Saturday 7 March 2009

Strange Things

A rat can last longer without water than a camel. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2" by 3-1/2". During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seenin the distance (and Heston's wearing a watch). On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily!(That explains a few mysteries....) Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson." Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves perside in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange,purple and silver. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into spacebecause passing wind in a spacesuit damages them. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo. Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it willinstantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who discovered this??) Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film downso you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." The original name for butterfly was flutterby. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law whichstated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record playerfor automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola. Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannotsink into quicksand. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplinlook-alike contest. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a womanto take more than three steps backwards while dancing! The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the bookmost often stolen from public libraries. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave! Thanks to Deborah for submitting this!! And another via email --this comes by Suzie T.... In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb" The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Men can read smaller print then women can; women can hear better. It is impossible to lick your elbow. The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska The average number of people airborne over the US any 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 Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King DavidHearts - CharlemagneClubs -Alexander, the GreatDiamonds - Julius Caesar 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. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? A. Their birthplace. 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 Babylon 4,000 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". In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them, "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's" Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice. ~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~ At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
6 STRANGE things about ME! 1. Although I own a Mercedes, I hardly ever use it preferring to go on foot or take the bus or use the subway 2. I never carry an umbrella even when it rains heavily 3. I can eat anything even jaffa cake with hooves, chicken periods and pig tripe 4. I go to the cinema once a week and watch the same film 3-4 times in a row 5. When I'm depressed, I drink lots of grape juice 6. When I'm happy, I greet everyone I see even strangers

6 comments:

Stefania said...

Xa xa! That's so funny Constantine. Thanks for sharing. Do you really watch the smae movie 2-3 times in a row? I'd go crazy!!! LOL!

Anonymous said...

"The original name for butterfly was flutterby." i was like wow! when i read it :P

"The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle." i have learned about this from our engineer hehe. i was like "cool! thats a cute name for a dot" lol


re: strange things... i can watch the same movie too but only twice in a row if i really really like it :P. and yes, same here, i dont carry an umbrella even i know it will gonna rain and my dad always scolds me for that cuz he keeps telling me i will catch colds and he is always right lol and keeps saying "u see? u see!!!" when i go home sneezing :P

thanks for sharing constantinos. have a great day and keep blogging :) hugs and kisses.

summer

Anonymous said...

LOL! LOL! LOL! I can't stop laughing and as a result ...xa xa xa xa I cant lick my elbow! Your strange things are not so strange cos I know what jaffa cake is (but what is hooves?), I know some people eat pig tripes (yuk!) but ....chicken periods????? LOL!

Sophia

Anonymous said...

When you are depressed you drink ...grape juice??? Is that work? And yes ... I want also to know ...what is chicken periods???? Νάσαι καλά, μ'έκανες και γέλασα!

Ολγα

Anonymous said...

How could I ever forget the 6 strange things about yourself! Thanks for the good laugh...by the way did you know that ..."Roses are red violets are blue, I love like hell but I love you!" Filakia!!!

Constantinos said...

~ Not all the movies, Stefania. Besides I don't often go to the cinema. But if I like a movie I'd watch it over and over again. I remember having seen Gone With The Wind twice in a row - 6 hours in the cinema. But that was years ago. Now I prefer watching DVDs

~ Summer thanks for visiting. I found those strange things quite amusing. As you would say ...just for giggles! Surely, I'd blog more often now that blogging tools are easier to use. No frustrations on this site!

~ Sophia hooves are the hard part of the foot of an animal like a horse or a cow!!! lol!

~ Olga mou, glad to see you here. Thanks for visiting. Believe me, this maybe isn't so strange, but grape juice works when you are depressed. It's also a great digestive unlike chicken periods! LOL!

~ Well, Anastasia, I thought violets were...violet! Thanks for stopping by. Love you too>