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 Posted - 10/12/2002 : 3:34:12 PM
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Facts that you didn't know you didn't know!!
If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrial or their vehicles?
In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not renumber the other channels assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.
Four sunken nuclear submarines sit at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. One, a Russian sub resting in deep water off of Bermuda, holds 16 live nuclear warheads. Scientists and oceanographers are unsure what the impact of the escaping plutonium will have, but warn that corrosion could create the proper chemical environment for a massive nuclear chain reaction.
On average, you will have eaten - accidentally or otherwise - 8 to 10 spiders in your lifetime. Generally while sleeping.
In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.
The venom in a Daddy Long-Legs spider is more poisonous than a Black Widow's or a Brown Recluse, but they cannot bite humans because their jaws won't open wide enough.
On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
Did you know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider?
A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
The average chocolate bar has eight insects' legs in it.
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
The female Praying Mantis seduces her mate by ripping his head off. This is because he can't have sex while his head is attached to his body.(Not tonite dear, I have a headache.)
A snail can sleep for 3 years.
A dentist invented the electric chair.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
Frenchman, Louis Lennormond invented the parachute 100 years before the airplane. It was designed to help people to jump from burning buildings.
Every time you lick a stamp, you're eating 1/10 of a calorie.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.(Lucky me, I was just thinking about trying this!)
In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
Cats have more than 100 vocal sounds, while dogs only have 10.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
Cats urine glows under a black-light.
Some lions mate more than 50 times a day.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.
Polar bears are left-handed.
Elephants are the only animal that can't jump.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
When oppossums are "playing possum", they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
Smartest dogs: 1) Scottish border collie; 2) Poodle; 3) Golden retriever. Dumbest: Afghan hound.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
A shrimp's heart is in their head.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
The Greek playwright Aeschylus was killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise on his head.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over 1 million descendants.
Rats and horses can't vomit.
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
Almonds are members of the peach family.
Nearly a third of all bottled drinking water purchased in the US is contaminated with bacteria.
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
No president of the United States was an only child.
Only President to win a Pulitzer: John F. Kennedy for Profiles in Courage.
If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
Everyday more money is printed for Monopoly than the US treasury.
On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.
The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (excluding the "North" in North America and the "South" in South America)
The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA.
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina delos Angeles de Porciuncula". And can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.
The longest town name in the world has 167 letters.
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors.
Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."
The average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing.
First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard. The top row.
Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
You are more likely to be struck by lightning than to be eaten by a shark.
The odds of being eaten by a shark are 30 million to one.
You are more likely to be infected by flesh-eating bacteria than you are to be struck by lightning.
The soft plastic headphones used on airplanes create a warm, moist environment in the ear canal that is ideal for breeding bacteria. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in you ear by 700 times.
On a plane, if the passenger in your seat on the incoming flight had serious gas, then you are sitting on a cushion full of disease-causing microbes.
If you urinate when swimming in a South American River, you may encounter the candiru. Drawn to warmth, this tiny fish is known to follow a stream of urine to its source, swim inside the body, and flare its barbed fins. It will remain firmly embedded in the flesh until surgically removed.
When a pilot light in a gas barbecue fails to ignite the gas jets properly, it is easy for you to inhale gas accidentally while trying to light it by hand. If this has happened, when the match does light, sometimes a trail of flame will blaze from the jet onto your mouth, filling your lungs with fire. Oddly enough, you would suffocate before burning to death as the flame would consume the oxygen in every breath you would take.
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
Our eyes always stay the same size from birth, but our noses and ears never stop growing.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
Sneezes leave the human body at 85 per cent the speed of sound.
It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you could rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.
People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
The pop you get when you crack your knuckles is actually a bubble of gas bursting.
Digestive Biscuits(Crackers)were invented to control flatulence(farting).
If you farted constantly for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas would be produced to create the energy of an atom bomb.
If you yelled for 8 years and 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
King Gustav of Sweden was so convinced that coffee was dangerous he sentenced a criminal to drink himself to death with it. The ‘execution’ lasted until the man was 83.
You can't kill yourself by just holding your breath.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes on her left foot.
Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron; in honor of his brother.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Paul Reiser himself.
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver".
Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents who are present and don't die throughout the movie.
Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland/Disney World: 70%
There's no Betty Rubble in Flintstones Chewable Vitamins.
Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z, hence "Oz."
The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life".
How about this...
The nursery rhyme 'Ring Around the Rosey' is a rhyme about the plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores ("Ring around the rosey..."), these sores smell very badly so common folks would put flowers on their bodies somewhere (inconspicuously), so that it would cover the smell of the sores ("...a pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned so as to reduce the possible spread of the disease ("...ashes, ashes, we all fall down!")
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1,000 and a size 108.7 acres.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring seperate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
The highest point in Pennslyvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
In Minnesota, it is illegal to cross state lines with a duck on your head.
In Indiana, it is illegal to ride public transportation for at least 30 minutes after eating garlic.
When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.
Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
China has more English speakers than the United States.
If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong.
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.
Saudi Arabia imports sand from Scotland and camels from North Africa.
Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7
Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%
Percentage of American women who say they'd marry the same man: 50%
35% of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
February 1855 was the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
Saturn’s density is so low that if it fell into a vast area of water, it would float
In Ancient Egypt, priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows.
Lovers in Elizabethan times would exchange "Love Apples" when plighting their troth. Peeled apples were kept under the respective armpits until saturated with sweat and then inhaled by male and female as a reminder of their love.
William Tell couldn’t have shot an apple from his son’s head with a crossbow because crossbows were unknown in Switzerland in the 13th century.
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them would burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
FUCK was originally an acronym used in English courts so they would not have to use the word RAPE, which was considered offensive. Forced Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, like SNAFU(Situation Normal All Fucked Up) or RADAR(RAdio Detecting And Ranging)
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
Homely criminals get 50% longer jail sentences, on average, than good-looking criminals.
More people working in advertising died on the job in 1996 than died while working in petroleum refining.
In 1994, electromagnetic interference (EMI) from a nearby cellular telephone captivated a power wheelchair at a scenic vista in Colorado, sending the passenger over a cliff.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl.
The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League all-stars Game.
Americans eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabetic Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta swastikas.
Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.
Coca cola was originally green.
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.(Hershey Squirts rejected for obvious reasons)
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.
In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.(See, your TIMe could have been put to better use than reading all of this senseless information)
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.(If you read this far, don't worry, they aren't talking about you)
Over 75% of people who read this tried to lick their elbow.
Last but not least: GULLIBLE is NOT in the dictionary.
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy
        
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Fluffy
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Posted - 10/12/2002 : 3:45:52 PM
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IN AN AVERAGE LIFE YOU WILL..
SPEND 12 YEARS WATCHING TELEVISION.
