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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Knight Templar on August 19, 2002, 03:34:00 am
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could be an intertaining , possibly fun thread
Didja know?: you can OD on Flintstones Vitamins
A peanut is not actually a nut, it's a legume (sp?)
Pigs reportedly, don't sweat
There ISN'T a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
South Africa is a country, not a continent
"white's" are now a minortiy in California
Pickles do not grow on plants, but are infact cucumbers "pickled" in vinegar
feel free to add more, i'm a lil' tired, will update when i feel.... "fresher"
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Didja know there are no kangaroos or koalas in normal Australian backyards? And that Australia is the "51st" state?
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Originally posted by icespeed
And that Australia is the "51st" state?
erm... :wtf:
Didjya know...:
Most of Toonami are actually not "toons"?
That in japan they sell pr0n games in bookstores?
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we were talking about it the other day. AMerica has 52 states, yes, but 50 is easier to remember... Alaska doesn't count and Hawaii... well...:D
it's cos we seem to be american wannabes- or at least the government is attempting to make us that way.
didja know that there is no such thing as 100% pure alcohol?
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Originally posted by icespeed
didja know that there is no such thing as 100% pure alcohol?
There is 100% alcohol and pure alcohol! :D
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you girls and your alkyhols....
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technically its not pure. it's like, 99% or something... apparently alcohol's hydrophilic which means that it can't help but bond with water. so it does, with water vapour in the air.
that's what comes of paying attention in chemistry classes.
now for physics: didja know the moon rotates at such a rate that the same side always faces the earth? we only ever see one side.
actually, you guys probably already knew that.
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Didjya know?:
That males are genetically closer to apes than women? (sad, but true :p)
That 40 percent of all japanese highschoolers broke their bones (gawd, drink milk)
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hey someone tell me if this is just stupid:
if women have xx chromosomes, and men have xy chromosomes, does that mean men somehow evolved from women? cos all the other chromosomes are in pairs, but guys have a weirded set.
;);7
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* Butterflies taste with their feet.
*A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
* In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.
* On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
* On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
* Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
*Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
*Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
* Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
* It's possible to lead a cow upstairs... but not downstairs.
* Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
* It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
*The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building
* A snail can sleep for three years.
* No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."
* Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
* Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
* The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
* All polar bears are left-handed.
* In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
* An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
* TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
* "Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
* If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall.
* A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
* The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
* Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
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Originally posted by icespeed
hey someone tell me if this is just stupid:
if women have xx chromosomes, and men have xy chromosomes, does that mean men somehow evolved from women? cos all the other chromosomes are in pairs, but guys have a weirded set.
;);7
What you say isn't really stupid.... people who don't ask questions are stupid...
Anyway, I think it's doubtful because that would mean women were reproducing asexually (or other means, don't ask me what...) and somehow a new species evolved which somehow became a neccesity for reproduction which seems really gnarled...
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kami, *gives him weird look* it was a _joke_.
maybe duck's quacks don't echo cos the soundwaves produced are not bounceable.
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Originally posted by icespeed
kami, *gives him weird look* it was a _joke_.
:o (I have trouble with jokes...)
Didjya know?:
That Creationists believe women came from a rib but not from apes?
That Freeways cost money to travel in japan? (not that they call them freeways...)
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* No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."
Or SILVER or ORANGE
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I have a whole book of these.
Didja know:
-Shooting stars aren't stars, they are meteors.
-The pineapple is not a pine or an apple, its a berry.
-The Douglas fir is not a fir, but a pine.
-The banana tree is not a tree, its an herb.
I have lots more. Maybe I will post later.
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Originally posted by Kamikaze
:o (I have trouble with jokes...)
Didjya know?:
That Creationists believe women came from a rib but not from apes?
That Freeways cost money to travel in japan? (not that they call them freeways...)
IMO a rib was a bargin price.
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Originally posted by icespeed
hey someone tell me if this is just stupid:
if women have xx chromosomes, and men have xy chromosomes, does that mean men somehow evolved from women? cos all the other chromosomes are in pairs, but guys have a weirded set.
;);7
WARNING: Do not read if you ever want to have sex with a women ever (again)!!!
So basically, women are men with extra coding. And you know what the extra coding does? It doesn't negate or destroy the male coding, it simply supresses it. The male coding is still there and is still active, it's just that the extra hormones produced as a result of the extra coding enhances things like breast and supresses things like penis code.
And now for the sickness: What do you think a clit is?
And actually, shooting stars are meteroids methinks. Meteorite = Massive, Meteor = Small, Meteroid = Burns up before it hits the ground. Or such is my understanding.
