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Posted: April 20, 2006 1:56 pm
by green1
thegoatgod wrote: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.
I am gonna call this one. If it is true than we in the US have a general that lived three times. There are multiple statues of General WInfield Scott in DC and there is at least one instance of each stance. Sorry.
Posted: April 20, 2006 1:58 pm
by balcony girls
. girls are smarter than boys. . .
. .don't bother to check. . it's a fact. . ! !

Posted: April 20, 2006 2:00 pm
by LIPH
That's because girls only have 1 head to think with so their attention is undivided.
Posted: April 20, 2006 2:03 pm
by thegoatgod
green1 wrote:thegoatgod wrote: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.
I am gonna call this one. If it is true than we in the US have a general that lived three times. There are multiple statues of General WInfield Scott in DC and there is at least one instance of each stance. Sorry.
Or could it be that some artist didn't know the rules?

Posted: April 20, 2006 2:03 pm
by green1
LIPH wrote:That's because girls only have 1 head to think with so their attention is undivided.
But that woudl mean girls are only 1/2 as smart as men.

Posted: April 20, 2006 2:04 pm
by green1
thegoatgod wrote:green1 wrote:thegoatgod wrote: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.
I am gonna call this one. If it is true than we in the US have a general that lived three times. There are multiple statues of General WInfield Scott in DC and there is at least one instance of each stance. Sorry.
Or could it be that some artist didn't know the rules?

Could be. But the Statue of George Washington in Boston Comman has one hoof raised as well. Maybe American statues don't know what they are supposed to do.

Posted: April 20, 2006 2:06 pm
by green1
The "crack" of a bullwhip is a small aonic boom as the tip exceeds the speed of sound.
Posted: April 20, 2006 2:07 pm
by thegoatgod
green1 wrote:thegoatgod wrote:green1 wrote:thegoatgod wrote: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.
I am gonna call this one. If it is true than we in the US have a general that lived three times. There are multiple statues of General WInfield Scott in DC and there is at least one instance of each stance. Sorry.
Or could it be that some artist didn't know the rules?

Could be. But the Statue of George Washington in Boston Comman has one hoof raised as well. Maybe American statues don't know what they are supposed to do.

That or maybe the internet is full of fake facts that I like to pass along with out checking out the credibility of.

Posted: April 20, 2006 2:07 pm
by green1
The Doppler Effect, where the pitch of a fire engine increases as it approaches and then decreases as it passes is caused by the fire engine compressing the sound waves ahead of it, and stretching them out as it passes by.
Posted: April 20, 2006 2:28 pm
by green1
In Savnnah, there is a cemetary that was used as a Union encampment during the Civil War, they cleared the stones from the grave sites and stacked them against one wall. When they left the residents couldn't find where some of the graves were so they cemented the leftover grave markers to the wall.
Posted: April 20, 2006 6:39 pm
by tikitatas
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
Posted: April 20, 2006 6:47 pm
by Left Field ParrotHead
tikitatas wrote:The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
I had that.
it was...
Yesterday.
Posted: April 20, 2006 6:49 pm
by tikitatas
Left Field ParrotHead wrote:tikitatas wrote:The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
I had that.
it was...
Yesterday.
Oh, Lefty . . .

Sometimes you are just so . . . . so . . . . ummm . . . .
ADORABLE!

Posted: April 20, 2006 7:11 pm
by mommar
Posted: April 20, 2006 7:24 pm
by tikitatas
Chef Boyardee was a real man. Hector Boiardi, an Italian immigrant, came to the United States in 1914 when he was only 17.
Upon his arrival, he immediately got a job as a chef at New York's Plaza Hotel, where his brother worked as a waiter. After moving to Cleveland, he perfected his spaghetti and meatball recipe in 1929. His customers kept asking for bottles of his pasta sauce so they could have it at home, and he obliged. He then added cheeses and pasta to the sauce.
The results were so popular that he started to sell the products in area stores, and later in stores outside the area. Boiardi remained an advisor in the canned pasta business until his death at age 87 in 1985. And yes, that is Hector's picture on the label.
Posted: April 20, 2006 10:54 pm
by Quiet and Shy
They now make liquid pencils that never need sharpening.
And, there are battery operated erasers.
Posted: April 20, 2006 10:58 pm
by carolinagirl
El mojito wrote:The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every
five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as
airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
The Eisenhower Interstate System started in the town in which I live here in South Georgia. We have a statue to honor him.

Posted: April 20, 2006 11:07 pm
by carolinagirl
Found an old email and just scanned this whole thread to make sure I wasn't repeating anyone else:
Just to fill in any knowledge gaps you might have.
>>
>>
>>
>> THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?
>>
>> A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
>>
>> A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
>>
>> A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
>>
>> A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
>>
>> A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
>>
>> A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second
>>
>> A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
>>
>> A snail can sleep for three years.
>>
>> Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
>>
>> All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on
>> the back of the $5 bill.
>>
>> Almonds are a member of the peach family.
>>
>> An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
>>
>> Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the
>> child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
>>
>> Butterflies taste with their feet.
>>
>> Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about
>> 10.
>>
>> "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
>>
>> February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a
>> full moon.
>>
>> In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
>>
>> If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the
>> line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
>>
>> If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will
>> spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
>>
>> It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
>>
>> Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
>>
>> Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
>>
>> No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,
>> silver, or purple.
>>
>> On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the
>> Parliament building is an American flag. ~WHY?~>>
>> Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and
>> ears never stop growing.
>>
>> Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
>>
>> Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
>>
>> "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand
>> and "lollipop" with your right.
>>
>> The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
>>
>> The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of
>> diesel that it burns.
>>
>> The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar
>> tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
>>
>> The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
>>
>> The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze
>> completely solid.
>>
>> The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether
>> they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
>>
>> There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
>>
>> There are more chickens than people in the world.
>> There are only four words in the English language which end in
>> "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
>>
>> There are two words in the English language that have all five
>> vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
>>
>> There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.
>>
>> Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
>>
>> TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the
>> letters only on one row of the keyboard.
>>
>> Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
>> Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
>> Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two
>> weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.
Posted: April 21, 2006 12:22 pm
by pair8head
When Carl Everett hit a walk off home run the other night against Texas it was the forth of his career each one with a different team.
Posted: April 21, 2006 12:38 pm
by Wino you know
I know of at least
ONE. 