Oopsies and other strange, interesting, and useless information....
 

I find this stuff all over, and since I'm bored, I thought I'd share it. You can never know too much interesting, yet utterly useless, stuff...

I like looking up word origins, and here's where a few interesting phrases come from:



Someone who faces the glare of publicity may be said to be
in the limelight. American chemist Robert Hare discovered
that a blowpipe flame acting upon a block of calcium oxide,
which is lime – produces a brilliant white light that could
be used to illuminate theater stages.


Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted
people without killing them used to burn their houses down-
hence the expression "to get fired."


In 1945 a computer at Harvard malfunctioned and Grace
Hopper, who was working on the computer, investigated,
found a moth in one of the circuits and removed it. Ever
since, when something goes wrong with a computer, it is
said to have a bug in it.


"Second string," meaning "replacement or backup," comes
from the middle ages. An archer always carried a second
string in case the one on his bow broke.


"Long in the tooth," meaning "old," was originally used to
describe horses. As horses age, their gums recede, giving
the impression that their teeth are growing. The longer the
teeth look, the older the horse



And an interesting headline I found:

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee - Picnickers were horrified when a man's
hand was ripped off at the wrist during a game of tug-of-war.
Stanley Harris, 21, had wrapped the rope around his wrist for
a better grip during the tug-of-war between teams of 25 adults
each. One hard tug backed by the strength of 50 people,
including Harris himself, was sufficient to completely sever
his hand. He was rushed to Erlanger Medical Center, where
doctors were attempting to reattach the hand. A hospital
spokeswoman said Harris was in fair condition.

Holy mackeral about the dude and his hand!!!:eek:

The other info was neat...thanks for sharing. ;)

Weird stuff. While we're on the topic of strange origins, I found this gem on the origin of "the finger": http://www.rotten.com/library/langua...finger/origin/

Jesus...the French really will eat ANYTHING !:D

Some more phrase origins:


"Big cheese" and "big wheel" are Medieval terms of envious
respect for those who could afford to buy whole wheels of
cheese at a time, an expense few could enjoy. Both these
terms are often used sarcastically today.

The word "toast," meaning a proposal of health, originated
in Rome, where an actual bit of spiced, burned bread was
dropped into wine to improve the drink's flavor, absorb
its sediment, and thus make it more healthful.

The nickname "Tinsel Town" was coined by Oscar Levant,
the pianist, composer who observed: "Strip the phoney
tinsel off Hollywood, and you'll find the real tinsel
underneath."


The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots
in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the
ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured
exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If
the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the
whole 9 yards."



You learn something new every day:

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both
front legs in the air, the person died as a result of
wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs
on the ground, the person died of natural causes.





Some interesting math I found:

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321



Um, ew, and creepy, respectively....

During pregnancy, the uterus expands to 500 times its
normal size.

The human brain continues sending out electrical wave
signals for up to 37 hours following death.

very true and have been using that for bar trivia for a while. try it, you'll win a guinness!


The human brain continues sending out electrical wave
signals for up to 37 hours following death. [/quote]

eww. so is it true that people who use to be decapitated we're conscious for a few more seconds?

Actually, I think so.

wait. let me test it for myself. yup. it works. (sorry, cheesy "Mars Attacks" movie joke here!):D

(still, ewww!!)

I've heard a few different stories about the whole 9 yards thing.

I'd be cool and provide a <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22whole+nine+yards%22+etymology&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky">good</a> link explaining the confusion about it, but I'm pretty lazy.

hey y'all! I read it on the internet so it must be true!

The human brain continues sending out electrical wave
signals for up to 37 hours following death.


FREAKS me out...what the hell is it thinking????????
do religious people have any thoughts on this?
what about scientists? what do they think is happening??

This is the way I heard it:

Two legs in the air - died in battle.
One leg in the air - died later from wounds received on the battlefield.
All four legs on the ground - died of natural causes.

Hm....I'll look it up. I got this info from TriviaToday, so I'm presuming it's accurate, but you never know....
Here's a good one someone sent me. Maybe not all this stuff is that useless after all....


If a dog was the teacher you would learn stuff like:


When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.

Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride.

Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.

When it's in your best interest, practice obedience

Let others know when they've invaded your territory.

Take naps.

Stretch before rising.

Run, romp, and play daily.

Thrive on attention and let people touch you.

Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.

On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass.

On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree.

When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body.

No matter how often you're scolded, don't buy into the guilt thing and Pout...run right back and make friends.

Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.

Eat with gusto and enthusiasm. Stop when you have had enough.

Be Loyal. Never pretend to be something you're not.

If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it.

When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by and nuzzle them gently.

All good, but you forgot:
"If you can reach them, lick your balls."

Yeah, but only if you HAVE them.


I also left out such things as:

When you meet a new person, sniff their butt....
Kitty poop is a good snack....
When you toss your cookies, eat it quick before it goes bad...
After a bath, go roll in the most disgusting thing you can find...



Some things just aren't warm and fuzzy, and not appropriate for a nice, wholesome family place like the Cellar, you know?:p


Sidhe

Yet MORE phrase origins:




The term "devil's advocate" comes from the Roman Catholic
Church. When deciding if someone should be sainted, a
devil's advocate is always appointed to give an alternative
view.


The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English
law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with
anything wider than your thumb.


The phrase "sleep tight" originated when mattresses were
set upon ropes woven through the bed frame. To remedy
sagging ropes, one would use a bed key to tighten the rope.



And I thought this was cool:


The last thing to happen is the ultimate. The next-to-last
is the penultimate, and the second-to-last is the
antepenultimate.

bought the farm
 

I’d have to look this up to get it right and I’m too lazy but I believe the story behind “bought the farm” had to do with test pilots crashing on farm land and the Army having to pay the farmer for damages to his crops.

Here are some interesting and useless facts:

There are 62,000 miles of arteries, capillaries, and veins
in the adult human body.


At 12,000 feet above sea level, there is barely enough
oxygen in La Paz, Bolivia to support combustion. The city
is nearly fireproof.


The only crime defined in the U.S. Constitution is treason—
Article III, Section 3.


The worst climate in the world may be at Yakutsk, in
Russia. In winter, the temperature falls to -84 degrees
Fahrenheit. In summer, it can reach 102 degrees Fahrenheit.


No one truly has double joints. Contortionists are actually
able to stretch the fibrous tissues known as ligaments.
Ligaments hold organs in place and fasten bones together.
Ligaments normally restrict the movements of certain
joints, but some folks find that their ligaments are more
flexible than others.



------------------- Bizarre Signs ---------------------
(from Bizarre News)

On a Septic Tank Truck sign: "We're #1 in the #2 business."

Sign over a Gynecologist's Office: "Dr. Jones, at your cervix."

At a Proctologist's door: "To expedite your visit please back
in."

On a Plumbers truck: "Don't sleep with a drip. Call your
plumber."

Pizza Shop Slogan: "7 days without pizza makes one weak."

At a Tire Shop in Milwaukee: "Invite us to your next blowout."

On a Plastic Surgeon's Office door: "Hello. Can we pick your
nose?"

At a Towing company: "We don't charge an arm and a leg. We
want tows."

On a Maternity Room door: "Push. Push. Push."

In a Veterinarian's waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes. Sit!
Stay!"

In a Restaurant window: "Don't stand there and be hungry, come
on in and get fed up.

At a Propane Filling Station: "Tank heaven for little grills."

At a Radiator Shop: "Best place in town to take a leak."



Interesting and useless animal facts:

After the female praying mantis mates with her partner, she
then eats him. The female hooks her deadly arms around him
and slowly nibbles away at him during copulation. Sometimes
she doesn't even wait until after sex to make him her next
meal, but his sex drive is so strong that he can keep going
even while being eaten.

The male swamp antechinus, a mouse-like marsupial from
Australia, is the only mammal which dies after mating. The
males dedicate their lives to non-stop mating until they
literally drop dead. Most of them die of starvation because
they have no time to eat between sex.


A species of starfish known as the Linckia columbiae can reproduce its entire body — that is, grow back completely— from a single severed pieces less than a half-inch long.

Oopsies
 

The manager of Action Video in Greensboro, N.C., looked at the gun held by the robber in front of him. "That is not a real gun," Ron Simpson told the robber. "This is a real gun," he added as he pulled out his own gun, which he has a permit to carry. The surprised robber grabbed a candy rack to use as a shield. "Like that's going to stop the bullet," Simpson told him as he picked up the phone to call police. The robber ran. "Police don't suggest this, I know," Simpson said later, but "I'd do it again." (Greensboro News & Record)



When two men stepped up to the counter at a convenience store in Stuart, Fla., the clerk asked if they were old enough to buy beer. When Winston Lamar, 22, handed over his ID, she noticed he had a gun. But before he could do anything with it, store clerk Marie Blanco, 42, grabbed it and the men ran, taking the beer. A half hour later, Lamar called the store to ask if he could come back for the gun and ID. Blanco said he could, telling him the police had left, but two sheriff's deputies were there to arrest him and Drew Nash, 21, when they returned. (Ft Myers News-Press)


"Fiji Village to Apologize for Eating English Missionary" -- AFP
headline



Real Doctor's Excuses


1. My son is under a doctor's care and should not take P.E. today. Please execute him.

2. Please excuse Lisa for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot.

3. Dear School: Please exscuse John being absent on Jan. 28, 29,30, 31, 32, and also 33.

4. Please excuse Gloria from Jim today. She is administrating.

5. Please excuse Roland from P.E. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip.

6. John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face.
Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hurt in the growing part.

7. Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins.
Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side.

8. Please excuse Ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels.

9. Please excuse Pedro from being absent yesterday. He had (diahre) (dyrea) (direathe) the runs. [words in ()'s were crossed out.]

10. Please excuse Burma, she has been sick and under the doctor.

11. Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust.

12. Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was his father's fault.

13. I kept Billie home because she had to go Christmas shopping because I don't know what size she wears.

14. Please excuse Jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the Sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it Monday, we thought it was Sunday.

15. Sally won't be in school a week from Friday. We have to attend her funeral.

16. My daughter was absent yesterday because she was tired. She spent a weekend with the Marines.

17. Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well.

18. Please excuse Mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps.

19. Maryann was absent December 11-16, because she had a fever, sore throat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever and sore throat, her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night.

20. Please excuse Jimmy for not being in school yesterday. His father is gone and I could not get him ready because I was in bed with the doctor.



Bizarre English Translations:

TOKYO HOTEL: Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If
you are not a person to do such thing is please not to read
notis.

BUCHAREST HOTEL: The list is being fixed for the next day.
During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.

YUGOSLAVIAN HOTEL: The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.

JAPANESE HOTEL: You are invited to take advantage of the
chambermaid.

SWISS MENU: Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.

HONG KONG TAILOR SHOP: Ladies may have a fit upstairs.

BANGKOK DRY CLEANERS: Drop your trousers here for best re-
sults.

CZECH TOURIST AGENCY: Take one of our horse-driven city
tours. We guarantee no miscarriages.

SWISS MOUNTAIN INN: Special today - no ice cream.

NORWEGIAN LOUNGE: Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.

BUDAPEST (HUNGARY) ZOO: Please do not feed the animals. If
you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.

JAPANESE HOTEL: Cooles and Heates: If you want just condi-
tion of warm in your room, please control yourself.

MAJORCAN SHOP: English well talking. Here speeching Ameri-
can.

Did you know...

Some maps will include a false lake, street, or other detail. The reason for this is to catch if another cartographer duplicates and publishes someone else's work.

Some fact books do something similar by including a made up fact. They could then catch if someone else copies their information.

How pissed would you be if you hiked for miles to a lake that didn't exist.

The driveway for Plastic Forks severed as such a check-feature on ADC maps for a very long time. Possibly still does. I haven't bought a fresh map in years.

In music, a 64th note is also called a "hemidemisemiquaver."

(say THAT five times fast...)


The painting known as Whistler's Mother is actually called Arrangement in Gray and Black.

The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long, or write approximately 50k english words.

The real name of the painting known as the Mona Lisa is La Giaconda. It's the portrait of a middle-class Florentine woman.

Tequila, indigenous to Mexico, is obtained from the agave which, contrary to myth, is not a cactus.

Audrey Hepburn's given name originally was Andrey. Andrey is a feminine form of Andrew. Belgian-born Hepburn changed the n to a u to become Audrey.

Camels store fat in the hump, not water. Baby camels are born without a hump, which comes later.

But...if the driveway was a fake feature, then how was there a driveway there?

Also, I just want to go on record as saying that, like the male preying mantis, I, too, can keep on having sex while being eaten.

:D

The streets I circled on this map do not exist:

http://ciberbosque.org/images/sycamore/map.jpg

So...what goes on over there on Blow Street, Syc?

We made fun of that street a lot as kids...I still chuckle whenever I pass it.

Blow St. is just a residential street that runs across the south side of St. Louis in several sections. Of course, I can't speak for what goes on behind closed doors...

Early Medical Procedures and References
 

From the Advocate. Source=World Features Syndicate

Plastic Surgery (noses): 750 BC
Reference to Dyslexia: 30 AD
Heart Valves named: 221 BC
Artificial Limb (foot): 484 BC
False Teeth: 700 BC
Sunscreen: 7800 BC

It's fake if the call it a street and it's really a driveway. Of course this driveway is more like a private road.

I deleted the Mantis part, 'cause I'd rather not get into that. :rolleyes:

Driving School: Real answers received on exams given by the
California Department of Transportation's driving school:

Q: Do you yield when a blind pedestrian is crossing the road?
A: What for? He can't see my license plate.

Q: Who has the right of way when four cars approach a four-
way stop at the same time?
A: The pick up truck with the gun rack and the bumper
sticker saying, "Guns don't kill people. I do."

Q: When driving through fog, what should you use?
A: Your car.

Q: What changes would occur in your lifestyle if you could
no longer drive lawfully?
A: I would be forced to drive unlawfully.

Q: What are some points to remember when passing or being
passed?
A: Make eye contact and wave "hello" if he/she is cute.

Q: What is the difference between a flashing red traffic
light and a flashing yellow traffic light?
A: The color.

Q: How do you deal with heavy traffic?
A: Heavy psychedelics.







Bizarre Doctors' Notes

[These are actual notes taken from patient charts.]

"The patient complains of a dry cough that hurts when he
coughs and also when he takes deep breaths for 4 days."

"While in the ER, she was examined, X-rated, and sent home."

"Patient had waffles for breakfast, and anorexia for lunch."

"The patient states there is a burning pain in his penis
which goes to his feet."

