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Euclidthegreek
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by Euclidthegreek » Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:12 am
mountainmage wrote: Euclidthegreek wrote: Minor Keith, founder of United Fruit, began his business by building railroads in Costa Rica, and became fabulously wealthy.
Yeah, but at the cost of being the founder of a company called United Fruit.
Hey, it was one of the most powerful corporations in the world for almost 100 years. And if you add company to the end of fruit (as in the full name) it sound much manlier.
Which bankrupt railroad guys are you thinking of, Ahmet?
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by LordRetard » Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:19 am
Oh wow those are the guys that did the banana massacre!... Cool!
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by Euclidthegreek » Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:36 am
Which one? There were several, all by the same company.
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by LordRetard » Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:37 am
Hmm... I mean all of them then?? My friend was talking about one of them, and I read about one of them in One Hundred Years of Solitude. They might be the same but they might not.
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by Euclidthegreek » Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:55 am
The Colombia one (on which One Hundred Years of Solitude is based) was the largest, but there were also ones in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador (the El Salvador one wasn't done by United Fruit, but it was done by the corrupt family/government that was installed by United Fruit).
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by Edminster » Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:01 am
Small piece of trivia related to a few pages back:
A hand grenade is legally considered a Weapon of Mass Destruction. So technically Iraq did have WMDs.
Of course, so does pretty much every country that has a military.
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by Lethal Interjection » Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:30 am
Edminster wrote: Small piece of trivia related to a few pages back:
A hand grenade is legally considered a Weapon of Mass Destruction. So technically Iraq did have WMDs.
Of course, so does pretty much every country that has a military.
And some people who aren't even identified with countries.
Not me of course.
Of course.
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by Cirtur » Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:57 pm
I had an idea that we should give every baby at birth 4 hand grenades. They legally belong to the child and that is the amount they have for the rest of their life. They can't ever get more hand grenades.
I think it would be a more peaceful world.
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by AHMETxRock » Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:40 pm
On account of all the teething babies blowing themselves up?
Just like an std, will never fully go away.
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by Cirtur » Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:55 pm
Yes! And like, everyone would learn at a young age the dangers of explosives.
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by Edminster » Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:25 pm
This plan is literally flawless.
ol qwerty bastard wrote: bitcoin is backed by math, and math is intrinsically perfect and logically consistent always
gödel stop spreading fud
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by mountainmage » Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:10 pm
Like an effin' diamond!
No more white horses ♬ ♫ ♪ ılıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llılı ♪ ♫ ♬ for you to ride away
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by Cirtur » Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:19 pm
That's the only good kind of diamond.
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by mountainmage » Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:21 pm
I know very little about diamonds. I like how they can come in different colors, though.
No more white horses ♬ ♫ ♪ ılıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llılı ♪ ♫ ♬ for you to ride away
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by Cirtur » Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:24 pm
You can also cut them differently.
So, in a way they are like women.