
but it's a pain when buying gloves
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the pentadactyl limb may have been 'fixed' as a design even though it is no more advantageous than the 4- or 6- (tetra/hexa) equivalent.
(this is half-remembered from a SJ Gould essay...)
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Mon 7 Jul 2008, 12:42,
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(this is half-remembered from a SJ Gould essay...)

Now that has *got* to be an advantage.
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Mon 7 Jul 2008, 12:44,
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I can imagine some kind of double-bladed curved weapon (like that klingon batleth?) that would fit nicely in a double-thumbed hand. hmmm.
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Mon 7 Jul 2008, 12:48,
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Which is also fucking cool
But shirley a webbed-hand is better for swimming?
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Mon 7 Jul 2008, 12:59,
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But shirley a webbed-hand is better for swimming?

Your Father is your Brother,
Your Sister is your Mother,
You sleep with one another,
You Norfolk family.
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Mon 7 Jul 2008, 12:38,
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Your Sister is your Mother,
You sleep with one another,
You Norfolk family.

Stop red-necking our language D:
Though I can hardly talk - coming from Bristol n all :P
Though I can't speak "ghetto"
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Mon 7 Jul 2008, 12:32,
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Though I can hardly talk - coming from Bristol n all :P
Though I can't speak "ghetto"

I can command the English language quite well for a Bristolian.
But I have a friend whom I actually cannot understand what he's saying.
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Mon 7 Jul 2008, 12:38,
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But I have a friend whom I actually cannot understand what he's saying.

and yet every time someone says:
IdeaL
IkeaL
AsdaL
I cringe and laugh at the same time, Bedminster FTW.
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Mon 7 Jul 2008, 12:42,
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IdeaL
IkeaL
AsdaL
I cringe and laugh at the same time, Bedminster FTW.

And I swear that thing about changing words ending with "a" to ending with "awl" (e.g. "America" - "Americawl") is bollocks, I've never heard anyone say "Americawl" or "Cinemawl" or "Camerawl"
D:
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Mon 7 Jul 2008, 12:44,
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D:

My favourite was a sign I saw at a fish stall in Bristol Market:
"Half Price Tunal"
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Mon 7 Jul 2008, 12:53,
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"Half Price Tunal"

I always used to spell "fast" as "farst", "bath" as "barth" etc.
That was funny :]
That was when I was about 5 or 6 years old though :P
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Mon 7 Jul 2008, 12:56,
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That was funny :]
That was when I was about 5 or 6 years old though :P