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For those who believe that decimate can only mean "kill one in ten" idiot means "private person, layman."
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For those who believe that decimate can only mean "kill one in ten" idiot means "private person, layman." Absolutely. exempli gratia: Faldage is an idiot!
See? Me and Faldage understand these things.  `
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got married in Puerto Rico. One of the prerequists for getting a marriage license was a test that would look for gonorrhea, syphilis, familial relatives, and, wait for it...idiocy. Idiocy was a "correct" medical/legal term in the past (for example, what is now called Bennett disease was “juvenile amaurotic idiocy"). Syphilitic idiocy was a possible result of syphilis. The 1870 US Census form has a column labelled "Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic." Unless there's some non-genetic test for consanguinity, I'd imagine a test to determine "familial relatives" would turn up all sorts of interesting things. Googling, I can't find that anything that says Puerto Rico currently requires more than a VDRL (syphilis) test. Most states no longer require any blood test at all.
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It wasn't that long ago either, only 11 years.
I don't know if it's just un-updated paperwork that is sent to people from out of country.
I know that happens. I got two different customs forms from the government of Canada last year...one in September saying I was allowed to bring back 450$ after being out of the country for 48 hours, and a second form in November claiming I was only allowed to bring in 250$.
When I spoke to the airline person, she said they were finishing off the old forms they had in inventory.
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The old forms are inaccurate but we want to use them up. Where is the stupid filter on that one?!?
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I know, eh.
I was all stressed out because I'd bought too much stuff the second time, and can't lie for beans, so I declared it at the custom's gate, prefacing with the fact that I thought I had seen the maximum at 450$ a few months before.
He told me I was absolutely right, stamp, stamp, and off I went. Phewf!
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