Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Bet you dont know this!

 Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented.
 It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the
 word GOLF entered into
 the English language.
 
 Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than
 the USTreasury.
 
 Men can read smaller print than women can; women can
 hear better.
 
 Coca-Cola was originally green.
 
 It is impossible to lick your elbow.
 
 The State with the highest percentage of people who
 walk to work: Alaska
 
 The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of
 eleven: $6,400
 
 The average number of people airborne over the USany
 given hour: 61,000
 
 Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in
 their hair.
 
 The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom
 Sawyer.
 
 The San FranciscoCable cars are the only mobile
 National Monuments.
 
 Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a
 great king from history:
 Spades - King David
 Hearts - Charlemagne
 Clubs -Alexander, the Great
 Diamonds - Julius Caesar
 
 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
 
 If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has
 both front legs in the
 air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one
 front leg in the air
 the person died as a result of wounds received in
 battle. If the horse has
 all four legs on the ground, the person died of
 natural causes.
 
 Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would
 you have to go until you
 would find the letter "A"?
 A. One thousand
 
 Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes,
 windshield wipers, and laser
 printers all have in common?
 A. All invented by women.
 
 Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
 A. Honey
 
 In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on
 bed frames by ropes. When
 you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened,
 making the bed firmer to
 sleep on. Hence the phrase......... "goodnight,
 sleep tight."
 
 It was the accepted practice in Babylon4,000 years
 ago that for a month
 after the wedding, the bride's father would supply
 his son-in-law with all
 the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and
 because their calendar
 was lunar based, this period was called the honey
 month . which we know
 today as the honeymoon.
 
 At least 75% of people who read this will try to
 lick their elbow!
 
 Don't delete this just because it looks weird.
 Believe it or not, you can
 read it -
 
 I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd
 waht I was rdgnieg. The
 phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to
 rscheearch at Cmabrigde
 Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the
 ltteers in a wrod are, the
 olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat
 ltteer be in the rghit
 pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can
 sitll raed it wouthit a
 porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not
 raed ervey lteter by
 istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

1 Comments:

At Tuesday, June 13, 2006 8:04:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

the 75% thing, i'm one of them

 

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