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    FMluvswater
    The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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    Every day more money is printed for the Monopoly game than the US Treasury.
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    Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
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    Coca-Cola was originally green.
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    The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:
    Alaska
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    The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% ( now get this...)
    The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
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    The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:
    $6,400
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    The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour:
    61,000
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    Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair (must mean redheads are very smart!).
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    The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in
    1910.
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    The youngest pope was 11 years old.
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    The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
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    Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
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    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
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    Arithmetic: 111,111,1 11 x 111,111,111 =
    12,345,678,987,654,321
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    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.
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    Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July
    4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
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    "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them look like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
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    Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?
    A.Conception.
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    Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
    A. Their birthplace
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    Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?
    A. Obsession
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    Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you find the letter "A"?
    A. One thousand
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    Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers have in common?
    A. All invented by women.
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    Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
    A. Honey
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    Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year?
    A. Father's Day
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    Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic?
    A. He was allergic to carrots.
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    Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party?
    A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
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    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".
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    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 -- known today as the honeymoon.
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    In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their own pints and quarts, and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"
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    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.
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    In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only - Ladies Forbidden... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

  2. #2
    Ziggy
    Gonna make sure to clean out medicine cabinet before the next party and put a sign in there:
    WHY YOU SO F*&KING NOSY!

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    Tom Brown
    FMluvswaterbabe
    [QBQ. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
    A. Honey [/QB]What about Smarties? I've eaten them after they've sat around for a couple of years and they still tasted fine.
    By the way, the Pop-tart is the only food you can put a stamp and address on and send through the mail.
    [ May 16, 2003, 06:00 PM: Message edited by: Tom Brown ]

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    FMluvswater
    Tom Brown:
    FMluvswaterbabe
    [QBQ. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
    A. Honey What about Smarties? I've eaten them after they've sat around for a couple of years and they still tasted fine.
    By the way, the Pop-tart is the only food you can put a stamp and address on and send through the mail. [/QB]But do Smarties qualify as food? wink
    To my knowledge chocolate gets a white discoloration/residue that has no bearing on it's taste. I think the butterfat content in real chocolate can go rancid but who leaves chocolate uneaten long enough to find out?
    LMAO@poptart trivia! It so wouldn't surprise me!

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    Tom Brown
    FMluvswaterbabe:
    But do Smarties qualify as food? wink What do you think I've been living on for the last 6 months?
    FMluvswaterbabe:
    To my knowledge chocolate gets a white discoloration/residue that has no bearing on it's taste.There's no chocolate in Smarties. I think they're made from congealed fat and food coloring.

  6. #6
    FMluvswater
    Tom Brown:
    FMluvswaterbabe:
    But do Smarties qualify as food? wink What do you think I've been living on for the last 6 months?Ummm ... Sapporo noodles?
    Tom Brown:
    FMluvswaterbabe:
    To my knowledge chocolate gets a white discoloration/residue that has no bearing on it's taste.There's no chocolate in Smarties. I think they're made from congealed fat and food coloring. Ahh .. must be artificially chocolate flavored then cuz they taste a lil bit like chocolate. wink

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    FMluvswater
    Teacher: Class, it's an interesting linguistic fact that in English, a double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language in which a double positive can form a negative.
    Student, "Yeah, right."

  8. #8
    FMluvswater
    More Hmmmmmm's ....
    Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
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    If the black box survives a plane crash then why isn't the whole airplane made out of the stuff?
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    Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield.
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    Everybody is somebody else's weirdo!

  9. #9
    mickeyfinn
    If you want to have fun at your next party fill your medicine cabinet with marbles

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    mickeyfinn, that would be F***ing funny. I may do that next time!!!

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