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Baby
Member
01-08-2006
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:21 am
1. Fact..doesn't sugaring (hair removal) go back to ancient Egypt? 2. Fact, I do believe.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 1:15 am
Happy Monday-eve, FoCers! I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon to meet a buyer for my VW -- at his bank! Yep, cash on the line is at stake and I'm gonna do a happy dance when I get home! To celebrate, I put the top down on the VW and went for a drive in the sunny spring weather today. It was fun, but having the cash in the bank will be even more fun. Okay, we have two questions in play:
- In ancient Egypt, was a smooth and hairless body the standard of beauty for men as well as women?
- Was martial arts legend Bruce Lee the cha-cha dance champion of Hong Kong in 1958?
Must have been as nice a spring day for many of you FoCers as it was here in the Northwest, 'cause there weren't that many answers today. In any case, you said: 1 | Fact | 11 | | | Crap | 1 | 2 | Fact | 8 | | Crap | 4 | The Calendary Cryptics have this to say about that! They're both FACT!
- "Total hair removal was the norm for both men and women living in Egypt 3,000 years ago. In fact, upper-and middle-class men and women would shave their heads and wear wigs. A wig-making workshop has been discovered overlooking the Temple of King Mentuhotep at Deir el-Bahri."
- "Bruce Lee, later to star as Kato in the 'Green Hornet' TV series and then in his own martial arts classics like 'Enter the Dragon,' was a cha-cha instructor in Hong Kong. He was only 18 when he won the dance championship."
 Well, it seems that all things old are new again, if we're to judge by the way many men now get waxed, plucked, shaved, styled, weaved, and so forth! Okay, here's one for your Monday pondering:
The pesticide DDT is a carcinogen that kills millions of humans every year. FACT or CRAP? You decide!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 8:05 am
Crap. There is some evidence that DDT can cause cancer, but the pesticide itself is not responsible for millions of deaths. Instead, malaria (which can be erradicated with the use of DDT) causes millions of deaths. (Note that I in no way condone or condemn DDT -- I'm just statin' the facts, ma'am!)
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 9:38 am
I totally agree Costacat for the reasons you just stated. That above statement is "crap".
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Wapland
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 9:41 am
Crap Fondly Wappy
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 10:44 am
FACT - just to be different
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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 10:48 am
Crap. It is actually not all that toxic to humans. It is a chemical that has a long biological life. It also caused damage to the shells of most all birds, causing a huge mortality rate for births of birds.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:15 am
Fact
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:02 pm
Crap DDT was used on humans for years to eradicate unwanted bugs. I have many times in documentaries seen them being powdered down with the stuff.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:25 pm
Crap.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 1:34 pm
crap
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 1:45 pm
well, i'll say crap on this one...
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 3:24 pm
Crap
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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 5:00 pm
Crap
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 8:19 pm
Crap. Just that kind of week, so far.
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Baby
Member
01-08-2006
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 8:59 pm
Crappola! Sea, are you having a bad week? Sorry.. hope things improve.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 9:48 pm
Fact. (Actually I have no idea at all. But hey, I got a 50/50 chance of being right. LOL)
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Deedee
Member
10-13-2000
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 10:06 pm
Crap
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, March 20, 2006 - 10:54 pm
Crap. I hope.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 1:28 am
Howdy you FoCers! Well, I hope you all had a lovely Spring Equinox today. Here in the Pacific Northwest, we had a nice day until late afternoon when the clouds rolled in. Nevertheless, it was nice enough to go for one last drive with the top down in the VW New Beetle Convertible as I delivered it to its new owner. Yes, that's right, I sold it today! Met the guy at his bank and watched that teller make out a nice, fat cashier's check with my name on it. Yeah! Great car, but when I had to choose between it and my PT Cruiser, the Cruiser won. Okay, so the question at hand is. . . Is the pesticide DDT a carcinogen that kills millions of humans every year? You said: The Calendar Cropmasters say. . . It's CRAP! "In 1962, Rachel Carson decried the toxic hazards of DDT in her book 'Silent Spring.' But no replicated, peer-reviewed study has ever confirmed that DDT harms humans. Nevertheless, it was banned, with fatal consequences for countries where it was the most effective defense against malaria-carrying mosquitoes. The World Health Organization estimates that malaria annually causes 300 million acute illnesses and over 1 million deaths (mostly of pregnant women and children under 5) -- which is why UNICEF and the Natioanl Academy of Sciences join the WHO in calling for a lift of the ban." Yes, folks,
Moving right along, here's a new one for you to ponder!
Notre Dame in Paris, France, is the world's largest Gothic cathedral. FACT or CRAP? You decide!
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 2:11 am
Crap I think the largest is really St. John the Divine in NYC, though the last thing I saw about it on TV said it wasn't done yet. The largest in Europe is somewhere in England but I forget where.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 8:36 am
I'm being ornery today, and I'm gonna say crap just for the heck of it. I don't think it's St John the Divine, though. Mebbe another cathedral in Europe? Not the Notre Dame though.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 8:38 am
I'm going with crap also. I think engineering advances allow for larger modern cathedrals to be built in the gothic style.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 10:16 am
I'm going with FACT as the question says 'Gothic', not 'Gothic style'.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 10:27 am
Fact. (?)
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