How Can U Live W/O Knowing These Things?
11-06-2003, 11:48 PM
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How Can U Live W/O Knowing These Things?
HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS?
1. Many years ago, in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...
and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
2. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
3. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
4. Coca-Cola was originally green.
5. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
6. The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:
Alaska
7. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)
8. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
9. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
10. The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
11. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
12. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
13. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
14. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
15. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
16. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
17. 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
18. 111,111,111 times 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace
22. Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession
23. Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
24. Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
25. Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
26. Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year?
A. Father's Day.
27. 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."
28. 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...
which we know today as the honeymoon.
29. In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got
unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down. It's
where we get the phrase "mind your P's and 'Q's"
30. 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.
~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~
31. At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
After I read number 5...i tried to lick my elbow...LOL!
1. Many years ago, in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...
and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
2. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
3. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
4. Coca-Cola was originally green.
5. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
6. The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:
Alaska
7. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)
8. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
9. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
10. The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
11. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
12. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
13. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
14. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
15. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
16. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
17. 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
18. 111,111,111 times 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace
22. Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession
23. Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
24. Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
25. Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
26. Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year?
A. Father's Day.
27. 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."
28. 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...
which we know today as the honeymoon.
29. In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got
unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down. It's
where we get the phrase "mind your P's and 'Q's"
30. 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.
~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~
31. At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
After I read number 5...i tried to lick my elbow...LOL!
11-08-2003, 01:31 AM
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Re: Re: How Can U Live W/O Knowing These Things?
Originally posted by Bluto
Not true.
Not true.
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11-08-2003, 01:34 AM
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11-25-2003, 06:59 AM
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11-25-2003, 10:30 AM
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Re: How Can U Live W/O Knowing These Things?
Originally posted by R1 YAMA MAN
HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS?
13. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS?
13. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
The youngest pope, John XII, was elected pope at the age of 18. the myth is being sown by anti-Catholics that the youngest man ever elected pope was just eleven or twelve years old -- and he is sometimes named as Benedict IX. The truth, however, is found in the Catholic Encyclopedia and in an article from a "Defending the Faith" site (by Fr. Joseph Brusher, S.J.), "The nephew of his two immediate predecessors, Benedict IX [became pope] when a mere youth, not, however, apparently of only twelve years of age ... but of about twenty (October, 1032)."
11-25-2003, 10:39 AM
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Re: How Can U Live W/O Knowing These Things?
Originally posted by R1 YAMA MAN
HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS?
11. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS?
11. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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