I don't know about everybody else, but I have far better things to do with four years of my time. :lol:Quote:
8. The Na'vi language spoken in James Cameron's new film Avatar took four years to write and develop.
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I don't know about everybody else, but I have far better things to do with four years of my time. :lol:Quote:
8. The Na'vi language spoken in James Cameron's new film Avatar took four years to write and develop.
Coach or first class? :D I bet she gets an earfull from the fellow passengers. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
And I thought it was Rosie O'Donnell's heart. :lol:Quote:
2. The Moon has the coldest place in the Solar System measured by a spacecraft
Wow, that's probably about right. It is a lot but then we all have bills to pay. :(Quote:
3. About 3.8 million cheques were written in the UK every day last year.
Sort of like the American divorced woman immobilising her ex. :DQuote:
4. Australian stingless bees immobilise intruding beetles by mummifying them in resin, wax and mud.
I see the mail in Britain is as lousy as ours. :sick:Quote:
5. The Royal Mail's missed parcel cards are also known as "739" cards.
And all these vegetarians around here don't know what they're missing. :DQuote:
6. 748 million burgers are sold in the UK annually.
It all depends on where you're touching. :D [Geez I hope they didn't spend millions of dollars on that study.]Quote:
7. Women's touch is more sensitive than men's.
Four years to write a fake language? I could have saved him a lot of time and money. Plus why didn't they just take some remote language from a tribe in the amazon? It would have been a lot easier.Quote:
8. The Na'vi language spoken in James Cameron's new film Avatar took four years to write and develop.
Now here I am in a quandry. Do I quip on the fact that a female spider is sucking the life blood out of a male just like humans or do i quip that a males don't have any nutrition? Choices, choices. :DQuote:
9. Female spiders eat their mates despite them being nutritionally poor.
But it doesn't say who Milton Keynes is. Sounds like a merging of Milton Freidman and John Mayard Keynes. Quite an economic center. ;)Quote:
10. Milton Keynes central railway station appeared as a UN building in Superman IV.
It doesn't say they are beef/chicken burgers... For all you know, they might be veggie burgers, which I love.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
:D
:D This is true. But I bet the overwheling majority are beef.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
1. The G-spot nearly came to be known as the Whipple Tickle
2. The average British woman's foot is a size five and a man's is a size nine.
3. You have a legal duty to clear snow and ice from your path if you know it would otherwise be a hazard to people legitimately walking up it.
4. Cleopatra's eye make-up may have protected against disease.
5. Breast implants can slow you down.
6. Swiss law allows enormous speeding fines.
7. The legal limit for flying is 9mg alcohol per 100ml of breath.
8. People are still buying audio cassettes - 8,443 were sold in 2009.
9. Mobility scooters are exempt from the Road Traffic Act, leaving police powerless to act against examples of careless driving.
10. You can spot signs of high cholesterol from looking at someone.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_117.shtml
1. Riot shields make good sledges.
2. You can assault someone without touching them.
3. Alligators and birds breathe the same way - in one direction only.
4. Hiccups can be caused by brain tumours.
5. South Korea has the fastest broadband in the world.
6. Snow causes potholes.
7. The same weather system that froze Britain also baked Greece in record temperatures.
8. Michael Winner had part of his leg cut away due to oyster poisoning.
9. It's OK to own military medals you haven't earned, but it's illegal to wear them.
10. Animal heaven is called Rainbow Bridge.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_118.shtml
*face palm* :lol: What can I say to that? Let's just be gratefull it wasn't called the finicky fankle. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Of course. Men are more evolved!!! :lol: It's that Y chromosone. :DQuote:
2. The average British woman's foot is a size five and a man's is a size nine.
Now what if you're out of town and no one is home? We have the same law and I have wondered about this.Quote:
3. You have a legal duty to clear snow and ice from your path if you know it would otherwise be a hazard to people legitimately walking up it.
But I bet it encouraged STDs. :pQuote:
4. Cleopatra's eye make-up may have protected against disease.
Yeah, but they are fun to watch as they slow her down. :D (Hey are these news items turning rated X all of a sudden?)Quote:
5. Breast implants can slow you down.
Was that 14 million euros? Or is the "m" a thousand? And the fine was calculated based on his wealth? You mean there are different catagories of punishment based on a person's wealth? Now that doesn't sound like justice being blind.Quote:
6. Swiss law allows enormous speeding fines.
And a few more drinks and you'll really be flying. :DQuote:
7. The legal limit for flying is 9mg alcohol per 100ml of breath.
I heard some people were still washing their clothes by the river. ;)Quote:
8. People are still buying audio cassettes - 8,443 were sold in 2009.
But if you're caught speeding in a car they fine you millions of dollars (see #7). Laws don't make sense do they? It's what ever capricious thought comes into the legislatior's minds.Quote:
9. Mobility scooters are exempt from the Road Traffic Act, leaving police powerless to act against examples of careless driving.
