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Humans As Fleas.....

a: Human beings ~
b: fleas

What:

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Writer: George Carlin
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Apr 26 2012 5:48 PM



a: Bad feelings ~
b: farts

What:

"There's no crime in feeling bad feelings. I know we all "shouldn't" feel bad about emotional stuff, but dude. Bad feelings are like farts: we all agree that they are gross if you bring 'em out in public, but they're just something you've gotta deal with before you explode. You wouldn't feel like a failure if you needed to fart in a meeting, you'd just be uncomfortable for a while and deal with it at a more appropriate time."


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Writer: commanderlogic
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Where:
Date: Jan 9 2014 7:41 PM



a: Homosexuality ~
b: IQ

What: "I am not advocating homosexuality for all. I am only trying to highlight the facts that are sometimes ignored by most of us just to force upon someone into our own way of life. Homosexuality is like an IQ. Not everyone has an IQ higher than 150. But no one is going to brand a person with high IQ as abnormal or immoral. In fact, he is perfectly natural. Homosexuality is like that. It is rare but natural and normal. It is not a choice, for no one will want to make a choice that would land him into the gaping mouth of a shark. It is a sublime yearning of a body to be true to itself.

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Writer: Not Stated
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Where:
Date: Jul 24 2014 10:12 AM



a: amylase ~
b: guy using a chain saw

What:

"This is where we really need the help of alpha amylase. Unlike beta amylase, alpha amylase is an endo-enzyme and randomly breaks alpha 1-4 bonds from the inside of the molecule. Using the tree analogy, alpha-amylase is like a tree removal guy using a chain saw to cut a big tree into several medium-sized pieces. With every cut, a new trunk is created and beta-amylase can latch onto the trunk (a reducing end) and do its thing until it runs into another alpha 1-6 branch"


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Writer: Ashton Lewis
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Date: Sep 18 2014 11:12 AM



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