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PurityOfEssence Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 03:23 PM
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BC '04: doesn't that mean "Before Christ"?
Hokely Smokely; primitive's one thing, but THAT backward's just plain silly.

They certainly not "of the common era" or anything like that, but must reality be so pesky?
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chiburb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 03:27 PM
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1. To normal folks, yes. To B/C followers it means
Edited on Fri Oct-22-04 03:28 PM by chiburb
"Because of Christ"

Sick MFers...

(One edit: The B/C supporters are the "sick MFers" in case that wasn't clear)
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quisp Donating Member (926 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 03:33 PM
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2. no, it's
Bartcop!
www.bartcop.com
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Chichiri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 03:36 PM
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3. 4 BC: Approximate year of Jesus's birth
I seriously doubt that's an accident.
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shoelace414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 03:38 PM
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4. that's the old abbreveation
the newer abbrivation you may be seeing are BCE and CE..

the year is 2004 CE. (Before Common Era and Common Era)
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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 03:46 PM
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5. I prefer to think of it as...
Bull-Caca
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 05:26 PM
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6. No it means Betty Crocker, proud Sinclair Advertiser EOM
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