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While Mythbusters is aimed first at entertainment, if you saw the episode in question you would see that they state exactly what you did. They did confirm getting a connection - by having Adam pee from within 6 inches of the fence. Exactly for the reason you state - the flow breaks up into drops much farther than that. What they demonstrated was the ability to complete a circuit, not that it would put any charge through the heart.

The Scots-Irish of western Pennsylvania were already regarded as nearly subhuman by the period of the Revolution. But plain old Scots have always been respectable in the US, and by the turn of the 20th century, the Irish were respectable, too, so long as they were Protestant. In general, in both the US and the UK, racists regard Celts and Anglo-Saxons as nearly the same thing by "blood". For example, the British Israelite...

Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Boards, Celtic Druid , we're glad to have you with us. We like the first post of a new thread to provide a link to the column being discussed. Helps keep us all on the same page, and saves others from wasting time searching. In this case, I assume: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...n-burn-crosses No biggie, you'll know for next time. I also need to say, I'm not exactly sure what your...

Quote: Originally Posted by Czarcasm No. That's a Czarcastic "Yes", no?! Years ago we couldn't fly, now we drop rockets on planets, for fun, money enough to see if there's any water, at times we have so much water it makes the sea rise..... I think we can reverse the proces. Why not?

Quote: Originally Posted by Irishman md2000 said: To some extent true, but there can be multiple effects, from complicated genetic interactions to genetics and environment combining. Actually, the hereditary resistance mechanisms were the same, what Europeans had was previous exposure and some transferred immunity via breastfeeding, and community resistance. True, but not helping your cause. Native Americans were far more susceptible to...

Quote: Originally Posted by aceplace57 I've wondered if any of George Washington's survey work still exists. Perhaps some permanent geographical landmarks or markers he left behind. I'm not sure if history even knows what areas he actually surveyed. Quote: Originally Posted by Cecil This subtlety was lost on some early surveyors. The knuckleheads who laid out most of the Virginia-North Carolina-Kentucky-Tennessee border...

Dear Sir, A very good point by Irishman - only I was not talking about the Grail, but another object to which it was linked. The object in question fits exactly the description I gave. That is, get rid of centuries of myth accumalation, and the original purpose becomes clear. The fun part of my researches came about because I had no idea to where they were leading. As I mentioned earlier, at one point I suddenly believed I had the answer and...

I am fascinated, and do intend to read this, even if the conclusions may not actually be particularly graily... Now I need to get a gazetteer of British Cathedrals and go visiting... Cyprus knee sounds very painful.

Quote: Originally Posted by Irishman While Mythbusters is aimed first at entertainment, if you saw the episode in question you would see that they state exactly what you did. They did confirm getting a connection - by having Adam pee from within 6 inches of the fence. Exactly for the reason you state - the flow breaks up into drops much farther than that. What they demonstrated was the ability to complete a circuit, not that it would put any...

Always an excuse. Whatever Randi does, it's never his fault.