Bits of random facts

littlemissfab wrote:A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.

OMG hontou? o_O

I saw a show today saying that an Austrian scientist called Ludwig Boltzmann worked on a formula which help every house wife in the kitchen. if it would take up too much time :sweat:
How to calculate the exact time (by milliseconds!) of cooking certain dishes by just using the amount of ingrediants and the size of the meat/fish ... whatever!
Never burnt or half-cooked food anymore. It works, with every meal!!!
(sounds like some lame slogan from a cm LOL) :victory:

i read this on a website just now...

During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.

MissMonika wrote:i read this on a website just now...

During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.

^ suffice to say, we'd be all overweight.


hahahahaha.. funny.. im really imagining myself with the weight of 6 elephants..

factoid:
The Sanskrit word for "war" means "desire for more cows."

and..

A whale's penis is called a dork.

Nice find. :applaud:

Does this means the politically correct way to call someone dork is whale's penis? :hehe:

Normal conversation

B: "Dude, that dog stacking up the oreos was like sooooo cool..."
G: "Omigod.. you're such a whale's penis, I swear"

:headscratch:

MissMonika wrote:During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.

In the case of a sumo wrestler, that's about one month's worth of meals. :hehe:

littlemissfab wrote:Normal conversation

B: "Dude, that dog stacking up the oreos was like sooooo cool..."
G: "Omigod.. you're such a whale's penis, I swear"

:headscratch:

if you call that a "normal" you got some issues....

Tu_triky wrote:if you call that a "normal" you got some issues....

It's all that mercury from the tuna...... ;)

bmwracer wrote:
It's all that mercury from the tuna...... ;)

must be time for heavy chelation and a shietload of cilantro to degrease the ol' brain cells :P

Tu_triky wrote:must be time for heavy chelation and a shietload of cilantro to degrease the ol' brain cells :P

About 60,000 pounds or six elephants worth. :hehe: :rofl: :bonk: :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
In the case of a sumo wrestler, that's about one month's worth of meals. :hehe:

One month's worth of chanko nabe to be exact

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There are 9 million bicycles in Beijing, that's a fact (according to Katie Melua that is) :hehe:

Japan has the highest number of vending machines per capita, with about one machine for every 23 people.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vending_machine

Soon it will be Attack of the Vending Machines for a new horror movie! :woot:

ryoko293 wrote:
OMG hontou? o_O

I saw a show today saying that an Austrian scientist called Ludwig Boltzmann worked on a formula which help every house wife in the kitchen. if it would take up too much time :sweat:
How to calculate the exact time (by milliseconds!) of cooking certain dishes by just using the amount of ingrediants and the size of the meat/fish ... whatever!
Never burnt or half-cooked food anymore. It works, with every meal!!!
(sounds like some lame slogan from a cm LOL) :victory:

I got a way for a housewife to save time and energy while cooking meals they should have Ludwig Boltzmann come over and cook the meals for them!! Demo!!!!! :hehe: :hehe:

Sailorprinzess wrote:Japan has the highest number of vending machines per capita, with about one machine for every 23 people.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vending_machine

Soon it will be Attack of the Vending Machines for a new horror movie! :woot:

anybody who has been to japan can most assuredly attest to that! :) they are everywhere! i've even heard of vending machines that dispense eggs....

if you want a real horror story, it shouldn't be "Attack of the vending machines." It should be "Attacking the vending machines".. the horror of no vending machines. :puppydog:

krim wrote:if you want a real horror story, it shouldn't be "Attack of the vending machines." It should be "Attacking the vending machines".. the horror of no vending machines. :puppydog:

in japan it would be called the horror of no cell phones....ppl would throw themselves on the electric third rail on the subway tracks..

*nods*

you're correct.

krim wrote:*nods*

you're correct.

lol...well truthfully i guess that would apply for any industrialized nation but only more acutely in japan.....


did you see pierrot's new episode?

no, didn't finish the download til 3am... didn't have time to watch before i left for work. :puppydog: