Re: how can you live w/o knowing these things?

omg, i DID try to lick my elbow... and ALMOST succeeded...   :-P
"Nev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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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.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred
and
> Wilma Flintstone.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Coca-Cola was originally green.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> It is impossible to lick your elbow.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
> (now get this...) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour:  61,000
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The youngest pope was 11 years old.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king
> Spades - King David
> Hearts - Charlemagne
> Clubs -Alexander, the Great
> Diamonds - Julius Caesar
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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 as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all
> four
> legs on the ground, the
> person died of natural causes.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John
> Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the
> last
> signature wasn't added until 5
> years later.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
> A. Their birthplace
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name
> requested?
> A. Obsession
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until
you
> would find the letter "A"? A. One thousand
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser
> printers all have in common? A. All invented by women.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
> A. Honey
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year?
> A. Father's Day
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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."
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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"
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~
> At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
>
>
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