Birthday?

[Vyacheslav Brolotov]

What should I ask my parents to get me for my birthday. I have no idea . . . Any ideas? It's this weekend, so I sort of want to find out soon.:)

P.S. We do not have that much money to throw around.

[Nox]

Depends how old you're going to be...

[Comrade Samuel]

Chuckecheeses I don't give a fuck if your turning 35 JUST DO IT.

[Vyacheslav Brolotov]

chuckecheeses i don't give a fuck if your turning 35 just do it.

lol

[Vyacheslav Brolotov]

Depends how old you're going to be...

Old enough to be a serious thinker, young enough to watch Tosh.0 and think its funny. You guess because I really don't want to say it :)

[hatzel]

Old enough to be a serious thinker, young enough to watch Tosh.0 and think its funny. You guess because I really don't want to say it :)

13

[PC LOAD LETTER]

Old enough to be a serious thinker, young enough to watch Tosh.0 and think its funny. You guess because I really don't want to say it :)
You're 17.

[Drosophila]

Old enough to be a serious thinker, young enough to watch Tosh.0 and think its funny. You guess because I really don't want to say it :)

As far as I'm concerned, "ageism" is part of what we're against here, so there's no need to be ashamed of your age.

[Vyacheslav Brolotov]

I am turning 15 on Saturday. There, I said it.

[Drowzy_Shooter]

I am turning 15 on Saturday. There, I said it.

I've recently turned 14 bro (last November), you're in good company.

[Vyacheslav Brolotov]

So, any birthday gift ideas? My grandmother is going to get me an iPod and my parents are thinking of getting me a Nook or something like that.

[Ostrinski]

Birthdays are such a drag

[Prometeo liberado]

Low on cash? Then I would ask for a gift card to my favorite eatery. Parents are happy, your belly is happy. Win,win.:thumbup1:

[Nox]

I am turning 15 on Saturday. There, I said it.

Hmm... Go paintballing? There's an idea :P

[Zealot]

A statue of Stalin and some sticks of incense might be in order. Since you know, we all secretly worship Stalin.

[Susurrus]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Collectibles-/1/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=soviet

[PC LOAD LETTER]

A statue of Stalin and some sticks of incense might be in order. Since you know, we all secretly worship Stalin.
You could make a shrine with porcelain or concrete heads

Stalin - Buddha - Hoxha

Small pottery buckets filled with sand, incense stuck in the sand and burning.

Then reorganize your entire house to follow feng shui

I may just do that.

[Vyacheslav Brolotov]

Statues of Stalin, Hoxha, Lenin, Engels, and Marx. lol

Or maybe I can just buy myself an entire mountain with Hoxha's first name engraved on its side.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Mali_i_Shpiragut.jpg/800px-Mali_i_Shpiragut.jpg

[Prometeo liberado]

statues of stalin, hoxha, lenin, engels, and marx. Lol

or maybe i can just buy myself an entire mountain with hoxha's first name engraved on its side.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/mali_i_shpiragut.jpg/800px-mali_i_shpiragut.jpg

sweet.

[Zealot]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Collectibles-/1/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=soviet

There's a poster of Brezhnev on there for $10. Commistar, get in quick.

[Vyacheslav Brolotov]

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/RUSSIAN-SOVIET-LEADER-BREZHNEV-1979-NICE-POSTER-/00/s/NDMyWDMyOA==/$(KGrHqR,!qsE88gcIQI2BPWKVuO0ZQ~~60_12.JPG

"I am not a social-imperialist; I just wanted to get rid of all those annoying tanks. They look much better in Afghanistan anyways."

I think my parents would say that they are not going to waste money for something like that. They are have hidden bigotry against communists.

Comrades, thanks for the advice. I think I already know what I am going to ask for when we going shopping at the very last minute . . . like always. But the restaurant idea sounds good.


Chuckecheeses I don't give a fuck if your turning 35 JUST DO IT.

I'll save that trip for my sister. LOL

[Ismail]

A non-fiction book.

[Zealot]

You could always go for fiction and just get a copy of the Bible.

