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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Horses asses and the US shuttle program #76239 07/19/02 11:46 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 we _want it to be true_ - but, sadly, it isn't What puzzles me is firstly, what in any of these articles significantly gainsays the basic premise of the original story (that there is a continuity of technology linking the earliest known horse-drawn transport and the latest in space-age craft), and secondly, why there should be such a passionate interest in 'debunking' as a sport? There seems an almost gleeful level of shadenfreude involved at which I can only chuckle! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Horses asses and the US shuttle program #76240 07/19/02 11:48 PM Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina S sjm old hand sjm old hand S Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina an almost gleeful level of shadenfreude Delight in wearing sunglasses? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter You're halfway there... #76241 07/20/02 01:47 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon >>an almost gleeful level of shadenfreude >Delight in wearing sunglasses? No, dear sjm - delight in wearing sunglasses while thinking about your mother. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: You're halfway there... #76242 07/20/02 02:00 AM Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina S sjm old hand sjm old hand S Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina >an almost gleeful level of shadenfreude >>Delight in wearing sunglasses? >>>No, dear sjm - delight in wearing sunglasses while thinking about your mother. I must confess that it took me a few moments to get that one. Very sharp, as one would expect from a meta-muse. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bureaucracy, or the value of horses arses #76243 07/20/02 01:31 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando OP Pooh-Bah OP RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 I'll bet you haven't even got that Oxford doctorate you keep going on about. I most certainly haven't - my PhD was awarded by Lancaster University! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Horses asses and the US shuttle program #76244 07/20/02 07:09 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City from wolfaholic's straightdope link: <<The designers of each were dealing with a similar problem, namely hauling wheeled vehicles behind draft animals. So it's not surprising they came up with similar results. >> That the guage of a hybrid draft animal's behind should have remained about the same since Roman times is almost surprising, though. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,347 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 780 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,548 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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