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Archive through March 21, 2006

The TVClubHouse: General Discussion ARCHIVES: 2006 Mar. ~ 2006 May: Free Expressions: Fact or Crap?? (ARCHIVES): Archive through March 21, 2006 users admin

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Baby
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01-08-2006

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Baby a private message Print Post    
1. Fact..doesn't sugaring (hair removal) go back to ancient Egypt?
2. Fact, I do believe.

Max
Moderator

08-12-2000

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 1:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Happy Monday-eve, FoCers! I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon to meet a buyer for my VW -- at his bank! Yep, cash on the line is at stake and I'm gonna do a happy dance when I get home! To celebrate, I put the top down on the VW and went for a drive in the sunny spring weather today. It was fun, but having the cash in the bank will be even more fun. :-)

Okay, we have two questions in play:

  1. In ancient Egypt, was a smooth and hairless body the standard of beauty for men as well as women?
  2. Was martial arts legend Bruce Lee the cha-cha dance champion of Hong Kong in 1958?


Must have been as nice a spring day for many of you FoCers as it was here in the Northwest, 'cause there weren't that many answers today. In any case, you said:
1 Fact 11
Crap 1
2 Fact 8
Crap 4


The Calendary Cryptics have this to say about that!

They're both FACT!
  1. "Total hair removal was the norm for both men and women living in Egypt 3,000 years ago. In fact, upper-and middle-class men and women would shave their heads and wear wigs. A wig-making workshop has been discovered overlooking the Temple of King Mentuhotep at Deir el-Bahri." egypt
  2. "Bruce Lee, later to star as Kato in the 'Green Hornet' TV series and then in his own martial arts classics like 'Enter the Dragon,' was a cha-cha instructor in Hong Kong. He was only 18 when he won the dance championship." bruce


Well, it seems that all things old are new again, if we're to judge by the way many men now get waxed, plucked, shaved, styled, weaved, and so forth!

Okay, here's one for your Monday pondering:

The pesticide DDT is a carcinogen that kills millions of humans every year.

FACT or CRAP? You decide!


Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 8:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Crap. There is some evidence that DDT can cause cancer, but the pesticide itself is not responsible for millions of deaths. Instead, malaria (which can be erradicated with the use of DDT) causes millions of deaths. (Note that I in no way condone or condemn DDT -- I'm just statin' the facts, ma'am!)

Auntiemike
Member

09-17-2001

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 9:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
I totally agree Costacat for the reasons you just stated. That above statement is "crap".

Wapland
Member

08-01-2000

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wapland a private message Print Post    
Crap


Fondly
Wappy

Twiggyish
Member

08-14-2000

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
FACT - just to be different

Lancecrossfire
Animoderator

07-13-2000

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 10:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lancecrossfire a private message Print Post    
Crap. It is actually not all that toxic to humans. It is a chemical that has a long biological life. It also caused damage to the shells of most all birds, causing a huge mortality rate for births of birds.

Vacanick
Member

07-12-2004

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Fact

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Crap

DDT was used on humans for years to eradicate unwanted bugs. I have many times in documentaries seen them being powdered down with the stuff.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Crap.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 1:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
crap

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 1:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
well, i'll say crap on this one...

Chaplin
Member

01-08-2006

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 3:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Crap

Oldtex
Member

03-06-2006

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 5:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
Crap

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 8:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Crap. Just that kind of week, so far.

Baby
Member

01-08-2006

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 8:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Baby a private message Print Post    
Crappola!

Sea, are you having a bad week? Sorry.. hope things improve.

Mameblanche
Member

08-24-2002

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 9:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Fact. (Actually I have no idea at all. But hey, I got a 50/50 chance of being right. LOL)

Deedee
Member

10-13-2000

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 10:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Deedee a private message Print Post    
Crap

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 10:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Crap. I hope.

Max
Moderator

08-12-2000

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 1:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Howdy you FoCers! Well, I hope you all had a lovely Spring Equinox today. Here in the Pacific Northwest, we had a nice day until late afternoon when the clouds rolled in. Nevertheless, it was nice enough to go for one last drive with the top down in the VW New Beetle Convertible as I delivered it to its new owner. Yes, that's right, I sold it today! Met the guy at his bank and watched that teller make out a nice, fat cashier's check with my name on it. Yeah! :-) Great car, but when I had to choose between it and my PT Cruiser, the Cruiser won.

Okay, so the question at hand is. . .

Is the pesticide DDT a carcinogen that kills millions of humans every year?

You said:
Fact 3
Crap 14
The Calendar Cropmasters say. . .

It's CRAP! "In 1962, Rachel Carson decried the toxic hazards of DDT in her book 'Silent Spring.' But no replicated, peer-reviewed study has ever confirmed that DDT harms humans. Nevertheless, it was banned, with fatal consequences for countries where it was the most effective defense against malaria-carrying mosquitoes. The World Health Organization estimates that malaria annually causes 300 million acute illnesses and over 1 million deaths (mostly of pregnant women and children under 5) -- which is why UNICEF and the Natioanl Academy of Sciences join the WHO in calling for a lift of the ban."

Yes, folks,
ddt

Moving right along, here's a new one for you to ponder!

Notre Dame in Paris, France, is the world's largest Gothic cathedral.

FACT or CRAP? You decide!


Tess
Member

04-13-2001

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 2:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tess a private message Print Post    
Crap

I think the largest is really St. John the Divine in NYC, though the last thing I saw about it on TV said it wasn't done yet. The largest in Europe is somewhere in England but I forget where.

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 8:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I'm being ornery today, and I'm gonna say crap just for the heck of it.

I don't think it's St John the Divine, though. Mebbe another cathedral in Europe? Not the Notre Dame though.

Prisonerno6
Member

08-31-2002

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 8:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
I'm going with crap also. I think engineering advances allow for larger modern cathedrals to be built in the gothic style.

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 10:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I'm going with FACT as the question says 'Gothic', not 'Gothic style'.

Mameblanche
Member

08-24-2002

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 10:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Fact. (?)