Why Were Nuns Suspended After a Wild Holiday?

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In summary, twelve American nuns have been suspended from their convent after going on an alcohol and sex fuelled holiday where they reportedly slept with a total of 43 men. The nuns claimed they did it to "experience sin" and it is believed that one sister may have gone on a particularly lusty spree. Some have speculated that sexual repression may have played a role in their behavior. The incidents only add to the theory that sexual repression leads to negative consequences.
  • #36
Has anybody checked the Internet rumor sites for this story?
After reading http://femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment/3782004.htm from the same site, I have my doubts about its reliability.
 
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  • #37
Integral said:
Has anybody checked the Internet rumor sites for this story?
After reading http://femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment/3782004.htm from the same site, I have my doubts about its reliability.

Actually, as gross as it sounds, I had heard that same story on other news sources that I knew to be reliable. I think the site is just one that publishes all the bizarre news stories from around the world. Of course, is it relevant if it's a real news story or not? :smile:
 
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  • #38
Integral said:
Has anybody checked the Internet rumor sites for this story?
After reading http://femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment/3782004.htm from the same site, I have my doubts about its reliability.

That actually happened last summer.
 
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  • #39
We should have gone to Vegas, sisters. You know what they say ..
What happens in Vegas, STAYS in Vegas! :biggrin:
 
  • #40
A 34-stone American woman who had not left her sofa in six years died this week after becoming fused to the fabric.
HOW did she use the bathroom?? (it would explain the foul stench) and what is 34 stone?? :rolleyes:
 
  • #41
Monique said:
HOW did she use the bathroom?? (it would explain the foul stench) and what is 34 stone?? :rolleyes:

It's a British site. Nobody else uses "stone" as a unit of weight anymore. I don't remember exactly how many pounds to a stone let alone how many kg to a stone, but suffice it to say, she was BIG. As for using the bathroom, um, well, yes, that contributed to the stench part. I think they sent in the emergency workers in full biohazard suits to remove her with the couch still attached.

Edit: I looked up the conversion.
1 stone = 6.35029318 kilograms
1 stone = 14 pounds
 
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  • #42
Moonbear said:
It's a British site. Nobody else uses "stone" as a unit of weight anymore. I don't remember exactly how many pounds to a stone let alone how many kg to a stone, but suffice it to say, she was BIG. As for using the bathroom, um, well, yes, that contributed to the stench part. I think they sent in the emergency workers in full biohazard suits to remove her with the couch still attached.

Edit: I looked up the conversion.
1 stone = 6.35029318 kilograms
1 stone = 14 pounds

34 stone = 476 pounds. wOw.
 
  • #43
Moonbear said:
Nobody else uses "stone" as a unit of weight anymore.

You're the crazy ones still using pounds!
 
  • #44
Is it true that the Americans get pounded and the Brits get stoned...?

Daniel.
 
  • #45
dextercioby said:
Is it true that the Americans get pounded and the Brits get stoned...?

yes! But then what do Belgians get? :confused:
 
  • #46
I wouldn't know,i'm a Romanian...I think they get Kilograbbed...


Daniel.
 
  • #47
Math Is Hard said:
yes! But then what do Belgians get? :confused:

Hammered.

With absinthe.

Lucky euro-folks.
 
  • #48
I'm a Brit and I get kilograbbed or stoned depending on the social situation. I trained myself up as a human units converter, it's a good party trick. (Just don't ask me about slugs, chains or cubits.)


Mmmmmmm absinthe! Still got a bottle in the fridge...
 
  • #49
brewnog said:
I'm a Brit and I get kilograbbed or stoned depending on the social situation. I trained myself up as a human units converter, it's a good party trick. (Just don't ask me about slugs, chains or cubits.)


Mmmmmmm absinthe! Still got a bottle in the fridge...


Its illegal here :frown: :frown:

I know of some people who have smuggled it in through Canada however :-p

But alas, they are at a different uni, so i have no access to their alcohol :frown:
 
  • #50
franznietzsche said:
Its illegal here :frown: :frown:
I *think* it is here too. Well, the proper stuff with thujon in... brought it back from Prague!


edit: Nope, it's legal in the UK! Woo!

http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/mom/absinthe/absinthe.html
 
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  • #51
brewnog said:
I *think* it is here too. Well, the proper stuff with thujon in... brought it back from Prague!


edit: Nope, it's legal in the UK! Woo!

http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/mom/absinthe/absinthe.html

Oh gee thanx, just rub it in why don't ya.

I plan on taking a quarter in spain eventually, so i'll be getting some then. Actually i'll be stockpiling it in preparation for the end of the world. How much do you figure a three year supply will cost me? :biggrin:
 
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  • #52
brewnog said:
(Just don't ask me about slugs, chains or cubits.)

It's fun to feed beer to slugs! I'm outright evil to the slugs in my garden. I lure them out of the garden with beer, and then salt 'em good! (Can't just dump salt in the garden, or I'd kill the whole garden). Muwahahahaha! *sigh* Why do I have this eerie feeling that now Peta's going to be at my doorstep this spring accusing me of slug abuse?
 
  • #53
Absinthe will make you crazy. I watched a documentary about it. Franz, you don't need to be drinking that stuff!
 
  • #54
Oh but it's fuuuunnnn!
 
  • #55
Franz is immune to any nuts...thingy...:smile:

Daniel.
 
  • #56
Evo said:
Absinthe will make you crazy. I watched a documentary about it. Franz, you don't need to be drinking that stuff!
Is it worse than Oozo? Oozo makes me go completely out of my freakin' mind.
 
