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Offline ghi

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« on: July 08, 2007, 11:15:48 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2007, 11:51:42 PM »
What's a cubit?
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« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2007, 12:02:50 AM »
Question is, was it GENUINELY a human femur, or was it the femur of some other animal that, as occurred with the Greeks, was mistakenly interpreted as belonging to a mythological creature (such as a giant)?
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« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2007, 12:38:16 AM »
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What's a cubit?
An ancient type of length measurement.
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« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2007, 12:57:57 AM »
I love the part in the video where it says the Earth will stop rotating for a bit.  Top notch science, that.
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« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2007, 01:35:17 AM »
wtf?  Who are those pant creaming retards at the youtube link?



Neat skeletons... http://www.snopes.com/photos/odd/giantman.asp
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Offline Leslie

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« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2007, 02:32:13 AM »
Cubit = length of forearm from fingertip to elbow.  Between 17 and 23 inches.




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« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2007, 04:09:22 AM »
Forget gun control!
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« Reply #8 on: July 09, 2007, 04:16:05 AM »
I beleive that there were giants at one time. As for whether those are real or not, I'm not an expert, and can't give a very good opinion.
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« Reply #9 on: July 09, 2007, 05:19:09 AM »
No doubt one of the earlier NBA players. :)

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"Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones
Got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oo-oo-oo

Yes, I am the victim of a Basketball Jones
Ever since I was a little baby, I always be dribblin'
In fac', I was de baddest dribbler in the whole neighborhood
Then one day, my mama bought me a basketball
And I loved that basketball
I took that basketball with me everywhere I went
That basketball was like a basketball to me

I even put that basketball underneath my pillow
Maybe that's why I can't sleep at night
I need help, ladies and gentlemens
I need someone to stand beside me
I need, I need someone to set a pick for me at the free-throw line of life
Someone I can pass to
Someone to hit the open man on the give-and-go
And not end up in the popcorn machine
So cheerleaders, help me out

{cheerleaders sing repeatedly...}
(Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones)
(I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oo-oo-ooo)

{while Tyrone Shoelaces sings/speaks...}
Oh, that sounds so sweet
Sing it out
C'mon Coach Booty, Red Blazer, sing along with me
That be bad, honky
Yeah
I want everybody in the whole stadium to stand up and sing with us
Oh yeah, sing it out like you're proud
All right, everybody watchin' coast-to-coast, sing along with us
Bill Russell, sing along with us
Chick Hearn, sing along with us
Chris Schenkel, don't sing nothin'

Oh, it feels so good
Gimme the ball
I'll go one-on-one against the world, left-handed
I could stuff it from center court with my toes
I could jump on top of the backboard, take off a quarter, leave fifteen cents change I
could, I could dribble behind my back I got more moves than Ex-Lax I'm bad I could
dribble with my tongue Here I go down court, try to stop me You can't stop me 'cause I
got a Basketball Jones Here I come That's my hook shot with my eyebrow Yeah, I could
dunk it with my nose I'm, I'm bad as King Kong, gimme the ball I'm hot, I'm hot as...,
I'm hot as..., I'm hot as... uh Uh, uh, uh, uh"
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« Reply #10 on: July 09, 2007, 06:57:40 AM »
I wonder if a human anatomy would support such a thingie. 36 feet?!?!?!?!
You would need a phenomenal blood pressure (highest blood pressure of a mammal = the Giraffe), and anyway, those humans that have become well big, all suffer from various health problems.
There was however, one countryman of mine, that was about 2.36 and a strong one too. Look at pics to see that 2.36 is actually a giant:






He was a healthy one, and a fisherman. He stopped being at sea because he was to big for the accommodation.
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« Reply #11 on: July 09, 2007, 08:22:57 AM »
LOL...the dude kinda looks like he's related to Jaws (James Bond) or Lurch (Addams Family)
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« Reply #12 on: July 09, 2007, 09:09:28 AM »
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Originally posted by Dux
What's a cubit?

made me think of the Bill Cosby routine...
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« Reply #13 on: July 09, 2007, 09:12:58 AM »
Angus, from the impressive photos it looks like your guy had Acromegaly, which is due to an overproduction of growth hormone from a benign pituitary gland tumour.  They have a high incidence of hypertension and diabetes, and sadly their life expectancy is generally about half normal because of cardiovascular complications.

I agree that human physiology wouldn't support a 16 ft body.  A giraffe's cardiovascular set up is adapted to such an extreme.  DNA extraction analysis would prove it a hoax.

Regards.
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« Reply #14 on: July 09, 2007, 09:17:52 AM »
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made me think of the Bill Cosby routine...


Yeah, that's what I thought.  Correct response should have been, "Rrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiigggggggggggghhhhhhhhhht... ..what's a cubit?"





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