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2018-07-24 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Thousands sign petition to let people DRINK red liquid found inside 2,000-year-old Egyptian sarcophagus believing it is the elixir of life while experts say it is just sewage water

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-07-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Could be BOTH, no? Set up a study, and let's see!

Posted by Kojo Brown4675 2018-07-24 00:26|| 2018-07-24 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Could be what killed him...

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-07-24 00:34|| 2018-07-24 00:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Could it be Fireball? Because that's good shit, in small doses.

Posted by Raj 2018-07-24 00:47|| 2018-07-24 00:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Chinese Emperor reportedly dies from eating mercury-based Pills of Immortality... Well, when you are dead you "can't die" -- so half correct?

Posted by magpie 2018-07-24 00:58|| 2018-07-24 00:58|| Front Page Top

#5 I didn't know Egypt had liberals.

Posted by gorb 2018-07-24 01:56|| 2018-07-24 01:56|| Front Page Top

#6 I drank this fizzy red liquid, it claimed it would give me wings, but I got a mahoosive hangover instead.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-07-24 04:33|| 2018-07-24 04:33|| Front Page Top

#7 I guess it depends on whether one believes in an immortal afterlife.

Posted by Lumpy Turkeyneck8453 2018-07-24 05:35|| 2018-07-24 05:35|| Front Page Top

#8 The elixir of life in a sarcophagus?

Back in college, in a game of D&D, one of the players said, "Wait, what's the amulet of immortality doing in a tomb?"

Posted by Rob Crawford 2018-07-24 07:11|| 2018-07-24 07:11|| Front Page Top

#9 We just assume immortality means the living body lives on, could be the amulet allows the brain to lives on after death, leaving the corpse dreaming but unable to move forever.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-07-24 10:24|| 2018-07-24 10:24|| Front Page Top

#10 let 'em. either t works or the average IQ of humanity gets raised by a few points. Win-win.

Posted by Mercutio 2018-07-24 12:47|| 2018-07-24 12:47|| Front Page Top

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