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Archive through March 17, 2006

The TVClubHouse: General Discussion ARCHIVES: 2006 Mar. ~ 2006 May: Free Expressions: Fact or Crap?? (ARCHIVES): Archive through March 17, 2006 users admin

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Tess
Member

04-13-2001

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 12:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tess a private message Print Post    
crap
crap
crap

Max
Moderator

08-12-2000

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 3:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Howdy, you FoCers? Bet you thought I forgot again, eh? WRONG-O-MUNDO! :-) I got a flyer from a realtor today and inside was an ad from a guy who brokers cars. On a whim, I sent him a note saying I have a VW New Beetle Convertible to sell. Well, tonight we've been exchanging emails and he thinks he might buy my car from me tomorrow! This would be a HUGE relief to me, both financially and garage-space-wise, so keep your fingers crossed for me, okay? :-)

Onward! We have three questions on the proverbial table:

  1. Fatty Arbuckle, chubby silent movie star, was found guilty of murder and rape and died in prison. fatty
  2. The American flag contains the same number of red and white stripes. flag
  3. Henry VIII had all of his wives beheaded. Henry


Here's how you voted:
1 Fact 3
Crap 14
2 Fact 0
Crap 17
3 Fact 0
Crap 17


Okay, since we have a crowded agenda, I'll start off with the salient point. . .

All three of these are a load of bc!

Now, for the Calendar Crapper's explanations. . .


  1. Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was a rising star, signing a $1-million-a-year contract with Paramount in 1921 -- an unheard-of sum at the time. That same year, Fatty took a vacation in San Francisco and threw a party at the St. Francis Hotel. One of the partygoers, Virginia Rappe, fell ill during the party and died several days later. Fatty was tried two times for rape and manslaughter, both ending in mistrial. At the third trial, the jury deliberated for six monutes before returning a verdict of not guilty. But Fatty's reputation was ruined, and he was banned from the screen. He died in 1933, at the age of 46, from a heart attack." :-(
  2. "Any official contemporary American flag has seven red stripes and six white stripes, which together symbolize the original 13 American colonies. The specific dimensions for the perimeter of Old Glory are: hoise (width) 1.0 feet and fly (length) 1.9 feet. The exact color codes that make up the Stars and Stripes based on the Color Association of the United States, Inc., are: cable no. 70180 Old Glory Red (PMS 193); cable no. 70001 White; cable no. 70075 Old Glory Blue (PMS 282)."
  3. "Though this king of England had a very bad habit of beheading his wives (two of his six wives died that way), some of them managed to escape this fate. Anne of Cleves and Catherine Parr were still very much alive when Henry passed away in 1547."


Whew! That's a lot of crap for one evening!!! :-)

Okay, moving along, here's a new one for you:

Classical composer Joseph Haydn's skull disappeared from his coffin.

FACT or CRAP? You decide!


Hukdonreality
Member

09-29-2003

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 5:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
ooh, ooh...waves hands wildly!

As a matter of FACT, this was indeed, the origin of the children's game "Hayden Seek."

Chaplin
Member

01-08-2006

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 6:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
That was awful Huk!!!!!!!!!!!

I am saying Fact for the skull!!!!!!!!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 6:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
LOL Hukd!!

Prisonerno6
Member

08-31-2002

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 7:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
I have to say fact just for Huk's answer.

Auntiemike
Member

09-17-2001

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 7:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
Sure, why not? Fact.

Konamouse
Member

07-16-2001

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 8:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
I'm going to buck the trend and say Crap.
I think it's just been a crappy week.
But I really liked Huk's answer.

'squeek'

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 8:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Y'know, that's just bizarro enuf to actually be a fact. So I'll go with "skull fact"!

Cndeariso
Member

06-28-2004

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 9:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
it didn't actually disappear. it was taken purposefully by Gustinus Ambrosi and in fact was returned. so, i'm not sure how to answer this. but, knowing how this calendar twists everything i'll have to say FACT (though not technically so).

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 9:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Fact

Twiggyish
Member

08-14-2000

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 11:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Huk swayed my answer..FACT..LOL

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 12:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Fact.

Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 6:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
hayd'n cha know
body was missin' its skull
it was taken, then found
and put underground
but not with the body of joe

so i'll say fact because that's the way my poor poem goes...

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 8:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Fact. Why not?

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 10:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Ooo I like a good mystery... fact.

Max
Moderator

08-12-2000

Friday, March 17, 2006 - 12:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Happy St. Paddy's Day, you FoCers!
luck
May the Luck o' the Irish is on your side today. Not the "Dublin, we have a potatoe famine!" kind of luck, but the "Kiss the Blarney Stone" kind of luck everyone wants to have. (Especially for you, Konamouse, since you had a crappy day!)

As for me, I haven't heard back from the car broker yet, but ya never know what might happen. My palm is itching, which is supposed to mean I'm coming into some money, so. . .
dance

Okay, here's the current question:

Did classical composer Joseph Haydn's skull disappear from his coffin? Haydn

Some interesting answers today, but basically you said:
Fact 12
Crap 1


Special shout outs to Hukdonreality and Tabbyking for their inventive plays on words!

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

It's FACT! "The skull of the 18th-Century Austrian musical genius was stolen from his coffin a few days after his burial in 1809. The thief, a student of phrenology, passed it on to friends. Eventually, the skull found its way to the Anatomical Museum in Vienna, where it remains today."

It should be noted that some websites I found purporting to have the "truth" of the matter say that the skull has since been reunited with the body, while others agree with the version presented here. :-)

Okay, here's a new one for you:

Most birds recognize the color blue, but can't see green.

FACT or CRAP? You decide!


Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Friday, March 17, 2006 - 1:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Crap!

Prisonerno6
Member

08-31-2002

Friday, March 17, 2006 - 5:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Crap. If they couldn't see both blue and green, they end of flying upside down, thinking the green ground was the blue sky.

Cndeariso
Member

06-28-2004

Friday, March 17, 2006 - 6:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
Crap, birds have extraordinary color vision that is better than our own.

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Friday, March 17, 2006 - 7:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Trivia for you... the sky isn't actually blue. It just looks blue, as a result of the way light waves pass through, and are absorbed, in the atmosphere. (Just to get technical on you! <grin>)

That said, I think I'll have to say... blue-CRAPPY!

Konamouse
Member

07-16-2001

Friday, March 17, 2006 - 7:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
I still feel like bucking the trend, so I'll have to say Fact today.

'squeek'

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Friday, March 17, 2006 - 9:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
As I understand it, colorblindness falls into two basic categories...blue/green and orange/red. Ergo, in my humble opinion if a bird can see blue, it sure a shootin' can see green.

So, it's a CRAP from me.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Friday, March 17, 2006 - 9:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
OG talked me into Crap when I was leaning fact.

Twiggyish
Member

08-14-2000

Friday, March 17, 2006 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
I'll say Crap because I have no idea.