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    Adam Funk
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    Quoted message said:

    This purports to be an actual letter from the Smithsonian archives. A
    friend of mine who used to work at the Smithsonian has no doubt that
    the letter is legit.

    http://www.mentalsoup.com/mentalsoup/apolite.htm

    Sure, _modern_ clams don't have teeth, but the ravenous man-eating
    clams of yesteryear...?

    Also, a cartoon:
    http://xkcd.com/c250.html

    And speaking of digging up gardens, monster badgers are terrorizing
    Yorkshire:

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/19/musteline_menace/

    From that "link" you can learn a fancy word (musteline) as well as a
    recipe (badger ham) which is illegal and will therefore become highly
    esteemed and sought after.

    --
    Nam Sibbyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla
    pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: beable beable beable; respondebat
    illa: doidy doidy doidy. [plorkwort]

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  2. Serene-y the Meanie
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    Adam Funk said:
    Quoted message said:

    This purports to be an actual letter from the Smithsonian archives. A
    friend of mine who used to work at the Smithsonian has no doubt that
    the letter is legit.

    http://www.mentalsoup.com/mentalsoup/apolite.htm

    False.

    http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/smithsonian.asp

    Serene

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  3. Adam Funk
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    Serene-y the Meanie said:

    False.

    http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/smithsonian.asp

    http://xkcd.com/c250.html

    --
    Is there any proof that English borrows words?? I mean, have we ever
    given one back? Do we pay for a replacement if we break one? How does
    this work? [Matthew L Martin, ark]

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  4. Serene-y the Meanie
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    Adam Funk said:
    Serene-y the Meanie said:

    False.

    http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/smithsonian.asp

    http://xkcd.com/c250.html

    I am a total xkcd fangirl.

    Serene

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  5. Adam Funk
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    Serene-y the Meanie said:

    I am a total xkcd fangirl.

    sudo send sandwiches

    --
    Hi this is Leila. I'm not here right now. So please leave your name,
    number and a brief message and a time you called at the beep. And
    please try to be frank.

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  6. Serene-y the Meanie
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    Adam Funk said:
    Serene-y the Meanie said:

    I am a total xkcd fangirl.

    sudo send sandwiches

    *laugh* Better not let the velociraptor hear you.

    Serene

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  7. blake murphy
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    Serene-y the Meanie said:
    Adam Funk said:
    Quoted message said:

    This purports to be an actual letter from the Smithsonian archives. A
    friend of mine who used to work at the Smithsonian has no doubt that
    the letter is legit.

    http://www.mentalsoup.com/mentalsoup/apolite.htm

    False.

    http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/smithsonian.asp

    Serene

    rats. it sounded a little too good to be true. i posted it to two
    e-mail lists. maybe i'll feign being in on the joke.

    it's still funny, though.

    your pal,
    blake

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