USE 2,574 ROLLS OF TOILET PAPER.
WALK 150,000 MILES.
EAT 7,800 LOAVES OF BREAD.
SLEEP FOR 25 YEARS.
SPEND NINE AND A HALF DAYS PUTTING OUR UNDIES ON.
TAKE 13,650 BATHS.
SHED 300LB OF SKIN.
GO THROUGH 600 PAIRS OF UNDERPANTS.(unless you live in West Germany)
BLINK 682 MILLION TIMES.
FLUSH THE TOILET 109,200 TIMES
Peace & Keep the Faith
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Fluffy
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Posted - 10/12/2002 : 4:05:20 PM
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Here are a few points to think about.
If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's
wealth and all 6 would be from the United States.
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1 would have a college education
1 would own a computer
When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent,doesnt it?
The following is also something to ponder...
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness...you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ...you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest,torture, or death...you are more blessed than three billion people in the world.
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof
overhead and a place to sleep...you are richer than 75% of this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a
dish someplace ... you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If your parents are still alive and still married ... you are very
rare, even in the United States and Canada.
If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.
Peace & Keep the Faith
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Fluffy
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Posted - 10/12/2002 : 4:27:20 PM
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Don't sweat petty things -- or pet sweaty things.
You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.
If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before.
Change is inevitable -- except from vending machines.
Plan to be spontaneous.............tomorrow.
Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now!!
Why do we put garmets in a suitcase,
and suits in a garmet bag?
If man evolved from monkeys and apes,
why do we still have monkeys and apes?
If you throw a cat out a car window does it become kitty litter?
What has four legs and an arm? A happy pit bull.
I started to change my shirt, but then I changed my mine instead.
Do you ever stop to think and then forget to start again?
A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking.
What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free?
Ninety-nine percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
"24 hours in a day... 24 beers in a case ... coincidence?" Clyde asked.
Clyde's Law: You can't fall off the floor.
Eagles may soar, but weasels aren't sucked into jet engines.
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
For Sale: Parachute. Only used once, never opened, small stain.
Experience is something you don't get until just AFTER you need it.
Having a Smoking Section in a restaurant is a little like having a peeing section in a pool!
To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
If pro is the opposite of con, then what is the opposite of progress?
A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell and make you feel happy to be on your way there.
Vital papers will demonstrate their vitality by moving from where you left them to where you can't find them.
The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think.
Paranoids are people too. They have their own problems. It's easy to criticize, but if everybody hated you, you'd be paranoid, too.
Borrow money from pessimists -- they don't expect it back.
Money can't buy happiness. But it sure makes misery easier to live with.
Money can't buy love. But it CAN rent a very close approximation.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film.
If you are given an open-book exam, you will forget your book. COROLLARY: If you are given a take-home test, you will forget where you live.
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
Nothing in the known universe travels faster than a bad check.
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.
Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.
If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
Two wrongs are only the beginning.
The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.
It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.
Always remember to pillage BEFORE you burn. "Have fun storming the castle!!"
Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.
.......and my favorite: For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
Peace & Keep the Faith
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Posted - 10/12/2002 : 5:14:45 PM
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aah, such timeless witticisms.
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KevinLesko
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Posted - 10/12/2002 : 5:38:43 PM
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If you farted constantly for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas would be produced to create the energy of an atom bomb.
pfft, I could do it in a week!
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KevinLesko
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 10/12/2002 : 5:40:47 PM
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Thanks for posting those! some great stuff in there. I'll be passing this critical information along to my friends.
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 10/12/2002 : 9:42:26 PM
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A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
How is that possible?
"Well you know boys, a nuclear reactor's a lot like a woman: you just have to read the manual and push the right button." - Homer |
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Erich with an h
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TalkingNeurons
Yak Addict
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Posted - 10/13/2002 : 8:41:47 PM
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Man, that stuff about the whole eating of the bugs thing...really makes you think... ugh...
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"Little or no expectations leave more room for experiences."
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GuitarGuy305
Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 10/13/2002 : 8:46:12 PM
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Isn't the song Hang On SLOOPY with an L?
Adam
Everybody's talkin' at me, I can't hear a word they're sayin'...Just driving 'round in Jon Voight's car...
Email: Guitar_Boy1@yahoo.com
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Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 10/13/2002 : 10:51:22 PM
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Man, that stuff about the whole eating of the bugs thing...really makes you think... ugh...
Yeah, haha. I hope I dont wake up in the middle of the night with a bad taste in my mouth....
"Oh come on boy think-what would Jesus do? He'd shake his head like an angry mother Smoke the boy and said I did what I could do." DMB-Raven |
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Fluffy
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Posted - 10/14/2002 : 03:53:04 AM
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GuitarGuy asked:quote:
Isn't the song Hang On SLOOPY with an L?
I was wondering when someone was gonna notice that. That was alot of typing, sorry if I made one or two typos. I noticed as soon as I posted it and decided not to change it to see if anyone commented on it. For greater detail:
The Ohio State Rock Song
Hang On Sloopy became the official Ohio State Rock Song by concurrent resolution. Like the official Ohio State Insect, it has never been passed into law.
A resolution is a formal expression of the Ohio General Assembly and does not require the signature of the Governor. A concurrent resolution requires the approval of both houses of the General Assembly but is not filed with the Secretary of State.
The official State Rock Song, Hang On Sloopy, was enacted through House Concurrent Resolution 16, 116th General Assembly, 1985-1986 Session.
AND SINCE I KNOW YOU ARE ALL ASKING YOURSELVES RIGHT ABOUT NOW, "What is the Ohio State Insect?":
The Ohio State Insect
The Ladybug has been designated as the official Ohio State Insect.
Being official and being law are two different things however. The Ladybug's status has never been passed into law. Instead, it became the official Ohio State Insect by resolution.
A resolution is a formal expression of the Ohio General Assembly and does not require the signature of the Governor. A concurrent resolution requires the approval of both houses of the General Assembly but is not filed with the Secretary of State.
The Ladybug was designated as the official state insect by Senate Concurrent Resolution 14, 111th General Assembly, 1975-1976 Session. The Ladybug is one of two official Ohio State Symbols that is not official by law. The other member of this lawless duo is the official State Rock Song.
Peace & Keep the Faith
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pcbTIM
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Posted - 10/14/2002 : 03:58:00 AM
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Man, that stuff about the whole eating of the bugs thing...really makes you think... ugh...
Yeah, haha. I hope I dont wake up in the middle of the night with a bad taste in my mouth....
Yeah........that's because you'll know I was there. 
"Well you know boys, a nuclear reactor's a lot like a woman: you just have to read the manual and push the right button." - Homer |
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Fluffy
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Posted - 10/14/2002 : 04:56:59 AM
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If you go to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch and ask nicely, the lady at the tourist information office will pronounce the name of her town. She gets asked that question at least 30 times a day. Originally the town had a shorter, easier to pronounce name: Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.
