Some useless information

[Defender of the Faith 777]

Originally posted by Kevin_Gould
No information is useless, I have gotten jobs and friends from 'useless' information. lol I'm amazed by how often things I read come in handy later on.

_Useless information_

(1) Sweat is sexually appealing

(2) The color of the universe is 'Cosmic Latte'

(3) My middle name is Thomas (Might be useful if your trying to stalk me..... sed cavere linguam latinam scio!)

Quid sursum domus canis?  Beware, I can know the Latin language?  OK... I'll... beware... then.  OK. lol

1) Will is 16 5'7 140 lbs. dark hair, dark eyes, likes long walks on the beach.

2) Will hated Pre-AP Latin III so he barely passed.  Actually he barely passes his classes anyways because they're so hard.

3) Big pieces of coral painted brown attached to a child's skull by common wood screws can make a child look a lot like a deer at night outside from about 56 yards away. 

 

[oncewaslost]

<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">giraffes don't have vocal cords.
</SPAN>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">oysters can change their gender.</SPAN>

<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">the Lord's prayer appears twice in the Bible.</SPAN>

<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Thornfield Hall is the setting for the famous novel, <I>Jane Eyre.</I></SPAN>

<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">About 70 percent of American households buy yellow mustard every year.</SPAN>

<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The Agulhas current in the western Indian Ocean is the fastest ocean current in the world. Even so, its speed is only 6 miles per hour.</SPAN>

<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">It costs more to buy a new car today in the United States that it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The sea lion can swim 6,000 miles, stopping only to sleep.

Komodo dragons eat deer and wild boar.

It takes an average person 15 to 20 minutes to walk once around the Pentagon.

Dr. Seuss wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" after his editor dared him to write a book using fewer than 50 different words.

Giraffes are the only animals born with horns. Both males and females are born with bony knobs on the forehead.

Statistically, UFO sightings are at their greatest number during those times when Mars is closest to Earth.

The California redwood – coast redwood and giant sequoia – are the tallest and largest living organism in the world.

It takes 120 drops of water to fill a teaspoon. </SPAN>

 

[toad_ster]

the avg person spends about 120 days a year sleeping! * I think i did my math right*

 

[toad_ster]

oh btw oncewaslost um I dont know if you will be seeing this, but who knows...were you a member of the LB-themovie messageboard. there was someone there with the name oncewaslost...just pondering

 

[oncewaslost]

Originally posted by toad_ster
oh btw oncewaslost um I dont know if you will be seeing this, but who knows...were you a member of the LB-themovie messageboard. there was someone there with the name oncewaslost...just pondering

yuppers! that's me!

 

[toad_ster]

COOL! welp, dont know if you remember me...but anyways hi, and long time no see

 

[oncewaslost]

yup, i remember! nice to see you and welcome to the board!

Cows and horses sleep standing up.

There are, on average, 259 raisins in a box of Raisin Bran and 388 in a box of Premium Raisin Bran.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

 

[psycmajor]

Thanks Badfish

 

[eldermike]

There is not one single law in Murphy's law.
furlongs per fortnight is the most useless velocity

 

[toad_ster]

I love that about AMerican Airlines...now I wonder how many ppl hate olives. I mean just cut them out completely. save a whole lot more money :-D

 

[GraftMeIn]

aphids are born live already empregnated.

hummingbirds eat small insects (like aphids)

and that poor early worm gets eaten by the early bird everytime!

 

[oncewaslost]

early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese!

lol! sorry, i couldn't resist.

 

[lucypevensie]

In the M*A*S*H episode where Henry Blake leaves the 4077, no one in the cast knew that Col. Blake was going to be killed. The scene in which Radar goies into the OR and tells them all the bad news that was all sprung on them at that moment. They were all really sad and depressed and ticked off at the producers for doing that.

 

[Judy B.]

Only the male duck quacks. The female makes softer gurgling type noises. IT"S TRUE!!!

 

[altya]

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver,
or purple.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

There are only four words in the English language which end
in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

 

[Gerry]

Originally posted by J.B.
Only the male duck quacks. The female makes softer gurgling type noises. IT"S TRUE!!!

Oh? You SURE this isn't reversed???

 

[Judy B.]

Originally posted by Gerry


Oh? You SURE this isn't reversed???

&nbsp;&nbsp; Ummm...no, I'm not sure! &nbsp; Is that a subtle hint to tell me I'm wrong?!?

 

[altya]

Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de
los Angeles de Porciuncula"

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

 

[toad_ster]

You can sing Amazing Grace to the tune of:

House of the Rising Sun

and

The theme song to Giligans Island

 

[Gerry]

I was considered a good looking young man in my youth!