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Banazir the Jedi Hobbit
SubjectRe: OT: "Celtic Blood" (Was Re: The British Secret Service...)
FromBanazir the Jedi Hobbit
Date2002-04-27 23:05 (2002-04-27 14:05)
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the softrat <softrat@pobox.com>wrote in message news:<fl7gcu0thphup1p87l6lgcma13312ge0mi@4ax.com>...

the softrat
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 21:49:20 +0200, "?jevind L?ng" <ojevind.lang@swipnet.se>wrote: <snip>

?jevind L?ng
The Celtic Curse includes the following symptoms:

Jaundice (yellowing of eyes and skin) Chronic fatigue or depression Abdominal pains Discoloration of the flesh under the nails Depression or lack of energy Loss of sex drive Irregular heartbeat or heart disease Early menopause or impotence

the softrat
Interesting. Sounds like 'old age' to me. (Apparently I know old Jewish men and women with this curse.)(and a couple of Japanese.)

In other words, the "Celtic Curse" is to knot be Finnish (i.e., Elvish). We hobbits have a word fro this: "mortality". #-)

-- Banazir