10-28-2009, 12:55 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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When someone says "to cut a long story short" they are making the story longer by adding this superfluous phrase.
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10-28-2009, 02:52 PM
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#62
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Ben
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: God's Country (aka Cape Breton Island)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
When someone says "to cut a long story short" they are making the story longer by adding this superfluous phrase.
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hahaha, obviously you've never heard me tell a story
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10-29-2009, 10:54 PM
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#63
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Draft Pick
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Auckland, NZ
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Killer whales aren't whales. They're a species of dolphin.
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10-29-2009, 11:02 PM
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#64
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One of the Nine
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Jellyfish aren't fish. They're a species of cnidarian.
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10-29-2009, 11:05 PM
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#65
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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Panda bears are not bears, and red pandas are not pandas.
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10-29-2009, 11:06 PM
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#66
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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People often say that Pandas aren't bears, but they are.
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10-29-2009, 11:10 PM
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#67
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Wow, that's weird, I made that post in response to 4X4 and Buckey's posts, but had not yet seen Octothorp's post, as I was in the process of typing mine.
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10-29-2009, 11:14 PM
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#68
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Edmonton
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Koala bears aren't bears
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10-29-2009, 11:28 PM
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#69
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flameswin
People often say that Pandas aren't bears, but they are.
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Could Pandas not also be of the raccoon type?
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10-30-2009, 12:05 AM
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#70
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy Self-Banned
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Nope. Pandas and red pandas are 100% cute.
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10-30-2009, 12:23 AM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Originally Posted by STeeLy
Could Pandas not also be of the raccoon type?
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For many decades the precise taxonomic classification of the Giant Panda was under debate as both it and the distantly related Red Panda share characteristics of both bears and raccoons. However, molecular studies suggest that the Giant Panda is a true bear and part of the Ursidae family,[21][22] though it differentiated early in history from the main ursine stock. The Giant Panda's closest ursine relative is the Spectacled Bear of South America
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10-30-2009, 12:32 AM
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#72
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Market Mall Food Court
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Finner
Koala bears aren't bears
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The Oilers aren't hockey players.
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10-30-2009, 08:22 AM
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#73
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Nostradamus
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: London Ont.
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pscyhotherapist = psycho the rapist
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10-30-2009, 08:35 AM
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#74
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zukes
pscyhotherapist = psycho the rapist
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10-30-2009, 09:47 AM
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#75
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Chimp Funeral, National Geographic:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1..._n_338120.html
The November issue of National Geographic Magazine features a moving photograph of chimpanzees watching the burial of one of their own. Since it was published, the picture and story have gone viral, turning up on websites and TV shows and in newspapers around the world.
"Her presence, and loss, was palpable, and resonated throughout the group. The management at Sanaga-Yong opted to let Dorothy's chimpanzee family witness her burial, so that perhaps they would understand, in their own capacity, that Dorothy would not return. Some chimps displayed aggression while others barked in frustration, but perhaps the most stunning reaction was a recurring, almost tangible silence. If one knows chimpanzees, then one knows that [they] are not [usually] silent creatures."
Last edited by troutman; 10-30-2009 at 09:51 AM.
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10-30-2009, 10:05 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
"Her presence, and loss, was palpable, and resonated throughout the group. The management at Sanaga-Yong opted to let Dorothy's chimpanzee family witness her burial, so that perhaps they would understand, in their own capacity, that Dorothy would not return. Some chimps displayed aggression while others barked in frustration, but perhaps the most stunning reaction was a recurring, almost tangible silence. If one knows chimpanzees, then one knows that [they] are not [usually] silent creatures."
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They were probably all thinking, "so, when do we get to eat her?"
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10-30-2009, 10:14 AM
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#77
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
They were probably all thinking, "so, when do we get to eat her?"
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What do you think they are? Magpies or something?
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10-30-2009, 12:21 PM
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#79
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: I'm right behind you
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Phaneuf3
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That is full of win.
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10-30-2009, 02:11 PM
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#80
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Lifetime Suspension
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Indian = in dios
Back in Columbus time, people were aware that the world was round (you send enough ships from england to africa and someone was going to figure it out). When columbus discovered the aboriginals, he referred to them as 'una pobla in dios' (sp?) spanish for 'a people in god."
I heard this from george carlin, it might just be BS revisionist history, but sounds pretty plausible.
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