  • #57
Oozo is goooooooooooood...:approve:,iff you ran outta Metaxa...:-p

Daniel.
 
  • #58
Mmmmmmm ouzo!

Fondest ouzo memory (and let's face it, ouzo memories are rare) was getting up at 8am, walking to school with a flask full of ouzo/water to get our GCSE results, then sitting in deckchairs outside school for the rest of the morning, then getting bollocked for appearing on TV, on school property, drinking ouzo, in the morning, at age 16. Happy days!

Gonna give up spirits at 25. Honest.
 
  • #59
You have Ouzo memories? I have no Ouzo memories. People just have to tell me what I did the next morning. It's never good news.
 
  • #60
Math Is Hard said:
You have Ouzo memories?

Yeah, when I was younger I never used to get hangovers, and I never lost my memory.

My explanation is that you have to be over 18 for the beer monkey to be allowed into your bedroom to do his magic. Is there a more rational explanation?
 
  • #61
More to the point, I just got away with saying 'bollocked'! Score!
 
  • #62
brewnog said:
Yeah, when I was younger I never used to get hangovers, and I never lost my memory.

My explanation is that you have to be over 18 for the beer monkey to be allowed into your bedroom to do his magic. Is there a more rational explanation?


Nope, and it seems true, i still don't lsoe memory. It gets fuzzy somtimes, and i really ahve to think hard to remember sometimes, but i never completely forget.

Evo said:
Absinthe will make you crazy. I watched a documentary about it. Franz, you don't need to be drinking that stuff!

1) I'm going to end up like john nash anyway, whether or not i drink it.
2) That is entirely the idea. Why else would i want hallucinogenic alcohol?
 
  • #63
If you drink absinthe, make sure its the good stuff.

The drink was referred to in France as "La Fée Verte", or The Green Fairy, which is a reference to its often dazzling green color (depending on the brand). The color usually came from the chlorophyll content of the herbs used in the distillation process; however, some disreputable manufacturers added toxic chemicals to produce both the green color and the louche (or clouding) effect that in reputable brands was caused by the precipitation of the essential oils of the herbs. It is quite probable that the bad reputation absinthe developed was due to these low-grade and perhaps quite poisonous version of the real thing.
from http://www.gumbopages.com/food/beverages/absinthe.html

Presumably absinthe sold commercially is regulated, and therefore safe.

However
Much of the liquor's legendary effect is due to its extremely high alcohol content, ranging from 50% to 75% (usually around 60%), plus the contribution of the various herbs.
Drinking enough of the pure liquid could prove fatal, i.e. alcohol poisoning. So be careful.
 
  • #64
Astronuc said:
If you drink absinthe, make sure its the good stuff.

from http://www.gumbopages.com/food/beverages/absinthe.html

Presumably absinthe sold commercially is regulated, and therefore safe.

However Drinking enough of the pure liquid could prove fatal, i.e. alcohol poisoning. So be careful.


I was joking about the three year's supply, but yes i know my own limitations. When i talk about insane drinking, I'm usually joking. People who drink for the sake of outdrinking each other, or to impress each other are asking for the trouble. I'm all for getting good and drunk, but anyone going past 10 drinks in a short period of time (10 shots of 80 proof or equivalent) is asking for trouble. This stuff is about double that, so going over 4 shots worth (i imagine only us americans drink the stuff in shots) is just asking for trouble.
 
  • #65
franznietzsche said:
Nope, and it seems true, i still don't lsoe memory. It gets fuzzy somtimes, and i really ahve to think hard to remember sometimes, but i never completely forget.
doesn't seem to have had any ill effects what so ever.
 
  • #66
franznietzsche said:
This stuff is about double that, so going over 4 shots worth (i imagine only us americans drink the stuff in shots) is just asking for trouble.

Shots? You're not supposed to drink absinthe as shots! Maybe the stuff you get that they call absinthe here, but isn't (it's just anise liqueur...anything licorice flavored reminds me of medicine, so I definitely don't enjoy that stuff). Absinthe is supposed to be served by melting a sugar cube into it with water. Of course the anise and other herbs added to the real stuff are intended to disguise the gad-awful bitter taste of it.
 
  • #67
Moonbear said:
It's fun to feed beer to slugs! I'm outright evil to the slugs in my garden. I lure them out of the garden with beer, and then salt 'em good! (Can't just dump salt in the garden, or I'd kill the whole garden). Muwahahahaha! *sigh* Why do I have this eerie feeling that now Peta's going to be at my doorstep this spring accusing me of slug abuse?
And deservedly so. You could just let them drown in the beer, you know.

If Peta doesn't get you, the UC Santa Cruz students will, especially if they're banana slugs. Torturing their team mascot really gets them irate.
 
  • #68
BobG said:
And deservedly so. You could just let them drown in the beer, you know.

That would require sharing more beer with them than I'm willing to part with. :-p
 
  • #69
Moonbear said:
That would require sharing more beer with them than I'm willing to part with. :-p

Nah, you filter them out once they've drowned, then you can drink the beer.
 
  • #70
Moonbear said:
Shots? You're not supposed to drink absinthe as shots! Maybe the stuff you get that they call absinthe here, but isn't (it's just anise liqueur...anything licorice flavored reminds me of medicine, so I definitely don't enjoy that stuff). Absinthe is supposed to be served by melting a sugar cube into it with water. Of course the anise and other herbs added to the real stuff are intended to disguise the gad-awful bitter taste of it.


I said 4 shots worth, and yes until i read that page i had never heard of it being consumed anyother way.
 

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