What do John Williams, Julian Glover, Harrison Ford and George Lucas all have in common?
No, see, I was going to risk it all and say "Who are four people who have never been in my kitchen?"
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 02:52 PM
No, see, I was going to risk it all and say "Who are four people who have never been in my kitchen?"
I suggest a full frontal assault with automated laser monkeys, scalpel mines, and acid.
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 04:06 PM
What do John Williams, Julian Glover, Harrison Ford and George Lucas all have in common?
No, see, I was going to risk it all and say "Who are four people who have never been in my kitchen?"
HA!
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 04:07 PM
Happily I cannot say the same.
What do John Williams, Julian Glover, Harrison Ford and George Lucas all have in common?
No, see, I was going to risk it all and say "Who are four people who have never been in my kitchen?"
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 08:18 PM
You can't touch your elbow with your tongue.
(Yeah, I know everybody's gonna try it now.
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(Yeah, I know everybody's gonna try it now.
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Human aggression is instinctual. Humans have not evolved any ritualised aggression-inhibiting mechanisms to ensure the survival of the species. For this reason man is considered a very dangerous animal.
-- Konrad Lorenz
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 08:20 PM
You can, actually.
It's true. You're my role model, Stefan Cosman.
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 08:25 PM
You can only scratch each elbow with one hand, yet you can scratch each knee with two.
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 08:26 PM
Is that an interesting fact?
It's true. You're my role model, Stefan Cosman.
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 08:36 PM
You can, actually.
Yeah, right. I'd kinda like to see you do it, so it's pictures or it didn't happen!
Human aggression is instinctual. Humans have not evolved any ritualised aggression-inhibiting mechanisms to ensure the survival of the species. For this reason man is considered a very dangerous animal.
-- Konrad Lorenz
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 08:37 PM
A common model for icy moons that orbit gas giants states that subsurface, almost global oceans can be expected due to tidal forces that cause heating and ammonia that lowers the freezing point of water.
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 08:38 PM
Of course.
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 09:29 PM
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are not states. They technically call themselves commonwealthes.
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 09:33 PM
Portugal was the first country in Europe to define its current mainland territorial borders. They've remained unchanged since 1249
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 10:15 PM
And at that time, the common literary languages of the Penisula were Old Galician-Portuguese and Classical Arabic.
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 10:17 PM
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are not states. They technically call themselves commonwealths.
Hawaii is the only state to not have at least one straight line as a border.
Louisiana is the only state to not have counties. They have parishes.
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 11:04 PM
Delaware is the only state that doesn't charge sales tax. Let's all pack up and move!
EDIT - Whoops, there are actually 5 states that don't. Learn something new every day.
EDIT - Whoops, there are actually 5 states that don't. Learn something new every day.
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 11:30 PM
Alaska doesn't have counties either, they have boroughs.
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are not states. They technically call themselves commonwealths.
Hawaii is the only state to not have at least one straight line as a border.
Louisiana is the only state to not have counties. They have parishes.
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 02:21 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach had 20 children. Only 5 survived past infancy.
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 02:55 AM
the duggars have had 20 children. 19 survived, but they are not all loved by their parents who don't even know half of them.
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 03:17 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach had 20 children. Only 5 survived past infancy.
It's actually 21; there's a forgotten member of the Bach family.
If you put John Williams in a dryer, you get Jerry Goldsmith! You get the downside version!
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 07:54 AM
There is a Finnish radio station that broadcasts news in Latin, called Nuntii Latini.
Nuntii Latini, conspectus rerum internationalium hebdomadalis, est programma Radiophoniae Finnicae Generalis (YLE) in terrarum orbe unicum.
Nuntii Latini, conspectus rerum internationalium hebdomadalis, est programma Radiophoniae Finnicae Generalis (YLE) in terrarum orbe unicum.
Human aggression is instinctual. Humans have not evolved any ritualised aggression-inhibiting mechanisms to ensure the survival of the species. For this reason man is considered a very dangerous animal.
-- Konrad Lorenz
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 08:01 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach had 20 children. Only 5 survived past infancy.
It's actually 21; there's a forgotten member of the Bach family.
Yeah, he was called John.
'Forget the notes!' - Hans Zimmer, June 2013
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 09:11 AM
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are not states. They technically call themselves commonwealths.
Hawaii is the only state to not have at least one straight line as a border.
Louisiana is the only state to not have counties. They have parishes.
Ah! So, Thomas Dolby got it wrong!
