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Sun Nov-13-11 07:22 PM
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| -The Easter Island “Heads” Have Bodies |
progressoid |
Nov-13-11 06:21 PM |
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Name removed |
Nov-13-11 06:23 PM |
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Very cool. I hand not seen these shots! |
Lucinda |
Nov-13-11 06:24 PM |
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Wow. |
TheCowsCameHome |
Nov-13-11 06:25 PM |
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I had no idea! |
Suich |
Nov-13-11 06:28 PM |
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Soil erosion |
OswegoAtheist |
Nov-14-11 12:30 AM |
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That was dumb of them. Any reason why? |
Maraya1969 |
Nov-14-11 11:27 AM |
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Not dumb... |
SkyDaddy7 |
Nov-14-11 11:36 AM |
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I read somewhere it was due to over population. |
lob1 |
Nov-14-11 01:00 PM |
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They probably found out by trial and error that they fell over easily. |
Marnie |
Nov-14-11 03:29 PM |
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and it buried them right up to the necks... exactly to the necks? |
Motown_Johnny |
Nov-16-11 08:54 PM |
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Diamond's research is highly opposed -- doesn't hold up to scientific scrutiny -- |
defendandprotect |
Nov-16-11 09:19 PM |
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Me neither. |
sakabatou |
Nov-14-11 12:38 PM |
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This is amazing. We all thought they were just heads and partial |
Paper Roses |
Nov-13-11 06:30 PM |
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Civilizations before us continue to provide us with clues to their amazing accomplishments. |
AlbertCat |
Nov-14-11 09:06 AM |
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It's stupid to think there might be intelligent life somewhere |
Fawke Em |
Nov-14-11 11:37 AM |
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What it is stupid is to think that every achievement by humanity |
liberation |
Nov-14-11 11:42 AM |
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I think you're the one with bad comprehension. |
Fawke Em |
Nov-14-11 12:45 PM |
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Yes, it is stupid because bold claims require extraordinary evidence |
liberation |
Nov-14-11 01:07 PM |
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No -- it means that we have common sense and can surmise that |
defendandprotect |
Nov-14-11 04:06 PM |
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Derp.. |
X_Digger |
Nov-14-11 04:23 PM |
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That guy in the video is obviously an alien spreading misinformation |
liberation |
Nov-14-11 04:52 PM |
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Common sense doe not mean what you want it to mean... |
liberation |
Nov-14-11 04:56 PM |
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And it does not mean what you'd like it to mean ... |
defendandprotect |
Nov-14-11 08:43 PM |
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Derp... |
liberation |
Nov-14-11 09:15 PM |
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You mean imitating your meaningless comment is meaningless -- ? ROFL |
defendandprotect |
Nov-14-11 09:32 PM |
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It was actually meaningless, and given your reply |
liberation |
Nov-15-11 03:05 PM |
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Had you not made so many meaningless comments ... maybe someone would have taken you seriously ..!! |
defendandprotect |
Nov-15-11 11:23 PM |
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Jesus, they were so smart, yet they couldn't move a rock |
Confusious |
Nov-14-11 05:04 PM |
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Any number of methods |
skepticscott |
Nov-14-11 05:42 PM |
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What you're saying .... |
defendandprotect |
Nov-14-11 08:47 PM |
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So then you're claiming to have a time machine. |
liberation |
Nov-14-11 09:17 PM |
#116 |
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I have no superior knowledge any more than you do -- !! |
defendandprotect |
Nov-14-11 09:26 PM |
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I can see you've gone |
skepticscott |
Nov-15-11 05:12 AM |
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Thanks for making it easy .... |
defendandprotect |
Nov-15-11 01:14 PM |
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Wow, you tell others to go and get "educated" |
liberation |
Nov-15-11 03:07 PM |
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Why let facts get in the way of woo-woo dogma? |
X_Digger |
Nov-15-11 11:02 PM |
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I didn't tell anyone to "go and get educated" --- |
defendandprotect |
Nov-15-11 11:19 PM |
#130 |
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Ask ANY Artist |
NashVegas |
Nov-16-11 08:51 PM |
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It's Tragic That There Are People Who Believe Everything Great That Ever Happened Was a Hack |
NashVegas |
Nov-16-11 08:43 PM |
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This is exciting! |
Delphinus |
Nov-14-11 09:08 AM |
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Actually, they can and have been explained. |
AtheistCrusader |
Nov-14-11 09:49 AM |
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"We all thought?" |
liberation |
Nov-14-11 11:40 AM |
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Yes they can be explained, very easily |
Confusious |
Nov-14-11 05:01 PM |
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At least some Rapa Nui statues also had topknots, which is why the heads are flat.. |
Fumesucker |
Nov-13-11 06:30 PM |
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They still couldn't scratch themselves. |
Hardrada |
Nov-13-11 06:33 PM |
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so interesting! |
