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10-23-2007, 04:30 PM
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Well shoot, I thought the orange and white colors came to be because the color of the ground here in East TN. Orange clay dirt! Oh well, learn something new everyday.  |
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10-23-2007, 06:53 PM
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Seems I've heard talk of this kind of thing before. There's a book called "Dark and Bloody Ground" or something like that, that attributes a lot of evil and supernatural goings on in Tennessee and part of Kentucky to the curses of the Indians that used to occupy these parts. (Insert disturbed laugh here.....).
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10-23-2007, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Tinman313
If your looking for "Big Foot" Cookeville has the Big Foot Society......... |
I thought I had spotted a big foot in my driveway awhile back..... but it was just my sister-in-law. I know why they call 'em skunk apes!
Please tell us more about this local "Big Foot" organization. |
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10-23-2007, 07:36 PM
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Trying to use my indoor voice.
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Sounds scarier than Bigfoot!
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Originally Posted by OneKEighty
I thought I had spotted a big foot in my driveway awhile back..... but it was just my sister-in-law. I know why they call 'em skunk apes!
Please tell us more about this local "Big Foot" organization.
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Whoa, wait a minute, OneKEighty. What is a skunk ape?  |
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10-23-2007, 07:37 PM
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What fun! Thanks for the silliness and the history of the Vols. I'll bet the Indian disease is called nematodeitis.
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10-23-2007, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by gemthornton
Whoa, wait a minute, OneKEighty. What is a skunk ape? |
A "Skunk Ape" is just one of the several names that has been given to the big, hairy, smelly creatures that some say lurk just on the fringe of our comfortable surroundings. Other names given to this mysterious beast are Sasquatch, Windigo, Yetti and sister-in-law. |
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10-23-2007, 07:59 PM
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Trying to use my indoor voice.
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I can think of a few things then that might be a skunk ape, but not a sister-in-law!
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Originally Posted by OneKEighty
A "Skunk Ape" is just one of the several names that has been given to the big, hairy, smelly creatures that some say lurk just on the fringe of our comfortable surroundings. Other names given to this mysterious beast are Sasquatch, Windigo, Yetti and sister-in-law.
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That is very funny - except the sister-in-law part!!   LOL |
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10-23-2007, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by gemthornton
That is very funny - except the sister-in-law part!! LOL |
You're tellin' me! |
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10-23-2007, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by alleycat
I guess we can add that one to the list of standard questions.
Is it hot and humid in the summer?
Are there mosquitoes and snakes?
How much are the taxes?
Will we be accepted?
And . . . do people get sick from the Indian curse?
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Well, I guess I'll be immune to the curse then, as I'm NA. I got a good chuckle out of this - but feel sorry for the OP. And he's a very smart man who has learned not to act patronizing around his wife when she says something not so very smart. My applause to you!
blessings, Shen |
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10-24-2007, 01:21 AM
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Have you skeptics forgotten about the nose-diving, brain-eating amoeba, so soon?
Did you know bacteria is coming for you in East Tennessee, next?
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story...2&provider=top |
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