yes they grow...and they never stop! That's why old men have huge ears! I, apparently, have baby ears...woo!

And I can't tell you cos then I'd have to randomly do things to you with a paper clip until I find method no 58

James Madison was the first president to wear trousers.

a goldfish has no long term memory and it's short term memory only lasts for about 5 seconds.

gold fish have the instinct to eat, but not to stop eating- so if you give them too much food, they will eat until their stomach explodes!

is that why you never see wild goldfish?

Too see wild goldfish, you have 2 main alternatives:

a. Develop gills, and go live in the lakes, streams, ponds and some rivers of Japan and China ...

b. put speakers on either side of the goldfish bowl, and play RicK Astley music really load ... Wild? They'll be livid ....


Useless fact of the day: I have now started learning ASP.NET, and it kicks bucket ... A small step for man, but a massive leap forward for me and my clients.

Pab, you rock so much you must be permanently sea-sick ...

... I know ... I know ...

Pab, you're talking to yourself again

... Yeah? Well you're a small mousy rodent ...

The lead singer of the band Dope is named Edsel Dope. I say again, his name is Edsel Dope. There is someone on this planet named Edsel Dope.

Some tree leaves have a water potential of -15 mega pascals, as opposed to, say, an average inflated tire, which has positive 0.2 MPa.

one time i ate someany chocolate that i threw up!!!!

So therefore to balance the water potential out the tree leaves would (if they ever came into contact) allow water to diffuse between them giving them a water potential of ...argh, no wonder I'm failing A Level Biology.

Did you know that if Cigarettes were just invented (and the governments didn't know how much cash they could rake in from taxes) they would be straight away classified as an A Class Drug alongside Heroin.

the mayor of saskatoon (where i am) wants to build a dome that would encompass all of downtown. thus, he was voted "craziest mayor in canada".

in the game of clue, the victim is named "mr. black" in england, but "mr. boddy" in north america.

in "pyscho", hitchcock used chocolate syrup as the fake blood for the shower scene.

chocolate syrup?? strange, why not the traditional (and probably cheaper) ketchup?

the french use the same word for peach and fishing...."do you want to go peaching?" "nah, i got some fish trees to plant"

hehe

The same word also means "sin" or "to sin" ...

So lets see now:

"Do you wanna go and peach?" .... "Nah ... I going to pick some sins" ... "what are you fishing for?" ... "The cardinal peach!"

... you started it ...

/Je mange mon mon pie de peche pendant que je peche, quelle peche!

We also call it Cluedo.



It's a better consistency for it, and being a black and white film the colour didn't matter.

Sully Erna from Godsmack is 5'3" and was a drummer before he sang for Godsmack.

Mushroomhead's Stitch had never been in a band before joining Shroomhead last ear.

you do like your shroomhead, don't you? good band i think, although i haven't heard much of their stuff.
more on topic, there's a film out here in england called

"SEX LIVES OF THE POTATO MEN"

oh, the stories we made based on that title today

I don't know if anyone has done these ones yet:

Pigs and humans are the only animals that get sunburns

An average fruit fly lives for 3 monthes

Superman's real name is Kal-el

what, so the duck-billed platypii don't burn?? damn, there goes another plan for world domination...

my ex boyfriends uncle won't stop ringing me to ask me if i want to go to the pub tomorrow evening. all because i accidentally rolled on my phone at 4:15 the other morning, he rang to say oi cause my number was on their house phone (where he's staying) so i apologised, but then he kept ringing. and today, he's rung five times this evening and i haven't answered once. WHY?!?!

Humans and dolphins are the only animals to have sex for pleasure!

I don't believe we are the only primates to do so. Bonobos and other apes I believe can mate for pleasure.

A can of spam is opened every 4 seconds.

In a related bit...

Hawaii has a huge warehouse of spam, with millions of cans of it. If Hawaii ever ran out of spam they would experiance an incredible economic depression.

Because poi tastes like glue.

The national dish of the Faroe Islands is Puffin stuffed with Rhubarb.

its illegal to spit on the sidewalk in clovis, ca

Sid (#0) from Slipknot joined the band after he randomly headbutted Clown (#6) atone of their earlier shows.

To join the band, Clown was dared to drink his own piss. He was later payed twenty bucks to regurgitate it and drink it again.

that's gross. there's a band with a song called "dripping faucet"

The first marijuana law enacted on this continent was an order for people to grow hemp so that the fibers could be used for clothing, ropes, sails and other sailing supplies. The drug properties of it were not discovered until centuries later in Texas when migrant workers would light up at the end of a long day. Marijuana was illegalized in Texas because the people feared that it would cause Mexicans and blacks to go crazy and kill people.

