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Old 10-28-2011, 09:07 AM
 
Location: Hermoso y tranquilo Panamá
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Good morning and welcome to freaky Friday
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In 1726 England, Mary Toft tricked doctors into believing that she had given birth to a litter of rabbits.
After intense scrutiny from the king's surgeon, and producing no more rabbits, she eventually confessed to the hoax and was imprisoned for fraud.
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Old 10-28-2011, 09:13 AM
 
Location: Looking over your shoulder
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{{{{What!}}}}} Imprisoned for fraud! Our elected members of congress and the senate never imprisoned and they do much worse than Mary Toft every day.
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Old 10-28-2011, 09:13 AM
 
Location: bold new city of the south
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<B>Good morning and welcome to freaky Friday
. . . . . . . Didja Know?
In 1726 England, Mary Toft tricked doctors into believing that she had given birth to a litter of rabbits.
</B>
After intense scrutiny from the king's surgeon, and producing no more rabbits, she eventually confessed to the hoax and was imprisoned for fraud.


Bullwinkle's Hat Trick- All 4 animals - YouTube
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Old 10-28-2011, 09:17 AM
 
Location: grooving in the city
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{{{{What!}}}}} Imprisoned for fraud! Our elected members of congress and the senate never imprisoned and they do much worse than Mary Toft every day.
^^^^This^^^^^^^^. Very interesting, DYK, Joy.
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Old 10-28-2011, 10:21 AM
 
Location: Orlando, Florida
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Mary Toft
Wonder if this is how they got the word TUFT for rabbit fur.........

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y56/ZootHouse/dissaprovingrabbit.jpg (broken link)
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Old 10-28-2011, 10:22 AM
 
Location: The Wild Wild West
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Is that where the expression came from, "I'm pregnant, the rabbit died"...hmmm
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Old 10-28-2011, 02:02 PM
 
Location: Abilene, Texas
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This one is even more bizarre than yesterday's 'didja know'...lol. Anyway, I didn't know it.
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Old 10-28-2011, 03:22 PM
 
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That must have been one heck of a manly rabbit!!

Edit: I've heard the term hair of the dog, so this would hare of the rabbit?
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Old 10-28-2011, 04:51 PM
 
Location: Tulsa, OK
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And all the time I thought Mary had a little lamb.
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Old 10-28-2011, 05:18 PM
 
Location: bold new city of the south
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That must have been one heck of a manly rabbit!!

Edit: I've heard the term hair of the dog, so this would hare of the rabbit?
Was he a wasccally wabbit?
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