If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in
the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in
the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if
the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural
causes.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and
purple.

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people
without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the
expression "to get fired."

Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th,
John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2,
but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the South
Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber
machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded
into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it
got "the whole 9 yards."

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."

The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

Until 1965, driving was done on the left-hand side on roads in Sweden.
The conversion to right-hand was done on a weekday at 5pm. All traffic
stopped as people switched sides. This time and day were chosen to
prevent accidents where drivers would have gotten up in the morning and
been too sleepy to realize that *this* was the day of the changeover.

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II
killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

Dr. Seuss pronounced "Seuss" such that it rhymed with "rejoice."

In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam."

Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."

More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.

The term, "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye" is from
Ancient Rome. The only rule during wrestling matches was, "No eye
gouging." Everything else was allowed, but the only way to be
disqualified was to poke someone's eye out.

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them
looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which
stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your
thumb.

An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

I thought the thread was "useless farts"


how dissapointing

oh man I'm bored...

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Sweeny79 said:

You have my permission to masturbate over my profile picture.

Sweeny79 said:

"Doorhinge" comes pretty close.

Number23 said:

Thanks but no thanks

retina said:

I think that's two words.

Sweeny79 said:

Sweeny79 said:

When the English arrived in Canada they tried to ask the natives what their country was called. The natives thought they were asking for the way to their village so they pointed to it and said "Canada". At least so I've heard.

Sweeny79 said:

Yeah right, next you're going to claim that "pickymissteacher" is three words or something.

retina said:

retina said:

Well they are... and my students call me Ms., when some one says Miss it seems a little childish... I guess my mom said " what do you think you're doing little miss (insert something belittling here)" too many times.

Sweeny79 said:

Well of course they had to take care of the biggest thing in the world first.

Number23 said:

My idol!

Number23 said:

That's the reaction I get every time I open my damn mouth.

Sweeny79 said:

I'm guessing a jock strap came in handy then.

Butterscotchcurlyhair is a big ol POON POON!

Just thought I'd lett you all know.

superspaceboy said:

Sweeny79 said:

Ohh she is. You all haven't met here yet...But I'm here to tell you