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Originally Posted by crich70
Ah! There (as the poet said) is the rub. We can now carry 100's of books around with us to be read at a moments notice, but life is so fast paced that it's sometimes hard to find the actual time to do the reading. There is an irony in there somewhere I think.
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You took the words right out of my mouth !
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Originally Posted by tponzo
Recognized the name from Epic of Gilgamesh, mostly through various fantasy and romance allusions. Sorry don't know how he became civilized, I do know that one or both of them died, but now you've got me curious, I'm going to have to find it and read it.
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Since no one seems to have answered the quiz question, I'll give you all the answer - Enkidu (not me, the original I mean
) was f***ed (literally) into being civilized by a woman...
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Originally Posted by Joykins
You know, I discovered you can delete things from your browsing history at Amazon, soon after I discovered you can browse sex toys at Amazon.
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You forgot to mention how you learned to delete things from your purchase history at Amazon after you ordered them...
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Originally Posted by Joykins
I think that stuff (about proof of female virginity) is mostly b.s. anyway because there is such a variation in women's anatomy. But it doesn't appear to have been b.s. to some historical people. I do wonder how many poor girls were unfairly maligned because they didn't bleed or have an average hymen.
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Yeah and they can get broken while riding horses (and with bananas I've heard
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Now as for the last TWO PAGES of discussing whether or not some immature brat is one man's son or another man's son I say - WHAT THE HELL DOES IT MATTER TO YOU ?
I've been amazed for the last few days since this marriage biz started at how many people bored with their own lives replace them with fawning over the lives of various celebrities, be it Hollywood celebs or even better royal celebs. For gods sake people, haven't you anything more important to think about in your lives than other people's marriages / divorces / love affairs / scandals / cosmetic surgery / public incidents etc. ?
As for me and the few friends I've talked to, we haven't been following this craze at all, more concerned with our own lives / careers / problems / plans etc. My folks however are kind of old and bored and they have...
And what the hell does the english royal family have to do with a thread about adult themed books on a forum about digital reading ? Unless one of you is planning to write an adult-oriented book about them (which I definitely do not plan on reading) ?