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Forum: Questionable Quotes 09 August 2012, 11:49 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 15,641
Posted By Bonnie
United Kingdom An early precursor to the above misattribution to...

An early precursor to the above misattribution to Churchill seems to be this one, appearing at least by 1971 [1],



Attlee was Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951. It was his government that...
Forum: Science 11 July 2012, 01:46 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,509
Posted By Bonnie
Vanishing Well, there's the line on p. 22...

Well, there's the line on p. 22...
Forum: Questionable Quotes 17 June 2012, 06:55 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,599
Posted By Bonnie
Vanishing For what it's worth, it seems that a quote...

For what it's worth, it seems that a quote containing "a banquet of consequences" has been attributed to Stevenson since the 1930s and frequently used, not surprisingly, by members of the clergy.
...
Forum: Questionable Quotes 15 June 2012, 04:10 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,551
Posted By Bonnie
Ponder But if you search for parts of the phrase and not...

But if you search for parts of the phrase and not the entire phrase, you'll find the observation in Carlin's When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? (2004).
...
Forum: Entertainment 24 April 2012, 01:23 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 6,095
Posted By Bonnie
Skull Brazilian actor dies after accidental hanging in 'The Passion of the Christ' play

Brazilian actor dies after accidental hanging in 'The Passion of the Christ' play

(CNN) -- A Brazilian actor died after accidentally hanging himself during the play "The Passion of the Christ," a...
Forum: Questionable Quotes 17 April 2012, 10:39 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 6,974
Posted By Bonnie
Icon09 When I first typed up the excerpt, my fingers...

When I first typed up the excerpt, my fingers were apparently ahead of my brain,



I fixed the typo before I posted those few sentences.

Bonnie "the Moyers the merrier" Taylor
Forum: Questionable Quotes 17 April 2012, 03:37 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 6,974
Posted By Bonnie
Cowboy Bill Moyers (himself) notes the following in his...

Bill Moyers (himself) notes the following in his Moyers on America (2004; p. 167), viewable via Google Books...
Forum: Questionable Quotes 14 March 2012, 11:31 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 21,174
Posted By Bonnie
China Apparently, we can't blame this on The Naked...

Apparently, we can't blame this on The Naked Communist:
...
Forum: Questionable Quotes 14 March 2012, 10:30 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 21,174
Posted By Bonnie
United States In that thread, BrianB had noted ...

In that thread, BrianB had noted



Actually, now we can take it back to 1983.
...
Forum: Questionable Quotes 14 March 2012, 10:16 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 21,174
Posted By Bonnie
China Just last summer the ever-helpful BrianB took a...

Just last summer the ever-helpful BrianB took a stab at this establishing the authenticity of this attribution.

http://message.snopes.com/showpost.php?p=1500888&postcount=6

Bonnie "boyar...
Forum: History 03 February 2012, 12:01 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 48,143
Posted By Bonnie
Reading Thanks for posting this, pdbg. Your research is...

Thanks for posting this, pdbg. Your research is interesting and I know it took quite a bit of time to put the data together. I appreciate your effort!

-- Bonnie
Forum: Religion 21 January 2012, 05:12 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 6,314
Posted By Bonnie
Beaver Since the capybara has come up twice in this...

Since the capybara has come up twice in this thread, I'll note that I asked a similar question a couple years ago about evidence for a Pope formally decreeing that this rodent could be substituted...
Forum: Fauxtography 23 November 2011, 03:35 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 9,087
Posted By Bonnie
Glasses Arthur D. Little, Inc. as a 1942 source for this...

Arthur D. Little, Inc. as a 1942 source for this seems to stem from this bit of net humor, posted to GIS-L back in 1992,
...
Forum: Fauxtography 23 November 2011, 02:26 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 9,087
Posted By Bonnie
Read This! Here's Wikipedia's entry for the...

Here's Wikipedia's entry for the Turbo-Encabulator,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboencabulator

I believe that page is wrong in its chronology, though. J.H. Quick, assumed by the authors of...
Forum: Trivia 12 November 2011, 01:07 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 15,226
Posted By Bonnie
Ambulance Thanks for asking about this, hstarr. It's an...

Thanks for asking about this, hstarr. It's an interesting question.

Bill Bryson seems to have first mentioned this factoid in 1997ish, so whatever presumed study suggests that the average...
Forum: Critter Country 01 November 2011, 12:18 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 11,183
Posted By Bonnie
Alligator I believe snopes's reader's comment...

I believe snopes's reader's comment (http://message.snopes.com/showpost.php?p=1545769&postcount=1) probably ultimately has to do with a study described at
...
Forum: Critter Country 17 September 2011, 08:19 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 24,618
Posted By Bonnie
Wolf No, I understood and appreciated that, erwins. ...

No, I understood and appreciated that, erwins. (And thanks for your comment at the tail end of your post, blush.)
Forum: Critter Country 17 September 2011, 08:00 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 24,618
Posted By Bonnie
Dog To be clear, I posted those links specifically...

To be clear, I posted those links specifically because of the contention that "for most of our history America's nickname for Pit Bulls was 'The Nanny Dog.'"

There's no evidence that Americans or...
Forum: Critter Country 17 September 2011, 06:34 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 24,618
Posted By Bonnie
Alligator Vintage Pit Bull Photos Prove What? Now the...

Vintage Pit Bull Photos Prove What?

Now the pit bull apologists are backing away from the nanny dog myth and pulling out old photographs as "proof" that pit bulls were always regarded as house...
Forum: Critter Country 17 September 2011, 06:24 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 24,618
Posted By Bonnie
Icon97 The Nanny Dog Myth Revealed Dig as hard as...

The Nanny Dog Myth Revealed

Dig as hard as you want, the pram story [an anecdote about an injured dog being transported home in a pram, alongside the baby] is all you'll find to support the Nanny...
Forum: Fauxtography 28 August 2011, 09:09 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 6,690
Posted By Bonnie
Theme Icon Thanks for finding that, Tootsie Plunkette. This...

Thanks for finding that, Tootsie Plunkette. This photo had been bugging me all morning. Aside from the other obvious problems with that photo, the scene it shows just didn't look like North...
Forum: Fauxtography 23 July 2011, 07:36 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 11,149
Posted By Bonnie
Vanishing Tangen, Murphy, and Thompson just published an...

Tangen, Murphy, and Thompson just published an article on this effect in Perception (40: 628-630, 2011) (http://www.perceptionweb.com/abstract.cgi?id=p6968).

They report that



-- Bonnie
Forum: Fauxtography 08 July 2011, 05:49 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 26,956
Posted By Bonnie
United States Could be. At the moment we've only got his...

Could be. At the moment we've only got his internet postings to go by.
Forum: Fauxtography 08 July 2011, 05:31 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 26,956
Posted By Bonnie
TV I'm guessing you missed the "Jim Neugent...

I'm guessing you missed the "Jim Neugent (http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/practice.asp)" thread (1999).

Bonnie "The Practice makes imperfect" Taylor
Forum: Fauxtography 08 July 2011, 04:49 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 26,956
Posted By Bonnie
Vanishing When it comes to the general discussion here, I...

When it comes to the general discussion here, I think it's worth noting that we don't know for certain what the photo in the OP depicts, at least in terms of how and when Mr. Henry acquired the flag....
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