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Archive for 2007/07


Trivia for 7/23/2007

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!* 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
Eye bet those folks shore felt silly. Its a good thing eye make it a point to spell cheque all my posts. Don’t ewe agree?
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Ouch, my ankle!

Since the county fair starts next week and since I actually plan on entering a few photos in their photo contest, that means I have to go in to town to buy some stuff to matte the pictures with. Since today is Sunday and since it’s after noon, I expect that means that every senior […]

Trivia for 7/22/2007

* The ’spot’ on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was albino.
Ya know, with all the ‘politically correct’ crap going aroud these days, maybe I should edit that so that instead of “albino” it says “pigmentationally challenged”. Errg.
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Trivia for 7/21/2007

* Every person has a unique tongue print.
Hey! There’s a great new way of identifying people! Of course, they’ll have to come up with a better-tasting ink…
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The LinkBack List

Okay, so everybody and his brother knows that google is going to be updating page ranks really soon now - as in within the next couple of weeks. Because of this, everybody is trying to get all the incoming links they can manage as quickly as possible. I’m not too proud to admit that I […]

People can be such pigs

A guy in California recently stole a tortoise named “Bob” and tried to cut him out of his shell.
I hope they find a punishment that fits the crime.
And, since today is Friday, Kate says, “Bite Me!”

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Trivia for 7/20/2007

* 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
Now, just think about that. Think about how many BILLIONS of dollars McDonalds makes every year, then think about how many Happy Meals it would take to make up 40% of that number. Next, think about the nutritional value (or lack thereof) of […]

I’ve been tagged!

I got a comment from Olivia on one of my recent posts saying that I had been tagged. I’ve never been tagged for anything before, so this is a new thing for me. Here’s hoping I do it right.
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Trivia for 7/19/2007

* A duck’s quack doesn’t echo. No one knows why.
I’ve read that from several different sources, none of which gave one shred of evidence that the statement is even true. If anyone can back up this claim, I’d be interested in hearing from them.
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A review of www.relocation.com

When I was growing up my folks moved around a LOT. For example, when Mom was in the hospital giving birth to yours truly, was my father doing like most normal father would - going to pieces in the waiting room? Heck no! He and my older siblings were packing everything into the family station […]