stuntcat |
Nov-13-11 06:34 PM |
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Yeah, but do they have any "Gum gum"? |
Tesha |
Nov-13-11 06:35 PM |
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LOL! |
CoffeeCat |
Nov-14-11 09:57 AM |
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I had no idea |
DesertRat |
Nov-13-11 06:40 PM |
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COOL!!!! |
GoCubsGo |
Nov-13-11 06:54 PM |
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FYI -- |
Tansy_Gold |
Nov-13-11 06:55 PM |
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This is news to me. Cool! |
liberalmuse |
Nov-13-11 06:56 PM |
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Just like burying your buddy at the beach |
thelordofhell |
Nov-13-11 06:56 PM |
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I'll come back to dig you out, Frank, really... |
Arugula Latte |
Nov-15-11 01:31 PM |
#125 |
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Easter Island continues to amaze in both its inspiration and its warning |
arcane1 |
Nov-13-11 07:18 PM |
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Very cool of you to bring that up and point that out- I don't think many know of the warning. |
Poll_Blind |
Nov-13-11 09:11 PM |
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Well I for one am not aware of it. |
hootinholler |
Nov-13-11 10:37 PM |
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They absolutely tore through their natural resources. That's it in a nutshell. |
Poll_Blind |
Nov-13-11 10:51 PM |
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It fascinates me as well. |
harmonicon |
Nov-14-11 09:55 AM |
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Wait -- that only happened AFTER the intervention there of the white man ... !!! |
defendandprotect |
Nov-14-11 04:08 PM |
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Jared Diamond talks about it in Collapse |
wickerwoman |
Nov-14-11 12:46 PM |
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Lot of propaganda of white male history out there --- |
defendandprotect |
Nov-14-11 04:11 PM |
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Not every bad thing that has ever happened in history is the fault of white men |
wickerwoman |
Nov-14-11 05:10 PM |
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No -- but not far from the truth --- |
defendandprotect |
Nov-14-11 08:54 PM |
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wrong |
Confusious |
Nov-14-11 05:10 PM |
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d u p e |
defendandprotect |
Nov-14-11 04:12 PM |
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Sepressing to me, not inspirational |
Yupster |
Nov-14-11 09:13 AM |
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Ever since I saw the film "Rapa Nui", that's how they make me feel, also. |
closeupready |
Nov-14-11 04:10 PM |
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Story of Easter Island has been distorted by ..... |
defendandprotect |
Nov-16-11 09:22 PM |
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Revisionism put forth by Diamond are unlikely --- |
defendandprotect |
Nov-16-11 09:20 PM |
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Very cool. |
JoePhilly |
Nov-13-11 07:22 PM |
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Oneo f the world's great mysteries. |
Blue_In_AK |
Nov-13-11 07:22 PM |
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What don't you understand about them? (nt) |
muriel_volestrangler |
Nov-13-11 07:26 PM |
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They seem beyond whatever technology people were supposed to have back then. |
Blue_In_AK |
Nov-13-11 07:29 PM |
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General opinion is that wooden sledges and ropes would be enough to move them |
muriel_volestrangler |
Nov-13-11 07:54 PM |
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Ridiculous. |
zappaman |
Nov-13-11 08:05 PM |
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Don't count out a determined population of earthworms |
muriel_volestrangler |
Nov-13-11 08:07 PM |
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earthworms? No. |
zappaman |
Nov-13-11 08:11 PM |
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Tractor beams? Now that is ridiculous!!! |
liberation |
Nov-14-11 11:46 AM |
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You're all wrong. They're natural products of erosion. |
Arugula Latte |
Nov-15-11 01:33 PM |
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I read Thor Heyerdahls's book "Aku-Aku" where he claims to have witnessed... |
TreasonousBastard |
Nov-13-11 08:52 PM |
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Doug 'n Dave did them -- ~~~ |
defendandprotect |
Nov-16-11 07:35 PM |
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Ancient Aliens? |
AlbertCat |
Nov-14-11 09:09 AM |
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Agree -- much more to their story -- may have been apart of larger island astronomical observator--! |
defendandprotect |
Nov-16-11 08:34 PM |
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Moving statues of those dimensions... |
nenagh |
Nov-13-11 07:29 PM |
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It's not a mystery. |
A HERETIC I AM |
Nov-13-11 08:11 PM |
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I thought you were going to say a Peterbilt and a flatbed. |
cherokeeprogressive |
Nov-13-11 09:18 PM |
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LOL! |
A HERETIC I AM |
Nov-13-11 09:41 PM |
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Agree --- and many other similar mysteries re the pyramids and other sacred sites --- |
defendandprotect |
Nov-16-11 08:38 PM |
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Recommend |
xchrom |
Nov-13-11 07:30 PM |
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If these have not already been dated this should help. Interesting. |
jwirr |
Nov-13-11 07:41 PM |
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They've been dated. |
harmonicon |
Nov-14-11 10:00 AM |
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I wonder if the newly-revealed petroglyphs |
a simple pattern |
Nov-14-11 12:57 PM |
