Tuesday, May 19, 2009

185whatever

noun. A year I remember like it was....um, a loooooong goddamn time ago.

Real citation: "From what I can find, the type-specimen (the fossil found in Germany's Neander Valley back in the 185whatever) has not been accurately dated. It's range is given at 30k - 100k. I suspect it is towards the younger end of that scale. mtDNA was recovered from it,, as well as from a juvenile Neandertal iin Russia dated at 29K"
(Oct. 30, 2003, FRDB, http://www.freeratio.org/archive/index.php/t-66673.html)

Made-up citation: "In 185whatever, Benjamin Franklin invented socks. Or he was the first American to wear socks. Or he strangled his young children with a sock. Or whatever. I'm not a historian! I just work here, God damn you all."

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