Brevity by Dan Thompson for October 20, 2011

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    runar  about 13 years ago

    I wonder how many people aren’t going to get this one.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member about 13 years ago

    Tenzing paid a steep price for his attempts at social climbing.

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    pschearer Premium Member about 13 years ago

    It’s gotten to the point where more people remember the Sherpa than Sir Edmund.

    (Getting older by the minute, this reminds me that when I was a kid nobody had ever climbed Everest. Or run a 4-minute mile. Or walked on the moon. But at least there is that much less history to study because I remember it.)

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    Larry Miller Premium Member about 13 years ago

    Barefoot no less.I actually did a GIS for Sherpa children and the only ones I saw were toddlers.

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    iced tea  about 13 years ago

    Climb every mountain!

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    Grover Premium Member about 13 years ago

    That looks like Mt. Fuji to me. Did he travel halfway around the world to hide the flag? Because that would be a good joke.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member about 13 years ago

    I didn’t have to Google Tenzing Norgay but I DID Google GIS, and I still don’t know what it is.

    The only one I knew anything about (and not much) is the geographical survey kind but I don’t understand how it could be for Sherpa kids.

    Larry??

    And Schearer — me too.

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    hwcrescent  about 13 years ago

    himalaya big guilt trip on young comic sherpa

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member about 13 years ago

    Is it really you, my friend? Sounds like it – very funny.If so, welcome back.

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    hwcrescent  about 13 years ago

    you have mail

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member about 13 years ago

    No, but you do.Meant to say, working “Comic Sherpa” into that was brilliant.How did everyone else miss it?

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