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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 10/22/2006 : 13:34:16 [Permalink]
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Why did the chicken cross the road?
To show the 'possum that it could be done.... 
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2006 : 13:39:40 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by HalfMooner
quote:
Originally posted by Kil
Once upon a time I entered a members chat room at AOL called “Ask a Lesbian Anything.” So I asked those in the room if they could name the largest lake in the world?” I was completely ignored… 
Go figure…
Largest? In volume, or in surface area, or in length of shoreline?
The largest lake on Earth by both area and volume... |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2006 : 14:06:37 [Permalink]
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Well, Lake Superior has the greatest surface area, but Lake Baikal has by far the most volume. So one lake just don't cut it in both categories.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2006 : 15:00:12 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Kil
So I asked those in the room if they could name the largest lake in the world?” I was completely ignored…
Maybe they ignored you because it's a trick question. There are no lakes in the world, just magma. All lakes are on the world. 
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2006 : 15:08:21 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by HalfMooner
Well, Lake Superior has the greatest surface area, but Lake Baikal has by far the most volume. So one lake just don't cut it in both categories.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea |
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2006 : 15:15:58 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
quote:
Originally posted by HalfMooner
Well, Lake Superior has the greatest surface area, but Lake Baikal has by far the most volume. So one lake just don't cut it in both categories.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea
Well, what I wrote would be accurate for freshwater lakes. So, I guess it boils down to how one defines a "lake."
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2006 : 15:17:08 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
quote:
Originally posted by HalfMooner
Well, Lake Superior has the greatest surface area, but Lake Baikal has by far the most volume. So one lake just don't cut it in both categories.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea
Ahhhhhh... I knew that you knew. |
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2006 : 15:43:41 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
quote:
Originally posted by HalfMooner
Well, Lake Superior has the greatest surface area, but Lake Baikal has by far the most volume. So one lake just don't cut it in both categories.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea
Fucking lesbian.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2006 : 16:15:56 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by H. Humbert
quote:
Originally posted by Kil
So I asked those in the room if they could name the largest lake in the world?” I was completely ignored…
Maybe they ignored you because it's a trick question. There are no lakes in the world, just magma. All lakes are on the world.
Oh Gawd! That was dreadful!
Wisht I'da thunk of it....
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
1383 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2006 : 17:14:47 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by H Humbert
Maybe they ignored you because it's a trick question. There are no lakes in the world, just magma. All lakes are on the world.
Lake Vostok is not a lake? |
METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
It's a small, off-duty czechoslovakian traffic warden! |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2006 : 17:30:12 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Hawks
quote:
Originally posted by H Humbert
Maybe they ignored you because it's a trick question. There are no lakes in the world, just magma. All lakes are on the world.
Lake Vostok is not a lake?
Even if it can be counted, it isn't as big as the Caspian Sea. |
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2006 : 18:15:53 [Permalink]
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(BTW, Filthy: I very much enjoyed following the link in your sig, and reading about that wonderfully nasty scoundrel, Soapy Smith.)
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2006 : 18:20:02 [Permalink]
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Is the time ripe at last for me to provide the world with the ultimate trivia question (and answer)? Is it time to quit trying to squeeze the last drops of milk out of this cow?
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2006 : 18:29:48 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by HalfMooner
(BTW, Filthy: I very much enjoyed following the link in your sig, and reading about that wonderfully nasty scoundrel, Soapy Smith.)
Glad you enjoyed it. The soapster was one of the truly great con artists, and one of my all-time favorites. His soap scam was a classic, and showed a prodigious understanding of human nature.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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