> > People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart > stops for a millisecond. I have read that the reason people said "Bless You" originated in the medieval times because they actually thought there was a danger of a person's soul escaping during a sneeze. > It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. All they have to do is lie on their side or back and look up..... > Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabetic > Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of > little pasta swastikas. This one, I will have to check out. Sounds like an urban myth. > > Rats and horses can't vomit. Must check this one out, too. > > 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. Well, I have suppressed many a sneeze and yet, here I am! > > If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. So, what happens to the muscles, etc. that hold them in? > > Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over > million descendants. Maybe, but she'd be REALLY tired! > > Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in > your ear by 700 times. How much will they increase if you don't wear headphones? Earmuffs? Noise suppressors when mowing the lawn? > > If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, > Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July > 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with > extraterrestrial or their vehicles? Planning prevents poor performances. Haven't you heard that one? And, yes, I left out a word. >> In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere. Sez who? > > The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. Nope. impossible. > > Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating > are already married. Or else they claim to be married when a pollster asks? > > A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. every sound echoes. This is just an Urban myth. > > 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting > on them and photocopying their buttocks. How do we know this? Who would admit to it? > > In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 > assorted insects and 10 spiders. Is this not counting the ones included in Mexican food spices? > > Most lipstick contains fish scales. Proof? > > Cat's urine glows under a black-light. Somebody REALLY needs to get a life! > > Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. And? > > Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow. I tried this and I was able to do it. > > It is physically impossible to stand on your head and eat a blue M&M. As soon as they start making blue M&Ms let me know....

They do make blue M & M's now. And horses actually cannot vomit. That's why it is critical when a horse gets a belly ache/colic. Don't know about rats. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 3:58 PM Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-CHAT] You be the judge > > > > > People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart > > stops for a millisecond. > > I have read that the reason people said "Bless You" originated in the > medieval times because they actually thought there was a danger of a > person's soul escaping during a sneeze. > > > > It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. > > All they have to do is lie on their side or back and look up..... > > > > Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabetic > > Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of > > little pasta swastikas. > > > This one, I will have to check out. Sounds like an urban myth. > > > > > > Rats and horses can't vomit. > > Must check this one out, too. > > > > > > > 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. > > Well, I have suppressed many a sneeze and yet, here I am! > > > > > > If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. > > So, what happens to the muscles, etc. that hold them in? > > > > > > Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over > > million descendants. > > Maybe, but she'd be REALLY tired! > > > > > > > Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in > > your ear by 700 times. > > How much will they increase if you don't wear headphones? Earmuffs? Noise > suppressors when mowing the lawn? > > > > > If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, > > Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July > > 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with > > extraterrestrial or their vehicles? > > Planning prevents poor performances. Haven't you heard that one? And, yes, I > left out a word. > > > > >> In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere. > > Sez who? > > > > The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. > > Nope. impossible. > > > > > > Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating > > are already married. > > Or else they claim to be married when a pollster asks? > > > > > A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. > > every sound echoes. This is just an Urban myth. > > > > > > 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting > > on them and photocopying their buttocks. > > How do we know this? Who would admit to it? > > > > > > In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 > > assorted insects and 10 spiders. > > Is this not counting the ones included in Mexican food spices? > > > > > > Most lipstick contains fish scales. > > Proof? > > > > > > Cat's urine glows under a black-light. > > Somebody REALLY needs to get a life! > > > > > > Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. > > And? > > > > Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow. > > I tried this and I was able to do it. > > > > > It is physically impossible to stand on your head and eat a blue M&M. > > As soon as they start making blue M&Ms let me know.... > > > > ==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== > TO SUBSCRIBE OR UNSUBSCRIBE from any RootsWeb-hosted mailing list, send an e-mail message with only the word SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) in the subject and the body of the message to > [name of list][email protected] (for mail mode) or to > [name of list][email protected] (for digest mode). > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >