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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 12:12 am
crap crap crap
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 3:00 am
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: - Fatty Arbuckle, chubby silent movie star, was found guilty of murder and rape and died in prison.
- The American flag contains the same number of red and white stripes.
- Henry VIII had all of his wives beheaded.
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 ! Now, for the Calendar Crapper's explanations. . .
- 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."
- "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)."
- "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!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 5:14 am
ooh, ooh...waves hands wildly! As a matter of FACT, this was indeed, the origin of the children's game "Hayden Seek."
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 6:04 am
That was awful Huk!!!!!!!!!!! I am saying Fact for the skull!!!!!!!!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 6:36 am
LOL Hukd!!
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 7:46 am
I have to say fact just for Huk's answer.
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 7:48 am
Sure, why not? Fact.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 8:05 am
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'
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 8:13 am
Y'know, that's just bizarro enuf to actually be a fact. So I'll go with "skull fact"!
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 9:30 am
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).
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 9:36 am
Fact
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 11:28 am
Huk swayed my answer..FACT..LOL
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 12:08 pm
Fact.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 6:08 pm
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...
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 8:10 pm
Fact. Why not?
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 10:54 pm
Ooo I like a good mystery... fact.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 12:02 am
Happy St. Paddy's Day, you FoCers!
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. . .
Okay, here's the current question: Did classical composer Joseph Haydn's skull disappear from his coffin? Some interesting answers today, but basically you said: 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!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 1:06 am
Crap!
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 5:20 am
Crap. If they couldn't see both blue and green, they end of flying upside down, thinking the green ground was the blue sky.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 6:21 am
Crap, birds have extraordinary color vision that is better than our own.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 7:38 am
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!
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 7:39 am
I still feel like bucking the trend, so I'll have to say Fact today. 'squeek'
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 9:22 am
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.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 9:37 am
OG talked me into Crap when I was leaning fact.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 12:10 pm
I'll say Crap because I have no idea.
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