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This must have been fun to write
On 2007-04-19, wrote:
> This purports to be an actual letter from the Smithsonian archives. A > friend of mine who used to work at the Smithsonian has no doubt that > the letter is legit. > > http://www.mentalsoup.com/mentalsoup/apolite.htm Sure, _modern_ clams don't have teeth, but the ravenous man-eating clams of yesteryear...? Also, a cartoon: http://xkcd.com/c250.html And speaking of digging up gardens, monster badgers are terrorizing Yorkshi http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04...teline_menace/ From that "link" you can learn a fancy word (musteline) as well as a recipe (badger ham) which is illegal and will therefore become highly esteemed and sought after. -- Nam Sibbyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere, et *** illi pueri dicerent: beable beable beable; respondebat illa: doidy doidy doidy. [plorkwort] |
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This must have been fun to write
Adam Funk wrote:
> On 2007-04-19, wrote: > >> This purports to be an actual letter from the Smithsonian archives. A >> friend of mine who used to work at the Smithsonian has no doubt that >> the letter is legit. >> >> http://www.mentalsoup.com/mentalsoup/apolite.htm False. http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/smithsonian.asp Serene |
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On 2007-04-19, Serene-y the Meanie wrote:
> False. > > http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/smithsonian.asp http://xkcd.com/c250.html -- Is there any proof that English borrows words?? I mean, have we ever given one back? Do we pay for a replacement if we break one? How does this work? [Matthew L Martin, ark] |
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Adam Funk wrote:
> On 2007-04-19, Serene-y the Meanie wrote: > >> False. >> >> http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/smithsonian.asp > > http://xkcd.com/c250.html > I am a total xkcd fangirl. Serene |
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On 2007-04-20, Serene-y the Meanie wrote:
> I am a total xkcd fangirl. sudo send sandwiches -- Hi this is Leila. I'm not here right now. So please leave your name, number and a brief message and a time you called at the beep. And please try to be frank. |
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OT This must have been fun to write
Adam Funk wrote:
> On 2007-04-20, Serene-y the Meanie wrote: > >> I am a total xkcd fangirl. > > sudo send sandwiches *laugh* Better not let the velociraptor hear you. Serene |
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This must have been fun to write
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:22:59 -0700, Serene-y the Meanie
> wrote: >Adam Funk wrote: >> On 2007-04-19, wrote: >> >>> This purports to be an actual letter from the Smithsonian archives. A >>> friend of mine who used to work at the Smithsonian has no doubt that >>> the letter is legit. >>> >>> http://www.mentalsoup.com/mentalsoup/apolite.htm > >False. > >http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/smithsonian.asp > >Serene rats. it sounded a little too good to be true. i posted it to two e-mail lists. maybe i'll feign being in on the joke. it's still funny, though. your pal, blake |
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