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Ed_Zeppelin
1/26/02
6:19:34 PM
172.132.115.8
The famous "Cedars of Lebanon" mentioned in both the Bible and the Qu'ran came from a province called "Bullita." (From where we derive the word "bullet," which were originally made of wood.) When Thomas Jefferson was building his home, Monticello, he built the first paneling mill in North America, staffed by slave labor, to supply cedar paneling which was in huge demand at the time for it's qualities as an insect-proof material for closets. The paneling mill soon made him the richest man in the colonies. As President, he gave himself the contracts for government buildings in all 13 states. Paneling from his mill can still be found in buildings and homes throughout the east coast. Jefferson's cedar paneling was branded with his insignia and the words "Bulltish cedar" as a sign of authenticity. Jefferson also invented the mechanism that branded the paneling, an iron wheel framework with interchangeable cogs containing letters and numbers that moved across the panels, heated from within by a small dung fire. Sometimes the illiterate slaves would set the cogs in the wrong order, as happened when George Washington obtained delivery of 14 tons of cedar paneling for his home at Mount Vernon. The paneling had all been marked "Bullshit cedar" and was obviously of such questionable quality that Washington returned it immediately, and was a bitter foe of Jefferson from then on. Throughout the rest of his life Washington referred to ideas or goods of inferior quality as "Bullshit," and it rapidly came to common useage. My point is, not many people know that the source of the word "bullshit" has nothing to do with bovine effluvia, but actually comes from trees. Now you'll know that when people say "Bullshit grows on trees" They're not far off. Think about it.
ANTI POPEYE X FAN CLUB
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