Archive for the ‘monopoly’ Tag
DID YOU KNOW??
- The Empire State Building is struck by lightning approximately 23 times every year.
- The oldest recipe still in existence is of course, a recipe for beer found in Iraq from 3900 years ago.
- If you counted 24 hours a day. It would take 31,688 years to reach 1 trillion.
- The medical name for a butt crack is “intergluteal cleft”.
- Before the term “Bloopers” was coined, outtakes in television, movies, and radio were called “Boners”.
- Viagra, when dissolved in water, can make cut flowers stay erect for up to a week longer than they usually would.
- More Monopoly money is printed in a year, then real money is printed throughout the world. Parker Brothers reports it prints around $30 billion in Monopoly money a year.
- 7 UP, invented in 1920, originally contained lithium, the drug commonly prescribed currently for sufferers of bipolar disorder.
- 2003 was the year that “bootylicious” and “bitch-slap” were added to the dictionary.
- It’s estimated that 70 to 80% of all the dust in people’s homes is actually made up of dead skin cells.
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Being a former cop this fact makes me smile every time I read it.
A California man obtained a personalized license plate that said in plain English:
“NO PLATE”
He received more than 2500 parking tickets.
YOU CAN’T FIX STUPID
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Here are a few samples of some silly things that prompt many of the posts I write on current societal changes. Some I’ve personally experienced, and others were reported to me by friends, readers, and co-workers. God help us all.
- In a semi-rural area. a new neighbor called the local town hall administrative office to request the removal of the Deer Crossing sign on our road. The reason: Too many deer were being hit by cars, and he no longer wanted them to cross there.
- Once at a local Taco Bell a taco was ordered. I requested “minimal lettuce.” The server said he was sorry, but they only had “Iceberg”.
- At the airport check-in an airport employee asked, “Has anyone put anything into your baggage without your knowledge?” I said, “If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?” He smiled and nodded knowingly, “That’s why we ask.”
- The stoplight at the intersection buzzes when it’s safe to cross the street. I was crossing with an intellectually challenged coworker of mine (in my opinion), when she asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it signals blind people when the light is red. She responded, appalled “What on earth are blind people doing driving?”
- At a good-bye lunch for a coworker who was leaving the company due to “downsizing” our manager spoke up and said, “This is fun. We should have lunch like this more often.” Not another word was spoken.
- I once worked with an individual who plugged her computer power strip back into itself and couldn’t understand why her system wouldn’t turn on.
- Upon arriving at an automobile dealership to pick up my car, we were told that the keys had been accidentally locked in it. The service department had a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the driver’s side door. As I watched from the passenger’s side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered it was open. “Hey,” I announced to the technician, “it’s open.” The young man answered, “I already got that side.”
IT’S A MILLENNIAL SPRING
I Feel Better Already
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Who doesn’t love trivia? Even a person who reads trivia and claims not to enjoy it actually does learn something. The more facts you learn, regardless of content, adds information to your memory banks. “More” is always better than “Less”. Here’s a little more for you . . .
- In 200 BC, the Carthaginian ruler, Hannibal, defeated an enemy’s navy by stuffing poisonous snakes into earthen jugs and catapulting them onto the decks of his opponents’ ships.
- National Bathroom Reading Week is the second week in June.
- An unusual baseball injury occurred when former Braves first baseman, Ryan Klesko, pulled a muscle by lifting his lunch tray.
- The gluteus maximus, the muscle that makes up the buttocks, is the biggest muscle in the human body.
- The square most commonly landed on in the game of Monopoly is Illinois Avenue. (The Go space ranks second.)
- The original title of the Buddy Holly hits on “Peggy Sue” was “Cindy Lou”.
- The very first stolen car was reported in St. Louis Missouri, in 1905.
- The colors of the Campbell Soup label – carnelian red and white – were chosen from the colors of the Cornell University football team.
- Nike shoes got their distinct waffle sole design in 1971, after track coach Bill Bowerman’s wife served him breakfast. Inspired by the design, he put rubber in his wife’s waffle maker and created what would become Nike’s custom sole.
- The Library of Congress in Washington DC, is the largest library in the world, containing 28 million books and 532 miles of shelving.
Now be truthful. Don’t you feel just a little bit smarter? Add this quote to your files as well:
“Experience is the name everyone gives to his mistakes.” Oscar Wilde
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