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mulberry
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The price of shnoz noshing
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Sep 14 20:29 UTC 1991 |
Anyone who bites off a free man's nose must pay an
indemnity of a pound of silver, and give his farm
buildings as security.
-The Hittite Code, c. 1350 B.C.
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mcnally
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response 1 of 12:
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Sep 14 21:23 UTC 1991 |
I understand that this is one of the international law precedents that
President Bush cited when deciding to intervene in the Iraq vs. Kuwait
dispute.
Welcome to grex, Mulberry.
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fes
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response 2 of 12:
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Sep 16 23:27 UTC 1991 |
In order to be codified, this must have been a fairly regular occurrence.
Gross.
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mcnally
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response 3 of 12:
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Sep 17 06:22 UTC 1991 |
That doesn't necessarily follow.
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remmers
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response 4 of 12:
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Sep 17 11:09 UTC 1991 |
Perhaps the law was written with tongue in cheek.
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arthur
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response 5 of 12:
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Sep 17 16:30 UTC 1991 |
Or nose in cheek?
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ecl
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response 6 of 12:
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Sep 18 05:27 UTC 1991 |
of course a nose on the face is worth two in the hand. ;)
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mythago
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response 7 of 12:
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Sep 19 10:51 UTC 1991 |
re 2, not necessarily.
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fes
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response 8 of 12:
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Sep 20 03:11 UTC 1991 |
OK - so sit down and think about which things that don't happen very often that
you want laws passed against. Pretty boring, right? (Unless of course you're
on your 4th beer or using other substances that give you the giggles). The only
place where they engage in this kind of nonsense on a regular basis is Ohio.
An acquaintance of mine was once arrested at gunpoint for not carrying an
anchor and suitable length of anchor rope in his kayak on a small river/creek
in Toledo.
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arthur
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response 9 of 12:
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Sep 20 04:42 UTC 1991 |
Hmmm. Charged with vagrancy?
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polygon
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response 10 of 12:
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Sep 20 13:03 UTC 1991 |
In Chicago, it's against the law to put your head down on a bar.
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fes
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response 11 of 12:
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Sep 23 01:31 UTC 1991 |
But putting your head down on a bar is not a highly unusual thing to do, at
least if you've been drinking. Biting someone's nose off is (unless you've been
drinking and someone has suggested the activity to you)
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orwell
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response 12 of 12:
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Sep 21 04:55 UTC 1995 |
Maybe there were alot of "nosey" people in the Hittite lands?
Orwell is desparately trying to save this conference...
Alright 1..2...3.. CLEAR!./
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