Comments on: Rags to reading http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/07/rags-to-reading/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:47:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ms. Cornelius http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/07/rags-to-reading/#comment-34698 Ms. Cornelius Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:17:51 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/07/12/rags-to-reading/#comment-34698 I just love collecting weird stories like this! Thanks! It WAS news to me! I just love collecting weird stories like this! Thanks! It WAS news to me!

]]> By: Peter http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/07/rags-to-reading/#comment-34697 Peter Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:57:20 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/07/12/rags-to-reading/#comment-34697 I'll never look at yellowing parchment the same way again... I’ll never look at yellowing parchment the same way again…

]]> By: Bob Diethrich http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/07/rags-to-reading/#comment-34696 Bob Diethrich Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:50:16 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/07/12/rags-to-reading/#comment-34696 You beat me to it Miller! I used to show that video clip to my history classes, and then there was always an extra credit question on the Renaissance test, "How did underwear lead to the Renaissance?" You beat me to it Miller! I used to show that video clip to my history classes, and then there was always an extra credit question on the Renaissance test, “How did underwear lead to the Renaissance?”

]]> By: Walter E. Wallis http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/07/rags-to-reading/#comment-34695 Walter E. Wallis Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:55:11 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/07/12/rags-to-reading/#comment-34695 Dare i suggest that some printed material came more from the crotch? Dare i suggest that some printed material came more from the crotch?

]]> By: Miller Smith http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/07/rags-to-reading/#comment-34694 Miller Smith Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:30:59 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/07/12/rags-to-reading/#comment-34694 James Burke's series Connections (episode Faith in Numbers), made this exact hypothesis over-what-20 years ago. This is old news being presented as new. Doesn't anyone remember anything anymore? James Burke’s series Connections (episode Faith in Numbers), made this exact hypothesis over-what-20 years ago. This is old news being presented as new.

Doesn’t anyone remember anything anymore?

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