Date: April 23, 2004
April 23.2004
Vacation Day 12. Home again, home again.
The trip was fun and very educational. The wife and I learned that putting two kids together for an extended period of time does work, as long as they have separate rooms. We learned that walking and standing on concrete 8 to 10 hours a day hurts your feet and your back. And we learned lots of trivial stuff, too, like the fact that Tiger Woods' yacht is named "Privacy." (It was moored in the Clearwater marina while we were there.)
Here's some more trivia - none of which I have confirmed, so buyer beware - for this week's FFF.
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MORE THINGS YOU MAY NEVER NEED TO KNOW
The heart of a shrimp is in its head.
Withheld sneezes are the number one cause of detached retinas.
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky.
Wearing headphones for one hour will multiply the bacteria in your ear by 700.
In every episode of Seinfeld there is an image of Superman.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
Everyone's tongue print is as unique as their fingerprints.
The liquid inside very young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
Wrigley's gum was the first product to sport a barcode.
The King of Hearts is the only king in the deck without a moustache.
Apples are more efficient than caffeine at waking you up in the morning.
Only Greece and Australia have participated in every single Olympics.
The A & W of root beer fame stands for Allen & Wright.
In Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs.
Fortune cookies were invented in America, in 1918.
The microwave was invented when an engineer testing a magnetron tube noticed that the radiation leaking from it caused the chocolate bar in his lab coat pocket to melt.
[LadyHawke's Weekly Jokes, Mikey's Funnies, Erational News and also some submitted by list member Toby R.]
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Next week I'll close out April with another collection of random goofy zingers and one-liners. Until then, please be good to each other.
Mark
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WEB SITE of the WEEK: We're told that breakfast is the most important meal of
the day. Here's a web site devoted to that fact:
www.mrbreakfast.com. You'll find a
whole bunch of recipes for breakfast (including 30 different low-carb ideas) and
much, much more. There's a breakfast cereal history, message boards, "shortcuts
to big breakfasts," even a guide on how to enjoy breakfast in bed.
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QUOTE of the WEEK: "The larger
the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder." (Ralph W.
Sockman)
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