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20 February 2003, 10:59 AM
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Butterflies taste with their feet.
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of
the world's nuclear weapons combined.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens
every year.
On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently
arrived immigrants.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for
dating are already married.
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
It's possible to lead a cow upstairs ... but not downstairs.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch
every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account
the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
A snail can sleep for three years..
No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose
and ears never stop growing. SCARY!!!
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
All polar bears are left-handed.
In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their
bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on
one row of the keyboard.
"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would
stand seven feet, two inches tall.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their elbow.
You tried to lick your elbow, didn't you?
Butterflies taste with their feet.
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of
the world's nuclear weapons combined.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens
every year.
On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently
arrived immigrants.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for
dating are already married.
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
It's possible to lead a cow upstairs ... but not downstairs.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch
every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account
the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
A snail can sleep for three years..
No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose
and ears never stop growing. SCARY!!!
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
All polar bears are left-handed.
In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their
bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on
one row of the keyboard.
"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would
stand seven feet, two inches tall.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their elbow.
You tried to lick your elbow, didn't you?
20 February 2003, 11:30 AM
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Ho hum. Again.
But i'll say it again, as i have on three previous occasions, elephants are not the only animals which cannot jump.
Let's start with.... The Blue Whale. How high can that jump then??
But i'll say it again, as i have on three previous occasions, elephants are not the only animals which cannot jump.
Let's start with.... The Blue Whale. How high can that jump then??
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20 February 2003, 02:21 PM
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Matt, nope, "I" cannot be a complete sentence because it is not a verb. Go is simply the shortest verb in the English language, and a verb on it's own "qualifies" as being a complete sentence, if ancient rules of grammar are your thing...
[Edited by TelBoy - 2/20/2003 2:22:57 PM]
[Edited by TelBoy - 2/20/2003 2:22:57 PM]
20 February 2003, 03:39 PM
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You could construct a sentence using just I.
"What's the matter?", asked Henry.
"Somebody ate all the pies. Who was it?", replied George
"I."
I disagree about STEWARDESSES being the longest word you can type with your left hand on a keyboard. I can type any word using my left hand on a keyboard.
And is someone trying to tell me that cows can jump?
"What's the matter?", asked Henry.
"Somebody ate all the pies. Who was it?", replied George
"I."
I disagree about STEWARDESSES being the longest word you can type with your left hand on a keyboard. I can type any word using my left hand on a keyboard.
And is someone trying to tell me that cows can jump?
20 February 2003, 03:43 PM
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Of course cows can jump. It's fact that one jumped over the moon! It says so in the book my 5 year old is reading!
20 February 2003, 03:44 PM
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carl, no you can't chap.
In the example you cited, the answer would have to have been "Me" anyway, but an object or a subject in isolation does not make a complete sentence. But don't blame me, i didn't make the rules!
In the example you cited, the answer would have to have been "Me" anyway, but an object or a subject in isolation does not make a complete sentence. But don't blame me, i didn't make the rules!
20 February 2003, 05:20 PM
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sentence n. & v.
n.
1 a a set of words complete in itself as the expression of a thought, containing or implying a subject and predicate, and conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command.
n.
1 a a set of words complete in itself as the expression of a thought, containing or implying a subject and predicate, and conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command.
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