In the 1880s, in a joking attempt to attract tourists, a tailor added the rest of the syllables, bringing the total length to 58 letters. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch means;
"St. Mary's Church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the red cave."
The town is a scenic 15 minute drive from Caernarfon, home of one of the largest castles in Wales.
Did you know that Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is not the longest town name in the world? Thailand has a town whose name has 163 letters:
Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphopnop- paratrajathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathit- sakkattiyavisanukamprasit.
I CHALLENGE ANYONE TO PRONOUNCE EITHER ONE!! GEEZ!!!
Longest Place Names(continued)
There is some debate as to whether or not a place name is a legitimate word. Without entering that debate, let it be noted that the longest officially recognised place name in an English-speaking country is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu (85 letters) which is a hill in New Zealand.
The 58 letter name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is the famous name of a town in Wales in the United Kingdom. Critics, however, have alleged that the name (which was adopted in the mid 19th century) was contrived solely to be "the longest name of a town in Great Britain".
The longest place name in the United States is Winchester-on-the-Severn, a town in Maryland. The longest unhyphenated name in the U. S. is Mooselookmeguntic, a lake in Maine.
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A FEW MORE YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO PRONOUNCE:
There are endless debates over what is the longest word in the English language, and these debates revolve around the terms of consideration. If scientific or technical terms are allowed wholesale, then there is a potential for words of indescribable length, particularly in regard to the naming of organic and biological compounds such as proteins.
The longest word ever to appear in a non-technical dictionary of English is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis defined as a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust (Source: OED). This 45 letter word first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1936, and has also since appeared in the Webster's Third New International Dictionary (under the alternate spelling of -konioisis), the Random House Unabridged Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, to name but a few.
Even though this word is definitively the longest word ever included in a dictionary of general English, critics have complained that this word is still a technical term (specifically, a medical term), and hence not worthy of consideration as the "longest word in general usage".
Regardless whether one considers that complaint valid, there is yet another, more serious problem with the term, which is referred to by logologists as "p45", which is that the word is a hoax. In Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics, in several separate articles (May 1985, pp. 95-96; November 1986, pp. 205-206; May 1987, p. 82), researchers discovered that the word was made up wholesale in 1935 by by Everett M. Smith, president of the National Puzzler's League, as an example of a theoretical word that might one day enter use if trends in medical word coinage were to continue. Research into the body of medical literature prior to his usage in 1935 have never successfully shown that the word existed prior to his coinage.
His prediction seems to have been proven true by the 207,000+ letter word cited by the Guiness Book of World Records which allegedly represents the name for human mitochondrial DNA.
The well-known song-title from the movie Mary Poppins Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious with 34 letters does appear in several dictionaries, but only as a proper noun, and defined in reference to the song title. Hence it may well be dismissed as a "real" word.
The Guinness Book of Records in 1992 (and subsequent editions) declares the "longest real word" in the English language to be floccinaucinihilipilification at 29 letters. Defined as the act of estimating as worthless, its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741. In recent times its usage has been recorded in the proceedings of the US Senate (Senator Jesse Helms used the word in 1999 during the debate on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty [Randolph V. Cinco]) and at the White House (by Press Secretary Mike McCurry in his December 6, 1995, White House Press Briefing).
Antidisestablishmentarianism (A movement opposed to the separation of church and state) at 28 letters is popularly believed to be the longest word. It is arguably the "best-known".
Constructions
It should be noted that English is a language which permits the legitimate extension of existing words to serve new purposes by the addition of prefixes and suffixes. As an example, one of the longest words used in the Wikipedia is contraneoantidisestablishmentarianistically at 43 letters, (although there are reasons to believe this was somewhat contrived.) The length of this word is enhanced by the use of "contra" and especially the suffix "-alistically" which can frequently be added to words ending in "-tion" (eg. nationalistically, traditionalistically).
The word nonetheless is an interesting study in just how complex a word can legitimately be assembled. This word can be analysed as follows:
-disestablishment- - the separation of Church and State (specifically in this context it is the Political movement of the 1860's in Great Britain.)
disestablishment-arian - a person in support of the movement designed to bring about the above (hereafter called the 'first' movement).
anti-disestablishment-arian - a person belonging to the movement opposed to the first movement.
neo-anti-disestablishment-arian - a person belonging to the new version of the movement opposed to the first movement. (Appropriate because in this context the original antidisestablishment movement had become defunct).
contra-neo-anti-disestablishment-arian - a person belonging to the movement opposed to the new version of the movement opposed to the first movement.
contra-neo-anti-disestablishment-arian-alistically - behaving in the manner of a person belonging to the movement opposed to the new version of the movement opposed to the first movement.
Technical terms
An 1185-letter chemical term for the "Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Stain" was published in the American Chemical Society's Chemical Abstracts in 1972 and is considered by some to be the longest real word. It does hold the record for the longest word ever published in an English language publication in a serious context (ie. for some reason other than to publish a very long word).
Acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminylphenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylseryl-
valyltryptophylalanylaspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinylthreonylserylserylleucyl-
glycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanylglutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyltryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminyl-
serylthreonylvalylarginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosylarginyltyrosylasparaginylalanyl-
valylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucylthreonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonylarginyl-
asparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamylasparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonyl-
alanylglutamylthreonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartylalanylthreonylvalylalanyl-
isoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucylasparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonylphenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycyl-
leucylvalyltryptophylthreonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine
Place Names
There is some debate as to whether or not a place name is a legitimate word. Without entering that debate, let it be noted that the longest officially recognised place name in an English-speaking country is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu (85 letters) which is a hill in New Zealand.
The 58 letter name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is the famous name of a town in Wales in the United Kingdom. Critics, however, have alleged that the name (which was adopted in the mid 19th century) was contrived solely to be "the longest name of a town in Great Britain".
The longest place name in the United States is Winchester-on-the-Severn, a town in Maryland. The longest unhyphenated name in the U. S. is Mooselookmeguntic, a lake in Maine.
As a child, I knew that the longest word, without a doubt, was antidisestablishmentarianism. This was supposed to be the longest word in the dictionary, although I never took the time to look it up. (Webster's Third includes the latter portion of the word (disestablishmentarianism), but not the full "antidis..." form. Loosely translated, it means "against those who advocate the separation of church and state.") At 28 letters, this appeared to be impossible to beat.
However, Gyles Brandreth, who has made something of a living out of writing books about words and word play, does not even mention antidis… as a candidate. His Joy of Lex (1980) lists several possibilities. In order from smallest to largest, they are:
floccinaucinihilipilification
Until recently, this was the longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary. It means "the action of estimating as worthless," and dates from 1741. [29 letters]
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Coined for the movie Mary Poppins, this nonsense term is said to be the most widely known "long word." [34 letters]
praetertranssubstantiationalistically
An adverb used in the novel Untimely Ripped (1963), by Mark McShane. [37 letters]
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
This is a medical condition more commonly known as miner's lung disease. It is the longest word in Webster's Third New International Dictionary and in the Oxford English Dictionary. [45 letters]
bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonn thunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!
