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Plant-eating dinosaurs did not eat grass, because there wasn't any, so it is thought. During the Mesozoic Era, when the dinosaurs lived, conifers - cone-bearing trees and shrubs - dominated the landscape. They included redwoods, yews, pines, palms, cypress and the monkey puzzle tree. Flowering plants and grass evolved only later.

By the way, a plant does not look like its parents, but will always resemble its grandparents

Washington Post's Mensa Invitational | Print |  E-mail
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In case you missed it, here is the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational, which once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.


The winners are:

 

Cashtration:  The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.


Ignoranus:  A person who's both stupid and an butthole.

Intaxication:   Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

Reintarnation:  Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

Bozone:  The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

Giraffiti:   Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

Sarchasm:  The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

Inoculatte:  To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

Hipatitis:  Terminal coolness.

Osteopornosis:  A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

Karmageddon:   It's when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, and then the Earth explodes, and it's a serious bummer.

Decafalon:  The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

Glibido:  All talk and no action.

Dopeler effect:  The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

Arachnoleptic fit:  The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

Beelzebug:  Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

Caterpallor:  The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

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