Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 761 Location: Somewhere over the Rainbow, Blue Birds Fly~
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 3:22 pm Post subject:
arnel98 wrote:
that's one cute stuff toy Who is that?
Watched part of the opening ceremonies as well but didnt finish the whole thing. Anyway, gonna watch as much olympic competitions as I can. the one's im looking forward to watching is the 100m dash, basketball, boxing and diving events.
that's kirby~! unfortunately, there's a bell in his body. so everytime when i 'shake' kirby, he will ring....
there's also this elastic rope attached to it's body in the back. so i can play it like a yo-yo.
actually, i'm hoping that Lithuania beat the US' dream team. they came so close in sydney2000 and i find it a shame! i'm also hoping that china would go far in basketball....but i doubt so.
Joined: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 6787 Location: Fremont, CA Country:
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 4:12 pm Post subject:
Tekanan wrote:
actually, i'm hoping that Lithuania beat the US' dream team. they came so close in sydney2000 and i find it a shame! i'm also hoping that china would go far in basketball....but i doubt so.
For some reason, I think the US will lose. The competition is getting so much better and a lot of the good players aren't evening playing! *sigh*
Joined: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 6787 Location: Fremont, CA Country:
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 4:55 pm Post subject:
Tekanan wrote:
well, i saw iverson, duncan, Lebron james, and another good player in the opening ceremony...
not enough?
hec no... I don't really consider anyone after iverson and duncan a good player. I mean like, the team has some talent but I can name a handful of players that should but didn't want to play. People like KG, T-mac, Shaq, Kobe, Jason Kidd and a bunch more. Oh well...
Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 761 Location: Somewhere over the Rainbow, Blue Birds Fly~
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 10:08 pm Post subject:
eltinator wrote:
hec no... I don't really consider anyone after iverson and duncan a good player. I mean like, the team has some talent but I can name a handful of players that should but didn't want to play. People like KG, T-mac, Shaq, Kobe, Jason Kidd and a bunch more. Oh well...
wow. if KG and Kidd were there, the US team will have a great advantage. no doubt about it!
Joined: 28 Nov 2002 Posts: 3286 Location: Ten Carat 5-19-1 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0012, Japan Country:
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 7:11 am Post subject:
some cool facts:
1. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on
bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the
mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on.
That's where the phrase, "goodnight, sleep tight" came
from.
2. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the
lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet.
(developed by Western Union to test telex/twx
communications.)
3. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over
an inch every year because when it was built,
engineers failed to take into account the weight of
all the books that would occupy the building.
4. The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II
fighter pilots in the Pacific. When arming their
airplanes on the ground, the ..50 caliber machine gun
ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being
loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all
their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."
5. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old
English law which stated that you couldn't beat your
wife with anything wider than your thumb.
6. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in
the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, GP.
7. The first toilet ever seen on television was on
"Leave It To Beaver."
8. It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years
ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's
father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead
he could drink. Mead is a honey beer, and because
their calendar was lunar based, this period was called
the "honey month" or what we know today as the
"honeymoon."
9. In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and
quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly,
the bartender would yell at them to mind their own
pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get
the phrase "mind your P's and Q's."
10. Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a
whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic
cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle
to get some service. "Wet your whistle," is the phrase
inspired by this practice.
And last but not least...
11. In ancient England a person could not have sex
unless you had consent of the King (unless you were in
the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby,
they got consent of the King & the King gave them a
placard that they hung on their door while they were
having sex. The placard had F.U.C.K. (Fornication
Under Consent of the King) on it.
some cool facts:
11. In ancient England a person could not have sex
unless you had consent of the King (unless you were in
the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby,
they got consent of the King & the King gave them a
placard that they hung on their door while they were
having sex. The placard had F.U.C.K. (Fornication
Under Consent of the King) on it.
Interesting indeed...
But I looked up Fornication="Sexual intercourse between partners who are not married to each other."
Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 1529 Location: United States Country:
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 2:18 am Post subject:
Nyah, first day of school and I only had 3 hours of sleep thanks to my insomnia.
Wasn't so bad. Especially Japanese class cuz I'm sitting next to a cute girl. She said she might drop the class, but I'm gonna try and talk her out of it.
Now I just gotta wait a while for my friend that I'm carpooling with.
Joined: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 6787 Location: Fremont, CA Country:
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 3:17 am Post subject:
eightysix wrote:
Nyah, first day of school and I only had 3 hours of sleep thanks to my insomnia.
Wasn't so bad. Especially Japanese class cuz I'm sitting next to a cute girl. She said she might drop the class, but I'm gonna try and talk her out of it.
Now I just gotta wait a while for my friend that I'm carpooling with.
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Who is that?
Interesting indeed...
