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GANG//GReeN · « **Reply #1000 on:** February 09, 2010, 05:19:48 pm »

Harley Quinn (from batmans)
fiance (pre-joker) was named Guy Kopski

jaybug · « **Reply #1001 on:** February 09, 2010, 08:46:47 pm »

The odd green color to the UO millrace yesterday was NON-TOXIC! lol

jaybug · « **Reply #1002 on:** February 09, 2010, 08:52:43 pm »

Were is Old English for man. So a werewolf, is a man-wolf. A female werewolf would be a wyfwolf. wyf pronounced weef, means woman, not wife, but we got there anyway eh?

Speaking of were, weregilt is the blood price paid for killing a man. Man-gold. Kill anyone you liked, as long as you paid the price in gold.

sabata · « **Reply #1003 on:** February 16, 2010, 11:06:45 pm »

making a homemade screwdriver isn't as hard as you may think. it can be done just with a hammer, a cylindrical piece of metal, and a knife sharpener.

jaybug · « **Reply #1004 on:** February 17, 2010, 03:41:15 pm »

Vanadium, and heat treating are what make screwdrivers resist being damaged from use, and what makes them last over the years.

You could probably home forge vanadium chips into the iron with a bag or so of charcoal and a bellows.

Heat treatment of metals is still more of an art than a science. You can't just read a book and get it right every time. You have to be taught by another heat treater.

melchizedek · « **Reply #1005 on:** February 20, 2010, 08:28:31 am »

apparently cows can poop 100lbs a day

jaybug · « **Reply #1006 on:** February 23, 2010, 04:22:30 pm »

They're starting a cow poop facility to generate methane for power generation over in Boardman. They expect to expand soon. There's more poop unused. S***'S piling up. Maybe soon, they'll stop taking an extra $6 per month from my gas utility bill to pay for it.

VampireFangs103 · « **Reply #1007 on:** February 23, 2010, 04:51:24 pm »

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.

jaybug · « **Reply #1008 on:** February 23, 2010, 08:07:16 pm »

That sounds like way too many verses to make for a good drinking song, unlike our own national anthem.

StarryShay · « **Reply #1009 on:** February 28, 2010, 08:20:53 pm »

Quote from: GANG//GReeN on February 09, 2010, 05:19:48 pm

Harley Quinn (from batmans)
fiance (pre-joker) was named Guy Kopski

GENIOUS.

sabata · « **Reply #1010 on:** March 03, 2010, 08:35:14 pm »

did you know that when you pop the flame guard off a lighter, you can use a pair of pliers to change the amount of butane that is shot out of the lighter? thus a bigger flame. if you turn it all the way though, it will explode in a ball of fire, trust me. i'm a ~~doctor~~ a ~~fireman~~ a..........redneck

KHking · « **Reply #1011 on:** March 03, 2010, 08:51:03 pm »

Lucky Star is based on a yaoi and aired for only 24 episodes.

jaybug · « **Reply #1012 on:** March 04, 2010, 05:30:11 pm »

urea is 46% nitrogen by weight. And was the first chemical synthesized. Helping to bring in the science of chemistry.

TomtheFanboy · « **Reply #1013 on:** March 05, 2010, 03:49:53 pm »

The most popular commercial toilet fixture in America is the Sloan Royal flush valve.

jaybug · « **Reply #1014 on:** March 10, 2010, 04:59:33 pm »

You are more radioactive than Uranium. It's the Carbon 14 that you eat every day that does it.
Source, Physics for Future Presidents by Prof. Muller.

kylite · « **Reply #1015 on:** March 10, 2010, 09:49:52 pm »

There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).

jaybug · « **Reply #1016 on:** March 11, 2010, 06:22:34 pm »

make that 11. lol starts with an A.

kylite · « **Reply #1017 on:** March 12, 2010, 12:51:18 pm »

American car horns beep in the tone of F.

jaybug · « **Reply #1018 on:** March 14, 2010, 05:04:53 pm »

Booze is radioactive!

In fact, if it isn't radioactive, it is considered to be unfit for human consumption.

You see, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms tests liquor for radioactivity. Alcohol made from petroleum and not grains, is not radioactive, but your good old "neutral grain spirits" are. It's that carbon 14 again.

If I remember right, it is 400 counts per minute that is the trigger number. Lower and the booze is bad, make you go blind kind of thing.

Yeah, don't drink it if it is over 9,000!

jaybug · « **Reply #1019 on:** March 31, 2010, 04:38:02 pm »

If you see red concrete underground, do not break into it. Red pigment is used in concrete that protects high voltage electrical power lines! We're talking thousands of volts here folks!

Kimiski · « **Reply #1020 on:** March 31, 2010, 04:56:24 pm »

They put braille on drive through bank machine thingys cause it's cheaper... O.o
Economics is werid.

