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2004-04-30 Afghanistan/South Asia

Bangla Newspaper publishes Junk Science to prove Islamic Doctrine

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Posted by mhw 2004-04-30 10:08:52 AM|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This would explain the lack of trees in Saudi Arabia: the damn giants uprooted them all.

It could also explain certain behaviour patterns we see today. Being 90 ft. tall, their heads would be closer to the sun and therefore, their brains would overheat.

Posted by SteveS 2004-04-30 11:21:04 AM|| 2004-04-30 11:21:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 You betcha. I LOVE this shit. I can't find the links, but there were some great Far Side cartoons along this line. While looking, I ran across this hysterical thread of "artifacts" supposedly found on Mars by the rovers. Check it out (the whole long thing) for some excellent laughs.

Posted by .com 2004-04-30 11:21:05 AM|| 2004-04-30 11:21:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 .com
I guess they were a bit proper in 1869 but it would have been interesting to know the size of the giant's...uh... uh... hydraulics

Posted by mhw 2004-04-30 12:10:44 PM|| 2004-04-30 12:10:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I guess they were able to leap tall buildings in a single bound too...

Posted by BigEd 2004-04-30 12:18:42 PM|| 2004-04-30 12:18:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Along these lines, the Michigan Historical Societyis running an unusual exhibit this summer: all of the artifacts are fakes. Back in the late 1800s, a handful of people scammed a lot of cash out of people by manufacturing crap they claimed to have dug up locally. They even planted some of them in local Indian mounds, then steered the marks to those sites so they'd be found "on site".

Fortunately, they weren't very clever scammers (guys, clay pots should be baked), and every artifact they created had the same mark on it somewhere.

I'm planning on getting up there to take a look at it; this is probably the only time this many of the fakes will be on display.

http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/michrelics/intro.html

The really sad thing, though, is that I recently stumbled on the website of a "creation scientist" that thinks the Michigan Relics are authentic.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-04-30 12:23:44 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-04-30 12:23:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Anybody remember hearing about the Piltdown Man?

Posted by BigEd 2004-04-30 12:29:00 PM|| 2004-04-30 12:29:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Since area relationships are a square function and volume relationships are a cube function mathematically the whole notion of a proportionally shaped human being of such size is ludicrous.

Posted by cheaderhead 2004-04-30 12:36:12 PM|| 2004-04-30 12:36:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I've left specific burial instructions. I'm gonna be buried with several lbs Apalachee pottery shards, an assortment of Barber coins, my Leica and an el cheap calculator. I'm not gonna make it easier for the 25th century folks.

Posted by Shipman 2004-04-30 12:57:06 PM|| 2004-04-30 12:57:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Shipman - You forgot a rolled up Elvis painting on velvet!

Posted by BigEd 2004-04-30 1:19:19 PM|| 2004-04-30 1:19:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]

Posted by Antiwar TROLL 2004-04-30 2:15:45 PM|| 2004-04-30 2:15:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Shipman -- throw in some Roman coins and some Chinese porcelain. Oh, and the bones of a koala bear.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-04-30 2:20:21 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-04-30 2:20:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Anybody remember hearing about the Piltdown Man?

Yeah, it was a hoax.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-04-30 2:23:08 PM|| 2004-04-30 2:23:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 RC - "probably the only time this many of the fakes will be on display."

Discounting the DNC convention in Boston, hmmmm?

Posted by Frank G 2004-04-30 2:35:29 PM|| 2004-04-30 2:35:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Frank G - Did you ever wonder that if the DNC dumps Kerry, they might have to move the convention from Boston?

Posted by BigEd 2004-04-30 2:38:10 PM|| 2004-04-30 2:38:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 I'm thinking it will be a disaster no matter what happens....I'm counting on it. Fact is, most people/reporters, etc. in Mass. dislike his arrogant ass

Posted by Frank G 2004-04-30 2:41:15 PM|| 2004-04-30 2:41:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Frank G - How can they stand to listen to him talk with that pompous inflection in his voice?

Posted by BigEd 2004-04-30 2:44:36 PM|| 2004-04-30 2:44:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Yes! Chineese Porcelin. Thanks! BTW I'm serious. It'll be fun for students in 800 years or so.
Course the archive of this blog might screw the deal. Hmmmm. Okay.

Posted by Shipman 2004-04-30 4:42:05 PM|| 2004-04-30 4:42:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Odd Duck

Posted by Shipman 2004-04-30 4:42:42 PM|| 2004-04-30 4:42:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 No, Shipman - -

The "Odd Duck" is in one of my comments re: the thread, "Idiot Actor Lobbies for Little People"

No "Odd Ducks" here

Posted by BigEd 2004-04-30 6:06:19 PM|| 2004-04-30 6:06:19 PM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Antiwar 2004-04-30 2:15:45 PM|| 2004-04-30 2:15:45 PM|| Front Page Top

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