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;)
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
* Bunch of stuff
*ahem* (http://snopes2.com)
I think everyone should have this site tattooed on the inside of their eyelids....
Originally posted by icespeed
And that Australia is the "51st" state?
I'll have you know that I did not vote for President Bu... erm John Howard
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Originally posted by heretic
Or SILVER or ORANGE
Or Purple.
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Or antidisestablishmentarianism
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Also:
* There's a Welsh colony in Patagonia, South America.
* Canada has the longest coastline in the world.
* Denmark is the European country with the largest surface area.
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*"Star Wars" droid R2-D2's name came from an abbreviation of "Reel 2, Dialog 2"?
*Frank Sinatra was code-named "Napoleon" by the U.S. Secret Service.
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Well... we Finnish people are quite used to cold weather
+15°C / 59°F
This is as warm as it gets in Finland, so we'll start here. People in Spain wears winter coats and gloves. The Finns are out in the sun, getting a tan.
+10°C / 50°F
The French are trying in vain to start their central heating. The Finns plant flowers in their gardens.
+5°C / 41°F
Italian cars won't start, The Finns are cruising in cabriolets.
0°C / 32°F
Distilled water freezes. The water in the Vanda river (in Finland) gets a little thicker.
-5°C / 23°F
People in California almost freezes to death. The Finns have their final barbecue before winter.
-10°C / 14°F
The Brits start the heat in their houses. The Finns start using long sleeves.
-20°C / -4°F
The Aussies flee from Mallorca. The Finns end their Midsummer celebrations. Autumn is here.
-30°C / -22°F
People in Greece die from the cold and disappear from the face of the earth. The Finns start drying their laundry indoors.
-40°C / -40°F
Paris start cracking in the cold. The Finns stand in line at the hot dog stands.
-50°C / -58°F
Polar bears start evacuating the North Pole. The Finnish army postpones their winter survival training awaiting real winter weather.
-60°C / -76°F
Korvatunturi (the home for Santa Claus) freezes. The Finns rent a movie and stay indoors.
-70°C / -94°F
The false Santa moves south. The Finns get frustrated since they can't store their Kossu (Koskenkorva vodka) outdoors. The Finnish army goes out on winter
survival training.
-183°C / -297.4°F
Microbes in food don't survive. The Finnish cows complain that the farmers' hands are cold.
-273°C / -459.4°F
ALL atom based movement halts. The Finns start saying "Perkele, it's cold outside today."
-300°C / -508°F
Hell freezes over, Finland wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
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:lol:I've saw that... but it's still too funny. :lol::lol::lol:
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Originally posted by Gortef
-300°C / -508°F
Hell freezes over, Finland wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
:nod:
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I always thought shooting stars were those things used by ninjas. Now I realize those are throwing stars. :blah:
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Originally posted by Redfang
:lol:I've saw that... but it's still too funny. :lol::lol::lol:
And so true... at least for the last part :D
OT: (as for eurovision... I'm still pissed when those no good judges decided to send "someone I don't remember now" to the contest instead of Nightwish a few years back :doubt: )
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Originally posted by Gortef
And so true... at least for the last part :D
OT: (as for eurovision... I'm still pissed when those no good judges decided to send "someone I don't remember now" to the contest instead of Nightwish a few years back :doubt: )
Yes... :nod:
I don't care about eurovision, but yes, they should always send Nightwish there. Not that even it would win... :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by Gortef
Well... we Finnish people are quite used to cold weather
+15°C / 59°F
This is as warm as it gets in Finland, so we'll start here. People in Spain wears winter coats and gloves. The Finns are out in the sun, getting a tan.
+10°C / 50°F
The French are trying in vain to start their central heating. The Finns plant flowers in their gardens.
+5°C / 41°F
Italian cars won't start, The Finns are cruising in cabriolets.
0°C / 32°F
Distilled water freezes. The water in the Vanda river (in Finland) gets a little thicker.
-5°C / 23°F
People in California almost freezes to death. The Finns have their final barbecue before winter.
-10°C / 14°F
The Brits start the heat in their houses. The Finns start using long sleeves.
-20°C / -4°F
The Aussies flee from Mallorca. The Finns end their Midsummer celebrations. Autumn is here.
-30°C / -22°F
People in Greece die from the cold and disappear from the face of the earth. The Finns start drying their laundry indoors.
-40°C / -40°F
Paris start cracking in the cold. The Finns stand in line at the hot dog stands.
-50°C / -58°F
Polar bears start evacuating the North Pole. The Finnish army postpones their winter survival training awaiting real winter weather.
