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Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 11:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
1. Fact

2. Crap

Max
Moderator

08-12-2000

Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 1:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Hello you FoCers! I'm either very early or very late with today's post, depending on your perception (or how many Molsen's you've had).

First, I thought yesterday's Champagne question sounded fishy -- and not in a good, caviar kind of way -- but I didn't have time to look it up. Even if I had, I started this venture by giving the answer the Calendar Curmudgeons provide, so that's that. Let's just chalk it up to the fact that they are obviously not perfect and Landi and the rest you who thought it seemed wrong (and those of you who did the research, especially) can pat yourselves on the back for being smarter than the guys who sold these calendars. But then again, I got this as part of a $1 "bag of crap" from Woot.com, so they didn't make much money off me anyway! :-)

Okay, we have two questions on the table at the moment:

  1. Does it take only four-tenths of a second for a baseball thrown by a Major League pitcher at 95 mph to travel the 60 feet 6 inches from mound to plate?
  2. Is wild rice the official grain of Canada?


I'm glad that metric is simple for Kitt, but for those of us who didn't learn it young, it sure doesn't seem easy! I know it should be, in theory, but my head doesn't "see" metric. It's like learning a foreign language and I'm no good at that, either! :-)

Anyway, you said. . .
1 Fact 10
Crap 6
2 Fact 7
Crap 9
Hmmm. . . Almost 50/50 on these two.

Well, let's solve the mystery. Here's what the Calendar Coaches have to say:

  1. It's FACT! "The batter must decide what kind of pitch is thrown and whether he should swing by the time the ball has traveled 30 feet. From that point, the ball will arrive at the plate a quarter of a second later."fastball
  2. It's CRAP! "Wild rice (Zizania aquatica) is the official grain of the state of Minnesota. For many years, most of the wild rice produced in the world hailed from Minnesota's shallow lakes."
rice

Well, gosh. Now I know yet another way they could have tried to teach me physics where I would have seen a reason to attempt to learn it! As for the rice, who knew, eh? And what is the official grain of Canada? Or is there one?

Okay, so here's a new one for you:

It's all right for dogs to eat white chocolate.

FACT or CRAP? You decide!


Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 2:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I'll say

FACT.. white chocolate isn't really chocolate. Not that I'd feed a dog great amounts of it..

Llkoolaid
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08-01-2001

Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 7:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Llkoolaid a private message Print Post    
Crap, white chocolate is still bad for dogs although it isn't as bad as dark and takes much more to make them sick. Don't feed your dogs any chocolate.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 9:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
CRAP - dogs should be fed only Beluga caviar for treats. Or cocktail weinies.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 10:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Crap. It is however all right to feed me white chocolate.

Tanzanite
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06-28-2005

Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 12:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tanzanite a private message Print Post    
Crap, dogs can't eat any chodcolate. People I typed a period at the end of that sentence. I did. I did but now I only see comma appearing. what's happening?

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 12:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Crap ... save the white chocolate for the deserving owners of these canines!

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 12:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
i read somewhere since i got kendall that white chocolate is not harmful, but i still wouldn't give him sweets. he gets his food and occasional training treats. no people food at all. and he doesn't beg, which is great! he'd have to eat a ton of white to get sick, i think....
so i'll say FACT

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 1:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
fact

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 3:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I have to say I would never have fed MY dogs white chocolate. They got their dog food sometimes with some cottage cheese. They did get small amounts of people food but ONLY when offered and they knew better than to do more than "LOOK" hungry (and labs are always hungry)

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 4:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Fact and I LOVE white chocolate!

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 6:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
Now a days what isn't bad for dogs, or humans for that matter. It all depends on who you ask, someone will figure out that it's bad for them so I'll say crap.

Besides if I don't get to eat it my puppy sure isn't going to get in and I'll just tell him it's bad for him.

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 10:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Crap

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 10:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
Fact - white chocolate is not really chocolate, it's just sugar and cocoa butter - there is no cocoa powder/chocolate liquor (didn't we have an earlier question about cocoa beans?).

However, I'm with the majority in that one should not be giving even white chocolate to the canines. And this rodent prefers the dark stuff.

'squeek'

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 11:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
i was hoping to hear from dogdoc, she would definitely know. but, i will say crap anyway for the sweet factor.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 11:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
No, I wouldn't give it to my puppy, either.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 3:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
hmmm. where's our update?! i actually found an ad for white chocolate dipped dog treats...just sayin...

Max
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08-12-2000

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 5:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Good Friday afternoon, FoCers! Sorry for the late update. I was up until 3:00 a.m. last night finishing a job to make deadline and just now finished two others. Now I have just enough time to get cleaned up and head to downtown Portland to deal cards at a company party tonight. No rest for me! :-)

So, the question of the moment is:

Is it all right for dogs to eat white chocolate?
dog

While it's clear that many of you like white chocolate, and it's clear that Juju's dog likes cocktail waitresses , here's how you voted:
Fact 5
Crap 8

scooby
The Calendar Canines have this to say about that:

It's CRAP! "For dogs, chocolate is poison, and although white chocolate isn't even chocolate at all, it contains toxins that can make a dog sick. In addition to a high fat content, chocolate contains caffeine and theobromine, two different types of stimulants that affect the central nervous system and the heart muscle. A 50-pound dog might not die from eating one chip, but a pan of brownies can cause the dog to experience seizures and can lead to death."

DISCLAIMER: Remember, this is what the Calendar Canines said. There may be information on the Internet that contradicts some of all of this statement. :-)

dog2

Okay, so before I go get ready for work, here's a new one for you:

When Phil Mickelson won the 2004 Masters, it was the first time a left-handed golfer had won a major golf tournament.

FACT or CRAP? You decide!


Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 6:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
i understand a dog would have to eat 250 pounds of white chocolate to have enough theobromine to hurt it. i don't know anyone, human or animoid, who could eat that much white chocolate. i'm sick just thinking about it!
BUT i understand we go by your source, so that's okay. just don't anyone panic if your pet eats a lot of white chocolate!

as for todays' question. i'm sure i won a major golf tournament, but "drunkin club draw, play the entire game with whatever club you pick out of the bag" might not be considered a major event. it was major fun, though.
i will say CRAP to this question. because i watched a lot of golf while working at the golf course (the bar tv was tuned always to golf if it was on) and i don't recall hearing that about one major event.... it seems i would have made note of it, being a lefty golfer myself. and i don't think they let us drink while we were working, so i 'probably' was sober for most of the tourney LOL

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 6:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
and there is a clue in there somewhere!!
i believe it can be found by eating a lot of white chocolate, hitting your tee-shot with a putter and not drinking while working.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 7:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Cnd, I din't answer the chocolate question because I didn't want to skew the results by everybody copying my answer. (Does that sound obnoxious enough)

CRAP on the question for today.(Wondering if Tabby went to the same writing school that Lancecrossfire did.)

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 8:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Fact

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 8:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
fact

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 8:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Fact?