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Aberzombie wrote:
42% of men and women 25% don’t wash their hands after using a public toilet.

Georg Carlins thoughts on the matter.

Scarab Sages

If you filled a matchbox with gold it could be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.


Doodlebug Anklebiter wrote:
"Don't speak to me of naval tradition. It is nothing but rum, the lash and sodomy."

According to my source, Churchill's assistant, Anthony Montague-Browne said that although Churchill had not uttered these words, he wished he had.

P.S.
I especially like this debunking:

? wrote:
If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain.

There is no record of anyone hearing Churchill say this. Paul Addison of Edinburgh University makes this comment: "Surely Churchill can't have used the words attributed to him. He'd been a Conservative at 15 and a Liberal at 35! And would he have talked so disrespectfully of Clemmie, who is generally thought to have been a lifelong Liberal?"


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Aberzombie wrote:
A group of frogs is called an army.

I am confident zhat even zhe Fronch can ween against zhees army!

*sharpens knives*

Liberty's Edge

Aberzombie wrote:
42% of men and women 25% don’t wash their hands after using a public toilet.

Remember kids, ALWAYS wash your hands.

Also: Dynamite is not TNT.


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Gark the Goblin wrote:


Also: Dynamite is not TNT.

TNT is a channel.

Goblins these days.

Scarab Sages

Jamaica has 120 rivers.


Aberzombie wrote:
Jamaica has 120 rivers.

Only if we count tributaries as separate rivers; otherwise I count 43.

Another opinion:
Answers.com wrote:
There are sixteen known rivers in Jamaica. Dunns river in St. Ann, Martha Brae river in Trelawny, Swift river in Portland, Wag Water river in St. Mary, Roaring river in St. Ann, Great river in St. James, Rio Cobre in St. Catherine, Hector's river in Manchester, Cabarita river in Westmoreland, Black River in St. Elizabeth, Rio Minho in Clarendon, Milk river in Clarendon, White river in St. Mary, Rio Grande in Portland, Yallas river in St. Thomas, and the Rio Bueno which runs through St. Ann and Clarendon.


You take your average whale's intestines and stretch them out... You're looking at three miles and change.


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You see, the roots of physical aggression in the male of the species is found right here, in the old DNA molecule itself. Right up here at about one 'o clock as I recall. Oh yes Diane, fascinating -- hold on to your hat, because the very letters, DNA, are an acronym for the words 'Dames Are Not Aggressive.'


There are many theories as to why the Florida orange is far superior to its California counterpart. I personally think it's the trace mineral elements in the Floridian water. That's obviously due to the frequency of typhoons in the nitrogen rich alligator guano. Furthermore, there's three points...


Norm, it's a little known fact that the word Florida comes from the language of the Okie Canokie Indians and it means, literally, "place where the old people come to sweat."


You can make it from Boston to Italy in 8 hours 37 minutes 22 seconds with a good tailwind. Well, unless you take the polar route in which case you run into those convex currents created by the Aurora Borealis.


Oh yeah, and after all the game of billiards was invented by the ancient Venetians, Norm, and it gained popularity after a group of Benedictine Monks invented felt.


You know, recent medical studies have shown that time zone transference, A.K.A. jet lag, not only can be very upsetting to one's metabolism, but also directly correlates to the loss of hair follicles.


Klaus van der Kroft wrote:

-Also, after the US Civil War, a large amount of slave holders left the US and relocated to Brazil, which had one of the largest slave populations in the world and was also among the last countries to forbid it.

Indeed. Some argue that the very quiet (and a few not-so-quiet) issues Brasil has with race are due to this fact.

Liberty's Edge

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Klaus van der Kroft wrote:
Gark the Goblin wrote:


Also: Dynamite is not TNT.

TNT is a channel.

Goblins these days.

Everything I learned, I learned from AC/DC.

Scarab Sages

Kirth Gersen wrote:
Aberzombie wrote:
Jamaica has 120 rivers.

Only if we count tributaries as separate rivers; otherwise I count 43.

Another opinion:
Answers.com wrote:
There are sixteen known rivers in Jamaica. Dunns river in St. Ann, Martha Brae river in Trelawny, Swift river in Portland, Wag Water river in St. Mary, Roaring river in St. Ann, Great river in St. James, Rio Cobre in St. Catherine, Hector's river in Manchester, Cabarita river in Westmoreland, Black River in St. Elizabeth, Rio Minho in Clarendon, Milk river in Clarendon, White river in St. Mary, Rio Grande in Portland, Yallas river in St. Thomas, and the Rio Bueno which runs through St. Ann and Clarendon.

Your point being?

Scarab Sages

The only animals that can purr are cats.

Scarab Sages

A cats urine glows under a black light.

Scarab Sages

White cats with blue eyes are usually deaf.

Scarab Sages

Cats have a peripheral vision of 285 degrees.

Scarab Sages

Why does it suddenly seem so appropriate for me to be discussing little.....cats?

Scarab Sages

Small dogs usually live longer than larger breeds.

Scarab Sages

Domestic cats dislike citrus scents.

Scarab Sages

Cats can jump up to seven times their tail length.

Scarab Sages

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Although I'm guessing some schlub will come along soon to inform us poor dumb bastards that it's actually 6.945 times....

Scarab Sages

China manufactures 70% of the worlds toys.


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Aberzombie wrote:
Cats can jump up to seven times their tail length.

What about Manx?


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meatrace wrote:
Aberzombie wrote:
Cats can jump up to seven times their tail length.
What about Manx?

A Manx cat jumping is what caused the Tunguska event. Don't tempt fate again. This time it might hit over a city.

Scarab Sages

The Great Wall of China is approximately 6430 Km long (3995 miles).

Scarab Sages

Paper originated from China.

Scarab Sages

The wheelbarrow was invented in China.

Scarab Sages

Tree hugging is forbidden in China.


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Chinese fortune cookies actually originated in America. They have since crossed over to China where they are known as American fortune cookies.

Scarab Sages

A llama is covered by 347,523 hairs.

Scarab Sages

Peter Pan is a fictional character.


Patrick Curtin wrote:
Chinese fortune cookies actually originated in America. They have since crossed over to China where they are known as American fortune cookies.

"Help! I'm trapped in a fortune cookie factory!"


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Aberzombie wrote:
Peter Pan is a fictional character.

Will you please stop posting lies, AZ?

Scarab Sages

The character of Skully on Jake and the Neverland Pirates is voiced by David Arquette.


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Dogs can watch TV, they just find most programs banal

Scarab Sages

Sometimes Charlie walks around with his eyes closed.


Patrick Curtin wrote:
Dogs can watch TV, they just find most programs banal

Me, too.


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Futurama had an Easter Egg of a rust monster (at a scene at a vets owned by a very rusty robot)

Scarab Sages

The average person passes has between 14 and 23 times a day.

Shadow Lodge

pffft

Silver Crusade

Patrick Curtin wrote:
Dogs can watch TV, they just find most programs banal

I heard somewhere that cats' eyes are so sharp that the refresh rate on most TVs is not fast enough to fool them; they perceive a series of flickering still images. This is most pronounced in older TVs; newer LCD models have faster refresh rates.

That means that people who brag that their cats are so smart because they watch TV actually have a cat that is a bit on the slow side.

I don't know how true this is... The internet seems to provide contradictory information.

Scarab Sages

Bees can fly backwards.

Liberty's Edge

As can hummingbirds.

Shadow Lodge

My hovercraft is full of eels.

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