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Medieval skeleton bursts out of the ground after centuries-old tree is ripped up by storm
Irish Times ^ | 9-13-15 | Sam Webb

Posted on 09/14/2015 4:51:36 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter

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To: Straight Vermonter

Jesus, Mary and Joseph! So dat’s where ye been hidin’ all dese years have ye Shamus? Get up now ye lazy bugger and get to church!


21 posted on 09/14/2015 5:31:55 PM PDT by jmacusa
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To: gorush

That’s because she can estimate the width of the hips and tell whether it’s a woman or a man.


22 posted on 09/14/2015 5:34:16 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: inkfarmer

All I could think of was the Crypt Keeper from those movies.


23 posted on 09/14/2015 5:35:08 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: 3D-JOY

Hey... these are the OAKS, folks!!!


24 posted on 09/14/2015 5:37:30 PM PDT by Oberon (John 12:5-6)
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To: Straight Vermonter

How do you get a skeleton in a tree?

Put it on an acorn and wait 200 years.


25 posted on 09/14/2015 5:39:49 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: rabidralph

There are apparently many ways (according to the show) and all extrapolations are only two computer clicks away. :{)


26 posted on 09/14/2015 5:39:51 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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27 posted on 09/14/2015 5:46:11 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: gorush

“There was an episode of “Bones” that had the same thing happen...and she knew gender immediately. :{)”

Male or female condom? ;-)


28 posted on 09/14/2015 6:03:38 PM PDT by Average Al
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To: Vendome

That movie scared the crap out of me as a kid.


29 posted on 09/14/2015 6:20:07 PM PDT by FReepaholic (Stupidity is not a crime, so you're free to go.)
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To: Oberon

I read...sons of beeches??? The oak might be on you??


30 posted on 09/14/2015 6:38:13 PM PDT by 3D-JOY (Time to donate. Please do not ignore it! Monthly is best and easiest!)
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To: Straight Vermonter

This is gruesome and fantastic. I love it.


31 posted on 09/14/2015 6:41:36 PM PDT by keat
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To: Straight Vermonter

Geesh, you can’t even go to Ireland without tripping over a @#$% Indian burial ground . . .


32 posted on 09/14/2015 6:41:46 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: Straight Vermonter; SunkenCiv; MeshugeMikey; Slings and Arrows; GeronL
I kinda pictured it differently.


33 posted on 09/14/2015 7:34:09 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Will Bernie Sanders run as an Independent if he does not get the nomination of the Democrat Party?)
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To: Straight Vermonter

And the dead shall rise...


34 posted on 09/14/2015 8:15:11 PM PDT by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven.)
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To: 3D-JOY

:-)


35 posted on 09/14/2015 8:39:25 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: 3D-JOY; Oberon

To both of you, well played!


36 posted on 09/14/2015 8:48:14 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: Straight Vermonter

Wonder if there was “”+VLFBERHT+”” sword buried with him ?


37 posted on 09/14/2015 9:47:14 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Straight Vermonter
"...and it is believed he suffered a violent death during the early medieval period."

Hence the phrase: "goin' medieval on..."

38 posted on 09/14/2015 9:54:02 PM PDT by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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To: FReepaholic

Me too


39 posted on 09/14/2015 10:43:12 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: TigersEye; Oberon

Sometimes for a few minutes I get to just play and forget how close our country is to collapse...now back to reality!


40 posted on 09/15/2015 7:47:48 AM PDT by 3D-JOY (Time to donate. Please do not ignore it! Monthly is best and easiest!)
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