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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, February 17, 2006 - 6:50 pm
Crap he wore it but somewhere else
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, February 17, 2006 - 7:36 pm
Like a "tent"??
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, February 17, 2006 - 7:48 pm
yep..nice cross reference there Sea!!! good job!
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Craven
Member
05-23-2004
| Friday, February 17, 2006 - 8:48 pm
Crap.. it was a cabbage leaf Craven 
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Friday, February 17, 2006 - 9:24 pm
It's a fffrrreeeezzzzing Ffffriiidday for many of us FoCers. Hope you're all staying warm and cozy! The question of the moment is: When Babe Ruth played baseball, did he sometimes wear a spinach leaf under his hat?
Some interesting speciulations here, but you voted: Okay, we'll get to an award or two in a minute, but first, here's what the Calendar Coaches have to say: It's CRAP! "The former home-run king of baseball wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool on sweltering days. He changed it every two innings and rarely played without one during hot weather." Hmmm. . . Well, when you think about it, a cabbage leaf does look like a little skull cap!
Now then, we have some honorees tonight!
For blatant innuendo mixed with cross-thread inferences, Pamy and Seamonkey have earned special recognition. We'll let them tell us just what might be holding this tent up!
And for their knowledge of baseball trivia, Craven and Heyitslori receive this Fast Pitch Award. (Maryajnn might deserve this, too, 'cause she said she knew why this question was crap, but she didn't explain, so I don't know if she was bluffing or not. ) Okay, so moving on to the question for Saturday, February 18, 2006:
The first American to enter Germany after the signing of the Armistice of World War I rode in on a white horse. FACT or CRAP? You decide! I will be working out of town tomorrow until quite late, so you won't see a new FoC item until Sunday morning. 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, February 17, 2006 - 9:29 pm
Crap. He sneaked in on a Schwinn bicycle which had not yet been invented.
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Baby
Member
01-08-2006
| Friday, February 17, 2006 - 9:38 pm
Crapola..it was white but not a horse. I am with Juju2bigdog on this one. He rode in on a white Schwinn bicycle with all of the bells and whistles on it!
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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Friday, February 17, 2006 - 9:42 pm
crap
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Craven
Member
05-23-2004
| Friday, February 17, 2006 - 9:50 pm
Crap... He was on a Harley Who knew there were Hells Angels way back in 1918?? Craven 
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, February 17, 2006 - 11:45 pm
The Lone Ranger was the first American to enter Germany? Crap Suzette
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 12:11 am
Crap.. it was a prematurely grey horse.
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 12:12 am
Crap
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 4:15 am
Fact the white horse represented "peace."
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 7:17 am
Crap. And I kind of dislike the symbolism there (America was a late arrival to the Allied party; riding in a white horse symbolizes a savior or something.) Anyways, even though the Armistice was signed, the war actually still went on for several months. I don't remember the name of what finally ended it (a treaty, or several?). My point is that the signing of the Armistice didn't actually signify the end of WWI, so I doubt an American would "ride to the rescue" on a white horse then! (I have a neighbor who is fascinated by WWI and WWII -- including a phenomenal collection of medals awarded during both wars. I somehow manage to pick up bits 'n pieces of useless trivia when he shows me a new acquisition. <yawn>)
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 7:26 am
Wow! To be honest I had no idea that it really was a cabbage leaf. I was just tossing out what I thought was BS!! lol Ok, for today's question I am going to say Crap.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 7:26 am
Yeah ... what Costa said ... CRAP!
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Coco
Member
07-13-2000
| Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 8:43 am
Fact I like Dogdoc's answer even if it's not true.

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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 12:08 pm
Fact... (The armistice did signal the end of the war...the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 set up the reparations Germany had to pay and divvied up the spoils of war.)
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 12:32 pm
Crap, I like Craven's answer
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 1:17 pm
fact
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 5:57 pm
Fact, I'm thinking General Pershing on a white charger.
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Craven
Member
05-23-2004
| Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 7:37 pm
Just a little more info on this being crap.. "One day after the signing of the Armistice in 1918, Corporal Roy Holtz of Chippewa Falls, Wis., is the first American to enter Germany. He is riding a Harley-Davidson." Craven 
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 9:14 pm
das ist crap.
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 6:29 am
To get the truth of the whole Treaty Of Versailles you need to read a book called Paris: 1919 It is wonderful!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 7:55 am
quote:[after the signing of the armistice] A formal state of war between the two sides persisted for another seven months until it was finally ended by the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28...
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