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Police have just arrested a man for stealing a sign saying " & Emergency "
He claims to have found it by accident.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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A local policeman had just finished his shift one cold January evening and was at home with his wife.
"You just won't believe what happened this evening , in all my years on the force I've never seen anything like it."
"What happened dear?"
"I came across two guys down by the canal, one of them was drinking battery acid and the other was eating fireworks!"
"Drinking battery acid and eating fireworks!! What did you do with them?"
"Oh that was easy, I charged one and let the other off."
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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OriginalGriff wrote: had just finished his shift one
For a moment I read that differently. What a difference an "f" makes. 
Thanks a million, anyway. I was drinking my tea when I read the punchline. Made a bit of a mess on my desk.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Further to a discussion about WW1 which spilled onto here, the conversation got round to the Colonies, and specifcally the Boston Tea party, which I thought was about us nasty Brits imposing tax on tea imports, well it turns out that I was wrong and the Boston Tea Party occured because us Brits LIFTED the import tax!
I would have a word with my history teacher if she was still around
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Funny Thing, this is what i learned YESTERDAY.
A friend is playing "Assassin´s Creed III" and was doing the "Boston Tea Party" Quest...
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Even stranger, it's something I discovered on Tuesday dring a talk on the East India Company.
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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Okay, that is really strange... 
You discovered it on Tuesday, i did it yesterday, and Bergholt discovered it today...
Great "Learnig Curve"  
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It's in my ToDo list for me to learn tomorrow.
What ever it is.
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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You live and learn...
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And day after tomorrow, it's me.
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Shameel wrote: day after tomorrow
It will be Saturday, I will have a break..
The signature is in building process.. Please wait...
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You don't waste a working day to learn nothing, do you?
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I discovered this on Tuesday, during a presentation whch was primarily about the East India Company. Where did you hear about it?
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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someone mentioned it and when I checked they were right (and its going to cost me a pint)
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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I'm confused...
from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_tea_party[^]
[-- In 1767, to help the East India Company compete with smuggled Dutch tea, Parliament passed the Indemnity Act, which lowered the tax on tea consumed in Great Britain, and gave the East India Company a refund of the 25% duty on tea that was re-exported to the colonies.[12] To help offset this loss of government revenue, Parliament also passed the Townshend Revenue Act of 1767, which levied new taxes, including one on tea, in the colonies. --]
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I wouldn't trust Wikipedia, I mean look at Ian Botham.
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And that's not even to mention Stephen Hawking or Clyde_McPhatter.
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Why did they get mad about that?
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The hatter probably had mercury poisoning
speramus in juniperus
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It was the smugglers who got mad because the changes put them out of business.
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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The politics of contraband? The smugglers' blues?
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Yeah, I think I started the WWI thing yesterday, I am amazed at the number of things I was taught that were wrong by both the politically correct left & the some near fascist teachers. I mean I was brought up with one view of WWI read some stuff and found that was wrong, read/saw some more stuff and versions were different I came to the conclusion there is no right or wrong answer, it happened get over it!. Mind you to use a quote "Those who do know history, are doomed to repeat it"
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glennPattonWork wrote: Yeah, I think I started the WWI thing yesterday
Hey man, that's not cool. I'm usually pretty tolerant, but starting world wars is where I draw the line.
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Like dude, I'm sorry man, I just thought...well it got out hand, you know man, one dude wants this one dude wants that...
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Bergholt Stuttley Johnson wrote: the Boston Tea Party occured because us Brits LIFTED the import tax!
You may have lifted the tax on yourselves but you imposed additional taxes on the colonies.
The Townshend Revenue Act[^]
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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