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Old Mar 9th 2011 | 5:17 am
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I got back yesterday from a mining conference in TO. On display was the rescue capsule used to recover miners in Chile a while back. Pretty much everyone that walked by it simply stopped talking and gazed at it in awe.
 
Old Mar 9th 2011 | 5:48 am
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The Spitfire aircraft.

And I've seen Captains of Industry, who are in charge of huge corporations rendered entirely speechless when meeting The Queen!
 
Old Mar 9th 2011 | 6:12 am
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Jordan.
 
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Default Re: Things that make people stop talking

Originally Posted by Oink
Jordan.
Michael or Eddie?
 
Old Mar 9th 2011 | 6:28 am
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Dropping your bowels in public.
 
Old Mar 9th 2011 | 6:30 am
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Originally Posted by el_richo
Michael or Eddie?
He means the country I suspect. Or maybe the river of the same name.
 
Old Mar 9th 2011 | 6:36 am
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Originally Posted by Oink
Jordan.
Oink.

 
Old Mar 9th 2011 | 6:46 am
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Originally Posted by Tangram
Dropping your bowels in public.
Not in downtown Vancouver.
 
Old Mar 9th 2011 | 7:31 am
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Default Re: Things that make people stop talking

Originally Posted by Oink
Jordan.
Originally Posted by lgspoke
He means the country I suspect. Or maybe the river of the same name.
I would say the one with the big puppies
 
Old Mar 9th 2011 | 7:34 am
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Television.
 
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Default Re: Things that make people stop talking

Originally Posted by mandymoochops
I would say the one with the big puppies
Are you confusing your countries? That's Afghans isnt it?

 
Old Mar 9th 2011 | 9:20 am
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Monet's Waterlilies..
 
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Originally Posted by Joe_Sleepy
Monet's Waterlilies..
Willem de Kooning's 'Jordan.'
 
Old Mar 9th 2011 | 10:05 am
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Originally Posted by Oink
Willem de Kooning's 'Jordan.'
Jeff Koons' "Made In Heaven".
 


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