FACTS (Trivia)
YOU WILL NEVER LOOK AT THESE LOGOS THE SAME WAY, AGAIN.
Do you see the arrow between the "E" and "x" (in white)?
I had never noticed it before.
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I had never noticed it before.
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The 2nd and 3rd "T's" are two people sharing (or fighting over) a
tortilla and a bowl of salsa.
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tortilla and a bowl of salsa.
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The world's most famous bike race. The "R" in "Tour" is a cyclist.
The yellow circle is the front wheel of a bicycle, the "O" is the back wheel.
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The yellow circle is the front wheel of a bicycle, the "O" is the back wheel.
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The arrow means Amazon has everything from A to Z
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The gap between the "K" and the "I" is a sideways chocolate kiss.
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There is a dancing bear above the "ble".
Toblerone chocolate bars originated in Berne, Switzerland,
whose symbol is the bear.
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Toblerone chocolate bars originated in Berne, Switzerland,
whose symbol is the bear.
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See the " 31" embedded in the " BR"?
Thirty one-derful flavors!
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Thirty one-derful flavors!
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See the gorilla and lioness (in white) facing each other?
AWESOME ~ LOVED this one!
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AWESOME ~ LOVED this one!
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The smiley half face is also a 'g".
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The emblem for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Baseball glove forms an "M" and a "B".
This Logo was designed by a college student.
Baseball glove forms an "M" and a "B".
This Logo was designed by a college student.
Things to know (RECEIVED 01/09/2016 FROM LIZ W.)
In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.
Hence we have 'the rule of thumb'
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Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented.
It was ruled 'Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden'.. .
and thus, the word GOLF entered into the English language.
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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone
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Coca-Cola was originally green.
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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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The cost of raising a medium-size dog
to the age of eleven:
£ 10,120.00 (at today's rate that would amount to $12336.26 USD)
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The first novel ever
written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents
a great king from history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
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If a statue in the park of a person 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 because of wounds received in battle.
If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died
of natural causes
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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers have in common?
A. All were invented by women.
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Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
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In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes, the mattress tightened,
making the bed firmer to sleep on.
Hence the phrase...'Goodnight , sleep tight'
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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.
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In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts....
So in old England , when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them 'Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down. It's where we get the phrase: 'mind your P's and Q's'
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Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service.
'Wet your whistle'is the phrase inspired by this practice.
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At least 75% of people who read this will try to
lick their elbow!
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Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not,
you can read it.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the
first and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a
taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm. This
is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
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YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2015 when...
1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave.
2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family
of three.
4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.
6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your mobile phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries...
7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom
of the screen
8. Leaving the house without your mobile phone, which you didn't even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it
10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting
your coffee
11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )
12 You're reading this and nodding and laughing.
13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.
14. You are too busy to notice there was no 9 on this list.
15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't
a 9 on this list
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NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.
Go on, forward this to your friends.
You know you want to!
Fwd: 1910 Ford this is amazing!!
Make sure you read all the statistics under the photo.
This has only been 105 years ago...Amazing!!!
Make sure you read all the statistics under the photo.
This has only been 105 years ago...Amazing!!!
1910 Ford Model T
Show this to your friends, children and/or grandchildren!
The year is 1910, over one hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for the Year 1910:
(applies to the USA)
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The average life expectancy for men was 47 years.
Fuel for this car was sold in drug stores only.
Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower !
The average US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per hour.
The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year,
A dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year,
And a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.
Ninety percent of all Doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!
Instead, they attended so-called medical schools,
Many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as 'substandard.'
Sugar cost four cents a pound.
Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
There was no such thing as under arm deodorant or tooth paste.
Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.
The five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2, Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars.
The population of Las Vegas Nevada was only 30!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented yet
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write and only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.
There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !
(yes, people have changed)
I am now going to forward this to someone else without typing it myself.
From there, it will be sent to others all over the WORLD...all in a matter of seconds!
Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years
The year is 1910, over one hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for the Year 1910:
(applies to the USA)
***********************************
The average life expectancy for men was 47 years.
Fuel for this car was sold in drug stores only.
Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower !
The average US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per hour.
The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year,
A dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year,
And a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.
Ninety percent of all Doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!
Instead, they attended so-called medical schools,
Many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as 'substandard.'
Sugar cost four cents a pound.
Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
There was no such thing as under arm deodorant or tooth paste.
Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.
The five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2, Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars.
The population of Las Vegas Nevada was only 30!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented yet
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write and only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.
There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !
(yes, people have changed)
I am now going to forward this to someone else without typing it myself.
From there, it will be sent to others all over the WORLD...all in a matter of seconds!
Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years
'A SHOT OF WHISKEY' Received from Art B. 02/02/2016
In the old west a .45 cartridge for a six-gun cost 12 cents and so did a glass of whiskey. If a cowhand was low on cash he would often give the bartender a cartridge in exchange for a drink. This became known as a "shot" of whiskey.
‘THE WHOLE NINE YARDS’
American fighter planes in WW2 had machine guns that were fed by a belt of cartridges. The average plane held belts that were 27 feet (9 yards) long. If the pilot used up all his ammo he was said to have given it the whole nine yards.
‘BUYING THE FARM’
This is synonymous with dying. During WW1 soldiers were given life insurance policies worth $5,000. This was about the price of an average
farm so if you died you "bought the farm" for your
survivors.
‘IRON-CLAD CONTRACT’
This came about from the iron-clad ships of the Civil War. It meant something so strong it could not be broken.
‘PASSING THE BUCK / THE BUCK STOPS HERE’
Most men in the early west carried a jack
knife made by the Buck Knife Company. When playing poker it as common to place one of these Buck knives in front of the dealer so that everyone knew who he was. When it was time for a new dealer the deck of cards and the knife were given to the new dealer. If this person didn't want to deal he would "pass the buck" to the next player. If that player accepted then "the buck stopped there".
‘RIFF RAFF’
The Mississippi River was the main way of traveling from north to south. Riverboats carried passengers and freight but they were expensive so
most people used rafts. Everything had the right of way over rafts which were considered cheap. The steering oar on the rafts was called a "riff" and
this transposed into riff-raft – or riff-raff, meaning low class.
‘COBWEB’
The Old English word for "spider" was "cob".
SHIPS’ ‘STATE ROOMS’
Traveling by steamboat was considered the height of comfort. Passenger cabins on the boats were not numbered. Instead they were named
after states. To this day cabins on ships are called
staterooms.
‘SLEEP TIGHT’
Early beds were made with a wooden frame. Ropes were tied across the frame in a criss-cross pattern. A straw mattress was then put on top of
the ropes. Over time the ropes stretched, causing the bed to sag. The owner would then tighten the ropes to get a better night's sleep.
‘SHOWBOAT’
These were floating theaters built on a barge that was pushed by a steamboat. These played the small towns along the Mississippi River. Unlike the boat shown in the movie "Showboat”these did not have an engine. They were gaudy and attention- grabbing which is why we say someone who is being the life of the party is "showboating".
‘OVER A BARREL’
In the days before CPR a drowning victim would be placed face down over a barrel and the barrel would be rolled back and forth in a effort to empty the lungs of water. It was rarely effective. If you are over a barrel you are in deep trouble.
‘BARGE IN’
Heavy freight was moved along the Mississippi in large barges pushed by steamboats. These were hard to control and would sometimes swing into
piers or other boats. People would say they "barged in".
‘HOGWASH’
Steamboats carried both people and animals. Since pigs smelled so bad they would be washed before being put on board. The mud and other filth that was washed off was considered useless "hog wash".
‘CURFEW’
The word "curfew" comes from the French phrase "couvre-feu", which means "cover
the fire". It was used to describe the time of blowing out all lamps and candles before sleeping for the night. It was later adopted into Middle English as "curfeu", which later became the modern "curfew". In the early American colonies homes had no real fireplaces so a fire was built in the center of the room. In order to make sure a fire did not get out of control during the night it was required that, by an agreed upon time, all fires would be covered with a clay pot called-a "curfew".
‘BARRELS OF OIL’
When the first oil wells were drilled they had made no provision for storing the liquid, so they used water barrels. That is why, to this day,
we speak of barrels of oil, rather than gallons.
‘HOT OFF THE PRESS’
As the paper goes through the rotary printing press, friction causes it to heat up. …therefore, if you grab the paper right off the press, it’s hot. The expression means to get immediate information.
There, don't you feel smarter now?
In the old west a .45 cartridge for a six-gun cost 12 cents and so did a glass of whiskey. If a cowhand was low on cash he would often give the bartender a cartridge in exchange for a drink. This became known as a "shot" of whiskey.
‘THE WHOLE NINE YARDS’
American fighter planes in WW2 had machine guns that were fed by a belt of cartridges. The average plane held belts that were 27 feet (9 yards) long. If the pilot used up all his ammo he was said to have given it the whole nine yards.
‘BUYING THE FARM’
This is synonymous with dying. During WW1 soldiers were given life insurance policies worth $5,000. This was about the price of an average
farm so if you died you "bought the farm" for your
survivors.
‘IRON-CLAD CONTRACT’
This came about from the iron-clad ships of the Civil War. It meant something so strong it could not be broken.
