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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Dec. ~ 2006 Feb.: Free Expression: Fact or Crap?? (ARCHIVES): Archive through February 01, 2006 users admin

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Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 8:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
I think it's a Fact also.

Dogdoc
Member

09-29-2001

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 8:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Question Part 1: Dont worry, be happy definitely. Lets have fun with this and not be so serious about accidental given away answers. 2: I KNOW the answer to this because a local radio emcee asked this question yesterday along with the China Wall question. Now, since I was the ONLY one to miss the Wall question, I could have looked smart and answered today's correctly. I wont. I will bluff and postulate in the future (if we are allowed to again). Today I will sit back and laugh at the wrong answers and get back at you know it all history buffs.(lol) Good luck

Max
Moderator

08-12-2000

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 10:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Dogdoc, I'm betting that DJ has the same calendar I do -- probably got it in his very own Woot! bag o' crap (BOC) at Christmas (which is where mine came from). :-)

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 4:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
(i already answered, but just have to sneak in to tell Hukdonreality that her crap circle post is hysterical! thanks, i e-mailed that to someone).

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 4:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Oh dang. I was thinnking South Pacific as in WWII. But now I'm thinking the question is too vague. So...

Crap if it ISN'T during WWII.
Fact if it IS during WWII.

(Max, I'm hoping your answer will clarify things for me! Cause. I'm. So. Confused. <wink>)

Chaplin
Member

01-08-2006

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 4:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Fact

Abby7
Member

07-17-2002

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 8:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
sorry, i should have posted this earlier: but to landi...about your post:
30, 2006 - 8:43 am
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i wasn't going to interject here, but after thinking this over for a couple of hours, i had to state my position.

i was talking about giving specifics about the answer. i wasn't trying to get people to conform to the "stinkin' rules" or that people "cant discuss here anymore" it is giving people the chance to say "fact or crap" without having the answer right in front of you. once you have made up your mind on what you feel is the answer you want to give, then a discussion can be done by using the spoiler tags. there have been a couple of times i haven't answered at all because there was the answer staring me in the face.

such as the case of the clint eastwood answer, i did know the answer, but didn't state it until after that day's ForC was over. if you ABSOLUTELY know the answer, keep it to yourself is all that was asked until that day is over. i'm sure we can all sit on our hands for a day.

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i really understand your post. i think one of my posts may have made you post what you did above...and i understand that.

i'm sorry, if i made you feel like you had to somehow defend your post. i can look back on my post and see that.

well, i'm sorry for that.but just so you know....i love your opinions..i didn't mean to say i didn't. so sorry, about my post.


i was wrong in my original post. i made it sound like some of the posts weren't here to have fun. sorry. i didn't explain myself well...i certainly didn't mean that you were saying "that" ... i know you weren't. sorry, again.

Max
Moderator

08-12-2000

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 9:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Hope all you FoCers had a terrific Tuesday! I'm late with this again today. <sigh> Life happens! :-)

To review, yesterday's question was. . .

Was Sunscreen first invented for U.S. military men stationed in the South Pacific?

Now, it is true that there are no dates specified. However, I think it's probably safe to say that the most memorable event that saw the U.S. Military stationed in the South Pacific was WWII. Anyway, here's how you voted:
Fact 13
Crap12
Just about an even split! Some of you were really positive you knew the true story about this, but there were a lot of different stories! So, here's what the Calendar Corps says is the truth of the matter. . .

It's FACT. "Airman and future pharmacist Benjamin Green created a sun-protection lotion he called "red vet pet" for th eU.S. military during World War II. His first version was a sticky, petroleum-based goop that was red in color. In 1944 he perfected his formula to make Coppertone(r) Suntan Cream -- and formed the first company to sell a consumer sunscreen product."

Now, the question I have is this, Jagger are you really related to this Benjamin Green guy? Is this the story you were told??? Enquiring minds wanna know! :-)

Oh, and thanks to all who weighed in on the comments issue. We're going with Pamy's suggestion --- comment as much as you like, whether you are bluffing or telling the truth as you konw it. It's a buyer-beware situation regarding whether other posters believe you or not. :-)

And Hukdonreality has once again provided us with an excellent CRAP graphic! I'll have to save this one for later use. :-)
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Okay, so here's the FoC for Tuesday, January 31, 2006:

In 1508, Leonardo da Vinci first described and sketched contact lenses.

FACT or CRAP? You decide!


Konamouse
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 9:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
Fact

'squeek'

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 10:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Fact. He invented everything else, why not contacts?

Coco
Member

07-13-2000

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 10:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
Fact. Leo dissected human bodies that weren't claimed in the morgue...(have you really looked at his true-to-life sketches?). He discovered that our irises are covered by a thin, clear lens. He then described and sketched what are known today as contact lenses....trust me.

Mamapors
Member

07-29-2004

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 10:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
Fact, he worked with Benjamin Franklin. He did the eyes and Ben did the teeth.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 10:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Fact, the man was hundreds of years beyond his time and drew sketches and made models of flying machines, why not contact lenses.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 10:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Fact. Like George Washington's false teeth, da Vinci's contact lenses were made out of wood.

Max
Moderator

08-12-2000

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 11:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Hmmm. I'm thinking if that's true, JuJu, then Leo took the saying in the Bible about a plank in the eye a bit too far here!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 11:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Fact, but first he invented plastic.

Heyltslori
Moderator

09-15-2001

Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 4:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
Crap.

Cndeariso
Member

06-28-2004

Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 5:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
nowhere in your fact about sunscreen above does it say anything about U.S. military men stationed in the South Pacific.

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 5:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
That sounds like a whole lot of bull being tossed around, come on we all know it was Al Gore that invented contact lenses.

So my answer is crap.

And yes my answer from yesterday was indeed true, after all I would never tell a lie.

Vacanick
Member

07-12-2004

Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 5:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
That's great Jagger, yes Al did invent the internet AND contact lenses!

My answer is crap.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 5:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Fact. Not that I am trusting Coco, I just think it sounds reasonable.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 6:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
oh, i just realized i didn't respond to today's question. leo was a man ahead of his time. so, i think the answer is fact.

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 9:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Crap. Contact lenses were first thought of by the king of inventors, Daniel Defoe. Oh, wait a sec, he invented Tom Hanks. It was Charles Nelson Reilly. Oops, that was the Center Square he was responsible for. Shoot, I'm thinking, I'm thinking...would you believe Thomas Alva Edison?

Twiggyish
Member

08-14-2000

Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 10:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Crap..no not contact lenses.

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 11:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
OG, I thought Edison invented mascara