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Subject: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: GUEST,amergin Date: 17 Jun 04 - 01:23 PM Silence not fatal to women: Official Ground-breaking research liberates females worldwide by Germaine O'Greerson Millions of women around the globe are today breathing a collective — and hushed — sigh of relief this week after a research team proved that even extended periods of silence were not fatal to female humans. The ground-breaking investigation debunked hundreds of years of popular myth which maintained that even a few seconds without some form of conversation could kill an adult woman dead on the spot. Lead researcher Dr Antonia Vileda-Shine told The Rockall Times: "The results surprised me as much as anyone, I can tell you. We put a husband and wife into a controlled environment with sofa, television set and remote control, and asked the wife not to speak for approximately twenty seconds while her partner was watching Euro 2004. To our amazement, she did not expire at the end of the enforced silence." The news has been greeted with jubilant scenes as hitherto verbose women realised that they would no longer have to shoulder the burden of expanding a minimum of verbal material to fill anything up to 90 minutes. "It was just exhausting," admitted one visibly-shattered Kent housewife. "To sustain a one-sided conversation about what happened at the supermarket checkout for the entire duration of a football match is exhausting. But that's what my mother did, and my mother's mother, and I always assumed that if they stopped twittering on then the silence would kill them." But while women can now look forward to a more relaxed and decibel-free home environment, many men have reacted to the news with dismay. "I tried to read the paper yesterday without the usual accompaniment of the missus giving me the weekly rundown of who said to who down at the hairdressers," admitted a man propping up the bar of his local. "I just couldn't concentrate, to be honest." The triumphant team behind the discovery this morning confirmed that they are moving on to a new area of research, and intend to prove that women will not go blind if they read the instructions which are supplied with washing machines, microwave ovens, DVD players, etc. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: MMario Date: 17 Jun 04 - 01:25 PM you are a braver man then I 'gin! |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 17 Jun 04 - 01:40 PM In this case, silence is golden. It has been nice knowing you, Amergin. Ladies: I do NOT agree with Amergin. He did incorporate a neat play on words by mentioning the author of "The Female Eunuch", thus indicating a familiarity with the issues surrounding women's rights. Please take that into consideration at the trial. Hate to desert a friend, and if it was only an armed military force, I would stay. But, not for this. G'luck. You are on your own. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: CarolC Date: 17 Jun 04 - 01:44 PM ...on the other hand, if she's been silent for more than a year, you might want to check and see if she dead or maybe run off with the cabana boy. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Blackcatter Date: 17 Jun 04 - 01:45 PM Ladies: I do NOT agree with Amergin So what you're saying Brucie is that you think that silence is fatal? |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 17 Jun 04 - 01:49 PM Naw. I'm chickenshit when it comes to pissin' women off. Jaysus. Don't want to get anyone started. So, here I cower, brown nose and all. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Amos Date: 17 Jun 04 - 01:52 PM Amergin's piece is brilliantly insightful, humorous and articulate. Unfortunately it has no basis in fact. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Jeri Date: 17 Jun 04 - 02:01 PM Why some men may not talk so much: it's hard to enunciate properly with your mouth full of feet. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Megan L Date: 17 Jun 04 - 02:11 PM Amos dear it doesnt have to look at our ilustrious poloticians pronouncements :) Amergin the pine isn't very good this year but I can do you a nice line in cedar. And the added bonus is you laying out suit wont have moths. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 17 Jun 04 - 03:11 PM It is clear that Amergin is viciously anti-female. He's trying to trick countless unsuspecting women into silence, thus bringing about their certain death! Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Amos Date: 17 Jun 04 - 03:17 PM Well, truth to tell, silence does not kill and in some women it looks turribly attractive. In the correct proportions, as with everything... A |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Little Hawk Date: 17 Jun 04 - 03:20 PM Silence is something we could all use more of. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: GUEST,MMario Date: 17 Jun 04 - 03:21 PM *donning flak vest* I ain't taking no damage from the barrage that this will produce |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 17 Jun 04 - 03:30 PM If a tree falls in the woods, and there is no woman to hear, is the man still wrong? |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: GUEST Date: 17 Jun 04 - 03:44 PM yes |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Bill D Date: 17 Jun 04 - 03:56 PM ah, yes...exaggeration of stereotypes for the sake of dubious humor! A revered tradition...funny, I don't personally know ANY woman who goes to a beauty parlor, and most of them have interesting things to say anyway...*grin* .....and we men do not always take refuge in the sports channel to escape our wives talking, either. Nor we all drool at the sight of a 42DD bosom. I do forget that there are some men AND women out there who maintain these stereotypes and give comedians material for routines for bars. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: artbrooks Date: 17 Jun 04 - 04:26 PM When herself is quiet for any extended period of time, I begin to worry about just exactly what I have done wrong this time. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: RichM Date: 17 Jun 04 - 04:30 PM Well I admit most of the women I know DO frequent "hair salons". And I won't admit to drooling at the sight of impressive bosoms, though I do admit to LOOKING... ... And watching sports is about as interesting as watching a spin cycle. And I was a stereotype, when stereo replaced mono... Rich ;) |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Amos Date: 17 Jun 04 - 04:30 PM Well...maybe not drool exactly. But practice meditative inspiration and focus, perhaps... A |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Little Hawk Date: 17 Jun 04 - 04:31 PM When I see a 42DD bosom I edge away nervously. :-) I have never watched the Sports Channel. What else have we got? |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Megan L Date: 17 Jun 04 - 04:53 PM Silence can be fatal remember "all it takes for evil to succeed is for a good woman to say nothing." *goes to remove tongue from cheek. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Pogo Date: 17 Jun 04 - 08:49 PM Hey..." better to keep one's mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. " And this applies for both men and 'the gentler sex' I'm surprised no disgruntled ultra-feminazi has yet thrown out mutters about male chauvinism by now and instigated a full scale gender war in this thread. I mean...what am I going to do with this six pack and bucket of designer popcorn now? I want entertainment, dangit!!!! *sighs* And LH I'd back away from a 42DD bosom too...they've been known to go off without warning. o_O |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Blackcatter Date: 17 Jun 04 - 09:40 PM I like to look at big breasts, but when they're presented to me to play with, I'm confused. I know how to handle small ones - they sit right there and the true focus is the nipple, but with the mass of large ones -I keep feeling there's more I should be doing with them. Any tips? |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: CarolC Date: 17 Jun 04 - 09:48 PM I'm surprised no disgruntled ultra-feminazi has yet thrown out mutters about male chauvinism by now and instigated a full scale gender war in this thread. I mean...what am I going to do with this six pack and bucket of designer popcorn now? I don't know, Pogo. Sorry to disappoint. BTW, I say this as a favor to you... you might want to consider removing the term "feminazi" from your lexicon. (You'll thank me later.) ;-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Amos Date: 17 Jun 04 - 10:56 PM BC: See the post directly above yours, from Pogo, for advice relevant to your post. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Ebbie Date: 17 Jun 04 - 11:14 PM My sister's once was told by her husband to shut up; she didn't speak for three weeks. (She always was a touch hardheaded. On the other hand, she never babbled in her life.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Ebbie Date: 17 Jun 04 - 11:15 PM Scratch 's |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Bobert Date: 17 Jun 04 - 11:20 PM Well, me and the Wes Ginny Slide Rule all over this one... We have observed that the P-Vine (wifeperson) doesn't talk too much in her sleep, actually going hours without talking and yet, come morning, she's still alive.....and well....and, ahhhh..... talkin. That's our observation unless the P-Vine should happen to read this and then we may have to make some revisions in our observations. Bobert and the WGSR... |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Ebbie Date: 17 Jun 04 - 11:21 PM I'm told that it increases the facial flush in a man with rosacea. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Ebbie Date: 17 Jun 04 - 11:24 PM Scratch that post! |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Amos Date: 18 Jun 04 - 12:18 AM You think that was a scratching post, Ebb? A |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Ebbie Date: 18 Jun 04 - 12:37 AM :) Amos. That post of mine was meant for the viagra thread. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Amos Date: 18 Jun 04 - 12:40 AM Oh!! I am glad to see you are exercising rigor in your logic, anyway! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Liz the Squeak Date: 18 Jun 04 - 06:58 AM And who you calling the 'gentler sex'? Men get 'flu, children get a cold, women get on with it. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Ellenpoly Date: 18 Jun 04 - 11:23 AM Did any of you really think that one of us would read this post and want to start ranting against it? Silly boys. Sorry, but if you notice, the majority of long-windedness here on Mudcat is reserved for the male of the species. We girlies have better things to do. ;-D ..xx..e |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 18 Jun 04 - 11:50 AM Absolutely. Gotta keep the kitchen clean. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: CarolC Date: 18 Jun 04 - 11:52 AM Is that what they're calling it these days? (Oh cabana boy! Come clean my kitchen!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 18 Jun 04 - 12:01 PM That's it, Carol. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Ellenpoly Date: 18 Jun 04 - 12:09 PM Brucie honey, sidle on over here, and I'll show you where else we can put that rolling pin...xx..e |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 18 Jun 04 - 12:39 PM LOL This is a funny thread because it shows how much the stereotype does not apply to women who frequent the 'cat. I have been coming back to the thread thinking maybe I'd encounter the sliced, diced, flayed and otherwise mutilated 'body' of Guest amergin. Instead, women have grabbed the long end--allow me to rephrase that--women have proceeded with dignity and decorum, thus demonstrating that tyhe female of the human variety can be both housebroken AND trained, while in effect the male can only be housebroken. It does restore one's confidence in people. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Amos Date: 18 Jun 04 - 12:53 PM Bruce!! Don't pick up the soap!!! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: CarolC Date: 18 Jun 04 - 01:05 PM hahahahaha... (Ok ladies. Remember the pact. Don't anybody tell them how things really work or it'll spoil everything... ) |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 18 Jun 04 - 01:50 PM This is definitely the Hundredth Monkey thing, isn't it? Guys, the women are onto something here. We are in deep, deep, deep trouble. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Megan L Date: 18 Jun 04 - 02:09 PM Ah the gentle sounds of men twitering it must be summer :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 18 Jun 04 - 03:28 PM DEEP trouble! |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Liz the Squeak Date: 18 Jun 04 - 03:41 PM Oh, if only they knew, girls.... if only they knew!!! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Mudlark Date: 18 Jun 04 - 03:44 PM No comment. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 18 Jun 04 - 03:46 PM Very, very DEEP. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Liz the Squeak Date: 18 Jun 04 - 05:26 PM Mind you, it looked pretty fatal for the woman in the pub sign in Dorset, where I used to live.... it's called 'The Quiet Woman' and has a little rhyme about it - let no man breed a riot, now the woman be quiet - and shows a woman holding her own severed head The legend of the Quiet Woman . It's no longer a pub, just a private house but I remember it well for its fine beer and intriguing pub sign. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: beardedbruce Date: 18 Jun 04 - 05:30 PM does that mean she was holding her tongue ( among other things)? |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: kendall Date: 19 Jun 04 - 07:59 AM Stereotypes afford us the luxury of not thinking. But, eventually, they will extract the price of our not thinking. (Jean Harris) |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: ranger1 Date: 19 Jun 04 - 09:50 AM Oh, Brucie, if you only knew... |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Pogo Date: 19 Jun 04 - 10:38 AM {O) CarolC hon, thank you. For the record I do distinguish between feminists (those who rightly believe that women and men should be equals) and feminazis (those who believe all men are utterly useless and should be destroyed as soon as possible) I find the latter a bit disturbing. But that's opening another can of worms... |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Pogo Date: 19 Jun 04 - 10:44 AM And LTS... Just to let you know...I tend to have a very gentle albeit slightly mischevious sense of humor... {OD |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 19 Jun 04 - 03:03 PM OK, there's something going on here and I want to make it clear to women everywhere that I read and understood Germaine Greer's "TFE". I favour women having the right to vote (and I hope they get it real soon). I am also of the opinion that women should be paid at LEAST 3/4 the wages a man would make for doing any given job. I would agree that men should do dishes a minimum of once a week, wash floors when their female spouse is ill (provided the fever is higher than 103 degrees or the bone is MOSTLY set). Please remember that. I am on YOUR side. