Tell me something I don't know

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:31 pm

I never fall for that stuff...

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs. Now the real question regarding this tidbit... why would you lead a cow up or down stairs? :wah: This does lead into another little known bit of information... does anyone know why there are spiral staircases in firehouses?

koan · Post by **koan** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:33 pm

G-man wrote: I never fall for that stuff...

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs. Now the real question regarding this tidbit... why would you lead a cow up or down stairs? :wah:

In case you get thirsty and your bedroom is on the second floor.

If you want to mooove a cow I hope you don't fall lest it follow your descent.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:14 am

weber wrote: The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the

name of the Don McLean song.):guitaristI never knew that!:)

chocoholic · Post by **chocoholic** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 6:32 am

A man called Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately 69 years!:(

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 6:40 am

The distance from Villa Park in Birmingham to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff is 101.6 miles, which is the same number of millimetres in an inch

chocoholic · Post by **chocoholic** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:38 am

Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:42 am

chocoholic wrote: Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!
Its hard to get struck by lightning sitting on the couch eating bon bons watching soap operas. Just kidding calm down.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:46 am

YZGI wrote: Its hard to get struck by lightning sitting on the couch eating bon bons watching soap operas. Just kidding calm down.
:wah:

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:53 am

YZGI wrote: Its hard to get struck by lightning sitting on the couch eating bon bons watching soap operas. Just kidding calm down.

:yh_rotfl

yea, well, all you guys walking around the golf course with your little lightening rods might have something to do with it. :rolleyes:

cars · Post by **cars** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:54 am

"Inflation" is so sharp, it cuts your money in half without touching it! :wah:

zinkyusa · Post by **zinkyusa** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:55 am

guppy wrote: :yh_rotfl

yea, well, all you guys walking around the golf course with your little lightening rods might have something to do with it. :rolleyes:

I like to hold my clubs in my teeth when it's storming..:yh_idea

chocoholic · Post by **chocoholic** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:59 am

Fingernails grow 4 times faster than toenails:)

minks · Post by **minks** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:14 am

Cocaine was the first local anaesthetic; being used as such from about 1884 onwards

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:22 am

Great thread, Pinky!

Identical twins share the exact same DNA; their fingerprints, however, are unique to each of them. :-6

minks · Post by **minks** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:25 am

Males produce one thousand sperm cells each second - 86 million each day.

hehehe still thinking it's great Cher tee hee hee

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:28 am

minks wrote: Males produce one thousand sperm cells each second - 86 million each day.

hehehe still thinking it's great Cher tee hee hee

Minxsy :-4

I love your mind

Especially when it's dirty :guitarist

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:29 am

My mom had 3 brothers, but they only had 2

minks · Post by **minks** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:29 am

cherandbuster wrote: Minxsy :-4

I love your mind

Especially when it's dirty :guitarist

I should go wash it huh.... :wah: Well it's slowing my puter down so have to go reboot maybe I will come back all clean :wah:

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:24 am

G-man wrote: does anyone know why there are spiral staircases in firehouses?

My guess would be that firehouses use spiral staircases because they flow straight down to the ground so as to save space. If they used a staircase that went at....say....a 45 degree angle, it would take up significantly more room as opposed to a 90 degree angled staircase.

minks · Post by **minks** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:57 am

Pinky wrote: Do they still use poles?

for dancing?? :wah:

zinkyusa · Post by **zinkyusa** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:00 am

Pinky wrote: I could make a really obscene comment concerning firemen's poles, but something tells me I'd better not

coward:rolleyes:

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:00 am

Pinky wrote: I could make a really obscene comment concerning firemen's poles, but something tells me I'd better not

Pinky

You're the BEST :guitarist

minks · Post by **minks** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:37 am

cherandbuster wrote: Pinky

You're the BEST :guitarist

Pssst go ahead Pinks

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:41 am

Pinky wrote: I could make a really obscene comment concerning firemen's poles, but something tells me I'd better not

:yh_think Something tells me you already have

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:42 pm

Pinky wrote: Well, I was trying to be polite, lol!

Are you a fireman K? :yh_giggle

No

It had crossed my mind, but seeing as how I dropped out of high school I cannot. Funny how how you can be a police officer with a GED, but you cant be a fireman. This logic confuses me.

But that doesn't mean I wouldn't slide down a pole for you...:yh_giggle

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:31 pm

Pinky wrote: DAMN!!!!

I drove ten hours to go see Betty Boop!

3 hours is nothing for me. (Would it be two if I drove at normal speed for me, lol!)

I even got chatting to a pilot who was going to Dayton that day, I could have hitched a lift!:D

Actually it would be about 3 hours if you drive the way I drive....I don't speed excessively, however I always drive about 10-15 miles an hour over the speed limit...

Don't matter what the speed limit is, If i'm not going over by atleast 10-15, I get bored rather easily....besides, around where I live the speed never reaches above 65....and that seems like a snails pace to me

(And I haven't even raced my race car yet -- I cant wait)

weber · Post by **weber** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:47 pm

A shrimp's heart is in its head:D

(I wonder if it has a brain):yh_rotfl

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:02 pm

Pinky wrote: Unfortunately, those of us with our hearts in ours heads rarely have room for a brain.:rolleyes:

Us guys get accused of having our hearts in our heads alot....

I keep trying to tell them, "If our hearts were in our heads, we would cuddle alot more"

weber · Post by **weber** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:07 pm

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

Many time have I been called a twit2:yh_rotfl

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:15 pm

I thought twit meant dumb...

weber · Post by **weber** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:23 pm

This is a true fact. Twit means dumb to us but it is slang. What I printed is the real word for a pregnant goldfish.

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:25 pm

weber wrote: This is a true fact. Twit means dumb to us but it is slang. What I printed is the real word.

Yes I know, what I mean is, how do you get a slang term from a word that means a pregnant goldfish?

What I am guessing is something to do with the level of inteligence associated with a gold fish in particular.....just that the whole pregnant thing threw me off...

weber · Post by **weber** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:32 pm

I guess I vas vrong cuz it say goldfish don't get preggies

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/020329.html

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:34 am

Pinky wrote: Oh!!! You should have left it...it was hilarious!!!!

Yeah....killed it :wah:

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:03 pm

Pinky wrote: Killed it? Surely not!!!
Looks that way :wah: