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The TVClubHouse: General Discussion ARCHIVES: 2006 Mar. ~ 2006 May: Free Expressions: Fact or Crap?? (ARCHIVES): Archive through April 13, 2006 users admin

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Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 9:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Crap. I think she is a former not present politician.

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 11:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
Fact

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 12:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Tabby, Boxer and Feinstein are US Senators and represent us all (like it or not).

Kuehl would be a state senator, if it is fact..

I'm in Calif too.

Tanzanite
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06-28-2005

Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 2:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tanzanite a private message Print Post    
Ok, I'll go along with that cause i trust Seamonkey so, I'll say... oh but she didn't really answer. Well now what a diemma I'm in. well it seems like Seamonkey is leaning toward fact so I'll say FACT

Tanzanite
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06-28-2005

Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 2:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tanzanite a private message Print Post    
ETA Now I see Seamonkey's earlier post of FACT so ai agree and feel very safe

Jagger
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08-07-2002

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Now how would a politican answer this question.

Deny Deny Deny, than blame it on someone else. LOL

But when the facts come out it's gotta be true. So yes it is true she is a senator for the state of California.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, April 10, 2006 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Fact.

I both remember her very well from Dobie Gillis (she was always so darned perky and spunky) but I lived in California and was very proud of the prominent gay civil rights stand she took.

Okay, that's at least one quarter fact.



Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Monday, April 10, 2006 - 6:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Fact. This is to replace my earlier vote that got misplaced. I remember Dobie Gillis and Zelda and Maynard G Krebs.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Monday, April 10, 2006 - 6:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
That would be a FACT.

Max
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08-12-2000

Monday, April 10, 2006 - 11:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Hello FoCers! Well, there was a slight blip in the board, as you may have noticed, so I waited a bit to post this. Don't worry, though, you'll get a full dose of FoC! :-)

The current subject being pondered is:

Is Sheila Kuehl, who portrayed Zelda in the TV series The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis now a California state senator?

BTW, here she is (on the right) in Dobie Gillis:
Kuehl1

You said:
Fact 11
Crap 3


The Calendar Californians say. . .

It's FACT! "From 1959 to 1963, Ms. Kuehl played the irrepressible Zelda, who had a hopeless crush on Dobie Gillis. She shot four episodes of her own spinoff, 'Zelda,' before the show was dropped when rumors surfaced that she was a lesbian. She then earned a degree from Harvard Law School and became a civil rights attorney and law professor advocating for women, children, and family issues. In 2000, Kuehl was elected to the California State Senate, becoming the first openly gay person to be elected to the California legislature. In 1996, 'George' magazine chose her as one of the 20 most fascinating women in politics."
Kuehl2

I have to say that I admire her based solely on this information! I remember her in Dobie Gillis, but didn't know the rest of this story. How nice to see that times have changed in such a short span of years regarding the public's perception of gay/lesbian people! :-)

Okay, so here are TWO questions to make up for the board outage yesterday. :-)

  1. The first Wimbledon tennis championship was organized in 1877 in order to raise money for a new lawn roller.
  2. The first "lead" pencil was developed in France in the early 18th century.


FACT or CRAP? You decide!


Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 6:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
1. crap
2. crap
I have put off asking this for obvious reasons( I don't want to sound stupid) but what does "FoCer" stand for? I want to know what I am.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 7:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Fact or Craper. FoCer.

1. Fact.
2. Fact.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 7:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
1. Fact The lawn was getting too many wimbles in it, causing the tennis balls, which were oval in those days, to boing into the spectators, causing them to spill their tea and fling their crumpets.

2. Crap Marco Polo brought the first "lead" pencil with him from China and traded it for a teaspoon of crushed rosemary leaves.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
fact
fact

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 9:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
fact
fact

Wimbles :-) :-) :-)!!
Did "The Wombles" make it over to this side of the Pond?

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 9:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
womble
Piccie of a womble, for those who don't know what they are!

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 11:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
i'll say fact for the lawn roller, although it might have been in las vegas for a high roller.

for the other, i'll say crap, because i remember one of the apostle's saying, "get the lead out" when one guy was really slow retrieving his wallet to cough up his portion of the bill for the last supper.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 10:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Crap. The Wombles first Wimbled up Worple Road, no ladies allowed..



Tanzanite
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06-29-2005

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 3:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tanzanite a private message Print Post    
I don't but will give it the the old FoCer try
Fact and crap.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

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Fact and technical (as in not the first but maybe first modern as we know it) crap.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

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Fact
Crap

Landi
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07-29-2002

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crap and crap

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 5:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
As for the pencil lead, well I think the calendar will say FACT.

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 8:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
Crap and Fact

Max
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08-12-2000

Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 12:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Okay, you FoCers. I think Draheid has the board under control now, so it's probably safe to post another couple of tidbits for ya. :-)

On board presently, we have. . .

  1. Was the first Wimbledon tennis championship organized in 1977 in order to raise money for a new lawn roller?
  2. Was the first "lead" pencil developed in France in the early 18th century?

wimbledon

Well, I have to say that I had no clue at all on these two! But here's how you voted:
1 Fact 8
Crap 4
2 Fact 5
Crap 7


And here's what the Calendar Champions have to say:

  1. It's FACT! In 1875, the All England Croquet Club was losing money and members to a new sport called lawn tennis. The club converted one of its croquet courts to the new game but needed a roller to maintain the lawns. To raise the money, they hosted a lawn tennis tournament at their facilities in Wimbledon, charging the 200 spectators a shilling apiece. Spencer Gore won the championship in straight sets, and more than enough money was made to buy the roller."
  2. It's CRAP! "The first lead pencil was developed in the 16th century in Borrowdale, England, where a large graphite deposit was discovered. The descriptor 'lead' derives from Roman times, when people used a thin lead rod called a stylus to write down information. 'Lead' pencils are actually made of a mixture of powdered graphite and clay, and the method of kiln-firing them was patented by the French chemist Nicolas-Jacques Conte in 1795."


I found this picture and some info on the web that seem to contradict the pencil facts, so draw your own conclusions.
pencil

Okay, here are a couple more for you, both of which should be pretty easy if you've been around a while and read newspapers. :-)

  1. The nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, was the most deadly industrial disaster in history.
  2. The first human in space was John Glenn.


FACT or CRAP? You decide!