Not surprisingly, our spell-check program balked at this word, which was used by James Joyce in his famous novel, Finnegan's Wake (the third paragraph therein). [100 letters]
methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosyl . . . (approximately 1,860 letters omitted here) . . . threonylarginylserine
This is a portion of the complete chemical name for an enzyme more commonly known as tryptophan synthetase. It is a protein found in milk, thought to induce sleep. [1,913 letters]
mitochondrial DNA
According to the Guinness Book, a complete description of the nucleotide links making up human mitochondrial DNA was published in the April 9, 1981 issue of Nature. [approximately 207,000 letters]
Although Brandreth does not make value judgments about these unusual words, it is clear that there is a great difference between words that were coined for effect in a work of art or literature (factitious words), and those that are used often enough in a variety of sources to be included in a dictionary. Chemical names fall into the special category of technical jargon. Compound chemical names would seem to stretch the meaning of "word" as a "unit of language."
Of the candidates provided by Brandreth, I vote for "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" as the second largest word listed in any dictionary.
The largest word listed in any dictionary, of course, is "smiles." Smiles is indisputably the longest word in the English language, because there's a mile between the first and last letters. (Rim-shot, please, Mister Conductor.)
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The largest word listed in any dictionary, of course, is "smiles." Smiles is indisputably the longest word in the English language, because there's a mile between the first and last letters. (Rim-shot, please, Mister Conductor.)
If I were there I'd smack you in the back of the head.
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I found out a little more about "that town with the long name", the translation. How interesting:
The January 7, 1978, issue of the Chicago Daily News gave the name as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwillllantysiliogogogoch. Translated from Welsh, this name means "Church of Saint Mary in a hollow of white hazel, near to a rapid whirlpool and Saint Tysilio's Church of the red cave." (Note that the 1996 Guinness Book gives a couple of place names even longer than the above, but the Welsh village is the one people remember best.)
OTHER INTERESTING LANGUAGE STUFF I CAME ACROSS IN THE PROCESS:
What's the longest sentence in literature? According to Timothy Fullerton (Triviata: A Compendium of Useless Information, 1975), the longest sentence can be found in Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo. The sentence contains 823 words, 93 commas, 51 semi- colons, and four dashes.
SEE TERICEE, I DON'T HAVE TO USE PARAGRAPHS. I HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE WRITING STYLE OF VICTOR HUGO.(no matter how annoying it may be, HEHE)
How many verbs are there in the English language? We don't have an exact count, but we know how to find the answer. According to Professor Louis Milic of the Dictionary Society of North America, the five-volume English Word Speculum includes a volume subtitled the Reverse Part-of-Speech Word List. By counting the number of verb entries on a single page, and multiplying by the number of pages of verbs, one could estimate the total number. (The same, of course, would apply to nouns, adjectives, and the other parts of speech.)
THEREFORE, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO SEE JUST HOW MANY WORDS THERE ARE:
Tallying the Lingo
English is generally considered to be the richest language in the world, in no small part because of contributions from other nationalities and ethnic groups. Just how many words constitute this magnificent language of ours? Unfortunately, dictionaries and other reference sources give widely varying answers; for example:
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged - 450,000 words
Our Marvelous Native Tongue (1987), by Robert Claiborne - Author states that the total number of words "lies somewhere between 400,000 -- the number of current entries in the largest English dictionaries -- and 600,000 -- the largest figure that any expert is willing to be quoted on."
Oxford English Dictionary - 615,000 words
Guinness Book of Records 1996 - 616,500 words plus another 400,000 technical terms.
Kid's World Almanac of Records and Facts - 790,000 words.
Like Claiborne, language experts like Bill Bryson (The Mother Tongue, 1991) and Robert McCrum (The Story of English, 1992) remark on the discrepancies in the total number of words in the English language claimed by various sources. Claiborne mentions one reason for the wide range in estimates: the fact that many words have multiple meanings. Some authorities count the number of different meanings for a particular word, while others count it as a single word (for example, "love" can be something felt, something performed, or even a tennis score).
Dictionaries can also artificially inflate the claimed number of words in their pages by counting plurals of irregular and regular nouns (e.g., "man" and "men", but also "person" and "persons"), and various tenses of irregular verbs (swim, swimming, swam, swum). While these words are undoubtedly part of the English language, opinions differ as to whether they should be counted separately.
Publishers wanting to boost sales have an obvious interest in maximizing the number of words claimed on the jacket cover of a dictionary. The uninformed consumer, faced with a choice between two dictionaries -- one of which has 50,000 "words" more than the other -- is more likely to choose the more verbose book. This, despite the fact that the dictionary which reports fewer words may simply be counting the number of entries (many entries having multiple word forms), while the competitor counts every word form in every entry. Using the example given above, one publisher might tally "love" reasonably as one word (entry), while another may count it as three.
Occupational and technical jargon, as well as cultural slang, represent an enormous, largely uncounted portion of the English vocabulary. If one were to include these words in the overall count, experts say the addition would range from "a half million" (McCrum) to "millions more" (Bryson). Gyles Brandreth (Joy of Lex; also see the following article) estimates that there are more than a million chemical names, more than a million plant species, and more than a million insect species names.
Finally, the language is constantly changing. As people coin new words and old words fall into disuse, the number of words may fluctuate on a daily basis. The most important count for your patrons to remember is the one given by Bryson: "Altogether, about 200,000 English words are in common use." Compare this to German, which has a total vocabulary of 185,000 words, and French, with fewer than 100,000. There is no doubt that English has the most varied vocabulary in the world, but most of us use a very small portion of it to express ourselves. According to the Guinness Book of Records, William Shakespeare employed a vocabulary of only 33,000 words.
IN SHORT, THERE IS NO OFFICIAL COUNT OF WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Is anyone reading all this, or am I just wasting my TIMe posting it? I found it all quite interesting.
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Looks like it is TIMe for a Flaming Moe and a few more fun facts!
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The Mercedes-Benz motto is 'Das Beste oder Nichts' meaning 'the best or nothing.'
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
The WD in WD40 means "water displacement."
The 40 in WD40 comes from the 40 attempts at creating this product.
The study of soil is paedology.
Another term for pure china clay is Kaolin.
Speleology is the study of caves.
The search for the existence of ghosts is eidology.
Calcium sulfate hemihydrate is more commonly known as Plaster of Paris.
The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds. That makes the catfish rank #1 for animal having the most taste buds.
The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.(I've tried this, it's TRUE!!)
Starfish haven't got brains.
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.(I must have 3 or 4 other peoples credit cards in that case)
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.(How fair is that)
One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers - they saw it as competition.(How fair is that)
A sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure.
The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.(Hope I never confirm this the HARD WAY)
Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.
The word diastima is the word for having a gap between your teeth.
"Brunet" means "gay" in Brazil.(HEY, what is that saying about my mom, Brunetta? BRAZILIAN BASTARDS!!)
Pants was considered a dirty word in England.
2 QUICK UPDATES TO THE EARLIER LIST:
If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human's neck.
As well as, "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", also "pack my box with five dozen of liquor jugs" uses every letter in the English language.
NOW BACK TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED FACT FINDING MISSION:
The words: facetious, abstemious, and arsenious all contain the five vowels in their correct order.
The dot above the letter "i" is called a tittle.
In the English Language, the word "set" has the most definitions.
The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."
ONE MORE TIMe, IN SHORT FORM:
The longest non-medical word in the English language is floccipausinihilipilification (29 letters), which means "the act of estimating as worthless."
The second longest non-medical word in the English language is antidisestablishmenterianism (28 letters).
The longest medical word in the English language (according to Oxford) is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosises (plural). It contains 47 letters and means: a lung disease caused by inhalation of minute particles of silica dust.
SEE ABOVE POSTS FOR A MORE IN DEPTH DISCUSSION ON THE LENGTH OF WORDS.
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ZANZIBAR!!!
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No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
Upon further reflection, I realized that this list is not complete. It seems to be missing a few. No word in the English language rhymes with:
Mooselookmeguntic
floccipausinihilipilification
antidisestablishmenterianism
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
praetertranssubstantiationalistically
contraneoantidisestablishmentarianistically
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosises(the plural)
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonn thunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk
Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphopnop- paratrajathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathit- sakkattiyavisanukamprasit.
methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosyl . . . (approximately 1,860 letters omitted here) . . . threonylarginylserine
OR ESPECIALLY:
Acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminylphenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylseryl-
valyltryptophylalanylaspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinylthreonylserylserylleucyl-
glycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanylglutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyltryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminyl-
serylthreonylvalylarginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosylarginyltyrosylasparaginylalanyl-
valylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucylthreonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonylarginyl-
asparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamylasparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonyl-
alanylglutamylthreonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartylalanylthreonylvalylalanyl-
isoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucylasparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonylphenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycyl-
leucylvalyltryptophylthreonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine
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Oh yeah?! Well how about.....
Acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminylphenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylseryl-
valyltryptophylalanylaspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinylthreonylserylserylleucyl-
glycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanylglutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonyl-
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyltryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminyl-
serylthreonylvalylarginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosylarginyltyrosylasparaginylalanyl-
valylleucylaspartylprolylleucylisoleucylthreonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalanylaspartylthreonylarginyl-
asparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylvalylglutamylasparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonylthreonyl-
alanylglutamylthreonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspartylaspartylalanylthreonylvalylalanyl-
isoleucylarginylserylalanylasparaginylisoleucylasparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycyl-
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonylphenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycyl-
leucylvalyltryptophylthreonylserylalanylprolylalanylsOrine
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Did you two start taking drugs when I wasn't looking?
teri 
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When were you looking?
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The venom in a Daddy Long-Legs spider is more poisonous than a Black Widow's or a Brown Recluse, but they cannot bite humans because their jaws won't open wide enough.
I call bullshit on this one. I know I know, you read it on the internet, so that makes it true, but I still would have to have more proof. I'm going to look sometime and find out. Maybe soon. Maybe now.
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The Pholcidae, or daddy long legs spiders, is a large family with a worldwide distribution. In South Africa there are 3 genera; Pholcus, Smeringopus and Spermaphora. These spiders are harmless to man as their jaws are unable to penetrate human skin and the venom dose is also too minute. Spider specialists are often asked if it is true that, of all the spiders, the pholcids have the deadliest venom and the only reason there are no human fatalities is because of the small size of the jaws. There is no documentation on this. The venom is neurotoxic and is deadly to the prey.
Ok, I'd like to point out at this point something that I either didn't know or had forgotten (which would probably mean that I didn't know it...anyway). There are at least two creatures called "daddy long legs." One is a spider, and the quote above describes it.
The other, and what I am in fact thinking of when I hear daddy long legs (or as we call then here "granddaddy long legs") is actually neither a spider nor an insect. I find that interesting in itself. These are what is called a harvestmen. They have a body that is fused (head, thorax and abdomen appear as one little ball), unlike spiders (and the other daddy long legs) which have three distinct parts.
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Originally posted by enthuTIMsiast
So now I've answered my question.
Hehe....reminds me of SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy when Trebek tells them to write down their own question and then answer it.
Catherine Zeta Jones writes "What is the sound a doggy makes?"
She answers "?????"
Trebek: You don't know? You couldn't answer your own question!"
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Posted - 10/23/2002 : 08:18:19 AM
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Speaking of HARD questions, here are a few for everybody. I have provided the answers below, but no cheating, unless you are REALLY stupid.
(Passing requires 4 correct answers)
1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
3) From which animal do we get catgut?
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
7) What was King George VI's first name?
8) What color is a purple finch?
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
(PLAY INANE GAME SHOW MUSIC HERE)
All done? Check your answers below!
Drumroll Puleez!!!!!!
ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ
1) How long did the Hundred Years War last? - 116 years
2) Which country makes Panama hats? - Ecuador
3) From which animal do we get cat gut? - Sheep and Horses
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? - November
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? - Squirrel fur
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? - Dogs
7) What was King George VI's first name? - Albert
8) What color is a purple finch? - Crimson
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from? - New Zealand
WHAT! DO YOU MEAN YOU FAILED?!!!!!!!!!!
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"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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pcbTIM
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Posted - 10/23/2002 : 6:04:55 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Fluffy
WHAT! DO YOU MEAN YOU FAILED?!!!!!!!!!!
Nope. I got them all correct. I am that smart. |
Gay marriage killed the dinosaurs. |
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enthuTIMsiast
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 10/23/2002 : 6:18:21 PM
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| But no letter from MENSA for you. |
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I am not the albatross of love, I am the human ellipsis. I am dot dot dot. - Leo Kottke
I hate beating people over the head with anything. We can all make up our own minds. What we don’t have is enough music. More music please. - Leo Kottke |
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pcbTIM
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Posted - 10/23/2002 : 6:20:35 PM
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| I guess I'm too smart for them. After all, I'd turn them down even if they asked me to join.......I wouldn't want to make them look bad. |
Gay marriage killed the dinosaurs. |
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enthuTIMsiast
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Posted - 10/23/2002 : 7:45:49 PM
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| I don't think you have to worry about making them look bad. |
Tim Reynolds Downloads
I am not the albatross of love, I am the human ellipsis. I am dot dot dot. - Leo Kottke
I hate beating people over the head with anything. We can all make up our own minds. What we don’t have is enough music. More music please. - Leo Kottke |
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Fleabass76
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Posted - 10/23/2002 : 11:22:41 PM
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You're all retarded. Here, let me give you the real answers:
1.)False
2.)False
3.)C.
