Post an obscure and pointless fact

[Bizwah]

3 of our first 5 presidents passed away on the 4th of July.

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on the same day, I believe. The fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

 

[kskboys]

Nauseous means "Sickening to contemplate".

So, when someone says "I feel nausesous", a person is actually saying that other people get sick when they think about him/herself.

 

[Runwildboys]

Nauseous means "Sickening to contemplate".

So, when someone says "I feel nausesous", a person is actually saying that other people get sick when they think about him/herself.

Yes, what they mean to say is "nauseated".

"Nauseous" can be used that way, but you open yourself up to ridicule, because there are the two definitions.

 

[cowboyec]

Elvis and Babe Ruth both died on the same day and month...August 16.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

The Fender Stratocaster that Eric Clapton used to record “Layla” was a second-hand purchase. He found it in a second-hand shop in London in 1967.

 

[lukin2006]

Approximately 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.

The Vatican City is the country that drinks the most wine per capita at 74 liters per citizen per year.

 

[Runwildboys]

Approximately 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.

I'd say it's justified, considering what we do to them.

 

[Xelda]

Russian Composer Dmitri Shostakovich was a fully qualified Footie referee.

What is Footie?

 

[Xelda]

in the mid-70s...Elvis' car wouldn't start....so he pulled out his pistol and shot it twice...once in the steering wheel....and once in the floor board.
He said..."S.O.B. was dead on arrival".

It currently is on display at Elvis' Car Museum in Memphis...across the street from the house.

I heard Elvis also shot his TV during a football game. I believe the ref said "it's not a catch". I almost shot mine too.

 

[cowboyec]

I heard Elvis also shot his TV during a football game. I believe the ref said "it's not a catch". I almost shot mine too.

in the new complex across the street from Graceland...there is an archives exhibit...one of the items on display.....a TV that Elvis shot.
Legend has it....it isnt the only one to meet the same fate.

 

[Melonfeud]

The military uniforms of the aristocratic European militaries of the 1700's- thru mid 1800's had useless brass buttons sewed on the cuffs ,simply to impede the natural tendency of the troops to wipe the snot dripping out of there noses,,,,as it was deemed as
' unsightly& disgusting' upon reviewing the troops &,,, most of them were required to have at least two teeth in-line/ top& bottom in their mouth in order to 'bite off' the end of the paper wrapped cartridges,,,

 

[Melonfeud]

What is Footie?

I think it's what them furiners call soccer or kick-ball.

 

[YosemiteSam]

 

[GMO415]

Just because your bleeding and your hearts been destroyed (no piece larger than half an inch remains) you can continue to live a few minutes.

I "reviewed" a case where a female convenience store clerk was robbed. Unexpectedly a Cop pulls up for a break. The Suspect believed the clerk was responsible. He puts a .45 slug into her heart; shattering it.

She proceeded to grab a pencil and pad to write her only daughter a final letter .

Lesson.....Don't ever give up in a fight until your victorious.

 

[Melonfeud]

Just because your bleeding and your hearts been destroyed (no piece larger than half an inch remains) you can continue to live a few minutes.

I "reviewed" a case where a female convenience store clerk was robbed. Unexpectedly a Cop pulls up for a break. The Suspect believed the clerk was responsible. He puts a .45 slug into her shattering it.

She proceeded to grab a pencil and pad to write her only daughter a final letter .

Lesson.....Don't ever give up in a fight until your victorious.

I had 'one time' on a tagged hunt eviscerated 4/5ths of a javalinas casing-liner with a .270 Winchester @40 yards,,,,it ran 150 yards after.

* this was verified upon retrieval/ field dressing

 

[Xelda]

Yosemite Sam is smarter than the average animated character. He's scary smart and there'd better not be a test on this either!

 

[Londonboy]

What is Footie?

It's My compromised name for a game called Football where the protagonists actually kick the ball.

 

[Xelda]

I think it's what them furiners call soccer or kick-ball.

We need to teach those furiners how to speak (and cuss) properly.

 

[mattjames2010]

Your foot is the same size as your forearm.

 

[Xelda]

It's My compromised name for a game called Football where the protagonists actually kick the ball.

Dan Bailey kicks the ball. So does Chris Jones.