Vexenification · « **Reply #1021 on:** March 31, 2010, 06:30:55 pm »

Calcium, in milk, was named after the latin word Calcis. Which means lime.

jaybug · « **Reply #1022 on:** March 31, 2010, 10:28:29 pm »

A lime tree, is not native to North America, but has been introduced. It is known here as either basswood, or linden. Gee, I have one in my yard. I hope it flowers this year, I love the smell. Yes, you do make basses with the wood. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lime_tree

NARUNIK · « **Reply #1023 on:** March 31, 2010, 10:37:24 pm »

1. NARUTO is awesome.

2. Everyone will believe it.

PaperRoxas · « **Reply #1024 on:** April 04, 2010, 09:36:28 pm »

Kiwis have more vitamin C then oranges

NARUNIK · « **Reply #1025 on:** April 04, 2010, 11:12:54 pm »

I AM A NINJA.

kit2kit · « **Reply #1026 on:** April 05, 2010, 07:22:26 am »

Its healthy to wear socks at night, because it regulates the temperature in your body.

jaybug · « **Reply #1027 on:** April 05, 2010, 05:33:53 pm »

Boogie Woogie music was music created to the rhythm of a train going down the tracks. Boogie Woogie was originally a slang term for the ties of the tracks. Lay down the boogie woogies.

Olives make stronger batteries than do lemons. You can get more electricity from one.

kittykat1blabla · « **Reply #1028 on:** April 09, 2010, 12:00:06 am »

NOTHING RHYMES WITH ORANGE!!!!!!!!!!!

jaybug · « **Reply #1029 on:** April 13, 2010, 08:46:23 pm »

Nothing rhymes with silver! Or purple! And there are I think 7 words that don't rhyme.

Wuntvor · « **Reply #1030 on:** April 14, 2010, 12:06:25 am »

Quote from: jaybug on April 13, 2010, 08:46:23 pm

Nothing rhymes with silver! Or purple! And there are I think 7 words that don't rhyme.

To the best of my knowledge, there are over 70 words in the English language which do not rhyme with any other words! They are (in alphabetical order):

A - Almond, Angry, Angst, Anxious, Aspirin

B - Bachelor, Breadth, Bulb, Bulbous

C - Calumny, Cannabis, Caveat, Chaos, Chimney, Chocolate, Circus, Citrus, Citizen, Condom

D - Denizen, Depth, Diamond, Different

E - Eighth, Elbow, Else, Empty, Engine

F - Fifth, Film, Foible, Fugue

G - Galaxy, Glimpsed, Golf, Gulf

H - Hostage, Husband

I - Indubitably, Iron

J - Justice

K - ...

L - Laundry, Luggage

M - Monster, Month, Mulcts

N - Ninth, Neutron, Nostril

O - Obvious, Office, Olive, Orange

P - Pint, Pedant, Penguin, Pizza, Plankton, Plinth, Promise, Purple

Q - ...

R - Reptile

S - Sanction, Sandwich, Scalp, Shadow, Silver

T - Transfer, Twelfth

U - ...

V - Vacuum

W - Width, Wolf

X - ...

Y - ...

Z - ...

Wikipedia has even more of them.

Saki-the-cat · « **Reply #1031 on:** April 14, 2010, 10:20:18 am »

Quote from: Wuntvor on April 14, 2010, 12:06:25 am

Quote from: jaybug on April 13, 2010, 08:46:23 pm
Nothing rhymes with silver! Or purple! And there are I think 7 words that don't rhyme.

To the best of my knowledge, there are over 70 words in the English language which do not rhyme with any other words! They are (in alphabetical order):

A - Almond, Angry, Angst, Anxious, Aspirin

B - Bachelor, Breadth, Bulb, Bulbous

C - Calumny, Cannabis, Caveat, Chaos, Chimney, Chocolate, Circus, Citrus, Citizen, Condom

D - Denizen, Depth, Diamond, Different

E - Eighth, Elbow, Else, Empty, Engine

F - Fifth, Film, Foible, Fugue

G - Galaxy, Glimpsed, Golf, Gulf

H - Hostage, Husband

I - Indubitably, Iron

J - Justice

K - ...

L - Laundry, Luggage

M - Monster, Month, Mulcts

N - Ninth, Neutron, Nostril

O - Obvious, Office, Olive, Orange

P - Pint, Pedant, Penguin, Pizza, Plankton, Plinth, Promise, Purple

Q - ...

R - Reptile

S - Sanction, Sandwich, Scalp, Shadow, Silver

T - Transfer, Twelfth

U - ...

V - Vacuum

W - Width, Wolf

X - ...

Y - ...

Z - ...

Wikipedia has even more of them.

Fifth rhymes with myth :'D

Oh, and Astro boy takes it up the *** in order to fill his tank.

kurosakiichigo666 · « **Reply #1032 on:** April 16, 2010, 05:08:35 am »

Quote from: Saki-the-cat on April 14, 2010, 10:20:18 am

Oh, and Astro boy takes it up the *** in order to fill his tank.

That's very inappropriate Saki.

EDIT: Censored language to avoid repeating it.

Saki-the-cat · « **Reply #1033 on:** April 16, 2010, 01:53:19 pm »

Quote from: kurosakiichigo666 on April 16, 2010, 05:08:35 am

Quote from: Saki-the-cat on April 14, 2010, 10:20:18 am
Oh, and Astro boy takes it up the *** in order to fill his tank.

That's very inappropriate Saki.