"Patient was alert and unresponsive."

"Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for
over a year."

"The patient has no past history of suicides."

"The patient left the hospital feeling much better except
for her original complaints."

"Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital.

"The other foot has the missing toe."



A West Bend man is suing the cable company that he feels
made him addicted to TV, caused his wife to be overweight
and his kids to be lazy. Timothy Dumouchel is asking for
$5,000 or three computers, and a lifetime supply of free
Internet service from Charter Communications to settle a
small claims suit. Dumouchel told Charter that he plans to
sue because his cable connection remained intact four years
after he tried to get it canceled. "I believe that the rea-
son I smoke and drink every day and my wife is overweight
is because we watched TV every day for the last four years,"
Dumouchel stated in a written complaint against the company.
He stated that he called Charter several times to get the
service disconnected for good because he felt it was
addictive, but they reportedly never did.


Sidhe

This is from Quantas Airlines...damn, I love these guys. They can always be counted on for a giggle. These were sent to me by a friend in Ireland. Enjoy.


Never let it be said that ground crews and engineers lack a sense of humor.

Here are some actual logged maintenance complaints by QANTAS Pilots and the corrective action recorded by mechanics. By the way, Quantas is the only major airline that has never had an accident.

P stands for the problem the pilots entered in the log, and
S stands for the corrective action taken by the mechanics.


P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.

P: Test flight OK, except autoland very rough.
S: Autoland not installed on this aircraft.

P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.

P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on backorder.

P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200-fpm descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.

P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.

P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.

P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what they're there for!

P: IFF inoperative.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.

P: Suspected crack in windscreen.
S: Suspect you're right.

P: Number 3 engine missing. (note: this was for a piston-engined airplane; the pilot meant the engine was not running smoothly)

S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.

P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.

P: Radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed radar with words.

P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed



Sidhe

Champion blind golfer's vision questioned
 

A blind British golfer who won the world championship for
the second time is being investigated over claims he may
have some vision. The Times of London reported the English
Blind Golf Association began the inquiry into David Morris
after he became the first player successfully to defend
the title at the competition in Melbourne, Australia. The
inquiry began after a complaint to the association that
the 61-year-old Morris may have had an advantage over his
rivals in the category for totally blind golfers. The
criterion for blindness is that competitors are unable to
recognize the shape of a hand at any distance.
Association spokesman Barrie Ritchie said Morris was
tested before joining the association and had provided
medical evidence to support his application. Morris,
who is currently traveling to Japan for the Blind Open
Tournament starting Friday, has been told of the
complaint but was unavailable for comment.

Nobody is buried in Grant's tomb. President & Mrs. Grant
are entombed there. A body is buried only when it is placed
in the ground and covered with dirt.



Jayne Mansfield decorated her "Pink Palace" by writing to
1,500 furniture and building suppliers and asking for free
samples. She told the donors they could then brag that
their goods were in her outlandish mansion. The pitch
worked, and Jayne received over $150,000 worth of free
merchandise.


Although construction of the Notre Dame Cathedral in
Strasbourg started in 1015, it was not until 1439 that the
spire was completed.


Ancient Chinese artists would never paint pictures of
women's feet.


At the age of 26, Michelangelo began sculpting his
monumental statue of David. He finished it seventeen months
later, in January, 1504.


Bats are the only mammal that can fly.



Elvis Presley made only one television commercial - an ad
for "Southern Maid Doughnuts" that ran in 1954.



George Washington is the only man whose birthday is a legal
holiday in every state of the United States.



Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in
the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by arch-
aeologists and found edible.



In 1969, "Midnight Cowboy" became the first and only
X-rated production to win the Academy Award for Best
Picture. (Its rating has since been changed to R.)

England and the American colonies adopted the Gregorian
calendar on September 14th, 1752. 11 days disappeared.


Flying from London to New York by Concord, due to the time
zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave.


If the sun stopped shining suddenly, it would take eight
minutes for people on earth to be aware of the fact.

For drinking, washing, etc., an average American uses 168
gallons of water per day. The average American residence
uses 107,000 gallons per year.



Hans Christian Andersen, Cher, Tom Cruise, Albert Einstein,
Whoopie Goldberg, Greg Louganis, Lee Harvey Oswald, and
Gen. George S. Patton, are (were) all dyslexics.


In most American states, a wedding ring is exempt by law
from inclusion among the assets in a bankruptcy estate.
This means that a wedding ring cannot be seized by
creditors, no matter how much the bankrupt person owes.

"Fortnight" is a contraction of "fourteen nights." In the
US "two weeks" is more commonly used.


A bathometer is an instrument for indicating the depth of
the sea beneath a moving vessel.


A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.


The highest temperature ever recorded in the world was
136.4 degrees Fahrenheit at El Azizia, Lybia, on
September 13, 1922.


The lowest temperature ever recorded in the world was
129 degrees below 0 at Vostok, Antarctica, on
July 21, 1983.