‘PASSING THE BUCK / THE BUCK STOPS HERE’
Most men in the early west carried a jack
knife made by the Buck Knife Company. When playing poker it as common to place one of these Buck knives in front of the dealer so that everyone knew who he was. When it was time for a new dealer the deck of cards and the knife were given to the new dealer. If this person didn't want to deal he would "pass the buck" to the next player. If that player accepted then "the buck stopped there".
‘RIFF RAFF’
The Mississippi River was the main way of traveling from north to south. Riverboats carried passengers and freight but they were expensive so
most people used rafts. Everything had the right of way over rafts which were considered cheap. The steering oar on the rafts was called a "riff" and
this transposed into riff-raft – or riff-raff, meaning low class.
‘COBWEB’
The Old English word for "spider" was "cob".
SHIPS’ ‘STATE ROOMS’
Traveling by steamboat was considered the height of comfort. Passenger cabins on the boats were not numbered. Instead they were named
after states. To this day cabins on ships are called
staterooms.
‘SLEEP TIGHT’
Early beds were made with a wooden frame. Ropes were tied across the frame in a criss-cross pattern. A straw mattress was then put on top of
the ropes. Over time the ropes stretched, causing the bed to sag. The owner would then tighten the ropes to get a better night's sleep.
‘SHOWBOAT’
These were floating theaters built on a barge that was pushed by a steamboat. These played the small towns along the Mississippi River. Unlike the boat shown in the movie "Showboat”these did not have an engine. They were gaudy and attention- grabbing which is why we say someone who is being the life of the party is "showboating".
‘OVER A BARREL’
In the days before CPR a drowning victim would be placed face down over a barrel and the barrel would be rolled back and forth in a effort to empty the lungs of water. It was rarely effective. If you are over a barrel you are in deep trouble.
‘BARGE IN’
Heavy freight was moved along the Mississippi in large barges pushed by steamboats. These were hard to control and would sometimes swing into
piers or other boats. People would say they "barged in".
‘HOGWASH’
Steamboats carried both people and animals. Since pigs smelled so bad they would be washed before being put on board. The mud and other filth that was washed off was considered useless "hog wash".
‘CURFEW’
The word "curfew" comes from the French phrase "couvre-feu", which means "cover
the fire". It was used to describe the time of blowing out all lamps and candles before sleeping for the night. It was later adopted into Middle English as "curfeu", which later became the modern "curfew". In the early American colonies homes had no real fireplaces so a fire was built in the center of the room. In order to make sure a fire did not get out of control during the night it was required that, by an agreed upon time, all fires would be covered with a clay pot called-a "curfew".
‘BARRELS OF OIL’
When the first oil wells were drilled they had made no provision for storing the liquid, so they used water barrels. That is why, to this day,
we speak of barrels of oil, rather than gallons.
‘HOT OFF THE PRESS’
As the paper goes through the rotary printing press, friction causes it to heat up. …therefore, if you grab the paper right off the press, it’s hot. The expression means to get immediate information.
There, don't you feel smarter now?
And I thought learning Spanish was hard!
Have you ever thought about our English ?
Thank you for the heads up Liz. W
A heteronym (also known as a heterophone) is a word that is written identically but has a different pronunciation and meaning. In other words, they are homographs that are not homophones. Thus, row (propel with oars) and row (argument) are heteronyms, but mean (intend) and mean (average) are not (since they are pronounced the same). Heteronym pronunciation may vary in vowel realisation, in stress pattern (see also Initial-stress-derived noun), or in other ways:
- A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
- Do you know what a buck does to does?
- They were too close to the door to close it.
- Don't desert me here in the desert!
- When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
- The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
- How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
- He could lead if he would get the lead out.
- After a number of injections my jaw got number.
- I did not object to the object.
- We must polish the Polish furniture.
- He thought it was time to present the present.
- The farm was used to produce produce.
- The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
- There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
- A seamstress and a sewer fell down into the sewer.
- To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
- I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
- Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
- The weather was beginning to affect his affect.
- The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
- The bandage was wound around the wound.
SOME CALENDAR TRIVIA
(Posted for Liz W. 12/17/2013)
This is the only time you will see this phenomenon in your life.
Calendar For August 2014
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
August, this year, will had 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This happens only once every 823 years. The Chinese call it 'Silver pockets full.
Calendar For August 2014
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
August, this year, will had 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This happens only once every 823 years. The Chinese call it 'Silver pockets full.
The Beauty Of Mathematics
(click on image to play video)
(click on image to play video)
Whew, scientific proof .... What a relief to learn this !
