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Archive through January 30, 2006

The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Dec. ~ 2006 Feb.: Free Expression: Fact or Crap?? (ARCHIVES): Archive through January 30, 2006 users admin

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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 8:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Crap.

Spoiler
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I actually can name all 7 of them, lol.


Abby7
Member

07-17-2002

Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 9:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
eta: damn! i lost one sentence to my above post. i meant to say it's no fun anymore when we can't discuss. (that's what i meant about having fun w/o the details...the comments are so funny... i hate just reading..crap or fact...boring).

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 9:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Also what landi said.. I mean I knew it was Romeo and Juliet, but I was GOOD (for once).

Uh.. a wall of CRAP, today..

Laralyn
Member

08-04-2005

Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 10:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Laralyn a private message Print Post    
Crap...i know because i am the last of the original wonders of the world

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 8:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Max, thanks for putting my 'too much information' in a spoiler box. I don't know how to do it, but I will be very, very careful from now on to play by the stinkin' rules.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 8:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
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.


Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 9:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Crap.

Spoiler
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Is the Great Wall even considered a "Seven Wonder"??? And anyways, I know the real answer... and the wonder doesn't lie in China!


Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 9:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
hmmm, it seems to me that the use of spoilers implies that the person does indeed know the answer they provide to be true. and, that the spoiler gives the basis for said answer.

Max
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08-12-2000

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 9:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Ah, but do they know the FACTs or are they full of CRAP?

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 9:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
LOL, good point, max.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 11:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
LOL, Max!

Serenity
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06-28-2005

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serenity a private message Print Post    
Crap.

Max
Moderator

08-12-2000

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 5:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Monday, Monday. Can't trust that day!

Welcome to a new week, FoCers!

As you can tell, we're sort of making this up as we go along. I love the witty reparte that occurs at times here, but it's hard to find a way to do that sometimes without spoiling the guessing game. I'm certainly open to suggestions. So far, there are three options to consider:
  1. Don't worry, be happy -- if discussion gives away an answer, so be it.
  2. Hold on! - If you know details about an FoC item, tease if you please, but don't spill the beans until the answer is revealed the next day.
  3. Spoil me! - Got something to say other than FACT or CRAP? Great! Put it in a Spoiler box (achieved by typing a backslash character followed by the word spoiler, then your information in curly brackets). Doesn't matter if your comment is FACT or CRAP, it will be 'hidden' from other FoCers unless they click on it.
These are the three options I see at this point. Got an opinion? How about another option? Let's hear it! :-)

Above all, this should be fun.

So, let's get to it. Yesterday's question was. . . .

Is the Great Wall of China the only one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that still exists?

wall

Only one of you said FACT! Everyone else said crap

And the answer is. . . .

It's CRAP! "The Great Pyramids of Giza, 4,500-year-old monumental structures to the west of Cairo, Egypt, are the only surviving Ancient Wonder. Considered the greatest achievement of the pyramid-builders for their size and mathematical precision, the Great Pyramids were built as tombs for kings Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaura. The other six Ancient Wonders, which no longer exist, were teh Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, and Lighthouse of Alexandria."

Hmmm. . . I didn't know Colossus was from Rhodes.

Since we have two things to "vote" on today, I'll just get right to the next one!

Here's the FoC item for Monday, January 30, 2006:

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

FACT or CRAP? You decide!


Laralyn
Member

08-04-2005

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 5:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Laralyn a private message Print Post    
crap, it was a little girl that kept getting more and more freckles

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 6:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I think making it like Balderdash would be fun....you can state why it's fact or crap...you answer can be right or total bull shit!!! that way if a person really doesn't know the answer they won't know who to believe!! LOL

and let me tell ya I can come up with some great bullshit, when we played balderdash I went out of my way to make up wild shit..and the funny thing is sometimes they fell for it

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 6:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Here is an example....

Crap...it was invented by a mom, she had a little girl that couldn't keep her swimsuit up and a dog was always biting her butt...the mom rubbed stuff on the girls butt to keep the dog away.

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 6:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
Fact--The soldiers were getting so sunburned in the South Pacific that their red noses were making it hard for them to hide. So sun screen was invented to keep those noses from flashing.
I don't really care. Sometimes when we have had those posters say they know the answer, they have been wrong. So I say we just have fun, discuss if you must.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 6:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Fact. It was cheaper to invent sunscreen than it was to treat horribly burned service personnel.

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 7:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
crap

(that sounds like a good idea, pamy)

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 7:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
see?? great examples....OG's sounds sooo right but sometimes it is the weird, ya never woulda thunk it, answers that are right (like mine! LOL)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 7:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I'll say fact. Whoever it was, I'd like to kiss them! I get burned enough with it, without it I'd be a lobster six months out of the year.

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 7:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    
Crrrrrraaaaa....... fact.

Twiggyish
Member

08-14-2000

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 7:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Fact

Max
Moderator

08-12-2000

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 7:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Pamy, you're my hero! I think that's the perfect solution! So discuss away, you FoCers, and leave it to each other to figure out if you're full of FACTs or CRAP! :-)

The message at the top of the thread now reflects this approach. :-) :-) :-)


Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Monday, January 30, 2006 - 7:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Crap, for the same reason as Pamy said. :-)

Pamy knows a good bit about biting naked butts.