- It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. -It is impossible to lick your elbow. - You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. - The little bags of netting for gas lanterns (called 'mantles') are radioactive -- so much so that they will set of an alarm at a nuclear reactor. -Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. - To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs-it will let you go instantly. - In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. " - Every continent begins and ends in the same letter. eg AfricA, EuropE. - Every continent has a city called Rome. - The word "sophomore" means "sophisticated moron." - Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. - The electric chair was invented by a dentist. - Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do. - The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the english language. - No president of the United States was an only child. - TYPEWRITER, is one of the longest words that can be made using the letters only one row of the keyboard. - If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction - The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left. - A snail can sleep for 3 years. - American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. - China has more English speakers than the United States. - The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it. - The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night. - A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death. - Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants. - Stewardesses is one of the longest words typed with only the left hand. - Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump." - Marilyn Monroe had six toes. - If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white. - Women blink nearly twice as much as men. - The longest town name in the world has 167 letters. - The only thing that men compare with other men about who's is smaller is their cell fone. - The main reason that old woman go to the doctors alot is so that they can get attention from the doc's (you know what i mean =)) -No word in the English language rhymes with "month" -In a year the average person walks four miles making his or her bed -A goldfish's attention span is three seconds -A camel has 3 eyelids -You burn 20 calories per hour chewing gum -The average American will eat 35,000 cookies during his/her lifetime -Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treasury. -Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. -Coca-Cola was originally green. -The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska -The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% ( now get this...) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38% -The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400 -The average number of people airborne over the US at any given hour: 61,000 -Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. -The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910. -The youngest pope was 11 years old. -The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer. -Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments. -Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David; Hearts - Charlemagne; Clubs -Alexander; the Great Diamonds - Julius Caesar -111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 -If a park statue depicting a person on a horse with 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. -Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th-- John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the others who risked their life in this act of "treason" signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. -"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language -Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. -In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight". -It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the "honey month" we know today as the honeymoon. -In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's" -Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the Rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice. -In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled "Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden".... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language. -At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Icenhour: - The only thing that men compare with other men about who's is smaller is their cell fone.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I've heard two men discussing whose child support was smaller before...
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote Not true. It was originally called GOF in about 1580 odd when it was first 'invented' . Named after the binding that was used to create the golf balls that where made of duck feather and wrapped in tanned pig skin. This is from memory but the facts are essentially correct. * insert smug gobshite icon here *
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote North America and South America are recognised continents.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dubya: North America and South America are recognised continents.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> However true this may be, recognised still is not recognized in said continents... (Unless you count Canadia - but then again, who ever does?)
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lomo's Haus of Audio-Video Bliss: However true this may be, recognised still is not recognized in said continents... (Unless you count Canadia - but then again, who ever does?)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> aww i'm 1/2 canadian! and..i count?..well i'm cute anyways
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lomo's Haus of Audio-Video Bliss: However true this may be, recognised still is not recognized in said continents... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Awww what's an s and a z between old mates? # You say tomatoe I say tomato etc...#
