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Thread #55314   Message #860088
Posted By: SINSULL
06-Jan-03 - 04:59 PM
Thread Name: BS: The War betting pool
Subject: RE: BS: The War betting pool
And I thought you meant Barney, the purple dinosaur. Thanks for the clarification. I would have been awake all night trying to figure that one out.

I remember reading an article about the testing of the first atomic bomb - Fat Boy(?). The writer was shocked and disgusted over a lottery conducted by the technicians working on the Manhattan Project. They bet on whether or not the detonation would set fire to the earth's atmosphere and destroy the world. It was, of course, black humor. No one wanted to win that bet either.

Play nice, children.