I'd get the selected works of Lenin. Bought a 2 volume edition a few weeks ago, printed 1946 in Moscow. I feel like a boss.

[ColonelCossack]

It was my birthday last week. 16 feels weird.

[PC LOAD LETTER]

It was my birthday last week. 16 feels weird.
I'm going to be 23 soon.

I feel old.

[NewLeft]

I'm going to be 23 soon.

I feel old.
23? That's hardly ripe. Said I, the wise one who's younger than you!

[PC LOAD LETTER]

23? That's hardly ripe. Said I, the wise one who's younger than you!
dude it's like every day someone pops up on facebook all 'look at my new baby' and im like 'what the fuck is goin on'

[NewLeft]

dude it's like every day someone pops up on facebook all 'look at my new baby' and im like 'what the fuck is goin on'
I know what you mean and I'm only 17.

[PC LOAD LETTER]

I know what you mean and I'm only 17.
your rep is the same year guillaume le conquerant was a' conquerantin

[Ostrinski]

There is an epidemic in my county of teenage women getting pregnant on purpose. Kinda weird really.

[NewLeft]

your rep is the same year guillaume le conquerant was a' conquerantin
:sneaky:

Sucks for him.

What's with the rep conciousness lately??

[NewLeft]

There is an epidemic in my county of teenage women getting pregnant on purpose. Kinda weird really.
EDIT: I read that as "in my country".. NEVERMIND. But on purpose? That's strange indeed..

[Os Cangaceiros]

I'm 23 too

[Os Cangaceiros]

One of the good things about progressing from your teens into your twenties is that you become more jaded and cynical.

[Prometeo liberado]

There is an epidemic in my county of teenage women getting pregnant on purpose. Kinda weird really.

These kind of "phenomena" often coincides with the current fad/reality programming on MTV. We just barely got over the whole "friend zone" thing. I guess now it's the "teen mom" thing. Could we get a MOD to shut down MTV? Please?:confused:

[PC LOAD LETTER]

One of the good things about progressing from your teens into your twenties is that you become more jaded and cynical.
This is true


These kind of "phenomena" often coincides with the current fad/reality programming on MTV. We just barely got over the whole "friend zone" thing. I guess now it's the "teen mom" thing. Could we get a MOD to shut down MTV? Please?:confused:
I would love to see MTV shut down

[NoOneIsIllegal]

i'm 22 but I still feel 17-18.
/insert "age is but a number" or "age is but a feeling" or "get a job" or "send me $10"

[NewLeft]

I would love to see MTV shut down

Funny, this morning I was surfing the channels and I got an error on MTV: MTV is currently not available for unknown reason.

[Искра]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ENVER-HOXHA-ALBANIA-COMMUNIST-MARXIST-LENIN-TRIBUTE-MUG-/250906677922?pt=UK_Collectables_Memorabila_RL&hash=item3a6b3412a2

[Os Cangaceiros]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ENVER-HOXHA-ALBANIA-COMMUNIST-MARXIST-LENIN-TRIBUTE-MUG-/250906677922?pt=UK_Collectables_Memorabila_RL&hash=item3a6b3412a2

Ismail just came.

[Ismail]

Ismail just came.I'm up to page 342 of Our Enver (by Ramiz Alia) as of this post. That is more interesting than a mug.

[PC LOAD LETTER]

I'm up to page 342 of Our Enver (by Ramiz Alia) as of this post. That is more interesting than a mug.
You can't drink coffee out of a book

[Vyacheslav Brolotov]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ENVER-HOXHA-ALBANIA-COMMUNIST-MARXIST-LENIN-TRIBUTE-MUG-/250906677922?pt=UK_Collectables_Memorabila_RL&hash=item3a6b3412a2

I actually might get that. I have now met my dream gift. I also that Ismail would be looking into that. lol:laugh:

[Vyacheslav Brolotov]

Ismail just came.

