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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 05:15 PM
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 05:33 PM
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1. Hey I didn't see that coming....
and neither did the astrologers apparantly.....:rofl: :thumbsup:
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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 12:49 PM
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2. That is great!
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 01:31 PM
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3. I tinkled a little when I read that
Thanks!
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onager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 04:35 PM
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4. Good! Thanks.
Another small blow for rationality. Even if it was by default!

The best use for astrologers I ever saw was in something I read about ancient Babylon.

Every night, in the cool of the evening, the king of Babylon would walk the high city wall with his personal astrologer, getting the Bronze Age equivalent of Fox News.

If the king didn't like what he heard, he would summon guards and have the astrologer thrown over the wall to his death.

This not only improved the rationality level in the ancient world, but might have performed useful service in early studies about gravity.



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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 05:15 PM
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5. BWAHAHAHAHA!
Now I need to clean part of my lunch off my computer screen.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 10:08 AM
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6. LOLOLOLOL
Life imitates the Onion, for sure.
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