Well, if their face is about the size of a basketball, you know they've been over eating. :)Quote:
10. You can spot signs of high cholesterol from looking at someone.
I wonder if Sir Lancelot sledded on his shield? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Well, smacking them with a hammer across the head isn't exactly touching them. Is it? :DQuote:
2. You can assault someone without touching them.
You mean they don't fart? :eek:Quote:
3. Alligators and birds breathe the same way - in one direction only.
And burps can be caused by hemorrhoids. :lol:Quote:
4. Hiccups can be caused by brain tumours.
Maybe we should get Admin to situate lit net there. :pQuote:
5. South Korea has the fastest broadband in the world.
And ice. The streets get torn up so around here after every winter.Quote:
6. Snow causes potholes.
It's global warming!!! :lol:Quote:
7. The same weather system that froze Britain also baked Greece in record temperatures.
He's lucky it wasn't shrimp or they would have gone after his penis. :D (Now this is getting into the gutter. ;))Quote:
8. Michael Winner had part of his leg cut away due to oyster poisoning.
Is it also ok to have diplomas one hasn't earned as long as you don't hang them on the wall? ;)Quote:
9. It's OK to own military medals you haven't earned, but it's illegal to wear them.
And animal hell is called the Vet's office. :)Quote:
10. Animal heaven is called Rainbow Bridge.
1. Mo Mowlam lied about her tumour.
2. The last remaining Royal Mail ship goes to St Helena.
3. Blind people can be taught to take photos.
4. Bolognese should be served with tagliatelle, not spaghetti.
5. Parliamentary candidates can put their own seals on ballot boxes under the Ballot Act of 1872.
6. South Korea's Ministry of Health is nicknamed Ministry of Matchmaking.
7. The first international cricket match was in the US.
8. The two most common pronunciations of Van Gogh are wrong.
9. Dead bodies do not necessarily pose a health risk to humans.
10. Cells surf.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/
Well, provided you cook them long enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Well, I was thinking, "Tell that to those who have been chased by zombies..."Quote:
Originally Posted by Basil
:lol: That made me laugh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
I'm sure he's not worrying about money now, to be honest. He won't be short of a bob or two. :pQuote:
8. The Na'vi language spoken in James Cameron's new film Avatar took four years to write and develop.
Four years to write a fake language? I could have saved him a lot of time and money. Plus why didn't they just take some remote language from a tribe in the amazon? It would have been a lot easier.
1. By 57, men tend to wear their trousers just seven inches below their armpit.
2. Running barefoot may pose less risk for injury than wearing running shoes.
3. Motor home owners in the UK need a professional licence to drive one of the "homes on wheels". Not those in the US.
4. Swans divorce.
5. Texting may help children learn to spell btr.
6. Some dinosaurs were ginger.
7. Haggis has been banned in the US since 1989.
8. Among the first ever vacancies listed at early job centres were piano regulator, picture frame gilder and "girl confectioner's packer".
9. Mackenzie Crook keeps tortoises and three of them star in his latest play.
10. Face blindness - difficulty in remembering faces - is called prosopagnosia.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_120.shtml
It was only a pimple. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
St. Helena? Isn't that where Napoleon was confined to? Boy are they late with the mail. ;)Quote:
2. The last remaining Royal Mail ship goes to St Helena.
Of course the pictures look like Picasso portraits - body parts missing. :lol:Quote:
3. Blind people can be taught to take photos.
Of course, and my mother makes it so good, and she makes the tagliatelle from scratch. ;)Quote:
4. Bolognese should be served with tagliatelle, not spaghetti.
I didn't realize they owned seals. Kind of hard to vote if you got these barking creatures swinging their flappers at you. :DQuote:
5. Parliamentary candidates can put their own seals on ballot boxes under the Ballot Act of 1872.
Makes one wonder how they play doctor over there. :pQuote:
6. South Korea's Ministry of Health is nicknamed Ministry of Matchmaking.
And that was probably the last time. ;) Now that is amazing. I don't think a single American has ever figured out how the game is played.Quote:
7. The first international cricket match was in the US.
I pronounce it Van Goosh. Is that right or wrong? :pQuote:
8. The two most common pronunciations of Van Gogh are wrong.
Unless of course you're vitually trapped in the movie Night of the Living Dead! :DQuote:
9. Dead bodies do not necessarily pose a health risk to humans.
Kind of gives a whole new meaning to the Beach Boy's "Surfer Girl."Quote:
10. Cells surf.
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Little surfer little one
Made my heart come all undone
Do you love me, do you surfer girl
Surfer girl my little surfer girl
Hey I'm almost there 57 now and my pants are just three inches from my arm pit. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
I heard this earlier in the week and I really find it hard to believe. Of course all it takes is one thumb tack on the ground. :DQuote:
2. Running barefoot may pose less risk for injury than wearing running shoes.
Hmm, that is interesting. It'd be cool to own one, just for the easy access to a toilet while on the road. :)Quote:
3. Motor home owners in the UK need a professional licence to drive one of the "homes on wheels". Not those in the US.
And the alimony is three fish per month. :lol:Quote:
4. Swans divorce.
Yeah right. And typing has mde me suhc a grate speler to.Quote:
5. Texting may help children learn to spell btr.
And some were Maryann. ;) (Gilligan's Island TV show for those that are too young.)Quote:
6. Some dinosaurs were ginger.
Stuffed intestines should be banned everywhere. :sick:Quote:
7. Haggis has been banned in the US since 1989.
Can I put in an order for a pack of girl confectioned? Please?Quote:
8. Among the first ever vacancies listed at early job centres were piano regulator, picture frame gilder and "girl confectioner's packer".
I hope they learn their lines. :DQuote:
9. Mackenzie Crook keeps tortoises and three of them star in his latest play.
Hmm, I don't usually forget a face, but I have a heck of tme with names.Quote:
10. Face blindness - difficulty in remembering faces - is called prosopagnosia.
it's a delicacy in Iceland and my favourite food as a kid, and has nothing to with me being a vegetarian!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Virgil you are so funny. Loved to read this with your personal comments added :D