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

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Twiggyish
Member

08-14-2000

Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 1:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
1. Crap
2. Crap - The is the French version?

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 4:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
fact
crap (Not glass, but not fur either.)

Dogdoc
Member

09-29-2001

Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 5:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
crap, there are more than two
fact, just because

Llkoolaid
Member

08-01-2001

Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Llkoolaid a private message Print Post    
crap
fact
both just guesses, what the heck do I know about chicken, except I like to eat them and the combs are gone then.

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 7:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
fact
fact

Konamouse
Member

07-16-2001

Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 7:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
Fact
Crap

'squeek'

Tanzanite
Member

06-29-2005

Friday, May 19, 2006 - 3:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tanzanite a private message Print Post    
Fact
Fact

Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Friday, May 19, 2006 - 3:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
i'll say fact to the first one, because a chicken has a comb and you need a comb to comb a chicken. huh?

i'll say fact to the second one, too, because maybe it was cold where the author lived and maybe he hadn't heard of glass back then. it probably wasn't dicovered yet.

Mamapors
Member

07-29-2004

Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 5:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
Comb Crap
Furry Crap

Callasin
Member

06-21-2005

Thursday, May 25, 2006 - 8:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Callasin a private message Print Post    
Fact - just guessing
Crap - I remember one version where she had silver and gold slippers instead of glass ones but I don't know if it was the French version.

Max
Moderator

08-12-2000

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 10:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
First, Happy Memorial Day, you FoCers!
memorialday
Blessings and gratitude to all those who serve and sacrifice for our country; past, present, and future. No matter how you feel about why they are sent to do what they do, they are there on behalf of all of us.

Secondly, my apologies for being so far behind. The source of these trivial tidbits is a never-ending reminder of just how far behind I am! :-)

So, since you've probably long forgotten what we are currently pondering, here are the questions at hand:

  1. There are two kinds of chicken combs.
  2. In the original French version of "Cinderella," the heroine is given fur slippers from her fairy godmother, not glass.
Here's how you weighed in on these matters:
1 Fact 6
Crap 4
2 Fact 5
Crap 5
Hmmm. . . somewhat divided on these matters, eh? Well, here is the "real deal" according to the Calendar Chicken-littles:

  1. It's CRAP! "There are seven: single, rose, strawberry, V-shaped, pea, cushion, and buttercup. Chickens don't sweat; they cool themselves through their combs and wattles. An erect comb acts like a chicken radiator." Here's a grand single-comb version: chickencomb
  2. It's CRAP! Many believed that when Charles Perrault's 1697 book of folk tales, Histoires ou contes du temps passe avec des moralites was translated into English, vair (French for 'fur') was misread as verre ('glass'). But the original text reads pantoufle de verre ('glass slipper') and since vair was an Old French word no longer in use (Fourrure is the more modern usage), an oral misinterpretation is unlikely as well. Originally, in the Chinese tale, the heroine wore a slipper of gold. By the way, Perrault's Histoires are sometimes translated as Tales of My Mother Goose, after a line that appears on the frontispiece of the original book.

slipper

Okay, in honor of Memorial Day and of Babe Ruth's homerun record being broken by Barry Bonds, here are three new ones for you. I pledge not to take so long to post the answers this time! :-)

  1. An early version of the American flag featured an eagle. flag
  2. In 1845, baseball games were over after one team scored 21 runs.
  3. Vic Wertz, who hit the eighth-inning blast on which Willie Mays made his miraculous over-the-shoulder catch, went on to hit the winning home run later in the game.


FACT or CRAP? You decide!
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Vacanick
Member

07-12-2004

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 10:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
1. Crap
2. Crap
3. Fact

Guessing!

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 10:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
crap
crap
crap

Twiggyish
Member

08-14-2000

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
1. Crap, I think it was a snake.
2. Fact
3. Fact

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 12:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
1. crap
2. fact
3. crap

Prisonerno6
Member

08-31-2002

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 12:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
crap
fact
fact

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 1:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Crap
Fact
Crap




Dogdoc
Member

09-29-2001

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 2:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
1. Fact
2. Fact
3. Crap
4. I should get a prize for being the only one that wrote that there are more than 2 kinds of chicken combs. A car would be nice.

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 3:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Dogdoc, here you go!

car

Max
Moderator

08-12-2000

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 4:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Sorry, Dogdoc, the prize patrol hasn't been by my house in a while! However, I think Seamonkey has found the PERFECT prize for you!!! :-)

Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 5:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
i knew there were AT LEAST 2, cause you have to comb a rooster!
nice, prize patrol vehicle, max!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 5:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
1. Crap, it was a quail
2. Fact
3. Fact

Very nice car for Dogdoc, Seamonkey.

Dogdoc
Member

09-29-2001

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 5:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
I humbly accept my beautiful chicken car. Thank you.

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Monday, May 29, 2006 - 6:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I must admit that was one of the easiest googles ever.. I just entered "chicken car" and it was even a rooster!

Chaplin
Member

01-09-2006

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 8:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
1. Crap
2. Fact
3. Fact