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| 156720. Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:03 am |
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What is this?
A: An elf. |
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| Frederick The Monk
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| 156726. Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:15 am |
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| Ah, is this one of the elves that US scientists are counting in the hope of understanding global warming (and keeping their funding)? |
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| MatC
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| 156730. Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:26 am |
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| Prceisely. So far, they have counted several, so that's quite a good start. |
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| 156738. Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:04 am |
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| Quote: | | Oh no! Not another fucking elf! |
Hugo Dyson, a don at Merton College, Oxford, in response to one of JRR Tolkien's readings to the Inklings (not CS Lewis, as Fred pointed out: source) |
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| 158645. Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:56 am |
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| Frederick The Monk
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| 158867. Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:26 am |
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If you want to find out about Icelandic elves you can go to
ELF SCHOOL! |
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| 158871. Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:29 am |
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| 158884. Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:51 am |
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Navies use ELF systems for talking to their submarines because conductive seawater attenuates the standard high-frequency radio signals.
Here is a picture of their Extremely Low Frequency system:
http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/elf.html |
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| 158890. Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:55 am |
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Elf used to screw-over motorists:
In Orange county, Florida a deputy decided to dress as an elf to catch speeding motorists with great success
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Some people said using a holiday icon to enforce the law didn't seem right.
"That's specifically why we didn't use Santa Claus," Ken Wyne of the Orange County Sheriff's Office said. |
source, with pics |
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| 158895. Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:59 am |
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What is this?
an elf.
A fully portable mine detector that uses x-rays to sense explosives, ELF stands for "Eliminate Landmines Forever". |
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| 158903. Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:05 pm |
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| Molly Cule
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| 175274. Thu May 17, 2007 6:25 am |
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Go not to the elves for advice, for they will say both no and yes.
JRR TOLKEIN |
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| Gray
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| 175316. Thu May 17, 2007 8:13 am |
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| We definitely need T-shirts with that on. |
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