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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 03:45 PM
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Mysterious last page of Bible found
Cairo - Among the winding alleyways of Cairo's medieval old town, nestled between the coffee shops and spice stalls, sits the small souvenier shop of Mr Ali Mahmoud.

The story began late last summer in the sweltering back room of Mr Mahmoud's shop. He had recently received a fresh consignment of Tutankhamun figurines and needed to move some of his older stock out into the back to make room for his new arrivals.

It was while clearing a space for these new arrivals that Mr Mahmoud discovered an old cedar chest bearing strange inscriptions, which archeologists have now confirmed to be third century coptic.

As the text of the page was painstakingly translated by the ten strong team of Coptic scholars, it soon became clear that the page was indeed a missing page from the New testament and appeared to be the very last page of that most holy of tomes.

So far only the first paragraph has been translated into english and reads as follows, "All events and people depicted in this book are (missing word) and any similarity to events or people are purely (missing word). The author of this book claims that he is the sole author and reserves the right..."


http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s3i15225
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 03:47 PM
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1. .
:rofl:
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 03:47 PM
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2. Like the old monk said: "CELEBRATE???" They told it was CELIBATE!!!!
:evilgrin:
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 03:47 PM
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3. DId the Devil make you post this?
:rofl:
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chknltl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 03:51 PM
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4. I KNEW IT...
...but would anbody listen to ol' chknltl???? NOOoooo!
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 03:52 PM
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5. hehehehehe
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hashibabba Donating Member (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 04:00 PM
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6. LOL, you really got me!
:spray:
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 04:00 PM
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7. ahhahahaaha nt
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 04:07 PM
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8. Second paragraph...
"Gotcha."
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 04:12 PM
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9. ROFLMAO
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InkAddict Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 04:15 PM
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10. Hey, it's Fat Tuesday - not April Fool's Day.
Good one! :party:
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LibertyorDeath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 07:05 PM
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11. So you mean I can


sleep with my neighbors donkey... :)

:hi:
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