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Ah, the white community bonding.

If you were African American, and this was happening to your husband, brother, son, father, friend, what were you doing. Would you want to be there (hidden, although I'm sure there are multiple possibilities) so he doesn't die alone?I really don't know where that came from...

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Wow. It's like a plague. There's a KFC across the street from the Sphynx.

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Yay! Natural Science Minute on Yr. Wonkette!

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Any sane commercial venture, shouldn"t be doing this.

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Maybe you could go on Friday and have the best of both worlds.

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What, no upfists? I love it! I'm not saying it's good, but I love it.

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Yeah, a face-palm that big just has to be taken on the chin...

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You have eaten something at a Denny's in your youth?

You poor creature! Your parents need to be sued and I can help you with that.

Yours truly,

Saul Goodman

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I read this article at work, and I don't sign in there, so I've had a few hours to mull this one over.I can't make it work.I did try... okay, Anne Boylin... so, Britain, imagine your local fish and chip shop. (Is "chippy" cromulent in this context?) Henry's fish and chips. A "Seamore" is extra fish, maybe, and you have other references to the wives. And on the wall, or maybe on the bag, you have the classic Anne, head under her arm, saying "All I said was couldn't we get curry take out tonight."Not a knee-slapper. More like an eye-roll whatever.

And we've completely side-stepped the visceral effect of a photograph. And it refers to something that happened over 400 years ago.So, for me at least, I cannot wrap my brain around it.

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Well played.

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HOrrible.

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Wow, I thought that was in the desert, not by a city of kiosks...

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Cairo has grown so much it reaches all the way to Giza. There are streets and shops and houses all around the entrance to the Sphynx and east of the Pyramids. But on the western side, it is all desert. I was there 15 years ago, so Cairo may have grown even more by now. There is probably a McDonald's next to the KFC today. Interestingly, I did not see either one in Luxor, but that may have changed too.

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Ouch.

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Ok, one time, I went for sushi and Bones was on the restaurant TV. They were pouring remains out of a bucket into a sieve. Somehow I was the only person bothered.

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Thanks Obama

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