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UCOFSILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales


Posted:
such as..

did you know that the word thong comes from the portugese for dental floss...

humans and apes are the only species to have sex for fun..

shakespear had an estimated vocabulary of well over 24,00 words...most people only have 10,000

monseratSILVER Member
My flabber is gasted
737 posts
Location: waaaay south of heaven, United Kingdom


Posted:
'stewardesses' is the longest word you can touch type using just your left hand.

Chaos is the natural state of the universe

Some days I'm the pigeon, some days I'm the statue.

honourary militant margerine ninJAH

If it wasn't for displacement activity I wouldn't get half as much done


the_mods_stole_my_nameSILVER Member
travelling without moving
1,286 posts
Location: Maghull, Liverpool, United Kingdom


Posted:
it is impossible to lick your own elbow.........go on try it, you know you want to!

Heilige Scheiße, Batman kommt!

Reality is just a state of mind which occurs through a lack of lsd

XxX owned by devilsarmy XxX

O.B.E.S.E.


Just_Another_Clownold hand
965 posts
Location: London


Posted:
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

Q:"How many Jugglers Does it take to change a light bulb?"
A:"One, but another 99 others saying,'I could do that if I only practised more'" biggrin biggrin

Gate Keeper to Shocked_Prawn. None may pass.


MynciBRONZE Member
Macaque of all trades
8,738 posts
Location: wombling free..., United Kingdom


Posted:
cows can gallop.. (and they are pretty damn quick too, not the fat milk cows but the slimmer ones)

A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.


alien_oddityCarpal \'Tunnel
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees


Posted:
if you stab yourself with a fork.............it hurts wink



bet you didn't know that ubblol tongue

mausBRONZE Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia


Posted:


 Written by: Mynci



cows can gallop.. (and they are pretty damn quick too, not the fat milk cows but the slimmer ones)







Does that mean you can ride them aswell????

Neon_ShaolinGOLD Member
hehe, 'Member' huhuh
6,120 posts
Location: Behind you. With Jam


Posted:
Bloody one track mind maus....

"I used to want to change the world, now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity..." - Lotus Weinstock


mausBRONZE Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia


Posted:
ubblolFor once actually it was a genuine question! ubblol

Neon_ShaolinGOLD Member
hehe, 'Member' huhuh
6,120 posts
Location: Behind you. With Jam


Posted:
That's what I was worried about!

"I used to want to change the world, now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity..." - Lotus Weinstock


mausBRONZE Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia


Posted:
rolleyes I don't know why i bother, may as well just talk smut all the time! wink

will_ukBRONZE Member
member
83 posts
Location: UK


Posted:
Sideburns were named after Ambrose Burnside, a general from the American civil war. See pictures of him here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Everett_Burnside

Most of us can only dream of leaving such a legacy to mankind!

alien_oddityCarpal \'Tunnel
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees


Posted:
when you fart a percentage of the gas released is feacese(sp??) pooo wink

wonderloeyenthusiast
255 posts
Location: Melbourne - home of pirates


Posted:
Yaks milk is pink.

"You've gone from Loey the Wonder Lesbian to everyone wondering if you are a lesbian." - Shadowman

Yesterday is yesterday. If we try to recapture it, we will only lose tomorrow.


monseratSILVER Member
My flabber is gasted
737 posts
Location: waaaay south of heaven, United Kingdom


Posted:
More people in the world speak Klingon than the international language Esperanto

Chaos is the natural state of the universe

Some days I'm the pigeon, some days I'm the statue.

honourary militant margerine ninJAH

If it wasn't for displacement activity I wouldn't get half as much done


DragosaniGOLD Member
sunset seadragon
679 posts
Location: some little fluffy clouds, Belgium


Posted:
I have an extra vertebra in my back and it is fully functional.

Freaky me biggrin

“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” - Oscar Wilde
Jointly owned by FreyaJ, Birgit and Aurinko


LilBBoySILVER Member
Discoverer of Rainbow Cheese
143 posts
Location: Inverness, Scotland.


Posted:
10% of the world's population is bi/homosexual!

I would say the pig's orgasm one, but its already taken! biggrin

Time does not exist. In theory, everything with a beginning has an end. Therefore, only things with an end can have a beginning. As time has no end, it has no beginning, therefore does not exist. GO PHILOSOPHY!!!
Brittle Week was the shizz!!!


mausBRONZE Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia


Posted:
Redheads require more anesthesia to 'go under' than other hair colors do.

Babies start dreaming even before they're born.

