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<blockquote data-quote="flimflam" data-source="post: 60629">&quot;The world of intelligence studies has, in the past, regarded mentally &nbsp;challenged persons as being in two classes: Idiots, who are adults having &nbsp;mental ages below 3 years and are considered extremely incompetent, and &nbsp;Morons, who are adults having mental ages of about 8 years and are &nbsp;considered both stupid and foolish. &nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Recent research at several leading universities has led to a new &nbsp;classification, aptly named Gorons. Gorons are adults of seemingly normal &nbsp;intelligence, but who exhibit extreme forms of gullibility syndrome and &nbsp;who refuse, much like alcoholics, to acknowledge their affliction. Even &nbsp;though much research remains to be done, the Surgeon General has issued &nbsp;this WARNING: &nbsp;&nbsp;&quot; ... Medical researchers acknowledge that Gorons are generally harmless, &nbsp;except when allowed into a voting booth.&nbsp; There, unfortunately, overcome &nbsp;by their gullibility syndrome, they are apt to actually vote for Al Gore! &nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;They should be carefully protected from their ailment, since it may be &nbsp;harmful to their well-being, yours, mine and that of the USA. Therefore, &nbsp;PLEASE, heed the Surgeon General&#039;s warning, reach out to aid the Gorons &nbsp;in overcoming the syndrome, and, PLEASE, pass this on to your normal &nbsp;friends, who might also know Gorons who need immediate treatment.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="flimflam, post: 60629"] "The world of intelligence studies has, in the past, regarded mentally challenged persons as being in two classes: Idiots, who are adults having mental ages below 3 years and are considered extremely incompetent, and Morons, who are adults having mental ages of about 8 years and are considered both stupid and foolish. "Recent research at several leading universities has led to a new classification, aptly named Gorons. Gorons are adults of seemingly normal intelligence, but who exhibit extreme forms of gullibility syndrome and who refuse, much like alcoholics, to acknowledge their affliction. Even though much research remains to be done, the Surgeon General has issued this WARNING: " ... Medical researchers acknowledge that Gorons are generally harmless, except when allowed into a voting booth. There, unfortunately, overcome by their gullibility syndrome, they are apt to actually vote for Al Gore! "They should be carefully protected from their ailment, since it may be harmful to their well-being, yours, mine and that of the USA. Therefore, PLEASE, heed the Surgeon General's warning, reach out to aid the Gorons in overcoming the syndrome, and, PLEASE, pass this on to your normal friends, who might also know Gorons who need immediate treatment." [/QUOTE]

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