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RE: Random Thoughts
October 30, 2021 at 12:00 am
(October 29, 2021 at 7:59 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: (October 29, 2021 at 7:53 pm)Jackalope Wrote: I wonder how many people don't know that ripe oranges
Aren't orange.
Then why are they 'oranges'??
A bit chicken and egg.
Trivia: "orange' is the only English word I know of which does not rhyme with any other English word.
There are three and only three English words which begin with "dw'
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RE: Random Thoughts
October 30, 2021 at 12:47 am
(October 30, 2021 at 12:00 am)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote: (October 29, 2021 at 7:59 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Then why are they 'oranges'??
A bit chicken and egg.
Trivia: "orange' is the only English word I know of which does not rhyme with any other English word.
There are three and only three Englishwor8oods which begin with "dw' Dwell, dwarf, dwelt you dweeb..
Wanna play Scrabble?
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RE: Random Thoughts
October 30, 2021 at 1:21 am
Another thing God failed to tell us in the Bible: which berries and plants feed us and which kill us
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Random Thoughts
October 30, 2021 at 1:22 am
Your turn to try it - the last words heard by innumerable human beings.
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RE: Random Thoughts
October 30, 2021 at 1:41 am
(October 30, 2021 at 12:00 am)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote: (October 29, 2021 at 7:59 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Then why are they 'oranges'??
A bit chicken and egg.
Trivia: "orange' is the only English word I know of which does not rhyme with any other English word.
There are three and only three English words which begin with "dw'
Dwarf.
Dwawbwidge.
What's the other?
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RE: Random Thoughts
October 30, 2021 at 9:53 am
(October 30, 2021 at 12:00 am)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote: (October 29, 2021 at 7:59 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Then why are they 'oranges'??
A bit chicken and egg.
Trivia: "orange' is the only English word I know of which does not rhyme with any other English word.
There are three and only three English words which begin with "dw'
door 'inge rhymes with orange
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RE: Random Thoughts
October 30, 2021 at 5:29 pm
The most powerful weapon on earth is an idea.
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RE: Random Thoughts
October 30, 2021 at 5:33 pm
(October 30, 2021 at 12:47 am)onlinebiker Wrote: (October 30, 2021 at 12:00 am)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote: A bit chicken and egg.
Trivia: "orange' is the only English word I know of which does not rhyme with any other English word.
There are three and only three Englishwor8oods which begin with "dw' Dwell, dwarf, dwelt you dweeb..
Wanna play Scrabble?
‘Dwelt’ doesn’t actually count, as it’s just the past tense of ‘dwell’.
The third word is ‘dwindle’.
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RE: Random Thoughts
October 30, 2021 at 5:35 pm
(October 30, 2021 at 5:29 pm)masoni Wrote: The most powerful weapon on earth is an idea.
Tell that to Archimedes.
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RE: Random Thoughts
October 30, 2021 at 5:38 pm
(October 30, 2021 at 5:35 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (October 30, 2021 at 5:29 pm)masoni Wrote: The most powerful weapon on earth is an idea.
Tell that to Archimedes.
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