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Donkey Domestication Began In Africa
New Scientist ^
| 6-17-2004
| Jeff Hecht
Posted on 06/18/2004 8:40:41 AM PDT by blam
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posted on
06/18/2004 8:40:42 AM PDT
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blam
To: farmfriend
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posted on
06/18/2004 8:41:18 AM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
This headline begs sarcastic responses...to wit:
Donkey domestication did not occur in the Clinton, Kerry, or Kennedy houselholds...!
To: blam
"wild African asses"
Nah, too easy.
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posted on
06/18/2004 8:45:57 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(Liberalism is, as liberalism does.)
To: blam
You're Lyin' Your Ass Off!!
To: blam
The donkey is God's gift to the world and history.
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posted on
06/18/2004 8:47:36 AM PDT
by
cyborg
To: subterfuge
Isnt JFnK married to one of those?
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posted on
06/18/2004 8:48:00 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
To: blam
Now if we could just domesticate the party that has a jackass for their logo, the country would be in much better shape.
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posted on
06/18/2004 8:51:19 AM PDT
by
tkathy
(nihilism: absolute destructiveness toward the world at large and oneself)
To: cripplecreek
You're referring to a "NAG".
NAG (noun):
A horse, especially:
An old or worn-out horse.
Slang.
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posted on
06/18/2004 8:56:29 AM PDT
by
John Frum
To: andy58-in-nh
Does this explain, then, why the Donkey character in the "Shrek" films is voiced by Eddie Murphy, himself of African descent?
Under conventional, stereotypical circumstances, we would have expected Donkey to have a Mexican accent, perhaps be voiced by Cheech Marin. But, no; science triumphs again!
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posted on
06/18/2004 8:57:30 AM PDT
by
Ebenezer
(Strength and Honor!)
To: John Frum
or as Rush has defined them...NAG...National Association of Gals...formerly NOW.
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posted on
06/18/2004 9:00:18 AM PDT
by
Keith
(IT'S ABOUT THE JUDGES)
To: blam
OK call me stupid, what's the difference between a donkey and a burro...or is there a difference?
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posted on
06/18/2004 9:06:51 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
To: rrstar96
...we would have expected Donkey to have a Mexican accent...
Si, Senor.
To: SMARTY
OK call me stupid, what's the difference between a donkey and a burro...or is there a difference? Burro's have mustaches and like hot sauce on their oats.
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posted on
06/18/2004 9:17:55 AM PDT
by
Jimmyclyde
(Dying ain't much of a living boy...)
To: blam
I'm an African-American!
(folks always call me an ass)
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posted on
06/18/2004 9:20:25 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
(This is it. We either win and prevail or we lose and get tossed into that dustbin W mentioned!)
To: blam
So the rapper Juvenile was simply referring to an animal his ancestors domesticated...
"Youse a fine m*th*rf**er, won't you back dat ass up!"
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posted on
06/18/2004 9:21:45 AM PDT
by
Paradox
(Occam was probably right.)
To: SMARTY
OK call me stupid, what's the difference between a donkey and a burro...or is there a difference? Donkey babies look like little donkeys, burro babies look like this:
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posted on
06/18/2004 9:24:36 AM PDT
by
Paradox
(Occam was probably right.)
To: Jimmyclyde
I would have thought domestication would have occurred much earlier, wonder what happened 11,000 and 5,000 years ago.
To: SMARTY
"....what's the difference between a donkey and a burro...or is there a difference?"Burro is Spanish for donkey. It's from Latin and shares the basis for the word "burden".
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posted on
06/18/2004 9:35:03 AM PDT
by
elbucko
To: blam
What article on donkeys would be complete without this picture?
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posted on
06/18/2004 9:46:57 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Teach a Democrat to fish and he will curse you for not just giving him the fish.)
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