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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    2. Squirrels can be black.
    Yes, I saw many black squirrels when I was in Ontario a few weeks ago. Apparently, they're one of the selling points for visiting there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wilde woman View Post
    Apparently, they're one of the selling points for visiting there.
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    1. Chinese apple trees are pollinated by hand.

    2. There have been 39 marriages between Riverdance cast members.

    3. Barack Obama and Sarah Palin are related.

    4. Eighty percent of young women in Finland go to university.

    5. Hermaphrodite dogs exist.

    6. Noise affects taste.

    7. The chairman of Liverpool FC supports Chelsea.

    8. Martin Freeman of The Office turned down the part of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit.

    9. Insects are attracted by the colour of wind turbines.

    10. Bilingual children get confused less easily.


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_157.shtml
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    1. Baseball bats make good violins.

    2. Getting drunk quickly is genetic.

    3. King penguins flirt with other penguins of the same gender but tend not to settle down with them.

    4. Leopards' spots are camouflage.

    5. The Vatican likes The Simpsons.

    6. Germans have been blurring their homes on Google Street View.

    7. Sparrows eavesdrop on fighting birds.

    8. Labradors shake their bodies to dry off at a frequency of 4.3 Hz.

    9. Traces of silver can be found on the moon.

    10. A third of iPad owners haven't bothered to download any apps.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_158.shtml
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    (...) 6. Germans have been blurring their homes on Google Street View. (...)
    There was an option to appeal against Street View showing ones house on the internet, 245.000 house owners made use of, for privacy reasons. Only this homes get blurred, permanently and irreversibly.

    Is this not general procedure in other countries?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    8. Martin Freeman of The Office turned down the part of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit.......
    Has he changed his mind? According to the Telegraph on Saturday 21 October, he is going to play Bilbo. There was even an Editorial Comment on the subject - well, it was more about the power of Myth and how he need not change out of the dressing gown he wore in Hitch-hikers Guide. They must have been short of news that day.

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    1. Crows go to school.

    2. Flamingos use make-up.

    3. John and Margaret were the most popular baby names for 30 years.

    4. Polar bears wave.

    5. More than half of all Americans dress up at Halloween.

    6. The normal lifespan of an octopus is three years.

    7. Liberalism is genetic.

    8. A footballer can be allergic to grass.

    9. Mount Everest has its own 3G wireless network.

    10. Some 7.2 million British people get by without a wristwatch.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_159.shtml
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    7. Liberalism is genetic.
    I just read an article about that.
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    8. A footballer can be allergic to grass.
    Really, i never knew that ...
    I guess he will quit playing then !
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    1. Chinese apple trees are pollinated by hand.
    What??? Sounds like Communist efficiency.

    2. There have been 39 marriages between Riverdance cast members.
    They must be doing a lot more kicking between the sheets.

    3. Barack Obama and Sarah Palin are related.
    Just like I'm related to Queen Elizabeth.

    4. Eighty percent of young women in Finland go to university.
    Smart girls.

    5. Hermaphrodite dogs exist.
    What happens when they go in heat? Chase their tail?

    6. Noise affects taste.
    Hmm, I just had a noisy chocolate cake.

    7. The chairman of Liverpool FC supports Chelsea.
    Chelsea, Bill Clinton's daughter? Is she running for MP?

    8. Martin Freeman of The Office turned down the part of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit.
    But he accepted the role of Thom Thumb.

    9. Insects are attracted by the colour of wind turbines.
    As opposed to being sucked in by the air stream? How silly.

    10. Bilingual children get confused less easily.
    Or they just confuse the teacher with their multi lingual answers.


    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    1. Baseball bats make good violins.
    Well then, you can strike out in music as well as baseball.

    2. Getting drunk quickly is genetic.
    Sure blame your father if you're an alcoholic.

    3. King penguins flirt with other penguins of the same gender but tend not to settle down with them.
    How do they know it's flirting? They could be talking sports.
    4. Leopards' spots are camouflage.
    And how much did that study cost?

