4/22/2006

I am finally back to blogging.....

Hello all,

I've not been a very good blogger lately. So much going on for me right now that I simply don't know which way to turn. Computer has been on the fritz. Trucks in a muck. Murphy has been following me around enforcing his law at every turn. Band broke up again. My apologies to everyone for not being around. Molly my dear I just received your email. Sorry, I sure would have enjoyed getting away from my routine for awhile. Well enough about me. I hope all are well and having a wonderful day. Peace, love and light to one and all.

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?

"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and
"lollipop" with your right. (Bet you tried this out with your fingers,
didn't you?)

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. (I'll bet
you're going to check this out.)

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or
purple.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". (Are
you doubting this?)

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears
never stop growing.

The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every
letter of the alphabet. (Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for
accuracy, right?)

The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are
read left to right or right to left (palindromes). (Yep, I knew you were
going to "do" this one.)

There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous (You're not doubting
this, are you?)

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels
in order: "abstemious" and "facetious." (Yes, admit it, you are going to
say ..... a e i o u)

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only
on one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test this
out)

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the
back of the $5 bill.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue. (but who really cares?)

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (Some days that's about
what my memory span is!)

A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

A snail can sleep for three years. (I know some people that could do
this too.)

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child
reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full
moon.

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line
would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an
average of 6 months waiting at red lights.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
building is an American flag.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel
that it burns.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube
and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Good thing he did that)

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely
solid.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks;
otherwise it will digest itself.

..................Now you know everything!

11 Comments:

Blogger Mark T said...

Hi Ric, very strange, haven't looked at your Blog for ages and I thought I'd pop in and it's your first post for a month. I found your facts really interesting, although the other creature that can sleep for three years, apart from a snail, is Jill!! Hope that you are OK and keeping busy. Take care, Mark
PS Jill is asleep at the moment, it's 1645!!

April 22, 2006 10:46 AM  
Blogger PTfan said...

Welcome back. I've missed you. I don't know if I believe some of these facts. How do we know that the person who made up the list has his facts straight? I am so naive I believe almost anything. I'm trying to fix that! And a good step is to doubt some things on teh list and check them out myself.
Good weekend to you.

April 23, 2006 11:47 AM  
Blogger Suesjoy said...

Hi Ric-
Haven't seen you around here in a long time!
Nice to see you again.
Sorry to see you've had a succession of "tricky days."
Mikey will love your useless facts!
(Just kidding they're interesting!).
Take care,
Sue

April 23, 2006 5:26 PM  
Blogger Anne-Marie said...

Hi Ric,
Nice to see you around again. Sorry about your band breaking up- that must have been hard.

I loved the facts, and have in fact read them in an email before, many years ago. I have a Canadian two dollar bill somewhere (we have a toonie coin now, and the $1 and $2 bills have long since been out of circulation) and I am going to check that one out. I think I checked it before and it was true.

Cheers, and welcome back!

-AM

oh, the word verification made me laugh: fophofy! (it sounds like a swear word!!)

April 23, 2006 11:03 PM  
Blogger Anne-Marie said...

Hee, the word verification made me laugh so hard I misspelled it. It was fophoky.

-AM

April 23, 2006 11:04 PM  
Blogger lryicsgrl said...

Saw you over at Sue's and well, just wanted to say hello.
I hope Mr. Murphy stays away from you for awhile.
Sorry about your Band. They say everthing happens for a reason......so, I hope a good reason pops up for your latest troubles!

Well wishes to you from NY.

xx
Sue

April 24, 2006 7:45 PM  
Blogger b o o said...

now i know everything :) welcome back :)

April 25, 2006 1:20 AM  
Blogger grace said...

Hi Ric, glad you are doing alright. Sorry about the band. I now know everything!!
I will store that info! The mucus thing.. eegh! x Grace

April 27, 2006 10:25 PM  
Blogger Fleur de Bee said...

hahahaha you are still damn funny! Even after forgetting to blog for so long. Thanks for the laugh and I honstly forgot what I even wrote you about....whatever I say! lol

XX-Molly

April 30, 2006 2:28 AM  
Blogger Meg said...

I love this list! Now I have a new treasure trove of useless information to make me seem even more charming at parties!!!! Just in the nick of time too I was running out of "charming" I almost had to resort to exposing myself! Thanks for the save!

Glad you are back on the blogging trail, how's EVAN!?!?!?

May 01, 2006 7:21 AM  
Blogger Ben R said...

Hi Ric!

Long time no post on your blog!

Seeing the thing about Betty Rubble, did you know that Fred and Wilma Flintstone were the first couple shown in bed together on US prime-time TV?

I had a great time watching Mikey and Simon at Riga on Sunday night. A mini-review and pics are on my blogsite at:

www.reevosramblings.blogspot.com


Chat to you soon,

Ben R

May 08, 2006 7:15 PM  

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