Every century has its famous firsts, those
notable things that first happened in that century. Well,
even though the 21st century just begun, it has been the
century of some famous firsts, including:

Colin Powell
2000 --- 1st black secretary of state.

Halle Berry
2002 --- 1st black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress.

Steve Fossett
2002 --- 1st balloonist to fly solo around the world when he
landed in Australia on 4th July 2002.

Gene Robinson
2003 --- 1st openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church in US.


Abraham Lincoln, who invented a hydraulic device for
lifting ships over shoals, was the only US president ever
granted a patent.



According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until
the 1730's, India was the only source for diamonds in the
world.



Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles or snakes.


Baskin Robbins once made ketchup ice cream. This was the
only vegetable flavored ice cream produced.


Gerald Ford was the only US president not to have been
elected to either the presidency or the vice presidency.



The first modern Olympiad was held in Athens in 1896.
484 contestants from 13 nations participated.



The first-known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by
Egyptians in 2000 BC.


The House of Lancaster, symbolized by the red rose, won
England's 'War of the Roses.'

The longest reigning monarch in history was Pepi II, who
ruled Egypt for 90 years; 2566 to 2476 BC. The second
longest was France's Louis XIV, who ruled for 72 years,
1643 to 1715.



The Miss America Contest was created in Atlantic City in
1921 with the purpose of extending the tourist season
beyond Labor Day.


The only repealed amendment to the US Constitution deals
with the prohibition of alcohol.

Any month that starts on a Sunday will have a Friday the
13th in it.



At 4,145 miles, the Nile River is the longest in the world.



Each unit on the Richter Scale is equivalent to a power
factor of about 32. So a 6 is 32 times more powerful
than a 5!



Air pollution may contribute to two percent of all deaths
in the US, some 50,000 cases per year. A nine-year study of
US cities showed a strong correlation between death rates
and periods of significant pollution.


Barbers at one time combined shaving and haircutting with
bloodletting and pulling teeth. The white stripes on a field
of red that spiral down a barber pole represent the bandages
used in the bloodletting.


Based on a US Justice Department study conducted between
1992 and 1996, workplace violence troubles 1.7 million
Americans a year. Number of workers attacked or threatened
per thousand: Police officers: 306, Private security
guards: 218, Taxi drivers: 184, Prison guards: 117,
Bartenders: 91, Mental health professionals: 80, Gas
station attendants: 79.



A Sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure.


A typical lightning bolt is two to four inches wide and
two miles long.


A wind with a speed of 74 miles or more is designated a
hurricane.



The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
announced in 1978 that it would alternate men's and women's
names in the naming of hurricanes. It was seen as an attempt
at fair play. Hurricanes had been named for women for years,
until NOAA succumbed to pressure from women's groups who
were demanding that Atlantic storms be given unisex names.


There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.


A person afflicted with hexadectylism has six fingers or
six toes on one or both hands and feet.


More water flows over Niagara Falls every year than over
any other falls on earth.


Most landfilled trash retains its original weight, volume,
and form for 40 years.

New Jersey, with 96, is the US state with the greatest
number of hazardous waste sites.


Quito in Ecuador, South America, is said to have the most
pleasant climate in the world. It is called the 'Land of
Eternal Spring.' The temperature rarely drops below 46
degrees Fahrenheit during the night, or exceed 72 degrees
Fahrenheit during the day.


The abbreviation 'ORD' for Chicago's O'Hare airport comes
from the old name 'Orchard Field.


The first city to reach a population of 1 million people
was Rome, Italy in 133 B.C. London, England reached the
mark in 1810 and New York, USA made it in 1875. Today,
there are more than 300 cities in the world that boast a
population in excess of 1 million.

It is forbidden for aircraft to fly over the Taj Mahal.


La Paz, Bolivia, at 11,900 feet above sea-level, is the
highest large city in the world.

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway at New Orleans, Louisiana, is
the world's largest bridge. It is almost 24 miles (about
38 kilometers) long.

Mexico City is sinking at a rate of 6 to 8 inches a year
because it's built on top of an underground reservoir.
Wells are drawing out more and more water for the city's
growing population of more than 15 million people.

this holds true on a smaller scale also:
11X11=121

111X111=12321

1,111X1,111=1234321

11,111X11,111=123454321 etc...

Ok, Time for some Oopsies and WTFs....
 

Happy My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Day! Yep, that's an actual holiday in May...


Bizarre Holidays in June:


June 4 is Old Maid's Day

June 5 is Festival Of Popular Delusions Day

June 8 is Name Your Poison Day

June 10 is National Yo-Yo Day

June 13 is National Juggling Day and Kitchen Klutzes Of
America Day

June 18 is International Panic Day

June 21 is Cuckoo Warning Day

June 24 is Museum Comes To Life Day

June 25 is Log Cabin Day

June 29 is Camera Day


Teacher Joby McGowan is fed up with unrealistic parents who
are quick to accuse him of outrageous things - such as one
parent who claimed he caused a tumor in her second-grader's
brain by using a timer in class. Or another who said that,
at 6 feet 6 inches, he was "too tall" to teach little kids.
After collecting countless snipes from parents, McGowan has
published a book, "Teaching on Poverty Rock," a sarcastic
and self-critical saga about his first year in the district.
It was published in March and this month surfaced on
Amazon.com for $14.95 each. This year, long before they
knew a tell-all book was coming, 24 sets of parents have
advocated for their kids in a spirit of respect and
cooperation. And not once has McGowan been accused of
causing cancer or criticized for being too tall.


