Today Is.....

[NJFemmie]

.... just .... wow.

[NJFemmie]

[NJFemmie]

Some information is better left unknown. Especially #50.


Some Things You Don't Need To Know

* 1- Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

* 2- Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

* 3- There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

* 4- The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

* 5- A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

* 6- There are more chickens than people in the world.

* 7- The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

* 8- On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.

* 9- All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

*10- No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.

*11- "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

*12- Almonds are a member of the peach family.

* 13- There are only 4 words in the English language which end in dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

* 14- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

* 15- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

* 16- Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

* 17- In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

* 18- Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

* 19- The characters Bert & Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."

* 20- A dragonfly has a life span of 1-6 months

* 21- A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.

* 22- It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

* 23- The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

* 24- In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

* 25- The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

* 26- The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

* 27- There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

* 28- The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

* 29- A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death.

* 30- A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

* 31- Elvis had a twin brother named Aaron, who died at birth, which is why Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron: in honor of his brother. It is also misspelled on his tomb stone.

* 32- Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

* 33- More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

* 34- Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. * 35- Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."

* 36- Marilyn Monroe had 6 toes on one foot. (not true, we're told!)

* 37- If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

* 38- Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

* 39- Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.

* 40- The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.

* 41- The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.

* 42- TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

* 43- The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.

* 44- A snail can sleep for 3 years.

* 45- American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

* 46- The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

* 47- Vatican City is the smallest country in the world with a population of 1,000 and a size of 108.7 acres.

* 48- "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

* 49- No president of the United states was an only child.

And last and definitely most important:

* 50- The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

[Diva]

Originally Posted by NJFemmie

.... just .... wow.

I'm pretty sure this guy lives in Austin!

[NJFemmie]

Originally Posted by Diva

I'm pretty sure this guy lives in Austin!

wow.
How the hell can he drive that thing???

[Diva]

Originally Posted by NJFemmie

wow.
How the hell can he drive that thing???

He probably just rolls the windows down and sits in the driveway and annoys the hell out of his neighbors with his pimped out car stereo.

[NJFemmie]

Originally Posted by Diva

He probably just rolls the windows down and sits in the driveway and annoys the hell out of his neighbors with his pimped out car stereo.

Are you telling me that you can actually FIND the stereo in this car????

*squinting* .... where .....

[Diva]

It's between the palm tree and Snoopy.




Do You KNOW how long I've waited for something to be between the palm tree and Snoopy?

[NJFemmie]

Originally Posted by Diva

It's between the palm tree and Snoopy.




Do You KNOW how long I've waited for something to be between the palm tree and Snoopy?

Gimme your glasses, cause I am not seeing them with mine.... oh wait... I think I see it.... *head tilt*

Palm tree..... snoopy.....
Perhaps this is something that should be on today's previously posted list?
*eyebrow raise* hmmm???!???

[SuperFemme]

today is a new day. happier. healthier, humbler.

[Bit]

Originally Posted by Diva

He probably just rolls the windows down and sits in the driveway and annoys the hell out of his neighbors with his pimped out car stereo.

He's driving in the pic--look out the clear space on the right hand side of the windshield, you can see the taillights of the cars ahead of him.

Ya gotta wonder how many tickets he's gotten for having his windshield so obscured. Wow.

[NJFemmie]

Originally Posted by Bit

He's driving in the pic--look out the clear space on the right hand side of the windshield, you can see the taillights of the cars ahead of him.

Ya gotta wonder how many tickets he's gotten for having his windshield so obscured. Wow.

You can see a clear space???? *adjusting glasses*

[Diva]

TODAY

~May 18th~

is


National Museum Day



National Visit Your Relatives Day



National Bonnet Appreciation Day




And
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Perry Como

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by NJFemmie

Some information is better left unknown. Especially #50.


Some Things You Don't Need To Know

* 1- Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

* 2- Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

* 3- There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

* 4- The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

* 5- A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

* 6- There are more chickens than people in the world.

* 7- The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

* 8- On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.

* 9- All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

*10- No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.

*11- "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

*12- Almonds are a member of the peach family.

* 13- There are only 4 words in the English language which end in dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

* 14- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

* 15- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

* 16- Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

* 17- In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

* 18- Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

* 19- The characters Bert & Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."

* 20- A dragonfly has a life span of 1-6 months

* 21- A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.

* 22- It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

* 23- The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

* 24- In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

* 25- The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

* 26- The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

* 27- There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

* 28- The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

* 29- A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death.

* 30- A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

* 31- Elvis had a twin brother named Aaron, who died at birth, which is why Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron: in honor of his brother. It is also misspelled on his tomb stone.

* 32- Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

* 33- More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

* 34- Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. * 35- Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."

* 36- Marilyn Monroe had 6 toes on one foot. (not true, we're told!)

* 37- If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

* 38- Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

* 39- Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.

* 40- The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.

* 41- The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.

* 42- TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

* 43- The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.

* 44- A snail can sleep for 3 years.

* 45- American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

* 46- The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

* 47- Vatican City is the smallest country in the world with a population of 1,000 and a size of 108.7 acres.

* 48- "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

* 49- No president of the United states was an only child.

And last and definitely most important:

* 50- The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

I actually knew a lot of these!

However, I did not know #46, but it does *not* surprise me in the least. Dentists are sadistic (but efficient) fucks.

[NJFemmie]

Someone is not lovin' the babooshka.

[NJFemmie]

(omg, these so made me chuckle)

[NJFemmie]

Medieval torture device at Prague Medieval Torture Instruments Museum


Sulabh International Museum of Toilets – New Delhi, India

(Now THAT'S a throne!)

[NJFemmie]

please welcome to the stage ....
Liberoachi!




Courtesy of the Pest Museum .....
...... only in Texas, folks.

[Diva]

TODAY

~May 19th~

is


National Frog Jumping Jubilee Day



National Turn Beauty Inside Out Day



National Chewing Gum Awareness Day




And
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Pete Townsend

[NJFemmie]

Fruity bologna?
(I sense an epic fail)


.... and never swallow your gum ... it's not good for you....