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From: Fredrik Eriksson
Date: 8 Feb 2008 13:04:55
Message: <op.t57wig2k7bxctx@e6600.bredbandsbolaget.se>

On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:52:35 +0100, nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> "scott" <sco### [at] laptopcom> wrote:
>> Someone called "BSLSK05" comes along, and gives a :) which kills the  
>> stick dude.  The last frame shows some reptile at the other computer.
>> If you make the connection between the username, killing by staring,
>> and the reptile then you "get" the cartoon.
>
> only if you know Harry Potter mythos...


Basilisks in literature predate Harry Potter by several millenia.


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FE

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