Thanksgiving 2009
This summer I hung this Cheeto on the tree to fool a crow. (It did. He grabbed it in midair and came up short on the string. Never tried it again) I left it hanging. It made it through Thanksgiving and now into the new decade. The orange color turned to black and it [...]
This is a response to the previous “Annexed by Canada” post. I think, MR, you have it backwards. Check out this USA image on a Fred Meyer branded Toasted Oats cereal box. America the Beautiful indeed. Look closely!
Amazing how much this holds true thru the ages.
No better thing befalls a man than a good wife, no worse thing than a bad one.
–Semonides of Amorgos
The kind of events that once took place will by reason of human nature take places again.
–Thucydides
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office
–Aesop [...]
I know Sunn is our official MR Community Coroner, but I think you might find this all interesting….. I just finished re-reading all 56 Short stories and four novels of Sherlock Holmes…. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a great writer….. All of the stories read as if they were written today, not [...]
I was reading in the BIG BOOK and reached “r” and then “re” and then “red”. I was surprised at how many phrases or words start with “red”. So, how many words or phrases start with “red”. The winner gets bragging rights once again. I invested everything with Madoff.
Here’s one “I BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW”.
“Discovering [...]
I found this in the paper this morning.
WHAT IS THE SHORTEST RECORDED TUNE OF ALL TIME?
Someone out there knows the answer…..and I expect a certain amount of debate to follow.
Did you know that the word “manure” comes from the French “main-oeuvre” and means hard work. I didn’t think so. Also, tillage by manual labor and today a dressing applied to lands. Confirms what I always thought. Hard work is a bunch of crap.
May I present to you: The Quiz ( You know the rules, bah-bah-bah, etc):
1. Where did the Hatfields and McCoys live?
2. What are the highest and lowest elevations in the United States?
3. How do you tell the age of a fish?
4. How do archer fish “shoot” their victims?
5. What is [...]
Anyone up for a new Quiz in the next day or so?…….
Current Point Standings:
Zook: Twenty-Six and One-Half (26.5) Points
J.J.: Twenty-Six (26) Points
HuskySooner: Twenty-Two and One-Quarter (22.25) Points
Anon: Twenty and One-Half (20.5) Points
Izard: Nine (9) Points
TTop: Three (3) Points
Jek: One and One-Half (1.5) Points
Point Standings:
Zook: Twenty-Six and One-Half (26.5) Points
Anon: Twenty and One-Half (20.5) Points
HuskySooner: Twenty (20) Points
J.J.: Nineteen and One-Quarter (19.25) Points
Izard: Nine (9) Points
TTop: Three (3) Points
Jek: One and One-Half (1.5) Points
The Quiz (You know the rules, blah-blah-blah, etc):
1. Why does Ivory soap float?
2. Who invented Pac-Man?
3. What was Geronimo’s real name?
4. After all his narrow [...]
A society of witty and satirical men in the reign of Louis XIV. When any public character made himself ridiculous, a colotte was sent to him to “cover the bald or brainless part of his noodle.” (Colotte is the small skull-cap worn over the tonsure.) No, I don’t know where to buy them. Note, [...]
Is this in our near future?…… I know this is a bit long, but, I thought it was very interesting….
THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.
At speeds about 10,000 times [...]
Point Standings:
Zook: Twenty-Three and One-Half (23.5) Points
HuskySooner: Eighteen (18) Points
J.J.: Fifteen and One-Half (15.5) Points
Anon: Thirteen (13) Points
Izard: Nine (9) Points
TTop: Three (3) Points
Jek: One-Half (.5) Point
The Quiz (You know the rules, blah-blah-blah, etc):
1. Why is America not named after Columbus?
2. What are neutrinos?
3. Where [...]
Hoity-toity, higgledy-piggledy, flim-flam, helter-skelter,slip-slop,squish-squash,wishy-washy, drip-drop are a few of the many “Reduplicated or Ricochet Words”……which reminds me of that famous line “splish splash, I was taken a bath”….a classic.
Here’s the current Points Standings:
Zook: Twenty-Three and One-Half (23.5) Points
J.J.: Twelve and One-Half (12.5) Points
HuskySooner: Twelve (12) Points
Anon: Nine (9) Points
Izard: Eight (8) Points
TTop: Three (3) Points
Jek: One-Half (.5) Point
And here’s the Quiz ( You know the rules, bah-bah-bah, etc):
1. “Traditions” sometimes don’t follow actual events. [...]