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To: Trupolitik
through the 1,000-foot long and 110-foot wide canal.

Funny, I always thought that canal was a bit over 50 MILES long...

Must be the oceans rise, due to gloobal warming, no doubt.

3 posted on 09/05/2006 1:22:59 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

Maybe they're talking about the locks.


11 posted on 09/05/2006 1:32:12 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: Izzy Dunne

actually the canal is a complicated combination of manmade lakes and locks, not one long lock...


17 posted on 09/05/2006 1:37:34 PM PDT by chilepepper (The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
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To: Izzy Dunne
Funny, I always thought that canal was a bit over 50 MILES long...

They were undoubtedly referring not to the length of the canal in toto, but the length of the canal LOCKS.

18 posted on 09/05/2006 1:37:37 PM PDT by Paul Ross (We cannot be for lawful ordinances and for an alien conspiracy at one and the same moment.-Cicero)
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