Total Trivia

[CCaprice]

Yes, apparently, Gates' drop on the list has to do with the dip in Miscrosoft share prices (bid to buy Google). So now he's the third richest guy in the world...no sympathy from me!

 

[Daizie]

Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is number 47. Until August 7, 1953, Congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio to the Union.

 

[fire_breeze]

Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is number 47. Until August 7, 1953, Congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio to the Union.

Oops!

And congrats on passing post 10 000.

 

[fire_breeze]

Mageiricophobia is the intense fear of having to cook.

 

[Daizie]

Oops!

And congrats on passing post 10 000.

Thanks Fire!

Dr. Suess pronounced his name to rhyme with 'rejoice'.

 

[fire_breeze]

Some more random facts about Dr. Seuss...

His name was Theodore Seuss Geisel - Seuss being his mother's maiden name. He started using it as a pseudonym at university. He added the Dr later, as a joke, because his father had always wanted him to get a doctorate and become a professor.

Dr. Seuss didn't have any children and wasn't particularly fond of spending time with them either. His widow, Audrey, said in a recent interview that he was slightly afraid of them. She said he was always thinking: "What might they do next? What might they ask next?" She added: "He couldn't just sit down on the floor and play with them."

One of his most popular books, Green Eggs and Ham, was the result of a bet that he could not write a book using only 50 words. These are, in order of appearance: I am Sam; that; do not like; you green eggs and ham; them; would here or there; anywhere; in a house with mouse; eat box fox; car they; could; may will see tree; let me be; train on; say the dark; rain; goat; boat; so try may; if; good; thank.

His most controversial book was The Butter Battle Book, published in 1984, which about the arms race. Taking the place of the US and the USSR are the Yooks and the Zooks, who disagree on whether bread should be eaten butter-side down, or butter-side up. The story ends with a blank page, allowing readers to imagine the result of the rising tensions for themselves. The book remained on the New York Times' bestseller list for six months - for adults. The televised version of the book was shown in the USSR in 1990; Dr Seuss joked that it was after this that the country began falling apart.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Mageiricophobia is the intense fear of having to cook.

I suffer from a mild form of that!
Or is it bone idleness?

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Hmmm, I thought he was only at $58 billion. I think Warren Buffet is now at $62 billion and
Carlos Slim Helú, is at $60 billion. I think I just saw this today. But what is $4 billion among friends.

You are absolutely right Stryder, I mis-heard the news.
Being the perfectionist I am and not wanting to mislead or taken to court by uncle Bill I set the record straight....

Forbes believes the outgoing Microsoft chairman is now worth $58bn — up $2bn from a year ago and enough to take bronze in the global fat-cat stakes. Top of the list is Warren Buffett, Gates' sometimes bridge partner and chairman of holdings company Berkshire Hathaway, who has a fortune estimated at $62bn, up $10bn from a year ago.

Number two in the world is Mexican telecoms billionaire Carlos Silm Helu, worth an estimated $60bn.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The most expensive bra is made of red satin and 1,300 gemstones, including rubies and diamonds and is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the “most extravagant and expensive items of underwear ever created”.

The appearance of the most expensive bra was kept secret until it was revealed at the grand opening of Manhattan’s new Victoria’s Secret store on Broadway and 67th Street. It was then worn by spokes-model Gisele Bundchen underneath a see-through cover up. The one-of-a kind item was featured in Victoria’s Secret holiday catalog and is actually for sale.

So, if you are able to treat your lady (or yourself) to multi million-dollar lingerie, then the “Red Hot Fantasy” bra and panty set is for you. At whopping $15 million, how could you not feel good about your body after putting it on?

To this day, no one has purchased the most expensive bra in the world even after several serious inquiries. Victoria’s Secret even offers to deliver the bra to your doorstep in an armored car, which will probably be needed to cart away that $15 million you just dropped on it.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j160/Gaia_Lorraine/bra-panties.jpg

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Several other bras come close to the “Red Hot Fantasy Bra”. Others include the “Very Sexy Bra” ($11 million), the “Star of Victoria Fantasy Bra” ($10 million), and the “Heavenly Star Bra” ($12.5 million).

 

[CCaprice]

Several other bras come close to the “Red Hot Fantasy Bra”. Others include the “Very Sexy Bra” ($11 million), the “Star of Victoria Fantasy Bra” ($10 million), and the “Heavenly Star Bra” ($12.5 million).

Hmmm....I wonder if they are comfortable (and how long it would take for them to be stripped off!)

 

[CCaprice]

I don't know whether to laugh or be sick to my stomach:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Kv_4rwsOA&feature=user

 

[fire_breeze]

The alarm clock was invented by a man named Levi Hutchins of Concord, New Hampshire, in 1787. Perversity, though, characterized his invention from the beginning. The alarm on his clock could ring only at 4 am. Rumor has it that Hutchins was murdered by his wife at 4:05 am on a very dark and deeply cold New England morning.

 

[fire_breeze]

I don't know whether to laugh or be sick to my stomach:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Kv_4rwsOA&feature=user

Ewww!

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Hmmm....I wonder if they are comfortable (and how long it would take for them to be stripped off!)

I bought it, tried it on, it didn't fit, I sent it back

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The alarm clock was invented by a man named Levi Hutchins of Concord, New Hampshire, in 1787. Perversity, though, characterized his invention from the beginning. The alarm on his clock could ring only at 4 am. Rumor has it that Hutchins was murdered by his wife at 4:05 am on a very dark and deeply cold New England morning.

Who can blame her?

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Noahs Ark on the moon? ....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3635972.stm

 

[fire_breeze]

Muppets take it again!

Check this

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Muppets take it again!

Check this

Go Miss Piggy Go!

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Ars Technica have a story about scientists potentially creating black holes on earth with the Large Hadron Collider that’s due to come online later this year.

If created they could sink to the centre of the Earth and slowly suck the entire planet in on itself!

Sounds like a cure for global warming, estrogenisation, religion and all of the other shit plaguing the Earth these days.

Great work guys!

 

[CCaprice]

Ars Technica have a story about scientists potentially creating black holes on earth with the Large Hadron Collider that’s due to come online later this year.

If created they could sink to the centre of the Earth and slowly suck the entire planet in on itself!

Sounds like a cure for global warming, estrogenisation, religion and all of the other shit plaguing the Earth these days.

Great work guys!

Hmmm...how slowly would this happen? Should I bother booking my next pedicure?

 

[CCaprice]

The alarm clock was invented by a man named Levi Hutchins of Concord, New Hampshire, in 1787. Perversity, though, characterized his invention from the beginning. The alarm on his clock could ring only at 4 am. Rumor has it that Hutchins was murdered by his wife at 4:05 am on a very dark and deeply cold New England morning.

I probably would have done the same thing!!!!

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Hmmm...how slowly would this happen? Should I bother booking my next pedicure?

It could just hap..........

 

[CCaprice]

It could just hap..........

LOL

 

[CCaprice]

Oh, my aching heart...

According to the McDonald's Corporation website, as of January 30, 2007 McDonald's has "More than 30,000 local restaurants serving nearly 50 million people in more than 119 countries each day."