# Desmostylus

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desmostylus/262242>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 30, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desmostylus/262242 "2004-08-30T15:13:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desmostylus/262242/41 "2004-09-02T03:45:16Z")

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> [@elucidator](#):
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> or a fondness for sheep that some narrow-minded persons regard as “unnatural”.

Stop being a troll. You know how much we hate being mistaken for Kiwis and you just said this anyway on purpose just to annoy us. Meanie.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desmostylus/262242/42 "2004-09-02T23:14:04Z")

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Is my browser screwing up, or did **Liberal** just lead us on a circular wild goose chase? I clicked on the link a few posts above this one, which led to one or two more, which led right back here. I got dizzy, and I was reminded of some of those million-pop-up sites that convinced me to buy software to protect me from popups. 😕

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desmostylus/262242/43 "2004-09-02T23:28:10Z")

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> [@Princhester](#):
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> Stop being a troll. You know how much we hate being mistaken for Kiwis and you just said this anyway on purpose just to annoy us. Meanie.

Hey, I didn’t do the “war brides” joke! Wanted to, but I didn’t.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desmostylus/262242/44 "2004-09-02T23:36:18Z")

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> [@AskNott](#):
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> Is my browser screwing up, or did **Liberal** just lead us on a circular wild goose chase? I clicked on the link a few posts above this one, which led to one or two more, which led right back here. I got dizzy, and I was reminded of some of those million-pop-up sites that convinced me to buy software to protect me from popups. 😕

No, you got it right. Someone requested that I reference from here to there, and someone else that I reference from there to here. So I’m obliging both. Some requests, however, I was unable to oblige — e.g., requests that I both create and not create this thread. It is one thing to disregard the Law of Excluded Middle in theory, but sometimes it is problematic in practice. 😉

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