A few years ago, my father, a recently retired doctor, told me something I found fascinating. I told many of my friends, and was promptly informed in each and every case that my father was an idiot. Today, I spoke further with him and gave him a chance to elaborate ( Read more... )

Objectively, this is the greatest song of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1sA_U0TrqU

Score: 31 (or 36 if you count partial utterances and echoes).

( Edit: DAMN IT! )

From an Indian cookbook:

"Pineapple was introduced to Kerala by the Portuguese as early as the end of the fifteenth century. At first Keralites viewed it with suspicion, calling it 'the jackfruit of the donkey.'"