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« Reply #75 on: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 09:24:10 » |
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its impossible to hum if you got your fingers up your nose
No it isn't. *Edit* I just tried and you are right.
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« Reply #76 on: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 09:34:44 » |
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1. Coca-Cola was originally green. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Women blink nearly twice as much as men! --------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. It is impossible to lick your elbow. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you Sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to Suppress a sneeze; you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from History. "Spades" - King David; "Clubs" - Alexander the Great; “Hearts" - Charlemagne; "Diamonds" - Julius Caesar. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. If a statue of a warrior on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has a all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? Ans. - All invented by women. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18. Honey - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 19. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20. A snail can sleep for three years. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 21. All polar bears are left handed. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 22. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 23. Butterflies taste with their feet. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 24. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 25. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 26. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 27. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 28. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 29. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 30. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 31. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 32. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 33. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 34. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match box. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 35. Most lipstick contains fish scales. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 36.. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise, the gorgie boys, for Hearts in Europe.
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« Reply #77 on: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 09:35:23 » |
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You can still hum, just for not very long periods, in fact for about 3 seconds at a time, but humming with fingers up your nose is still possible.
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« Reply #78 on: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 12:23:50 » |
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Indian Railway is the largest employer in the world. The NHS 3rd largest
How about the Chinese Army ? (not the Terracotta ones)
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Paolo Di Canio, it's Paolo Di Canio
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« Reply #79 on: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 12:52:16 » |
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3. The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.
That's only if you still call Oceania, Australasia, and describe the Americas North and South as one continent, which a lot of people don't now.
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« Reply #80 on: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 13:11:17 » |
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Oh and some of Bob's list are notorious urban myths, several of which have been exposed on QI over the last couple of series.
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« Reply #81 on: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 13:14:29 » |
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Yeah. The statue one jumped out at me. They did that one didn't they?
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« Reply #82 on: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 13:16:08 » |
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And the polar bears.
The internet is full of mad myths about them using their right paws to cover up their noses as they stalk their prey.
Total bollocks obviously.
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« Reply #83 on: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 13:16:33 » |
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I just tried to lick my elbows...
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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« Reply #84 on: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 13:34:22 » |
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I just copied and pasted from an email I got today.
No idea if they are true or not!
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise, the gorgie boys, for Hearts in Europe.
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« Reply #85 on: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 14:16:33 » |
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I just copied and pasted from an email I got today.
No idea if they are true or not!
So you're happy to spread LIES on t'net! How irresponsible!
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« Reply #86 on: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 22:57:25 » |
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How about the Chinese Army ? (not the Terracotta ones)
2nd largest
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