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15th December 2012, 01:40 AM
#1
Moon Landings.
I find this hard to believe,if true who is taking the Pics of the machine taking the pics?
Amazing Movie of Mars Curiosity HD - YouTube
Last edited by Charlie Hannah; 15th December 2012 at 01:43 AM.
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15th December 2012, 04:35 AM
#2
Now is that fair dinkum or a computer mockup. Or is it the little green men on Mars doing the filming?


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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15th December 2012, 03:41 PM
#3
heart warming story
In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Louisiana State University.
On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it
very carefully. He got down on one knee, inspected the elephant's
foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it.
As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot.
The elephant turned to face the man and with a rather
curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments.
Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled.
Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned and walked away.
Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the
Chicago Zoo with his teenage son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near
where Peter and his son Cameron were standing.
The large bull
elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then
trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the
man.
Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter could not help wondering if this was the same elephant.
Peter summoned up
his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder.
The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him
instantly.
Probably wasn't the same fxxking elephant.
This is for everyone who sends me those
heart-warming bullxxit stories.
john sutton
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