Popping popcorn...
To: null and void
dwarfy-like beings Is that a technical term?
2 posted on
03/10/2005 6:42:37 PM PST by
LongElegantLegs
(I considered getting highlights; but my smugness is easier to maintain.)
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This is hugh! What a victory of science!!
Looks to me like gin soaked bones of Teddy Chapaquickdrown Kennedy.
To: null and void
hmmmm.....I don't think it's kosher to mix bones of a 60,000 yr old skeleton found in Israel, with 70,000yr old bones found in France.
4 posted on
03/10/2005 6:45:13 PM PST by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR)
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5 posted on
03/10/2005 6:45:34 PM PST by
frithguild
(Defining hypocrisy - Liberals fear liberty.)
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6 posted on
03/10/2005 6:53:11 PM PST by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR)
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I thought I knew all this already. I've been reading for years about their bell-shaped rib cages.
It's basically trading armor for flexibility. They had very inflexible torsos but were less vulnerable to penetrating gut wounds, a death sentence in pre-tech times. The ribs hover very low over the hips, almost no waist.
They're also geared for crushing power rather than speed. The bone attachments are geared short rather than tall. Furthermore, the lower arms and lower legs are very short compared to the upper limbs in each case.
They could ram a thrusting spear deep, deep into a big animal, but they had a lousy fastball. They couldn't get much of a whip onto a throwing spear. The inflexible torso didn't help with that, either.
They lived hard, died young, and had skeletons like old rodeo cowboys. Lots of healed breaks. They took care of their wounded and buried their dead.
7 posted on
03/10/2005 6:58:05 PM PST by
VadeRetro
(Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
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How did it look in a tux?
8 posted on
03/10/2005 7:09:08 PM PST by
Jeff Chandler
(Tagline schmagline.)
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*caption* does this make me look fat?
14 posted on
03/10/2005 7:35:28 PM PST by
Frapster
(Mighty Warrior)
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""As we stood back, we noticed one interesting thing was that these are kind of a short, squat people. These guys had no waist at all – they were compact, dwarfy-like beings." Like many of the current residents of south east asia.
17 posted on
03/10/2005 7:47:29 PM PST by
editor-surveyor
(The Lord has given us President Bush; let's now turn this nation back to him)
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25 posted on
03/11/2005 7:54:22 AM PST by
AdmSmith
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27 posted on
05/09/2005 10:46:08 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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Although this sounds really interesting, I will take it with a grain of salt.
29 posted on
05/09/2005 11:22:14 PM PDT by
Dustbunny
(The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist)
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Weebles "are kind of a short, squat people. These guys had no waist at all – they were compact, dwarfy-like beings."
43 posted on
05/10/2005 6:16:57 PM PDT by
-=Wing_0_Walker=-
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