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Re: Mummified walrus fossil sells for $8,000

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From: Jer
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:46
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Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:26:43 -0500, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote:
> 
>> Ron Johnson wrote:
>>> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:50:29 -0500, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ron Johnson wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:34:50 -0500, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I wonder if the walrus also drove a Hummer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2007-08-26-walrus-fossil_N.htm?
>>>>> Penis, "bone"?  isn't that cheating, or does it just mean the walrus
>>>>> had an implant due to impotency?
>>>>>
>>>>> And 4 feet?  I can't imagine that the female walrus could accommodate
>>>>> a 4 foot pecker.  Maybe this is why they went extinct.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ron
>>>> I imagine the female walrus could easily accommodate more, thereby 
>>>> reproducing more of it's own genetic pool.  Remember, this is a fossil 
>>>> of dead genetic material which, in all likelihood, didn't contribute 
>>>> much after it's demise.
>>> True.  I just don't picture the female walrus having a 4 foot play pen
>>
>> Sometimes it is difficult to wrap a brain cell around the truth because 
>> it's not always packaged in a familiar box.
> 
> Maybe it is too early in the morning for me, I feel like I need that
> one translated


There are some people that have to have the truth packaged in a neat 
tidy box with a bow on top because that's the only way they'd recognize 
it for what it is.  I submit, sometimes the truth comes packaged 
differently, and if we're not willing to accept this difference, we'll 
miss an opportunity to learn.

better?

-- 
jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'
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From: Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten>
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Subject: Re: Mummified walrus fossil sells for $8,000
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:46:51 -0500
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