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Really Off Topic Stuff....

July 7th 2004, 08:21 AM
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Kat
Peasant She/Her Canada
We can out-drink most Americans! 
The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that the prosecution must throw its files wide open to the defense if the accused is suffering from amnesia.

Jaguar images and costumes were outlawed by the Catholic church in the seventeenth century because of their association with Indian religion, militia, and politics.

The minimum age for marriage of Italian girls was raised by law to 12 years in 1892.

The New York Board of Education barred the whipping of children in its schools on March 4, 1908.

Japanese rules for the proper use of chopsticks are many. Improper use includes wandering the chopsticks over several foods without decision, and is called mayoibashi. The unforgivable act of licking the ends of chopsticks is called
neburibashi. Lack of chopstick etiquette is strictly taboo.

The penalty for conviction of smuggling in Bangladesh is the death penalty.

A python can swallow a rabbit whole and may eat as many as 150 mice in a 6-month period.

The House of Windsor rules England. The Netherlands is ruled by the House of Orange.

When it was opened in 1965, the Houston Astrodome was the world's largest air-conditioned room - reportedly, an 18- story building can fit inside it.

Some form of bowling is played in more than 90 countries around the world. Approximately 100 million people participate in bowling today.

A cold front travels at a speed of about 30 miles per hour - faster than the fastest person can run - and may overtake any warm front ahead of it. The resulting mix of air is called
an occluded front.

In a year's time, bees gather 80,000 tons of pollen in the United States.

>^..^<
July 7th 2004, 03:27 PM
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SabreTrout
Noble He/Him United Kingdom
Tigertigertiger. 
The House of Windsor rules England

Well, they are more figureheads than anything else. They don't decide what the country does. George Bush is in charge of that.
July 8th 2004, 01:32 AM
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magicman
Peasant They/Them Netherlands duck
Mmmm, pizza. 
The House of Orange is just the same... It's Jan-Peter "Potter" Balkenende who's supposed to be in charge...
July 8th 2004, 02:39 AM
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you always seem to spawn amazing facts for us. where do you pick these up?
July 8th 2004, 06:45 AM
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Kat
Peasant She/Her Canada
We can out-drink most Americans! 
As I mentioned before...I work for a secret underground society. These facts are sent to me.
July 8th 2004, 04:15 PM
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merlin
Peasant He/Him
 
Actually, you never mentioned that. And she gets them from weird websites like this.
July 8th 2004, 07:56 PM
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Tal
Noble He/Him United States
Super Sexy Tal Pal 
Your secret underground society must not have anything good to do.
July 8th 2004, 09:11 PM
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Striker
Noble She/Her United States
Daniel, there are clowns. 
Well, I'm no big city lawyer, Kat. But it seems to me that the prosecution must open all it's files to the defense anyway.
July 8th 2004, 10:03 PM
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VaultDweller
Peasant He/Him United States
Wanderer of the Wasteland 
Its cause she's Canadian...

The House of Windsor and the House of Orange sound like good names or settings for D-mods.

Did you know Ive shat four different colors? Ive seen not just the trusted brown color, but also yellow, green, and black. Just thought a personal fact would be interesting...

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller
July 8th 2004, 11:42 PM
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merlin
Peasant He/Him
 
Let me guess:

Corn, Asparagus and broccoli, and a lack of water?
July 9th 2004, 09:03 AM
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Tal
Noble He/Him United States
Super Sexy Tal Pal 
Uh... yellow?
July 11th 2004, 09:44 AM
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VaultDweller
Peasant He/Him United States
Wanderer of the Wasteland 
There is an explanation for everything and this is no exception...

Some days during the summer while I was in High School I noticed during a particularly lazy week I would shoot black. I kept it in mind cause it was so weird...

Other times at tumultuous periods in my life I would notice I would sometimes shoot green. This I eventually forgot till...

On my vacation to Florida (new places make me nervous) I shat yellow! After putting all that info together I came up with this hypothesis.

The level of calm or nervousness determines the color of your shoot. Why you ask? Well they say people who worry to much get ulcers cause their stomachs over produce acid. So in tense situations your stomach digests differently. This would explain why different levels of calm would effect your digestion and hence excretion. For example, from darkest to lightest you have black, brown, green, and yellow. Notice how I had black in the summer during my lazy free time and yellow when I was going to a new place? Also after I came up with this idea I began my first job and during the first few weeks I shat green and a little yellow. (I was very nervous since I was new)

So...I think that evidence promotes it to the level of theory. Any thoughts?

(is majoring in Biology),
The Vault Dweller
July 11th 2004, 09:47 AM
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SabreTrout
Noble He/Him United Kingdom
Tigertigertiger. 
people who worry to much get ulcers cause their stomachs over produce acid

Been there, wasn't fun.
July 11th 2004, 10:03 AM
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Tal
Noble He/Him United States
Super Sexy Tal Pal 
It seems to me as though you'll be majoring in something absolutely crappy. Good work
July 12th 2004, 10:03 AM
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Drake
Peasant He/Him
 
dangit Vault, i was eating when i read that! I'll be back home and on the computer on the fifteenth. Birds must have a lot of stress in their lives. They shoot white.
July 12th 2004, 02:51 PM
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VaultDweller
Peasant He/Him United States
Wanderer of the Wasteland 
Not to disturb you guys anymore, but I have another shootty story that Drake accidentally brought up.

Oh and thanks for the comment Tal...I love Biology. Oh did you know a duck's quack wont echo?

Anyway, one day I was eating lunch in middle school. I was in a covered area that had a building above me. Up there pipes could be seen that had little birds nesting on them. As I was eating a breadroll I saw something white quickly enter and leave my range of vision. Thinking nothing of it I bit into the bread...to taste something horrible. I suddenly realised whatever it was that fell, fell on my bread and I ate it. Thinking it may be bird shoot I looked up. Sure enough, a small wren (a common brown bird found all over North America) was staring down at me...I swear it was smiling!

On the bright side multiple asians I know tell me eating bird shoot is good for your immune system. (Asians believe many animal parts have healing/empowering properties)

(still feels sick to his stomach when he tells that story),
The Vault Dweller
July 12th 2004, 03:35 PM
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SabreTrout
Noble He/Him United Kingdom
Tigertigertiger. 
On the bright side multiple asians I know tell me eating bird shoot is good for your immune system.

I get the feeling they were trying to make you feel better.

That is one dang sick story... you are a very unlucky guy VaultDweller!

But does anyone seriously NOT know what a wren is?
July 12th 2004, 05:23 PM
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redink1
King He/Him United States bloop
A mother ducking wizard 
A duck's quack does indeed echo. Go to snopes and search for duck quack.
July 12th 2004, 07:39 PM
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Sleep Deprevation also causes these effects.
July 12th 2004, 09:06 PM
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Striker
Noble She/Her United States
Daniel, there are clowns. 
But in Canada don't they call them Barristers or Solicitors or Connymen or something?
July 12th 2004, 09:36 PM
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VaultDweller
Peasant He/Him United States
Wanderer of the Wasteland 
I suppose its too hard for them Canadians to do it like the Americans do...

(waits for Kat's backlash)

Ya know Redink I always thought that fact was wrong. I just heard it somewhere and never tested it.

...and though I may be unlucky at least that makes things interesting much like in any story.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller
July 12th 2004, 09:59 PM
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dang you! You ruined the upcoming silly argument.