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Scientists Find Runes on Ancient Comb
The Local: Germany's news in English ^
| Friday, April 13, 2012
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Posted on 04/16/2012 9:55:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/16/2012 9:56:11 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
04/16/2012 9:58:25 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: SunkenCiv
Wouldn’t they have known it was a comb without having to write “comb” on it?
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posted on
04/16/2012 9:58:32 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(If there are infinite parallel universes, why Lord, am I living in the one with Obama as President?)
To: Defiant
“Wouldnt they have known it was a comb without having to write comb on it?”
That was in case some occupants of the British Isles ever found it.
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posted on
04/16/2012 10:04:36 PM PDT
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DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for officeoffI)
To: Defiant
“Wouldnt they have known it was a comb without having to write comb on it?”
That was in case some occupants of the British Isles ever found it.
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posted on
04/16/2012 10:04:53 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for officeoffI)
To: Defiant
Why do boxes of toothpicks have instructions?
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posted on
04/16/2012 10:06:05 PM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
To: DesertRhino
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posted on
04/16/2012 10:06:40 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(If there are infinite parallel universes, why Lord, am I living in the one with Obama as President?)
To: rawcatslyentist
Why do boxes of toothpicks have instructions? I don't know but they don't write "Toothpick" on the side of them.
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posted on
04/16/2012 10:07:58 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(If there are infinite parallel universes, why Lord, am I living in the one with Obama as President?)
To: SunkenCiv
The comb is labeled “comb”? Is there a Trade Mark?
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posted on
04/16/2012 10:10:45 PM PDT
by
Hardraade
(http://junipersec.wordpress.com (nobody gives me warheads anyway))
To: DesertRhino
There are some teeth missing too. “Kama” translated means “comb made in China”.
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posted on
04/16/2012 10:11:24 PM PDT
by
shove_it
(just undo it)
To: DesertRhino
Or maybe it was the name of the inventor, Dieter Kama. He put his name on it, like Kleenex puts its name on the box. His invention became so popular among the previously unkempt Germanic tribes that they even started calling it the Kama, and that word has come down to us as "comb".
That makes sense now.
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posted on
04/16/2012 10:12:02 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(If there are infinite parallel universes, why Lord, am I living in the one with Obama as President?)
To: Defiant
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posted on
04/16/2012 10:17:03 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
To: SunkenCiv
Reminds me of the scene in “Armed and Dangerous” with John Candy working security at the landfill. “Hey guys - I found a comb!”
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posted on
04/16/2012 10:18:59 PM PDT
by
21twelve
To: Defiant
There are no toothpicks made in the USA.
When we did make them, they were made of Birch. Have no idea what kind of wood the Chicoms use to make them now.
I remember the old Looney Tunes Cartoon where they shaved down on whole Tree to make one toothpick. Nowadays, the same cartoon would be banished from Network TV so Al Gore wouldn’t have a Coronary.
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posted on
04/16/2012 10:21:45 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(A day without Obama is like a day without a Tsunami.)
To: SunkenCiv
Is it for brushing out pet fur? Because you might expect to find runes on a cat-a-comb.
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posted on
04/16/2012 10:32:22 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
To: Defiant
Wouldnt they have known it was a comb without having to write comb on it?There were other words. The entire sentence was, "Do not eat this comb or use it while climbing a ladder." Apparently, there had been a lawsuit..
To: SunkenCiv
A lot can come from combing the desert...
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posted on
04/16/2012 10:52:30 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
To: rawcatslyentist
>>Why do boxes of toothpicks have instructions?<<
Wonko the Sane asked the same question until his predicable demise.
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posted on
04/16/2012 10:54:58 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
To: Ramius
Id buy that. For a dollar?
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posted on
04/16/2012 10:57:11 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
To: SunkenCiv
Runes are interesting in that they are basically geometric indicating they were originally carved in wood.
Speculation is that runes were origianlly carved in wood that has since rotted away, makes historical determinations, such as age of the letter form and provence of origin, difficult to determine. Stone lasts longer and there do exist runic phrases carved in stele, but they are primarily in western Europe.
Interestingly enough, the magnificent marble temples that the ancient Greeks built exhibited in their structures an origin in wood, which was simply copied when carved out of marble. Parts of a building along the eaves, primarily dentil ranges, triglyphs and metopes, would have had structural purposes in a wooden edifice that did not carry over to a stone structure. The marble colums, which originally would have been wood, did serve as supports for the roof.
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posted on
04/17/2012 12:03:28 AM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(No Foreign Nationals as our President!)
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