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Filipino Fisherman Reveals 75-Pound Pearl He Kept Hidden For A Decade
npr ^ | 24 August 2016 | CAMILA DOMONOSKE

Posted on 08/24/2016 9:45:50 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

When he was moving out of his home, he decided to give the pearl to Maggay-Amurao for safekeeping instead of transport it with him — "since it's quite heavy,"...

In fact, the pearl weighs in at 34 kilograms, Maggay-Amurao says — or approximately 75 pounds.

(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...


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KEYWORDS: pearl; steinbeck
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A hard pillow, or a lumpy mattress?
1 posted on 08/24/2016 9:45:50 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Let’s see June Cleaver wear that around her neck.


2 posted on 08/24/2016 9:50:24 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Were any fishermen reported missing before that guy reeled that thing in?


3 posted on 08/24/2016 9:51:05 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I would love to have that. The opalescence would be sight to see. $100 million value they say. Unreal!


4 posted on 08/24/2016 9:52:37 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Females DESTROYED America.)
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To: BigEdLB

I always remember Tarzan being being held, with his foot in a giant clam; to be continued next week!!!


5 posted on 08/24/2016 9:54:00 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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To: mountn man
Let’s see June Cleaver wear that around her neck.

Or Barbara Bush??

6 posted on 08/24/2016 9:55:30 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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For the record, a 75-pound pearl would be 170,000 carats.

Thats a LOT of Carrots!! :-)


7 posted on 08/24/2016 9:56:07 AM PDT by amorphous
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Yes, I would enjoy seeing the real thing!


8 posted on 08/24/2016 9:56:46 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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To: amorphous

That many, you think?

Good for your night vision, they say!


9 posted on 08/24/2016 9:58:01 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

ZZ Top – Pearl Necklace Lyrics

She’s really upset with me again,
I didn’t give her what she likes.
I don’t know what to tell her,
Don’t know what to say.
Everything got funky last night.

She was really bombed,
And I was really blown away,
Until I asked her what she wanted,
And this is what she had to say:
A pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.

She better have a neck like Dick Butkis.


10 posted on 08/24/2016 10:23:08 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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I give you sixty dollar...


11 posted on 08/24/2016 10:27:25 AM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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That would make a real nice coffee table lol


12 posted on 08/24/2016 10:32:37 AM PDT by Lera ( 1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Looking at the photo of it, I have say the clam really went baroque in producing it.


13 posted on 08/24/2016 10:46:45 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: DUMBGRUNT

That’s nothing. I passed an 80-pound kidney stone.


14 posted on 08/24/2016 11:13:42 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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15 posted on 08/24/2016 11:14:00 AM PDT by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: mountn man

I wonder when China will lay claim to it.


16 posted on 08/24/2016 11:27:34 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: blam

With $100 million Maggay-Amurao will be the next presidete of the Philippines!


17 posted on 08/24/2016 12:36:03 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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It was found in a giant clam.

Yowzah !!!!!!!!

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18 posted on 08/24/2016 12:39:11 PM PDT by Mears
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To: DUMBGRUNT

He should have saved the shell too. Bet he didn’t.


19 posted on 08/24/2016 12:47:34 PM PDT by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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With $100 million Maggay-Amurao will be the next presidete of the Philippines!

He may want to review Steinbeck's, "The Pearl", before any big moves.

20 posted on 08/24/2016 1:11:16 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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