Ever walk into a room with some purpose in mind, only to completely forget what that purpose was ? Turns out, doors themselves are to blame for these strange memory lapses.
Psychologists at the University of Notre Dame have discovered that passing through a doorway triggers what's known as an Event Boundary in the mind, separating one set of thoughts and memories from the next. Your brain files away the thoughts you had in the previous room and prepares a blank slate for the new locale.
Thank goodness for studies like this. It's not our age, it's that darn door !
Did I send this to you already?
Here's something that most of us probably didn't know...
Al Capone's 1928 Cadillac Series 341A
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Secret Service began to express concern in relation to potential assassination attempts against the president, as his limousine at that time was not armored and had no protective features. The following day, December 8, 1941, a heavily armored 1928 Cadillac 341A Town Sedan, which had originally belonged to gangster Al Capone, was used to transport the president to the Capitol to deliver his "Infamy" speech. The car had been confiscated by the Treasury Department following Capone's arrest and stored in an impound lot until its ironic final duty. Roosevelt used the Capone car until his Sunshine Special was modified to be capable of protecting him, with armor plating for the doors, bullet-proof tires, inch-thick windows and storage compartments for pistols and sub-machine guns. All of the safety modifications increased the car's weight to 9,300 pounds(4,218 kg). Despite these precautions, Roosevelt preferred to ride with the top down during parades and at most public gatherings. The car was also fitted with the then-current 1942 Lincoln front end in 1942 from the Lincoln H-series.
Sent by Art B.
modified by me
modified by me
Brains of elderly slow because
they know so much
they know so much
Older people do not decline mentally with age, it just takes them longer to recall facts because they have more information in their brains, scientists believe. Much like a computer struggles as the hard drive gets full, so to do humans take longer to access information, it has been suggested. Researchers say this slowing down it is not the same as cognitive decline. “The human brain works slower in old age,” said Dr. Michael Ramscar, “but only because we have stored more information over time “The brains of older people do not get weak. On the contrary, they simply know more.”
People Keep Aging Grey Cells Active
(Thanks Liz W.)
If there were one word that could guide the action of a whole life, would that word not be consideration? Confucius
1. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May... What was the third child's name?
2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall and he wears size 13 sneakers...What does he weigh?
3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered,...what was the highest mountain in the world?
4. How much dirt is there in a hole...that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?
5. What word in the English Language...is always spelled incorrectly?
6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer...How is this possible?
7. In California , you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg...Why not?
8. What was the President 's Name...in 1975?
9. If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place,... what place would you be in now?
10. Which is correct to say,..."The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?
11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, ...how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field?
ANSWERS BELOW
Here are the Answers:
1. Johnny 's mother had three children. The first child was named April The second child was named May. What was the third child 's name?
Answer: Johnny of course
2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?
Answer: Meat.
3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
Answer: Mt. Everest; it just wasn 't discovered yet. (You're not very good at this are you?]
4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?
Answer: There is no dirt in a hole.
5. What word in the English Language is always spelled incorrectly?
Answer: Incorrectly
6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?
Answer: Billy lives in the Southern Hemisphere
7. In California , you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?
Answer: You can 't take pictures with a wooden leg. You need a camera to take pictures.
8. What was the President 's Name in 1975?
Answer: Same as is it now - Barack Obama [Oh, come on ...]
9. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
Answer: You would be in 2nd. Well, you passed the person in second place, not first.
10. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?
Answer: Neither, the yolk of the egg is yellow [Duh]
11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field?
Answer: One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all become one big one.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMPOSSIBILITIES IN THE WORLD
1) You can't count your hair.
2) You can't wash your eyes with soap.
3) You can't breathe through your nose when your tongue is out. Put your tongue back in your mouth, you silly person.
Ten (10) Things I know about you.
1) You are reading this.
2) You are human.
3) You can't say the letter ''P'' without separating your lips.
4) You just attempted to do it.
6) You are laughing at yourself.
7) You have a smile on your face and you skipped No. 5.
8) You just checked to see if there is a No. 5.
9) You laugh at this because you are a fun loving person & everyone does it too.
10) You are probably going to send this to see who else falls for it.
You have received this e-mail because I didn't want to be alone in the idiot category.
Question: How many times does the human heart beat in a lifetime?
Average male heart beats 70 beats/minute = 4200/hour x 24 = 100800/day. Average American male lifespan 75 years. 365 x 75 = 27375 days x 100800 beats per day =
I would give a total, but my calculator won't go that high!
Average male heart beats 70 beats/minute = 4200/hour x 24 = 100800/day. Average American male lifespan 75 years. 365 x 75 = 27375 days x 100800 beats per day =
I would give a total, but my calculator won't go that high!
