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From: "echodruidca "

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-+- In teroknor{at}yahoogroups.com, Stahl Family  wrote:
> echodruidca  wrote:
>
> >Ah, one of those.  Was it meant to prop up one side of a debate,
or
> >was it just for laughs?
> >
> >
> A much deeper human need.  M O N E Y.  It was made to play off the
> Biblical reference in Genesis to "Giants in the Earth."  It
succeeded
> because of the general lack of scientific knowledge, that flesh
will not
> fossilize, and it presented an object that supported people's
beliefs.
>  That is they wanted to believe, a requirement for any hoax to work.

Ah, people.

> No less than P.T. Barnum wanted to buy the Giant, and when he
couldn't
> get his hands on it, he created his own.

A sucker born every minute.  Was it him who said "Nobody ever went
broke underestimating the stupidity of people," or was it someone
else?

StevieTheWonderGuy|><|
DonningAsbestosGarments


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