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4000 year-old pot of noodles found in China,

4000 year-old pot of noodles found in China, settling (for now) the "hotly contested" question of who invented the noodle.

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7 comments
Brian Van says:

Keith Richards was wondering where he put that...

» by Brian Van on Oct 19, 2005 at 10:09 AM
Rey Dhuny says:

More importantly, it could settle who invented the Pot Noodle!

» by Rey Dhuny on Oct 19, 2005 at 10:22 AM
Lode says:

We all know who invented the noodle, don't we?

» by Lode on Oct 19, 2005 at 10:35 AM
Jonathan Dobres says:

We followers of the great Flying Spaghetti Monster now have incontrovertible proof that world is roughly 4000 years old, as the First Noodle indicates.

» by Jonathan Dobres on Oct 19, 2005 at 11:16 AM
Meg says:

It belonged to the first university student. It is ancient Ramen.

» by Meg on Oct 19, 2005 at 12:06 PM
sixfoot6 says:

Indeed, the Appendage of the great FSM was noodling at least 2,000 years before Christ.

» by sixfoot6 on Oct 19, 2005 at 03:40 PM
Brock says:

I think we just need to accept that prior to the 16th Century, China invented EVERYTHING first.

» by Brock on Oct 20, 2005 at 07:44 AM

 
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