For two years, 38-year-old Jian Feng had the luxury of a
beautiful woman at his side. Everything was going perfectly
fine until the couple decided to have a baby. Apparently,
his wife gave birth to a baby girl so ugly that Feng was
"horrified" at the sight of her. Feng immediately assumed
that his trophy wife had been cheating on him with an ugly
fellow. Quick to defend her daughter, his wife admitted to
having $127,000 worth of plastic surgery in South Korea
before they had met. She then produced a picture of how she
used to look and let him have a look. Well, this set Feng
over the edge and not only did he waste no time filing for
divorce, but he also sued her for deceit. He managed to get
$99,700 out of the whole deal.


STOCKHOLM - Amorous couples in quick need of protection can
dial the telephone number 696969 and the condom ambulance
will come to their rescue. The ambulance, a white van with
a large red condom with wings as a logo, will deliver them
a packet of 10 prophylactics. "We need to increase the
usage of condoms," said Carl Osvald, marketing manager for
the Swedish Organization for Sex Education, the non-
governmental organization behind the initiative. "It is 50
percent about pregnancy and 50 percent about sexually
transmitted diseases." The service will run until June 25
and is available between four in the afternoon and nine at
night. "We need to change attitudes to condoms," Osvald
said. "If we need to get out in to the bedrooms to make
things better we will do it."

Damn, man...you can always count on the Fundies for a good laugh!

Pagan Kidney

BTW, the site I got it from is the Christian equivalent of the Onion...

Actually, I thought it was real at first, because it was on a newsgroup, and my experiences with Fundies...well, let's just say I could see one wanting her kidney back. But after actually going TO the site's homepage, it was pretty obvious that it was a spoof site.

Had me going there for a minute, though. It's a cute site. Check out the article about Joseph Smith. Good one.

The Christian Onion


Sidhe

PS: I put this one here because it qualifies as an oopsie, on my part ;)

+----------------- Bizarre Bra Designs -------------------+

The Loving Cup bra of 1979 featured a tiny electronic
circuit which signaled when it was safe for sex. Its lights
flashed red or green indicating whether sex could result in
pregnancy.

In 1992, a Somerset man created a water-filled double-D cup
bra. He said that the wearer should add wallpaper paste for
an even firmer frontage.

A new bra on the market was made of hologrammatic fibers,
the surface of which creates a 3D impression to make the
breasts appear a better shape.

Designer Andre Van Pier created a bra that was adorned with
3,250 diamonds.

Madonna's famous 'Bullet Bra,' worn during her Blonde
Ambition tour of 1990, was based on an antique breastplate
worn by Italian soldiers.

There are also plans to introduce a mirrored bra and one
filled with insect repellent to keep pesky mosquitoes at
bay.

From Paris in the 1980s came the Joli'bust, a self-adhesive
bra consisting of nothing more than two shaped pieces of
sticky plastic fixed beneath the breasts to show off the
curves.


LONDON - Here's one for the record books - a British man has
become the first person to be banned from EVERY hospital in
England and Wales. Norman Hutchins, 53, has harassed and
abused medical staff over 40 times since January in a quest
for surgical masks and gowns. He tried to add to his stash
of medical items by faking illness, or claiming to need
them for a dress run or an amateur play. "(He has) caused
harassment, alarm and distress to NHS staff when attempting
to obtain gowns and surgical masks in person or on the
phone," an NHS spokesman said in a statement. Over 30
medical organizations banned him with civil injunctions, but
he kept moving to new areas. Hutchins' lawyer Harry Bayman
said his client "was not a well man," but accepted the
court's decision to ban him from all private and state-run
National Health Service hospitals and doctors' and dentists'
offices.


A doctor whose license was suspended 22 years ago for performing
shoddy sex-change operations was convicted of second-degree
murder in the death of a man who had a healthy leg amputated
to satisfy a sexual fetish. John Ronald Brown, 77, could face
life imprisonment after he amputated the leg of Philip Bondy.
Bondy died of gangrene poisoning in a suburban San Diego hotel
two days later. Bondy contacted Brown as a last resort to
fulfill a lifelong desire to amputate a leg because of a fetish
known as apotemnophilia, getting sexual gratification from the
removal of a limb. Prosecutor Stacy Running said Brown "just
chopped off" Bondy's leg below the knee and then dumped him at
a hotel while he buried the leg in the desert. Bondy called
Brown the next day, complaining that he was bleeding and oozing
from the stump, Running said. Brown returned to the hotel,
rewrapped the leg and suggested Bondy take more pain killers.

