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• Guest Is ManStallion two words or one?!

The proper format is "ManStallion." The etymological root emphasizes that we are at once a Man and a Stallion. English convention dictates that one word be before the other. Our native neigh does not put a chronological emphasis on either part of the term, allowing us to more correctly portray the equality of our kind.

• 2009-10-26 1:03 AM

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• Guest What's the optimal number of ManStallions to change a lightbulb?
• Great question, most people actually don't know but ManStallions actually played a large part in the development of electricity and the light bulb. Oxidation was the primary problem, we found, when selecting a filament material but we outsourced that tedious work to various scientists who were eager to work with us. Anyway, back to your question, ManStallions actually frequently use echolocation so technically we don't even need light to navigate. In order to make our human brethren more comfortable, however, we do frequently live in well lit areas. I disdain such menial labor as changing light bulbs, so I actually drew up a rather clever solution.

This automatic light bulb changer, while rather complex, is now under patent by Thomas Magdi, to whom I sold the design in early 2004. So, 0. It takes 0 ManStallions to change a light bulb.