Amazing Facts

[teddy]

I though it was about time that we had something a bit more educational here, so my first amazing fact is;-

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

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Dont thank me, it is a pleasure

teddy

 

[White Knight]

Teddy, You are absolutely the best {notice I didn't specify best of what , however! :lol:}

 

[Corno Dolce]

Continuous yelling for 1 hour and 35 minutes will cause your vocal instrument to cease functioning i.e. you'll be mute.

 

[marval]

Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon. ( not tested by me)

 

[Corno Dolce]

Oh yuck.............

 

[marval]

I agree CD.


Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not

 

[JHC]

I agree CD.


Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not

The dirty #&&&^^* I shower at least every fortnight

 

[Krummhorn]

Continuous yelling for 1 hour and 35 minutes will cause your vocal instrument to cease functioning i.e. you'll be mute.

But at least you would then warm coffee to soothe the sore throat ... :lol: ... :nut:

 

[Corno Dolce]

Commisar Colin,

Do I detect some jesting in re to "fortnight"?

 

[JHC]

Too much cranking can send you blind :devil:

 

[Corno Dolce]

Too much cranking can send you blind :devil:

What do you say? I absolutely have no clue........:lol:

 

[JHC]

What do you say? I absolutely have no clue........:lol:

Sorry CD it was a typo

 

[teddy]

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.(Creepy)

teddy

 

[teddy]

Here is one for the boys.

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

(Honey, I'm home. What the...?)

Reminds me of a girl I knew

teddy

 

[JHC]

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.(Creepy)

teddy

who beheads a cockroach?? ours are about 3-5 cm long ughh

 

[Corno Dolce]

The roaches in Hawaii(5 inches when full-grown) pop like a firecracker when you stomp on them.

 

[JHC]

We have spiders called 'Avondale Spider' which are huge 8-12 inches across, during my first few days in NZ I was on a pic nic and was half way through a cheese sandwich which I put down to have a drink when I heard this maniacal laughter and saw the remains of my sandwich being carried away by one of these beasts, thank goodness I had some left.

 

[teddy]

A cat's urine glows under a black light.

Bet you really wanted to know that.

teddy

 

[marval]

A cat's urine glows under a black light.

Bet you really wanted to know that.

teddy

Are you sure Teddy?


The Tonle Sap River in Cambodia flows north for almost half the year and then
south for the rest of the year.

 

[Corno Dolce]

AFAIK, the urine glows because of the proteins that are present.