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I swear this is real
« on: April 13, 2012, 05:50:02 AM »
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/12/baboon-reading-skills_n_1421454.html?ir=Books&ref=topbar

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The 4-year-old Dan, the star of the bunch and about the equivalent age of a human teenager, got 80 percent of the words right and learned 308 four-letter words.

Great, not only are we going to have to change that saying about the species of those 10,000 monkeys sitting at 10,000 typewriters for 10,000 years before they come up with the complete works of Shakespear, but they will be swearing while doing so.

Seriously, we need to stop putting apes (greater and lesser) in front of computers.  Haven't scientists watched Planet of the Apes?

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They keep making this eternal vigilance thing harder and harder.  Protecting the 2nd amendment is like playing PACMAN - there's no pause button so you can go to the bathroom.

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Re: I swear this is real
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2012, 06:47:28 AM »
Cool, let's make sure he gets out to vote.
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Re: I swear this is real
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2012, 09:20:07 AM »
Quote from: vaskidmark on April 13, 2012, 05:50:02 AM
Haven't scientists watched Planet of the Apes?
This one is a baboon.  Planet of the Baboons would be much worse. 
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Re: I swear this is real
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2012, 09:28:28 AM »
Send them to Congress. Got to be able to do a better job.
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Re: I swear this is real
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2012, 09:36:37 AM »
Good point.   =D  Congress of the Baboons sounds pretty entertaining.  CSPAN would be the new #1 network on cable. 
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Re: I swear this is real
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2012, 10:49:08 AM »
Just for the poo flinging.....
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Re: I swear this is real
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2012, 11:36:29 AM »
Quote from: scout26 on April 13, 2012, 10:49:08 AM
Just for the poo flinging.....
:facepalm:

Our current kongresskritters are quite adept at that as it is, thank you.
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Re: I swear this is real
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2012, 12:13:35 PM »
Ever see the TV series The Lone Gunmen?  This reminds me of the "Planet of the Frohikes" episode.  (the opening scene with a room full of chimpanzees at computer keyboards listening to a reading of Hamlet was hilarious)
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Re: I swear this is real
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2012, 02:31:08 PM »
Quote from: TommyGunn on April 13, 2012, 11:36:29 AM
:facepalm:

Our current kongresskritters are quite adept at that as it is, thank you.

Yeah, but when they do it, it's not nearly as entertaining.
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Re: I swear this is real
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2012, 07:32:55 PM »
Quote from: bluestarlizzard on April 13, 2012, 02:31:08 PM
Yeah, but when they do it, it's not nearly as entertaining.

It's actually downright dangerous if you're in the line of fire! :laugh:
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Re: I swear this is real
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2012, 11:02:24 PM »
Quote from: TommyGunn on April 13, 2012, 07:32:55 PM
It's actually downright dangerous if you're in the line of fire! :laugh:

Do not ask me to tell the story about the chimps at the San Diego Zoo and boots on their first shore leave in sparkling whites. :O  "Amusing" is a weak descriptiom, especially if you were a Marine at the time. =D

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If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege.

Hey you kids!! Get off my lawn!!!

They keep making this eternal vigilance thing harder and harder.  Protecting the 2nd amendment is like playing PACMAN - there's no pause button so you can go to the bathroom.

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Re: I swear this is real
« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2012, 06:49:30 AM »
From the article cited above:

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The 4-year-old Dan, the star of the bunch and about the equivalent age of a human teenager, got 80 percent of the words right and learned 308 four-letter words.

It figures.


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