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I refuse to go because a friend of mine was stung by a Portuguese man-o-war in Florida. Why doesn't the UN do something about this?!?!

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by BerntB (Deacon) on Aug 17, 2005 at 13:13 UTC
    Hmm... sounds like U.S.S. Maine and the start of the Spanish-American war? You'll soon visit for another reason? :-)

    (Hope the joke isn't too tasteless, this year. For the record, an invasion to implement an arab democracy is IMHO a potentially good thing. If done well.)

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      Why would you want an arab democracy in Portugal?

      --DrWhy

      "If God had meant for us to think for ourselves he would have given us brains. Oh, wait..."

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        The Arabs lost control of Portugal quite a few hundreds year ago. :-)

        I'll explain, even tough you probably understood the joke and tried to be funny, too. :-)

        US declared war against Spain using as excuse that a ship exploded in a harbor (in Cuba, I think). Noone still knows why the ship exploded.

        Considering WMDs etc, I joked that a Portugese man-o-war burning a US citizen would result in Portugal being bombed.

        I had the disclaimer, because I consider Chomsky as reliable as Fox News; as much religion as Vi-believers (Emacs lovers are of course just using reason). But this is totally off topic.

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