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The TVClubHouse: General Discussion ARCHIVES: 2006 Mar. ~ 2006 May: Free Expressions: Fact or Crap?? (ARCHIVES): Archive through May 02, 2006 users admin

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Landi
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07-29-2002

Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 12:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
1. fact
2. crap


Mamapors
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07-29-2004

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Crap they were invented by Laura Scudder's nana, Granny Goose.

Crap (what Dogdoc said sounds right.)

Kitt
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09-06-2000

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I would never say such a thing
fact
crap

Max
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08-12-2000

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 12:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Hey, you FoCers. It's Sunday night (okay, technically Monday morning) and I can only assume that most of you were out having a wonderful weekend since so few responded to this last round. I'm jealous as I was strapped to my keyboard working most of the weekend.

Anyway, here are the questions currently in play:

  1. Was the American version of the potato chip invented by a housewife named Laura Scudder?
  2. Is Smallpox the second biggest killer of people in many parts of Africa?


Voting was a bit more split this round than last. Here's what you said:
1 Fact 3
Crap 4
2 Fact 1
Crap 6

Since it's late and I'm tired (and my fingers are sore), we'll get right to it. Here's what the Calendar Chippies have to say:

Laura Scudder chips
1. It's CRAP! Potato chips were invented in Saratoga Springs in 1853 by chef George Crum. He was trying to annoy a customer who complained that his French Fries were too thick. Crum's chips were called Saratoga chips."

trophyKudos to Ophiliasgrandma for knowing that story! Now I have, as Paul Harvey would say, Page Two! It seems that Laura Scudder (pictured above) did have an impact on the potato chip industry. She invented the first waxed bag for packaging the chips so they could be easily sold to consumers! More info here. And now you know the rest of the story! :-)

2. It's CRAP!!! The last known case of smallpox occurred in September 1978, when Janet Parket, an English medical photographer, was accidentally infected and died. Two years later, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared smallpox eradicated. Today, the top killers are AIDS, malaria, and war.

Okay, that's just not cheerful at all, so let's go to a couple of new questions.

  1. Tug of War was an Olympic sport until 1920.
  2. Red ants recruit slaves from other species of ants to do their physical labor.


FACT or CRAP? You decide!

Oh, and Monday is a bank holiday in the UK and Labour Day in Queensland, Australia, so celebrate!


Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

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Fact
Fact red ants are aggressive

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 5:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Crap
Fact

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 5:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Fact
Crap

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

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Double fact.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

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It's twue!
It's twue!

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

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what babyruth said

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 7:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
1. Fact
tug
2. Fact

'squeek'

Landi
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07-29-2002

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 7:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
1. fact
2. fact


Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 7:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
fact
fact...Just watched a show yesterday on ants.
Some of them are real sneaky b*****ds.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 2:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
1. fact
2. fact, but I don't think these are fire ants. Red ants in Florida are totally different.

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

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Fact on both accounts.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

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i'll say fact on both, too.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 7:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Double Fact; ants are devious and tricky little buggers!



Kitt
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09-06-2000

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fact
fact

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 7:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
tug

'squeek'

Max
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08-12-2000

Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 9:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Good Tuesday morning, FoCers! I hope you are all looking out the window at sunny blue skies just like I am. :-)

On the table we have:

  1. Was Tug of War an Olympic sport until 1920?
  2. Do red ants recruit slaves from other species of ants to do their physical labor?


I've got lots of work to do today, so here we go. . . You said. . .
1 Fact 11
Crap 1
2 Fact 11
Crap 1

Is there an echo in here???

The Calendar Curmudgeons say. . .

  1. It's FACT! Tug of War was an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1920, when Great Britain was the last team to win the gold medal in the event. Other sprots that are lo nonger in the Games include: Croquet (1900), Cricket (1900), Golf (1900-1904), Jeu de Paume (1908), Motor Boating (1908), Rugby (1900-1924), Polo (1900-1936), and Lacrosse (1900-1948)."
  2. It's FACT! "Red ants (the version of Amazon ants found in the western United States) steal the larvae of other ants to keep as slaves. The slave ants build homes for and feed the red ants, who cannot do anything but fight."

antcrawl
I didn't know what Jeu de Paume was, so I looked it up and discovered it's sort of like tennis but with no raquets or with small ones like in this picture.
jeu de Paume

Okay, here's one for today:

New York has the highest reported number of violent and property crimes in the country.

FACT or CRAP? You decide!


Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

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not any more. crap.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

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hmmm, i would think washington, d.c. so i'll say 'crap'.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

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I think this is a tricky question. I'll still say FACT, though

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

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crap

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

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This is tricky - is it the state, the city (including the boroughs) and compared to other similarly sized areas? I like Tabby's idea, Washington DC.

Crap

'squeek'