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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    You are never caught up on laundry unless you do laundry naked.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    There has never been a time when I needed Num lock to be off.
  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
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    cee134 wrote: »
    There has never been a time when I needed Num lock to be off.

    For the most part it's use really diminished with the introduction of 101 button keyboards that were released in the mid 80s. Some laptops have alternate function keys though and still make use of it.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited September 2017
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    Google with 20b in income donating 1m to something is equivalent to my 70k donating about $4.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    The human body has around 7 trillion nerves and some people manage to get on every single *kitten* one.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    I correct autocorrect more often than autocorrect corrects me correctly.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    All of the villains in the Star Wars Prequel trilogy perfectly foreshadow the rise of Darth Vader. Maul was manipulated from birth by Palpatine, Dooku was a fallen jedi, and Grievous was a cyborg. Vader is all 3 of those things.
  • vikinglander
    vikinglander Posts: 1,547 Member
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    The word 'robot' comes from the Czech word 'robota', meaning 'forced labor'.
  • VelociraptorEyes
    VelociraptorEyes Posts: 1,175 Member
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    The inventors of the waterbed chose water over gelatin because gelatin had a tendency to decompose.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    Dogs are an organic doorbell with only 10% accuracy.
  • Monkey_Business
    Monkey_Business Posts: 1,800 Member
    edited September 2017
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    cee134 wrote: »
    Dogs are an organic doorbell with only 10% accuracy.

    This must be an average for internationally, because my two pocket pooches are only accurate about <5% of the time. They are cute though.

    WhimsicalSpottedAss-max-1mb.gif

    ^The above is from the internet. Pretty close to what mine do at least a couple time a day.
  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
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    Making a comment on the forums about butt stuff and Subway's sweet onion teriyaki sauce is enough to trigger a sidebar ad for Subway containing a photo of a sweet onion chicken teriyaki sub.
  • aeloine
    aeloine Posts: 2,163 Member
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    I HAVE THE BEST ONE OMG:

    There are 4 plurals of octopus

    1. Octopus
    2. Octopi
    3. Octopuses
    4. OCTOPODI
  • aeloine
    aeloine Posts: 2,163 Member
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    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    aeloine wrote: »
    I HAVE THE BEST ONE OMG:

    There are 4 plurals of octopus

    1. Octopus
    2. Octopi
    3. Octopuses
    4. OCTOPODI

    Octopi is not a plural form of Octopus (like cactus/cacti) because it is not from a Latin word

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/video/octopus

    PUH-lease.
  • Monkey_Business
    Monkey_Business Posts: 1,800 Member
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    aeloine wrote: »
    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    aeloine wrote: »
    I HAVE THE BEST ONE OMG:

    There are 4 plurals of octopus

    1. Octopus
    2. Octopi
    3. Octopuses
    4. OCTOPODI

    Octopi is not a plural form of Octopus (like cactus/cacti) because it is not from a Latin word

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/video/octopus

    PUH-lease.

    Very nice debate. I have been truly edumacated :-)
  • aeloine
    aeloine Posts: 2,163 Member
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    Monkey_Business wrote: »
    aeloine wrote: »
    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    aeloine wrote: »
    I HAVE THE BEST ONE OMG:

    There are 4 plurals of octopus

    1. Octopus
    2. Octopi
    3. Octopuses
    4. OCTOPODI

    Octopi is not a plural form of Octopus (like cactus/cacti) because it is not from a Latin word

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/video/octopus

    PUH-lease.

    Very nice debate. I have been truly edumacated :-)

    While technically octopi is not correct, it has become an accepted form of the plural through usage and has been adopted by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, at least in the United States. I'm not sure If the Oxford English Language Dictionary has also accepted it as an acceptable plural form of the word, but the Yankees like their sea creatures addressed as such.

    'Murica.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    aeloine wrote: »
    Monkey_Business wrote: »
    aeloine wrote: »
    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    aeloine wrote: »
    I HAVE THE BEST ONE OMG:

    There are 4 plurals of octopus

    1. Octopus
    2. Octopi
    3. Octopuses
    4. OCTOPODI

    Octopi is not a plural form of Octopus (like cactus/cacti) because it is not from a Latin word

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/video/octopus

    PUH-lease.

    Very nice debate. I have been truly edumacated :-)

    While technically octopi is not correct, it has become an accepted form of the plural through usage and has been adopted by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, at least in the United States. I'm not sure If the Oxford English Language Dictionary has also accepted it as an acceptable plural form of the word, but the Yankees like their sea creatures addressed as such.

    'Murica.

    I wonder if I'll ever get to use the plural form of octopus? For example: Hey, look at all those octopuses!
  • aeloine
    aeloine Posts: 2,163 Member
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    cee134 wrote: »
    aeloine wrote: »
    Monkey_Business wrote: »
    aeloine wrote: »
    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    aeloine wrote: »
    I HAVE THE BEST ONE OMG:

    There are 4 plurals of octopus

    1. Octopus
    2. Octopi
    3. Octopuses
    4. OCTOPODI

    Octopi is not a plural form of Octopus (like cactus/cacti) because it is not from a Latin word

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/video/octopus

    PUH-lease.

    Very nice debate. I have been truly edumacated :-)

    While technically octopi is not correct, it has become an accepted form of the plural through usage and has been adopted by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, at least in the United States. I'm not sure If the Oxford English Language Dictionary has also accepted it as an acceptable plural form of the word, but the Yankees like their sea creatures addressed as such.

    'Murica.

    I wonder if I'll ever get to use the plural form of octopus? For example: Hey, look at all those octopuses!

    Maybe not but I've definitely modified it to suit my needs... like "look at all these muffinopodi I'm about to eat!"
  • pudgy1977
    pudgy1977 Posts: 13,499 Member
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    Will_Run_4_Food wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    aeloine wrote: »
    Monkey_Business wrote: »
    aeloine wrote: »
    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    aeloine wrote: »
    I HAVE THE BEST ONE OMG:

    There are 4 plurals of octopus

    1. Octopus
    2. Octopi
    3. Octopuses
    4. OCTOPODI

    Octopi is not a plural form of Octopus (like cactus/cacti) because it is not from a Latin word

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/video/octopus

    PUH-lease.

    Very nice debate. I have been truly edumacated :-)

    While technically octopi is not correct, it has become an accepted form of the plural through usage and has been adopted by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, at least in the United States. I'm not sure If the Oxford English Language Dictionary has also accepted it as an acceptable plural form of the word, but the Yankees like their sea creatures addressed as such.

    'Murica.

    I wonder if I'll ever get to use the plural form of octopus? For example: Hey, look at all those octopuses!

    I've never seen more than one at any given time.

    I have

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