Not-Quite-Weekend Randomness
Randomosity on Your Friday.
1) As If You Didn't Have Enough Ways to Waste Time on the Internet - These are highly addictive and amusing (thanks to jascott for getting me hooked)
2) If the above makes no sense to you (and shame on you for not being up on your random and pointless internet knowledge!) go here for frame of reference.
3) Work Stressing You Out? Lose Weight! - It has been estimated that banging your head against the wall every 10 seconds uses 150 calories an hour.
4) Whatcha-ma-callit?
~ The technical name for a habitual nosepicker is rhinotillexomaniac.
~ Valetudinarian - one who is extremely concerned about his or her health (synonymous with hypochondriac). (I actually learned this one from fanfic!)
~ The act of giving or using a pet name, nickname, or term of endearment is called hypocorism.
~ Pogonotrophy - The art of growing a beard. - I had to include this one because, well, the obvious potential for misinterpretations is so clear. (Although, in some circumstances, maybe it would not be inaccurate.)
5) (Okay, so that last picture contained no facial hair, so sue me!)
6) Did You Know? - Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters) is the longest English word currently in the Oxford dictionary. However the more well-known, albeit shorter, antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters) is far easier to pronounce.
7) Let's File This Under TMI (this goes out especially to smidgy06!) - A newborn baby expells the equivalent of its own weight in poo every 60 hours.
8) (There was a second part to #7, but I couldn't bring myself to post it.)
9) Look What I Learned to Do This Week! (thanks spadada!)
1) As If You Didn't Have Enough Ways to Waste Time on the Internet - These are highly addictive and amusing (thanks to jascott for getting me hooked)
2) If the above makes no sense to you (and shame on you for not being up on your random and pointless internet knowledge!) go here for frame of reference.
3) Work Stressing You Out? Lose Weight! - It has been estimated that banging your head against the wall every 10 seconds uses 150 calories an hour.
4) Whatcha-ma-callit?
~ The technical name for a habitual nosepicker is rhinotillexomaniac.
~ Valetudinarian - one who is extremely concerned about his or her health (synonymous with hypochondriac). (I actually learned this one from fanfic!)
~ The act of giving or using a pet name, nickname, or term of endearment is called hypocorism.
~ Pogonotrophy - The art of growing a beard. - I had to include this one because, well, the obvious potential for misinterpretations is so clear. (Although, in some circumstances, maybe it would not be inaccurate.)
5) (Okay, so that last picture contained no facial hair, so sue me!)
6) Did You Know? - Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters) is the longest English word currently in the Oxford dictionary. However the more well-known, albeit shorter, antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters) is far easier to pronounce.
7) Let's File This Under TMI (this goes out especially to smidgy06!) - A newborn baby expells the equivalent of its own weight in poo every 60 hours.
8) (There was a second part to #7, but I couldn't bring myself to post it.)
9) Look What I Learned to Do This Week! (thanks spadada!)