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Excuse me, how many buffalo?

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

Occasionally, I look at a random entry in Wikipedia. I fell on this one today, and it really got my brain itchy.
This English sentence is gramatically correct:
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
Yikes.
Which reminds me of an English joke (and definitely not a Scottish one, because the accents are so different!).
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Very old fish netted

Saturday, April 7th, 2007

In Alaska, a commercial fishing boat has scooped up a giant rock-fish, weighing 27 kilos and thought to be between 90 and 115 years old. A bit younger than the oldest ever caught, but fascinating nevertheless.
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Polar Bear SOS

Friday, April 6th, 2007

It only takes three words to save polar bears: “Threatened Species Listing”.
If you want to help protect them, please visit Polar Bear SOS, and take the next five minutes out of your busy schedule to submit an Official Citizen Comment. You can do this up until April 9th.
Help the Polar Action Counter reach 500,000.
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