Peter Benwa has started up again...

Hello Happy Hiram,

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The Question: Who are good poets on Yahoo Answers?


My reported answer: "Dave, Nancy, Love Child (aka Firecat), Questor, Crimson Ark and Frederic (when his female fans stop encouraging him to write cliche-ridden gushing messes.)  there were many greats who have moved on: BG, SIN, MTheory, Giggles, FShirley, Mek, Oakwolf, and more; occasionally some of them pop in again for a bit. I am missing at least three excellent poets because my mind is not as supple as it was when I was younger. Dallas! How could I forget to mention her (aka 5ft7 Texas Heaven.)"
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PS: Notice the answerwas mistake, this obviously computer generated mess made, and the words on the Appeal link are my addition (just saying how these "non-appeals" feel.)

I was just telling a friend the other day how Peter catalogs old Q's to smash us with when he decides to move against one of us. Please don't say "Peter Benwa" in your posts, because he might be cataloging your work too.

When is an Anti-Aids poem really an anti-women poem?

A character in Yahoo Answers who calls himself "Polish" posted this "poem" today:

ANTI AIDS... Does this poetry qualify to help educate?

When one gets a STD
the disease doesn't ask have
you ejaculated?

any touch of an infected vagina
even for a second 
is good enough
but you like to save the cost of a condom

now a days guys and gals
have sex with so many
who has the gift of AIDS for free
none can say

now you also may donate
so play safe
use condoms
have plenty of water
if it stops be happy
else a doc
go and see

 

To Which I responded:
Wow if dumbing down an idea was a way of promoting it instead of making the idea an embarrassment this would be effective. Instead it sends the message that safe sex is for morons.
 
When one gets a STD - If you are going to get the grammar wrong then saying "one gets" is like you are mocking yourself.

the disease doesn't ask have you ejaculated? - I mean WTF does this have to do with anything? A) gratuitous crude sex reference, B) half your audience has just been told "women: safe sex is not your concern".
 
any touch of an infected vagina - again a woman-hating remark. Women are 13X more likely to catch HIV from an infected penis; but this is about "dissing women" not AIDS education, is it.

even for a second is good enough - Huh? WTF man. This is just anti-sex. Don't drink from public water fountains kind of BS. Makes the cause of safe sex look like some form of mental illness.

but you like to save the cost of a condom - For the 0.0001% of the population who are too CHEAP to use a condom this is a powerful line; for the rest of us it is idiotic.
 
now a days guys and gals - nowadays is a word, but like "an STD" spell check is not gonna fix that for you.

have sex with so many - promiscuity is not the only cause of HIV. More wives have gotten it from their husband's drug use than from infidelity.

who has the gift of AIDS for free - who HAVE maybe you mean?
none can say

now you also may donate - Huh? Donate blood, HIV or donate your body to the disease?
so play safe
use condoms
 
have plenty of water - dehydration is not a risk factor if it stops be happy - yeah if your STD becomes asymptomatic you are okay?? Terrible terrible idea.

else a doc go and see - Yeah, making fun of going to the doctor is REALLY effective.
Your piece is an example of the main causes of HIV :
1) Ignorance
2) combined with know-it-all-ism
3) combined with mis-information.

This is an ANTI -AIDS-EDUCATION poem. It is pro-disease and superstition.

It makes me want to say "Please stay away from sex - it might result in reproduction."

Go see the original poem in Answers

He THEN added:

A young lad asked here
if he would be a victim of AIDS
as he had sex with an unknown girl
without condom
just touched his penis in and around for less than a minute
This was just a warning to him .

And in poetry
the computer and grammar have to be kept in the closet
You all seem to be great poets
grateful you do hear.


To Which I responded:
Edit: So instead of telling him that HIV is VERY hard to transmit and that he should use a condom next time, you filled his head with paranoia and hatred of women. Man that is even sicker than the poem itself. Some times people who know nothing should just shut up.

Footnote:
If this isn't Peter Benoit and one of his woman-hating, ignorant, scare-tactic rant (I am sure the "young man" he made up,) I would be very surprised.

A site for Teen Health info regarding HIV:
http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/stds/std_hiv.html

Letter to Caz

I sent this letter to the fraud calling him or herself Caz and got no response:

Caz,

I haven't written about, read anything by, or even thought about you for the last year or two, until you put my name in your post. 

What exactly is your issue and what did I do that you MISINTERPRETED as a remark?

I assume Peter Benoit has been telling you lies. 

Frankly, I have too low of an opinion of you to bother trading insults,  but as you have lots of suckers conned, your lies about me carry more weight than they should.

What, if anything, are you talking about saying I insulted you and I am jealous of whatever it is I haven't looked at in years.

Or are you using MY notoriety to build up more suckers to your cause?

If you do not respond I will be posting this letter.