(I'm sorry, but this is just funny. Yeah, the Doctor should be punished, but Mother Nature says, "now we know, don't we, that getting sexual thrills by cutting off body parts is NOT a good survival trait")



------- Stampeding Pigs Kill Animal Rights Workers ---------

MUNICH, Germany - The city has been abuzz about a neighboring
town's pig incident. It seems that two animal rights
protesters broke into a slaughterhouse to free thousands of
pigs before they met their fate. Armed with bolt cutters,
they managed to clear the way for the soon to be liberated
pigs. As the doors opened, a stampede of pork rushed through
the opening, trampling the crusading protesters and crushing
them to their doom.


(These are the kinds of stupid people who make animal-rights activists look bad. Fortunately, Mother Nature doesn't have a problem bitch-slapping them when they're just too stupid for their own good)



MOBILE, Alabama - Road rage has taken a new turn recently
when a driving instructor at a local high school became
enraged when a student of his was cut off by a licensed
driver. In Hollywood fashion, he yelled, "Follow that car"
and ordered his student to run the offending driver off the
road. Once accomplishing this task, the instructor ran out
of the Driver's Education car and attacked the stunned
motorist. At press time the instructor is still teaching
driver safety after being released on bail.


(This guy must have originally been from New Orleans...)

BIZARRE LABEL INSTRUCTIONS

On Sears hairdryer: Do not use while sleeping.

On a bag of Fritos: You could be a winner! No purchase
necessary. Details inside.

On a bar of Dial soap: Directions: Use like regular soap.

On some Swann frozen dinners: Serving suggestion: Defrost.

On a hotel provided shower cap in a box: Fits one head.

On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert: (printed on bottom of the box)
Do not turn upside down.

On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding: Product will be hot after
heating.

On packaging for a Rowenta iron: Do not iron clothes on body.

On Boot's Children's cough medicine:
Do not drive car or operate machinery.

On Nytol sleep aid: Warning: may cause drowsiness.


BIZARRE BOOKS

The Resistance of Piles to Penetration
Russell V. Allin, 1935
A revealing look inside this common problem.

Games You Can Play With Your Pussy
Ira Alterman, 1985
Inventive overview for cat lovers.

Persevering Dick
Mary D.R. Boyd, 1867
Adversity is overcome by Richard's determination and grit.

Making It In Leather
M. Vincent Hayes, 1972
A must have how-to book for this special craft





MISSOURI - Attention: Garden equipment should not be used as
a breathing apparatus. This warning comes after a man almost
drowned Monday morning when he used a garden hose as a
breathing tube and jumped into Longview Lake with a 20-pound
anchor tied to his waist. According to the Missouri Water
Patrol, the man had dropped his keys in the water and was
desperately trying to retrieve them. After one failed
attempt, he went down again and this time lost both the
garden hose and his breath. A person above the surface
noticed something was wrong and pulled the man out with a
rope. He was unresponsive for a brief period but then began
breathing on his own again. He refused medical treatment.





BERLIN, Germany - Housewife Gerda Niehus must have a Bobbit
fascination because recently while sleeping with her
husband decided to cut off his manhood. Only she wanted to
make sure she never had sex again with him and never wanted
him to *find* his penis. So she flushed the flesh down the
toilet. Her husband Hans has been released from the
hospital and Gerda is awaiting trial on a charge of assault
with intent to commit grave bodily harm.


University of Wales - The previously prestigious University
of Wales has spent thousands of dollars examining the question
whether mussels can suffer panic attacks. Yes, that's right,
some professor decided this was an important question to answer
so researchers placed dog whelks, which eat mussels, in a tank
and monitored the mussels' heart beat. The results? Mussels'
heartbeats increased for up to 24 hours even after the dog
whelks were removed.




LONDON - Two women were killed by a bolt of lightning in Hyde
Park when their underwired bras acted as conductors, a coroner
said Wednesday. "I think this was a tragic case, a pure act of
God," coroner Paul Knapman told an inquest into the deaths.
He recorded a verdict of death by misadventure. The two women,
Anuban Bell, 24, and Sunee Whitworth, 39, had been sheltering
under a tree in the park during a thunderstorm. Pathologist Dr
Iain West said both women were wearing underwired bras and had
been left with burn marks on their chests from the electrical
current that passed through their bodies. Death would have been
instant, he said. The bodies were not discovered until the
following day because passers-by thought they were vagrants.


Independence, IA - What do you do with a group of felons who
grow accustomed to the *conveniences* of jail? Well four Amish
men jailed for vandalism were growing too comfortable with the
TV, electricity, telephone and running water so Russell West,
Buchanan County Jail Administrator, wants their release ASAP.
When interviewed, West said, "I thought we'd better get them
out of here because they were getting too used to it."

Hahahahahahahaha!!!
 

