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Old Apr 7th 2006, 8:49 pm
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Originally Posted by anotherlimey
Was that before or after the exploding volcano?
They were placed around the volcano. That's what thawed them out. Apparently the aliens were pretty good at predicting volcanic eruptions.
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Old Apr 7th 2006, 9:24 pm
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Originally Posted by paddingtongreen
Could we freeze Tom C ruise and send him back? Please
Would be dangerous ... we would all suddenly vanish and be replaced by TCCs ... Tom Cruise clones.
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Old Apr 7th 2006, 9:34 pm
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Originally Posted by elfman
Unless your ancestors evolved separately from the rest of mankind or came here by spaceship, they hail from Africa originally. We all do.

Whatever makes you think that? The Gospel according to ???? or a scientific research theory or the theory of evolution that we descended from apes and the only apes today are to found in Africa (outside of a zoo, of course).

Personally I go for the theory we descended from the castoffs of another planet. Much like Australia was used as a penal colony.
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Old Apr 7th 2006, 9:47 pm
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Whatever makes you think that? The Gospel according to ???? or a scientific research theory or the theory of evolution that we descended from apes and the only apes today are to found in Africa (outside of a zoo, of course).

Personally I go for the theory we descended from the castoffs of another planet. Much like Australia was used as a penal colony.
https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/...hic/atlas.html
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Old Apr 8th 2006, 2:15 am
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Did the Americans know about this beforehand? It must have been painful
Not if it's anything like animals and flowers crossing into each other.... at least one of them tends to enjoy themselves.
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Old Apr 8th 2006, 10:27 pm
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hmm thought this might just fit into the history thread.....here goes,

It was the first day of school and a new student named Pedro Martinez, the son of a Mexican restaurateur, entered the fourth grade.
The teacher said, "Let's begin by re viewing some American history.
Who said 'Give me liberty or give me death'?"
She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Pedro who had his hand up,
"Patrick Henry, 1775.""Very good!" apprised the teacher. "Now, who said 'Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth'?"
Again, no response except from Pedro, "Abraham Lincoln, 1863."
The teacher snapped at the class, "Class, you should be ashamed!
Pedro, who is new to our country, knows more about its history than you do!"
She heard a loud whisper; "Screw the Mexicans!"
"Who said that?" she demanded.
Pedro put his hand up, "Jim Bowie, 1836."
At that point, a student in the back said, "I'm gonna puke."
The teacher glared and asked again, "Who said that?"
Again, Pedro answered, "George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister,1991."
Now furious, another student yelled, "Oh yeah? Suck this!"
Pedro jumped out of his chair waving his hand and shouting to the
teacher, "Bill Clinton to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!"
Now, with almost a mob hysteria, the teacher said, "You little shit, if you say anything else, I'll kill you!"
Pedro frantically yelled at the top of his voice, "Gary Condit to Chandra Levy, 2001!"
The teacher fainted, and as the class gathered around her on the floor, someone said, "Oh shit, we're in big trouble now!"
Pedro whispered, "Saddam Hussein, 2003."
Finally someone throws an eraser at Pedro, and someone else shouted,
"DUCK!"
Pedro: "Dick Cheney 2006!"
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Old Apr 8th 2006, 11:29 pm
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Originally Posted by Rete
Whatever makes you think that? The Gospel according to ???? or a scientific research theory or the theory of evolution that we descended from apes and the only apes today are to found in Africa (outside of a zoo, of course).

Personally I go for the theory we descended from the castoffs of another planet. Much like Australia was used as a penal colony.
It has been established by researching DNA. Haven't looked up the exact details but believe this to accepted scietifically. As people migated from equatorial regions, lighter skin evolved to allow vitamin D syntheseis with less sunlight.

LOL the space theory - like the Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
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Old Apr 8th 2006, 11:36 pm
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Pedro: "Dick Cheney 2006!"
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