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03-02-2007, 01:15 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bergen, Norway
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Originally Posted by Gene_Laughter  You don't like tax collectors, huh. ;>) | In large parts of Norway, "han Tykje" is a widespread swearword. The large majority believes it to be another name for the devil. The interesting this is that it's not - it's a local pronunciation of the name of the famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe! It turns out that as a reward for his work the King gave him the rights to the tax collection in northern Norway (at that time a part of Denmark). He must have been good at that job too, to live on as a swearword after more than 400 years... 
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03-02-2007, 01:33 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Originally Posted by DannL As I sharpen my knife collection, making preparations to complete rjas's request . . . I reflect on my own mortality. | Me too, but as I gaze into the mirror I see no reflection. Perhaps the mirror is defective. Perhaps I am already immortal.
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03-03-2007, 05:08 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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| don't kill collectors; that would only drive up their value. | |
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03-03-2007, 08:19 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Topeka, Kansas
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| I'm not going to horde collectors. No way.
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03-03-2007, 06:15 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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Originally Posted by DannL As I sharpen my knife collection, making preparations to complete rjas's request . . . I reflect on my own mortality. | As I sort through my firearms collection, I wonder why you would bring a knife to a gun fight.
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03-03-2007, 06:24 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Topeka, Kansas
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| "Rules? In a knife fight?"
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03-03-2007, 06:32 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Iowa
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| The first rule of fight club is: you don't talk about fight club.
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03-04-2007, 10:36 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oakville and Toronto Canada
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| Ok, it looks like I am going to have to shop for ceramic body armour size large (north america) 52 (Europe). At least I use my gear, not leave it on the self under glass or wrapped in plastic.
Bill
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03-04-2007, 12:18 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sunny Southend, England.
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| I don't have a knife or a gun... all I have is a large penis... I feel so inadequate! 
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03-04-2007, 12:40 PM
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