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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    An té a luíonn le madaí, eiroidh sé le dearnaid. [On tay a lee-on le maw-dee aye-rogue shay le dar-nid.]

    He who lies down with dogs, gets up with fleas. (If you mix with the wrong company, you'll pay for it.)
  • Wild_Daisies
    Wild_Daisies Posts: 318 Member
    The sun rose today, except maybe in parts of Alaska? ;)
  • cvegas
    cvegas Posts: 10 Member
    Frogs do not drink water, they absorb it through their belly region :smile:
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  • Tweaking_Time
    Tweaking_Time Posts: 733 Member
    "Butt" was once a midievil measurement for wine

    So...technically speaking

    A "butt-load" of wine is actually 129 gallons, or 475 liters for you metric sorts

    Now you know
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    Tweaking_Time wrote: »
    "Butt" was once a midievil measurement for wine

    So...technically speaking

    A "butt-load" of wine is actually 129 gallons, or 475 liters for you metric sorts

    Now you know

    How much with in a metric butt tonne?

  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Eye exams are the only exam that makes you look smarter if you fail it.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    The Next Archie Comic Is Going to Turn Jughead Into a Bloodthirsty Werewolf.

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    http://ew.com/books/2017/03/02/jughead-werewolf-archie-horror-comic/
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited March 2017
    Twice in the episode,“Through Imperial Eyes” from Star Wars Rebels, Thrawn has to battle assassin droids and stop them with an override code. Lucasfilm confirmed that the word is “Rukh,” as in the character from the EU (Star Wars Expanded Universe and not considered as canon) who ended up assassinating Thrawn. Executive producer Dave Filoni put it in as a wink to EU fans because, well, it was the assassin droid.

    Plus, Thrawn’s ship in this episode, the Chimaera, is the same name of his ship in the EU.
  • perkymommy
    perkymommy Posts: 1,642 Member
    Cacophobia is the fear of ugliness
  • CheesyPurritoCat
    CheesyPurritoCat Posts: 7 Member
    edited March 2017
    Cats are extremely allergic to lillies (the plant).
    Cats are allergic to chocolate.
    Cats usually eat "grass" or certain plants to induce vomiting.
    Cats can easily be frightened by cucumbers when put behind them when eating.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    If I saved money in real life like I do on video games, I would be a billionaire.
  • Tryin2BeNew
    Tryin2BeNew Posts: 31 Member
    A broken clock is right twice a day ;)
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    I don't click the "don't show this message again" button because I'm fearful one day I may need it.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    Tryin2BeNew wrote: »
    A broken clock is right twice a day ;)

    you sure about that?
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    :smiley:
  • BeChill73
    BeChill73 Posts: 75 Member
    edited March 2017
    Tweaking_Time wrote: »
    "Butt" was once a midievil measurement for wine

    So...technically speaking

    A "butt-load" of wine is actually 129 gallons, or 475 liters for you metric sorts

    Now you know

    :)
  • BeChill73
    BeChill73 Posts: 75 Member
    Vladomir Nabokov snuck his own name into the book Lolita, by rearranging the letters to form the name of the character Vivian Darkbloom.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    In the TV Show Big Bang Theory two scientists have to share an apartment to be able to afford it while a waiter can live next door alone.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    There are over 7,500 different types of apple, but only one "apple juice".
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    In the TV Show Big Bang Theory two scientists have to share an apartment to be able to afford it while a waiter can live next door alone.

    the waitress across the street accumulates credit card debt, has a car that is one pot hole from being completely broken, and iirc is constantly on the verge of having power and tv shut off.

    while the two scientist waste, i assume hundreds to thousands a week on nerd/geek merchandise. that stuff isnt cheap and still have enough money to feed the waitress every day.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Learning English is difficult, but it can be taught through tough thorough thought though.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Darth Vader is banned from all official Star Wars events.

    David Prowse, the actor who portrayed Darth Vader (in form, not voice), is banned from attending official Star Wars conventions because George Lucas finds him annoying.
  • Sunna_W
    Sunna_W Posts: 744 Member
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    Our cosmos expands at about the rate at which space is expanding, and the speed at which objects expand away from us depends upon their distance.
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
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    #alternativefacts
  • relynne
    relynne Posts: 387 Member
    John Tyler, 10th president and born in 1790, has two living grandchildren.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    The reason I stay up late is because I don't want my free time to end and tomorrow to start.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    There is a computer called the Electronic Numeric Integrator and Computer (ENIC) that, in 1949, took 70 hours to figure out the first 2,037 decimal places of pi.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Anybody who has used a chainsaw knows it will make a terrible weapon.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    The Guinness Book of World Records states that Lu Chao holds the world record for memorizing the most number of digits of pi. He memorized 67,890 digits, which took him 24 hours and 4 minutes.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    When playing limbo, setting the bar high is setting the bar low.

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