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Karen
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09-07-2004

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Psst, Kona... try this: "c'est merde!"

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

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Fact--the two Italian scientists were seeing which would fall faster when dropped from 200 feet, a meatball or a cheese ravioli.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

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Je suis avec la souris. C'est crap.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 4:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Mes amis, c'est merde.

(As for the kiss, IIRC, Shatner says it was camera angles, Nichelle Nichols says they actually kissed...)

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 10:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Fact.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 10:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
fact

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

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Fact ... that would be Huey, Dewey and Luey!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 12:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Crap

Max
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08-12-2000

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 6:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Super Saturday, you FoCers! Hope you have all had a wonderful day. For myself, it's been quiet since the winds died down. It was a bit of a blow last night, but thankfully the house is still standing. :-)

Yesterday's question was:

balloonWere the first European travelers in a hot-air balloon an English lord and two Italian scientists?

Thanks to Babelfish, I was able to understand ALL your answers! And you said. ..
Fact 8
Crap 5
Hmmm... a fairly even split. While I'd really like to know the answer to Mamapors' question about that meatball and ravioli, I'm not sure Google will be of much help! :-)

So, without further ado. . .

It's bc! "The three passengers aboard that eight-minute maiden flight were a sheep, a duck, and a rooster. Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier, the French brothers who invented the hot air balloon, made this first successfullaunch in 1783 in the presence of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antionette. All three animals survived."

Now, I did a bit of sleuthing on this one and I think the Calendar Crew got the spirit of this one correct, but might have mixed their facts up a little bit in the explanation. Here's what I found at The Balloon Zone (similar versions can be found elsewhere):

"September 19, 1783 ~ A sheep, a duck, and a rooster become the first passengers in a hot air balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers, Joseph and Ettienne.

"November 21,1783 ~ The first recorded manned flight in a hot air balloon took place in Paris. Built from paper and silk by the Montgolfier brothers, this balloon was piloted on a 22 minute flight by two noblemen from the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. From the center of Paris they ascended 500 feet above the roof tops before eventually landing miles away in the vineyards. Local farmers were very suspicious of this fiery dragon descending from the sky. The pilots offered champagne to placate them and to celebrate the first human flight, a tradition carried on to this day."


Okay, so now you know several amazing facts about hot air balloons and you can dazzle all your friends! :-)

Which brings us to the qeustion for Sautrday, February 4, 2006:

The Cadillac car is named for the founder of the city of Detroit.

FACT or CRAP? You decide!

cadillac

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 6:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Oh, my gut tells me this is FACT! So there!

The tree that would have crashed onto our house last night, we had taken down last fall. Whew, dodged that bullet.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 6:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
(Just love this thread Max - many thanks! )

Crap.

Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 7:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
Fact

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 7:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
crap-a-doodle-doo!

Landi
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07-29-2002

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 8:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
it's a fact.

not only is the car named after the founder of detroit, there is also a town called "cadillac, michigan"


Mamapors
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07-29-2004

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I am going to agree with landi---fact.
(landi has her computer back and hopefully is feeling much better!!)

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

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I'll go with Landi, because it sounds like FACT to me.

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

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Fact

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 8:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Crap.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 9:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Crap...It was named for his wife, he called her an old battalac..they thought they would change the B to a C to make it sound better

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

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Yeah, he and old battalac lived in Mackinac .

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

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Factillac.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

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I say Fact because that word sounds nicer than Crap.

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 8:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
I'll say Crap.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 8:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
and drove to Pontiac.. (There is a pattern and a clue, here)

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

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posilutely fact