Sincerely

HH        

Crocodile's Complaint

Peter Benoit Harrassing me again

This was his post to my Q in Yahoo Answers:

Happy Hiram's 12 Secrets of a Successful Life

Happy Hiram's 12 Secrets of a Successful Life

(Yes, most of these ideas were originated by others, see #5)

1. What you DO is who you ARE.

2. Believe your own bullshit. If you are not for you then who will be?

3. Take the best care of yourself and you will have plenty to offer others out of your bounty. If you sacrifice your well-being to help, it's like driving the car with no oil and bad breaks. Martyrdom makes you an accident waiting to happen. Being self-centered is the first step towards useful selflessness.

4. Anger and resentments are like peeing your pants to punish someone else; nobody feels it but you.

5. Learn to listen. Teams are smarter than individuals.

6. Forgive other and yourself not because it is right or nice but because when you forgive you are releasing yourself from the prison of the past. But do it when you are ready, not before.

7. Neither a borrower nor a lender be. If you help someone, think of it as a gift. Accept help when given but never mortgage yourself to your problems, or they will own you.

8. Lies have short legs, so run with the truth. Everyone has a slightly different version of what is happening around them, but when you lie the “furniture” doesn't match the “decor” and your character gets beaten up even while you think you are fooling people. They see through it, even when they don't know it yet.

9. Be the spider, not the fly in your network. Design your supports around your needs, don't just get "caught up" in what you wander into.

10. Guide your instincts, don't let your instincts be your guide. Brains and guts don't function as well independently as they do in concert.

11. You can't eat blueprints. Make plans but do not live in sand castles of future gain.

12. Nothing is between you and others, it is all between you and God (or if you prefer, you and yourself.)

Telephonic Adventures

BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE

Calling the 800 number of Penny Cards International Calling Cards

"Hi, does your $10 phone card cover international cell phone to cell phone calls?"

"Yes, but..."

"I'm sorry.Does your $10 phone card cover international cell phone to cell phone calls?"
 "Yes, but you need to set up a $25 account with us and..."

"I'm sorry.Does your $10 phone card cover international cell phone to cell phone calls?"

"No, but if you..." CLICK. 

Adventures with SURI*

*The voice command seach app for the iPhone 5

Suri: "How can I help you?"

Me: "Phone Cards"


Suri: "I'm thinking..."  

Suri: "How can I help you?"

Me: "Sim Cards"


Suri: "I'm thinking..."

WTF eh?

Montclair Fakery (or how to declare "bike"-ruptcy.)

Last month I was driving through Montclair, New Jersey wishing I were bicycling instead, but my bike had two flat tires.

Instead of going to the store and spending $22 on a bike pump, I stopped in an upscale bike shop in that town and asked how much it would cost to get air in the tires. Two nice women answered me, one saying "air is free" and the other saying "They can check your brakes for $5 a bike too, but if something needs adjusting it will cost more.

Thanking them, I gather my bike and a friends, loaded them on my bike rack and went off to the store the next day. First mistake. They are CLOSED on Wednesdays. Oh well, my bad.

The next day, we did the same thing. The owner/manager was on the phone for 10 minutes having a social conversation before he could address me. I assume if he weren't the owner, he couldn't get away with that.

I explained that I was told air was free, and that while I hadn't used the bikes in two years, that two years ago I had put a $100 into them and used them exactly once. So I would like to know if anything needed tuning up (which I could do myself) but didn't want to spend more than $30 total. He said, no problem, explain that to the mechanics downstairs.

So I went downstairs and explained to the young man fixing bikes that I didn't plan on spending more than $30, and why.

He says, "Let me look at the bikes." One is a used mountain bike that I bought for $30. The other is an ancient Schwinn that cost $10 in a yard sale.

"Okay, I can fix them for you. That'll be $90 a piece, up front."

I admit, I raised my voice. "Are you CRAZY?"

He looked at me as if I had committed the most heinous of sins.

"Are YOU raising your voice at ME," he asked.

I paused for a moment, Montclair after all being a communist city, the might have an ordinance against loud talking. But I decided to take my chances.

"YOU'RE DAMNED RIGHT I AM RAISING MY VOICE AT YOU! ARE YOU INSANE?"

I and my friend grabbed our bikes to leave.

"Where are you going?" The young man asked surprised.

"Is there a problem?" The manager said, from the upstairs window, cell phone still in hand.

"YOUR EMPLOYEE WANTS TO RIP US OFF, AND HE IS SURPRISED WE AREN'T BUYING!" I shouted so that people up and down the street looked up, surprised.

"DON'T GO!" he shouted as we left.

Don't go, is right. $22 dollars and a pair of pliers and we are riding the bikes just fine.

Always wear a helmet. And use your head when dealing with salespeople.