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Post by vox on Apr 27, 2007 14:57:05 GMT -6
Changing the subject!
The colour of your hair determines how many you have. Blonde people have about 140 000, brunettes about 108 000 and redheads only 90 000. Hair grows more quickly at night and dark hair at a greater speed than blonde hair.
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Post by moonglum on Apr 27, 2007 15:00:26 GMT -6
If you were to lay all the people in our street end to end.......................I wouldn't be at all surprised.
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Post by Siren on Apr 30, 2007 20:06:12 GMT -6
LOL! Nice one, Moonglum!
Research has indicated that a tie that is on too tight can increase the risk of glaucoma in men.
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Post by moonglum on May 1, 2007 13:18:12 GMT -6
A gentleman is a man who can play the accordian.............but doesn't!
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Post by Phalon on May 3, 2007 6:01:09 GMT -6
My boss just hired a man who plays in not one - but three - polka bands. I'm hoping, at least while at work, he knows that last fact of yours, Moonglum. I shall have to inform him, just in case.
Flowers use scent to attract pollinators - bees, butterflies, and flies. Once most flowers are pollinated, they shut down scent production, and the flowers smell no more.
That is why a lot of hybridized flowers - roses especially - have no scent. They are sterile.
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Post by Siren on May 13, 2007 7:46:24 GMT -6
LOL! I've run into the same misunderstanding in country music. During dedication shows, people will want to dedicate "I'll Leave This World Loving You" by Ricky Van Shelton, or "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton to their sweetheart. The obvious question is,
"Why, are you saying goodbye?" "No, why?" "Because if you've listened to more than just the title of those songs, you know that those are goodbye songs. Remember when Dolly says, 'Goodbye. Please don't cry. 'Cause we both know I'm not what you need.' Or when Ricky says 'Walk away. Leave with my blessings.' Those are GOODBYE songs." *dead silence* "Well, play it anyway." (implied: "..because I'm too lazy/stupid to come up with another song.")
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During a lifetime, the average person will eat 60,000 pounds of food - or the weight of about 6 elephants.
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Post by Hellfrost on May 13, 2007 16:09:59 GMT -6
Did you know we (people from the netherlands) like mayonaise with our fries?
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Post by moonglum on May 13, 2007 17:32:40 GMT -6
Yes Hellfrost, and even better, OH SACRILEGE UPON SACRILEGE I love salad cream on mine. There, I've said it. I shall now go and stand in a corner and beat myself senseless with a clog.
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Post by moonglum on May 13, 2007 17:35:27 GMT -6
Just joking Hellfrost, I enjoy beating myself senseless with a clog.............AND THATS A FACT.
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Post by Mini Mia on May 13, 2007 20:17:07 GMT -6
I like pizza sauce, and BBQ/hot sauce on my french fries.
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Post by Phalon on May 13, 2007 22:43:23 GMT -6
I like vinegar or gravy on my fries, but mostly I eat them plain. I can not do catsup on them, and cringe at the amount of it my daughter uses. Ick.
I wonder of that 60,000 pounds of food she will eat in her lifetime, what amount will be ketchup? I'm guessing - judging from her first eleven years - at least half.
