Idle Minds dont idle well
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Topic: Idle Minds dont idle well
Posted By: boat dr
Subject: Idle Minds dont idle well
Date Posted: January-08-2007 at 6:06pm
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Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right. (Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)
> > Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. (I'll bet you're going to check this out.) > > No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. > > "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". (Are you doubting this?) > > Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. > > The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet. > (Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for accuracy, right?) > > The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes). (Yep, I knew you were going to "do" this one.) > > There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. > (You're not doubting this, are you?) > > There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious." > (Yes, admit it, you are going to say ...... a e i o u.) > > TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test this out.) > > All 50 states are listed across the top of the > Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. > > A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. > > A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. > > A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (Some days that's about what my memory span is) > > A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. > > A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. > > A snail can sleep for three years. > (I know some people that could do this, too.) > > Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. > > Almonds are a member of the peach family. > > An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. > > Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age. > > February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon. > > In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. > > If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. > > If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights. > > Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors. > > On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag. > > Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite! > > Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. > > The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. > > The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. > > The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Good thing he did that.) > > The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid. > > There are more chickens than people in the world. > > Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. > > Women blink nearly twice as much as men. > > Now you know everything! > > > > > > ------------- boat dr /diaries/details.asp?ID=4631 - 1949 Dart /diaries/details.asp?ID=1533 - 1964 American Skier |
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Posted By: 62 wood
Date Posted: January-08-2007 at 10:01pm
man its getting to be a looooong winter!!! ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1117&sort=&pagenum=6" rel="nofollow - 64 American Skier 62 Classic.. 73 Ski Nautique |