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Ek* this space intentionally left blank *ki

All Mammals have hair.

Whales are mammals.

Whales have hair.

Shave the Whales.


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Post 22

Ek* this space intentionally left blank *ki

Mad I know, replying to my own posting but it should have had one of these "?" at the end of it ... profuse apologies to all and sundry and I'll be shooting myself later if it's any consolation.

Just as an aside ...

Olive oil comes from Olives ... does the same apply to baby oil?


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Post 23

Wolfie

FSU? Sounds like a disease you wouldn't want anyone to know you had.


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Post 24

Sol

Where do all my socks go?


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Post 25

Is mise Duncan

How many calories does "hair nourishing shampoo" contain?


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Post 26

Gnomon - time to move on

Why are "best before" dates printed on the bottoms of cans?


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Post 27

Red (and a bit grey) Dog


What's the speed of dark?

Red


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Post 28

Andy

The speed of dark must be faster than the speed of light, because it always manages to get out of the way.

What is the speed of heavy?


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Post 29

Niz (soon to be gone)

Is a crowbar where birds go to drink?

Is a cyclone going for a bike ride by yourself?

Does a refugee blow a whistle at a football match?

I'll get my coat! smiley - ok


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Post 30

Is mise Duncan

If the second showing of a film is a repeat, is the first showing a peat?

If time were reversed, would mechanical clocks need winding down?

If antimatter and matter meat they undergo mutual anihilation - yet antibodies seem to get on just fine in my body. How?


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Post 31

Red (and a bit grey) Dog


24 hours in a day - 24 cans of beer in a case. Coincidence ?

Red


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Post 32

Mr. Cogito

Hello,

Mmm, antimatter meat. Always tasty. smiley - winkeye

(warning: American examples)
Why do you park in a driveway and drive on a parkway?
On a related note, why do you play at a recital and recite at a play?
If pro is the opposite of con, is Congress the opposite of progress?

I often wonder why peoples eat Twinkies. They have no expiration date.

Yours,
Jake


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Post 33

Ek* this space intentionally left blank *ki

If it's tourist season, does that mean we can shoot them?


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Post 34

Niz (soon to be gone)

Why is it that when planes nearly hit each other in mid air it is called a near miss??

Surely it is a near hit?


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Post 35

Is mise Duncan

Why do people say they have a fear of flying when in fact they have a fear of unexpectedly ceasing to fly?

Who was the original plagiarist?


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Post 36

Dancing Ermine

If you can have a copyright can you have a copywrong?


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Post 37

Mr. Cogito

Hello,

Richard Stallman (of GNU and free software fame) has a concept he calls copyleft...

Yours,
Jake


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Post 38

Jemlet

I think I can answer Solnushka's question where do my socks go? As a sacrifice to the sock god who takes great pleasure in the fact that you will only have odd socks at any particular point in time.. Also a close associate of the baby bib god.


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Post 39

~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum

* Red Dog you've done it again! *

If a writer writes about what he knows, how did Frost ever come up with The Road Not Taken.


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Post 40

Is mise Duncan

Did Alan Carr ever actually smoke?


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