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Black Death Discovered In Oregon
redletterdave writes "The Black Death, a strain of bubonic plague that destroyed nearly a third of Europe's entire population between 1347 and 1369, has been found in Oregon. Health officials in Portland have confirmed that a man contracted the plague after getting bitten by a cat. The unidentified man, who is currently in his 50s, had tried to pry a dead mouse from a stray cat's mouth on June 2 when the cat attacked him. Days later, fever and sickness drove the man to check himself into Oregon's St. Charles Medical Center, where he is currently in 'critical condition.'"
2012 strikes again.... Anyone else notice that alot of items such as this one are happening again?
It really wasn't a dead mouse. It was a bag of pot he hid under a bush so his wife wouldn't find it. You can't really tell that to the folks at the hospital.
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I can has worldwide pandemic?
"Growing Evidence of Football Causing Brain Damage"
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Evolution isn't just about having babies you know. If that were the case, all men would have evolved condom breaking mechanisms already.
Swoosh !
Sig Battery depleted. Reverting to safe mode.
Got opwned, pwnage, etc.. Trolls trolling trolls is becoming tough these days.
"I can survive with the Plague for another 15 years and get on medicare"
Learn to love Alaska
That's just like your opinion, man.
"Girls Gone Feral" doesn't have the same ring to it, but sounds interesting for the same reasons.
About 25 or 30 years ago in Toronto they had a "town forum" on one of the local super stations. The subject was about legalizing pot. Some stoner had the floor and when he got to the mic his speech went something like: "Ya heh heh heh.... Like I smoke pot you know... And like.... ... uhhh ... ... ... heh heh ... I fogot what I was gonna say... ..." then he turned around and sat down. The station this was on broadcast to all of southern Ontario, and transmitters close to the border meant a good chunk of the U.S. across Lakes Ontario and Erie. Potential audience of many millions (actual audience probably a few million since it was during the news hour... pre-internet days). A better spokesman for making weed illegal could not have been found. The panel were speechless for a minute.
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Jesus christ
Can't we have an irrational flaming discussion about evolution without bringing him into it??
From the Black Plague to penis fangs, god I love slashdot.
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or vagina?
I object to power without constructive purpose. --Spock
There's no way to tell whether our ancestors had "teeth" or other condom-breaking protrusions on their penises. They may or may not have, since boners don't fossilize as well as bones. Maybe we merely lost our vestigial cock-teeth. Or maybe this is where myths of vagina dentata come from--it was the women who had the condom-breaking apparatus.