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Naimul_Hd · #**1826** November 22, 2011, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by mufi_02
In Uni, I started smoking just to look cool. Once in Dubai Airport I bought 20 packs (Marlboro Reds) for $20

. That is worth more than $100 in USA.

One time two in a row. Then I was running to catch a bus and I almost passed out. Those Reds are too strong for me. I quit then and there. No need to act cool anymore.

glad to know that mufi bro

lamisa · #**1827** November 22, 2011, 10:19 AM

apne ki bolte chachchhen naimul bhai, ami ar zinat apa khali good looking cricketerder niye kotha boli? we don't undertsand cricket?

lamisa · #**1828** November 22, 2011, 10:21 AM

and about the money factor, that's only for shallow girls or girls who didn't see much money in life, orai takar pichhe douray. now u can't say that all girls are like that.

roman · #**1829** November 22, 2011, 10:21 AM

The point is you never got hooked Mufi bro. So it was easy for you to quit. I am glad that you didnt get obsessed with nicotine. It just doesnt pay.

I'll quit in 2012. (12/12/12 is my target)

MohammedC · #**1830** November 22, 2011, 10:24 AM

I have not smoked a cigarette for long long time. I only crave for one if I see a colleague or friend smoking. Six months ago I would normally ask for one. Now I try to resist asking for cigarette, at the begining it was hard now it's getting easy.

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Naimul_Hd · #**1831** November 22, 2011, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by lamisa
apne ki bolte chachchhen naimul bhai, ami ar zinat apa khali good looking cricketerder niye kotha boli? we don't undertsand cricket?

i said 98% girls. Thankfully BC female members are among rest !

mufi_02 · #**1832** November 22, 2011, 10:29 AM

Roman bhai, 12/12/12 is very far!!

roman · #**1833** November 22, 2011, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by mufi_02
Roman bhai, 12/12/12 is very far!!

i know... I like that date and I am going to BD in Feb. Desh e giye to khali biriyani marbo. Arey vai biriyanir por cigarette e shukh taan na dile ki chole?

simon · #**1834** November 22, 2011, 11:19 AM

almost everyday I learn new vocab(Eng) in BC, like today thanks to F6 Turbo bro I learnt what "flatulence" means.

Isnaad · #**1835** November 23, 2011, 10:33 AM

Porashona sucks

mufi_02 · #**1836** November 23, 2011, 12:33 PM

Getting off from work at 130pm. You gotta love Thanksgivings! Best holiday ever

nadim 98 · #**1837** November 23, 2011, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by MohammedC
I have not smoked a cigarette for long long time. I only crave for one if I see a colleague or friend smoking. Six months ago I would normally ask for one. Now I try to resist asking for cigarette, at the begining it was hard now it's getting easy.

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Good man

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**Zunaid** · #**1838** November 23, 2011, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mufi_02
Getting off from work at 130pm. You gotta love Thanksgivings! Best holiday ever

Happy Gobble Gobble!

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zinatf · #**1839** November 24, 2011, 02:45 AM

Paying my rent with my salary for the first time...jeez I'm thrilled and happy

chinaman_f · #**1840** November 24, 2011, 02:57 AM

jeez congrats Zinat

Going to SBNCS on 29th! Hell Yeah! *that's all that is on my mind right now!

zinatf · #**1841** November 24, 2011, 02:58 AM

thanks mim.....I'm JEALOUS :@

lamisa · #**1842** November 24, 2011, 01:19 PM

does homosexuality exist in non human living creatures?

simon · #**1843** November 24, 2011, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by lamisa
does homosexuality exist in non human living creatures?

yes,I think o heard someth
abt it

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F6_Turbo · #**1844** November 24, 2011, 02:21 PM

Freddie Mercury died 20 years ago(24th November 1991) - whether you like(d) Queen or not, man he was some lead.

Of course his real name being Farrokh Bulsara and his growing up in India means some feel that little bit closer to him and his career.

Navo · #**1845** November 24, 2011, 02:37 PM

^^ What a voice that man had. What incredible range. Uncomparable.

F6_Turbo · #**1846** November 24, 2011, 02:45 PM

Sad to think they only had 3 chart toppers, and Westlife(yes Westlife) have had 14.

shaad · #**1847** November 24, 2011, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by lamisa
does homosexuality exist in non human living creatures?

