Hello Ward,

 LL>> On the opposite side of the globe is the Spratly Islands. These
 LL>> islands are uninhabited, as they are mere rocks in the middle of
 LL>> nowhere.  But the Chinese are building many artificial islands
 LL>> in that area, claiming the entire area as being part of China.

 WD> The Japanese have built a flagpole in the middle of the sea somewhere on
an
 WD> underwater rock. As the pole sticks above the water, they are claiming a
 WD> 200NM EEZ around it.

The Americans claim to have planted several US flags on the surface
of the Moon, on barren rock in the middle of nowhere, claiming it all
as their own.

 WD> Then I think the Russians sawed it off.

Russians claim the Moon is a spaceship, based on NASA evidence.

 WD> Then, I think, the Japanese built a concrete mound on that rock sticking
out
 WD> above the water and put a flag on it.

Sicilians wear cement shoes when they dive into a body of water,
never needing to come up again for air.

 WD> More interesting even. The Chileans once airlifted a very pregnant young
 WD> lady to Teniente R. Marsh Airport on Antarctica and had her deliver her
 WD> baby there so that "Location of birth:" would be "Villa Las Estrellas",
the
 WD> only civilian settlement on the continent thereby re-inforcing Chile's
 WD> claims to mineral-rich territories. The kid's name? Juan Pablo Camacho
 WD> Martino, So far, a total of three people have been born in the Chilean
 WD> Bases but after signing the Antarctic minerals treaty this practice became
 WD> obsolete.

But has anybody ever had sex in space?  NASA did send a married
couple on board a mission on the space shuttle.  But would neither
confirm nor deny if the couple did anything beyond their duties.

Which brings up the question as to how a couple has sex in space.
Being in a weightless environment, it seems like a couple would
need some help in order to fully achieve the desired outcome ...

--Lee

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Often Licked, Never Beaten

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