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#1 Post by peacock2121 » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:53 pm

gets to tell it's citizens what they can and can not name their children.

Friday is on the list of no no's!

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#2 Post by mrkelley23 » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:55 pm

Yeah, they could only connect it to Crusoe.

Now if their taste in literature were a little more far-reaching...

http://www.amazon.com/Friday-Robert-Hei ... 0345414004
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#3 Post by peacock2121 » Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:24 pm

I am thinking this reference might not have helped.

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#4 Post by gsabc » Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:33 pm

Italy has a government? I thought that the PM's office was just a temp agency.
I just ordered chicken and an egg from Amazon. I'll let you know.

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#5 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:15 pm

But could they name the child Frigg
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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#6 Post by ne1410s » Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:23 pm

Tuesday Weld!! Paging Tuesday Weld!!
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