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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 there's just no shedding a rep #127914 04/29/04 12:44 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm OP Carpal Tunnel OP tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass news item: WELLINGTON, New Zealand(AP) Shrek the hermit ram took six years to grow his massive fleece. On Wednesday, a champion shearer clipped it off in just 20 minutes on live television in this nation of 4 million people and 42 million sheep. http://www.modbee.com/24hour/weird/story/1328778p-8497632c.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: there's just no shedding a rep #127915 04/29/04 12:46 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York heh. I'd do the math, but. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: there's just no shedding a rep #127916 04/29/04 01:00 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont no picture? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: there's just no shedding a rep #127917 04/29/04 01:02 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK You didn't see it on TV? You needed widescreen to get it all in! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Picture! #127918 04/29/04 01:14 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky http://www.stuff.co.nz/photo_gallery.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: there's just no shedding a rep #127919 04/29/04 01:54 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Saw it on TV the other night. Not much sheep left after the shearing! Wish I could shed weight that easily. Sigh Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: there's just no shedding a rep #127920 04/29/04 02:18 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California I had so hoped that merino and meringue were related, but alas they aren't. Spanish merino < LL majorinus 'a larger kind (of animal)' (interesting use of the -inus suffix not for diminuation); French meringue has a troubled etymology, but seems to have ultimately come from Walloon, a French dialect of Belgium. And then there's the maraschino cherry on top of it all. From the syrup in which they are preserved, ultimately from Latin amarus 'bitter' ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: merino:meringue #127921 04/29/04 06:36 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York jheem, I share your disappointment. Wouldn't a connection have been neat? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: there's just no shedding a rep #127922 04/29/04 06:58 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui Shrek's popularity is not confined to his Upworld home, either. Some USns have offered as much as $50K US for him, even in his woolbegone state. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: there's just no shedding a rep #127923 04/29/04 07:19 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont thanks for the pic, Jackie. there's a sweater or two in there... formerly known as etaoin... 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