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The TVClubHouse: General Discussion ARCHIVES: 2006 Mar. ~ 2006 May: Free Expressions: Fact or Crap?? (ARCHIVES): Archive through April 30, 2006 users admin

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Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - 5:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Kiwi CRAP!

Let the Kiwi birds tell you the truth.. and you can guess which sex is dominant!

Female:

Female Kiwi saying Vote for Taylor

Male:
Male but I like Paris




Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - 7:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
This is the most interesting fact about a kiwi...



Plus, its nostrils are located at the tip of its bill.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - 10:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
ouch!

Tanzanite
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06-29-2005

Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - 10:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tanzanite a private message Print Post    
Crap

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - 10:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
They have a VERY good sense of smell, unlike most birds, but I suppose since they are flightless, they'd better be able to smell that food!

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 8:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
max, are you with us? i hope everything's o.k.

Max
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08-12-2000

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 10:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
ACK! Where does the time go! Sorry, FoCers, I've been distracted with a pesky thing called work. Such a bother!!! :-)

Okay, on the table we have one question at the moment:

Can the Kiwi bird neither see nor fly?

Well, ALL of you said CRAP, although to be fair, a couple of you said half-CRAP. :-)

kiwi

BTW, that picture of the Kiwi skeleton with an egg in it is truly remarkable -- and scary! All I can say is OUCH!

Okay, here's what the Calendar Cuckoos say:

It's FACT!!! "The Kiwi, national bird of New Zealand, can't fly and lives in a hole in the fround. The national treasure is almost completely blind and lays only one egg each year. Despite these handicaps, the resilient bird can be seen all over the country and has managed to survive for nearly 70 million years."

Okay, they're not completely blind, so the answer to the question as it's phrased isn't entirely fact. Given how hard it must be to carry and deliver one of those eggs, it's not too surprising that they only lay one a year!

Okay, here are a couple of new ones. I'll try not to be so tardy with the answers this time, but no guarantees! :-)

  1. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were patterned after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in It's a Wonderful Life.
  2. The Cobb salad was named after baseball Hall-of-Famer Ty Cobb, but when he tried it for the first time, he refused to finish it.


FACT or CRAP? You decide!


Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 10:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
1. Fact
2. Crap

Landi
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07-29-2002

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 12:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
1. fact
2. fact


Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 12:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
1. crap
2. fact

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 4:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
fact - no doubt
crap - maybe

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 6:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
fact and crap
i think the cobb salad originated in southern california. did ty cobb originate here? i think it was named for someone who invented it in a midnight raid to the fridge. i know i invented the (in)famous "saltines with kippers and hershey's chocolate syrup".
...only because there was nothing left in my apartment and it was snowing like mad outside!

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 9:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I guess fact.
I guess crap.
I guess often.

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 9:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Fact to both!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, April 28, 2006 - 9:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
1. Fact? NO idea.
2. Crap!


Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 7:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Double crap

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 10:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
1. Crap - but it's a big time rumor.
2. Crap - Here is the original recipe:

1/2 head lettuce, about 4 cups
1 bunch watercress
1 small bunch chicory, about 2 1/2 cups
1/2 head romaine, about 2 1/2 cups
2 medium peeled tomatoes
6 strips of crisp bacon
2 breasts of boiled chicken
3 hard cooked eggs
1 avocado
1/2 cup crumbled Roquefort cheese
2 tablespoons chopped chives
1 cup (approximately) Original Cobb Salad
Dressing

Cut lettuce, half the watercress, chicory and romaine in fine pieces and arrange in a large salad bowl.

Cut tomatoes, bacon, chicken, eggs, and avocado in small pieces and arrange, along with the crumbled Roquefort cheese, in strips on the greens.

Sprinkle finely cut chives over the Cobb salad and garnish with the remaining watercress.

Just before serving mix the salad with the Cobb salad dressing.


Original Cobb Salad Dressing
Makes 1 1/2 cups

1/4 cup water
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 teaspoons salt
3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon dry English mustard
1 small clove garlic, finely minced
1/4 cup full-flavored olive oil
3/4 cup salad oil

Blend all ingredients together, except oils. Add olive and salad oils. Mix well.

Blend well again before mixing with salad.



Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 11:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Now, I'm hungry and it's 45 minutes till lunchtime. Thanks a roaring heap!

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 7:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
That does look good!

Max
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08-12-2000

Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 11:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Happy Saturday Night (not live), you FoCers! I'm taking a break from transcribing a very boring fire commission meeting to bring you an FoC update. Nice to type something entertaining for a bit! :-)

Okay, you've been considering these questions:

  1. Were the characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street patterned after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in It's a Wonderful Life?
  2. Was the Cobb salad named afer baseball Hall-of-Famer Ty Cobb, who, when he tried it for the first time, refused to finish it?


You said:
1 Fact 7
Crap 3
2 Fact 3
Crap 7

Interesting! You voted 7-3 and 3-7. Oh, and when Kitt said "Fact I guess. Crap I guess. I often guess." All I could think of was "I guess I crap often." as the next logical step! doh

Okay, here's what the Calendar Cartoonists have to say:

bertandernie
  1. It's CRAP! Although it is a popular theory that Bert and Ernie were patterned after the Frank Capra characters, their shared names are merely due to coincindence. Unfortunately, no one has explained where they did come from, beyond their creator Jim Henson's imagination. Bert and ernie debuted on the children's TV show 'Sesame Street' in 1969 as part of the show's troupe of adorable Muppets.
  2. It's CRAP! In 1926, when a Los Angeles restaurant owner with the all-American name of Bob Cobb was looking for a way to use up leftovers, he threw together some avocado, celery, tomato, chives, watercress, hard-boiled eggs, chicken, bacon, and Roquefort cheese and named it after himself.

tycobb cobb salad

trophy Kudos to Konamouse for drumming up the right answers AND a good recipe!

Okay, here comes a couple of new ones for you:

  1. The American version of the potato chip was invented by a housewife named Laura Scudder.
  2. Smallpox is the second biggest killer of people in many parts of Africa.


FACT or CRAP? You decide!


Tanzanite
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06-29-2005

Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 11:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tanzanite a private message Print Post    
Based on the previous question - seems like we have great unity as a group 'cause when we're wrong dang we're all wrong. Or is it that we were all ignorant of information on that bird?

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 11:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
crap

fact

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 5:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
1. fact
2. crap (small pox has been "eradicated" in theory due to a mass vaccination program in Africa years ago).

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 9:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Crap. As I recall someone in a restaurant complained that his fried potatoes were too soggy and the owner thought he'd show the fellow and proceeded to fry the bejabbers out of the next batch and, before you could say Idaho, the potato chip was born.

Crap...see Dog's above post.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 11:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
1. Crap
2. Crap, but it hasn't totally been eradicated.