You're Fucking Joking, Right? (1134 hits)
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Submitted by Brandon Fabish <brandino_the_great.at.yahoo.com> (View user info) at 2003-07-09 02:08:47 EDT
Stonehenge is a massive fertility symbol, according to Canadian researchers who believe they have finally cracked the mystery of the ancient monument in southern England.
In the arrangement of the stones, the researchers say they have spotted the original design: female genitalia.
The theory is laid out in a paper entitled "Stonehenge: a view from medicine" in the July issue of Britain's Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
"To the builders of the henge, the most critical events in life were birth and death," Anthony Perks, a retired professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of British Columbia, wrote in the paper.
He noted there was no evidence of tombs built by the original builders.
"Of birth, we could expect little evidence. However, evidence may be there but so large as to be overlooked."
Viewed from above, Dr Perks suggests Stonehenge's inner bluestone circle represents the labia minora and the giant outer sarsen stone circle is the labia majora.
He says the altar stone could be the clitoris and the open centre the birth canal.
"Could the outer avenue of Stonehenge...represent the way by which new life entered?" the article wondered, adding that when comparing "the layout of the henge with the anatomy of the human vulva. There is a distinct similarity".
Dr Perks, who is traveling in England, could not be reached for comment.
The mysterious ancient monument on Salisbury Plain is known around the world for its circle of standing stones.
Dr Perks said the ancient sacrificed child found at nearby Woodhenge bolsters his theory and said an excavation at Stonehenge could produce a similar find.
"In ancient societies, ideas of a dominant creator, a Mother or Earth Goddess, were widespread," he wrote.
"If ideas of Earth Mother originated with, or were shared by, the people of the henge, Stonehenge could represent, symbolically, the opening by which Earth Mother gave birth to the plants and animals on which the ancient people so depended.
"The henge would honor her for giving them both life and livelihood."
Scholars say Stonehenge, a World Heritage site, was built between 3,000 and 1,600 BC.
Theories for why it was built range from a temple, an astronomy site, and a variety of spiritual and temporal purposes.
For a time during the Bronze Age, 2,000 BC to 800 BC, Stonehenge was used for ceremonial burials of local chieftains.
link: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s898079.htm
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Submitted by esso_merda (user info) at 2004-03-18 23:01:58 EST (#)
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"jesus came after the vagina!"
Read out of context, the line above is funny. I laughed at it, anyway.
Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-03-18 21:59:50 EST (#)
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Submitted by Fabish (user info) at 2003-07-09 18:02:24 EDT (#)
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PAS, that picture is disturbing to say the least. At least Stonehendge is still up for grabs on the real meaning of what it was. That's just wrong.
crashtestandfailed, Jesus wasn't even born, DUMBASS. The fact that a virgin conceived and bore a child is a fairy-tale.
Submitted by PeopleAreStrange (user info) at 2003-07-09 17:11:23 EDT (#)
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Why not? This is another great ancient English landmark, The Cerne Abbas Giant (which is a chalk giant carved into a Dorset hill. He has a massive erect knob):
http://www.follies.btinternet.co.uk/cernetxt.html
Submitted by DJMattB241 (user info) at 2003-07-09 16:08:15 EDT (#)
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sigh.
go fig.
world's greatest mystery.
one of the great wonders of the whatever.
what's it turn out to be?
caveman porn.
what a world.
Submitted by crashtestandfailed (user info) at 2003-07-09 15:58:55 EDT (#)
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dumbass, 600 bc was before christ! jesus came after the vagina!
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2003-07-09 15:48:36 EDT (#)
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I never joke about fucking.
Submitted by El_Guapo (user info) at 2003-07-09 10:39:56 EDT (#)
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"Submitted by bart (user info) at 2003-07-09 02:12:18 (#)
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That's bullshit. The vagina wasn't invented until 600 BC."
hahahahahah!!!
wait, i thought al gore invented the vagina?
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2003-07-09 03:44:13 EDT (#)
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yes, im joking
Submitted by Fabish (user info) at 2003-07-09 03:01:50 EDT (#)
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What's the matter, squattail; holding a grudge?
Submitted by squattail (user info) at 2003-07-09 02:59:02 EDT (#)
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Finally, a hole big enough to take my gigantic weiner.
Submitted by Flapjacksupreme (user info) at 2003-07-09 02:13:53 EDT (#)
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Haha, that would be something different.
Stonehenge, a giagantic vagina.
Submitted by Fabish (user info) at 2003-07-09 02:13:51 EDT (#)
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Then where did Jesus come from, Bart?
Submitted by bart (user info) at 2003-07-09 02:12:18 EDT (#)
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That's bullshit. The vagina wasn't invented until 600 BC.