all I do is eat eat & eat..
You want to come you are more than welcome, get in my sand buggy girl & lets geta' going.
Its the Ice cold kheer (rice pudding with almonds & raisin & coconut etc) that is just the best breakfast in the universe.

[Irishspark]

A friend emailed me this I thought I should pass it on especially for anyone who lives in Cosmopolitan cities but it is good to know where ever you are and you never know there is always a first time....

Ladies Protect Yourself

A group of rapists and date rapists in prison were interviewed on what they look for in a potential victim and here are some interesting facts:

The first thing men look for in a potential victim is hairstyle.

They are most likely to go after a woman with a ponytail, bun, braid or other hairstyle that can easily be grabbed. They are also likely to go after a woman with long hair. Women with short hair are not common targets.

The second thing men look for is clothing. They will look for women whose clothing is easy to remove quickly. Many of them carry scissors around to cut clothing.

They also look for women on their cell phone, searching through their purse or doing other activities while walking because they are off guard and can be easily overpowered.

The time of day men are most likely to attack and rape a woman is in the early morning, between 5-8:30 a.m.

The number one place women are abducted from or attacked at is grocery store parking lots.

Number two is office parking lots/garages. Number three is public restrooms.

The thing about these men is that they are looking to grab a woman and quickly move her to a second location where they don't have to worry about getting caught.

Only 2% said they carried weapons because rape carries a 3-5 year sentence, but rape with a weapon is 15-20 years.

If you put up any kind of a fight at all, they get discouraged because it only takes a minute or two for them to realize that going after you isn't worth it because it will be time-consuming.

These men said they would not pick on women who have umbrellas, or other similar objects that can be used from a distance in their hands. Keys are not a deterrent because you have to get really close to the
attacker to use them as a weapon. So the idea is to convince these guys you're not worth it.

Several defense mechanisms he taught us are:

If someone is following behind you on a street or in a garage or with you in an elevator or stairwell, look them in the face and ask them a question, like what time is it, or make general small talk, "I can't believe it is so cold out here, we're in for a bad winter". Now you've seen their face and could identify them in a lineup, you lose your appeal as a target.

If someone is coming toward you, hold out your hands in front of you and yell "Stop" or "Stay back!" Most of the rapists this man talked to said they'd leave a woman alone if she yelled or showed that she would not be afraid to fight back. Again, they are looking for an EASY target.

If you carry pepper spray (this instructor was a huge advocate of it and carries it with him wherever he goes), yelling "I HAVE PEPPER SPRAY!" and holding it out in front of you will definitely be a deterrent.

If someone grabs you, you can't beat them with your strength, but you can by outsmarting them. If they grab your wrist, pull your wrist back so your hand is in waving position (palm facing forward) and twist it
toward yourself and pull your arm away. It is hard to hold onto wrist bones that are moving in that way. They stumble toward you and you stumble back, so
you can use that momentum to bring the same hand out and backhand them with your knuckles in the forehead, nose or teeth.

Don't ever think that you aren't capable of doing this, YOU CAN!

If you are grabbed around the waist from behind, pinch the attacker either under the arm between the elbow and armpit or in the upper inner thigh HARD. One woman in a class this guy was teaching, told him she used the underarm pinch on a guy who was trying to date rape her and was so upset she broke through the skin and tore out muscle strands - the guy needed stitches.

Try pinching yourself in those places as hard as you can stand it; it really hurts.

After the initial hit, always go for the groin. I know from a particularly unfortunate experience that if you slap a guy's parts, it is extremely painful. You might think that you'll anger the guy and make him want to hurt you more, but the thing these rapists told our instructor
is that they want a woman who will not cause a lot of trouble.

Start causing trouble, and he's out of there.

When the guy puts his hands up to you, grab his first two fingers and bend them back as far as possible with as much pressure pushing down on them as possible. The instructor did it to me without using much pressure, and I ended up on my knees and both knuckles cracked audibly.

Of course the things we always hear still apply. Always be aware of your surroundings, take someone with you if you can, and if you see any odd behavior, don't dismiss it, go with your instincts. You may feel a little silly at the time, but you'd feel much worse if the guy really was trouble.

PLEASE READ AND FORWARD THIS TO ANY WOMAN YOU KNOW. IT'S SIMPLE STUFF THAT COULD SAVE HER LIFE.

One more piece of advice on this subject by a Homicide Detective...

If you are attacked, NEVER let them take you to a second location. NEVER!! Your chances of surviving the attack are considerably less!

Fight >like a demon!

[Irishspark]

Boy falling off a pachyderm (elephant) has gotta hurt!!!!!
Yes I sure do like the food! The hotter the better most of the time..although I've had a samosa my friend made me which had me thinking my tastebuds were going to be numb forever...I should have saved them for future toothaches...
I haven't tried Kheer it sounds delicious.
Its the Ice cold kheer (rice pudding with almonds & raisin & coconut etc) that is just the best breakfast in the universe. [/B][/QUOTE]

[Nikita]

haa haa you had your taste buds killed.. Im guilty of that.
RE; warning thanks for that. Ive taken mental notes off of that, not as if Id need to anyway. Me being a super trained fighter kinda cross between Lara Croft/Nikita/crouching tiger women...

[-Electra-]

Thats right- Nikita here can kick a$$!! lol!

[Irishspark]

Found this is the Scottish paper humour section...


English made easy



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Having chosen English as the preferred language in the EEC (now officially the European Union, or EU), the European Parliament has commissioned a feasibility study in ways of improving efficiency in communications between Government departments.

European officials have often pointed out that English spelling is unnecessary difficult; for example: cough, plough, rough, through and thorough. What is clearly needed is a phased programme of changes to iron out these anomalies. The programme would, of course, be administered by a committee staff at top level by participating nations.

In the first year, for example, the committee would suggest using 's' instead of the soft 'c'. Sertainly, sivil servants in all sities would resieve this news with joy. Then the hard 'c' could be replaced by 'k' sinse both letters are pronounsed alike. Not only would this klear up konfusion in the minds of klerikal workers, but typewriters kould be made with one less letter.

There would be growing enthusiasm when in the sekond year, it was anounsed that the troublesome 'ph' would henseforth be written 'f'. This would make words like 'fotograf' twenty persent shorter in print.

In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments would enkourage the removal of double letters which have always been a deterent to akurate speling.

We would al agre that the horible mes of silent 'e's in the languag is disgrasful. Therefor we kould drop thes and kontinu to read and writ as though nothing had hapend. By this tim it would be four years sins the skem began and peopl would be reseptive to steps sutsh as replasing 'th' by 'z'. Perhaps zen ze funktion of 'w' kould be taken on by 'v', vitsh is, after al, half a 'w'. Shortly after zis, ze unesesary 'o' kould be dropd from words kontaining 'ou'. Similar arguments vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.

Kontinuing zis proses yer after yer, ve vud eventuli hav a reli sensibl riten styl. After tventi yers zer vud be no mor trubls, difikultis and evrivun vud fin it ezi tu understand ech ozer. Ze drems of the uvermnt vud finali hav kum tru.


Thought it would bring you girls hope in those UK offices typing away lol!

Originally posted by -Electra-
Thats right- Nikita here can kick a$$!! lol!