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Sheepshank

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35. Errr....... I don't know about that south bound shipping being faster

Sun Mar 11, 2012, 11:28 AM

Mar 2012

I'd heard the magnetic pull of the North Poll is much stronger than that of the South Pole (Santa's influence I suppose). That 's why ships are made of iron so that they can travel by pull. When they want to go south, they just flipa switch and set up a low level electrical charge through hull of the ship to reject the "pull" Northward and voila, the could even float South.

But then that little tid bit would involve science and physics lingo, so I can understand you not wanting to get into all of that with your neighbor.

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I know a dittohead who�s dumb beyond belief [View all] Cyrano Mar 2012 OP

when i meet someone that stupid, and i have met a few, i wonder how they remember to keep breathing KG Mar 2012 #1

That's why evolution made it involuntary. They were stupid enough to forget. The Wielding Truth Mar 2012 #17

I think some of them are regressing. hobbit709 Mar 2012 #18

'The Planet Of The Apes' might not have been overly farfetched after all. PotatoChip Mar 2012 #63

Of course, it's the other way around below the equator..... lastlib Mar 2012 #2

No, it's the same. Look at any map or globe. Cyrano Mar 2012 #4

Nonsense. North is up, south is down. geckosfeet Mar 2012 #8

That's why Antarctica is covered in ice n2doc Mar 2012 #14

AH - Gotcha! Ice floats, so Antarctica HAS to be uphill from the Equator! csziggy Mar 2012 #32

Very small rocks float too... n/t PCIntern Mar 2012 #38

And if I weigh the same as a duck, then I'm a witch. nt Chorophyll Mar 2012 #53

this probably explains why i'm afraid of ducks. NatBurner Mar 2012 #72

I'm not sure you're right about this. Human excretion also floats, but Cyrano Mar 2012 #39

Everyone knows that ice sinks South of the equator... Duh... Thor_MN Mar 2012 #41

Oh - you're right! Gravity is reversed - that's why Australians don't fall off csziggy Mar 2012 #42

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Yes. Obviously, that's the way God wanted it to be Cyrano Mar 2012 #10

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The answer is obvious - ohheckyeah Mar 2012 #43

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�Make sure your answer uses Scripture, not logic.� Ichingcarpenter Mar 2012 #9

Scary set of quotes treestar Mar 2012 #34

Holy Shit. YellowRubberDuckie Mar 2012 #64

There's another kind of dittohead? HopeHoops Mar 2012 #11

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Rush Limpballs repeats himself all the time. Why the fuck is he still on the air? HopeHoops Mar 2012 #19

He has served his masters well n2doc Mar 2012 #20

Didn't work for BecKKK - there's always hope. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #51

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Rush Limpballs repeats himself all the time. Why the fuck is he still on the air? HopeHoops Mar 2012 #58

This kind of ignorance is almost scary. It does, however, explain why they are so easily Arkansas Granny Mar 2012 #13

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"dittohead who�s dumb beyond belief"" isnt that redundant? leftyohiolib Mar 2012 #15

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There was the possiblity that he Cyrano Mar 2012 #29

How can you stand to be around that? lonestarnot Mar 2012 #28

As I said in the OP, sharing this planet with people like that really frightens me. Cyrano Mar 2012 #30

So it frightens you, is that all? lonestarnot Mar 2012 #33

It's part of the reason I'm an agnostic. What kind of "Supreme Being" would have created dumbness? Cyrano Mar 2012 #37

No supreme being did snort. lonestarnot Mar 2012 #70

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Errr....... I don't know about that south bound shipping being faster Sheepshank Mar 2012 #35

I will have to assume that 20 years ago whistler162 Mar 2012 #36

I don't understand what you're saying, wistler162. It sounds insulting. Cyrano Mar 2012 #40

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Did he look like these characters? backscatter712 Mar 2012 #45

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Someone like that could be really fun to fuck around with Hugabear Mar 2012 #46

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Ditto head + dumb is redundant. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2012 #48

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Big deal! If you know one who ISN'T, get back to us. 11 Bravo Mar 2012 #52

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Disturbing and funny all at once. Vinca Mar 2012 #59

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There are no words... ElboRuum Mar 2012 #69