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Post by Siren on May 16, 2007 8:45:26 GMT -6
I agree, Gams, that gravy is great on fries. I understand that's a pretty common snack in Canada. I like mayo on mine too, Hellfrost, but it doesn't agree with me. A bit too rich. Ranch dressing and fries? Mmmmmmm! My granny loved mustard on her fries. I would get home from class to find the following message on my machine, "Hi, hon. Wanna go get a hamburger? I got my welfare check today, and I'm LOADED." Her "welfare check" was her social security check, and amounted to about $75 a month. I'd run down to get her in my little Mustang, and away we'd go, almost always to Burger King. She loved Mustard Whopper Jrs, because they were just 99 cents, and were just enough food. Besides, I know she thought they were just plain cute - a miniature Whopper. She'd spread the hamburger wrapper flat on the table, with the little burger sitting in the middle, clasp her hands, and giggle with delight. I can just see her. And she'd get a couple of extra packets of mustard to dip her fries in, swearing that Burger King had the best fries in the world (and they were great, back then). It was at that table at Burger King that we'd talk about school and boys and the family. I remember her telling me the story of her and my grandpa's elopement. They literally ran away and got married, because her family didn't approve of him. She said she was so nervous and worried, she was married in her coat, which she forgot to take off. She told me, "You don't need a big wedding. Just run off. Save your money for furniture." We had great talks there. I would give anything if we could do it again. She was one of a kind. And I'm happy to report that my mom has said to me on several occasions, "You sounded just like Mama." It's usually not meant as a compliment! ~~~~~~~~~ A person will breathe in about 44 pounds of dust in an average lifetime. *aaaaachoooooo!*
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Post by Phalon on May 17, 2007 23:25:58 GMT -6
Sounds like you have some great memories of your grandma, Siren. She sounds like such a cute lady!
A typical bed usually houses over 6 billion dust mites.
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Post by vox on May 18, 2007 13:48:32 GMT -6
They might look better if they went around with Tulips on their heads instead! lol
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Post by Phalon on May 18, 2007 19:44:18 GMT -6
They would certainly smell better. Do dust mites smell? And can they smell if they smell, with their little dust mite noses upon their little dust mite faces. Ick.
When my daughter was in second or third grade, she saw a picture of a dust mite magnified something like 8 billion times. She was afraid to go to bed for a week.
If you used a magnifying glass, you can see Abraham Lincoln sitting at the Lincoln Memorial on the back of a penny.
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Post by Short Stack on May 19, 2007 21:06:55 GMT -6
Birds - I think this is right, it's been about a year since I last read about it - unlike most others in the animal kingdom have Z and W sex chromosomes instead of X and Y. I believe ZW is actually the female bird and ZZ the male, but this is me trying to remember hs sophomore biology. The 2006 nobel prize in chemistry went to a man who did research (or experiments? I forget) on eukaryotic transcription. (You can tell I took biology last year. ) And I think the 2005 nobel prize in physics went to a group of men who did work with quantum optics, or something to that effect. I have so much useless information in my head... "Arr" was the old norse word for warrior, which I think is funny 'cause it makes me think of pirates... Boadicea - an old acquaintance (if you can call her that) of Xena's on the show - was actually a queen in ancient Britain. Though Caesar did invade Britain, Boadicea did not fight the Romans until 90 years later. Caesar invaded Britain in 55 BC once and was defeated; later he came back and fought for a time, but, having made his point, left again. 90 years later the Romans returned, and fought with the British people for over 8 years (southeastern Britain was eventually annexed as a Roman providence). It was then that Boadicea actually fought the Romans, but lost and was either poisoned or poisoned herself. Her name is also often seen as Boudicca, Boudicea, or other names, all based off the word "victory" (which is rather ironic). ..Haha...well, I got that bit of information because I'm writing a paper for US History about the history of the English language and the history of England itself is naturally essential to it. A girl told me they put seaweed in ice cream. ...I'm not sure if that's true or not... (In other news, I just fell out of my chair and hit the ground hard enough to make my kitten puff up in surprise, haha. It was pretty funny.) Edit: I suck at the typings. Edit 2: I said female when I meant male and male when I meant female. D'oh! *facepalm* Edit 3: ...I don't know why I decided to add this, but it's after midnight and all sensibility has left me. (I was reading through some of the pages I'd skipped when replying and suddenly remembered it.) In any case, cats possess an extra organ in their mouths called the vomeronasal organ. It allows them to taste and smell things at the same time. They use it by opening their mouths, licking whatever it is they're trying to get more information about, and then pressing their tongue to an opening behind their top teeth. When you see a cat sitting there with its mouth half open and a goofy look on its face, that's what it's doing. It allows a cat to process twice as much information about someone or something than just tasting or smelling alone.
