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Post by Siren on Jan 17, 2007 9:25:09 GMT -6
Gaggie!! Good to see you, girl! I was looking at an illustration of a cute little stick princess the other day, and thinking of you.
Re: the allegedly rubbed rice: well now, if YOU don't know, I surely don't.
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Post by fallenangel on Jan 17, 2007 9:37:12 GMT -6
In Saudi Arabia, a woman reportedly may divorce her husband if he does not keep her supplied with coffee.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 17, 2007 10:58:31 GMT -6
Oooo, Yingang. That would certainly be coffee-grounds for divorce.
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Post by Siren on Jan 18, 2007 23:12:14 GMT -6
Actress Jane Seymour has one green eye, and one brown.
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Post by Gabbin on Jan 18, 2007 23:24:04 GMT -6
Bizarro. What is she, part husky?
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Post by Phalon on Jan 19, 2007 18:48:42 GMT -6
Calling Jane a dog, Gabs?
All very interesting stuff, ladies.
Albert Einstein never learned to drive a car.
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Post by Gabbin on Jan 19, 2007 23:24:25 GMT -6
I think that statement is all relative, Gams. He did drive one faster than the speed of light (in his mind).
I CAN be difficult, yes. Are you tired of me, yet? Shall I climb back under my rock?
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Post by Phalon on Jan 20, 2007 23:08:08 GMT -6
No, not tired of you, Gabbin. And don't crawl back under that rock; you emerge looking all smooshed and flat.
BOLL, Maeve. So you are a lister, eh. I'm listless myself, and even if I make a list - such as a grocery list, I often forget what I've done with it, and go without. And in my listlessness I often wonder what I've come here to write.
Ah yes....
Twenty-five percent of all the fish species of North America live in the Mississippi River.
And then, I wonder why I've written it.
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Post by Siren on Jan 21, 2007 8:55:58 GMT -6
Country singer Craig Morgan is an army veteran - 18 years of service. Was a member of the special forces.
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Post by fallenangel on Jan 21, 2007 10:59:13 GMT -6
A snail can sleep for 3 years.
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Post by Gabbin on Jan 21, 2007 23:25:14 GMT -6
Do snails snore?
Oh, man, well I have recently been told that the British invented baseball.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 22, 2007 17:27:25 GMT -6
Snail Van Winkle....hmmm three snail years, or three human years? Slow moving as they are, and I think a snail year would be the about the equivalent of 45 minutes.
Some snails are born with their shells already attached...or something like that. I can't remember exactly, or what their name is, (Bob?), but they inhabit the pond at work. Now, how useless a fact can you get?
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Post by Phalon on Jan 22, 2007 23:11:06 GMT -6
Mmmmm....Hubs and I had on the Food Channel tonight; we watched some show about sandwiches; the Secret Life of Cheese, and then the Secret Life of Popcorn. Sheesh, whodda thunk your food was keeping secrets.
I made it through the sandwich show; almost crumbled watching the cheese, and finally broke down during the popcorn - I got hungry and had to make some.
And I left it in the microwave - unattended - because I didn't want to miss any deep, dark secrets revealed....like this one,
"The average American eats 65 quarts of popcorn per year."
....I burnt the popcorn.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Jan 22, 2007 23:11:59 GMT -6
Of course you did....
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Post by Phalon on Jan 22, 2007 23:20:12 GMT -6
So with all the popcorn burnt at my hands, I'm thinking I only eat about twelve quarts per year.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 23, 2007 8:33:19 GMT -6
In addition to Alfred Hitchcock's cameo appearances, in each of his films, a flushing toilet can be heard.
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Post by lolapunk on Jan 24, 2007 2:00:38 GMT -6
An averge of 13 people a year are killed by falling vending machines.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 2, 2007 0:50:46 GMT -6
Mr. Potato Head first hit the toy stores in 1952. He, back then, did not come with a body; the consumer supplied a real potato for that.
In 1964 a plastic body was added.
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Post by Siren on Feb 2, 2007 1:10:51 GMT -6
Merle Haggard was at Johnny Cash's first San Quenton prison concert, back in the 50s - as an inmate for armed robbery.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 2, 2007 20:04:59 GMT -6
Maeve!!! That there preface in this here thread! It implies that today being Groundhog Day may be a useless fact. Shhhhh.....don't tell BP.
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Post by lolapunk on Feb 3, 2007 13:20:22 GMT -6
Omg, no kidding... wow, and I just subjected everyone to that very long song night before last. They moaned at first but they were all singing.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 5, 2007 22:20:27 GMT -6
Anyone see that children's movie "How to Eat Fried Worms"? I read the book when I was in grade school, and watched the recently released movie with the girls.
Unless fact: The cast of a thousand, (real worms), had to be kept cool at all times - otherwise, imagine the smell....eeewwww. Gummy worms were used as stunt doubles to keep the stars out of the heat.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 5, 2007 22:26:27 GMT -6
Another useless fact: I like to look at the ads up top of these threads. Interesting to see what key-words those google-bot things will pick out of a thread and then insert corresponding advertisements. Or maybe it's not those google-bots, but ad fairies.
Right now the ads are all about dieting - I hope it doesn't pertain to that last worm post. Or Maeve's groundhog mention.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 6, 2007 8:01:26 GMT -6
Ooooo, we have different ads up top this morning: cheese shredding and water-skiing. What's the correlation, I wonder?
Did you know that George's birthday, which is written in all the history books as February 22, 1732, is actually February 11, 1731? This is because when he was born, America was a British colony, and the British still used the "Julian" calendar. In 1752, the newer "Gregorian" calendar was adopted - which has an 11 day difference than the "Julian".
How does this affect appliance sales?
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Post by fallenangel on Feb 7, 2007 8:52:09 GMT -6
Coca-Cola was originally green.
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Post by dag614 on Feb 7, 2007 12:06:49 GMT -6
Coca-Cola was originally green. Bleeeh. Why is it that some foods just shouldn't be green. I'm Irish and I can't stomach the thought of green beer (well, until I've 10 or 12 of the regular colored ones). Remember when they came out with green ketchup? The boys insisted that we buy some and then no one could bear to dip a French fry in it. If you closed you eyes it tasted okay but the visual was awful. Twinkies don't have an expiration date.
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Post by Siren on Feb 7, 2007 20:54:39 GMT -6
Singer Suzy Bogguss has a degree in metalsmithing.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 11, 2007 22:50:38 GMT -6
When dormant in winter, the Redosier Dogwood can withstand temperatures as cold as liquid nitrogen (-313F), yet while actively growing, the same plant can be killed by temperatures only a few degrees below the freezing point of water.
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Post by Siren on Feb 13, 2007 23:51:30 GMT -6
Singer Tammy Wynette kept her beautician's license current for years after hitting it big in Nashville.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 16, 2007 15:12:49 GMT -6
Does the spice jar come with a warning label stating as such, and if so - ya gotta wonder why.
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