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Sep 19, 2011 10:23AM
LOL! That's hilarious, a rooster named Princess!
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Dale wrote: "Haven't seen Despicable Me, though it looks entertaining. I think it's out on cable now, so will check it out.I used "gaggle of geese" in a picture book years ago. Love the sound of that.
And ch..."
Bahahaha...
Probably somebody else also mentioned this, but there once was a chicken named Mike and some farmer cut its head off and so Mike lived for 18 months without a head. Oh, and in Leeds, England in 1806 a hen began laying eggs on which the phrase "Christ is coming" was found to be written. Eventually it was discovered to be a hoax. The hoaxster had written on the eggs in a corrosive ink so to etch the eggs, and reinserted the eggs back into the hen.
For a time Bob Dylan thought the Beatles were singing "I get high" instead of "I can't hide" in the song "I Want to Hold Your Hand". He was surprised when he met them and found out that none of them had actually smoked marijuana. And so he introduced them to drugs, and the Beatles started producing more awesome stuff like I Am the Walrus, Tomorrow Never Knows and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (aka LSD).
HA HA HA! Princess was crowing? lol.I can't imagine having chickens. I wouldn't go outside. Parmesan and Soup are nice names. LOL
Cambria, my SIL is scared of chickens too. So guess what her kitchen is decorated with? *evil grin* My family is ornery!
lol. Remind me never to make you mad, I'll wind up with a house full of chickens! BA ha ha haI can think of a few people i would like to mail a chicken to....
1,2,3, CLEAR!!!!Bringing this thread back to life....
did you know that male mosquitoes don't bite?
It's only the females.....biznitchs.....
There's a bloodsucking ex-wife joke there somewhere for me....Splitter
C.S. Splitter wrote: "There's a bloodsucking ex-wife joke there somewhere for me....Splitter"
LMAO, I know right?
C.S. Splitter wrote: "There's a bloodsucking ex-wife joke there somewhere for me....Splitter"
Splitter, blood-sucking ex-wives are no joke. Just when I thought it was safe to go back in the water.....
So, today my boyfriend asked me if I knew what an "interrobang" was and, a little bit nervous about where the conversation was going, I said "no".
Turns out it's a symbol created to take the place of using a '?' and a '!' at the end of an emphatic question i.e: "You want to do what to me?!" and it looks like this:
Turns out it's a symbol created to take the place of using a '?' and a '!' at the end of an emphatic question i.e: "You want to do what to me?!" and it looks like this:
I would be worried about someone asking me about that as well Emma. Especially a man. LOL.
Emma wrote: "So, today my boyfriend asked me if I knew what an "interrobang" was and, a little bit nervous about where the conversation was going, I said "no". Turns out it's a symbol created to take the plac..."
Epic!!!!
Fact of the Day:Hippo Milk is pink.
That is all.
And breast milk should never be put in the refrigerator in a container that looks anything similar to the coffee creamer.Just sayin'
Cambria...scares me that you know that about hippos lol
VERY dangerous creatures BTW, they kill more people than crocs or alligators. And their closest relative is the horse.
Splitter
C.S. Splitter wrote: "And breast milk should never be put in the refrigerator in a container that looks anything similar to the coffee creamer.Just sayin'
Cambria...scares me that you know that about hippos lol
VERY..."
Hence the name, no doubt. "hippos potamus" is Greek for river horse, I understand. They look more like oversized pigs to me, but you're right, Splitter, they're VERY dangerous.
I'm very knowledgable. LOL.Didn't know they were that dangerous tho. I mean they make pink milk. Seems kind of girly. Good thing you told me Splitter and Phil that way I won't say something stupid the next time I run into a hippo.
;)
Cambria wrote: "I'm very knowledgable. LOL.Didn't know they were that dangerous tho. I mean they make pink milk. Seems kind of girly. Good thing you told me Splitter and Phil that way I won't say something stu..."
Hippos will protect themselves against crocs and their jaws are so powerful, that they can bite a croc in half....
I'm so hot, I set off fire alarms... Seriously in the hotel this morning, my shower actually set off the fire alarm... Lol
Har! Never heard of that before.Splitter
Hippo are dangerous!And Jenn--just what were you doing in that shower to set off the alarm? hmmmm?
You are sooooo dirty! All I was doing was taking a shower!!! Swear!