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Post by Phalon on May 20, 2007 6:42:27 GMT -6
Whew! All this time, I thought Dusty was just making faces at my cooking.
An oak tree does not produce acorns until it reaches about fifty years in age. Oaks are long-lived trees, (that's why they grow so slowly), living on average 700 to 900 years.
In comparision, maples live approximately 100 years; populars about 30 or 40.
Some of the asparagus harvested in California comes from plants over 130 years old.
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Post by Gabbin on May 20, 2007 18:37:32 GMT -6
How long, Gams, botanGams, does a glued tree live on average?
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Post by Phalon on May 21, 2007 4:52:45 GMT -6
Research is being conducted, Gabbin, but the results are not in yet; thus far it's four years and counting....
Useless Fact Number 123: Did you know that two industrial-sized drums of carpenter's glue poured down the center of a large maple does not set completely in at least four years? It still runs with the spring thaw.
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Post by Mini Mia on May 28, 2007 11:27:33 GMT -6
Man, you'd think that glue would be hardened by now.
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Post by Siren on May 28, 2007 22:05:30 GMT -6
White-shelled eggs are produced by hens with white feathers and ear lobes. Brown-shelled eggs are produced by hens with red feathers and red ear lobes.
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Post by Phalon on May 29, 2007 5:41:11 GMT -6
Chickens have ear-lobes? Dang, I never knew; I've never seen a chicken with earrings.
Earth worms are not indigenous to the United States; they slithered here from Europe.
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Post by Gabbin on May 29, 2007 23:05:18 GMT -6
I saw one with a pierced beak ring. Just kidding. They would do well with toe and anklet rings, though.
I knew that, Siren. I know so little that I thought I should anounce this. Anounce looks funny. What is wrong with it? Rhode Island Reds are my chicken egg of choice. What about blue eggs?
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Post by Phalon on May 30, 2007 0:21:51 GMT -6
It's like that old adage, "Announce of prevention prevents a pound of cure." No? The spelling is correct anyway.
Jerry Seinfeld the Rooster was a Rhode Island Red. He was very annoying, (ooo - another double "n"), boy thingy-a-doodle-dooing into the phone and stealing lunches. He was the nursery's pet rooster; a designation of his own doing.
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Post by Siren on Jun 1, 2007 8:40:02 GMT -6
Oh yes - Seinfeld the rooster. I'd forgotten about him, Gams. Is he no longer among us?
Good question, Gaggie. My mom has hens that lay blue and even green eggs. I've not noticed any blue earlobes.
~~~~~~~ Apples, blackberries, and almonds are members of the rose family, Rosaceae.
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Post by Phalon on Jun 1, 2007 21:30:57 GMT -6
Jerry is no longer with us, Siren......thank goodness!!! (his lunch pilfering, his loud, obnoxious crowing-is-just-not-for-breakfast habits, and....uhm...well...depositing chicken-droppings in the store were getting on my last nerve).
He was shipped off to a farm where, last heard, he was very happy with his new harem.
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Post by Siren on Jun 2, 2007 17:43:31 GMT -6
A foal usually inherits its father's looks, but its mother's constitution and personality.
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Post by Phalon on Jun 4, 2007 22:01:27 GMT -6
In 1916, Clarence Saunders forever changed the way we buy our food and household products; he opened the first Piggly Wiggly store in Memphis, allowing customers to browse aisles and pick out the things they wanted in self-service fashion.
Until then, items were kept behind the counter and a clerk would get what the customer needed.
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Post by moonglum on Jun 6, 2007 14:48:00 GMT -6
Not so much a fact, more an astute observation.
The British love to exagerate (apparently). We always refer to degrees of cold in Centigrade, "Jesus it was minus 2 today", and degrees of heat in Farenheit, "Cor it was 98 today".
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Post by Siren on Jun 6, 2007 21:41:33 GMT -6
I'll swap observations with you, mg.
We southerners think it's okay to make critical remarks, as long as we put a charitable ending on it. Example: "She's homely, bless her heart." or "He's fatter than ever, poor thing."
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