Archive through July 06, 2001

The ClubHouse: Archive: Silly Facts That Everyone Doesn't Need To Know: Archive through July 06, 2001

Nancy

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:10 pm Click here to edit this post
The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law
which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.(like i want to know this!!!!!)

Nancy

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:12 pm Click here to edit this post
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To
Beaver".

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."

In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting
license.


Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple,
and chocolate.

Moondance

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:13 pm Click here to edit this post
>Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously<

Adven MUST be warned!!!

Nancy

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:15 pm Click here to edit this post
maybe he can feed it to his relatives??

Grooch

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:15 pm Click here to edit this post
I already did.

Wcv63

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:29 pm Click here to edit this post
There's a law in International Falls, Minnesota, which states it's illegal for cats to chase dogs up telephone poles in that city.

In 1879 Liege, Belgium employed 37 cats to carry bundles of letters to villages. This service didn't last long as cats proved to be thoroughly undisciplined

In ancient Egypt cats were deemed demigods and were the property of divine Pharaoh. If a house caught fire, the cats were saved first, then, if there was time, the people.

In 1471, a chicken in Basel, Switzerland, was accused of being 'a devil in disguise' after laying a brightly colored egg. The chicken stood trial, was found guilty and burned at the stake.

A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.

Wcv63

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:33 pm Click here to edit this post
During Prohibition, a jury for a bootlegging case in Los Angeles was put on trial after it drank the evidence. The jurors argued that they had sampled the evidence to determine if it contained alcohol, which it did. However, because they consumed the evidence, the defendant charged with bootlegging had to be acquitted.

Arachibutyrophobia" (pronounced I-RA-KID-BU-TI-RO-PHO-BI-A) is the fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of your mouth.

Vincent Van Gogh painted four still-life canvases devoted entirely to the potato.

Pepsi's "Come alive with the Pepsi generation" slogan, when translated into Chinese means "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the Grave."

Adven

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:43 pm Click here to edit this post
Did you know that relatives that are incapable of taking a subtle hint, or even hints not so subtle, get to play a game of Tag with nutmeg-tipped darts?

Wcv63

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:46 pm Click here to edit this post
For our Canadian friends:

It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Dildo is a town in Newfoundland, Canada.

Canada is an Indian word meaning "village of huts." When the first explorers of Canada asked the Indians what the land was called, the Indians thought they were being asked the name of their village, which was "Kanata." The name stuck.

Canada produces more waste per person than any other country.

26% of all McDonald's employees in Ontario, Canada admit to putting some type of bodily fluid in McDonald's food

In a 1930 Quebec Junior Amateur Game, goalie Abie Goldberry, was hit by a flying puck that ignited a pack of matches in his pocket, setting his uniform on fire. He was badly burned before his teammates could put the fire out.

Wcv63

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 02:17 pm Click here to edit this post
Nike has a television commercial for hiking shoes that was shot in using Samburu tribesmen. The camera closes in on the one tribesman who speaks, in native Maa. As he speaks, the Nike slogan "Just do it" appears on the screen. Lee Cronk, an anthropologist at the University of Cincinnati, says the Kenyan is really saying, "I don't want these. Give me big shoes." Says Nike's Elizabeth Dolan, "We thought nobody in America would know what he said."

When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China, they used characters that would sound like "Coca-Cola" when spoken. Unfortunately, what they turned out to mean was "Bite the wax tadpole". It did not sell well.

In Chinese, the Kentucky Fried Chicken slogan 'finger-lickin' good' came out as 'eat your fingers off.'

Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself."

Wcv63

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 02:45 pm Click here to edit this post
1890: Queen Victoria's personal physician, Sir Russell Reynolds, prescribes Cannabis for menstrual cramps. Sir Reynolds writes in the first issue of The Lancet, "When pure and administered carefully, [cannabis] one of the of the most valuable medicines we possess."

Okay that's the last one for me today. I swear.

Adven

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 03:19 pm Click here to edit this post
I can vouch for the cannabis/menstrual thing, Wcv. I am not a total stranger to marijuana (for medicinal purposes only and I don't inhale) and I can't remember my last menstrual cramp.

