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Article #188Re: Grandma's testimony
From: Kent Wills
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:58
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:58
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I have it on good authority that on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:44:09 -0500, bearclaw@cruller.invalid wrote: >Oh, and BTW: the word testimony and its variants come from the Roman >Empire's um, "tradition" of having witnesses in court swear on their >testicles. No Bibles in those days. Having males swear by their testicles today might reduce the incidences of perjury. Not sure what we'd do about female witnesses. Maybe have them swear by their breasts. -- Kent A: Maybe because some people are too annoyed by top-posting. Q: Why do I not get an answer to my question(s)? A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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