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:: laugh:

So did I. I'll have a collection of mugs with Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Molotov, Stalin, Hoxha, and (maybe) Mao. After that, everyone else is a REVISIONIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Comrade Samuel]

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:: laugh:

So did I. I'll have a collection of mugs with Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Molotov, Stalin, Hoxha, and (maybe) Mao. After that, everyone else is a REVISIONIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I bet krano would be pissed at you because Hoxha is to Ismail as krano is to Ho Chi Minh.

[MarxSchmarx]

I remember my 15th birthday very vividly. I was living with my grandparents at the time, but they were away on a business trip.

I wanted to be away from my mates. I decided to visit neighborhood where I grew up. I happened upon a small restaurant; things were going pretty slow, I ordered a paella and discussed ETA and Franco with the waiter who was obviously a disaffected young man just out of university not knowing what to do next.

I think it was one of the most influential birthdays I had. I think you shouldn't ask your parents for anything, except to let you have the day entirely to yourself. Get on a bus, go to a part of town you hadn't been in in a while, and treat yourself to a good meal. Try to strike up conversation with the staff. I think you will remember it for the rest of your life.

[Vyacheslav Brolotov]

I bet krano would be pissed at you because Hoxha is to Ismail as krano is to Ho Chi Minh.

Oh, I forgot about Ho Chi Mihn. He will be a face on one of my mugs, too.

[Ismail]

And now it's Hoxha quote time! In a conversation on the Vietnam War:

"If tomorrow someone says that Vietnam triumphed because 'we helped it', this will not be true in the least. This someone may say he has assisted with such and such supplies and weapons but such a claim is in no way Marxist-Leninist. An internationalist stand is when the aid provided is never mentioned, because some food and clothing, or half a dozen mortars or guns sent you by others, can never equal, much less outweigh, the bloodshed and countless sacrifices of heroic Vietnamese people, who, with their valiant fight, are resisting all the military pressures and tricks of the American imperialists. In our view nobody has the right to seek advantages under the pretext of the aid which he provides."
(Enver Hoxha. Speeches, Conversations and Articles: 1969-1970. Tirana: 8 Nëntori Publishing House. 1980. p. 410.)

The Vietnamese were one of the few to have party-to-party relations with the Party of Labour of Albania throughout its existence.

[Ostrinski]

15 was a terrible year for me. Worst year of my life in fact.

[Vyacheslav Brolotov]

And now it's Hoxha quote time! In a conversation on the Vietnam War:

"If tomorrow someone says that Vietnam triumphed because 'we helped it', this will not be true in the least. This someone may say he has assisted with such and such supplies and weapons but such a claim is in no way Marxist-Leninist. An internationalist stand is when the aid provided is never mentioned, because some food and clothing, or half a dozen mortars or guns sent you by others, can never equal, much less outweigh, the bloodshed and countless sacrifices of heroic Vietnamese people, who, with their valiant fight, are resisting all the military pressures and tricks of the American imperialists. In our view nobody has the right to seek advantages under the pretext of the aid which he provides."
(Enver Hoxha. Speeches, Conversations and Articles: 1969-1970. Tirana: 8 Nëntori Publishing House. 1980. p. 410.)

The Vietnamese were one of the few to have party-to-party relations with the Party of Labour of Albania throughout its existence.

Thanks for the good information. I bet that was Hoxha talking against the Soviets' inappropriate pride in aiding the Vietnamese.

[Vyacheslav Brolotov]

15 was a terrible year for me. Worst year of my life in fact.


Thanks for the positive outlook.:laugh:

[Landsharks eat metal]

Thanks for the positive outlook.:laugh:
He's right, though. 15 sucked. That's when I almost got charged with assault.

[Ostrinski]

I hope you wished for global revolution on your birthday candles

[Vyacheslav Brolotov]

I hope you wished for global revolution on your birthday candles

Shit, I wished for a socialist America where global revolution would be spread from. But first comes . . . yes, you guessed it: socialism in one nation :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Ostrinski]

jesus

[Vyacheslav Brolotov]

jesus

Haha, but in reality, I really did not wish for anything. I'm a materialist.

But I sort of did have the thought in my head of global revolution.