What it takes to legally immigrate to America. In easy-to-follow flow chart form. (via Boing Boing)
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Ancient Fish Had Primitive Fingers and Toes. They had arm bones and leg bones resembling ours, too, but lost them over time.
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Lucky Accidents and Close Calls. Most are genuine footage.
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You can go back to Galveston, but bring your own supplies. Especially gasoline.
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The world’s most expensive homes. Read ‘em and dream.
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I am in the process of immigrating from the US to the UK and the flow chart made me laugh and cry at the same time. It’s rough to get into any country, not just the US.
posted by Julie on 9-25-2008 at 6:47 am
Galveston residents are also being told to get a tetnis shot before entering the island, bring mosquito repellant and RAT POISON, and most importantly, do not bring the kids.
posted by Witty Nickname on 9-25-2008 at 8:26 am
I have been wondering this for a while, that why has Mental Floss not covered anything about Ike?!! I just got power yesterday and am happy that even if it is just a sentence, Mental Floss is at least ALLUDING to it.
posted by Pink Coat on 9-25-2008 at 8:46 am