Cruciate Organs
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Further to the litany of tv/irl coincidences.
Two more happened today.
I was online responding to the Humanist Uk report on the altering of organ donation to opt out,arguing that it must stay opt in,as a matter of civil liberty.
At the same moment,Ambassador Mollari in Babylon5 on tv uttered the phrase " a veritable parade of internal organs" which was about as pertinent as could be.
Whilst discussing this issue,and animal rights,I cropped a comment from the strand I was reading which mentioned the word 'cruciate' in regard to vegetables,a word I had never heard before in my life.
Blow me down me a feather,when that evening,searching among the dearth of freeview for something to watch,I settled upon 'who wants to be a millionaire' where Chris Tarrant asked the player where in the body the 'cruciate' ligaments are.
Never heard the word before,then twice in the same evening!
Date submitted:Tue, 12 Dec 2017 22:32:18 +0000Coincidence ID:9639
