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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Dec. ~ 2006 Feb.: Free Expression: Fact or Crap?? (ARCHIVES): Archive through January 25, 2006 users admin

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Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 4:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Dogs are about 25 times 'smellier' than humans, so 10 times for a mouse sounds about right.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 4:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
hmmmm that sounds factish to me. I say FACT.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 5:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
i know from biology that mice are actually very similar to humans genetically. but, i believe their sense of smell is better than ours. ten times better? probably not.

crap

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 5:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Going with the twitchy nosed FACTers.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 5:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Those poor ponies!

On the mice: fact. Maybe.

Laralyn
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08-04-2005

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 5:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Laralyn a private message Print Post    
Fact...

Ophilia, are you saying fact or crap or is there two Ophilias....i'm confused

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 6:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Laralyn, welcome to my world. Confusion R me. I don't know what I believe. I guess 50% crap; 50% fact. Howzat?

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Ok, if they didn't use the word "gene" in there I would say true, but since they did I have to say crap.

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 7:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
Crap---I am sticking with the Doc!!!!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 8:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Crap, no wait, fact, no..crap. Ack, I dunno! I'll say fact that they can smell better than humans, but crap on the reason why. 50/50.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 8:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Fact

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 7:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
Crap - while I have a decent sense of smell (helps to be a non-smoker), I know that I am no bloodhound :-)

'squeek'

Terolyn
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05-06-2004

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 8:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Terolyn a private message Print Post    
crap

Coco
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07-13-2000

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 9:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
Crap

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 4:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
I'll say crap...who can argue with Konamouse?

Max
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08-12-2000

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 6:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Greetings and solicitations, FoCers! Sorry for the delay in posting today -- had to go donate blood this afternoon. :-)

Yesterday's question:

Do mice have ten times as many smell receptor genes as humans?

Survey says. . .
Fact8
Crap11
50/502

Two of you thought that mice must have MORE smell receptor genes than ten.

Calendar says. . .

It's CRAP! "Humans have 350 smell receptor genes, whereas mice have 1,000, only three times that amount. The smell sensors are embedded in specialized cells located at the back of the nostrils. With the brain's help, a human is capable of differentiating between 10,000 different odors, presumably many less than the mouse."

So, they CAN sniff things out better than we can, but they only have THREE times the number of smell receptor genes, not TEN. Hmmm... Methinks the calendar gurus are tripping us up on some sketchy details on this one!

Okay, without further ado, here's the FoC for Wednesday, January 25, 2006.

The Gutenberg Bible is the world's first printed book.

FACT or CRAP? Discuss!


Okay, this one makes my editor's red pen come out. It should say WAS the first printed book -- not that I know if it's true or not, but grammatically. . . okay, I'm just sayin'! :-)


Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 6:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Fact, if I'm remembering correctly.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 6:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Hey! I actually know this one! (Thanks to writer trivia!)

Fact. But ONLY if you consider that it was the first book printed with individual pieces of type.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 6:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
gosh, here we go with the definition of 'printed'.

but, i'll cringe and say fact.

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 6:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
What does printed mean??? Hand printed, machine printed, printed how??!!!!

Since I know Costa is really smart I will say Fact.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 7:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
see, i'm not the only one having trouble with the definition.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 7:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
I don't think the Bible was the first printed book so crap. I would agree the Gutenberg Bible is the first printed Bible.

Laralyn
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08-04-2005

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 7:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Laralyn a private message Print Post    
what the heck...everybody knows moses printed the first book hmm was not a book sooooooooo

fact...Is Gutenberg Chinese...they have been around a long time

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 7:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
I was talking about printing press printed books. Now you have me thinking this is a trick question. The heck with it. I don't know the answer.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 7:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
I think this is a FACT.