    5. The Vatican likes The Simpsons.
    I thought Homer was excommunicated.

    6. Germans have been blurring their homes on Google Street View.
    How does one do that? I've seen my house on Google. Good thing I was streaking when they took the picture.

    7. Sparrows eavesdrop on fighting birds.
    Well, that's smarter than fighting fighting birds.

    8. Labradors shake their bodies to dry off at a frequency of 4.3 Hz.
    Next time my Brandi shakes, I'll have to measure the frequency.

    9. Traces of silver can be found on the moon.
    Gold rush!

    10. A third of iPad owners haven't bothered to download any apps.
    I guess i'm one of that third. What are apps?

    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    1. Crows go to school.
    They aint so smart. I've seen them fail a number of classes.

    2. Flamingos use make-up.
    Let me guess, pink tones.

    3. John and Margaret were the most popular baby names for 30 years.
    I assume that's for UK. I would say that John is probably just as popular here but I haven't come across an extraordinary number of Margarets.

    4. Polar bears wave.
    So you think they're cute, and then they'll rip your head off. Polar bears are vicious.

    5. More than half of all Americans dress up at Halloween.
    Ooh, go to my blog and see Matthew's first Halloween, dressed as a monkey.
    http://www.online-literature.com/for...og.php?b=11142

    6. The normal lifespan of an octopus is three years.
    Wow, more arms than years alive.

    7. Liberalism is genetic.
    Like many other genetic birth defects. Oh that one was easy.

    8. A footballer can be allergic to grass.
    I guess he can blame the sneeze when he misses the ball.

    9. Mount Everest has its own 3G wireless network.
    Let me see. If I should happen to climb Mt Everest, the first thing I'll do at the peak is log on to Lit Net.

    10. Some 7.2 million British people get by without a wristwatch.
    I see that more and more. It's all these young people who think they can show up whenever they want. Oh the young are so stupid.
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    1. Tea parties were invented in the 1830s.

    2. Which means that the 1773 Boston Tea Party wasn't known by that name until more than 60 years after the event. At the time it was referred to as "the destruction of the tea".

    3. Adult kingfishers need to catch about 5,000 fish a year to thrive.

    4. Dick Bruna, the man famous for creating children's character Miffy, also created the stick man with a halo in the Saint TV series.

    5. Smokers on average, according to one reckoning, spend an hour a day on fag breaks.

    6. Chips implanted in the eye can, under certain circumstances, let the blind see.

    7. Just thinking you're fit might help you avoid getting colds.

    8. Having fewer brothers and sisters can be good for your education.

    9. It's not just in comedy films that babies can fall from tall buildings, bounce on awnings and be caught by a passer-by.

    10. And it's not just in sci-fi films that holograms can be sent as messages.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...his_t_22.shtml
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    1. You must be 16 to buy Christmas crackers.

    2. George W Bush read about 95 books a year when US president.

    3. Turtles breathe in to float.

    4. Nazis coined the verb coventrierung (literally, to coventrate) to describe total annihilation of a city - Coventry - through aerial bombardment.

    5. One in five people only clean their homes at weekends.

    6. A cat's tongue moves at one metre per second when lapping milk.

    7. The tomb of the unknown soldier was originally the idea of a padre called David Railton.

    8. Aerial massed acrobatics performed by starlings at this time of year are called "murmurations".

    9. Bush crickets have the biggest testicles of any animal, in relation to body weight.

    10. People daydream for nearly half of their waking hours.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_161.shtml
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    2. George W Bush read about 95 books a year when US president.
    That Dr Suess was quite prolific.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    9. Bush crickets have the biggest testicles of any animal, in relation to body weight.


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_161.shtml
    And they say size isn't everything!
    Some of us laugh
    Some of us cry
    Some of us smoke
    Some of us lie
    But it's all just the way
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    Quote Originally Posted by Virgil View Post
    I see that more and more. It's all these young people who think they can show up whenever they want. Oh the young are so stupid.
    Actually, it's because everyone has cellphones, I know my kids use them instead of a watch...
    Some of us laugh
    Some of us cry
    Some of us smoke
    Some of us lie
    But it's all just the way
    that we cope with our lives...

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