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xongsmith Member Posts: 2587 From: massachusetts US Joined: Member Rating: 6.5
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Phat Member Posts: 18332 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0
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Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith Paul was probably SO soaked in prayer nobody else has ever equaled him.~Faith |
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1.61803 Member (Idle past 1529 days) Posts: 2928 From: Lone Star State USA Joined:
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Louis CK has been accused of whipping his genitals out and masturbating. In other news others say they seen it coming.
Ok too soon. "You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs
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frako Member (Idle past 331 days) Posts: 2932 From: slovenija Joined: |
Um so is it racist that it sounds better in arabic Fair warning Helsing Ultimate is so dark it casts a shadow on darkness itself and so is the abridged version, but teamfourstar makes it 1000 times funnier. Christianity, One woman's lie about an affair that got seriously out of hand What are the Christians gonna do to me ..... Forgive me, good luck with that. |
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dwise1 Member Posts: 5949 Joined: Member Rating: 5.3 |
I've tried passing that one on to friends. Nobody ever got it.
I get it. Who here gets it and who doesn't?
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Minnemooseus Member Posts: 3945 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: Member Rating: 10.0
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I had seen it before, quite a while back. I had to research it to get the joke.
I interpreted it as requiring 3 birds, for it to be able to go beyond just an attempt. Moose ps - Somewhere a member has/had the signature something along the lines of "There are 10 types of people, those who understand binary and those who don't." It took me a while to get that one.
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Phat Member Posts: 18332 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
I dont get it! Explain it to me in a PM.
Add by Edit: OK, I think I found the answer here. Edited by Phat, : No reason given.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith Paul was probably SO soaked in prayer nobody else has ever equaled him.~Faith
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dwise1 Member Posts: 5949 Joined: Member Rating: 5.3 |
In English (and in other languages, I would assume), there are various terms for collections of various animals along with various terms for their young. On Wikipedia, there is the article, "List of animal names" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_names. Such lists come under the subject of "terms of venery", which appear to be derived from late Medieval English hunting terminology.
Best to study such lists, since they inevitably arise in trivia contests and crossword puzzles.
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dwise1 Member Posts: 5949 Joined: Member Rating: 5.3 |
I interpreted it as requiring 3 birds, for it to be able to go beyond just an attempt. You remind me as myself as a child. Presented with an array of quasi-quantitative terms, I assigned values to them: a couple = 2 a few = 3, maybe 4 some = 4 to 6 several = 7 -- probably because seven and several are so similar. many = more than 7 All so perfectly logical, I could never understand why everybody else paid those distinctions no never mind.
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Pressie Member Posts: 2103 From: Pretoria, SA Joined: |
Yeah, it's weird. I've got a charm of geelgat (yellow arsed) finches pulling apart the new leaves growing on my palm trees every Spring.
In my language, all groups of birds flocking together are called the equivalent of flocks (vlok). Edited by Pressie, : No reason given.
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jar Member (Idle past 419 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Where I grew up there was y'all which meant the person or persons immediately present and All Y'all which meant and anyone else you bring along.
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ramoss Member (Idle past 637 days) Posts: 3228 Joined: |
I get it.
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ramoss Member (Idle past 637 days) Posts: 3228 Joined:
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The difference between Northern Girls and Southern Girls.
Northern girls say 'You can'. Southern Girls say 'Y'all can'.
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