I'll start and tell you something that I'll bet you don't know, but that I found out today.
If you are in the bathroom and need to wash your hands, but there is no soap, you can wash your hands with toothpaste. (my hands are minty-fresh!)
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Flavour-changing neutral currents do not exist at tree level in the Standard Model, but may be imitated by one-loop penguin diagrams. The existence of penguins was confirmed at BaBar in 1995.
*Nods*
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
I'm a capricorn.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Gee. I didn't know that!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kayla: I'm a capricorn.
I'm not.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Who knew?
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
I didn't.
--j_k
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
I wear fairly thick glasses.
Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
The rations of Ghengis Khan's army often included yogurt.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
Putting lime juice and black recado on raw chicken makes it turn purple-black...and yummy!
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
We are all spirit children of God, greatly beloved, and as such we each have a divine nature, unlimited potential, and are of infinite worth.
I just found out yesterday that every object is precious to Him as well, similar to the way that your favorite tree you used to climb as a child is precious to you, for instance, or maybe some trifle given to you by the one you love, which appears to the unknowing eye to be some inconsidered nothing, but is actually one of the keys of the universe, precious beyond jewels, do you know what I mean? Look around you. Every single object is beloved by Him in that same way only much much more so. It sort of made me look at the world with new eyes to realize that.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
The Ravenous Bug Blatter Beast of Traal thinks that if you can't see it, it can't see you. And I can go for weeks quoting only Douglas Adams.
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
The way to catch a heffalump is to dig a hole where it's standing, but before it gets there.
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems.
Ni!
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
When a wheelchair goes out of control and rolls down a hill into a ditch full of water, face down, don't let go of the wheelchair YOU are holding so you can go help.
This might seem self-evident, but I learned today it is not.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Gosh! The things I didn't know.
I'm so glad that I have an inadequate vacuum system.
I don't even know what a black recado is, but if I ever get one, I'll try feeding it to the heffalump I just caught.
SteveR, why do you think that I don't know Douglas Adams?
Do you think the Khan Army started out carrying rations of milk, and it just kind of turned to yogurt on the long march?
And Megan, I wear thick glasses, too, when I'm not wearing my contact lenses.
And I hadn't thought about every object being precious -- I was just getting my trash together to take to the curb, and I wonder if I should be feeling unappreciative.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Eaquae Legit, I actually did already know that about the wheelchair, but it sounds like an interested story. Care to share?
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Okay, second hand, but I work with these folks so it's actually a bit better than second-hand.
Group from my support centre goes on an outing to an amusment park. Fairly large group, some in wheelchairs they can't push themselves, several with behavioural issues. One chair soemhow gets loose and rolls down a hill, splat, facedown in a ditch of water. The staff pushing another client's chair rushes to help, forgetting that gravity is a ahrd habit to break. THAT chairs goes rolling down the hill, splat, facedown in a ditch of water. Client #3 has a major meltdown in all the excitement, and needs to be restrained facedown on the grass all covered in goose crap. Client #4 starts running around and yelling. All par for the course as far as this place goes, except a concerned bystander calls 911. Those poor cops went first to the client in restraint, then to the one who is still running around and yelling a bit, and finally get directed to the guys in the ditch, who by now have been righted. Everyone makes the evening news.
But the part that gets me is I know these people, and these situations, and it doesn't seem very far-fetched at all. But at least I could tell you a story you didn't know before.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Well! That is good to know! Sounds like quite a wild ride. Less of an amusement park trip and more like an abusement park trip.
Posted by Lara (Member # 132) on :
alluvion's sister used to be my boss
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
The staff have been on story-telling mode recently, and that is actually the least disturbing of them. For example, no one was naked, biting the tops off toothbrushes, or throwing barbeques around. Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I apparently have a wallet that is both sentient and motile.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
And it talks! Don't forget that important detail.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Your wallet is WHAT?!!
Could it be that you have a trained rat in your pocket -- a Rhodent Scholar?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
And, oh yes, EqL, Mazel Tov on just reaching your 1000th post!
I salute you Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
Since you asked, it wasn't milk that turned into yogurt. They carried yogurt because there was leftover product when they made cheese. This leftover they turned into yogurt.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I didn't know that.
Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
For another thing you may not have known: The oldest sport in history is polo.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I'd have figured hiking.
Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
what's the wager?
