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    Bassam Abdul Baki
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    Just saw this[^] story today. I know it was 1916, but are people that stupid? (Rhetorical)

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      Just saw this[^] story today. I know it was 1916, but are people that stupid? (Rhetorical)

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      Reminds me of the stroy that explains why people from Hartlepool got their nickname "Monkey hangers".

      "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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        Just saw this[^] story today. I know it was 1916, but are people that stupid? (Rhetorical)

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        M dHatter
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        People use to drink mercury to cure common colds, sure they are that stupid. :rolleyes:

        KISS "Keep It Simple, Stupid"

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          People use to drink mercury to cure common colds, sure they are that stupid. :rolleyes:

          KISS "Keep It Simple, Stupid"

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          "Blood letting" is also a good one. Although, I think that still goes on today. :rolleyes:

          "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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            People use to drink mercury to cure common colds, sure they are that stupid. :rolleyes:

            KISS "Keep It Simple, Stupid"

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            Dalek Dave
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            It cures syphillis (check spelling?)

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              Just saw this[^] story today. I know it was 1916, but are people that stupid? (Rhetorical)

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              Dalek Dave
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              I wish I was Hung like an ... oh never mind.

              ------------------------------------ "I am always serious about what I do, not necessarily about how I do it." Tom Baker

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              • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                Just saw this[^] story today. I know it was 1916, but are people that stupid? (Rhetorical)

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                Boro_Bob
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                Makes you wonder what things that are considered sane and normal now, will be considered ridiculous by our great grandchildren.

                Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.

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                  Reminds me of the stroy that explains why people from Hartlepool got their nickname "Monkey hangers".

                  "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                  Baconbutty
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                  I was thinking the same thing when I read it. I'm sure Boro_Bob will put us straight as he's from that neck of the woods.

                  Joined Folding@Home 12 March 2009. Laptop probably not up to it but it's chugging away.

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                    Reminds me of the stroy that explains why people from Hartlepool got their nickname "Monkey hangers".

                    "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                    Henry Minute
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                    Given your CP name I would have thought this[^] would interest you.

                    Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                      Given your CP name I would have thought this[^] would interest you.

                      Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                      great scott. Poor elephants. Such gentle and intelligent animals.

                      "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                        Makes you wonder what things that are considered sane and normal now, will be considered ridiculous by our great grandchildren.

                        Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.

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                        Dalek Dave
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                        "Tell us again Grampa, tell us about 'Ethernet'" When I was a lad we used to use a mouse! Whaddya mean there is no way of retrieving data drom a DVD? Wow, look at this, a book!, with REAL PAPER!

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                          Makes you wonder what things that are considered sane and normal now, will be considered ridiculous by our great grandchildren.

                          Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.

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                          I was going to suggest "Gordon Brown", but then I re-read and saw "..things that are considered sane and normal now..", :)

                          "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                            great scott. Poor elephants. Such gentle and intelligent animals.

                            "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                            Henry Minute
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                            Poor elephants.

                            Absotively! They always seem to be persecuted by one section of humanity, or another, all through history.

                            Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                              "Blood letting" is also a good one. Although, I think that still goes on today. :rolleyes:

                              "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                              Dan Neely
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                              Leeches are used today to treat circulation problems after reattaching a severed limb. Blood tends to build up in the reattached area, leeches do less damage in draining it while the circulatory system repairs itself than any alternatives.

                              Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                                Leeches are used today to treat circulation problems after reattaching a severed limb. Blood tends to build up in the reattached area, leeches do less damage in draining it while the circulatory system repairs itself than any alternatives.

                                Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                                Yeah, but not people cutting themselves open with knives to let the 'bad blood' out. that's the sort of "blood letting" I was on about. :)

                                "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                                  Makes you wonder what things that are considered sane and normal now, will be considered ridiculous by our great grandchildren.

                                  Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.

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                                  Boro_Bob
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                                  So to read the news each day, they had to cut down hundreds of trees, pulp it into paper, print lots of pages, send them out across the country in diesel burning delivery trucks and the you had to pay money for it? How stupid was that?

                                  Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.

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                                    Yeah, but not people cutting themselves open with knives to let the 'bad blood' out. that's the sort of "blood letting" I was on about. :)

                                    "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                                    Boro_Bob
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                                    Similar - drilling holes into the skulls of 'mad' people to release demons. And that might have seemed to work if they accidentally lobotomised the patient.

                                    Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.

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                                      Similar - drilling holes into the skulls of 'mad' people to release demons. And that might have seemed to work if they accidentally lobotomised the patient.

                                      Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.

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                                      I saw a fella on the bus when I was pissed one Saturday night who drilled holes into his head, because he said it "reduced pressure", and made him feel better. I asked him if he ever considered painkillers? He just stared at me. True story.

                                      "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                                        I saw a fella on the bus when I was pissed one Saturday night who drilled holes into his head, because he said it "reduced pressure", and made him feel better. I asked him if he ever considered painkillers? He just stared at me. True story.

                                        "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                                        Where was that? (Just to add to my list of towns to avoid)

                                        Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.

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                                          I wish I was Hung like an ... oh never mind.

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                                          RichardM1
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                                          But would your wife appreciate it? or any other women, after your wife fled in fear?

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