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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 11:50 am
oye comme va......(pronunciation only; can't remember how to spell it!) frappin'crap, dh has been driving me nuts with his new toy. he has snowblown the whole front yard, just about. he's like a kid with a new radio flyer, except that this toy cost over 1,200 smackers. if he breaks it on day one, i'll bean him!
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Laralyn
Member
08-04-2005
| Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 12:29 pm
Tabby, whatcha drinkin? You are one funny gal!! At least you have me sliding off of my chair laughing.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 1:02 pm
I had a colorblind friend and he explained that sometimes he could see a difference in brightness which would clue him in that something was red or not.. but he wasn't always right. When we trained labs the young ones were trained on white bumpers or birds but later they'd use red bumpers.. supposedly those didn't stand out from the background so the dog had to rely on marking the fall not just seeing the bumper. My dogs never did share their observations on this.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 1:57 pm
Fact.
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 4:49 pm
My roommate is colour blind and has problems when the colour is on the same side of the colour wheel. He really has problems with blue and purple the most. By the way I spell colour the British way which is also the Canadian so mine is correct. LOL! Actually both color and colour are correct. It just depends where you come from.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 10:13 pm
Fact 'squeek'
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 10:32 pm
Good Saturday night, FoCers! Sorry this is so late. I got busy and then had to run off to deal blackjack to folks at a party and didn't get a chance to post earlier. So, let's "get 'er done!" (as Larry the Cable Guy would say) The question was, Are all bulls color-blind? The votes are in and you said. . . Some of you questioned how anyone would KNOW the correct answer, unless of course a bull decided to discuss the issue with you. We'll get to that in a minute, but first, here's the answer from the Calendar Cowboys:
It's FACT! "Bullfighters throughout history have waved red flags to attract bulls – but it isn't the color that entices them. The color-blind bulls simply notice the waving motion and react by snorting, stomping, and eventually charging the bullfighter. The bright red flags are used because the human spectators seated in the arena can easily spot them." Now, how in heck-fire would anyone know??? Well, a search on the web came up with all kinds of things, but here are two links that shed some light on the matter: Color vision of Animals The vast majority of mammmals are dichromats, with two cone types similar to dueteranopes. Thus, they can perceive shades of blues, yellows, and grays. This is why hunters can wear bright orange safety vests, but not easily be seen by animals. A few primates have trichromatic vision like the majority of humans. Only one animal is a monchromat and sees only shades of gray, and that is the rat (Spillman and Werner, 1990). Some fish and birds have four cone types and can see colors and wavelengths invisible to humans (for example ultraviolet light). Bees also have excellent color vision, although their visual systems are very different than those of animals. Okay, maybe that's too technical. How about this one? Color Vision We are told that a matador's cape does not have to be red, because bulls are color blind. You may ask yourself, "How do we know that?" No, they didn't hold one of those color blindness test booklets up in front of a bull to see if he would charge. Once upon a time, someone cut open a bull's eye, and, under a microscope, saw that there were just rods, no cones. Aren't you sorry you asked? Sorry, indeed! Okay, so onward to the question for Saturday, January 28, 2006 (even if it's a bit late).
The musical West Side Story is a modern-day version of Shakespeare's beloved play As You Like It. FACT or CRAP? Discuss!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 10:39 pm
Not sure I've read that Shakespeare play, and haven't seen West Side Story, so I'll say, pure guess, fact.
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Merrysea
Member
08-13-2004
| Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 10:56 pm
Crap.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 11:03 pm
Complete and total CRAP!
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 11:15 pm
Crap
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 11:17 pm
When you're a Jet, your a Jet all the way...
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 1:02 am
Crap
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Nancy
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 3:47 am
crap its based on a shakespeare play but not that one =
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Bookworm
Member
12-18-2001
| Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 4:22 am
crap, it's Romeo and Juliet.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 5:47 am
Methinks 'tis crap, not fact, the answer be. (I'm with Bookworm -- it's Romeo and Juliet.)
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 7:04 am
crap
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 7:39 am
I have no idea but will go with the crap flow.
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 7:42 am
Ewww Half! That doesn't sound good. I'll go with Crap too.
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 7:46 am
It's always downhill, Lori. 
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 7:53 am
unless you use a lift station. Crap
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 8:55 am
Bookie is right. It's Romeo and Juliet. Crap.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 9:16 am
Crapamaria! Tis strictly R&J.
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 9:18 am
OK, Crap!!!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 10:26 am
Thou art Crap
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