This is the official suck Stewart's dick thread.

The Daily Show is consistently funny, night after night. It has the most amazing writers in the history of writers. SNL should try and recruit them.

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Woo Hoo!! they show some funny stuff!! HA HA!!

what do they call a guy who does ballet? Is he a ballerino? Is that a ballerina as well, or is there some other term like waiter/waitress?

So, I get home, and log onto the computer, and begin to surf the Information Superhighway, as I always do. My home page loads, silive.com, and the one headline that caught my eye was this.

Quote:City facing potential milk crisis
Financial woes of Italian firm which controls much of metro area's supplies could have big impact here
Friday, February 06, 2004
By REGINALD PATRICK
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE

The potential fall of dairy giant Parmalat, owner of the nation's largest milk-processing plant, could trigger widespread milk shortages on Staten Island and in other parts of the city and state, experts warn.

But the state Department of Agriculture, which has been watching the statewide milk supply since the Italian-based firm declared bankruptcy weeks ago, says it has "security measures" in place to avert any supply problems.


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"Consumers can rest assured there are an adequate number of companies serving the metro New York region to avert any shortages," said NYSDA spokeswoman Jessica Chittenden.

Parmalat, which has plants around the world, currently has what she called the "lion's share" of the milk market in the New York metropolitan region. Some industry analysts put the firm's market share at more than 50 percent.

Set up in 1961 as a small dairy in Parma, Italy, Parmalat owns the distributors Farmland Dairies (Wallington, N.J.), Welsh Farms ( West Caldwell, N.J.) and Brooklyn-based Sunnydale Farms, the largest fluid processing plant in the United States.

"There are other players in the market," Ms. Chittenden said of the region.

When asked to name a major player in the metro region not under Parmalat's control, she came up with Elmhurst Dairy.

"There's not going to be any problem," Ms. Chittenden repeated.

It is unclear whether Queens-based Elmhurst or other milk distributors are moving to increase production on the expectation that Parmalat could be on the way out. Elmhurst owner Henry Schwartz did not return a phone call seeking comment. But one staffer, who did not give his name, said Elmhurst was "not preparing to dance on Parmalat's grave."

ITALY COMES FIRST

Combined, the three Parmalat distributors Farmland, Welsh Farms and Sunnydale Farms receive over 100 million pounds of milk per month, say industry analysts, meaning they are major processors in the American milk supply chain.

Other milk distributors in the metropolitan region include Beyers Farms in Brooklyn, Hermany Farms in the Bronx and Krinos Foods in Long Island City.

Dairy industry analyst John Band believes Parmalat must focus on shoring up the Italian portion of its operation and would be more likely to consider dumping its American holdings.

"What happens to Parmalat's business outside Italy is far less of a concern to them," Band said.

In a statement last month, the firm said it plans to maintain the status quo.

But Staten Island businesses who get milk products from Parmalat's distributors believe they have reason to sit up and take note.

John Mulvey, chairman of the Staten Island Restaurant and Tavern Association, said local restaurants rely on a steady supply.

Mulvey, owner of Bridget's Public House in West Brighton, said "we go through three to four cases of milk a week" during busy weeks.

DISRUPTIONS COULD OCCUR

Local delis and small coffee shops have similar supply needs, he added.

Supermarkets on Staten Island are also locked into the supply chain.

For example, ShopRite in Port Richmond gets all its skimmed milk from Farmland Dairies, a manager at the store said.

Waldbaums Supermarket in Bulls Head relies on Farmland for its milk supplies. When asked what would happen if Farmland's supply, for whatever reason, disappeared, the manager, who declined to give his name, shot back: "We'd just have to find another supplier."

But industry experts warn that filling the gap left by the loss of a Parmalat plant would be a major disruption.

Parmalat employs 3,100 workers in the United States. To quell their fears, the company's North American division issued a statement last week saying the firm has "no plans to divest any North American assets." But many of its workers are still uneasy.

In December, Parmalat revealed a $3.95 billion hole in its books and investigators now believe it may be as much as $10 billion in the red.

New York state has set up a $5.2 million fund to pay upstate dairy farmers should Parmalat's distributors default on payments, Ms. Chittenden said.

is learning quick.

I picked up some microwave popcorn, the orville redenblahblah's (however his name is spelled) was on sale 2 for 3 bucks. So since I had to get the lite ones, there were only two kinds 1 was movie house style, the other was kettle popped. So I got both and got my free newspaper.

I never had this kettle style deal, it said it's lightly sweetend. I figure i'll try it out and at first I was all bleh, sweet popcorn. Then after a few nibbles it kinda grew on me, this stuff is delicious!!!

with the lime coke, it's quite the treat.

I actually mentioned opening up membership to the mods before I "retired"

I was gonna put it up to a vote, I link the site everywhere I go if I join something or whatever. So thats where we probably get guests signing on most times but they cant read the board, so they leave instead of joining cause they dunno what its about.

But also this board is basically one big inside joke, so we need to broaden our horizons. Maybe add a couple forums? I am not sure about a theme, the theme always was that we are about nothing and basically everything.

So, do you think we should go public?

I think we need to add atleast a couple more forums cause the pit is too cliquish and inside, most people come in and see a sports forum, a wrestling forum, a geek forum. Half the people who joined OA.com joined cause of a forum and not cause of O&A.

If you wanna do a theme site as a gag, I am open to suggestions.

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tell him how much you love him and how his words bring joy to your day!

is not as good as it sounds.

I feel icky. :-(