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Old Apr 20th, 2015 | 12:41 PM
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Anciet Brits Were Cannibals
This set a precedent as they only ate the bland people.

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Old Apr 20th, 2015 | 12:57 PM
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I bet a DNA comparison would reveal that they were Maggie thatcher's ancestors!
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Old Apr 20th, 2015 | 12:58 PM
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The piece I heard about this on the radio suggested that all ancient peoples had cannibalistic rituals, we just haven't found them all yet.
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Old Apr 20th, 2015 | 01:33 PM
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Rituals often change over the centuries to adapt to modern customs and mores.
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Old Apr 20th, 2015 | 04:57 PM
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Why is this a surprise? Similar rituals (religions?) among many other early peoples.

After all even christianity carries this on symbolically with the blood and host used in the mass.
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Old Apr 20th, 2015 | 11:29 PM
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opening a can of worms of local Brit racial groupings.
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Old Apr 20th, 2015 | 11:39 PM
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And now you know why it's called Shepherd's pie.
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<i>"I bet a DNA comparison would reveal that they were Maggie thatcher's ancestors!"</i>

No, but maybe the ancestors of Ed Gein and Jeffery Dahmer, both from my native Wisconsin. ;-)
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Old Apr 21st, 2015 | 12:18 AM
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I suspect the sainted Mrs T was probably of Norman or Anglo-Saxon heritage. Hence more shield biter than ...
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Old Apr 21st, 2015 | 12:32 AM
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Hope their cuisine was better in those times.
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Old Apr 21st, 2015 | 01:45 AM
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According to recent DNA research, we are all 16th cousins, so...
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Old Apr 21st, 2015 | 01:46 AM
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They had a version of the Fodor's Lounge posting, that asked, "Who's for Dinner tonight"!
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