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Friday Fun: any useless information to share?
Yesterday, Thursday evening, when we were leaving, the co-worker informed me, only 20% of work time left. Curiosly useless :)
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I think I could, if I only knew <i>how</i> to begin. For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately that <font color="purple">Alice</font> had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.
Courtesy while you're thinking what to say. It saves time. :) |
Ever wonder why your keyboard isn't in alphabetical order? Apparently, back when typewriters were first invented, they were. A problem arose when people would type so fast that the individual "sticks" for each letter would get entangled, and so the solution was to jumble up the letters. QWERTY, indeed!
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There are no Hilton Hotels in Antarctica. Better yet, there are no Olive Gardens, 7-11s or Walmarts.
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Why do sailors refer to the place they go to relieve themselves as "The Head"?
In the days of sailing ships, the wind blows from the stern towards the bow (the head of the ship), thus blowing the stench out to sea. A strategic location for the bathroom. :-) ((b)) |
Chicago got the name "Windy City" not from its weather but because its politicians never stopped talking long enough to get a vote in for federal consideration levels.
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The son of the man who invented the fax machine works in my office!
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Men have more blood than women.
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The duty rate on mens leather shoes is 8.5%, the duty rate on womens leather shoes is 10%.
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A grammy winner lives on my street.
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I dropped cookie dough on the floor.
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In addition to guns Winchester also manufactured strap on ice skates in the 1920's.
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I'm wearing a purple shirt
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A movie is being filmed in my city and 2 Teenage Hollywood stars are staying at the Ritz which is about 2 blocks frokmk house...
Now id I could only remember their names!!!! One has been in the media for probable anorexia......ok, ok that could be just about anyone! |
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." Also.... 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. |
So you can't wait until the pizza slice has cooled - tried to eat it too hot and burned the roof of your mouth. To coat the burn, fill your mouth with whipped cream and press it gently against the roof of your mouth with your tongue - keep repeating until your moth feels better.
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no no don't put a moth in there too!
mouth mouth! |
Everything counts when you're building a house ;)
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No matter what another kids tells you, stapling your thumb really does hurt.
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"Pepsi cola" is an anagram for "Episcopal."
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I'm having Greek food for dinner and I drank way too much wine last night.
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The gestation period for a house mouse is about 19-21 days, and they give birth to a litter of 14 mice at one time. One female can have some 5-10 litters per year.
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Prince Henry the Navigator never sailed a ship nor went to sea.
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I slept in this morning and I am still sleepy.
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In the current issue of "Celebrated Living," American Airlines' in-flight magazine for business and first class seats, there's an promo where Silversea Cruises has been entered as "Slaveries." Experience the world of ... oh.
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Bob Marley believes the Buffalo soldiers had a lot in common with dreadlocked rastas. As a bonus useless fact, Vera Miles was supposed to get the blonde part that Kim Novak got in Hitchcock's VERTIGO. She got pregnant instead.
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When the battery is dead in your car, you can't drive to a service station for help.
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I'm not wearing socks! :O
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My first grade teachers uncle was Mr. Whipple,(ya know the "Charmin" guy)and my spanish teacher in high school was the step mom to the drummer of the Go-Go's.
I've also met Kevin Bacon, Joanne Woodward, Gary Sandy, Diamond Rio. Wow |
If your child gets bubble gum (or chewing gum) in her/his hair, you can get it out with peanut butter.
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The Stafford hotel filmed in the remake of the "Parent trap" does not exist.
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Hydrogen makes up ninety percent of all matter. I find this comforting.
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King Edward II, Freddie Mercury, Clifton Webb, Oscar Wilde, Walt Whitman, George Cukor, Somerset Maugham, Jerry Smith, Tab Hunter, King Richard the Lionhearted and Liberace share one big distinction.
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You can't pick up your right foot and make clockwise circles while drawing the number 6 in the air with your right hand.
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You can't sneeze and poop or pee at the same time. Don't try it...you just might blow your ass off! :))
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Cats don't purr w/ each other
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Only 3 moths ago I was in Israel on vacation :((
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toilet paper has only been around barely 100 years...
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If I go to use the bathroom when no one's home and I leave the door open, its inevitable that my pup will come watch me.
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The chick pea is neither a chick nor a pea.
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