4.)True
5.)None of the above
6.)True
7.)All of the above
8.)a.
9,)False
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Robots are the enemy? Hmm... |
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enthuTIMsiast
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 10/24/2002 : 12:16:23 AM
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| Damn, I put true for one and nine. |
Tim Reynolds Downloads
I am not the albatross of love, I am the human ellipsis. I am dot dot dot. - Leo Kottke
I hate beating people over the head with anything. We can all make up our own minds. What we don’t have is enough music. More music please. - Leo Kottke |
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 10/24/2002 : 12:21:32 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by Fleabass76
Man, you guys must have gone to public school or something...
Don't tell my mom that. She'd go nuts after spending all that money on private schools. |
Gay marriage killed the dinosaurs. |
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Fluffy
Administrator
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Posted - 11/20/2002 : 1:07:40 PM
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On July 15, Paul Castle of CBC Radio's Information Morning in Saint John, New Brunswick, called the Origins Guy, James Watson, as part of the That's a Good Question feature. A listener asked: "Why is it that pounds are abbreviated 'lb.' and likewise, why are ounces abbreviated 'oz.'" Here is James's reply:
What's your sign? See, I don't know much about Latin beyond the signs of the zodiac. If you were born after September 23, you'd be a Libra. Libra is the Latin word for "scales". The ancient Romans also had a unit of measurement called a libra, that eventually became known in English as the pound. However, we kept the Latin for the abbreviation, "lb."
"Ounces" also comes from Latin -- the word uncia. This means one twelfth, as in one twelfth of a pound. The word "inch," one twelfth of a foot, also comes from this Latin word. The word evolved into the Italian word onza, which is where the abbreviation "oz." comes from.
Of course, we trace our linguistic heritage to England. In the 1400s England traded with Italy quite a bit in wool, and that's probably why we adopted a more international flavour to our abbreviations for weight.
You'll find a few other abbreviations in English that come from Latin, although I can't think of any others for measurements. There's "e.g.," for example, which doesn't stand for "eggsample" but for the Latin phrase exempli gratia.
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"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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Fluffy
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Posted - 11/27/2002 : 06:36:44 AM
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| The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter piots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards." |
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy
"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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pcbTIM
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Posted - 11/27/2002 : 09:10:55 AM
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| That has been something I've always wondered. I, like most people, probably thought it originated from football......but I couldn't understand why it was 9 and not 10. Now I know. |
Gay marriage killed the dinosaurs. |
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Fluffy
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Posted - 12/02/2002 : 05:34:04 AM
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All you Beavis and Buttheads should get a big laugh out of these. I wouldn't be surprised if our resident teabag, pcbdmb, sent some of these in. HEHE ENJOY!!
LETTERS TO THE COUNCIL
These are extracts from actual letters sent to various councils and Housing associations throughout the UK:
1. I want some repairs done to my cooker as it has backfired and burnt my knob off.
2. I wish to complain that my father hurt his ankle very badly when he put his foot in the hole in his back passage.
3. And their 18 year old son is continually banging his balls against my fence.
4. I wish to report that the tiles are missing from the outside toilet roof. I think it was that bad wind the other night that blew them off.
5. I am writing on behalf of my sink, which is coming away from the wall.
6. Will you please send someone to mend the garden path, my wife tripped and fell on it yesterday and now she is pregnant?
7. I request permission to remove my drawers in the kitchen. 50% of the walls are damp, 50% have crumbling plaster and the rest are plain filthy.
8. The toilet is blocked and we cannot bath the children until it is cleared.
9. Will you please send a man to look at my water? It is a funny colour and not fit to drink.
10. Our lavatory seat is broken in half and is now in three pieces.
11. I want to complain about the farmer across the road, every morning at 6:00am his cock wakes me up and its now getting too much for me.
12. The man next door has a large erection in the garden, which is unsightly and dangerous.
13. Our kitchen floor is damp. We have two small children and would like a third so please send someone round to do something about it.
14. I am a single woman living in a downstairs flat and would you please do something about the noise made by the man I have on top of me every night.
15. Please send a man with the right tool to finish the job and satisfy my wife.
16. I have had the clerk of the works down on the floor six times but I still have had no satisfaction.
17. My bush is really overgrown round the front and my back passage has fungus in it.
18. He's got this huge tool that vibrates the whole house and I just can't take it any more. |
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy
"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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Fluffy
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Posted - 12/02/2002 : 10:44:15 PM
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| What kind of mind is it that can notice that "two plus eleven" and "one plus twelve" not only give the same result but use the same letters? BIZARRE!!!!!!! |
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy
"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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Fluffy
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Posted - 12/06/2002 : 05:31:17 AM
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This computer-generated pangram contains six A's, one B, three C's, three D's, thirty-seven E's, six F's, three G's, nine H's, twelve I's, one J, one K, two L's, three M's, twenty-two N's, thirteen O's, three P's, one Q, fourteen R's, twenty-nine S's, twenty-four T's, five U's, six V's, seven W's, four X's, five Y's, and one Z.
This is not really a puzzle, merely a curious and clever piece of text. How long do you think it took someone to figure this little masterpiece out? I think they had too much TIMe on their hands. HEHE
THIS ONE IS A PUZZLE:
Study this paragraph and all things in it. What is vitally wrong with it? Actually, nothing in it is wrong, but you must admit that it is most unusual. Don't just zip through it quickly, but study it scrupulously. With luck you should spot what is so particular about it and all words found in it. Can you say what it is? Tax your brains and try again. Don't miss a word or a symbol. It isn't all that difficult...?
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Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy
"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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PJK
Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 12/06/2002 : 06:27:47 AM
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I'll try this one later...my brain is still asleep! |
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 12/06/2002 : 10:59:52 AM
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| The paragraph is missing the most common letter in the English language........E |
Gay marriage killed the dinosaurs. |
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Fluffy
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Posted - 12/07/2002 : 05:44:50 AM
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| Sorry PJK, you snooze you lose! pcbTIM got it. Good EyE!! |
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy
"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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Fluffy
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Posted - 12/07/2002 : 06:03:32 AM
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But you got this one!
Adam had none. Eve had two. Everyone nowadays has three. What is being discussed?
What occurs twice in a lifetime, but once in every year. Twice in a week but never in a day?
What is being described here:
The beginning of eternity.
The end of time and space.
The beginning of every end.
The end of every place.
