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28 Jul 2010, 2:41 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdy3orO6tQA[/youtube]


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28 Jul 2010, 3:10 pm

Abraham Lincoln was a hypocrite politician who talked out of both sides of his mouth, like politicians always do. :roll:



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28 Jul 2010, 3:19 pm

The solution to this dilemma is not to go out and buy new clothes, as people often do.



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28 Jul 2010, 3:49 pm

Mary was just nutty enough to ask that question.


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28 Jul 2010, 4:48 pm

*shrug*

I am related to him. His eighth cousin, afaik. Never seen the proof but whatever lol. My insane family is all the proof I need.



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28 Jul 2010, 8:08 pm

MotownDangerPants wrote:
*shrug*

I am related to him. His eighth cousin, afaik. Never seen the proof but whatever lol. My insane family is all the proof I need.
weird, my step-grandpa was related to him also... :?


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28 Jul 2010, 8:14 pm

Seanmw wrote:
MotownDangerPants wrote:
*shrug*

I am related to him. His eighth cousin, afaik. Never seen the proof but whatever lol. My insane family is all the proof I need.
weird, my step-grandpa was related to him also... :?


Cool. Seanmw's ancestors probably had BBQ's with MotownDangerPants' ancestors :) I've read elsehwere, just anecdotally, that Abe displayed a lot of Aspie-ishness. Just conjecture, but plausible. Agreed that Mary Lincoln was quite the historical character.

Anyhow, love the clip!

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28 Jul 2010, 8:19 pm

Seanmw wrote:
MotownDangerPants wrote:
*shrug*

I am related to him. His eighth cousin, afaik. Never seen the proof but whatever lol. My insane family is all the proof I need.
weird, my step-grandpa was related to him also... :?


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Where was he from? my fam is from Kentucky but I think Abe was from Illinois.



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29 Jul 2010, 7:44 pm

MotownDangerPants wrote:
Seanmw wrote:
MotownDangerPants wrote:
*shrug*

I am related to him. His eighth cousin, afaik. Never seen the proof but whatever lol. My insane family is all the proof I need.
weird, my step-grandpa was related to him also... :?


=O

Where was he from? my fam is from Kentucky but I think Abe was from Illinois.
Idk, but his name was Doug. Last name Pinard i think.


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29 Jul 2010, 7:47 pm

Seanmw wrote:
MotownDangerPants wrote:
Seanmw wrote:
MotownDangerPants wrote:
*shrug*

I am related to him. His eighth cousin, afaik. Never seen the proof but whatever lol. My insane family is all the proof I need.
weird, my step-grandpa was related to him also... :?


=O

Where was he from? my fam is from Kentucky but I think Abe was from Illinois.
Idk, but his name was Doug. Last name Pinard i think.


Herm. we are Roses, idk any of our other family names.



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29 Jul 2010, 7:53 pm

MotownDangerPants wrote:
Seanmw wrote:
MotownDangerPants wrote:
Seanmw wrote:
MotownDangerPants wrote:
*shrug*

I am related to him. His eighth cousin, afaik. Never seen the proof but whatever lol. My insane family is all the proof I need.
weird, my step-grandpa was related to him also... :?


=O

Where was he from? my fam is from Kentucky but I think Abe was from Illinois.
Idk, but his name was Doug. Last name Pinard i think.


Herm. we are Roses, idk any of our other family names.
Hmmmm, still might prove pretty interesting if you showed up randomly at a family reunion of some kind :P

Even though he was actually only my step-grandpa and so i guess we'd only be vaguely related through the marriage and not really at all by blood, lol


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29 Jul 2010, 9:02 pm

^ Right on. A Wrong Planet family reunion, ala Abraham Lincoln :)

Your ancestors had bbq's together :)


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11 Sep 2010, 8:19 pm

ya know what, i keep hearing he was indeed, an aspie



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12 Sep 2010, 9:12 am

I'm not sure about Abe Lincoln being an Aspie, but I'm pretty sure that Mary Todd Lincoln is bipolar. She was a compulsive shopper (a symptom in the manic phase), her friends described her to have violent mood swings and a hot temper, and she had periods of depression and psychotic delusions (it does happen at one point...then again, she did lose her husband). Tad had either a form of mental retardation or ADHD (macrocephaly and hyperactivity can be symptoms, yet, he could just have a really big head like George Lopez).



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12 Sep 2010, 12:33 pm

KissOfMarmaladeSky wrote:
I'm not sure about Abe Lincoln being an Aspie, but I'm pretty sure that Mary Todd Lincoln is bipolar. She was a compulsive shopper (a symptom in the manic phase), her friends described her to have violent mood swings and a hot temper, and she had periods of depression and psychotic delusions (it does happen at one point...then again, she did lose her husband). Tad had either a form of mental retardation or ADHD (macrocephaly and hyperactivity can be symptoms, yet, he could just have a really big head like George Lopez).



It's the Sarah Palin family! :D


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20 Sep 2010, 8:17 pm

Yep, I've always heard Mary Todd had BP - although not sure which type. And I have also heard that if the dx was made in the early to mid-1800's, that Abe-y baby was an aspie baby.

And I'm up for the family reunion, btw. :P

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