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Mon 9 Jan, 2006 12:17 pm
Hey, would I kid about a serious topic like this? :wink:
Hey, that's a good look for you, bog man..
LONDON (Reuters) - The preserved remains of two prehistoric men discovered in an Irish bog have revealed a couple of surprises --- one used hair gel and the other stood 6 foot 6 inches high, the tallest Iron Age body discovered.
"He would have been a giant...the other man was quite short, about 5 foot 2 inches," said Ned Kelly, head of antiquities at the National Museum of Ireland.
"The shorter man appeared to attempt to give himself greater stature by a rather curious headdress which was a bit like a Mohican-style with the hair gel, which was a resin imported from France," Kelly told BBC radio.
Bacterial conditions found in the peat bogs preserved the remains so that even fingerprints were clearly visible.
The fashion-conscious gel wearer has been named Clonycavan Man and Kelly said the fact he was able to buy imported cosmetics suggests he was a wealthy member of Irish society about 2,300 years ago. The other was dubbed Oldcroghan Man.
Kelly said both men had murdered.
"Oldcroghan Man was stabbed through the chest. He saw that attack coming because there is a defensive injury on his arm."
He was then decapitated and his body cut in half while Clonycaven Man had his head split open with an axe before he was disemboweled.
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You have to find australopithecus using hair gel to have a story, reyn.
edgarblythe wrote:australopithecus
Austra-whatever....what the heck is that?
2,300 years ago, why do they call it prehistoric? seems like yesterday.
This is a joke, right? Who the heck would go around like this for real, looking like Alfalfa.
husker wrote:it was prolly bee's wax
Nah, it was more likely L.A. Looks.
They must have found the receipt for that gel too. Otherwise how did they know it was from France?
Oh, I guess I didn't read the rest of the story. Disembowelment is the standard procedure for attempting to return a French imported product without your receipt.
Reyn wrote:
This is a joke, right? Who the heck would go around like this for real, looking like Alfalfa.
If you have never seen
Something About Mary then you should definitely do so. This one joke was worth the price of admission.
that was definitely worth the price of admission. funny stuff.
You saying Alfalfa used his own man-gel?
Sick people.
Someone mangled his hair....
edgarblythe wrote:Australpithecus
It doesn't look like they need any hair gel.
Maybe not, but they could sure use some fig leaves.
They're not wearing them.
If I used a thick enough hair gel, I could possibly paste some more hair over the bald parts.
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