PJK answered: quote:
Answer "the letter e" too E-asy!!!!!
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Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy
"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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Fluffy
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Posted - 12/18/2002 : 04:33:14 AM
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This computer-generated pangram contains six A's, one B, three C's, three D's, thirty-seven E's, six F's, three G's, nine H's, twelve I's, one J, one K, two L's, three M's, twenty-two N's, thirteen O's, three P's, one Q, fourteen R's, twenty-nine S's, twenty-four T's, five U's, six V's, seven W's, four X's, five Y's, and one Z.
This is not really a puzzle, merely a curious and clever piece of text. How long do you think it took someone to figure this little masterpiece out? I think they had too much TIMe on their hands. HEHE
THIS ONE IS A PUZZLE:
Study this paragraph and all things in it. What is vitally wrong with it? Actually, nothing in it is wrong, but you must admit that it is most unusual. Don't just zip through it quickly, but study it scrupulously. With luck you should spot what is so particular about it and all words found in it. Can you say what it is? Tax your brains and try again. Don't miss a word or a symbol. It isn't all that difficult...?
ANSWER from pcbTIM:The paragraph is missing the most common letter in the English language........E |
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy
"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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enthuTIMsiast
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Posted - 12/19/2002 : 11:34:28 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by Fluffy: This computer-generated pangram contains six A's, one B, three C's, three D's, thirty-seven E's, six F's, three G's, nine H's, twelve I's, one J, one K, two L's, three M's, twenty-two N's, thirteen O's, three P's, one Q, fourteen R's, twenty-nine S's, twenty-four T's, five U's, six V's, seven W's, four X's, five Y's, and one Z.
That's really neat.. I didn't catch what it was at first... but now that I get it it's neat. And Fluffy, I don't imagine it took as long as you think to make that. Like it says, it's a computer program, and so the program just had to be written the text didn't actually have to be figured out by the author. |
Tim Reynolds Downloads
I am not the albatross of love, I am the human ellipsis. I am dot dot dot. - Leo Kottke
I hate beating people over the head with anything. We can all make up our own minds. What we don’t have is enough music. More music please. - Leo Kottke |
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genome
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Posted - 12/19/2002 : 5:27:38 PM
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Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
That last part is a big 'der.' you can't slip anything past the wife. |
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Fluffy
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Posted - 01/03/2003 : 04:10:28 AM
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| Thanx enthuTIMsiast, I hadn't caught that. I guess with computers anything is possible and made alot easier than the old fashioned way of doing things, but imagine if you had to figure it out, WHATTA PAIN!!! |
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy
"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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Fluffy
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Posted - 01/24/2003 : 4:21:19 PM
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| TTT for CPPJames |
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy
"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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CPPJames
Yak Addict
Fyro Macedonia
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Posted - 01/24/2003 : 7:26:51 PM
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| What's TTT?! |
There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those that understand binary, and those that don't. |
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tericee
Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 01/24/2003 : 8:05:19 PM
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to the top
cute, huh? |
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CPPJames
Yak Addict
Fyro Macedonia
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Posted - 01/25/2003 : 12:10:34 PM
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| Quite =). |
There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those that understand binary, and those that don't. |
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Fluffy
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Posted - 07/06/2003 : 7:56:00 PM
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Blast from the past!!!
When you have some TIMe read thru this thread, there is some fun stuff in here! |
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy
"THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH-- A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE..." -Hunter S. Thompson |
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peewee_zz
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Posted - 03/16/2006 : 12:29:24 PM
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Facts that you didn't know you didn't know!!
Polar bears are left-handed.
When was the last time you saw a Polar Bear try to write or swing a bat? |
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peewee_zz
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Posted - 03/16/2006 : 12:43:42 PM
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Paradoxes
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Oxymorons....
1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?
2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?
3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?
4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?
6. Why do "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?
7. Why do "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?
8. Why do "tug" boats push their barges?
9. Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?
10. Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?
11. Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?
12. Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?
13. Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?
14. Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?
15. Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?
16. If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it?
17. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
18. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
19. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?
20. Why is bra singular and panties plural?
21. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead?
22. Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?
23. How come abbreviated is such a long word?
24. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?
25. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
26. Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one?
27. Christmas oxymoron: What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks?
28. Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
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Crazy stuff ---REVISED
Oxymorons....
1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?
YES
2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?
Because it measures seconds. It is also the second longest on my clock.
3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?
The definition for the word Chick being a woman was added as a joke. The words Daemon and Colour are spelled wrong in the dictionary.
4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
Words at the time were spelled however that language would phonetically spell them. Webster picked his own phonetics to all of the common words and standardized them. At this current time English laws are still word of mouth. Shouldn't this be more alarming?
5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?
I don't say that!
6. Why do "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?
They don't, and I don't say slow up either.
7. Why do "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?
Fat chance is a sarcastic reply. Slim chance is a more serious and descriptive phrase.
8. Why do "tug" boats push their barges?
Because they are not tow boats. However Tugboats do pull and were invented to pull. http://www.baycrossings.com/Archives/2002/02_March/new_york_report_new_york_harbor_history.htm
9. Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?
The song was originally written in a subway by someone who had never seen a baseball game. It features 2 verses with a variation made in 1928. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_me_out_to_the_ball_game
10. Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?
It is short for Grandstands which are the seating at a racetrack
11. Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?
Because it is after the point in which the darkness started.
12. Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?
No
13. Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?
They are not. A wise man can be a wise guy
14. Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?
Because overlook describes a structure that looks over something else. Oversee comes from the concept of an overseer which is a synonym for Super intendent. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=overlook&searchmode=none
15. Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?
Because the word stems from the greek word phone. There was no F in greek but there was a PHI.
16. If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it?
That's what makes it so terrific!
17. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
Heaven
18. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
Intement Brands (IBI) which owns Victoria secret fell 1.86% today. http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=IBI
19. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?
If Hellen Keller could do it, I'm sure they could if they tried hard enough.
20. Why is bra singular and panties plural?
Maybe that's why IBI's stock is falling
21. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead?
Because if the conducting materials are together longer, it has more of a chance to make contact
22. Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?
I don't own any garments that I'm aware of, nor do I own any garment bags
23. How come abbreviated is such a long word?
So that it can be abbreviated.
24. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?
The body is actually cleaned by the greese that the skin and hair produces. Soap merely washes this greese off. That's what's on your bath towel.
25. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
Because if it did, it wouldn't be sellable.
26. Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one?
The collection of TUBES used to make up the television
27. Christmas oxymoron: What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks?
None
28. Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
Because it's dumb to call them "flats"
New additions:
29. I always lie.
30. Is there a synonym for Thesaurus?
31. Why do you send a shipment by car and cargo by ship?
32. Why do they call them Hemeroids? Shouldn't they be called asteroids?
33. Knowing that cats always land on their feet and bread always lands butter side down, what would happen if you strap a peice of butter bread on a cats back?
