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Old 09-05-2008, 09:29 AM   #24
dar512
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
No no no, it was a Gerbil, folks.
Urban legends tend to morph as they travel. I suspect the details of the story depend on where and when you heard it.

There are about 39,000 google entries for gere and gerbil. About 72,000 for gere and hamster. You could probably plot a US map of who heard what story - like the map of what people call carbonated drinks.

There's probably a graduate project in social science in there somewhere.
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