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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Friday, February 03, 2006 - 8:45 pm
Psst, Kona... try this: "c'est merde!"
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, February 03, 2006 - 8:49 pm
Fact--the two Italian scientists were seeing which would fall faster when dropped from 200 feet, a meatball or a cheese ravioli.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, February 03, 2006 - 10:03 pm
Je suis avec la souris. C'est crap.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 4:27 am
Mes amis, c'est merde. (As for the kiss, IIRC, Shatner says it was camera angles, Nichelle Nichols says they actually kissed...)
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 10:14 am
Fact.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 10:34 am
fact
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 11:52 am
Fact ... that would be Huey, Dewey and Luey! 
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 12:11 pm
Crap
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 6:42 pm
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:
Were 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. ..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 ! "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!

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 6:47 pm
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.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 6:57 pm
(Just love this thread Max - many thanks! ) Crap.
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 7:01 pm
Fact
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 7:15 pm
crap-a-doodle-doo!
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 8:02 pm
it's a fact. not only is the car named after the founder of detroit, there is also a town called "cadillac, michigan"
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 8:12 pm
I am going to agree with landi---fact. (landi has her computer back and hopefully is feeling much better!!)
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 8:41 pm
I'll go with Landi, because it sounds like FACT to me.
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 8:44 pm
Fact
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 8:57 pm
Crap.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 9:17 pm
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
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 9:46 pm
Yeah, he and old battalac lived in Mackinac .
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 3:32 am
Factillac.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 5:29 am
I say Fact because that word sounds nicer than Crap.
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 8:07 am
I'll say Crap.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 8:16 am
and drove to Pontiac.. (There is a pattern and a clue, here)
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 9:34 am
posilutely fact
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