Yes, in most species which utilize sexual reproduction.

In mammals, it has been observed in bonobos (apes as closely related to us as chimpanzees), macaque monkeys, elephants, lions, giraffes, sheep, bisons, hyenas and dolphins.

Same-sex behaviour is also seen in many birds, such as black swans, flamingos, pigeons, vultures and penguins. In fact, about a quarter of all black swan pairings are male homosexual pairings. Apparently each of these male pairs form a temporary threesome with a female to get her to lay eggs, before driving her away from the nest. More of "their" offspring survive to adulthood than that of heterosexual pairs, presumably because they are better able to defend larger portions of land.

Same-sex pairs, both male and female, are also seen commonly in penguins, where the homosexual couple will build nests and try to hatch a rock as a substitute for an egg. In fact, in New York's Central Zoo, Roy and Silo, a male couple, were doing precisely that when the zookeepers gave them an egg from a heterosexual couple who had laid two eggs but could take care of only one. Roy and Silo hatched and raised the healthy young chick, a female named "Tango" by the keepers. And when she reached breeding age, Tango ended up pairing with another female penguin called Tanuzi.

There are a number of interesting evolutionary theories about what prevents same-sex behaviour from being selected against in the population, but that's a topic for another day.

Navo · #**1848** November 24, 2011, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by shaad
Yes, in most species which utilize sexual reproduction.

In mammals, it has been observed in bonobos (apes as closely related to us as chimpanzees), macaque monkeys, elephants, lions, giraffes, sheep, bisons, hyenas and dolphins.

Same-sex behaviour is also seen in many birds, such as black swans, flamingos, pigeons, vultures and penguins. In fact, about a quarter of all black swan pairings are male homosexual pairings. Apparently each of these male pairs form a temporary threesome with a female to get her to lay eggs, before driving her away from the nest. More of "their" offspring survive to adulthood than that of heterosexual pairs, presumably because they are better able to defend larger portions of land.

Same-sex pairs, both male and female, are also seen commonly in penguins, where the homosexual couple will build nests and try to hatch a rock as a substitute for an egg. In fact, in New York's Central Zoo, Roy and Silo, a male couple, were doing precisely that when the zookeepers gave them an egg from a heterosexual couple who had laid two eggs but could take care of only one. Roy and Silo hatched and raised the healthy young chick, a female named "Tango" by the keepers. And when she reached breeding age, Tango ended up pairing with another female penguin called Tanuzi.

There are a number of interesting evolutionary theories about what prevents same-sex behaviour from being selected against in the population, but that's a topic for another day.

Sorry for lowering the tone, but I couldn't help but remember the Penguins from Madagascar. Explains a lot (They were from the New York Central Zoo too!)

Zeeshan · #**1849** November 24, 2011, 09:50 PM

Some are of course hermaphrodites and reprouce through parthenogenesis....

Edit: no it doesn't. See posts below..

shaad · #**1850** November 24, 2011, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeeshan
Some are of course hermaphrodites and reprouce through parthenogenesis....

Not quite, Zeeshan.

Hermaphrodites are organisms with both male and female sexual reproductive organs -- the cases you are thinking of, e.g. that of C. elegans, involve the same animal producing both sperm and ova, leading to the latter being fertilized by the former. In other words, it's still sexual reproduction: the progeny gets genetic material from both the sperm and the egg, albeit from the same parent.

Parthenogenesis is a different beast altogether. In most cases sperm isn't involved at all. The egg/ovum continues to divide and develops into an organism without fertilization -- so it's a form of asexual reproduction.

Because of issues involving imprinting, parthenogenesis does not occur normally in mammals; though obviously we can and have induced it in the laboratory. The closest you'll come to it in the wild is in the case of teratomas -- essentially situations where a reproductive germ cell continued to develop as a tumor without fertilization. In some rare cases, such a teratoma will be quite well developed, becoming a foetus in fetu containing hair, teeth, bone and, extremely rarely, more complex organs such as eyes, torso, and hands, feet, or other limbs. I have, obviously in jest (and yes, this is how nerdy biologists joke amongst themselves), suggested that Jesus could have been such a teratoma -- it would explain the virgin birth.