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Old 06-18-2008, 08:41 AM   #76
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I think bears and wolves are manufacturing and setting leghold traps along hiking trails and scenic overlooks. Trapped humans are chewing off their feet to free themselves.
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Old 06-18-2008, 03:33 PM   #77
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footfootfoot, I read this and thought of you.

Fifth severed foot found on Canadian coast

Now there is a sixth foot that's been found!
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Old 06-18-2008, 03:44 PM   #78
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Six feet under?
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Old 06-18-2008, 03:57 PM   #79
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Six feet under?
or two yardsticks.
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Old 06-18-2008, 05:29 PM   #80
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What race are the feet?
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Old 06-18-2008, 07:12 PM   #81
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What race are the feet?
What ever race it was, I think they lost.
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Old 06-18-2008, 07:13 PM   #82
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What ever race it was, I think they lost.
Only by a foot though
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Old 06-18-2008, 07:58 PM   #83
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not a nose?
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Old 06-18-2008, 08:10 PM   #84
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Not even a matching pair of feet yet, I bet.

This phenomena happens with my socks.
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Old 06-18-2008, 08:46 PM   #85
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They were under toe'd.
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Old 06-19-2008, 05:11 PM   #86
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It turns out the sixth foot was a hoax.
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Old 06-19-2008, 05:54 PM   #87
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Yep it's been reported as a faux pas, a mean feat if there ever was one.
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Old 06-20-2008, 08:34 AM   #88
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Isn't there an ocean currents guy who can trace those feet back to the shipping container that fell overboard in the Indian Ocean in a storm?
and from the article HLJ linked to:

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Curtis Ebbesmeyer, an expert on ocean currents, told The Sun a foot wearing a buoyant athletic shoe could float as far as 1,000 miles.
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Old 06-20-2008, 09:55 AM   #89
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This would be a great and sick, ad for nike athletic shoes.
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Old 06-30-2008, 02:22 AM   #90
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Dumb asses didn't know the difference between live ammo and Blanks !!!!
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/tro...677880713.html
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