Register Log In Wordsmith Talk Forums General Topics Miscellany Bureaucracy, or the value of horses arses Search Advanced Forum Search Forums Calendar Active Threads

Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Horses asses and the US shuttle program #76235 07/18/2002 1:09 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,202 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,202 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA It is some while since I first saw this one, and had totally forgotten it Not to puncture the balloon - it's so charming we _want_ it to be true - but, sadly, it isn't. http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000218.html has a nice llittle debunking, and so does Stales.com but unfortunately I don't have the URL handy at the moment... EDIT: it's Snopes.com, of course. Silly me. Sorry, Stales; take it as a compliment. The full URL is http://www.snopes2.com/history/american/gauge.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Bureaucracy, or the value of horses arses RhubarbCommando 07/17/2002 11:29 AM Re: Bureaucracy, or the value of horses arses maverick 07/17/2002 11:53 AM Re: Bureaucracy, or the value of horses arses FishonaBike 07/17/2002 1:15 PM Re: Bureaucracy, or the value of horses arses maverick 07/17/2002 11:15 PM Re: Bureaucracy, or the value of horses arses maverick 07/17/2002 11:17 PM Re: or the value of horses arses WhitmanO'Neill 07/18/2002 4:52 AM Horses asses and the US shuttle program wofahulicodoc 07/18/2002 1:09 PM Re: Horses asses and the US shuttle program maverick 07/19/2002 11:46 PM Re: Horses asses and the US shuttle program sjm 07/19/2002 11:48 PM You're halfway there... Fiberbabe 07/20/2002 1:47 AM Re: You're halfway there... sjm 07/20/2002 2:00 AM Re: Horses asses and the US shuttle program inselpeter 07/20/2002 7:09 PM Re: Bureaucracy, or the value of horses arses armor 07/18/2002 1:57 PM Re: Bureaucracy, or the value of horses arses RhubarbCommando 07/18/2002 9:17 PM Re: Bureaucracy, or the value of horses arses FishonaBike 07/18/2002 9:58 PM Re: Bureaucracy, or the value of horses arses RhubarbCommando 07/20/2002 1:31 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,374 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 15 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,202 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

Default Style BlackNTan Drab eBay GooG v2 infopop new dark new light original dark original stock rounded corners Slate snow sunny dropshadow theblues Touch Of Grey UBB.threads UBB.threads - Dark UBB.threads - Light UBBCentral UBBCentral - Crimson UBBCentral - Lime UBBCentral - Marshmallow UBBCentral - Mocha UBBCentral - Zen UBBT77 UBBT77 - Dark ubbthreads ubbthreads-dark Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith Talk