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Re: American know-how
Posted By: Kelly, on host 207.18.199.196
Date: Monday, February 28, 2000, at 12:42:00
In Reply To: American know-how posted by Howard on Monday, February 28, 2000, at 10:14:31:

> When the Ojibwa indians, who lived in the American southwest, observed a total solar eclipse, they went to the top of a hill and shot flaming arrows at it. This was to relight the sun, which had gone out. Don't laugh. It worked every time.
> Howard

Without having invented the little-box-with-the-hole thingy, the Ojibwa were subsequently blinded and became the laughing stock of all the other tribes.

Kel"well...you have to look at your target, right?"ly

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