What would happen if?

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_Rambo
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What would happen if?

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It sure would be fun to put the people on this board in the same room with the people in MD&D board. Do you think there would be actually fights? Who would be the aggressor the Mormon or the Exmormon?
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Re: What would happen if?

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To "fight like a Kilkenny cat" refers to an old story about two cats who fought to the death and ate each other up such that only their tails were left. There is also a limerick about the two cats:

There once were two cats of Kilkenny
Each thought there was one cat too many
So they fought and they fit
And they scratched and they bit
'Til (excepting their nails
And the tips of their tails)
Instead of two cats there weren't any!
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Re: What would happen if?

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ludwigm wrote:To "fight like a Kilkenny cat" refers to an old story about two cats who fought to the death and ate each other up such that only their tails were left. There is also a limerick about the two cats:

There once were two cats of Kilkenny
Each thought there was one cat too many
So they fought and they fit
And they scratched and they bit
'Til (excepting their nails
And the tips of their tails)
Instead of two cats there weren't any!
Image

ludwigm,

Nice (if unconventional) limerick.
David Hume: "---Mistakes in philosophy are merely ridiculous, those in religion are dangerous."

DrW: "Mistakes in science are learning opportunities and are eventually corrected."
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Re: What would happen if?

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DrW wrote:ludwigm,

Nice (if unconventional) limerick.
Thank You.
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- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco
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