| Author | Message: Fwd:grin! | Posted by: "Heidi O'C."
On: 4/23/1999 at 1:47:00 PM GMT
Message #: 1196
See headers | this is really funny guys! i just got it off my other mailing list.
smiles,
heidi
--- Seachanges@a... wrote:
> From: Seachanges@a...
> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:41:29 EDT
> To: victorites@o..., Tragedia@a...,
> Stscribble@a...
> Reply-to: victorites@o...
> Subject: [victorites] Fwd: subject:nuggets
>
> In a message dated 4/21/99 09:12:25 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time, Muffin7541
> writes:
>
> << > > Did you know?
> > >
> > > Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
> > >
> > > Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
> > >
> > > There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
> > >
> > > The average person's left hand does 56% of the
> typing.
> > >
> > > A shark is the only fish that can blink with
> both eyes.
> > >
> > > There are more chickens than people in the
> world.
> > >
> > > Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in
> New Jersey.
> > >
> > > The longest one-syllable word in the English
> language is "screeched.
> > >
> > > On a Canadian two dollar bill,
> > > the flag flying over the Parliament building
> > > is an American flag.
> > >
> > > All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction"
> are stuck on 4:20.
> > >
> > > 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."
> > >
> > > All 50 states are listed across the top of the
> Lincoln Memorial
> > > on the back of the $5 bill.
> > >
> > > Almonds are a member of the peach family.
> > >
> > > Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room
> during a dance.
> > >
> > > Maine is the only state whose name is just one
> syllable.
> > >
> > > There are only four words in the English
> language which end in
> > > "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous,
> and hazardous.
> > >
> > > Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de
> Nuestra Senora la Reina
> > > de los Angeles de Porciuncula"
> > >
> > > A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
> > >
> > > An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
> > >
> > > Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
> > >
> > > In most advertisements, the time displayed on a
> watch is 10:10.
> > >
> > > Al Capone's business card said he was a used
> furniture dealer.
> > >
> > > The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street
> were named after
> > > Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank
> Capra's
> > > "Its A Wonderful Life."
> > >
> > > A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
> > >
> > > A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
> > >
> > > A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
> > >
> > > It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
> > >
> > > The giant squid has the largest eyes in the
> world.
> > >
> > > In England, the Speaker of the House is not
> allowed to speak.
> > >
> > > The microwave was invented after a researcher
> walked by a
> > > radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his
> pocket.
> > >
> > > Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
> > >
> > > The average person falls asleep in seven
> minutes.
> > >
> > > There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf
> ball.
> > >
> > > "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is
> typed with only the left
> hand. >>
>
>
>
> ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822
> From: Muffin7541@a...
> Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:12:25 EDT
> Subject: subject:nuggets
> To: RayGeb@a..., Msaran139@a...,
> VonBeck19@a..., Seachanges@a...,
> Step98@a..., darcy4help@f...,
> SATRACY1@a...,
> Danotepp@a...
> Reply-To: Muffin7541@a...
>
> > Subject: nuggets
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Did you know?
> > >
> > > Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
> > >
> > > Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
> > >
> > > There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
> > >
> > > The average person's left hand does 56% of the
> typing.
> > >
> > > A shark is the only fish that can blink with
> both eyes.
> > >
> > > There are more chickens than people in the
> world.
> > >
> > > Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in
> New Jersey.
> > >
> > > The longest one-syllable word in the English
> language is "screeched.
> > >
> > > On a Canadian two dollar bill,
> > > the flag flying over the Parliament building
> > > is an American flag.
> > >
> > > All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction"
> are stuck on 4:20.
> > >
> > > 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."
> > >
> > > All 50 states are listed across the top of the
> Lincoln Memorial
> > > on the back of the $5 bill.
> > >
> > > Almonds are a member of the peach family.
> > >
> > > Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room
> during a dance.
> > >
> > > Maine is the only state whose name is just one
> syllable.
> > >
> > > There are only four words in the English
> language which end in
> > > "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous,
> and hazardous.
> > >
> > > Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra
> Senora la Reina
> > > de los Angeles de Porciuncula"
> > >
> > > A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
> > >
> > > An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
> > >
> > > Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
> > >
> > > In most advertisements, the time displayed on a
> watch is 10:10.
> > >
> > > Al Capone's business card said he was a used
> furniture dealer.
> > >
> > > The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street
> were named after
> > > Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank
> Capra's
> > > "Its A Wonderful Life."
> > >
> > > A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
> > >
> > > A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
> > >
> > > A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
> > >
> > > It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
> > >
> > > The giant squid has the largest eyes in the
> world.
> > >
> > > In England, the Speaker of the House is not
> allowed to speak.
> > >
> > > The microwave was invented after a researcher
> walked by a
> > > radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his
> pocket.
> > >
> > > Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
> > >
> > > The average person falls asleep in seven
> minutes.
> > >
> > > There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
> > >
> > > "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed
> with only the left
> hand.
>
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