Random Thought of the Day

June 1st, 2018 at 3:30:58 PM permalink
Wizard
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I'm not big on posting memes, but I'll make an exception in this case.



There couldn't possibly be any other explanation.
Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber
June 1st, 2018 at 4:58:07 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: Wizard
I'm not big on posting memes, but I'll make an exception in this case.


Pretty funny. It's a fact that in the
old old days being married for a
woman meant she could screw
around with no worries. If she got
pregnant, there were no paternity
tests as to who was the father.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
June 1st, 2018 at 6:14:03 PM permalink
Wizard
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Quote: Evenbob
Pretty funny. It's a fact that in the
old old days being married for a
woman meant she could screw
around with no worries. If she got
pregnant, there were no paternity
tests as to who was the father.


It's probably even more true today with contraception readily available. Assuming a birth anyway, a DNA test is not so simple. Suspicions may not rise until the kid is older and doesn't look like daddy. It could get thorny to get a blood sample out of a kid who can ask "why" questions.
Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber
June 1st, 2018 at 6:55:14 PM permalink
Fleastiff
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A jury used to be able to determine paternity once the child was old enough to have settled features.

Paternity testing is often used as a weapon. A husband can force the test even though he has no actual doubts and the wife must pay half the costs. If she has to buy formula and pay for a test... what kind of a lawyer can she afford?

Oh... be careful about disposing of certain products. Texas let a cesspool truck driver take the stand to testify about items he found in the cesspool which probably swayed the jury's views of the wife's activities.
June 7th, 2018 at 12:20:30 AM permalink
rxwine
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The Simpsons, how everyone dies.

You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?
June 7th, 2018 at 4:57:42 AM permalink
Dalex64
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Good nod to Six Feet Under -
Last scene of last show, Sia - Breathe Me
https://youtu.be/kpH7oy0B8G4
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan
June 11th, 2018 at 4:50:23 PM permalink
rxwine
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Do you know what this American building is in the foreground? No cheating.

You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?
June 11th, 2018 at 5:52:39 PM permalink
kenarman
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Quote: rxwine
Do you know what this American building is in the foreground? No cheating.



Grand Central Station?
"but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin
June 11th, 2018 at 5:54:37 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: kenarman
Grand Central Station?


Disneyworld? Dollyworld?
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
June 11th, 2018 at 6:52:40 PM permalink
ChesterDog
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Quote: rxwine
Do you know what this American building is in the foreground? No cheating...



My guess is "The Old Penn Station in NYC," and in quoting you I see that I'm right!