| Subject: Re: I was just in "John Kuhles" Untold Mysteries PALtalk. |
| From: Charles D. Bohne |
| Date: 29/03/2006, 13:05 |
| Newsgroups: alt.alien.research,alt.alien.visitors,alt.paranet.ufo,alt.ufo.reports,alt.paranormal.crop-circles,alt.fan.art-bell |
On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:54:04 +1200, Sir Gilligan Horry <GM@ga7rm5er.com>
wrote:
What's a country you might recommend as a 'role model' ?
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=role%20model
How about Switzerland :-)) ??
C.
I dunno, maybe Singapore
Singapore is hardly a country :-) it's more like a big city.
or Dean Kamen's Island ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dumpling_Island
Dont' know that one .. will have a look... never heard of such a place..
Later...
|North Dumpling Island
|From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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|Dean Kamen's home on North Dumpling Island.
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|North Dumpling Island is a two acre (8,000 m²) island in Fisher's Island Sound off the coast of the U.S. state of Connecticut (although the island itself is actually in New York State). The island is owned by Segway Human Transporter inventor Dean Kamen.
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|Kamen was denied permission to build a wind turbine on the island, so he allegedly declared that he was seceding from the United States, and he signed a non-aggression pact with his friend then-President George H. W. Bush. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield (of Ben & Jerry's ice cream) serve as "joint chiefs of ice cream."
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|Though the secession is not legally recognized, Kamen refers to the island as the "Kingdom of North Dumpling." As well as a lighthouse, the "Kingdom" has its own constitution, flag and national anthem, as well as a navy (consisting of a single amphibious vehicle). North Dumpling also has its own currency, and the value of one of the bills is equivalent to the value of pi. It is said that Kamen refers to himself humorously as "Lord Dumpling" or "Lord Dumpling II."
Velly, velly funny ...
C.