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Z-axis Donating Member (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 09:50 PM
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Walk-in suicide bombings inversely proportional
to the % of people in the target area who are naked :)

oops.
Shhh.
Get outta here... this is serious stuff.



sorry.

z-axis
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Syncronaut Seven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 10:17 PM
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1. Why do the loonies
always make so much sense? :crazy:
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Z-axis Donating Member (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 11:10 PM
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2. Oh, I don't know
Maybe its because, when things get terribly grim, its time to lift the lid on the box and laugh your way out. Plastic bags are good for pooper-scooping, but if you've actually stepped in it, I'll take a good loonie to save face anyday.

You know, Gregory Bateson (or maybe Jane Belo) once sat in on a Balinese council preparing to consider a tribesman accused of a terrible crime. The members (men & women) were all sitting around a table cracking jokes (mostly off-color), laughing and otherwise having themselves a good time. When Bateson (or maybe it was Margaret Mead) inquired about why everyone was so frivolous, considering the purpose of the meeting, a councilmember turned and replied:

We're here to decide if this fellow should be exiled or not (a punishment equivalent to execution in their society). It would be a big mistake to do that to somebody just because we were in a bad mood, doncha think?

yours,from the loonie bin:

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