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Nowonder there are so many pennies!

Uncle Kram wrote: As euphemisms go, I wouldn't say you're onto a winner Snooze.



This is my local McDonalds. It's not up to much but it's the only one within a 20 mile radius I'm not banned from


shame on you Unc..people will think we're not civilised over here

observer1 wrote: I do hope you're sincerely joking!! You wouldn't catch me eating in that place if it was the only place with food! :yh_sick :yh_sick


Surely by now you know me well enough to know I'm deadly serious, and all the Big Macs have the requisite 168 sesame seeds triv fans. I'm lovin' it

Love the avatar Snooze. Is that the dude who came in for a cuppa?

Giraffes can not swim

1 kg of lemons contain more sugar than 1 kg of strawberries

A zebra is white with black stripes

A mole can dig over 250 feet of tunnel in a single night.

Almonds, Brazil Nuts, Cashews, Pistachios, Pine Nuts, Coconuts and Peanuts are NOT actually nuts.

Almonds, Brazil Nuts, Cashews, Pistachios and Pine Nuts are all seeds.

Coconuts are a drupe (a type of fruit).

Peanuts are both a legume (also a type of fruit) and a seed.



I love useless information.

In Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a car while sleeping.



(Aren't stupid laws entertaining?) :wah:

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.

Yes, I love hearing them! Do you have any more???

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.:rolleyes: My how things have changed since then!

cars wrote: 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.:rolleyes: My how things have changed since then!


This guy says that one isn't true:

http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/ ... lfword.htm

It sounds good though.

A Tarantular has 8 eyes..and can go up to one year without food (although not recommended)

FAMOUS '1STs'



Virginia Dare

1587 --- 1st child born in the American colonies, on August 18th, on what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina.



James Cook

1773 --- 1st person to cross Antarctic Circle.



André-Jacques Garnerin

1797 --- 1st parachute jump. Dropped from about 6,500 ft. over Monceau Park in Paris in a 23-ft.-diameter parachute made of white canvas with a basket attached (Oct. 22).



Sam Patch

1829 --- 1st first known person to survive the jump off of Niagara Falls.

SnoozeControl wrote: Miss Piggy's measurements are 27-20-32


Oh my goodness...I would say try the Atkins diet, but you eat a lot of bacon and sausages on that.

Here's a couple:



A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

A Beauty Salon is were women go to curl up & dye.

BabyRider wrote: Here's a couple:



A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.


I didn't know that (the tiger thing)! Not surprised about the ostrich though:)

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily

A raisin dropped in a fresh glass of soda will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine

SnoozeControl wrote:

When a rabbit scratches its dowsets, it has itchy testicles.
Oh boy, Chonsi, I hope you keep your little boy's nails trimmed!!! :yh_rotfl

[QUOTE=Bez]
On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily

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I have always imagined that twins would be bad enough, but imagine going home with 12 babies

Pinky wrote: Did you know Kellog's Cornflakes were originally invented as a suppressant for women's sexual urges?

Ya do now!


I've just had a bowl of Cornflakes, and this may explain why I have no urge to sleep with a man :-3

Uncle Kram wrote: I've just had a bowl of Cornflakes, and this may explain why I have no urge to sleep with a man :-3Try Crunchy Nut Cornflakes, you'll go like a rocket.

Pinky wrote: Did you know Kellog's Cornflakes were originally invented as a suppressant for women's sexual urges?



Ya do now!
Well then , they were obviously invented by a MAN!! :yh_rotfl

The almond is a member of the peach family.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

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

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Wonder what it did to his liver?) That researcher also invented microwave popcorn.

315 entries in the 1996 edition of Webster's dictionary were misspelled.

Three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies equals $1.19. That's the largest amount of change you can have and not be able to make change for a dollar.

Things that were never said, contrary to popular belief:

"Elementary, my dear Watson."

"Beam me up, Scotty."

"Play it again, Sam." (not in Casablanca, anyway...it was in a Marx Brothers movie, however)

"We don' need no steenkeenk badges!" (that's a misquote - the line is: "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!" )

Joe Friday never said, "Just the facts, ma'am."

koan was born in the week that Jimi Hendrix died.

Bez;283587 wrote:
A rat can last longer without water than a camel
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Well I c an die happy now, knowing that Brer Rat may never die of dehydration.

44.8% of the worlds airport carousels turn counter-clockwise

Polar bears are left-handed

Uncle Kram;647754 wrote: Polar bears are left-handed - I wanna know who got close enought to them and handed over a pencil and said "go forth write" Then stepped back to observe.

Swindon Town is the only English football club (soccer club) that has no letters in its name that appear in the word mackerel.

I often wondered who the first person was who thought it might be a good idea to eat one of those little white round things that come out of a chicken...

observer1;647759 wrote: I often wondered who the first person was who thought it might be a good idea to eat one of those little white round things that come out of a chicken...


cave man, cause he watched the raccoons do it.

observer1;647759 wrote: I often wondered who the first person was who thought it might be a good idea to eat one of those little white round things that come out of a chicken... A chicken is the only thing we eat before it's born and after it's died

Uncle Kram;647762 wrote: A chicken is the only thing we eat before it's born and after it's died


Oh....

minks;647763 wrote: Oh....
Ok ok...so a few other birds as well, but you get the idea right?

If all the girls in Birmingham were laid one after the other.....I wouldn't be surprised

minks;647755 wrote: - I wanna know who got close enought to them and handed over a pencil and said "go forth write" Then stepped back to observe.
They just threw a ball at him to see which paw he caught it with.





Or they observed the self gratification and went from there.