Because my where my tonsils used to be hurts like shit...

Dec 20, 2005 23:30

...I'm doing this to you!
  • Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

  • The Pentium II chip can make more than half-a-billion calculations per second.


  • There is enough graphite in the average pencil to draw a line 35 miles long, that’s 45,000 words.


  • One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.


  • In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.


  • The white powder on chewing gum is actually sweetened marble dust. (I'm not sure about that one...but nonetheless!)


  • Gum on postage stamps have from two to eight calories. (hahahaha....)


  • Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight!


  • Some toothpastes contain antifreeze.


  • Pound for pound (kilo for kilo), hamburgers cost more than new cars.


  • Charles Dickens slept facing North. He thought it improved his writing.


  • Dr. Seuss pronounced his name so that it rhymed with “rejoice.”


  • The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.


  • Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.


  • Pinocchio is Italian for “pine eye”.


  • The Bible is the most shoplifted book in the United States.


  • The words ‘’stewardesses'’ and ‘’reverberated'’ are the longest words (12 letters) typed with only the left hand.


  • The longest words that can be typed using only the right hand in proper typing form are ‘’lollipop” and “monopoly”.


  • Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing.


  • The shortest complete sentence in the English language is “I am.”


  • The world’s longest-named lake has 45 letters (Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg).


  • In the U.S. there are 18 doctors called Dr. Doctor, and one called Dr. Surgeon. There is also a dermatologist named Dr. Rash, a psychiatrist called Dr. Couch and an anesthesiologist named Dr. Gass.


  • There is a lawsuit every 30 seconds in the U.S.


  • A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.


  • National Pi Day is March 14, at 1:59. (3/14 1:59)


Wow...for those of you who are still with me.

Anyway, Scott leaves for Missouri tomorrow. So before he leaves we're gonna celebrate "our" Christmahanzakwanaka.

I made my first REAL mosaic and it was nice.

Why livejournal if no one reads this?

I'm actally starting to feel like a normal human being for the first time since my surgery. The relaxor they put in before they but me under was equivalent to six margaritas...without the hangover. It was a funny experience. I'm starting to remember some things about it. I'm a happy drunk!


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