> Don't know if all of these are true, but thought Pat could let us know! :) > Patricia > > HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS? > > 1. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were > Fred and Wilma Flintstone. I hate to break this news to you, but Fred and Wilma were cartoons, not real people. Therefore, they don't count as being a couple in bed together. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 2. Coca-Cola was originally green. We could ask them. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 3. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury. We could ask... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 4. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. Why would this be true? If two people each have 20-20 visions, what difference would it make if one of them had a penis? It has been shown that women can hear higher frequencies than men, but maybe that's because men have hair in their ears? ;p ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 5. The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: > Alaska How on earth would anybody find this out? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 6. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% ( now get this...) > 7. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38% > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Depends what you mean by wilderness, evidently. > 8. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400 I once figured out that we spent from $400-$600 a year on our dog, so that is about right. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 9. The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: > 61,000 Does this include the ones waiting to takeoff because the plane might have been listed as "departed"? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 10. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. I know I do. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 11. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in > 1910. Won't believe it without proof. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 12. The youngest pope was 11 years old. And his name would be....what? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 13. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer. How do we know this? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 14. Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National > Monuments. Are they "national monuments" in the first place? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 15. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from > history: > Spades - King David, > Hearts - Charlemagne, > Clubs -Alexander, the Great > Diamonds - Julius Caesar Nope. Don't believe this one. Somebody has a good imagination is all. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 16. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 So, what would 222,222,222 x 222, 222, 222 be and why would we care? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 17. 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. > ~~~~~~~~ This is the plan, but it isn't always followed. Depends upon the sculptor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 18. 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. Cite? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 20. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. Why would we care? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 21. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes > them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. No, it's because they fit in your lips when the lips are in the kissing position. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 22. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever > won Super bowl. Dallas has. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 23. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional > sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after > the > Major League all-stars Game. What days would that be, so I can check.... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month? > A. Conception. Can you prove which month has the most births, then? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Q. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every other TV show? > A. No theme song It's a news show and the news shows on my local channels don't have theme songs, either. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? > A. Their birthplace. Which half? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat > name requested? > A. Obsession This has got to be phony because boat owners do not have to "request" a name from anybody. They just paint one on. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 You really must get a life! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and > laserprinters all have in common? > A. All invented by women. And many other things, no doubt. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil? > A. Honey If you count getting mold on it as spoiling---and I do, then it spoils. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the > year? > A. Father's Day How would we know this? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most > ironic? > A. He was allergic to carrots. - MYTH: Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. This is simply not true - here's an excerpt from Mel's own autobiography: I don't especially like carrots, at least not raw. And second, I found it impossible to chew, swallow, and be ready to say my next line. We tried substituting other vegetables, including apples and celery, but with unsatisfactory results. The solution was to stop recording so that I could spit out the carrot into a wastebasket and then proceed with the script. In the course of a recording session I usually went through enough carrots to fill several. Bugs Bunny did for carrots what Popeye the Sailor did for Spinach. How many lip-locked, head-swelling children were coerced into eating their carrots by mothers cooing, "...but Bugs Bunny eats HIS carrots." If only they had known > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party? > A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet. How would this be catalogued? Who would admit to it? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 1. 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". Not just in Shakespeare's time....bed frames were made like this even into the 1800's. The modern innerspring mattress is only about 100 years old. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 2. 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 or what > we know today as the honeymoon. This came from the same website that the one about Shakespeare came from. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 3. 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 their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the > phrase mind your P's and Q's" So did this one. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 4. 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~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 5. In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only > Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English > language. > > > > > > ==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Please don't post private information about living people without permission. All posts are archived. 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In response to #22: The St. Louis Rams play in a domed stadium. > > Don't know if all of these are true, but thought Pat could let us know! :) > > Patricia > > > > HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS? > > > > 1. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were > > Fred and Wilma Flintstone. > >I hate to break this news to you, but Fred and Wilma were cartoons, not real >people. Therefore, they don't count as being a couple in bed together. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 2. Coca-Cola was originally green. > >We could ask them. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 3. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury. > >We could ask... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 4. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. > >Why would this be true? If two people each have 20-20 visions, what >difference would it make if one of them had a penis? >It has been shown that women can hear higher frequencies than men, but maybe >that's because men have hair in their ears? ;p > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 5. The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: > > Alaska > >How on earth would anybody find this out? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 6. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% ( now get this...) > > 7. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38% > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Depends what you mean by wilderness, evidently. > > > > 8. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400 > >I once figured out that we spent from $400-$600 a year on our dog, so that >is about right. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 9. The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: > > 61,000 > >Does this include the ones waiting to takeoff because the plane might have >been listed as "departed"? > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 10. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. > >I know I do. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 11. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in > > 1910. > >Won't believe it without proof. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 12. The youngest pope was 11 years old. > >And his name would be....what? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 13. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer. > >How do we know this? > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 14. Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National > > Monuments. > >Are they "national monuments" in the first place? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 15. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from > > history: > > Spades - King David, > > Hearts - Charlemagne, > > Clubs -Alexander, the Great > > Diamonds - Julius Caesar > >Nope. Don't believe this one. Somebody has a good imagination is all. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 16. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 > >So, what would 222,222,222 x 222, 222, 222 be and why would we care? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 17. 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. > > ~~~~~~~~ >This is the plan, but it isn't always followed. Depends upon the sculptor. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 18. 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. > >Cite? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 20. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. > >Why would we care? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 21. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes > > them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. > >No, it's because they fit in your lips when the lips are in the kissing >position. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 22. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever > > won Super bowl. > >Dallas has. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 23. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional > > sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after > > the > > Major League all-stars Game. > >What days would that be, so I can check.... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month? > > A. Conception. > >Can you prove which month has the most births, then? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Q. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every other TV show? > > A. No theme song > >It's a news show and the news shows on my local channels don't have theme >songs, either. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? > > A. Their birthplace. > >Which half? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat > > name requested? > > A. Obsession > >This has got to be phony because boat owners do not have to "request" a name >from anybody. They just paint one on. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 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 > >You really must get a life! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and > > laserprinters all have in common? > > A. All invented by women. > >And many other things, no doubt. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil? > > A. Honey > >If you count getting mold on it as spoiling---and I do, then it spoils. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the > > year? > > A. Father's Day > >How would we know this? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most > > ironic? > > A. He was allergic to carrots. > >- MYTH: Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. > >This is simply not true - here's an excerpt from Mel's own autobiography: > >I don't especially like carrots, at least not raw. And second, I found it >impossible to chew, swallow, and be ready to say my next line. We tried >substituting other vegetables, including apples and celery, but with >unsatisfactory results. The solution was to stop recording so that I could >spit out the carrot into a wastebasket and then proceed with the script. In >the course of a recording session I usually went through enough carrots to >fill several. Bugs Bunny did for carrots what Popeye the Sailor did for >Spinach. How many lip-locked, head-swelling children were coerced into >eating their carrots by mothers cooing, "...but Bugs Bunny eats HIS >carrots." If only they had known > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party? > > A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet. > >How would this be catalogued? Who would admit to it? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 1. 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". > >Not just in Shakespeare's time....bed frames were made like this even into >the 1800's. The modern innerspring mattress is only about 100 years old. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 2. 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 or what > > we know today as the honeymoon. > >This came from the same website that the one about Shakespeare came from. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 3. 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 their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the > > phrase mind your P's and Q's" > >So did this one. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 4. 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~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 5. In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only > > Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English > > language. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== > > Please don't post private information about living people without >permission. All posts are archived. 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