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hondachicc

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So here is one for today, just in case you find yourself in this situation:

To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs -- it will let you go instantly. :D
 

danenan

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LOL, that is very useful! Thanks Linda!!!
Crocodiles beware, I know what to do when you grab me!
LMBO :)
 

petey111

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Ok...the things I have learned about perfume reading my Mental_Floss book, will sort of make you want to check the ingredient list on your bottles. Ambergris, musk, oud, wax from a civet... blech!!!

Anyway, here's a fact:
There used to be a musk flower called "Mimulus moschatus" and it had a powerful aroma. Oddly, all of the musk flowers lost their scent in the mid 20th Century and no one knows why.
 

Madi

Diane
CHEERY O
So here is one for today, just in case you find yourself in this situation:

To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs -- it will let you go instantly. :D

okay, just pray he doesn't go for the hands ! :D
 

hondachicc

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Ok...the things I have learned about perfume reading my Mental_Floss book, will sort of make you want to check the ingredient list on your bottles. Ambergris, musk, oud, wax from a civet... blech!!!

Anyway, here's a fact:
There used to be a musk flower called "Mimulus moschatus" and it had a powerful aroma. Oddly, all of the musk flowers lost their scent in the mid 20th Century and no one knows why.


...uuuhhhmmm...is that stuff legal??? LOL!!! Thank goodnes..I do NOT wear any kind of perfume!! Only body sprays!!

So you are telling me that that musk flowers resemble men?? Buhahahahahahaha!! Oh I am bad today!!!!
 

hondachicc

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Well, here is some useless holiday info...but something to think about!!!;)

The results of a three-year Christmas study performed by the Center for Lifestyle Management, an average of 10 hours are spent the last week of December arguing and bickering with family members about holiday-related activities!!


Now this is sometihng we should not be doing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I say we prove this one wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:p
 

danenan

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hmmmm sounds familiar....

new fact:
In Mexico, wearing red underwear on New Year's Eve is said to bring new love in the upcoming year...

sounds interesting right?
 

hondachicc

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Now I got all excited and just LOVED that explanation and MEANING behind the 12 days of Christmas........

BUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!


and I have not heard the 12 Pains of Christmas...I need to look that up and download!!

So what other Holiday USELESS info can we come up with??
 

petey111

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Wia- if I wear green underwear, will it bring me good luck? :lol:

I was going to be naughty and ask about no underwear. (Just to get a smile out you guys.)

And Linda! I can't believe you haven't hear the 12 Pains...it's a classic. Even my hubby kept "singing"..."Stringing up the lights" over and over this weekend.

I'm hoping to find good holiday trivia for you! It's totally a diversion tactic from work, but hey...whatever works right?
 
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NewAdmin

Guest
TOTTTALLLLY fun thread!! :) ok... lets see...

a chameleon can stretch it's tongue 2 times the length of it's body to snag a cricket for dinner. :)
 
N

NewAdmin

Guest
ewww... milk+liquor... that makes my tummy hurt. lol.

the city of memphis, tn (where i live, hehehe) has been included in the lyrics of more recorded songs than any other city on the planet.
 

Madi

Diane
CHEERY O
Oh Goodness. I did a search for Christmas over at the Mental_Floss site. Some really interesting articles!! Here's the search results:
http://bit.ly/6psgWG

This one on "real-life" 12 Days of Christmas is really funny... http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10387

So from that, here's my fact: There's a drink called a "Turtle Dove" and it has vodka, creme de cacoa, half and half, and coconut cream. NUMMY!!!!

Now I know why you would want a Turtle dove for Christmas!
 

danenan

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It worked!!!


hahaha, made me smile too!!

another useless Christmas fact:

St. Nicholas was bishop of the Turkish town of Myra in the early fourth century. It was the Dutch (yay us!!!) who first made him into a Christmas gift-giver, and Dutch settlers brought him to America where his name eventually became the familiar Santa Claus.

for the record: we still celebrate his birthday on December 5th, Sinterklaas goes up on to the roof with his white horse and his black helpers (black Pete) and throws presents through the chimneys.

Check out Kim's kit (http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=23540&cat=320&page=1) for the full story and some awesome pics!!
 

EHStudios

I lOve Me Some O!
Okay I have useless holiday info...

"'Jingle Bells' was first written for Thanksgiving and then became one of the most popular Christmas songs."
 

Madi

Diane
CHEERY O
I think my hometown features in 6 songs
But now we have a new one, check this out!
http://www.youtube.com/user/viceverzen

EEEEEEEEJ!!!! My town lalalalalala, EEEEEEJ!!!!
(I can't hear what they are singing, :cool:)

Oh, can somebody please close the door of the martinitoren in Groningen, while those singers are still up there? Sorry, just not my kind of music!

See if I can find some songs about my hometown.
 

EHStudios

I lOve Me Some O!
There are a few songs about Indiana, but I doubt any songs about my hometown...

But random fact for you about Liberty, IN .... Ambrose Burnside, (a general in the Civil War), was born here...So that means you can thank my little town for birthing the man that Sideburns are named for ;)

I think Wikipedia says it better.... "Burnside was noted for his unusual facial hair, joining strips of hair in front of his ears to his mustache but with chin clean-shaven; the word burnsides was coined to describe this style. The syllables were later reversed to give sideburns."

I've never seen such a long description for sideburns! :D
 

petey111

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Wow! I found a whole site dedicated to Nebraska in popular song. I'm amazed. Here's the first one from the list:

"[FONT=arial,helvetica]Omaha, Nebraska, Groucho Marx, (circa) 1940
Also known as There's A Place Called Omaha, Nebraska, this Groucho Marx signature tune, penned by famed songwriter Gus Kahn, features a series of non-sequiters. Go and figure these lyrics: "There's a place called Omaha, Nebraska, in the foothills of Tennessee." [/FONT]
 

hondachicc

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Can I just say that I really love this mountain of USELESS info!!

I have always loved little treasures of info that really mean nothing to most...does this say something bad about me :rolleyes:

I need to look up my little bitty town...I will be back:)
 

petey111

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Apparently, "We're an American Band" by Grand Funk Railroad is about a wild night in an Omaha hotel room with four groupies that snuck in.

And, in a completely different vein, Bermuda shorts are the preferred business attire in Bermuda. According to Mental_Floss anyway....
 

dabittymama

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for the record: we still celebrate his birthday on December 5th, Sinterklaas goes up on to the roof with his white horse and his black helpers (black Pete) and throws presents through for the full story and some awesome pics!!

haha. It makes me thinkg of the comedian scketch by David Sedaris (?sp) 6 to eight black men. The story of the Dutch Christmas from an American perspective. I roll with laughter every time I listen to it.
 
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