"The county sheriff had a hare-lip. Louisana's pride and joy".
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 09:54 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach had 20 children. Only 5 survived past infancy.
It's actually 21; there's a forgotten member of the Bach family.
Yeah, he was called John.
John Bach?
If you put John Williams in a dryer, you get Jerry Goldsmith! You get the downside version!
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 10:10 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach had 20 children. Only 5 survived past infancy.
It's actually 21; there's a forgotten member of the Bach family.
Yeah, he was called John.
John Bach?
His full name was John Williams Bernard Bach. But most people called him John Will B. Bach.
'Forget the notes!' - Hans Zimmer, June 2013
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 10:21 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach had 20 children. Only 5 survived past infancy.
It's actually 21; there's a forgotten member of the Bach family.
Yeah, he was called John.
John Bach?
His full name was John Williams Bernard Bach. But most people called him John Will B. Bach.
He's gotta get alot of head scratches and bemusement when he's being introduced: Ladies & gentlemen: JOHN WILL B. BACH!!!
If you put John Williams in a dryer, you get Jerry Goldsmith! You get the downside version!
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 01:19 PM
Johann Sebastian Bach had 20 children. Only 5 survived past infancy.
It's actually 21; there's a forgotten member of the Bach family.
Yeah, he was called John.
John Bach?
His full name was John Williams Bernard Bach. But most people called him John Will B. Bach.
He's gotta get alot of head scratches and bemusement when he's being introduced: Ladies & gentlemen: JOHN WILL B. BACH!!!
Then he had a child named Burt Bach.
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 05:17 PM
Johann Sebastian Bach had 20 children. Only 5 survived past infancy.
It's actually 21; there's a forgotten member of the Bach family.
Yeah, he was called John.
John Bach?
His full name was John Williams Bernard Bach. But most people called him John Will B. Bach.
He's gotta get alot of head scratches and bemusement when he's being introduced: Ladies & gentlemen: JOHN WILL B. BACH!!!
Then he had a child named Burt Bach.
Burt Bach really wanted to be a geologist, but he couldn't stand everyone walking into class with a new sample taken from the field, proclaiming, "Look, Burt Bach, a rock!"
I suggest a full frontal assault with automated laser monkeys, scalpel mines, and acid.
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 06:59 PM
Johann Sebastian Bach had 20 children. Only 5 survived past infancy.
It's actually 21; there's a forgotten member of the Bach family.
Yeah, he was called John.
John Bach?
His full name was John Williams Bernard Bach. But most people called him John Will B. Bach.
He's gotta get alot of head scratches and bemusement when he's being introduced: Ladies & gentlemen: JOHN WILL B. BACH!!!
Then he had a child named Burt Bach.
Burt Bach really wanted to be a geologist, but he couldn't stand everyone walking into class with a new sample taken from the field, proclaiming, "Look, Burt Bach, a rock!"
THANK YOU! Well done!
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 12:01 AM
Did you know that "paint reserved for ballistic missiles and nuclear submarines" takes 24 hours of scrubbing to remove?
HULK SAD, HULK'S MOM SCRUB HULK WITH TOILET BRUSH.
http://www.dailymail...sile-paint.html
HULK SAD, HULK'S MOM SCRUB HULK WITH TOILET BRUSH.
http://www.dailymail...sile-paint.html
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 12:53 AM
A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 08:44 AM
Thats not true. Mythbusters disproved that years ago
It's true. You're my role model, Stefan Cosman.
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 11:03 AM
A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds
That's not...what were you saying?
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 12:37 PM
The Imperial Family of Japan are the longest continously reigning royal family in the history of the world.
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:13 PM
The Imperial Family of Japan are the longest continously reigning royal family in the history of the world.
They're the only royals in the world to have the title "emperor".
If you put John Williams in a dryer, you get Jerry Goldsmith! You get the downside version!
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On average, a hippo can run faster than a man can.
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Persistence hunting may have been one of the earliest forms of hunting.
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Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
If you put John Williams in a dryer, you get Jerry Goldsmith! You get the downside version!
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 04:15 PM
Eureka Springs Arkansas is a small swiss village like town nestled in the NW Ozark mountains.
It is the only town in American that does not have any streets that intersect at 90 degrees.
It is the only town in American that does not have any streets that intersect at 90 degrees.
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 04:35 PM
The National Orchestra of Monaco (a nation in Europe) has more individuals than its army.
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 06:41 PM
Ulysses S. Grant once got a speeding ticket while he was president.
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