08-02-2005, 06:08 PM
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When Do I Get Virtual Unreality?
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Raytown, Missouri
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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
Speaking of which, has anyone here ever read a book that gives a pseudoscientific dissertation on how dragons could have existed? A roommate from college showed it to me, and it was pretty fun. I think the basic premise was a) they were essentially hydrogen balloons with armored heads, which is why they hid in caves, b) they didn't hoard gold - their stomach acid was powerful enough to digest anything but gold, so if they ate a knight, they'd leave a pile of gold in their cave, c) they hunted using hypnotic eyes to lure prey towards the cave d) the eplosive power of the hydrogen combined with the high-powered acid explains why no skeletons remain.
Fun book.
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Was it the Journal of Irreproducible Results ? I seem to recall having seen that in one of their anthologies many years ago.
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