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To: Iko Shepard who wrote (219)	1/14/1999 11:56:00 PM
From: somethingwicked	Respond to of 430

"Icky? Do you know who you're talking to?" Must be you; you answered.

To: Iko Shepard who wrote (219)	1/15/1999 7:10:00 PM
From: Vendit™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 430

Hey Iko...... Superman had a hard day, So he decided to round up some friends and go to the bar for a few beers. He calls up Batman, but Batman says: "I'm too tired, I busted up 3 gangs today, and my utility belt broke and the Batmobile needed servicing and.... I just want to go to bed." He calls up The Flash who says: "I got stopped in LA for running with beer on my breath. I've sworn off for the moment." He calls up more super heroes, only to get turned down each time. Finally Superman decides that he'll go over and see Wonder Woman. He flies over to her house and hovers by the bedroom window and looks in. He's amazed to see her lying on the bed nude, face up, writhing with only a trilby hat over her face. Superman gets an evil idea. Faster than a speeding bullet, he undoes his fly, opens the window, flies in, enters her, does his thing, and shuts the window as he flies out (the ultimate quickie). Wonder Woman looks out from under the trilby hat and says: "I wonder what the Hell that was?" And the Invisible Man replies: "I don't know, but suddenly my asshole hurts."

To: Iko Shepard who wrote (219)	3/30/2006 9:40:19 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Respond to of 430

Philly Plumbers Upset by Waterless Urinals By DEBORAH YAO news.yahoo.com PHILADELPHIA - This city's hoped-for bragging rights as home of America's tallest environmentally friendly building could go down the toilet. In a city where organized labor is a force to be reckoned with, the plumbers union has been raising a stink about a developer's plans to install 116 waterless, no-flush urinals in what will be Philadelphia's biggest skyscraper. Developer Liberty Property Trust says the urinals would save 1.6 million gallons of water a year at the 57-story Comcast Center, expected to open next year. But the union put out the word it doesn't like the idea of waterless urinals — fewer pipes mean less work. The city's licensing department, whose approval is needed for waterless urinals, has not yet rendered a decision. The mayor's office has stepped in to try to save the urinals, which use a cartridge at the base to trap odors and sediment as waste passes through. It is telling the plumbers that the city's building boom will provide plenty of work for them and that even waterless urinal systems need some plumbing connections, said Stephanie Naidoff, city commerce director. Philadelphia's unions have periodically put the city in a difficult spot. For years, convention groups were canceling bookings at the Pennsylvania Convention Center because of difficulties working with six unions. New rules were established in 2003 to allow convention groups to deal instead with a middleman, a labor supplier. A few months later, the electricians union temporarily shut off power and picketed the center in a dispute with the supplier. In 2004, the MTV reality show "The Real World" briefly pulled up stakes after union workers, in a dispute over hiring practices, picketed the house the cast was to live in. The show's producers and labor leaders eventually negotiated a deal to bring the show back. Edward Keenan, the business manager of Plumbers Union Local 690, did not return calls for comment. Liberty Property Trust said only that it is "currently engaged in an administrative process with the city to obtain the necessary approvals." Waterless urinals were introduced in the early 1990s. Thousands are in use around the country, including such places as the San Diego Zoo, Walt Disney World and the Rose Bowl.