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  • Rare Medieval cemetery is unearthed near Cardiff containing 70 graves of 'high status' people buried in bizarre positions

    01/03/2024 8:13:21 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 19 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | January 3rd, 2024 | Wiliam Hunter
    What has been found at the site?·70 graves are estimated to have been dug into the bedrock.·There are two rings of perimeter ditches.·Of the 18 graves excavated, four contain crouching skeletons.·The researchers have also found fragments of glass from Bordeaux and pottery from North Africa.·They believe that they may find evidence of a church or monastic site.In particular, the archaeologists are interested in fragments of fine glass from Bordeaux and pottery that may have come from as far as North Africa.This suggests that the people buried in the cemetery were of a high status within society and that the site...
  • AC/DC Does the Hokey Pokey (Chit/Chat thread for rockers that need a break, very cool)

    02/16/2012 8:58:10 AM PST · by Scythian · 12 replies
    This is hilarious and the guy does a great impression of AC/DC singing the "Hokey Pokey". Relieve some stress from the political chaos and watch this video .. AC/DC Does the Hokey Pokey
  • Firefighter Given Probation After Admitting Stealing Severed Foot

    05/30/2009 6:17:20 PM PDT · by Diana in Wisconsin · 19 replies · 788+ views
    All Headline News ^ | May 30, 2009 | David Goodhue
    Port St. Lucie, FL (AHN) - A former firefighter in Port St. Lucie, Fla. was sentenced to eight months probation after she admitted taking a man's severed foot from an I-95 car accident scene in 2008. The firefighter, 38-year-old Cynthia Economou, said she took the foot to use it to train her cadaver dog, which was her side business.She eventually resigned from the Port St. Lucie County Fire District over the incident. The judge in the case withheld judgment so Economou was not formally convicted of misdemeanor theft. Economou was charged with a misdemeanor because there was no specific law...
  • Party song seen as having anti-Catholic overtones [The "Hokey-Pokey" - that's what it's all about!]

    12/22/2008 8:53:19 PM PST · by Alex Murphy · 15 replies · 1,116+ views
    Catholic Culture ^ | December 22, 2008
    Some Scottish Catholics have suggested that doing the "Hokey Pokey"-- or "Hokey Cokey," as it is sung in Great Britain-- should be banned as an expression of anti-Catholic prejudice. A spokesman for Cardinal Keith O'Brien of Edinburgh alluded to the "disturbing origins" of the children's song, which includes a parody of the words of consecration from the Latin Mass. Source(s): these links will take you to other sites, in a new window. Doing the Hokey Cokey 'could be hate crime' (Daily Telegraph)
  • Doing the Hokey Cokey 'could be hate crime' [the UK, where else?]

    12/22/2008 9:07:45 AM PST · by yankeedame · 47 replies · 2,023+ views
    Telegraph.uk ^ | 21 Dec 2008 | Auslan Cramb
    Doing the Hokey Cokey 'could be hate crime' The Hokey Cokey is an old novelty song that has been sung in music halls, at children's parties and at sherry-fuelled family gatherings for many years. ...according to the Catholic Church and some Scottish politicians, singing the popular tune that begins with the words "You put your right hand in, your right hand out," may constitute an act of religious hatred. Supporters of Rangers FC have been banned from singing anti-Catholic songs at Ibrox stadium to taunt their rivals Celtic A spokesman for the leader of the church in Scotland said the...
  • Caption this

    06/17/2003 10:16:21 AM PDT · by csvset · 19 replies · 219+ views
    Yahoo ^ | 17 June 2003
    I'd say you're a size 6