On the subject of coloured milk (and just to lower the tone still further), here's one for you:Aged 8, I was watching telly when Younger Relative demanded I get her a glass of milk. I said I would do so after my programme finished but she threatened to get me in trouble (and I knew that the stock line was "You're older and should know better") so there was no point fighting it. But I was quite cross and having just discovered the joys of food colouring I decided to get her a glass of BLACK milk.
Now at the time there was no such thing as black food colouring but I figured the blue looked nearly black so it was just a matter of putting enough in; alas, having used half of one of those teeny bottles, the milk was indeed dark blue not black. Another fail!
So I took the milk back in to YR, who refused to drink it because I'd "done something to it".
Fine by me: I started to drink it myself whereupon she snatched it out of my hand and necked the lot.
So far, so failed, I thought; another practical misfire.
And I forgot all about it till 2 days later when YR disappeared up to the loo. All of a sudden there was a wail like a fire siren, and YR (aged all of about 5, you understand) came lolloping down the stairs with her pants round her ankles shouting for her mother.
When we went to investigate (and if you're squeamish look away now) there in the toilet was the Poo from the Emerald City. It was so verdantly hued that it made the grass look undernourished. It was quite spectacular....
I was very impressed by this but obv, this not being considered normal for your average 5yr-old, the parentals were about to call the doctors when I had something of an epiphany. Realising that in the rainbow, blue played a large part in the make-up of green, I enquired rather tremulously as to whether they thought that having some blue foodcolouring might have that effect?
"Not unless there was a lot of it," Parent #1 replied, fixing me with a stern eye. I considered this.
"Is half a bottle a lot?" I asked "In a glass of milk?"
Apparently it was, the usual dose being about 2 drops...
YR was highly dischuffed to find that instead of dashing about in a concerned manner the parentals were having hysterics in the corner. But what really pleased me was that, having thought my practical joke had failed, the colouration took a further *three days* to fade! I filed it away for future use and decided that perhaps this was one of my more subtle successes after all.
Never used it again since - not yet, anyhow - but it did occur to me that in Guinness or Coke it would be fairly repeatable...possibly even Pernod, who knows?
So next time anyone vexes you, just remember - half a bottle of blue will do the job nicely. Just don't tell them I said so - right??
JAC
JA...Best story ever! That is so funny. Really, great book fodder.Emma, how do you make the interrobang when typing on the computer? There isn't a key for that...yet! But I think it's pretty cool.
Really, pink milk? Who woulda thunk it?
Jenn...biznitchs? Trying to figure out how that comes out of mosquitos...wha-huh?
Interesting facts!
J.A. wrote: "On the subject of coloured milk (and just to lower the tone still further), here's one for you:Aged 8, I was watching telly when Younger Relative demanded I get her a glass of milk. I said I wo..."
You never cease to amaze me!
Dale wrote: "JA...Best story ever! That is so funny. Really, great book fodder.Emma, how do you make the interrobang when typing on the computer? There isn't a key for that...yet! But I think it's pretty cool..."
Biznitches is a cuss word that I don't think I can say on here... Think witch but replace the w with a b
Dale wrote: "JA...Best story ever! That is so funny. Really, great book fodder.
Emma, how do you make the interrobang when typing on the computer? There isn't a key for that...yet! But I think it's pretty cool..."
According to the fountain of knowledge that is wikipedia, you can do it using ALT+8253. That said, it didn't work when I tried but that might be because I use a Mac...
Emma, how do you make the interrobang when typing on the computer? There isn't a key for that...yet! But I think it's pretty cool..."
According to the fountain of knowledge that is wikipedia, you can do it using ALT+8253. That said, it didn't work when I tried but that might be because I use a Mac...
Jenn aka Texas Long Hair wrote: "You are sooooo dirty! All I was doing was taking a shower!!! Swear!":-0
Fact of the day: Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37% fewer mistakes.
Cambria wrote: "Fact of the day: Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37% fewer mistakes."Huh, does Operation count?
lol. i don't think so. but that game is fun
Cambria wrote: "Fact of the day: Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37% fewer mistakes."I think it probably has less to do with the video games themselves but the skills needed to actually do well at video games. You have to be able to order information in a certain way to follow most games and you obviously have to have good coordination and fine motor skills... All things that you want in a good surgeon :-)!
