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Old Aug 12th, 2003, 07:21 PM
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"Mean is the Norm who cannot get a beer." -- Sam Malone
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Old Aug 12th, 2003, 07:30 PM
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Where is Budman when we need him?
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Old Aug 12th, 2003, 07:54 PM
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I wish Degas would drop his paint brush and figure this out.
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Old Aug 13th, 2003, 12:59 AM
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Playlad: the reason that "if you had the world's population stand in a line
around the world, that two thirds of them would drown" is "little known" is because it isn't true! Actually, three fourths would drown since that's the amount of earth covered by water. Which goes to prove: you are FROM ANOTHER PLANET!!!!!!
 
Old Aug 13th, 2003, 03:32 AM
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Actually, it would be IMPOSSIBLE to get the entire population of the earth to stand in a line, since some of those people are German.
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Old Aug 13th, 2003, 04:12 AM
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Hmmmmmmm,

Has anyone done a statistical analysis of the data?
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Old Aug 13th, 2003, 04:36 AM
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Of course "staggering" was the old imperial measurement. It will be necessary to convert to metric in order to do the analysis.

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Old Aug 13th, 2003, 05:27 AM
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But those living in Japan and England I think would make a perfect line! Perhaps if they got all those who can hold their breath a reeeally long time could take the spots in the 3/4 wet places?
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Old Aug 13th, 2003, 05:31 AM
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Noone from the UK would drown...dont you think they would have signs posted everywhere to mind the gap???
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Old Aug 13th, 2003, 05:34 AM
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They never fell in line with the rest of Europe - why would they start now?
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Old Aug 13th, 2003, 06:03 AM
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All men in "the Europe" are not green. At least 96% of all Labrador retrievers are not green. Therefore at least 96% of European men are Labrador retrievers.
 
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Hahahahahahaha!

You people are SO-OOOOO funny!

Please, folks, it's a bit too early to be dying here on the West Coast!

Hahahahahahaha!

Thanks for a great start to the morning! (wiping happy tears away)

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Old Aug 13th, 2003, 06:31 AM
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1 in 5 people are chinese. there are 5 in my family and i know my mother, father and myself are not, so that means it is either my sister dorothy or my brother chin ho lee. i think it's my sister dorothy.
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Old Aug 13th, 2003, 06:38 AM
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oldorch, I think that is just a rumor, it is not your sister Dorothy.
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Old Aug 13th, 2003, 06:41 AM
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I disagree. In France dogs are just as important as people and are definitely European. In England the same seems to be true. In Switzerland, it was not 75%, but dogs were a very important part of the animals (including ambulatory hominids) I saw walking about.

That fellow riding in the baggage car on the train that was preparing to leave from Grindelwald to Interlaken certainly had more friends than anyone.

The "fellow" was a beautiful Bernese Mountain Dog who was sitting in the baggage car with his human. As people walked by, he would reach his big paw out and touch them on the shoulder and whimper a greeting. He was getting all kinds of hugs, but he could not understand why people did not linger and play with him. I scratched his ears until the train left.
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Aww Bob Brown, what a lovely story ((&amp) I agree that Pups do make up an important part of any population, or should that be Pupulation?
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Old Aug 13th, 2003, 08:57 AM
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Personally, I think these posts are correct only about 6/10ths of the time
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Old Aug 13th, 2003, 10:37 AM
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The world would be a far sadder place it we had no dogs in it. Think about this: what is DOG spelled backwards?
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Old Aug 13th, 2003, 10:55 AM
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Curt, that's a moot point because dogs can't spell, backwards or forwards.
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Old Aug 13th, 2003, 10:56 AM
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Ah, but dogs have owners, cats have staff!
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