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 19 Jun 04 - 03:40 PM D E E P |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: CarolC Date: 19 Jun 04 - 04:35 PM Is our silence making you nervous? |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 19 Jun 04 - 04:46 PM Absolutely, Carol, A B S O L U T E L Y! |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Little Hawk Date: 19 Jun 04 - 04:51 PM Jake Thakray did a hilarious song about a garrulous wife called "On Again On Again On"... My Mother has at least 2 ladyfriends who could talk the paint off a post, the spots off a zebra, the balls off a buffalo! They could choke a black hole with their daily flow of useless verbiage, and the amazing thing is it all adds up to absolute ZERO in terms of enlightening or meaningful content. I think it is nothing more than stress relief...a sort of mental/verbal masturbation to keep the restless mind engaged. Of course, a cynic could say the same about me and the rest of you who type daily on this forum... :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 19 Jun 04 - 04:53 PM Whew! Timely, LH, very timely. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Megan L Date: 19 Jun 04 - 05:01 PM Most I N T E R esting |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 19 Jun 04 - 05:06 PM HEY! Who posted under my name at 3:03 PM today? Whoever you are, don't let it happen again. I ain't kiddin'. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 19 Jun 04 - 05:07 PM LH, if that doesn't work, I'll have to use Plan 2. (If you have a good idea for Plan 2, let me know--soonest.) DEEP DEEP TROUBLE shapin' up here. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: jacqui.c Date: 19 Jun 04 - 05:41 PM Brucie - you're a prince among men, no doubt about it. Mind you, when you look at the princes.... Well, there's Charles, Andrew and Edward And then there's Prince You're in good company sweetheart |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 19 Jun 04 - 05:48 PM LOL |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: freda underhill Date: 19 Jun 04 - 08:53 PM Women have more connecting tissue between the right side of their brain and the left side. This apparently is the reasons they are better communicators. LH & Bill D - you get the award for the best male response on this thread. The world just went wrong a couple of thousand years ago when Emperor Constantine (a pagan and Goddess worshipper) decided to accept Christianity as the official religion, for political reasons. As well, he got a bunch of blokes to cobble together the Bible, leaving out all the feminazi stuff. Its been downhill since then. freda (feeling feminasty this morning). off for coffee. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: jacqui.c Date: 20 Jun 04 - 04:34 AM Freda - sounds like you've read the Da Vinci Code too. Interesting book! |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: freda underhill Date: 20 Jun 04 - 05:18 AM yes, jacqui, I'm only halfway through it, its fascinating! I feel like going on strike forever! freda |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Ellenpoly Date: 20 Jun 04 - 09:34 AM Good book, "Code". The first thing I did was go to the net and find a picture of the Last Supper and take a real close look. Brucie, you ARE a Prince...as in "here, Prince, heeere boy!" LH...to your last observation... yup. xx..e |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: ranger1 Date: 20 Jun 04 - 10:05 AM Brucie, did you ever manage to find that hatrack you were looking for? |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 20 Jun 04 - 10:26 AM No, ranger1, I did not. It has been hell. No hatrack, no goat and no blow-up dolls. And here I thought Little Hawk was my friend. However, what would life be without these ups and downs, huh? Out of deference to the feminazis on this thread I will relent. Women should be paid the same amount as men for doing the same work. But the money should then be held in trust until they gain the right to vote. I hope that gets me off the sh#t list. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Ellenpoly Date: 20 Jun 04 - 10:28 AM Darlin' yer not on anyone's sh#t list...but now..... Sheep dip is something else ;-D ..xx..e |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 20 Jun 04 - 10:31 AM It should be noted that Constantine made Christianity the religion of Rome, but what is more important is that the Council of Nicea which he called in 325 CE was where the vote was taken to declare Jesus (the Christ) divine. Constantine also worshipped the sun, and if one examines coins of the era, one can see that they contain both the cross and the sun. Constantine himself did not convert to Christianity until just before his death. