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    ClioJustin Charity
    3/30/14 2:42pm

    Star if you just Googled "Oyster cards."

    STATESIDE SOLIDARITY!

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      PyramidHatClio
      3/30/14 2:45pm

      Sounds better than "Clipper Card", tbo...

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      ClioPyramidHat
      3/30/14 2:47pm

      Now you're making Google more things? To be honest, I just don't think the yoof should incorporate spelling errors into their shorthand slang.

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    spinstercatladyJustin Charity
    3/30/14 3:11pm

    From the comment thread, I'm learning people have the same knowledge of Oyster cards as Arthur Weasley.

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      Cliospinstercatlady
      3/30/14 3:21pm

      I know, how idiotic of people not to keep up to date with the world's regional transportation cards! I'm absolutely positive you know that here in Seattle we use ORCA cards, right? Because that's what normal people do: we know our regional transportation cards.

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      A Small TurnipClio
      3/30/14 9:34pm

      I'm pretty sure the original commenter was just making an affectionate joke. Being compared to Arthur Weasley is about the nicest compliment you can imagine, honestly!

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    happyburnercharliebrownJustin Charity
    3/30/14 2:46pm

    This kind of thing is the reason I don't want to be buried. At some point, hundreds of years in the future, some dipshit with a paint brush will be dusting my bony ass off and talking about how fascinating the effects of handheld communication device radiation on the skull are.

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      Justin Charityhappyburnercharliebrown
      3/30/14 2:50pm

      The trick, I think, is to die in a deliberately funky pose and be buried like that. Flashing a gang sign or something. Keep the archaeologists guessing.

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      pcnwJustin Charity
      3/30/14 3:20pm

      Speaking of death as a means to fuck with people from beyond the grave, several of my post-mortem plans are:

      1) import ancient stone from the Pacific Northwest. Carve a throne and crown out of this stone. Invent a purposefully obtuse writing system and coat the throne in various prayers/praises designed to usher your body through the trials of the afterlife. Have your body placed upon the throne in a regal pose, surrounded by objects of supposed ritualistic significance. Future American archaeologists will appreciate the work, I'm sure.

      2) have people stab my corpse with a knife, put my clothes on BACKWARDS (this is very important), and surreptitiously dump my body next to a sleepy country town where everybody knows everybody else, and nothing bad ever happens. Until one day...

      3) transform my body into a macabre puppet. Before death record a monologue filled with death themed puns, decaying body slapstick gags, and so on. Hit the road. After earning enough to pay off gambling debts to the mob, start plan 1.

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    madamerolandJustin Charity
    3/30/14 2:44pm

    The Black Death scares the hell out of me. It must have been inexpressibly terrifying to live through.

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      VeryWellmadameroland
      3/30/14 2:58pm

      You can blame the 14th century plague denialists. #wevelearntNOTHING

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      Justin Jacksonmadameroland
      3/30/14 3:15pm

      Well there's no reason to fear it today since even if you got it it's very treatable. You just need to fear a future super virus that's immune to our current medicines or some man made super bug.

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    Yukon KizmiazJustin Charity
    3/30/14 2:44pm

    I'm guessing they used dental charts to confirm they were British?

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      The Ghost of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ AKA BabyStepsYukon Kizmiaz
      3/30/14 3:00pm

      So rude and that is why I love ya!

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      Yukon KizmiazThe Ghost of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ AKA BabySteps
      3/30/14 3:17pm

      I love you too.

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    cuntybawsJustin Charity
    3/30/14 2:48pm

    "First the plague, now a pin in the peen? Sir, take your hands OFF me! "

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      Yukon KizmiazJustin Charity
      3/30/14 2:42pm

      "All of them died without Oyster cards, which are relatively expensive."

      Har har. :)

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        OxynticYukon Kizmiaz
        3/30/14 2:51pm

        I got legitimately excited, like "ooh, what's an Oyster card? Is it some cool arcane medieval burial thing? Let me just look that up... Oh...funny."

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        KatieKaBoom22Oxyntic
        3/30/14 3:35pm

        I did the same thing :/

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      angryjellybeanJustin Charity
      3/30/14 2:55pm

      Archaeologist here. "Craft shards" are not a thing. Do you mean pottery sherds? Otherwise, this sentence makes no sense.

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        hatbobJustin Charity
        3/30/14 3:13pm

        Crossrail is a statement of intent.

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          kemperboydhatbob
          3/30/14 4:57pm

          Crossrail is an extremely time consuming and expensive exercise in connecting parts of London that are already very well connected. They need to start on the transport links in South East London not always think about the fucking West End.

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          hatbobkemperboyd
          3/30/14 5:36pm
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        BlanksheetJustin Charity
        3/30/14 5:05pm

        Excavation findings include discovery that it may not have been bubonic plague but airborne and pneumonic, spread by coughs and sneezes instead of rats.

        http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/m…

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