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[Ieuan ab Arthur]

Hi All:

Originally Posted by snopes

One of the things they mentioned is that 'America never lost a war where they used monkeys.'

That's because the 23rd Macaque Brigade never retreats.

Ta ra 'wan,

Ieuan "Now the spider monkeys, on the other hand ..." ab Arthur

[snopes]

Originally Posted by Ieuan ab Arthur

That's because the 23rd Macaque Brigade never retreats.

But they did, at Germantown. And that's why they're now banned from U.S. soil and permanently stationed in Japan.

- snopes

[Ieuan ab Arthur]

Originally Posted by snopes

But they did, at Germantown. And that's why they're now banned from U.S. soil and permanently stationed in Japan.

- snopes

Ah, yes, the infamous Japanese Macaques Regiment

Ta ra 'wan,

Ieuan "See No Evil" ab Arthur

[snopes]

Comment: I was told by a firefighter that cigarette butts cannot cause a
fire. He said that 100% of cases where a person reports "falling asleep
with a cigarette" which caused the fire are considered arson. He even
said you could drop a burning cigarette into gas or any highly flammable
substance and it would not start a fire. Is this true?

[Natalie]

Originally Posted by snopes

Comment: I was told by a firefighter that cigarette butts cannot cause a
fire. He said that 100% of cases where a person reports "falling asleep
with a cigarette" which caused the fire are considered arson. He even
said you could drop a burning cigarette into gas or any highly flammable
substance and it would not start a fire. Is this true?

Assuming this guy is telling the truth about hearing this from a firefighter, that is incredibly disturbing. I have personally burned a hole in a futon mattress with a lit cigarette and my boyfriend has personally burned a hole in a conventional mattress. Back when they allowed smoking inside restaurants and such in Minnesota, someone set the couch on fire at my favorite coffee shop by spilling an ashtray and neglecting to pick it up.

[snopes]

Comment: Is it true that Pam Anderson and Rick Salomon both have all 43
STD's known to man and that is why they were granted a marriage
certificate, because they cannot infect each other since they both have
every STD?

[snopes]

Comment: I heard this rumor that a lady at a pool store accepted four
counterfeit hundreds with the face of Walt Disney on them.

[rockland6674]

Originally Posted by snopes

Comment: I heard this rumor that a lady at a pool store accepted four
counterfeit hundreds with the face of Walt Disney on them.

That's just Goofy. What a Dopey thing to do.

[snopes]

Comment: I read about 3 days ago on AOL News that part of the Milky Way
broke off. Astronomers are aghast. Now I can't find this story.

[rockland6674]

I'm craving a Milky Way bar right about now.

[FullMetal]

Originally Posted by snopes

Comment: I read about 3 days ago on AOL News that part of the Milky Way
broke off. Astronomers are aghast. Now I can't find this story.

was this perhaps 3 MONTHS and a few days ago? aka April 1?

[snopes]

Comment: I heard that gene simmons patented the $ sign.

...true or bullshit?

[snopes]

Comment: I was told the newest series of five dollar bills are misprinted
on the back with the phrase, "In God We Trust." Was it supposed to be
omitted? If so, are these bills being recalled?

[snopes]

Comment: the Chicago Sun-Times carried an article about Barrack Obama's
day, published 06/29/2008. the byline was Abdon Pallasch with a blog
follow-up by Linda Sweet. The candidate's day was well covered in detail
( left out the pottie breaks), but a telling fact was omitted.

Senator Obama attended a family BBQ at the home of old Harvard friend, Dr.
Whitaker. the article included details of soccer nets, a swing set and
such.

The telling fact omitted was: What did Barrack Obama have to eat? Did he
stick to the chicken, the beef or did he have some of Chicago's famous
PORK RIBS? Was what he ate prepared and cooked in the same area as the
pork? Did they follow Hallal? If he did eat the pork, this would
immediately burst the bubble of all those FOX & radio puff adders who
continue to slither along, hinting that Obama is a follower of Allah.

I would be interested to know Ms. Sweet's report on this item.

[snopes]

Comment: Can you verify or deny a rumor told me recently: that George W. Bush is
a product of fetal alcohol syndrome because his mother, Barbara Bush, was
(is?) an alcoholic and drank during her pregnancy with him?
Naturally, the person saying this had no documentation to cite. I was
told, "It's common knowledge."
I tried about 5 pages of a Google search and both your index and search
engine with no luck. (There were a couple of blog-like comments stating
they had heard this, but nothing definitive.)

[rockland6674]

It has been verified that the person saying this had no documentation to cite.
It has also been verified that you have no common knowledge.

[snopes]

Comment: Is this true? Seen it in the paper where they were missing after
a suspicious house fire.

It's a little known fact, but, gerbils have been known to undergo
spontaneous combustion. The missing gerbils could very well be the cause
of the fire. In many European countries they are outlawed for that
reason. In South America they are eaten, roasted on a stick, during
religious festivals four times a year. Gerbils, in the wild, migrate up
to 8000 miles a year from their native home in Patagonia to their
preferred breeding grounds in the nutrient rich mud flats outside of East
Rutherford New Jersey. They are a fascinating creature!

[Cyrano]

Imagine that: you engineer gerbils until this tendency to spontaneous combustion becomes a main genetic character, then you relase them en masse all over a region like fully autonomous, incendiary sub-ammunitions.

The effect would be devastating. Genetic-bio-weaponry at its best.

MUHAHAHAHA (evil laughter).

[Dr. Winston O'Boogie]

Now I'm having images of micro explosions in the desert. Wonderful. I think I'm going to be useless for the rest of the day!

[Atlanta Jake]

Originally Posted by Cyrano

Imagine that: you engineer gerbils until this tendency to spontaneous combustion becomes a main genetic character, then you relase them en masse all over a region like fully autonomous, incendiary sub-ammunitions.

The effect would be devastating. Genetic-bio-weaponry at its best.

MUHAHAHAHA (evil laughter).

You have obviously never heard of the United States' venture into Bio-weaponry during World War II: The BAT BOMB![/URL]

Atlanta "Quickly Robin!!! Get the Bat-Bomb!" Jake