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1 posted on 03/10/2008 4:55:48 PM PDT by blam
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I read “wild asses” and “donkeys” in the headline, and thought it was about the dems. Maybe Spitzer. BWAHAHAHAHAHA


2 posted on 03/10/2008 4:57:41 PM PDT by hsalaw
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Oh boy, here we go.

“Wild asses” is just plain old low hanging fruit. :)


3 posted on 03/10/2008 4:59:10 PM PDT by VegasCowboy ("...he wore his gun outside his pants, for all the honest world to feel.")
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Wild asses were first harnessed by Pharaohs Ben Dover I and Phil Makraken II.


5 posted on 03/10/2008 5:04:41 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
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This could explain the close relationship between the descendents of the Israelites and the democrat party. Both were exploited by the Egyptians! :o


6 posted on 03/10/2008 5:05:38 PM PDT by stefanbatory
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presumably an adaptation to cope with carrying loads.
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More likely an adaptation to slower speeds. Hauling water or food for a human doesn’t require fleet footedness.


7 posted on 03/10/2008 5:05:48 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?)
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bump


8 posted on 03/10/2008 5:06:13 PM PDT by Argus (Obama: All turban and no goats.)
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How Wild Asses Became Donkeys...

For a moment there I thought this was a story about McCain...
9 posted on 03/10/2008 5:07:59 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("McCain is a war hero. He's also a useful idiot for the Democrats." - Mark Levin)
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If Baraq and the nominatrix can get on the same ticket, it will be a definite bumper sticker:

BUY ONE SURRENDER DONKEY, GET ONE FREE!

(Definitely NOT allowed to say the usual “Surrender Monkey”; so this is the next best thing.


10 posted on 03/10/2008 5:08:53 PM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great...(until it happens to YOU).)
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The ancient Egyptian state was built on the backs of tamed wild asses

According to Igor Shafarevich in The Socialist Phenomenon, all those early empires--Chinese, Inca, Middle Eastern--were basically socialist slave states, so it's no surprise that they depended on dumb donkeys for support, or that the ruling socialist politicians still try to catch wild ass today.

11 posted on 03/10/2008 5:10:55 PM PDT by hellbender
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I have one of these critters and I think the opposite is occuring -— he is domesticating me.

When he brays very loudly I bring him food.


12 posted on 03/10/2008 5:17:30 PM PDT by squarebarb
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the animals lived their lives transporting heavy loads.

Just Damn! And I thought those clever Egyptians used diesel trucks to haul those friggin super jumbo XXXXL size bricks up the ramp to stack up for their pyramids.

17 posted on 03/10/2008 6:03:21 PM PDT by webschooner (A Conservative voting for Juan McCain is like trying to pick up a turd by the clean end.)
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...as well as wine, grain and precious stones.

Bread!...Apples!...Very small rocks...

19 posted on 03/10/2008 6:20:09 PM PDT by uglybiker (I do not suffer from mental illness. I quite enjoy it, actually.)
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Re: How Wild Asses Became Donkeys Of The Pharaohs

Does this mean the Liberal Democrats... are today's Pharaohs as they certainly have the market covered on Wild Asses!

20 posted on 03/10/2008 7:09:52 PM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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Domestication Of The Donkey May Have Taken A Long Time
24 posted on 03/13/2008 7:43:23 PM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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