--- On Sun, 12/14/08, John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Do they still sell items with Stalin's image on them in
> Moscow?
> Years ago I got a flask with some sort of military medal
> looking enameled piece on it that had Stalin's image
> with a gold star and bright red enameled background.
> I have a friend who wants one like it so if you know of
> someplace in Moscow where I can order one or one that is
> similar in design and have it shipped to the US I'd
> appreciate it.
>
> John Thornton
>
>
>
>
> Chris Doss wrote:
> > I would suggest that there may have come a day when
> Farmer Ted sold all his roosters, and noticed that his hens
> were still laying eggs. Really, I'm not making this up.
> It could conceivably have happened at some point in the last
> several thousand years of chicken-rearing.
> >
> > In fact, I think Aristotle talks about this in
> Generation of Animals.
> >
> >
> > --- On Sun, 12/14/08, John Thornton
> <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> From: John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net>
> >> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Chickens and unfertilized
> eggs (was Catholicism, was Re: blacks about...
> >> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> >> Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008, 5:36 PM
> >> Shane Mage wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Dec 14, 2008, at 4:52 PM, John Thornton
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> However a person in say 1750 operated
> under the
> >>>>
> >> presumption that their eggs were indeed
> unfertilized if they
> >> owned several hens but no roosters. A practice
> apparently
> >> more common than you are aware.
> >>
> >>>> Why on earth would they believe otherwise?
> >>>>
> >>> Because a farmer with hens but no roosters
> would very
> >>>
> >> quickly become a farmer with no chickens at all.
> >>
> >>> Shane Mage
> >>>
> >> Gods man but you're childish.
> >> Ok, you're right, before 1901 no one ever
> presumed
> >> their eggs were unfertilized.
> >> You win.
> >> Congratulations on your stunning victory.
> >>
> >> John Thornton
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