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… this era of digital communication.
That was a good one.
Wrongo, El Faldo, in this era of digital communication, the Discovery Science Channel, not you, decides which one was a good one. 
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> That was a good one.
Makes a change to you giving TEd the finger - I guess he nailed that one!
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I like to acknowledge good puns when I happen to notice them.
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> That was a good one.
Makes a change to you giving TEd the finger - I guess he nailed that one!
Cuticle, Mav. Really cuticle.
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plenty of polish on that one.
formerly known as etaoin...
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While I've known for quite a while that "rule of thumb" was about the kind of "knowledge by experience" discussed here, one of my sources does say that in Chaucerian England a husband was allowed to beat his wife, but it was considered socially unacceptable to go on beating her until her unconscious body farted; an image I have never been able to forget.
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Thank you Elizabeth Creith, for sharing that poignant image with we of Awadland. I am now willing to be beaten with a thumb sized rod until I forget that special moment. 
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re:I am now willing to be beaten with a thumb sized rod until I forget that special moment.
is the beater required to wear special clothing?
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Hmm. The Cross book, Pope Joan, is a novel. Last I heard about the subject, Pope Joan was a legend. Lawrence Durrell also penned a novella yclept The Curious History of Pope Joan.
Peter Stanford's The She-Pope discusses the historical background to the legend. I remember enjoying the 1972 film Pope Joan on TV as a teenager.
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