Lake Superior
Pretty amazing... Did you realize how big this lake is?
LAKE SUPERIOR FACTS
* Lake Superior contains ten percent of all the fresh water on the planet Earth.
* It covers 82,000 square kilometers or 31,700 square miles.
* The average depth is 147 meters or 483 feet.
*There have been about 350 shipwrecks recorded in Lake Superior.
* Lake Superior is, by surface area, the largest lake in the world.
* A Jesuit priest in 1668 named it Lac Tracy, but that name was never officially adopted.
* It contains as much water as all the other Great Lakes combined, plus three extra Lake Erie's!!
* There is a small outflow from the lake at St. Mary's River (Sault Ste Marie) into Lake Huron , but it takes almost two centuries for the water to be completely replaced.
* There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover all of North and South America with water one foot deep.
*Lake Superior was formed during the last glacial retreat, making it one of the earth's youngest major features at only about 10,000 years old.
* The deepest point in the lake is 405 meters or 1,333 feet.
* There are 78 different species of fish that call the big lake home.
* The maximum wave ever recorded on Lake Superior was 9.45 meters or 31 feet high.
* If you stretched the shoreline of Lake Superior out to a straight line, it would be long enough to reach from Duluth to the Bahamas...
* Over 300 streams and rivers empty into Lake Superior with the largest source being the Nipigon River.
* The average underwater visibility of Lake Superior is about 8 meters or 27 feet, making it the cleanest and clearest of the Great Lakes. Underwater visibility in some spots reaches 30 meters.
* In the summer, the sun sets more than 35 minutes later on the western shore of Lake Superior than at its southeastern edge.
*Some of the world's oldest rocks, formed about 2.7 billion years ago, can be found on the Ontario shore of Lake Superior.
* It very rarely freezes over completely, and then usually just for a few hours. Complete freezing occurred in 1962, 1979, 2003 and 2009.
(from my in box....thanks Art B.)
Pretty amazing... Did you realize how big this lake is?
LAKE SUPERIOR FACTS
* Lake Superior contains ten percent of all the fresh water on the planet Earth.
* It covers 82,000 square kilometers or 31,700 square miles.
* The average depth is 147 meters or 483 feet.
*There have been about 350 shipwrecks recorded in Lake Superior.
* Lake Superior is, by surface area, the largest lake in the world.
* A Jesuit priest in 1668 named it Lac Tracy, but that name was never officially adopted.
* It contains as much water as all the other Great Lakes combined, plus three extra Lake Erie's!!
* There is a small outflow from the lake at St. Mary's River (Sault Ste Marie) into Lake Huron , but it takes almost two centuries for the water to be completely replaced.
* There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover all of North and South America with water one foot deep.
*Lake Superior was formed during the last glacial retreat, making it one of the earth's youngest major features at only about 10,000 years old.
* The deepest point in the lake is 405 meters or 1,333 feet.
* There are 78 different species of fish that call the big lake home.
* The maximum wave ever recorded on Lake Superior was 9.45 meters or 31 feet high.
* If you stretched the shoreline of Lake Superior out to a straight line, it would be long enough to reach from Duluth to the Bahamas...
* Over 300 streams and rivers empty into Lake Superior with the largest source being the Nipigon River.
* The average underwater visibility of Lake Superior is about 8 meters or 27 feet, making it the cleanest and clearest of the Great Lakes. Underwater visibility in some spots reaches 30 meters.
* In the summer, the sun sets more than 35 minutes later on the western shore of Lake Superior than at its southeastern edge.
*Some of the world's oldest rocks, formed about 2.7 billion years ago, can be found on the Ontario shore of Lake Superior.
* It very rarely freezes over completely, and then usually just for a few hours. Complete freezing occurred in 1962, 1979, 2003 and 2009.
(from my in box....thanks Art B.)
HOW SMART IS YOUR RIGHT FOOT?
This is hysterical. You have to try this. It is absolutely true.
I guess there are some things that the brain cannot handle.
HOW SMART IS YOUR RIGHT FOOT?
You have to try this please it takes 2 seconds. I could not believe this!!!
It is from an orthopedic surgeon.............
This will boggle your mind and you will keep trying over and over again to see if you can outsmart your foot, but you can't. It's pre-programmed in your brain.
1. Without anyone watching you (they will think you are GOOFY!!) and while sitting at your desk in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles with it.
2. Now, while doing this, draw the number '6' in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction.
I told you so!!! And there's nothing you can do about it! You and I both know how stupid it is, but before the day is done you are going to try it again, if you've not already done so.
Send it to your friends to frustrate them too. I just did!!
(Thanks again to Liz W.)
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