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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Dec. ~ 2006 Feb.: Free Expression: Fact or Crap?? (ARCHIVES): Archive through January 21, 2006 users admin

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Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Friday, January 20, 2006 - 9:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
While New World natives played a similar game to basketball long before the invention of the modern game, I don't think that it was happening 1500 BC.

Crap.



Coco
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07-13-2000

Friday, January 20, 2006 - 10:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
fact

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 12:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
FAct

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 6:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
fact because the song Basketball Jones, Oh Basketball Jones seems like it is at least that old.

Wink
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10-06-2000

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 7:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wink a private message Print Post    
Kee-rap

Landi
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07-29-2002

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 8:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
crap!

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 8:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
Fact

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 8:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Crap! I've been wrong every time I've guessed. Let's see if I can keep my streak going.

Serenity
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06-28-2005

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 12:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serenity a private message Print Post    
I say crap.

Laralyn
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08-04-2005

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 1:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Laralyn a private message Print Post    
fact.. cn, I think I remember that show from survivors, and i think that the mayans did play a form of basketball.

Max
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08-12-2000

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 1:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Good Saturday afternoon to all the faithful FoCers out there! Hope your day is bright an sunny (as opposed to the totally gray -- yet surprisingly dry -- day we have here). :-)

Yesterday's question didn't stump too many of you. You obviously paid attention to some of the Mayan lore during the last Survivor! So, let's get to it.

Was a form of basketballed first played 3,500 years ago?

Fact 13
Crap 5


Its FACT! "A form of basketball -- with players casting objects through a round 'hoop' -- was played in Mesoamericans for thousands of years before modern basketball was introduced. Players were not allowed to use their hands; instead, they had to bump the balls with their elbows and knees. Unlike today, the agonyof defeat was quite literal -- losers were sometimes sacrificed to the gods."

A few kudos to pass out today! :-)

For the Most Creative Answer - Ophiliasgrandma who reminded us all that the venerable institution Hogwarts had this game long ago and called it Quidditch!

For the Best Typo in an Answer - Wargod for insinuating this was a "fat."

And the Keep Hope Alive award goes to . . . Hermoine69 who continues her streak of incorrect answers.

On a personal note, I've been fortunate enough to have visited the ruins of Chichen Itza and seen the ball court. It's a fascinating place! There are carvings on the walls of the court depicting the playing of the game and the fate of the losers. :-)

Okay, so onward to the FoC for Saturday, January 21, 2006:

Herds of lemmings commit mass suicide each year by throwing themselves over cliffs to keep their species population in check.

FACT or CRAP? Discuss!


Theowl
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09-28-2000

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 2:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Theowl a private message Print Post    
That is FACT!! I saw a form of it on South Park!!!

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 2:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
FACT - but I don't think they have their population in mind.

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 2:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
fact because no one would come up with a question like that unless it were true, but could someone tell me what a lemmings is.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 2:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
at first I thought it said lemons

I'll say craporama

Laralyn
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08-04-2005

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Laralyn a private message Print Post    
I say crap, but think it would be a good idea for a few humans that I have met in my lifetime. Kidding, kidding...kinda, sorta

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 2:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Can it be both? LOL
Fact that they follow each other off the cliff..where the phrase 'don't be a lemming' or 'having a lemming' comes from
Crap that it's for population control

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 3:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
jagger, a lemming is a rodent.

crap.

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 4:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
Fact

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 5:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
Hmmm...lemmings see... I say CRAP. :-)

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 6:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
factfactfactfactfactfactfactfactfactfactfactfactfact factfactfactfactfactfactfactfactfactfactfactfact

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 6:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Crap! I think this is a myth.

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 6:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
Crap.

'squeek'

Kearie
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07-21-2005

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 6:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kearie a private message Print Post    
Fact they do it, crap on the reason.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 6:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Fact they do it, crap on the reason, too.

I thought that is supposed to be one of the great mysteries of the universe - that nobody knows WHY they all barrel off the cliff simultaneously (& minus bungie cords).

Bisc