I saw this documentary called Grass where I learned all of this. It's a good documentary. I highly suggest it.

to continue with the drug trivia...

lsd was discovered/invented by accident at the university of saskatchewan (my uni)! the u of s has since been involved in a great deal of research regarding lsd induced schizophrenia.

reefer madness, aka tell your children (1938) is the funniest, most far fetched anti-drug film ever.

Bumpingness

It's international Beautifull women month this month so here to all you buautiful women and I do mean you ... no dont look over your shoulder Im talking to you ... yes you!

*hugs*

That was goddam funny.

It's human impulse to check out lights in abandoned houses.

You can get stoned off of seaweed.

The blue stuff on bleu cheese is a type of (nasty ass) mold.

The majority of fairy tales feature women as the protagonist. This is, according to Freaudian psychology, a direct link to the relationship to one's mother. This is also why a chick always lives at the end of a horror film.

No one has ever seen an ostrich with its head in the ground.

There have been no reported wolf attacks on humans on the American continent; they were all on livestock.

Birds have three eyelids on each eye.

It takes blood four minutes to coagulate.

The human skin is the largest organ in the human body and is thickest at the feet and thinnest on the eyelid.

Two things dropped from a high point will, regardless of their weight, hit the ground at the same time.

A person produces over three thousand blood cells every twelve minutes.

Blood cells last for six days.

Freud did enough cocaine to kill an ox.

Poo is brown because of blood cells that are discharged from the body.

Being bitten by a human is like getting stabbed with a knife found at the bottom of a sewer.

Dogs and cats evolved from the same creature, a miakis.

A dog always remembers a scent it picked up.

Wal-Mart is the second biggest employer in the United States, the first being the US government.

Alcohol is responsible for more deaths each year than marijuana.

"Dracula" means "of the Devil (or in Vlad's case, "son of the Beast)."

Was Craven came up with A Nightmare on Elm Street while reading about people dying in their sleep in a local restaurant. He named Freddy Krueger after a kid who picked on him as a boy.

Jodie Foster was scared to do Silence of the Lambs.

Ed Gein was the basis for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Psycho and Silence of the Lambs but was never a cannibal and killed only two people, both being women.

The Zodiac Killer was never caught by police and, if he is alive, is in his late sevendies.

Jack the Ripper killed ten women (all prostitutes) and was never caught by Scotland Yard.

In the Rennaisance, absinthe (stright THC) was used widely among artists.

In Germany, no form of entertainment may contain references to the Holocaust.

Penguins are one of the few animals to openly exhibit homosexuality.

Penguins also will wait until one of them looks over the side of a cliff or iceberg to shove it off to see if killer whales or other predators are lurking in the water.

There is a species of lizard that is all females. They have fights with each other and one ends up pregnant (swear to God).

Polar bears do not cover their noses with their paws.

The mullet is the worst haircut in existance.

Many animals openly exhibit homosexuality. Penguins are, however, one of the few animals to mate for life.

according to the original texts about administering/interpreting the rorschach (ink blot) test, if a person sees too many animals in the images they are either socially repressed or below average intelligence.

also, if you see female forms in plate #3, regardless of your sex, you are supposedly homosexual (which of course was considered a mental disease at the time!)

finally, the most popular first response for plate #1 (my av) is "butterfly", followed by "fox head". personally, i think it's a coyote.

In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death.

In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman's genitals, but is prohibited from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror.

Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. This also applies to undertakers. The organs of the deceased must be covered with a brick or piece of wood at all times.

There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time. Under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry.

In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.

Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England -- but only in tropical fish stores.

In Cali, Colombia, a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens, her mother must be in the room to witness the act.

In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time.

In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with one exception: Prophylactics may be dispensed from a vending machine only "in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises."

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Starfish don't have brains.

Turtles can breathe through their butts.
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That's enough to tide you all over, for now anyway.

Glass in cars is made to shatter into tiny little fragments as to not do damage to the passengers.

Dogs can and will nurse kittens if they were abandoned.

The hormones that arouse humans are more mood-altering than alcohol.

Britain was invaded in 1066 by the Normans and was not invaded again until World War II.

"Antidisestablishmentarianism" is the longest word in the English language.

Its not in the dictionary. What does it mean?

Sorry but that's not the case. England was v-1'd and v-2'd alot during the war, however it hasn't been invaded since the normans did. Woo England.

Agreed. We Brits haven't been invaded in *does a quick calculation* 938 years. And hopefully never will. France on the other had gets invaded almost every other weekend.

To be against the disestablishment (destruction) of the church of england. I think.

Someone tried to invade Britain some time after1066, can't remember who at the moment though. But they landed in Pembroke on saint Davids day and were scared away by the Welsh women dressed in the traditional Welsh costume. Apparantly the invaders thought that they were soldiers and were outnumbered.

Members of the SS were issued an asatian (sp?) puppy at the beginning of their training. Two years later, upon graduating, they had to kill it with their bare hands.

Holy hell.

