Useless knowledge

-A ducks quack doesnt echo. How did we find this out? Why do we know this? Who would ever think of checking to see if a duck's quake echos?

-What kind of wood was pinochio made out of?

LOL.

Maybe it was balsa wood.

Another question that would be quite useless would be; How many miles did "Eleanor" have ?

ummmm. more than her previous owner put on her.

btw pinochio was made of pine
:alien2:

That does rank down there with some of the most useless information I collected today

Originally posted by Cavallino
btw pinochio was made of pine
:alien2: You keep earning this... :D

yesssss
i am content
:bandit:

Next question:What was the longest recorded flight of a chicken?

Theres a rather large publication on sale which consists totally of this type of pointless BS. Its called the Guiness Book of Records.

Originally posted by Cavallino
-A ducks quack doesnt echo. How did we find this out? Why do we know this? Who would ever think of checking to see if a duck's quake echos?


Way to use my useless knowledge.:rolleyes: Here are a couple off the top of my head.
Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
The 100% daily requirement of iron in Total is really iron filings.
An average of 13 boxes of jello are purchased every second in the United States.
I will have more once I have time to think about it.

Human head weighs 10 lbs.

Originally posted by Porsche
How many miles did "Eleanor" have ?

:finger: :bandit:

-A chicken cannot swallow when its upside down.
-an ostrich egg takes 4 hours to hard boil.
-A donkey sinks in quicksand and a mule doesnt.
-the left leg of a chicken is more tender than the right leg.

-Ants fall always fall onto their right side when drunk
-the first filtered cigarettes filters were made of asbestos

You will eat 3 cock roaches in your lifetime during your sleep.

gaaaaaaah. How the hell do they know that? Do they watch cockroaches crawl down people's throats when they're asleep? Sick, sick people.

and 7 spiders

well, besides the gross-out factor, you can see all that bug eating as extra protein! :flash:

Originally posted by saturntangerine
well, besides the gross-out factor, you can see all that bug eating as extra protein! :flash:


I'm beginning to worry about you.:( I think AF is now clouding your judgement.:D:Dj/k

so saturn, where most people would saw "ew roach" you would say "oo protein!" ? :apuke:

mmmmm. Cockroaches. nom nom nom nom

I'm going to be sick!:apuke:

Going to be?? http://www.theunholytrinity.org/cracks_smileys/contrib/edoom/throwup.gif

I already was :apuke: That is some gross stuff.

More useless stuff: Taken from my history yesterday

My teacher "Who were the flying Willendas?"

Me: "The only group of people to ever successfully complete the 7 person pyramid on a tight rope"

My Teacher: "Yes, they were acrobats"

4000 people are injured by tea pots each year.

I forget the exact number, maybe around 50,00 people are injured in bathroom-related accidents each year!

Originally posted by Porsche
My teacher "Who were the flying Willendas?"

Me: "The only group of people to ever successfully complete the 7 person pyramid on a tight rope"

My Teacher: "Yes, they were acrobats" Geometrically, how do you make a pyramid with 7 people? :confused:

They did it like this


i = one person


i
i----i
i----i i----i

Hope it turns out , the dashes are wooden rods used, the top tthree people were suported on chairs.

Could somebody fix it please?

Is that in two dimensions, or three?

Two, the top one is supposed to be moved over like this

Top Person
Underneath is two people suporting the top person
Underneath them is four people two each supporting the 2 on top?

Get it?

Originally posted by Porsche
Two, the top one is supposed to be moved over like this

...

Get it? Yes. So, why's it called a pyramid and not a triangle?

Ya, pretty much. It's kinda wierd watch TLC.

Originally posted by jay@af
Yes. So, why's it called a pyramid and not a triangle?

Because people are three dimensional. Although I have met some one dimensional ones. Those are usually women though. ;) :D

LOL. It's shape is two dimensional, opposed to the normal 15 person one you'd be thinking of right Jay?

Okay, I need to explain...

The protein bit is from the first time I accidentally swallowed a bug (you've all done it at some point, so just deal)... My mom was trying to make me stop crying, so she said "atleast you got your protein for today" since I don't like eating meat. I laughed, and the "terror" was over.

Get it now?

ummm, I do not eat cockroaches. Not asleep, awake, on purpose, or by accident. Why? CUZ WE DONT GOT COCKROACHES! We have a clean house, the cockroaches have all been exteminated. That's absolutely revolting to think I have ever swallowed such a vile creature. Besides, I sleep with my mouth closed.

Originally posted by Darkwing
ummm, I do not eat cockroaches. Not asleep, awake, on purpose, or by accident. Why? CUZ WE DONT GOT COCKROACHES! We have a clean house, the cockroaches have all been exteminated. That's absolutely revolting to think I have ever swallowed such a vile creature. Besides, I sleep with my mouth closed.

ditto.

Originally posted by saturntangerine
since I don't like eating meat. I laughed, and the "terror" was over.


i've never seen a bug inside our house, lol :D except for like 3 spiders over the course of my life :) and they were about the size of a dime

how could you not like meat?! i love meat, i couldn't live without it... i don't know how vegetarians do it :confused:

mmmmmnnnn.... BBQ, steak.... mmmmnnn
oh man, i'm startin to drool!

Originally posted by gang$tarr
mmmmmnnnn.... BBQ, steak.... mmmmnnn
oh man, i'm startin to drool! My friends were on vacation this summer and they went through Amarillo, Texas. So they stopped at the [something-or-other] Steakhouse and my friend Tommy tried the eat-the-five-pound-steak-in-less-than-an-hour-and-it's-free challenge. He failed. :lol2: I never knew you had to eat all the side orders, too. Hmmm....

Originally posted by jay@af
Yes. So, why's it called a pyramid and not a triangle?

holy! no need to be so technical! :D

it's still called a human pyramid, not a human triangle :rolleyes: lol :D

whenever people climb on top of each other and build up to a point from like 4 to 2 to 1 person (doesn't have to be that combination) it's called a human pyramid
just as long as there are more people on the bottem and it ends up with one on the top

Originally posted by jay@af
My friends were on vacation this summer and they went through Amarillo, Texas. So they stopped at the [something-or-other] Steakhouse and my friend Tommy tried the eat-the-five-pound-steak-in-less-than-an-hour-and-it's-free challenge. He failed. :lol2: I never knew you had to eat all the side orders, too. Hmmm....

there's no way i'd be able to do that!!! but i still LOVE steak! steak is the best food ever :D

After sausages (German or Italian), Jos Louis, and Pringles.

All the food groups right Mark? Gan$tarr, I still think you'd make a fine Texan.

Originally posted by Porsche
Gan$tarr, I still think you'd make a fine Texan.

hehe, you never know :)

let's not talk about steak anymore... cause i'll go crazy run down stairs, get a steak out of the freezer, thaw, run out on to the deck in the freezing cold night, and make me a BBQ STEAK!!!
hey that doesn't sound too bad :D i think i might do that :D