I never knew that!

Von Due · 09-23-16, 02:01 AM

Someone did a study of, and wrote a paper on, bull****.

Tango589 · 09-23-16, 05:46 AM

The copper plate that makes the Statue of Liberty is only the thickness of a chocolate Easter egg.

Jimbuna · 09-23-16, 07:30 AM

William Faulkner refused a dinner invitation from JFK's White House. "Why that’s a hundred miles away," he said. "That’s a long way to go just to eat."

Aktungbby · 09-23-16, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Von Due

Someone did a study of, and wrote a paper on, bull****.

Bovine Scatology!

Von Due · 09-23-16, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Bovine Scatology!

I really had no idea that was a subject of research and reading a bit of that paper had me giggling over the technical tone one will find in a research paper like that, from strict definitions and examples/counterexamples, complete with a long list in the reference section. Could almost imagine Graham Chapman reading that in one of his sketches.

Aktungbby · 09-23-16, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Von Due

I really had no idea that was a subject of research and reading .

Nuthin' so eloquent here! I was quoting ****(fourstar) GEN Norman Schwarzkopf's famous use of the term!

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Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf -- conqueror of the Iraqis, near-gainsayer of the president and outspoken scourge of anything he regards as "bovine scatology" -- showed yesterday he knew also when to shut up!

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,862 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	William Faulkner refused a dinner invitation from JFK's White House. "Why that’s a hundred miles away," he said. "That’s a long way to go just to eat." __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,690 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Someone did a study of, and wrote a paper on, bull****.