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RE: Sorry, Evie. This must really hurt.
January 20, 2016 at 1:25 pm
(January 20, 2016 at 1:02 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35358979
Quote:Cu Rua: Vietnam mourns revered Hanoi turtle
Quote:Vietnam is mourning an ancient turtle revered as a symbol of auspiciousness, whose death has shocked the country.
Thought to be one of only four living Yangtze giant softshell turtles, it was found floating in the Hanoi lake where it lived. Cause of death is unclear.
It's a case or turtlecide, call for Columbo.
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RE: Sorry, Evie. This must really hurt.
January 20, 2016 at 2:05 pm
I wuz turtles.
Kittens are best though.
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Sorry, Evie. This must really hurt.
January 20, 2016 at 11:12 pm
(January 20, 2016 at 1:02 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35358979
Quote:Cu Rua: Vietnam mourns revered Hanoi turtle
Quote:Vietnam is mourning an ancient turtle revered as a symbol of auspiciousness, whose death has shocked the country.
Thought to be one of only four living Yangtze giant softshell turtles, it was found floating in the Hanoi lake where it lived. Cause of death is unclear.
I demand to know cause of death! I am suspecting foul play, God damnnit!!!
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RE: Sorry, Evie. This must really hurt.
January 21, 2016 at 12:10 am
Clearly, a victim of the Chinese hegemony. A martyr to the imperial bourgeoisie in the Chinese politburo.
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RE: Sorry, Evie. This must really hurt.
January 21, 2016 at 3:43 am
I loved that turtle. It tortoise humility! (but not grammar)
No God, No fear.
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