Post by Billy Bond on Sept 23, 2002 8:02:44 GMT -6
"Oh Please!"Hi!
The name's Bond, Billy Bond, and here is the latest edition of my exclusive Hotwire column: "Oh Please!".
Have you ever met those people at parties who think they know everything? You know, the kind of chump who really think that you’re interested that a lettuce is 97% water. The kind of person that you have nothing in common with, so they try and entertain you with ‘interesting’ fact? Well, that just makes me say: "Oh Please!". I’m sure the capital of Peru is Lima, but it’s mid-numblingly boring and unimportant to me! So this edition is dedicated to all those chumps out there that think that anyone is actually interested in ‘interesting’ facts.
So without further ado, I give you this week's edition of... "Oh Please!".
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 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."
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.
And do you know what the worst of it is? The worst ‘interesting’ fact? Almost everyone who reads this article will try to lick their elbow…<br>
Until next time: It's gonna be Smooth!
Billy Bond
