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Five-hole · 08-19-2004, 03:29 PM

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Originally posted by plett22@Aug 19 2004, 09:30 AM
No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times

Sure it can. I just did it.

Now, folded in half, however...

Yellefan · 08-19-2004, 03:42 PM

You can set your language preferences in Google to be "Elmer Fudd"
http://www.google.com/intl/xx-elmer/

or Hacker:

http://www.google.com/intl/xx-hacker/

BlackArcher101 · 08-19-2004, 03:50 PM

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Originally posted by kermitology@Aug 19 2004, 04:33 PM
No way man.. I've tried numerous times at the Dome during breaks.. it usually ends up with cracker dust all over the table as you laugh realizing what a moran you are trying to eat these crackers with a dry mouth!

Okay, now I'm really curious.

I'm gonna try to see how many I can eat in a minute. I'll let you know the results.

update: You're right. I could only do 5, eating them one by one. Horrible, now where is my water.

Reaper · 08-19-2004, 03:51 PM

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Originally posted by CrzyCanuck@Aug 19 2004, 10:37 AM
I bet no one can eat 7 soda crackers in less then a minute. No beverages or lubricants or any kind. Just soda crackers and a watch.

If they don't have to be consumed sequentially (one after the other) then I just busted this myth wide open.

I took seven soda crackers in a stack and stuffed them in my mouth. I let them soak in my saliva for thirty seconds (an attractive vision, I know) then I chewed them determinedly for twenty seconds swallowing a small amount every three or four seconds until I could force the last chunk down at the 58 second mark.

The key is to leave the crackers as intact as you can stand and let them soak up your saliva before you try to chew them.

Maybe I have really efficient saliva glands but the fact that I have a large gullet certainly helped me in this myth busting. The fact that I usually consume at least four litres of drinks per day (at least half of which is water) probably makes me a "wet" person as there are times that I am positive I culd spit out a campfire. Anyone who has seen me drink 'competitively' (

) can certainly attest that I can drink like nobody's business. The large gullet gives me some serious speed in drinking and eating. I never leave a drink unfinished.

All that being said, my throat is pretty raw after finishing those crackers. It's no longer dry as I went back to nursing my water bottle after eating the crackers.

habernac · 08-19-2004, 03:54 PM

Did you know......

That AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott's first job with the band was being their limo driver?

calf · 08-19-2004, 03:56 PM

Did you know

The drummer of ZZ Top's name is Frank Beard. And he doesn't have a beard.

habernac · 08-19-2004, 04:03 PM

Did you know....

That Albert Brooks' real last name is Einstein?

Language · 08-19-2004, 05:23 PM

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Originally posted by habernac@Aug 19 2004, 10:03 PM
Did you know....

That Albert Brooks' real last name is Einstein?

If his real last name is "Einstein", and everybody called him Albert Einstein anyway, then where did the Brooks come from and why is it significant in any way?

Am I not getting something?

Bertuzzied · 08-19-2004, 05:39 PM

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Originally posted by leonk19+Aug 19 2004, 11:23 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (leonk19 @ Aug 19 2004, 11:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-habernac@Aug 19 2004, 10:03 PM
Did you know....

That Albert Brooks' real last name is Einstein?

If his real last name is "Einstein", and everybody called him Albert Einstein anyway, then where did the Brooks come from and why is it significant in any way?

Am I not getting something? [/b][/quote]
umm albert brooks is an actor who invented terrible comedy movies. not the same guy as e=mc2

RougeUnderoos · 08-19-2004, 07:16 PM

Did you know...

That if you click the number in the "reply" column on this very messageboard, you get a nifty little list of who posted in the thread and how many times they did so.

I didn't know that 1 minute ago, but I do now.

Jiggy_12 · 08-19-2004, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RougeUnderoos@Aug 19 2004, 07:16 PM
Did you know...

That if you click the number in the "reply" column on this very messageboard, you get a nifty little list of who posted in the thread and how many times they did so.

I didn't know that 1 minute ago, but I do now.

I might be an idiot for asking, but where exactly is it? I can't find it

kipperfan · 08-19-2004, 07:57 PM

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Originally posted by Jiggy_12+Aug 20 2004, 01:55 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Jiggy_12 @ Aug 20 2004, 01:55 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-RougeUnderoos@Aug 19 2004, 07:16 PM
Did you know...

That if you click the number in the "reply" column on this very messageboard, you get a nifty little list of who posted in the thread and how many times they did so.

I didn't know that 1 minute ago, but I do now.

I might be an idiot for asking, but where exactly is it? I can't find it [/b][/quote]
nor can I

RougeUnderoos · 08-19-2004, 08:42 PM

Yeah that was kinda vague.

Anyhow, you know when you are on the page with the list of topics (the page you were just on probably that says) "- The Off-Topic Forum and then underneath it has the words

Topic Title Topic Starter Replies Views Last Action

Well underneath the "Replies" heading, there will be numbers. The number under "Replies" that corresponds with this topic "Did You Know" will have the number 53 in the reply column. Click that 53 and voila.

*note -- the number 53 is not going to be permanent (unless I totally killed this thread). Pretty soon it will be 54, then 55 then 56 then 57 then 58 then 59 then 60 then 61 then 62 then 63 then 64 then, well, you see the pattern I am sure. It's just like counting (up).

Jiggy_12 · 08-19-2004, 09:59 PM

Ahhh, I gotcha. That's cool, good find!

ricosuave · 06-04-2005, 10:31 PM

ttt

AC · 06-04-2005, 11:32 PM

It's illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you're sitting on a curb in St. Louis.

AC · 06-04-2005, 11:46 PM

The skin on your elbow is called your weenis.

BaronInEdmonton · 06-04-2005, 11:55 PM

When the flag went up at Iwo Jima it was still a week before the battle for the island was won.

The term 'sideburns' come from Union general Ambrose Burnside who had the greatest mutton chops of all time. Unfortunately Burnside was a terrible general who killed most of his men. No one knows how burnside got changed to side burns.

World War Two is technically several different conflicts going on at the same time.

The Germans would of won WWI if not for the British employing the same illegal type of blockade that the Germans were trying to impose on England. The German blockade eventually helped the Americans into the war a hastened the defeat of the Germans.

Canada once had an aircraft carrier, the HMCS Bonaventure, and the worlds third largest navy.

FlamesAddiction · 06-05-2005, 12:22 AM

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Originally posted by BaronInEdmonton@Jun 5 2005, 05:55 AM

The term 'sideburns' come from Union general Ambrose Burnside who had the greatest mutton chops of all time. Unfortunately Burnside was a terrible general who killed most of his men. No one knows how burnside got changed to side burns.

That's not true.

Sideburns are called so because soldiers used to grow them to protect the sides of their faces from being burned when using a musket.

Abstract · 06-05-2005, 05:55 AM

People of the English town of Hartlepool, and especially supporters of tis football team are known as "monkey-hangers". The nickname relates to a time in days of yore when a ship was wrecked near the port town of Hartlepool. A surviving monkey wandered in to the town and as the townspeople had obviously never seen such a creature before they arrested it and tried to interogate it. As for obvious reasons it couldnt/wouldnt reply they came to the conclusion it was a spy from Spain or some other enemy country and hung it.