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12 May 2006, 02:09 AM | #1 |
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1. Coca-Cola was originally green.
2. The most common name in the world is Mohamed. 3. The name of all the continents end 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.Except our JJ who is very fluent in sheep. 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 person in the park on a horse has both front l 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. of 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? Answer. - All invented by women. 18. Question - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? Answer. - Honey 19. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 20. A snail can sleep for three years.Luck bast@rds 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. 35. Most lipstick contains fish scales. 36. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different 37. And finally 99% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
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12 May 2006, 02:34 AM | #2 |
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Me? I'm still looking for Kokomo. I just hope that damn golfer isn't there Last edited by C.J.; 25 May 2006 at 04:25 AM.. |
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12 May 2006, 02:42 AM | #4 |
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3. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with. 26. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 29. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. QUOTE] Okay... #3. North America and South America are continents, no? #26. I thought it was public speaking? #29. I hope my tax dollars didn't fund that research grant. |
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Me? I'm still looking for Kokomo. I just hope that damn golfer isn't there Last edited by C.J.; 25 May 2006 at 04:26 AM.. |
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People can like there elbows.
Guiness gets numerous people daily trying to enter the book with this one.
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Great info, Padi....but I still can't lick my elbow. And hey, JOHN, he said "lick" not "like", ya tosser!!
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