EDIT: Censored language to avoid repeating it.

Well it's true *shrug*

kurosakiichigo666 · « **Reply #1034 on:** April 17, 2010, 06:32:13 am »

Doesn't mean it's an appropriate thing to say in a public forum. You could have at least worded it in a less inappropriate way is all I'm saying. Kids could be on this forum.

Oh, and margarine is one molecule away from plastic. If you leave a tub of the stuff outside flies won't even give it a second glance because they can't tell the difference.

jaybug · « **Reply #1035 on:** April 22, 2010, 09:17:52 pm »

What you know as Looney Tunes theme, is named The Merry Go Round Broke Down written in 1937

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merry-Go-Round_Broke_Down

ChibiGrace · « **Reply #1036 on:** April 23, 2010, 11:58:27 pm »

Inhaling the scent of a mushroom farm too long can make you pass out.

NARUNIK · « **Reply #1037 on:** April 24, 2010, 12:20:13 am »

Kick-Ass is the best movie ever.

cloud-9 · « **Reply #1038 on:** April 24, 2010, 12:23:56 am »

water isnt poision 0-o

ChibiGrace · « **Reply #1039 on:** April 24, 2010, 12:26:56 am »

Finger nails are really just dead bone cells.

Wuntvor · « **Reply #1040 on:** April 24, 2010, 07:13:57 pm »

Quote from: cloud-9 on April 24, 2010, 12:23:56 am

water isn't poison 0-o

Les poisson do swim in water though. Hmmm... I just thought of The Little Mermaid for some reason

LtCommanderRichie · « **Reply #1041 on:** April 25, 2010, 11:01:22 am »

If you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce, they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does.

Killer_Tofu · « **Reply #1042 on:** April 25, 2010, 12:15:19 pm »

the movies in KH Re:CoM are extractable!!!! w00t!!!!

kurosakiichigo666 · « **Reply #1043 on:** April 29, 2010, 03:57:18 pm »

Quote from: NARUNIK on April 24, 2010, 12:20:13 am

Kick-Ass is the best movie ever.

Agreed, it blew my mind.

soundninja12 · « **Reply #1044 on:** May 08, 2010, 05:50:09 pm »

Bump
Because this thread mustn't die~

KHking · « **Reply #1045 on:** May 10, 2010, 08:22:21 pm »

Rolling Stone magazine has been out for over thirty years.

Wuntvor · « **Reply #1046 on:** May 11, 2010, 12:31:38 am »

The World's Columbian Exposition — also known as The Chicago World's Fair — was a World's Fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492.

The exposition covered more than 600 acres (2.4 km2), featuring nearly 200 new buildings of classical architecture, canals and lagoons, and people and cultures from around the world. Over 27 million people (equivalent to about half the U.S. population of 60 million) attended the exposition during its six-month run.

Notable firsts at the fair

Phosphorescent lamps (a precursor to fluorescent lamps)
Neon lights
F.W. Rueckheim introduced a confection of popcorn, peanuts and molasses, it was given the name Cracker Jack in 1896.
Ferris Wheel
Juicy Fruit gum
Quaker Oats
Cream of Wheat
Shredded Wheat
The hamburger was introduced to the United States
Milton Hershey bought a European exhibitor's chocolate manufacturing equipment and added chocolate products to his caramel manufacturing business.
The United States Post Office Department produced its first picture postcards and Commemorative stamp set.
United States Mint offered its first commemorative coins: a quarter and half dollar.
Contribution to Chicago's nickname, the "Windy City". Some argue that Charles Anderson Dana of the New York Sun coined the term related to the hype of the city's promoters. Other evidence, however, suggests the term was used as early as 1881 in relation to either Chicago's "windbag" politicians or to its weather.
Scott Joplin's performance at the exposition introduced ragtime to new audiences. The exposition attracted attention to the Chicago ragtime scene, led by patriarch Plunk Henry and exemplified in performance at the exposition by Johnny Seymour.
Violinist Joseph Douglass achieved wide recognition after his performance there and became the first African-American violinist to conduct a transcontinental tour and the first to tour as a concert violinist.
The first Indonesian music performance in the United States was at the exposition.
A group of hula dancers led to increased awareness of Hawaiian music among Americans throughout the country.
Stoughton Musical Society, the oldest choral society in the United States, presented the first concerts of early American music at the exposition.
The first Eisteddfod (a Welsh choral competition with a history spanning many centuries) held outside of Wales was held in Chicago at the exposition.
The “clasp locker,” a clumsy slide fastener and forerunner to the zipper was demonstrated by Whitcomb L. Judson.

Sounds like it was a pretty big deal huh? Wonder why I never heard of it in school.

KHking · « **Reply #1047 on:** May 11, 2010, 05:36:53 pm »

Cutting hair does not influence its growth

ChibiGrace · « **Reply #1048 on:** May 11, 2010, 06:19:31 pm »

The crossbow was actually invented in Imperial China.
Despite what Mel Gibson leads us to believe. >.>

Animeman73 · « **Reply #1049 on:** May 30, 2010, 09:02:16 am »

WWE superstar John Cena is an anime fan. His favorite movie is, Fist of the North star.

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