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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    TIL that “Weird Al” Yankovic would take dates to see The Naked Gun without telling them he was in it. He would also wear the same Hawaiian shirt he wore in the movie.
  • RomaineCalm
    RomaineCalm Posts: 3,972 Member
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    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL that “Weird Al” Yankovic would take dates to see The Naked Gun without telling them he was in it. He would also wear the same Hawaiian shirt he wore in the movie.

    TIL that Weird Al actually scored dates.

    We all have hope, you guys.
  • ailsalw
    ailsalw Posts: 1,265 Member
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    leut_underpants wrote: »
    ailsalw wrote: »
    Not to fall for sweet talking BS
    🤬

    Dis me
    Haha no although 🤔🤣
    cee134 wrote: »
    ailsalw wrote: »
    Not to fall for sweet talking BS
    🤬

    Welcome to MFP. Be careful.
    Haha true but it was work related 😕

    laprimaJenny wrote: »
    ailsalw wrote: »
    Not to fall for sweet talking BS
    🤬

    Talk about an aphrodisiac for a place like this.

    Can’t be doing with 🐮 💩

    Today my lesson was... don’t assume everyone is nice or has a sense of humour
  • DawnOfTheDead_Lift
    DawnOfTheDead_Lift Posts: 753 Member
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    ailsalw wrote: »
    leut_underpants wrote: »
    ailsalw wrote: »
    Not to fall for sweet talking BS
    🤬

    Dis me
    Haha no although 🤔🤣
    cee134 wrote: »
    ailsalw wrote: »
    Not to fall for sweet talking BS
    🤬

    Welcome to MFP. Be careful.
    Haha true but it was work related 😕

    laprimaJenny wrote: »
    ailsalw wrote: »
    Not to fall for sweet talking BS
    🤬

    Talk about an aphrodisiac for a place like this.

    Can’t be doing with 🐮 💩

    Today my lesson was... don’t assume everyone is nice or has a sense of humour

    I am hear four fitness and grammer check's only.
  • RomaineCalm
    RomaineCalm Posts: 3,972 Member
    edited December 2018
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    DawnOfTheDead_Lift wrote: »
    ailsalw wrote: »
    leut_underpants wrote: »
    ailsalw wrote: »
    Not to fall for sweet talking BS
    🤬

    Dis me
    Haha no although 🤔🤣
    cee134 wrote: »
    ailsalw wrote: »
    Not to fall for sweet talking BS
    🤬

    Welcome to MFP. Be careful.
    Haha true but it was work related 😕

    laprimaJenny wrote: »
    ailsalw wrote: »
    Not to fall for sweet talking BS
    🤬

    Talk about an aphrodisiac for a place like this.

    Can’t be doing with 🐮 💩

    Today my lesson was... don’t assume everyone is nice or has a sense of humour

    I am hear four fitness and grammer check's only.

    LYES!

    And puns.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    TIL: Beethoven was paid 4,000 florins a year from 1809 on the condition that he remained in Vienna for the rest of his life. This allowance was originally paid by three patrons but after the death of Princes Lobkowitz and Kinsky, Archduke Rudolph paid the amount in full until Beethoven died.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    TIL that Sweden is actually increasing forest biomass despite being the second largest exporter of paper in the world because they plant 3 trees for each 1 they cut down.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    TIL the secular holiday Festivus was not invented for Seinfeld. It was created in the mid sixties by author Daniel O'Keefe as a way of rejecting the commercialism of Christmas with his family. His son later was a writer for Seinfeld and introduced his family's tradition.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    TIL that Will Ferrell was at home watching a documentary on one of the first women to anchor news telecasts when her former coworker appeared on screen. He reminisced: ‘You have to remember, back then I was a real male chauvinist pig. I was not nice to her.’ This was the inspiration for Anchorman.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    TIL After Michael Jackson's hair caught fire in 1984 he founded a burn center. “I wanted to do something because I was so moved by the other burn patients I met...” He suffered painful burns, but hospital staff remember him spending much of his time visiting and comforting other patients.
  • Jimb376mfp
    Jimb376mfp Posts: 6,231 Member
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    DW backed out of the garage and hit my truck in the driveway!
  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
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    Jimb376mfp wrote: »
    DW backed out of the garage and hit my truck in the driveway!

    Does DW stand for Damn Wife?
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    TIL when Mr Rogers heard his limo driver was going to be waiting outside while Rogers was in a meeting, he asked the driver to come in. On the way back they passed the driver's home and Rogers asked if they could stop and meet his family. Rogers kept in touch with the driver for the rest of his life.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    Caporegiem wrote: »
    Jimb376mfp wrote: »
    DW backed out of the garage and hit my truck in the driveway!

    Does DW stand for Darn Wife?

    Don't know, here's what I looked up:

    DW is the name of the little sister of Arthur on the non-hit cartoon TV series "Arthur."
    Stands for Dora Winefred.
  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
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    GenuineSalami wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    Caporegiem wrote: »
    Jimb376mfp wrote: »
    DW backed out of the garage and hit my truck in the driveway!

    Does DW stand for Darn Wife?

    Don't know, here's what I looked up:

    DW is the name of the little sister of Arthur on the non-hit cartoon TV series "Arthur."
    Stands for Dora Winefred.

    I'd like to mildly disagree that you called it a non-hit cartoon

    yup yup, that was a big one when I was little.

    Also, possibly dear wife? Most kid/family discussion boards do dear daughter (DD) dear son (DS)
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    TIL that in Victorian London, mail was delivered to homes 12 times a day. "Return of post" was a commonly used phrase for requesting an immediate response to be mailed at the next scheduled delivery. It was quite common for people to complain if a letter didn't arrive within a few hours.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    TIL that the tragedy of the Library of Alexandria burning down and "setting knowledge back centuries" is a myth. In reality, the Library slowly declined over many years and by its end, most major cities had similar libraries with many of the same works.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    TIL about an orangutan named Ken who escaped from his enclosure at the San Diego Zoo multiple times in the 80's. His apparent goals were visiting other animals, throwing rocks at a despised orangutan rival and taking photos with tourists.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    TIL Mindscape, The Game Dev company that developed Lego Island, fired their Dev team the day before release, so that they wouldn't have to pay them bonuses.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    TIL that Freddie Mercury approved the Wayne's World Bohemian Rhapsody scene just before his death.

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