Posted by Lara (Member # 132) on :
hiking is a sport?
Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
I don't think hiking is a sport. Nobody wins.
Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
golfing takes balls?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Well, they sell the gear for it at the sporting goods store, so, yeah, it counts as a sport.
Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
Speaking of sports: In tonight's intermural softball game, I was 7 for 7 with 12 rbi's and 6 runs scored. I bet you didn't know that!
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Lara (Member # 132) on :
They sell tents, too, but I wouldn't call backpacking a sport.
Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
What the pro-shop needs is a ball-finder. It'd sell like hotcakes and cut-short all those hikes into the rough.
Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
THe definition of sport: An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
I don't think hiking qualifies.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Well, you're right about that, I didn't know that you played intermural softball.
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
The sound a pygmy goat makes is eerily like a baby crying.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
So, is mountain climbing a sport?
Physical exertion (yup) Skill (uh huh) Rules or customs (I suppose) Competetive (yeah)
And hiking is mountain climbing with the mountain being optional.
It is more of a sport than NASCAR, in my opinion.
Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
Currently, I would consider competitive mountain climbing a sport. However, 4000 years ago were people racing up mountains? I can't say for certain, but I would imagine not. They were too busy looking for food.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
And EqL, babies are remarkable in their accuracy in imitating the call of the pygmy goat. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Parsimony: 4000 years ago were people racing up mountains? I can't say for certain, but I would imagine not. They were too busy looking for food. --ApostleRadio
And playing polo? Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
Is a pygmy goat short of status by physical size or by the label pygmy?
Posted by Lara (Member # 132) on :
If physical exertion is a prereq, why does ESPN air poker live?
Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
They played polo in persia and india as training for warriors.
--apostleradio
Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
ESPN airs poker because it gets ratings, and ratings brings money.
Fine, a less contentious sports fact: Max Schmelling, the German heavyweight who boxed Joe Louis before WWII, fell out of favor with Hitler for hiding Jews in his home to keep them out of concentration camps.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
polo?! are you mad?
Posted by Lara (Member # 132) on :
I didn't know pygmy goats played polo anywhere
Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
This whole courtroom is out of order!
Posted by Lara (Member # 132) on :
I think we all knew that.
Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
surely they must play it somewhere...
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Parsimony: ESPN airs poker because it gets ratings, and ratings brings money.
I know that.
quote:Max Schmelling, the German heavyweight who boxed Joe Louis before WWII, fell out of favor with Hitler for hiding Jews in his home to keep them out of concentration camps.
But I didn't know that.
Posted by Lara (Member # 132) on :
This will get you started on your research, alluvion.
Here's another WWII fact: The German submarine U-120 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Parsimony: This whole courtroom is out of order!
Tell me something I DIDN'T know!! Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
I already told you several things you didn't know. Quite frankly I am finding this entire thing very demanding.
Let me think...
Mannfred Mann, singer of such classics as Doo Wah Ditty and Blinded by the Light, is among the ten top selling artists of all time in Britain.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
Lara
Tanto
Parsimony
Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
Wow, I got a kiss goodnight from alluvion. My girlfriend will be sooo jealous!
--ApostleRadio
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Hands are one of the most beautiful parts of the body, yet are incredibly frustrating to draw.
Posted by Architraz Warden (Member # 4285) on :
Having a rear tire blow-out really isn't that devastating... even if you are going about 80 mph and in heavy traffic.
Now the front tire... I'm sure you already know that.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Thanks alot 'rackers. I've learned so much that I didn't know.
Did you know that it is 1:00 AM and I need to get up for work in the morning?
G'night all!
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
"A lot" is two words.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Frisco is actually a really hairy chick.
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
By size, I assume. they really are miniature, about knee-high.
Posted by whiskysunrise (Member # 6819) on :
I got a hair cut. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Aren't all your other hairs jealous?
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Horace Fletcher, the 19th century dietician who spawned the "Fletcherism" movement, mailed some of his own feces to a newspaper editor to prove that living by his dietary rules made one's excrement dry and odorless.
Posted by whiskysunrise (Member # 6819) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: Aren't all your other hairs jealous?
How about I got all the hair on my head cut.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
When playing the banjo I prefer the metal thumb-picks over the plastic ones.
Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
Me too, mph!
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Huh! I didn't know that you play banjo. That's cool. My favorite song is "Dueling Banjos". Can you play a bit of it for me (MPH and Parsimony can duel together).
