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Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 8:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Fact. (but I like Pamy's first read.. love to see all those lemons jumping over the cliffs.. can we say LEMON SQUASH"?)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 8:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Fact

Coco
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07-13-2000

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 9:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
Crap because it ain't so. Have you ever seen this event on CNN, Dateline, MSNBC, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel?

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 9:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Spoiler
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Lemmings are shy, Coco


Coco
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07-13-2000

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 11:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
Sea, you are a rascal!

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 11:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Does anyone remember the computer game from the 90s called "Lemmings" where you had to stop the lemmings falling off the edge of things? Loved that game.

I'm split too - they do sometimes fall off cliffs but it's by mistake not as a suicide.

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 6:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
I'll go with fact as they do it. But unless lemmings can talk and tell us why I'll say crap as the reason.

Serenity
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06-28-2005

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 6:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serenity a private message Print Post    
I know it is a fact that they do it, but agree with the rest that the reason is crap. It is a mystery as to why the lemmings leap.

Wink
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10-06-2000

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 7:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wink a private message Print Post    
Crap

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 8:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Crap, complete and utter crap.

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 8:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    
I was so intrigued that I had to go look it up so I can't answer now!

I will say that some of you are correct, and some of you aren't.

Oh, and here is a lemming:


Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 10:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
Crap

Max
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08-12-2000

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 4:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Happy Sunday to all you FoCers! I'm smiling because the Seahawks just scored the first touchdown of the championship game and I'm hoping they move on to the Superbowl. :-) But I digress.

Yesterday's question brought back some fond memories of "movie day" in elementary school. The question was. . .

lemming
Do herds of lemmings commit mass suicide each year by throwing themselves over cliffs to keep their species population in check?

Lots of good answers, and lot of folks who seemed certain their answers were correct. Here's how it sorted out:
Fact 7
Crap 10
50/50 6

In the 50/50 category, folks said: Yes, lemmings do this, but not because of population control. The feeling is that it's a mystery why this suicide pact is executed.

Hmmm. . . Well, it seems many of you paid attention to movie day at school! Because that's where you learned what you thought was true about these cute little rodents. However, here's the correct answer:

It's CRAP! "The myth has been around for hundreds of years, but in 1958 it really took root when the Walt Disney company produced 'White Wilderness,' showing lemmings jumping into the ocean to their deaths. It turns out, however, that the documentary had been faked. The fimmakers had used clever editing of a few dozen lemmings and actually hearded them into the water. Though there is still debate over why lemming populations fluctuate so dramatically, consensus is that predators, not suicide, thin out the herds."

Surprised? Just goes to show you that you can't always believe what you see in the media -- even if it's from the pre-Nixon era! :-) I cannot imagine why anyone would want to herd these cute critters into the ocean. A pox on the Disney folks who did it!

Okay, before we get to today's FoC, we have some recognition to bestow upon the masses (who will NOT sumarily jump off a cliff!):
  • The Art Must Imitate Life award goes to Theowl who said an episode of 'South Park' showed lemmings doing this, so it must be true!
  • Today's Best Mis-read award goes to Pamy who thought we were talking about LEMONS jumping off a cliff.
  • The Oh, the Humanity! award goes to Laralyn who offers that there are some humans she'd like to see follow this practice.
  • And finally, the Broken Streak award goes to Hermoine69 who finally got one right!! :-)


Congrats to all you award winners.

Okay, on to the FoC for today, Sunday, January 22, 2006:

Clint Eastwood wrote many of the scores for his movies.

FACT or CRAP? Discuss!


See you tomorrow, you FoCers!

GO SEAHAWKS!!! helmet


Kearie
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07-21-2005

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 5:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kearie a private message Print Post    
Go SeaChickens!!!!!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 5:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Crapastima

Landi
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07-29-2002

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 5:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
fact

i know, i know, i said i would only say crap to any question

but i happen to know the answer to this one firsthand. i'll explain afterwards.


Laralyn
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08-04-2005

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 6:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Laralyn a private message Print Post    
Landi, I'ma stickin' to my guns here...I think crap for writing the scores. However it's kinda fact 'cause...hmmm, er...I'm thinkin' i'm changin' my mind...'cause the question says many of the scores.... i think the secret word here is many

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 6:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Fact.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 6:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Crap - he's a talented actor and director, but I don't know if he's a composer.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 6:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Crap. Not only does Mr. Eastwood wear a tin star in many of his movies, he has the world's largest tin ear.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 6:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
they might also be talking about him writing the # of times he scores in the movie!

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 6:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
total and utter guess - crap.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 7:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
i'll say fact since he plays the piano and likes the blues.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 7:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Crap. This is purely SWAG, and if I get this one right, it's lucky! :-)

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 7:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
fact in D minor