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i heard today that carrots originated in afganistan

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Post: # 78535Post Thomzo »

Interesting. Do we need to worry about their being terrorists?

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Gidday

Now that's a worry. Does their colour show that they tend to the left of the political spectrum too?
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Post: # 78600Post John Headstrong »

from what I heard, carrots where originally purple, red and yellow. the Dutch made them orange because of the royal 'House of Orange'

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Post: # 78604Post ina »

:shock: Terrorists trained in the Netherlands - whatever next!
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Post: # 78610Post Thomzo »

Yikes, better tell Fee. She had a whole "cell" of the things not long ago. I hope she's got rid of them.

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