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    Hey! Get off my lawn. 5 Star Poster Odelay's Avatar
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    Default Re: Not a lot of people know that...

    Many of the major cities in the Eastern half of the United States have bigger average annual rainfalls than Seattle - which has the reputation of being a "rainy" city.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Prospero View Post
    In the event of a major thermonuclear war scientists say the life forms best equipped for survival are grass and cockroaches ( so I plan to be re-incarnated as a lawn)


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    But pleasures are like poppies spread
    You seize the flow'r, the bloom is shed

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jericho View Post
    And now for something completely different...

    The automatic popup bread toaster was patented before the bread slicing machine.
    Similarly, the can was invented about 80 years before the can opener. Can you imagine the difficulty of opening a can in the early years?



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    The defeated roman emperor Valerian spent his final days as a mounting block for the king of Persia.


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    Caligula made a senator out of his favourite horse...

    You can drink the same beverage as the gods: simply look for the mention "Single Malt Scotch Whisky" on labels...



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    . Contrary to popular belief, men have the proportionally biggest penis of all hominids, which is almost as unbelievable as the fact that he also has the biggest brain, considering history.

    Is that maybe because our brain's main preoccupation is....



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    Quote Originally Posted by danthepoetman View Post
    Caligula made a senator out of his favourite horse...

    You can drink the same beverage as the gods: simply look for the mention "Single Malt Scotch Whisky" on labels...

    I hear a lot of good things about whiskey too. I should try some of that stuff.



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    Can we stop the spread of posts about Whisky, whiskey etc etc etc throughout this forum!!!! for christ's sake


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    you have taste buds on your balls.


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    It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Prospero View Post
    Can we stop the spread of posts about Whisky, whiskey etc etc etc throughout this forum!!!! for christ's sake
    It was a unknown truth, Prospero...
    What? I'm not contaminating everybody?



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