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Ancient language mystery deepens (Scotland)
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| August 10, 2010
| Victoria Gill
Posted on 08/11/2010 2:35:32 PM PDT by decimon
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To: humblegunner
“This is really hard to read?”
Hah! Missed the UFO in the upper right corner didn’t you?
It’s say’s “Aliens came and ran us out of our homes and THEN blah, blah blah”.
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:52:23 PM PDT
by
dljordan
("His father's sword he hath girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him")
To: martin_fierro
Pict your this ping.
Your puns will be your rune.
Please, no moor.
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posted on
08/11/2010 4:06:59 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(What's "My Struggle" in Kenyan?)
To: decimon
They used a mathematical method to quantify patterns contained within the symbols, in an effort to find out if they conveyed meaning. Typical eggheads. Too educated to read simple pictograms.
Some hardy Scotsman needs to thump them upside the head and tell them to simply follow the story.
My border ancestors would laugh their kilts off at these numbskulls.
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posted on
08/11/2010 4:12:56 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: martin_fierro; decimon; SunkenCiv; Charles Henrickson
I tried to come up with a witty retort, but the topic’s been well-Pict over....
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posted on
08/11/2010 4:20:29 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(The Picts were the first Hadrian Colliders)
To: RaceBannon
That was pretty avant-garde, wasn’t it?
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posted on
08/11/2010 4:21:26 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(Now can we forget about that old rum-runner Joe Kennedy and his progeny of philandering drunks?)
To: rdl6989
I’m Scots-Irish y’know Me too, but it is Scot-Irish, not Scots. Plus I think is says, " a bunch of people got on horse and fought a bunch of people who were on foot".
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posted on
08/11/2010 4:32:37 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/11/2010 4:40:57 PM PDT
by
Palter
(Kilroy was here.)
To: TheOldLady
Haggis I’ll have to take your word for it.
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posted on
08/11/2010 4:49:59 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: mikrofon
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posted on
08/11/2010 4:50:37 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: Palter
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posted on
08/11/2010 4:50:45 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: TheOldLady
They’ll need to find a bilingual, and/or an archive with longer texts, in order to make a go of it. Most of the known Pictish inscriptions (there is an “alphabetic” version) are short, found carved on stone monuments.
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posted on
08/11/2010 4:52:29 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: Rocky; SunkenCiv
What did the farmer say as his tire came off while crossing the railroad tracks?
"You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel."
(ahem, just a bump for a GGG thread)
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posted on
08/11/2010 5:12:33 PM PDT
by
blam
To: humblegunner
Mmm, mmm, mmm! Haggis, lovely stuff.
To: decimon
"the language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here...."
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posted on
08/11/2010 5:49:48 PM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
To: humblegunner; iloveamerica1980; shibumi; Vendome; 50mm; TheOldLady; Salamander; Larry Lucido
You left out how you and ilovescotland680 kept each other warm!
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posted on
08/11/2010 5:56:38 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(Pablo is very wily)
To: TheOldLady
‘Haggis is not nasty crap.’
I guess that means that it is GOOD crap?
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posted on
08/11/2010 6:00:06 PM PDT
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
To: dfwgator
You forgot the oatmeal. Can’t have a haggis without lots of oatmeal.
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posted on
08/11/2010 6:01:53 PM PDT
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
To: Eaker
You left out how you and ilovescotland680 kept each other warm! Unlikely and seldom, if that.
I was drunk that year.
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posted on
08/11/2010 6:12:34 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(Pablo is very wily)
To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
To: JoeProBono
Good Lord! We are truly the new Barbarians. She would have a reality show today doing tats on foolish young females. Now I know we are doomed, we are reverting to the dark ages. I wonder if her skin is blue , that will be the next fad for the lost generation.
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posted on
08/11/2010 6:27:21 PM PDT
by
ABN 505
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