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Old 01-23-2009, 06:02 PM   #16
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He and all those other men did no differently than a militia man or soldier when they placed themselves in death's way to protect their wives and children and homes.
That's what men do. First save the kids. Then save the women who will take care of the kids. Men are replaceable. Kids and their Mommies are not. Some men get that.
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Old 01-23-2009, 07:06 PM   #17
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More British passengers died on the Titanic because they queued politely for lifeboats, researchers believe.



So, for you Brits out there, this is what you get for being polite.

Dead.
So if we believe in natural selection, this means the Brits are breeding towards assholes.
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Old 01-24-2009, 06:06 AM   #18
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When the Irish and Americans live, and the English die, that's just Darwinism at it's best.
That's racist!
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Old 01-24-2009, 09:57 AM   #19
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The man put his wife onto that boat and walked away so that another man's dependents might also be saved.
Unless that other man's wife and dependents were poor and stuck below in the cheap cabins...... Just sayin'.
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Old 01-24-2009, 09:58 AM   #20
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heh...did they even get cabins down there?
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Old 01-24-2009, 10:13 PM   #21
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Old 01-25-2009, 04:34 AM   #22
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I haven't seen a fireman's passage in the longest time....
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Old 01-25-2009, 08:41 AM   #23
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I see third class berths. What's a berth?

I don't know nothin' 'bout berthin' no passengers.
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Old 01-25-2009, 09:15 AM   #24
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Old 01-25-2009, 09:20 AM   #25
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So if we believe in natural selection, this means the Brits are breeding towards assholes.
yebbut at least we'd already got rid of the criminals and the religious nutters
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Old 01-25-2009, 09:22 AM   #26
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I haven't seen a fireman's passage in the longest time....
I'm sure Bullitt would oblige you...
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Old 01-25-2009, 10:04 AM   #27
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Bullitt goatse...?
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Old 01-25-2009, 02:24 PM   #28
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Doesn't have to be a tunnel, it could be a pipe.
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Old 01-25-2009, 09:37 PM   #29
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I think it important at this point to point out that Impolite Britons died as well, I am just saying.
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