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania - Have you ever wondered what it
would feel like to be shot? Well Phil Horner did and wanted
to do something about it, so he took a gun and shot himself
in the shoulder. While this may sound bizarre, it gets even
more weird. Recently a 911 call came in to dispatch and an
ambulance was once again sent to the Horner residence. It
seems that he shot himself one more time. The reason? In
his own words, "I wanted to see if it hurt as much as it
did the first time."


LONDON, England - A 13-year-old boy has been convicted of
operating a prostitution ring at his local school. He
recruited seven girls from the school and explained what he
wanted them to do. After recruiting his "ladies", this
enterprising little pimp recruited the little "Johns," also
from his school. He charged them 10 pounds ($25) each for
an hour.


BARNSLEY, England - Peace has been restored to a northern
England town now that lewd garden gnomes are no longer
exposing their breasts and buttocks, Sky News said Thursday.
Police in Barnsley said they received several complaints
about the near-naked gnomes in the front garden of former
army Sgt. Tony Watson. Watson said he was tired of the
standard jolly-looking garden ornaments in cute poses, and
opted instead for racier models. However, after neighbors
complained, police told him he would be arrested if he did
not do something about the comical nudes. "It is an offense
to display something that is insulting or likely to cause
distress," a police spokesman told Sky News. So, one by one,
the gnomes were taken into Watson's home, and reappeared
soon after with bathing suits painted on, including one
gnomette who now wears a polka-dot bikini.




Bizarre Author's Names

These names are completely genuine and have been corroborated in the catalogues of the British Library and in the American National Union Catalog, as well as other authoritative
sources.

Ole Bagger

Stanka Fuckar

Gottfried Egg

Dr F.P.H. Prick van Wily

Baron Filibarto Vagina d'Emarese

A. Schytte

Mme J.J. Fouqueau de Pussy

Simon Young-Suck Moon

Tit Wing Lo

Jeez girl - you must have been seriously bored to post all of these.

But thanks - I've enjoyed em!

More math fun
 

Every number can be made into four.
Example: Ten; ten is three, three is five, five is four, four is four.
Example: Eighteen; eighteen is eight, eight is five, five is four, four is four.
Example: Thirty one; thirty one is nine, nine is four, four is four.

See the pattern? Its kinda freaky, & it works for any number

I don't get that at all bullitt. How is 10 3?

it's a rose petal deal.

letter count.

ten-four, over and out.

You slip and give yourself a jab of something today?

Heh
 

No lol no injections today....
All you do is count the number of letters in the number, thus t-e-n is three. T-h-r-e-e is five, and f-i-v-e is four, and f-o-u-r is four.
But the wierd thing is it always goes back to four and ends there.

one of use is forgetting to use [sarcasm][/sarcasm] tags, perhaps? or did you really not get it?

(I meant that it was a solution similar to "petals around the rose" from the other thread that many people found frustrating. the 10-4 bit, I just thought was funny).

yeayeayea I'm gonna go wipe ogg off my face again, I've been coding since 7 this morning, leave me alone.

It's not that weird, Bullitt. Four just happens to be the only number with it's own number of letters.

If we spelled them "Foure" and "Fiyve," then everything would reduce to five instead.

Nah. I just like trivia and strange news.

Dammit, I'm trying to avoid that damn petal thread, dammit :mad: !

Um, EW...
 

Crimes and Trials - Court TV
Denny's cook busted for special ingredients
By Tinuola Awopetu, Court TV

(Court TV) — A former night-shift cook at a Denny's Restaurant in Illinois is in hot water after allegedly getting creative in the kitchen.

Anthony Lindhorst, of Waterloo, is charged with five counts of aggravated battery for allegedly lacing brownies with marijuana and mixing his semen into the restaurant's sauce.

Lindhorst is accused of serving the brownies to co-workers and the tainted sauce to two customers.

According to Waterloo Police Chief Joe Brauer, Lindhorst, 26, came to work with a tray of brownies that he baked at home and offered them to two co-workers. One co-worker ate two of the brownies, but the second took a bite and realized that the treat owed its unique flavor to something other than cocoa.

The restaurant fired Lindhorst and contacted Waterloo police about the incident, Brauer said. At the same time, another co-worker came forward with information about Lindhorst's other culinary exploit.

The employee and two others reportedly saw Lindhorst mix his semen into an order of honey-mustard dressing which he served to two customers on two separate occasions.

"One is a woman who worked at a restaurant where he worked years before. We presume he targeted her because she was a manager," Brauer said. "The other is a police officer who had stopped him in the past for a minor traffic violation."

The alleged semen contamination occurred in November and April and was carried out in the restaurant's restroom. Both customers have tested negative for any infectious disease, Brauer said.

Police conducted an investigation and arrested Lindhorst May 17. He was released on $25,000 bond, but was re-arrested June 2 for witness tampering. Brauer said Lindhorst returned to the restaurant and tried to intimidate a witness. He is out on another $25,000 bond.