INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY

chuck noris could beat a brick wall at tennis

Originally Posted by Godikus

chuck noris could beat a brick wall at tennis

Indeed.

Chuck Norris also holds copyright on each one of the many ways to skin a cat.

And the chief export of Chuck Norris is Pain.

And when Chuck Norris does a pushup, he isn’t lifting himself up, he’s pushing the Earth down.

Off the lights I mean

The rider looked a good'un so can't even say my skill would have made the difference.

It is quite sad to see me black jet turn into a black slug.

I'll stick to micras and scooters for my traffic light fun.

Sirius is in the 'Big Dog' constellation and is the hunting partner of Orion.

It has a cultural significance as in Egyptian times, Sirius over the horizon meant the nile will flood. I think it also comes from the phrase 'Dog Days' as days of summer as it's appearance means beginning of summer.

Sirius is also often mistaken for UFO's as it is low in the horizon and is bright and seems to shine different colours. This multi coloured effect is because of the atmosphere at the low horizon at our latitiude.

Originally Posted by The Basket

Off the lights I mean

Oh right. Yeah, I would imagine that there might be some killage there. Did you keep the front wheel fairly down? If he gets the jump over the first 100 meters on you at all its bye bye time.

Some nutcase passed me on a 250cc moped this morning. I followed him a bit, but then decided now was not a good time for death with me.

Having heard my first cuckoo today, it started me thinking about whether the word cuckold was also related. [Sorry I find the etymology of words interesting. :P ] Turns out my suspicions are right.

Word History: The allusion to the cuckoo on which the word cuckold is based may not be appreciated by those unfamiliar with the nesting habits of certain varieties of this bird.

The female of some Old World cuckoos lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, leaving them to be cared for by the resident nesters. This parasitic tendency has given the female bird a figurative reputation for unfaithfulness as well.

Hence in Old French we find the word cucuault, composed of cocu, “cuckoo, cuckold,” and the pejorative suffix -ald and used to designate a husband whose wife has wandered afield like the female cuckoo.

The name cuckoo derives from Greek kokkyx via the latin cuculus.

A Meteorite hitting the earth would be a bad thing

Video clicky end of worldy Japanesey thing.

Originally Posted by philipMac

A Meteorite hitting the earth would be a bad thing

Video clicky end of worldy Japanesey thing.

hmmmmmmmmm not sure about that. Not that it would particularly matter much. We'd all be dead from the tidal waves and earthquakes something that size approaching the earth would cause anyway.

Also you may want to edit your link. So it just goes direct to youtube and not sensible erection. You may find that would get blocked for people viewing it at work tomorrow. Anyone who does find it blocked - Ive edited the link in this post to go direct to youtube.

Originally Posted by lynw

hmmmmmmmmm not sure about that. Not that it would particularly matter much. We'd all be dead from the tidal waves and earthquakes something that size approaching the earth would cause anyway.

Also you may want to edit your link. So it just goes direct to youtube and not sensible erection. You may find that would get blocked for people viewing it at work tomorrow. Anyone who does find it blocked - Ive edited the link in this post to go direct to youtube.

Oh right. Good call.
Here is another fact of the day then. A three hour general anesthetic followed by copious vicodins and various other meds screw up your ability to think and do things.

Sensible is a great site though. Tons of interesting things there.

General anesthetics are mad. Its like being dead for a few hours. And then you wake up with a pretty woman watching you, and a view of the East River and NYC stretching away. And then you go straight back to sleep, thinking, I preffered where I was 5 minutes ago.

The actors union Equity doesn't allow two members to have the same name

[Stingo]

The sea cucumber startles its enemies by shooting their digestive organs out of their rear ends.





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