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Posted By: WhitmanO'Neill Oops! (but, what's in a name?) - 05/03/02 11:54 PM
Well, it seems that a carpel is also the female part of a flower...kinda puts a whole new slant on Carpal Tunnel, doesn't it? (seeing-as-how-the-Gutter Police-are-away-on-vacation-e)

My memory was jogged back to this piece of long-forgotten high school Biology 101 flora datum by this article about Archaefructus sinensis, the just-discovered 125 million year old ancestor of all flowering plants (fossil found in China):
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-first-flower0502may02.story?coll=sns-ap-science-headlines

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Posted By: Max Quordlepleen . - 05/04/02 12:03 AM
Posted By: WhitmanO'Neill Re: Oops! (but, what's in a name?) - 05/04/02 12:11 AM
Add million, Max! It was there, didn't you see it ...thanks for the subtle hint!

But I notice you sidestepped the much more (ahem) important matter here about the nomenclature of the Board.

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Posted By: consuelo Re: Oops! (but, what's in a name?) - 05/04/02 12:23 AM
Yeah, Max. We wo'n tell him that carpel only sounds like carpal. Right?

Posted By: Max Quordlepleen . - 05/04/02 12:28 AM
Posted By: WhitmanO'Neill Re: Oops! (but, what's in a name?) - 05/04/02 02:40 AM
Yeah, Max. We wo'n tell him that carpel only sounds like carpal. Right?

tomato/tomahto



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Posted By: Drow Re: Oops! (but, what's in a name?) - 05/04/02 06:05 AM
You mean:
Tomato/Tomayto

Posted By: Wordwind Re: Oops! (but, what's in a name?) - 05/04/02 10:10 AM
Nope, he meant:

Tomayto/Tomato

Posted By: Capital Kiwi Re: Oops! (but, what's in a name?) - 05/06/02 06:02 AM
No, he meant to stir it up, and succeeded!

Posted By: Faldage Re: Oops! (but, what's in a name?) - 05/06/02 04:38 PM
Tomayto/Tomato

Actually® it's Duhmayduh/termater

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