Re: paleonet Light Relief...

["Jere H. Lipps" <jlipps@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

They also make the "Martian fossil microbe", which I have awarded to the "whatever best" student in my class.  They seem to love it, and fear some of the others.  

As for Street names, I think I'd rather live on Cambrian street in Piedmont, CA, than on Coprolite Street.   

At 07:45 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote:

By the way, the website of the company that makes these is at http://www.giantmicrobes.com/ ... this website has all of the cute cuddly illnesses, organized into easy-to-access affliction type.  Providing high-quality plush diseases such as syphillis, black death and ebola to small children everywhere since 2002.... :)
Cheers,
Andrea


On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Tony Butcher wrote:

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Not strictly palaeo, I know, so please save the negative e- mails!
I thought this might provide a little light relief...
http://www.boneroom.com/misc/toys.htm
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