34. What's the speed of dark?
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Hopeful Rolling Waves
Alien Abductee
South Sandwich Islands
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Posted - 03/16/2006 : 1:56:41 PM
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| Again, what the hell are you doing? Go back to the Christian Intolerance Boards and display your poor humor there. |
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Fluffy
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Posted - 03/16/2006 : 4:03:38 PM
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33. Knowing that cats always land on their feet and bread always lands butter side down, what would happen if you strap a peice of butter bread on a cats back?
Who knew that this would explain TR, aliens and UFO's?
First the source of the forces must be understood. The force acting on the
bread is not the butter, as some may think. Without the bread, butter
wouldn't land bread side up, and therefore the force could not possibly be
in the butter. We know the force is not the bread because it has been
experimentally proven that bread does not land any particular side down
without butter. The bread/butter force is caused by the fusing of bread and
butter particles together. This fusion causes energy to be released in the
form of shifting gravity and anti-gravity energy to opposite sides of the
bread/butter continuum. The gravity energy naturally shifts to the butter
since it is denser then the bread, while the anti-gravity energy shifts to
the bread side.
The energy in a cat for landing on its feet comes from the feet themselves.
This has been proven experimentally. Cats without feet have a near zero
success rate of landing on their feet. We will call this energy cat foot
energy.
Considering the equal but opposing bread/butter and cat foot forces one
would expect the cat to spin violently about its axis. However the strength
of these forces must be considered. A regular cat is not structurally
stable enough to withstand the torque the spinning causes. I should not
have to describe the way the cat's limbs give way, the way the legs wrench
around until the feet are on the same side of the cat as the butter. And
thus the cat can then land on its feet, butter side down.
We are now researching the possibility of using structurally reinforced
cats for levitation systems, but so far the cost is too high to be
practical. Several attempts at producing economically viable systems were
made by separating the feet so that the instability of the cat would not be
a factor. At first there was dificulty because there was no cat to tie the
bread to. Later it was discovered that when not attached to a cat the feet
lost their cat foot force over time. It is hypothesized that the feet need
to be living to exert the cat foot force, and so far no practical method
has been found for keeping the feet alive other than a cat.
Attempts are also being made to breed flat cats with no legs (only feet).
There are many other problems related with this method of levitation as you
may well imagine, but they are beyond the scope of this discussion.
Harold G Sputsberry PHD
Institute for Alternative Energy Research
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/scijokes/2_21.html#subindex
MORE ON THE SUBJECT:
The Secret of Antigravity...
Q: If you drop a buttered piece of bread, it will fall on the floor butter-side down. If a cat is dropped from a window or other high and towering place, it will land on its feet, But what if you attach a buttered piece of bread, butter-side up to a cat's back and toss them both out the window? Will the cat land on its feet? Or will the butter splat on the ground?
A: Even if you are too lazy to do the experiment yourself you should be able to deduce the obvious result. The laws of butterology demand that the butter must hit the ground, and the equally strict laws of feline aerodynamics demand that the cat can not smash its furry back. If the combined construct were to land, nature would have no way to resolve this paradox. Therefore it simply does not fall.
That's right you clever mortal (well, as clever as a mortal can get), you have discovered the secret of antigravity! A buttered cat will, when released, quickly move to a height where the forces of cat-twisting and butter repulsion are in equilibrium. This equilibrium point can be modified by scraping off some of the butter, providing lift, or removing some of the cat's limbs, allowing descent.
Most of the civilized species of the Universe already use this principle to drive their ships while within a planetary system. The loud humming heard by most sighters of UFOs is, in fact, the purring of several hundred tabbies. The one obvious danger is, of course, if the cats manage to eat the bread off their backs they will instantly plummet. Of course the cats will land on their feet, but this usually doesn't do them much good, since right after they make their graceful landing several tons of - starship and off aliens crash on top of them.
And now a few words on solving the problem of creating a ship using the aforementioned anti-gravity device. One could power a ship by means of cats held in suspended animation (say, about -190 degrees Celsius) with buttered bread strapped to their backs, thus avoiding the possibility of collisions due to temperamental felines. More importantly, how do you steer, once the cats are all held in stasis?
I offer a modest proposal: We all know that wearing a white shirt at an Italian restaurant is a guaranteed way to take a trip to the Laundromat. Plaster the outside of your ship with white shirts. Place four nozzles symmetrically around the ship, which is, of course, saucer shaped. Fire tomato sauce out in proportion to the directions you want to go. The ship, drawn by the shirts, will automatically follow the sauce. If you use T-shirts, you won't go as fast as you would by using, say, expensive dress shirts. This does not work as well in deep gravity wells, since the tomato sauce (now falling down a black hole, perhaps) will drag the ship with it, despite the counter force of the anti-gravity cat/butter machine. Your only hope at that point is to jettison enormous quantities of Tide. This will create the well-known Gravitational Tidal Force.
AND THE RESPONSE TO THIS from a fan of the experimental scientific method: This is a clear case of the difference between theoretical and experimental science. Experimental science demonstrates that nature does not "resolve" paradoxes, it simply prevents them from arising in the first place. In this case, that prevention was apparently caused by an old scientific axiom -- the act of performing an experiment may invalidate its outcome. The most well known example of this is the Heisenberg uncertainty principle from physics. Recognizing that something similar might be going on, the suggested experiment was performed 100 times using 100 volunteer experimenters, 100 slices of buttered bread, and 100 (uncooperative) cats. Results are summarized below:
51 cases reported that the cat escaped prior to being configured for the experiment.
24 cases reported that the cat delivered sufficient damage to the bread holding apparatus that the experiment could not be performed.
23 cases reported that the cat delivered sufficient damage to the experimenter that the experiment could not be performed.
1 case reported that the bread revolved around the cat until the butter side was face down on the cat's belly, at which point the cat landed on its feet and the bread landed butter side down.
Two cases failed to report their results, but the labs in which the experiments were planned to take place are now rubble. In both cases, bloody cat prints were seen leading away from the epicenter of the devastation.
Zero cases reported any observable antigravity.
Although results are preliminary, we believe the cat-butter paradox is prevented from ever happening by what we have tentatively called "the certainty principle" -- that any cat facing this experiment is certain to be an unwilling participant.
Disclaimer: No actual cats were injured in the course of these experiments. Alas, the same cannot be said for bread (or experimenters).
Jay Elkes – Expert in cat diagnostics and buttering bread
http://quark.physics.uwo.ca/~harwood/antigravity.html
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Don't rip off what I've posted earlier or anything
http://www.timreynolds.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6663
I wonder if Hopefully Rolling Waves enjoyed it as much when I posted it the first time.
~sorry to involve you in this fluffy. Hopefully has started a war and you had to be hit by the shrapnel.~
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