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Annie: Horace Fletcher, the 19th century dietician who spawned the "Fletcherism" movement, mailed some of his own feces to a newspaper editor to prove that living by his dietary rules made one's excrement dry and odorless.
I am so glad that I didn't know that. And so disturbed that I do now. Yucky bioterrorist!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:How about I got all the hair on my head cut.
*nods approvingly* Much more efficient.
Posted by KrabbyPatty (Member # 7055) on :
dkw, ElJay and Enigmatic each had a pygmy goat a few years back. The goats were named Rocky, Alex and Jinx. Can you guess which kid had which kid?
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
I can! Oh, right. Oops.
The other pets of our childhood were (not all at once): 2 dogs, 3 cats, 2 gerbils, 1 rabbit, several fish, and a few small frogs. KrabbyPatty never let me keep any of the snakes I caught, though.
Before we were born, though? They had a MONKEY! So totally not fair.
--Enigmatic
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Parmesan Goldfish crackers make quite passable croutons when you're out and don't want to make any, but want some crunchy in your salad.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:Before we were born, though? They had a MONKEY! So totally not fair.
*giggles* I told my husband that he had a choice between a monkey and children. And since abstinence is the only 100% effective method of birth control...
It's pretty obvious what he chose. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I figure that every single banjo player needs to know four songs:
Dueling Banjos The Beverly Hillbillies theme song Foggy Mountain Breakdown Cripple Creek.
Of the four, I only know Cripple Creek and am currently learning Foggy Mountain Breakdown.
So right now, I'm not a banjo player yet -- I'm just a guy who plays the banjo.
And not for very long either. I just got my banjo for Christmas.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
How about "O! Susannah!"?
Posted by Desdemona (Member # 7100) on :
Ooh! I love Cripple Creek Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
Anyone who thinks poker takes no physical exerstion try sitting at a table for fifteen hours straight. Or go two hours without playing a single hand. Trying to stay on your A game that long is very tiring.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Anyone who thinks poker takes no physical exerstion try sitting at a table for fifteen hours straight. Or go two hours without playing a single hand. Trying to stay on your A game that long is very tiring.
Dude. It's exausting to do anything (including nothing) for fifteen hours straight. Color me unimpressed with the physical prowess that poker demands.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Horace Fletcher, the 19th century dietician who spawned the "Fletcherism" movement, was known to some as the "Great Masticator." He held that chewing one's food to a liquid form before swallowing was beneficial to health by both limiting the amount of food ingested and making the digestive process easier.
Posted by ProverbialSunrise (Member # 7771) on :
Didgeridoos can be made from old plastic pipes and wax.
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
Annie, that guy must have had serious jowl muscles.
Posted by Haloed Silhouette (Member # 8062) on :
Anal sex is painful if you have hæmorrhoids.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Um, I imagine anal sex is probably painful even when you don't have haemorrhoids.
Posted by Haloed Silhouette (Member # 8062) on :
If you've got a rash on your bum and wipe it following a visit to the toilet, it's painful. I'm going for extreme agony in this case.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
I use this exact phrase to restart conversations.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Haloed Silhouette: Anal sex is painful if you have hæmorrhoids.
Too much information! Too much information! Stop right this minute! It was "Tell me something I DON'T know", not "Tell me something no one wants to hear"
And please, I hope you are using protection. You are young to be messing around so, and you need to keep your wits about you.
How do you even have time for such extracurriculars when you are on Hatrack 24/7?
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
When I was in kindergarten, by best friend lived on Cripple Creek Drive.
Posted by Haloed Silhouette (Member # 8062) on :
quote:And please, I hope you are using protection.
I don't use protection because I have no need for protection; since even if I buy a condominium of condoms, it will never get used because there's nothing I can use it as (except sleeping bags for mice).
quote: You are young to be messing around so
Obviously!
quote: How do you even have time for such extracurriculars when you are on Hatrack 24/7?
I'm not on Hatrack 24/7/52!
Posted by Haloed Silhouette (Member # 8062) on :
Fine! I have one!
The Foundation Trilogy was actually not written by Isaac Asimov. He stole the idea from Arthur C. Clarke before the latter could copyright his writings.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
Jackie Robinson had a brother who won the silver medal in the 200m in the 1936 olympics.
No one remembers him because the guy who came in first was named Jesse Owens.
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