A frog can't empty its stomach by vomitting. To empty its stomach contents, a frog throws up it's stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of it's mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down again.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'

In Tibet it is considered good manners to stick out your tongue at someone. tongue

41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.

'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.

biggrin

hamamelisBRONZE Member
nut.
756 posts
Location: Bouncing off the walls., England (UK)


Posted:
I used to get hiccups before I was born.

The longest sperm in the world (around 12cm long!)
belongs to a species of drosophila. That is, a fruit fly.

THE MEEK WILL INHERIT THE EARTH!


If that's okay with you?


Mr MajestikSILVER Member
coming to a country near you
4,696 posts
Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia


Posted:
i can breathe underwater.

"but have you considered there is more to life than your eyelids?"

jointly owned by Fire_Spinning_Angel and Blu_Valley


Firetrampold hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight


Posted:
Number one cause of death in Indonesia is coconuts falling on people's heads.

Number one cause of death in Japan is lung cancer.

Ask a question and be a fool for a minute...don't ask and be a fool your whole life.


MynciBRONZE Member
Macaque of all trades
8,738 posts
Location: wombling free..., United Kingdom


Posted:
banana's are "technically" a herb plant with an individual banana being a "berry"

Also banana plants WALK up to 40 cm's in a lifetime.

so in plantations they are planted on rows with a large gap to either side.

biggrin

A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.


monseratSILVER Member
My flabber is gasted
737 posts
Location: waaaay south of heaven, United Kingdom


Posted:
Disneyworld is bigger than the world's five smallest countries

Chaos is the natural state of the universe

Some days I'm the pigeon, some days I'm the statue.

honourary militant margerine ninJAH

If it wasn't for displacement activity I wouldn't get half as much done


GitasGuyPooh-Bah
2,303 posts
Location: Brisbane


Posted:
Your middle fingernail grows faster than the rest!!!!
biggrin shrug

:admires giant wooden aeroplane: Its about time trees were good for something, instead of just standing their like jerks!!! ubblol ubbtickled

Homer rocks!!!! ubblol ubbrollsmile


Mr MajestikSILVER Member
coming to a country near you
4,696 posts
Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia


Posted:
 Written by: monserat


Disneyworld is bigger than the world's five smallest countries



and also makes bigger profits than them. tongue

"but have you considered there is more to life than your eyelids?"

jointly owned by Fire_Spinning_Angel and Blu_Valley


GitasGuyPooh-Bah
2,303 posts
Location: Brisbane


Posted:
Grasshoppers blood is white. shrug you did say random. biggrin

:admires giant wooden aeroplane: Its about time trees were good for something, instead of just standing their like jerks!!! ubblol ubbtickled

Homer rocks!!!! ubblol ubbrollsmile


say_cheeseSILVER Member
Brown
288 posts
Location: Behind You!, United Kingdom


Posted:
You weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
Gravity rocks!

Official Nutella Fan Club

Go Nutella!


wonderloeyenthusiast
255 posts
Location: Melbourne - home of pirates


Posted:
Peeing on your feet is a cure for tinea/athlete's foot.

eww..

"You've gone from Loey the Wonder Lesbian to everyone wondering if you are a lesbian." - Shadowman

Yesterday is yesterday. If we try to recapture it, we will only lose tomorrow.


GitasGuyPooh-Bah
2,303 posts
Location: Brisbane


Posted:
your foot is the same length as from the point inside your elbow to the base of your hand!!
Your arms outstretched to the sides is the length of you body!!
Resting your thumb upon your pointer finger, is the same length as your nose! (true)
your middle finger touching as far down your palm as possible also measures something. (boys only) ubblol redface
1 closed fist is roughly the size of your heart
2 fists together is the size of you brain!!! (haven't pulled mine out to measure but i'm sure it must be true)
bounce bounce2 bounce bounce2 bounce bounce2 beerchug

:admires giant wooden aeroplane: Its about time trees were good for something, instead of just standing their like jerks!!! ubblol ubbtickled

Homer rocks!!!! ubblol ubbrollsmile


Mr MajestikSILVER Member
coming to a country near you
4,696 posts
Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia


Posted:
shoes that explode are bad for your health.

"but have you considered there is more to life than your eyelids?"

jointly owned by Fire_Spinning_Angel and Blu_Valley


FlamezBRONZE Member
member
56 posts
Location: Cape Town The Mother City, South Africa


Posted:
 Written by: Mr Majestik


i can breathe underwater.



With aqua-lungs i suppose??

"My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves completely."

"Insanity is my only means of relaxation."


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