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Why do demons and ghouls always hang out together?
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Because demons are a ghoul's best fiend. Witch raises a question about when they have lunch. Are they goblin? And if the ghoul gets pregnant from the encounter is she an ex-specter?
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Dear WW: Here is another clue:
2.ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Rare Birds, Indeed | 11/13/2000
... rise in AIDS INDIA: Way of Death Parsis in Bombay rely on vultures to consume
their corpses, but now the scavengers themselves may be dying out CAMBODIA ...
http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/time/magazine/2000/1113/india_vulture.html
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Two little old ladies were sitting on the front porch having tea. The only sound besides the occasional sip at the tea was the creak, creak, creak of the rocking chair.
Then one of the old gals stopped rocking and turned to her friend. "Do you still get hankerings for sex?"
"I sure do," cackled the other.
"Well, what do you do about it?'
"usually I just suck on a Lifesaver."
There was a long silence, followed by, "Who do you get to drive you to the beach?"
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Dear WW: I don't want to be mean enough to keep you guessing any longer. This is the only place I have been able to find the word: I just found out by using magnifying glass that I mistook "r+n" for "m" I am indeed contrite for having committed Irish Bull due to my vision problem.
The custom of excarnation, that is placing the dead on an elevated platform or hanging them from trees, is found over an
immense area that includes a large part of Central and Northern Asia, as well as part of Africa. But to wrap or sew the dead
inside animal skins is a much more specific custom. The parallel with widespread Eurasian resurrection rituals, based on the
collection of the bones wrapped in the skin of dead animals, is evid
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WW - note your use of "eskimaux" - wondering why you weren't consistent in using this style of spelling for "flaux" later in the sentence?
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Dear WW: fool Stales by editing "Esquimaux" to "Inuit" which is what the native Alaskans call themselves.
I searched for "Eskimoses rub noses" but didn't find anythibg suitable for the board. I sure did find some things unsuitable for the board.
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When I was a child growing up just outside London in the sixties, Halloween was just an occasion for creepy films on the telly. I was only vaguely aware of trick or treat and pumpkin lanterns as USn customs read about in books or seen on TV programmes from across the Atlantic. Guy (rhymes with buy) Fawkes (rhymes with talks) night was much more important.
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