-60°C / -76°F
Korvatunturi (the home for Santa Claus) freezes. The Finns rent a movie and stay indoors.
-70°C / -94°F
The false Santa moves south. The Finns get frustrated since they can't store their Kossu (Koskenkorva vodka) outdoors. The Finnish army goes out on winter
survival training.
-183°C / -297.4°F
Microbes in food don't survive. The Finnish cows complain that the farmers' hands are cold.
-273°C / -459.4°F
ALL atom based movement halts. The Finns start saying "Perkele, it's cold outside today."
-300°C / -508°F
Hell freezes over, Finland wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
y' know, i've heard the exact same joke(?)...'cept with 'Scotland' instead of Finland..........
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Hehe, you know I believe there are own versions for every nation :lol:
Redfang: I'm not into eurovision either... waste of time. But at least Nw would have had a chance. But it's history, end of story.
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Annnnyway... :wtf:
Didja know that all the useless factoids you could ever possibly need are right here (http://www.uselessknowledge.com)?
Wait... I think I just killed this thread. Oh well.
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I can give a hundred math related things... :D
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Halifax has the largest natural harbour in the world...
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Originally posted by aldo_14
y' know, i've heard the exact same joke(?)...'cept with 'Scotland' instead of Finland..........
Thats why anti freeze is the secret ingredient in Irn bru. :nod:
t'is true.
I read somewhere that the reason for the difference in cromozones is that when a male baby is in the womb it receives a surge of testosterone after 3 weeks (i think) which causes it to grow all the male bits. Without, it continues as a female.
Did you know that i can't think of anything useful to say now?
EDIT: Ooo! except that the worlds largest caravan has eight bedrooms and bathrooms, four garages and water storage for 24000 litres.
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Originally posted by beatspete
Thats why anti freeze is the secret ingredient in Irn bru. :nod:
t'is true.
No...antifreeze in Du Vine!!!
The secret ingredient in Irn bru is actually Iron. You see, everyone think's the 'Irn' is a joke...but it's not.
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During the Vietnam war, George (W) bush was an F104 pilot in the Texas Militia
Which is about equivalent to being a submarine commander in Strathclyde Police.
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Didja know didja is not a word?
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Originally posted by Blue Lion
Didja know didja is not a word?
Yes.
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so :o
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
you can OD on Flintstones Vitamins
Dosethat mean getting High or Orgasim?
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Originally posted by Dr.Zer0
Dosethat mean getting High or Orgasim?
Say what? :wtf:
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LOL :lol: LOL:lol: LOL
if you mean the abbreiviation "OD" it means, Oversdose.. The FLintstones Vitamins weren't meant as a term for something else, but infact were meant to be Flintstones Vitamins
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I found these things very interesting when I first learned of them:
Didja know that the gamma and zeta functions do not satisfy any algebraic differential equation?
Didja know that integrals of the form ò (xp+1)q dx can be evaluated in terms of logarithms and elliptic integrals only for p£[/size]4 ?
Didja know that the gamma function has no zeros on the entire complex plane?
Didja know that the function y=xx is defined on the real number plane in the negative x area only for rational x of the form p/q where either p=q or q is an odd number? (in other words, it has infinite numbers of discontinuous points in finite intervals while still being defined at neighboring points; very weird)
Didja know that the infinite hyperexponential function y=xݥ=xxxx... is equal to x=y1/y for convergent values? (I was really surprised by this one when I first found out)
Didja know that there exist pathological functions that are continuous everywhere but differentiable nowhere? (one example is the Weierstrass function, given by å¥k=1 cos(15kpx) / 2k )
Also, my brother tells me that the first McDonald's was started somewhere in Russia, but I am not sure if that's true or not since I have not really seen or heard that anywhere else.
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Originally posted by CP5670
Didja know that the gamma and zeta functions do not satisfy any algebraic differential equation?
Didja know that integrals of the form ò (xp+1)q dx can be evaluated in terms of logarithms and elliptic integrals only for p£[/size]4 ?
Didja know that the gamma function has no zeros on the entire complex plane?
Didja know that the function y=xx is defined on the real number plane in the negative x area only for rational x of the form p/q where either p=q or q is an odd number? (in other words, it has infinite numbers of discontinuous points in finite intervals while still being defined at neighboring points; very weird)
Didja know that the infinite hyperexponential function y=xݥ=xxxx... is equal to x=y1/y for convergent values? (I was really surprised by this one when I first found out)
Didja know that there exist pathological functions that are continuous everywhere but differentiable nowhere? (one example is the Weierstrass function, given by å¥k=1 cos(15kpx) / 2k )
Yes... yes I did.