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If you think about it, the only explanation is an alien race |
zappaman |
Nov-13-11 07:42 PM |
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You're kidding, right? |
Tansy_Gold |
Nov-13-11 09:09 PM |
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Sure. Humans didn't originate on that island, so yeah, you could call them aliens. |
AtheistCrusader |
Nov-14-11 09:54 AM |
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It just occurred to me . . . one reason to bury the statues would be to stand them upright. |
mistertrickster |
Nov-13-11 08:08 PM |
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But..if you did intentionally bury them why bury the writing on them? |
dixiegrrrrl |
Nov-13-11 08:35 PM |
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Because the petroglyphs had religious significance, not informational? |
mistertrickster |
Nov-13-11 08:42 PM |
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Good point, had not thought of that. |
dixiegrrrrl |
Nov-14-11 07:10 AM |
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why is it assumed the were buried? |
TorchTheWitch |
Nov-13-11 09:34 PM |
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And they didn't exactly have foundations built to code. |
AtheistCrusader |
Nov-14-11 09:56 AM |
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True -- and not all were buried -- two, they are reporting on here. |
defendandprotect |
Nov-16-11 08:41 PM |
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Cool. |
krispos42 |
Nov-13-11 09:57 PM |
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That is so cool. I did not know. |
applegrove |
Nov-13-11 10:19 PM |
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I did NOT know this and I find it fascinating--thank you for posting this nt |
MADem |
Nov-14-11 12:12 AM |
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Nov-14-11 12:26 AM |
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dupe |
bloomington-lib |
Nov-14-11 07:46 AM |
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I assumed they would have checked already to see if they had bodies |
bloomington-lib |
Nov-14-11 07:46 AM |
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Yes |
progressoid |
Nov-14-11 10:31 AM |
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That's really cool |
Highway61 |
Nov-14-11 07:50 AM |
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Cool! |
HappyMe |
Nov-14-11 08:35 AM |
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A man is waiting for wife to give birth. |
Zanzoobar |
Nov-16-11 08:50 PM |
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Here ya go... |
AlbertCat |
Nov-14-11 09:04 AM |
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Interesting!! n/t |
ceile |
Nov-14-11 09:11 AM |
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Hubbie just reminded me that the society that built these collapsed because of the deforestation |
mod mom |
Nov-14-11 09:36 AM |
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"Jared Diamond's environmental revisionism doesn't hold up to scientific scrutiny" -- !! |
defendandprotect |
Nov-16-11 09:16 PM |
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So cool!! Thanks for the thread, progressoid! n/t |
FourScore |
Nov-14-11 09:47 AM |
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Did not know that |
mactime |
Nov-14-11 09:54 AM |
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Cool! Never saw below their heads before. |
JNelson6563 |
Nov-14-11 10:00 AM |
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I didn't know that -- thanks!! nt |
gateley |
Nov-14-11 10:10 AM |
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I had no idea. Fascinating!! |
AllyCat |
Nov-14-11 10:37 AM |
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This just proves that ancient aliens were there. |
Tutankhamun |
Nov-14-11 10:37 AM |
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LOL! |
AllyCat |
Nov-14-11 10:40 AM |
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That show is full of crap |
sakabatou |
Nov-14-11 12:39 PM |
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LOL! Good one....I watch |
Berlin Expat |
Nov-14-11 04:02 PM |
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Very interesting, thanks. |
redqueen |
Nov-14-11 10:42 AM |
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Hmm..... |
Phoonzang |
Nov-14-11 10:47 AM |
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Cool |
Bobbie47 |
Nov-14-11 12:45 PM |
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I love this stuff |
Rambis |
Nov-14-11 12:59 PM |
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There was a comic book in the '60's(TALES TO ASTONISH?)... |
zappaman |
Nov-14-11 01:00 PM |
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... |
Divine Discontent |
Nov-14-11 06:55 PM |
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Very cool comics! Thank you, Divine! |
Tutankhamun |
Nov-15-11 12:45 AM |
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Hollywood does Easter Island |
bikebloke |
Nov-14-11 03:40 PM |
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I loved that film. |
closeupready |
Nov-14-11 04:11 PM |
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The glyphs on the back say, "Want gum-gum, dumb-dumb." n/t |
Ian David |
Nov-14-11 04:36 PM |
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K&R (n/t) |
a2liberal |
Nov-14-11 04:54 PM |
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Awesome! |
sonias |
Nov-14-11 05:08 PM |
#104 |
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Whoa. That's a lot moa Moa! |
DirkGently |
Nov-14-11 05:16 PM |
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It has actually been known for quite a while |
skepticscott |
Nov-14-11 06:06 PM |
#109 |
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Thank you |
liberation |
Nov-14-11 09:25 PM |
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Awesome |
liberal N proud |
Nov-14-11 06:14 PM |
#110 |
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This is awesome! Thank you for posting the OP. n/t |
Tx4obama |
Nov-15-11 12:55 AM |
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K&R!! |
Supply Side Jesus |
Nov-15-11 01:15 PM |
#124 |
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