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Re: Villiager Mini-Figs?
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 14 Mar 2000 02:53:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Fred M. Sloniker writes:
> On Mon, 13 Mar 2000 06:04:21 GMT, "ravi" <helixwolf@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > "and the rafflesia smell beatly today..."(1)
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> [snip]
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> > (1) a rafflesia is a larse paracitic flower which smells like rotten
> > meat
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> ...and which is, oddly enough, the inspiration for the Vileplume
> poke'mon. (Its original Japanese name was 'Rafureshia', which is
> their version of our word.)
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> (Followups to l.o-t.f.)
Actually it was named after a (British-the ducth were getting wacked by the
french)governor general of jave who also founded singapore-can't imagine he
was very happy though,having a smelly flower named after him
Ravi
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| (...) [snip] (...) ...and which is, oddly enough, the inspiration for the Vileplume poke'mon. (Its original Japanese name was 'Rafureshia', which is their version of our word.) (Followups to l.o-t.f.) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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