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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
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 Posted - 04/12/2005 : 01:10:28
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From a 'childrens activity' place mat in a small diner in Tennessee:quote:
if yoU coUld get near him yoU
coUld very easily pUll of the arm of
the T-Rex. He woUld die becaUse
he woUld bleed to death.
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Scientists have theorized
that yhe T-rex coUld
probably breathe fire
Well the source of this fun fact is of course our IRS dodging friend from Pensacola, Florida
Story on The Pandas Thumb
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 04/12/2005 : 01:45:03 [Permalink]
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Yes, I read about that silliness. But that 'tear off the arm to kill T. rex" and fire breathing like mythical dragons really is something was put forth by Hovind. I don't know if he's still using it today, but wouldn't be at all suprised if he was. What is suprising, and not a little discourging, is that so many otherwise intelligent people listen to the fool.
Heh, nowhere does he explain exactly how getting to the arm to tear it off was done, what with the fire-breathing, and as high off the ground as they were, and all those teeth -- oh, wait, in those days there be giants! They wore armored, asbestos suits, and, and, and... Hovind is a prime candidate for Bedlam.
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
1613 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2005 : 01:52:02 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by filthy
What is suprising, and not a little discourging, is that so many otherwise intelligent people listen to the fool.
Somewhere you have to draw the line for the world intelligent. People who listen to and buy Hovind's crap are well below that line. |
"Any religion that makes a form of torture into an icon that they worship seems to me a pretty sick sort of religion quite honestly"
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2005 : 02:16:55 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Starman
quote:
Originally posted by filthy
What is suprising, and not a little discourging, is that so many otherwise intelligent people listen to the fool.
Somewhere you have to draw the line for the world intelligent. People who listen to and buy Hovind's crap are well below that line.
Perhaps, but I've known many of these people, and still do, and they are damned good farmers, mechanics, machinests, carpenters, fabricators, and so forth. They are devoted to their families and take good care of them. You can't do that and be entirely stupid. Their weakness is that they were taught their superstitions through their generations and continue to pass them along to their prodgeny. Hovind has the gift of gab, and they listen to him because he sounds like their fathers.
All rednecks have red necks, but not all of us subscribe to foolishness.
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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
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
1613 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2005 : 02:32:09 [Permalink]
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Well, there are many aspects of intelligence and otherwise intelligent people sometimes does really stupid things.
Believing dr dino is a really stupid thing. He is a classic snake oil salesman.
I wish I could see Kent try his arm pulling technique on a hungry T-Rex . Fire breathing or not.
As we are short on T-rexes maybe a pissed of Ostrich would do? They have kind of similar front limbs. |
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tomk80
SFN Regular
Netherlands
1278 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2005 : 05:06:20 [Permalink]
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I laughed so hard when I looked at the scans of those placemats that I've decided to put them up as my desktop-wallpaper for the time being  |
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tkster
Skeptic Friend
USA
193 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2005 : 05:15:58 [Permalink]
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I love it, I fucking love it. Killing a T-Rex by pulling off it's arm off. I only wish the T-Rex's were still alive to see all the lawsuits Hovind would be facing for saying such nonsense.
God, that's just absolutely fucking hilarious.
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
4826 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2005 : 06:25:37 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Starman
From a 'childrens activity' place mat in a small diner in Tennessee:quote:
if yoU coUld get near him yoU
coUld very easily pUll of the arm of
the T-Rex. He woUld die becaUse
he woUld bleed to death.
...
Scientists have theorized
that yhe T-rex coUld
probably breathe fire
Well the source of this fun fact is of course our IRS dodging friend from Pensacola, Florida
Story on The Pandas Thumb
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 04/12/2005 : 06:31:38 [Permalink]
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| Someone, I forget whom, has a standing offer open to Hovind, so that Hovind will be able to demonstrate this technique on a live alligator (or crocodile, I forget). One would think that their forelegs are smaller (and so more weakly-attached) than a T. rex's. I'd pay a lot of money for a ticket to see Hovind try. |
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