My older sister used to date Terry, the former lead guitarist of Cold.

The lead singer of Cold, Scooter Ward's, real name is Ron.

heres an interesting bit....
In the state of nebraska, it's illiegal to get a fish drunk

Just as well I'm not in Nebraska then. Not only have I got fish drunk before, I've got them stoned too.

Brides are called bride cause it shortened from bridle as in horse harness as in control!!!!! Which also explains why grooms are called grooms!

QUOTE

A piece of paper cannot be folded in half more than seven times.

It is in fact possible to fold a piece of paper in half eight times, I just did.

If you search for "miakis" on google this thread is nineth link down the page (at time of posting anyway).

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In the Rennaisance, absinthe (stright THC) was used widely among artists.

Absinthe is not infact pure THC, though its main ingredient thujone (a derivative essence of wormwood) does have a similar chemical structure to THC.

Crocodiles cannot stick out their tongues.

Actually not true, Croccodiles actually have a very strictly diciplined upbringing from hatching and one of the first thing they learn is that it is rude to stick your tounge out as the wind might freeze it, or other wise pieces of wisdom.

Drop bears are unique bears, they have adapted to living in rainforests but are the the only breed of bears that have no claws or sharp teeth and so cannot hunt for food as easily. Instead they hang on branches overhead and wait for prey to walk beneith and they just let go, hopefully killing it on impact (at least a 900 pound large bear) and they eat its carcus.
















[actually drop bears don't exist but wouldn't they just be so cool]

Pigs don't have clavicles, which means they can't spread their front limbs.

Jellyfish don't have nervous systems, so you can't actually cause them pain.

Saltwater crocodiles are one of the few species that will actually hunt humans.

Crocodiles actually cry. Or rather they rid themselves of excess salt through glands in their eyes.

Insects don't urinate.

Insects also have no kidneys.

A goldfish will shrivel up and die as the water leaves its body if you put it in salt water.

Sharks pump excess salt out through rectal glands which are located (you guessed it) on their arses.

Sharks also store urea (essentially urine) in their tissues, which is why shark meat tastes bad without special prepartion.

Fish leak ammonia.

An albatross can sleep while in flight. Apparently they've been known to crash into ocean liners while sleep flying.

Albatrosses only land to nest.

Albatrosses also cry.

The pelvis is also a name for part of your kidney.

Trypanasoma, a protist that causes African Sleeping Sickness, has a shifting antigen coat. This means that without outside intervention, your body cannot completely eradicate it.

My biology lab partner cannot make a clean cut.

See! I learned lots of stuff in Biology II this year!

People on lithium or other mood-stabilizing drugs cannot process other drugs properly, even alcohol, ibuprophen or any kind of thereputic drug.

Wayne's World was filmed in two weeks.

Stan Lee, writer/publisher of Marvel Comics for over thirty years, expected to work for Marvel for only a short time.

Using the scorched Earth technique, the Russians were able to waste thousands of Napolean's army when they attacked during the winter.

During the American Revolution, conditions were so bad that soldiers thickened their soups with wig powder and would pick corn and what-not out of horse manure.

What about Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis? It's a lung disease.

I believe the longest non scientific word is:

ornicopytheobibliopsychocrystarroscioaerogenethliometeoroaustrohieroanthropoicht
hyopyrosiderochpnomyoalectryoophiobotanopegohydrorhabdocrithoaleuroalphitoha
lomolybdoclerobeloaxinocoscinodactyliogeolithopessopsephocatoptrotephraoneiroch
yroonychodactyloarithstichooxogeloscogastrogyrocerobletonooenoscapulinaniac

it has 310 letters and means:

"A deluded human who practices devination or forecasting by means of phenomena, interpretation of acts, or other manifestations related to the following animate or inanimate objects and appearances:birds, oracles, Bible, ghosts, crystal gazing, shadows, air appearancesbirth stars, meteors, winds, sacrificial appearances, entrails of humans and fishes, fire, red-hot irons, altar smoke, mice, grain picking by rooster, snakes, herbs, fountains, water, wands, dough, meal, barley, salt, lead, dice, arrows, hatchet balance, sieve, ring suspension, random dots, precious stones, pebbles, pebble heaps, mirrors, ash writing, dreams, palmistry, nail rays, finger rings, numbers, book passages, name letterings, laughing manners, ventriloquism, circle walking, wax, suscetibility to hidden springs, wine, and shoulder blades"

The longest scientific word I've seen had around 1900 letters, but I've heard the longest scientific word in the world has 207,000 letters.

Holy hell.

Green Day's original name was Sweet Children, declared "the worst name in punk," by lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong. Billie Joe wrote a song called, "Green Day," which is about getting high. Bassist Mike Dirnt saw this and demanded that they change their name from, according to Billie Joe, "the worst name in punk to the second worst name in punk."