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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 12:50 pm
1. fact 2. crap
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 3:28 pm
Crap they were invented by Laura Scudder's nana, Granny Goose. Crap (what Dogdoc said sounds right.)
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 6:25 pm
I would never say such a thing fact crap
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Monday, May 01, 2006 - 12:32 am
Hey, you FoCers. It's Sunday night (okay, technically Monday morning) and I can only assume that most of you were out having a wonderful weekend since so few responded to this last round. I'm jealous as I was strapped to my keyboard working most of the weekend. Anyway, here are the questions currently in play:
- Was the American version of the potato chip invented by a housewife named Laura Scudder?
- Is Smallpox the second biggest killer of people in many parts of Africa?
Voting was a bit more split this round than last. Here's what you said:1 | Fact | 3 | | Crap | 4 | 2 | Fact | 1 | | Crap | 6 | Since it's late and I'm tired (and my fingers are sore), we'll get right to it. Here's what the Calendar Chippies have to say:
1. It's CRAP! Potato chips were invented in Saratoga Springs in 1853 by chef George Crum. He was trying to annoy a customer who complained that his French Fries were too thick. Crum's chips were called Saratoga chips."
Kudos to Ophiliasgrandma for knowing that story! Now I have, as Paul Harvey would say, Page Two! It seems that Laura Scudder (pictured above) did have an impact on the potato chip industry. She invented the first waxed bag for packaging the chips so they could be easily sold to consumers! More info here. And now you know the rest of the story! 2. It's CRAP!!! The last known case of smallpox occurred in September 1978, when Janet Parket, an English medical photographer, was accidentally infected and died. Two years later, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared smallpox eradicated. Today, the top killers are AIDS, malaria, and war. Okay, that's just not cheerful at all, so let's go to a couple of new questions.
Tug of War was an Olympic sport until 1920. Red ants recruit slaves from other species of ants to do their physical labor. FACT or CRAP? You decide! Oh, and Monday is a bank holiday in the UK and Labour Day in Queensland, Australia, so celebrate! 
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Monday, May 01, 2006 - 4:33 am
Fact Fact red ants are aggressive
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, May 01, 2006 - 5:44 am
Crap Fact
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Monday, May 01, 2006 - 5:58 am
Fact Crap
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Monday, May 01, 2006 - 6:00 am
Double fact.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Monday, May 01, 2006 - 6:39 am
It's twue! It's twue!
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Monday, May 01, 2006 - 6:43 am
what babyruth said 
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, May 01, 2006 - 7:30 am
1. Fact
2. Fact 'squeek'
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, May 01, 2006 - 7:39 am
1. fact 2. fact
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, May 01, 2006 - 7:49 am
fact fact...Just watched a show yesterday on ants. Some of them are real sneaky b*****ds.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, May 01, 2006 - 2:15 pm
1. fact 2. fact, but I don't think these are fire ants. Red ants in Florida are totally different.
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Monday, May 01, 2006 - 5:43 pm
Fact on both accounts.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, May 01, 2006 - 6:30 pm
i'll say fact on both, too.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, May 01, 2006 - 7:46 pm
Double Fact; ants are devious and tricky little buggers!

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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, May 01, 2006 - 10:55 pm
fact fact
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 7:55 am
'squeek'
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 9:59 am
Good Tuesday morning, FoCers! I hope you are all looking out the window at sunny blue skies just like I am. On the table we have:
- Was Tug of War an Olympic sport until 1920?
- Do red ants recruit slaves from other species of ants to do their physical labor?
I've got lots of work to do today, so here we go. . . You said. . .1 | Fact | 11 | | Crap | 1 | 2 | Fact | 11 | | Crap | 1 | Is there an echo in here??? The Calendar Curmudgeons say. . .
- It's FACT! Tug of War was an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1920, when Great Britain was the last team to win the gold medal in the event. Other sprots that are lo nonger in the Games include: Croquet (1900), Cricket (1900), Golf (1900-1904), Jeu de Paume (1908), Motor Boating (1908), Rugby (1900-1924), Polo (1900-1936), and Lacrosse (1900-1948)."
- It's FACT! "Red ants (the version of Amazon ants found in the western United States) steal the larvae of other ants to keep as slaves. The slave ants build homes for and feed the red ants, who cannot do anything but fight."
I didn't know what Jeu de Paume was, so I looked it up and discovered it's sort of like tennis but with no raquets or with small ones like in this picture.
Okay, here's one for today:
New York has the highest reported number of violent and property crimes in the country. FACT or CRAP? You decide!
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 10:19 am
not any more. crap.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 10:57 am
hmmm, i would think washington, d.c. so i'll say 'crap'.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 1:23 pm
I think this is a tricky question. I'll still say FACT, though
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 1:46 pm
crap
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 2:25 pm
This is tricky - is it the state, the city (including the boroughs) and compared to other similarly sized areas? I like Tabby's idea, Washington DC. Crap 'squeek'
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