Wcv63

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 03:44 pm Click here to edit this post
Adven: I can't remember my last menstrual cramp."

I'd be worried for you if you could!

Tksoard

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 04:04 pm Click here to edit this post
I had to do a double check on that one too, Alan!! You really are Lucky you never had to worry about it. Unless you have a female friend that you had to put up with. In that case, I do feel sorry for you.

Adven

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 04:32 pm Click here to edit this post
Well, that was me attempting to be both clever and funny and, obviously, not succeeding. You see, being male, I couldn't have menstrual cramps, cannabis or no cannabis and .... Actually, when you have to explain your jokes, they must have been lame beyond description. I apologize, although I can't promise this experience will keep me from offering my opinions in the future, whether I have something worthwhile to say or not. In fact, I find I have a much stronger urge to post when what I have to say is particularly un-worthwhile.

Wcv63

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 04:35 pm Click here to edit this post
Adven: "Well, that was me attempting to be both clever and funny and, obviously, not succeeding."

Happens to me all the time. I handle the emotional trauma by slinking away and hoping no one noticed.

Nancy

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 04:38 pm Click here to edit this post
lol or maybe alan is feeling more like an alana these days? those pesky relatives can do that to an otherwise sane person

Tksoard

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 05:10 pm Click here to edit this post
I thought it was clever and funny. You didn't have to explain anything to me. I just double checked your profile, cause if you were a female, it wouldn't have been as clever.

Wcv63

Sunday, June 24, 2001 - 02:17 pm Click here to edit this post
1995 -- Recently, Chesapeake, Va., inmate Robert Lee Brock filed a $5 million lawsuit against Robert Lee Brock ,accusing himself of violating his religious beliefs and his civil rights by getting himself drunk enough to engage in various crimes. He wrote, "I want to pay myself $5 million [for this breach of rights] but ask the state to pay it in my behalf since I can't work and am a ward of the state." In April, the lawsuit was dismissed.

In Minnesota, you may not hang male and female underwear next to each other on a clothesline.

In Brooklyn, N.Y., it's illegal to let a dog sleep in your bathtub.

According to a British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. The offense was punishable by hanging.

In Riverside, California, there is an old law on the city's books which makes it illegal to kiss unless both people wipe their lips with rose water.

Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath once a year.

In Alaska, it is illegal to look at a moose from the window of an airplane or any other flying vehicle.

Lobster

Monday, June 25, 2001 - 03:10 pm Click here to edit this post
Were you trying to kill me with that Robert Lee Brock story? I almost choked on my seltzer!

Nancy

Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 08:56 am Click here to edit this post
HEAPo' FACTS

The Scarborough, ME, USA, Police Department is missing 297 of its 300
traffic cones.


On his historic flight across the Atlantic, Charles Lindbergh's average
speed was about 108 mph.

In Tokyo, you can buy horseradish ice cream.

There are 288,497 Johanssons in Sweden.

According to the National Weather Service, this was the first winter in
recorded weather history that the temperature in Anchorage, Alaska, USA,
didn't dip below zero even once.

Goodyear has unveiled the world's first tire made from corn.

The largest hailstone on record was 17.5 inches in circumference and
weighed more than 2 pounds.

Fish can get seasick.

From: Trivia Time; The Chicago Sun-Times; AM News Abuse; "Off-Kilter" by
Roy Rivenburg, Creators Syndicate offkilter.org; Maxim magazine; FHM;
Stuff; The National Weather Service; Uncle John's Absolutely Absorbing
Bathroom Reader

Whit4you

Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 09:36 am Click here to edit this post
Dunno if this is fact or rumor but since I can't find a "Rumors that everyone needs to know" thread.....

Zeb was seen running down the Texas turnpike - in his underwear, most significant - he wears them on his head, backwards!

Nancy

Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 09:40 am Click here to edit this post
LOL--well since he didn't make it into the big brother house..maybe he finally cracked?

Whit4you

Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 09:59 am Click here to edit this post
That explains it!!!

Whit4you

Friday, July 06, 2001 - 02:17 pm Click here to edit this post
The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum