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Astronomy and Poetry (a long shot)

Why did Islam succeed where Christianity failed? Not funny, just interesting

I've got the perfect governmental system! submitted by tracer

Witness. submitted by Triskadecamus

What is the greatest scientific discovery?

The Incredibly Annoying Thread. submitted by Smug

Have you ever known the perpetrator of a heinous crime?

Sadism, Dominance, Masochism, and Bondage (SDMB), Inc. submitted by Silver_Fire

Join the Evil Villains Organization! submitted by dogsbody

Mixed metaphors. submitted by Uncle Beer

Where all the lost socks go. submitted by okatym

Things we've learned

What the SDMB knows about you. submitted by TubaDiva

Favorite kids' books. submitted by ENugent

An airplane ride with the fundamentalists. submitted by Max Torque

How dare you salt that watermelon! submitted by Drain Bead

What gives you the creeps?

Unusual sexual practices. submitted by Drain Bead

Thread. submitted by psycat90

The pros and cons of keeping spiders as pets. submitted by psycat90

Stuff the youngsters will scratch their heads over

A question the average guy does not want to hear. submitted by aenea

Sperm Count (of Doom). The things one does to perpetuate the species. submitted by Eutychus

Your chance to be a one-night stand in the Evil Bitch World Tour!

Head-on Collision Physics. The knuckleheads battle it out

(Squirt) gunfight at the SDMB corral! submitted by Sunshine

You may not know Ukelele Ike, but he's a great guy to spread rumors about

The Church of the Invisible Pink Unicorn. The nations tremble at her name

Play doctor with Tater. Does she have Ebola ... or anthrax? submitted by Green Bean

Could a T. rex do anything with its arms? submitted by JillGat

Wally does it again

"I Am the Very Model of a Modern Libertarian submitted by with apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan

The gearheads talk about submarines. submitted by Billdo

Is the earth missing weight?

SETI@SD MB - join the search for extraterrestrial life! Although if you ask me, submitted by DavidB

How many [X] does it take to screw in a light bulb? submitted by TubaDiva

L-O-L-A Lola. Check out the Star Wars parody halfway down. submitted by LynnBodoni

The Teeming Millions protest! submitted by weirddave

Embarrassing moments in the sack.

Enterprise v. Imperial Star Destroyer submitted by Billdo

Very petty theft submitted by TubaDiva

An MPSIMS thread (Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share) that is neither mundane submitted by Cristi

Cecil greets the little people

The fine art of sucking up

Amutterance, UncleBeer's "interesting little exercise in experimental etymology" submitted by UncleBeer

We're sorry. For everything submitted by Ed Zotti

How to kill evil Nazi groundhogs submitted by Billdo

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