Choose Your Weapon
Friday, October 21st, 2005We asked 100 people what weapon they would use to get their opposing point across. This of course, is not a scientific survey, but, here goes:
71 said “My mouth”
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We asked 100 people what weapon they would use to get their opposing point across. This of course, is not a scientific survey, but, here goes:
71 said “My mouth”
[...]
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