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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 2:11 am
fact, cause most people say it is so crap, cause I don't know
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, June 09, 2006 - 8:46 pm
fact fact
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 11:00 am
Hey, I am "mad as a hatter!" What are the answers.It's been a week!!! (lol)
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 11:29 am
Holy Canoli, FoCers! Where does the time go?! I account for at least part of my absence with the fact that it is graduation season. Yes, and with graduation season come grad-night parties. And at those grad night parties, one of the pastimes the kids (ahem, young adults) get to do is play casino games. Which means, of course, that I've been dealing blackjack to high school graduates from 11PM to 3AM for several nights this week (with more to come, including tonight). Thus, my days have become something of a bleary-eyed blur. Nonetheless, here are the questions you've been patiently pondering:
- Does the phrase "mad as a hatter" came from the fact that hat makers tended to go insane?
- Were The Doors the first rock group to use a Moog synthesizer on an album?
An these are the mysteries of life that make you go, "Hmmmm. . ." Here's how you answered:1 | Fact | 12 | | Crap | 1 | 2 | Fact | 6 | | Crap | 7 | Kudos to Chaplin who wen where no one dared to go and boldly said "Crap!" to the first question when all others chose a different path! Here's what the Calendar Culturalists have to say:
- It's FACT! In the 18th and 19th centuries, hat makers used mercury for curing felt, causing as many as one in ten to go insane at one point. Unfortunately, the thousands of hat workers who handled the chemical did not know it was a deadly poison, whose side effects were anemia, inflammation of the gums, kidney damage. . . and insanity. Lewis Carroll's Mad Hater in Alice in Wonderland was therefore rooted in reality." Now remember, Dogdoc, that's mad as in insane, not angry!
- It's
They were the second. The first rock group was the Monkees on the 1967 album, "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd." In 1967 they were so big that their records outsold even the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Yet, on their TV show, The Monkees (1966-1968), the band members made only $450 a week." Oh, how I loved me some Monkees! Ah, youth! 
Konamouse and Lancecrossfire both score this time with their knowledge of poisonous hat-making materials. Hmmm. . .note to self: Don't borrow a cravat from either of these folks! Okay, here's another round. . .
- Tom Leppard, who holds the title "Most Tattooed Man" in the Guinness Book of World Records, was tattooed with a leopard pattern.
- The "Star-Spangled Banner" was written to the tune of a drinking song.
- Dick Tracy was the first comic strip published in color in a newspaper.
FACT or CRAP? You decide!
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 12:21 pm
1. Crap 2. Crap 3. Fact (lol Max, I knew what kind of mad it was. The straw hat makers went crazy too. That is a little known fact though).
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 12:41 pm
1. Fact 2. Fact 3. Crap
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 1:04 pm
1. fact
here is the female holder 2. fact (a British drinking song) 3. crap 'squeek'
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 3:53 pm
crap fact fact Loved Davey Jones...
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 4:08 pm
1. fact 2. fact 3. crap
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 4:35 pm
fact fact crap
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Chaplin
Member
01-09-2006
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 9:43 am
1. Fact 2. Fact 3. Crap
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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 4:28 pm
fact crap crap
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Tanzanite
Member
06-29-2005
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 10:06 pm
Fact Fact Crap
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 10:14 pm
Crap Fact Crap
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 8:07 am
Hey, you FoCers. Hope you're doing better than I am. I caught a bug last weekend and haven't had a voice since Monday. I'm coughing to the point of tears today. Hate it! I only hope that the coughing (which until now hasn't been nearly this bad) is a sign that the bug is finally losing its grip on my vocal chords. Anyway, here are the questions currently up for consideration:
- Was Tom Leppard, who holds the title "Most Tattooed Man" in the Guinness Book of World Records, tattooed with a leopard pattern?
- Was the "Star-Spangled Banner" written to the tune of a drinking song?
- Was Dick Tracy the first comic strip published in color in a newspaper?
You, in all your FoCer wisdom, answered thusly:1 | Fact | 7 | | Crap | 3 | 2 | Fact | 8 | | Crap | 2 | 3 | Fact | 3 | | Crap | 7 | Here's what the Calendar Crazies have to say:
- It's FACT! "Tom Leppard, a retired soldier in his sixties who lives as a recluse on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, has leopard spots tattooed over 99.9% of his body. The only skin left unmarked is on the insides of his ears and between his toes. Leppard shares his "Most Tattoed" title with Australian street performer Lucky Rich, who had his existing tattoos blacked over, then added a white tattoo design on top -- covering nearly 100% of his body." Sorry, not my cup of tea, but here you go!
- It's FACT! "The tune is attributed to John Stafford Smith's 'To Anacreon in Heav'n.' Anacreon was a classical Greek poet who wrote of love and wine. Francis Scott Key set his lyrics to the popular pub tune to commemorate the defense of Fort McHenry during the War of 1912." So, the next time you sing off-key before a ball game, toast with some vino instead of a Budweiser!
- It's CRAP! "Hogan's Alley by Richard Outcault was first published in color by the New York World in 1895. It featured the Yellow Kid, whom experts consider to be America's first modern comic character. Chester Gould's Dick Tracy did not appear in the Chicago Tribune until 1931."
Okay, as I sit here coughing up a lung, here are some more for you.
- The United Kingdom tops the list of countries with the greatest number of female 'decision-makers.'
- The United States has more murders per capita than any country in the world.
- The United States has the world's highest per capita income.
FACT or CRAP? You decide!
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 9:06 am
Hope you feel better!! 1. True 2. (merders or mergers)? 3. Crap
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 9:23 am
oops! #2 is murders. LOL I fixed it. Thanks for the get well wishes! <croak, hack!>
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 9:45 am
1. True 2. True 3. Crap
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 12:00 pm
1. Fact 2. Crap 3. Crap (I got all 3 wrong in the last set of questions)
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 1:30 pm
1. Crap 2. Crap 3. Crap
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 3:09 pm
1. Crap 2. Crap 3. Crap
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 6:17 pm
Crap. Although really the men only think they're making the decisions Crap. Crap.
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Chaplin
Member
01-09-2006
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 6:23 pm
1. Fact 2. Fact 3. Crap
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 11:55 am
1. CRAP but it really depends on what constitutes a "decision-maker"....politics only or including private industry. Hmmmm Norway passed a law aiming for a certain percentage which covered politics but not the private sector when I was a freshman in college. No clue how they stand today. I'm going to say crap regardless because, if nothing else, the US might have more due to population size alone. 2. FACT 3. CRAP (I think it's really Qatar with their oil but I could be wrong on that.)
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 8:35 am
All crapsters.
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