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Does anyone take that site seriously? I wouldn't believe that site if it told me who is buried in Grants Tomb!


16 posted on 12/30/2005 3:58:02 AM PST by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: BallyBill
Does anyone take that site seriously? I wouldn't believe that site if it told me who is buried in Grants Tomb!

Yes, I have a friend who's and IT pro, He really likes the site and the concept behind it.

22 posted on 12/30/2005 4:39:35 AM PST by Sci Fi Guy
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To: BallyBill
Does anyone take that site seriously? I wouldn't believe that site if it told me who is buried in Grants Tomb!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant%27s_tomb
Grant's Tomb is a mausoleum containing the bodies of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), an American Civil War General and the 18th President of the United States, and his wife, Julia Dent Grant (1826-1902). The tomb complex is now officially known as the General Grant National Memorial and is located in Riverside Park in Manhattan, New York, New York, near the intersection of Riverside Drive and 122nd Street.
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A riddle relating to Grant's Tomb, popularized by Groucho Marx on his game show You Bet Your Life, is "Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?" Though the proper answer is "nobody"—Grant and his wife are entombed, not buried—Groucho would usually accept "Grant".

Yes, I'm a smart a$$ :)

40 posted on 12/30/2005 9:01:05 AM PST by usapatriot28 ( Si vis pacem para bellum)
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To: BallyBill

I'm surprised at the number of times people say, "I went to the Wikipedia and it says..." I've had people tell me that it's "self-correcting," too. It is a living, breathing hydra of a document that reinforces groupthink.

It would take a dedicated bloc of FReeper researchers starting small and working upward in stages to the big topics. That would be a Herculean labor of love.


156 posted on 12/31/2005 10:51:33 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BallyBill
Does anyone take that site seriously?

The Science and History is pretty and I don't go there for politics or pop culture.

202 posted on 01/01/2006 8:24:03 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Mesocons for Rice '08)
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