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Happy Birthday Benjamin Franklin
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Jan 17, 2006, 12:55 PM
 
Today in 1706 one of the people I admire the most was born today. He's on my personal list of top 5 greatest people in the world and who'd I'd like to be if I could alter space, time, and matter.

An absolute genius! We could sure use him right about now.

Go Ben!
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Jan 17, 2006, 01:05 PM
 
Awesome guy. Bit of a womanizer, tho. I can neither confirm nor deny if those two statements are connected.
     
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Jan 17, 2006, 01:31 PM
 
Ben invented bifocals, the rocking chair and the roundhouse kick. Happy birthday Ben.

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Jan 17, 2006, 02:05 PM
 
We should have the day off. We could've exploited another great American leader and had a 4 day weekend!!

All joking aside, Ben Franklin rocks, he deserved the 100 dollar bill. Hooray!
     
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Jan 17, 2006, 02:09 PM
 
Originally Posted by BlueSky
Ben invented bifocals, the rocking chair and the roundhouse kick. Happy birthday Ben.
Chuck Norris invented the roundhouse kick. He allows Ben Franklin to accept credit for it.
     
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Jan 17, 2006, 02:10 PM
 
Happy birthday Benjamin Franklin, thanks for all your contributions to America.

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