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Ellenpoly Date: 20 Jun 04 - 11:11 AM Good diversionary tactics, brucie. Anything more you'd like to tell us? ..xx..e |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: ranger1 Date: 20 Jun 04 - 11:20 AM He's afraid he won't get his hatrack if he doesn't change the subject. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 20 Jun 04 - 11:24 AM Other books of interest to people who question recorded (read accepted) history: The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail The Nag Hamaddi The Celestine Prophesy Holy Places (by Henry Lincoln) a few histories of the Knights Templar Books on Rhennes-le-Chateau Books on Mary Magdeline Some other questions: Where did the notion pertaining to the Divine Right of Kings really come from? What happened to Neanderthal Man? Why are there only four blood types (and two Rhesus factors) in a world population of 6,000,000,000? Why, really, do we have mythology? What happened to the dragons of legend? Why does the lineage of Masonic leaders contain the people it does? Why is Newton more known for the thing with the apple and NOT for establishing (an economic system based on) the gold standard? Why is it that there are hundreds of books based on the life and times of King Arthur when the only real reference to him appears in "The Mabinogian"? Why has the so-called area of the paranormal received so little main-stream scientific investigation? What was the HAARP study all about? What causes chemtrails? Why are we ignoring a pending oil crisis? Why are we ignoring a pending severe climatic? What is MJ-12 (Majestic Twelve)? Why can't elected representatives of the American people find out what is happening in Area 51 (Groom Lake)? What was (is?) the Skull and Bones Society? It is certainly an interesting world, isn't it? Bruce M Last: Why do I think the some of the above will trip flags at Echelon? |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 20 Jun 04 - 11:26 AM Sorry: ". . . ignoring a pending severe climatic change." |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: CarolC Date: 20 Jun 04 - 01:03 PM ...and the awards for the longest and most verbose posts on this threa go to..... (drumroll please... ) Second prize: First prize: Woo Hoo!!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: BaldEagle2 Date: 20 Jun 04 - 01:21 PM Ah, little glass hoppar: it is written that he who would wish to learn how to insult the female, must first learn how to breathe. And then how not to. Go forth. (And do not expect to multiply.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River Date: 20 Jun 04 - 01:24 PM Woooow. Awesome. That is sooo cool. Carol...can you do a picture of Shania Twain that scrolls across like that? Bruce, old pal, you are in the big time now. I hope you don't get all stuck up now and won't talk to me, eh? BDiBR |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: CarolC Date: 20 Jun 04 - 01:27 PM
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 20 Jun 04 - 01:30 PM Silence is Golden. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 20 Jun 04 - 01:37 PM Wow, can that gal multi-task. B D in B R, we will always be friends despite my name being in lights. I wouldn't forget the little people. Hey, get back to the Wimbledon thread. Between us, we can drive the English crazy. Is tennis the game with birdies or love in it? Mention something about quoits. But don't insult rugby. Got my ass chewed off for jokingly saying it wasn't a real sport like North American football. Keriste, you'd a thought I crapped in the Queen's cornflakes. Later, buddy. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Ellenpoly Date: 20 Jun 04 - 03:57 PM CarolC, you are SO COOL! Brucie, I would have voted you in first place... plus a special Booby Prize ..xx..e |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 20 Jun 04 - 04:06 PM Thank you. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: CarolC Date: 20 Jun 04 - 04:27 PM |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: freda underhill Date: 20 Jun 04 - 08:14 PM it's all right. I've had my coffee now. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Hrothgar Date: 21 Jun 04 - 05:56 AM Glad we've strightened out the rugby thing, Bruce. Now, about women being allowed to vote .... |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: ranger1 Date: 21 Jun 04 - 10:07 AM Brucie, you've been listening to Art Bell late at night again, haven't you? |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Ebbie Date: 21 Jun 04 - 11:46 AM Silence may not be fatal but ultimately, it is final. