Dare To Ask Talk And News About Our Differences By Phillip Milano Question Do deaf people scream when they are frustrated? — Ezzie, 52, Pittsburgh Replies Although I don’t, I had a deaf special-needs roommate who did. Man, what a howler! — Ashley, 24, deaf, St. Augustine Deaf people have a “voice box” in their throat. They can make sounds perfectly or awfully. We are human beings, nothing more or less. — Stephen, …
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Dare to Ask: You dared to ask, now dare to answer
By Phillip Milano What better way to distract yourself from the early-summer doldrums and the latest major environmental catastrophe than to answer some Dare to Ask questions? Here’s the latest batch below seeking your intelligent, entertaining and printable replies. So, read ’em, travel to www.yforum.com, search ’em out and type away. We may feature your replies in this space, if …
Read More »Dare to Ask: In Samoa, being big has always been a big deal
By Phillip Milano Question How did Samoans get so big? I am built like a blacksmith, yet the average Samoan guy makes me look like a runt. — Dan, 21, Latino, Los Angeles Replies I taught a year on Tutuila, five miles from Pago Pago. I took my middle school class to a mall to get matching lava lavas (wraparounds). …
Read More »Dare to Ask: Tramp stamp? The term is half insulting, at the least
By Phillip Milano Question Why are tattoos on the lower backs of women called tramp stamps? — D., 53, female, Springtown, Texas Replies Because the tattoo is half above the pant line and half below. If the tattoo were completely covered, no one would notice it, and it wouldn’t matter. If it were completely uncovered, people would think “that’s cool” …
Read More »Dare to Ask: Shouldn’t all religions get days off?
By Phillip Milano Question Should all religions have specific days off school and work for their holy days or holidays? — Christy, 20, Tunkhannock, Penn. Replies It seems that would be fair. Why should some religions get their holidays off and not others? But we’d never get anything done if we did it that way. Some holy days are Saturday, …
Read More »Dare to Ask: Why do men need to spit so much in public?
By Phillip Milano Questions Why do men need to spit so much in public? Anne, Jacksonville Beach What is it with guys and spitting? Cheryl, New Haven, Conn. Replies It’s a macho thing, pure and simple. Aloysius, 37, male, Atlanta I, too, have noticed this a lot. Just yesterday I was stopped at a light and the man in front …
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