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03 Oct 06 - 11:19 PM (#1849789) Subject: BS: Funny (well, to me) juxtaposition From: Mrrzy I've been researching human development throughout time, and was spending some time fleshing out my last 10,000 years table; I had put in how many thousands of years ago which animals were domesticated, what the rough population estimates were, when which still-extant religions arose... and there it was (remember, dates are approximate): 3000 kya (thousands of years ago) - world population about 150 million; Judaism arises; domestication of rabbits. And I cracked up - of all human inventions, rabbis and rabbits together!?! I'm SO glad I'm anglophone! Anyway, just something weird for y'all to enjoy. |
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03 Oct 06 - 11:34 PM (#1849792) Subject: RE: BS: Funny (well, to me) juxtaposition From: wysiwyg That must be how the joke got the punchline, "Silly Rabbi, kicks are for Trids." The historical overlap thing. ~S~ |
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03 Oct 06 - 11:37 PM (#1849794) Subject: RE: BS: Funny (well, to me) juxtaposition From: Mrrzy A very old joke, I guess... |
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03 Oct 06 - 11:38 PM (#1849795) Subject: RE: BS: Funny (well, to me) juxtaposition From: wysiwyg Aren't they all? ~S~ |
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03 Oct 06 - 11:48 PM (#1849799) Subject: RE: BS: Funny (well, to me) juxtaposition From: iancarterb Television antennae bear on this coincidence as well.(Rabbi tears). |
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03 Oct 06 - 11:50 PM (#1849801) Subject: RE: BS: Funny (well, to me) juxtaposition From: Mrrzy Bear with antennae... very strange. |
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04 Oct 06 - 03:31 AM (#1849861) Subject: RE: BS: Funny (well, to me) juxtaposition From: Paul Burke Why did Rabbis want to invent rabbits? They aren't kosher. |
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04 Oct 06 - 11:48 AM (#1850198) Subject: RE: BS: Funny (well, to me) juxtaposition From: Mrrzy Correlation is not causation, Paul! |
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04 Oct 06 - 12:21 PM (#1850239) Subject: RE: BS: Funny (well, to me) juxtaposition From: Bunnahabhain You really meant 3 Ka, not 3000 Ka, didn't you? Sorry, I'm pedantic , and used to this kind of time scale.... |
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04 Oct 06 - 02:34 PM (#1850370) Subject: RE: BS: Funny (well, to me) juxtaposition From: Donuel Modern humans 70,000 years ago were making graffiti in South African caves similar to what we are doing writing on the internet. |
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04 Oct 06 - 03:51 PM (#1850436) Subject: RE: BS: Funny (well, to me) juxtaposition From: Tannywheeler Oh, lordy, barkeep---just bring me what everybody else has. Must be good stuff. Great history lessons here. Thanks folks. Tw |