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Ellenpoly Date: 21 Jun 04 - 11:56 AM As in "The Rest is Silence" ..xx..e |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: CarolC Date: 21 Jun 04 - 12:05 PM Here's my little homage to silence... A couple of evenings ago, after we'd had a drenching thunderstorm and the sky had a soft pinkish glow, I was outside for a few minutes and I noticed that I was hearing total silence except for the beautiful sounds of bird-song. Now this was a strange experience here where we live because there is a highway a hundred or so feet from here, and a large military base on the other side of the highway. I just stood listening and soaking in the sounds and the beautiful colors. Then I called JtS outside so he could enjoy it with me. About ten seconds after he came outside, the beautiful silence was broken by the sound of machine gun fire, and then a big huge semi-tractor trailer came rumbling up the hill and gunning its engine just as it passed by. Then more machine gun fire and more trucks, and the spell was broken. But I heard the silence and the bird-song, and I know it happened. That's sort of magical. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 21 Jun 04 - 02:34 PM ranger 1: I have heard of Art Bell, but I have never heard Art Bell. He does UFO/paranormal/crop circle stuff doesn't he? |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: lady penelope Date: 21 Jun 04 - 04:31 PM My only bone of contention is that I have yet to meet a man who consults the instruction manual BEFORE he attempts to use a new piece of equipment. Uvveran that, smiles all round : ) TTFN Lady P. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: GUEST,The Omnipotent Krill Date: 21 Jun 04 - 04:38 PM Art Bell? Ha! He has a taste for the bizarre and unusual, and has even done features that mentioned me in passing, but not for some time. He was foolish to take me so lightly. He is an insignificant piece of biological waste which we will destroy utterly when we take over your little planet. His slow, hideous demise in the plasma inverter will be used to entertain the warriors of Thoth as we celebrate over the ruins of your defunct civilization. We have decided that your incompetent military forces, whom we optimistically expected to do the job of destroying your decadent civilization for us, just cannot get it together...all they can do is mess up a few localized areas like Iraq and Afghanistan...so we are going to do it for you instead...worldwide. Your cities will be leveled, your cars will be compacted, your gonads and ovaries will be extracted. If you have any idiotic "entertainment" things left to do that you hadn't gotten around to yet, such as skydiving, shark wrestling, or having illicit sex in the Oval Office, we suggest you get right to it now while you still can. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Peace Date: 21 Jun 04 - 05:51 PM Dear GUEST T O K: Y'ought to read the "Should pot be legalized?" thread. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Wolfgang Date: 22 Jun 04 - 07:35 AM Women have more connecting tissue between the right side of their brain and the left side. This apparently is the reasons they are better communicators. (Freda) I'm sure you all want to read the male counterpart to this biological argument: Women have more connecting tissue between the right side of their brain and the left side. This apparently is the reason why they cannot follow a logical argument independent of emotions. None any better than the other, in my eyes. Wolfgang |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: jacqui.c Date: 22 Jun 04 - 07:46 AM As with everything this is more dependant on the individual than the gender. I can think of at least two male catters who can out-talk any woman I know and a lot of women who can follow a logical argument without getting up tight. I think that this is shown in this thread, which has, in my view, been very tongue in cheek all the way through. It's been fun revisiting this one, and I've found myself laughing out loud at some of the comments that have been made. Mind you, I can now see why Brucie won't put a profile or a photo up - he really would be in danger of lynching or worse if us emotional, tempermental females got on his trail! |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: beardedbruce Date: 22 Jun 04 - 09:30 AM from the original post: "asked the wife not to speak for approximately twenty seconds while her partner was watching Euro 2004. To our amazement, she did not expire at the end of the enforced silence" 20 seconds? since I can hold my breath that long, I guess I can assume that not breathing is also proven not fatal? and what followup has been done? of those tested, have any died since the test, indicating a delayed reaction? IMO, this has not been a rigourous test of the postulate. 8-{E |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: beardedbruce Date: 22 Jun 04 - 09:41 AM and in general, silence is a far stronger weapon than talk, when used by the fairer sex... post 100! |
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Subject: RE: BS: It's Proven-Silence not Fatal From: Liz the Squeak Date: 22 Jun 04 - 10:16 AM Such a shame so many men I know are defenceless then Bearded Bruce! LTS |
