At 10:42 AM 06/10/2002, Cliff MacLean wrote:
Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes . We should extend them to Joe Maclean as well as his Birthday is today also. Cliff.
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- From: Don & Tonie
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- Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 8:00 PM
- Subject: Fw: So You Think You Know Everything ...
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- From: Doris
- To: Don & Tonie
- Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 3:19 PM
- Subject: Fw: So You Think You Know Everything ...
- > So You Think You Know Everything ...
- >
- > 1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
- > 2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
- > 3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
- > 4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
- > 5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
- > 6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
- > 7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
- > 8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
- > 9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
- > building is an American flag.
- > 10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
- > 11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or
- > purple.
- > 12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
- > 13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the
- > back of the $5 bill.
- > 14. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
- > 15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
- > 16. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
- > 17. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":
- > tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
- > 18. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los
- > Angeles de Porciuncula"
- > 19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
- > 20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
- > 21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
- > 22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
- > 23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
- > 24. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert
- the
- > cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life".
- > 25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
- > 26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
- > 27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
- > 28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
- > 29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
- > 30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
- > 31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube
- > and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
- > 32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
- > 33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
- > 34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
- > 35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left
- > hand.
- >
- > ....now you know everything . You could be a TEENAGER
- >
- >
- >
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