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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: katlaughing Date: 02 Aug 00 - 12:42 AM I had a Little Lulu book which came with a box of kleenex inserted in a recess inside the back cover. Somehow in the story line she wound up demonstrating how to make a little ghost out a piece of kleenex. I thought I was the kat's meow with the book and the ghost I made! How about ole' Snuffy Smith? All those others ya'll mention were WAY before my time!*bg* |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Brendy Date: 02 Aug 00 - 12:02 AM Here you go, \Spaw!!! B. |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: catspaw49 Date: 01 Aug 00 - 11:56 PM And that's not to mention that comic-soap creation, "Gasoline Alley" there Skeezix. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Brendy Date: 01 Aug 00 - 11:53 PM That Belgium has had its' cloudiest July on record? B. |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Bill D Date: 01 Aug 00 - 11:46 PM and Little Lulu, who ended up selling Kleenex |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Mbo Date: 01 Aug 00 - 11:44 PM I remember Henry! He was pretty cool, but he never had much to say... |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Bill D Date: 01 Aug 00 - 11:39 PM Lordy... I long for the days before all this nostalgia.... (and Smilin' Jack, and The Katzenjammer Kids and Lil' Abner...etc.) |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: kendall Date: 01 Aug 00 - 11:35 PM hell, I remember the Yellow Kid! Maggie and Jiggs...Henry..The Little King. |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 01 Aug 00 - 09:59 PM Ah, ah, ah, Kendall! You're showing our age. Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: kendall Date: 01 Aug 00 - 02:51 PM Now I remember! good old Smokey Stover! thanks. His hat had a hinge and a big hole in it! |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Mark Clark Date: 01 Aug 00 - 01:28 PM Did you know that in the Northern Hemisphere, toilet paper comes off the top of the roll but in the Southern Hemisphere, it comes off the bottom? |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: GUEST,Winston Churchilll Date: 01 Aug 00 - 01:25 PM More people die each year by coco nuts falling on their heads than they do by shark attacks. THAT IS TOTALLY TRUE! |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Jim the Bart Date: 01 Aug 00 - 01:20 PM Bill D. and Mark S. - have you both gone Mad?? Or am I missing something? |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Bill D Date: 01 Aug 00 - 10:58 AM well, "notary sojac" (or, 'yraton cajos' some days) was a sign that was always posted somewhere in the "Smoky Stover" comic strip, about a crazy bunch of firemen with a fire engine that has only 2 wheels..."scram gravy ain't wavy" was too. Ohh..I had forgotten "BEEEEEETLEbaum....thanks, Kendall |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: kendall Date: 01 Aug 00 - 09:28 AM hey Bill, what the hell was Notary Sojack besides a horse in a Spike Jones piece? (Beetlebaum) |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Bill D Date: 31 Jul 00 - 11:40 PM MarkS...you got it...guess the rest don't know or don't care..*grin*...Bill Gaines might not care either. I am old enough now that the things that stick best are the oldest ones...like "scram gravy ain't wavy" and "Notary Sojac" and "Pluck your magic twanger, Froggy" ah, well...as the feller said,
"Nostalgia is not what it used to be." |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: catspaw49 Date: 31 Jul 00 - 02:52 PM Wow Bert.....No, I didn't and fuck you very much!!! I never opened that one because I assumed it was more of the adjoining title game thing which I was never too hot on......I'll be there soon, I'm sure!!! Thanks. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Bert Date: 31 Jul 00 - 02:11 PM Spaw, 'Did you know' that there's a thread that was created just for remarks like that? Bert. |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: catspaw49 Date: 31 Jul 00 - 01:42 PM Since this thread has now had plenty of posts............ Thread titles often trigger some thought in me which I can't get out of my mind, but I try not to screw up the thread by posting them early. This one, ever since moon started it makes me think"
DID YOU KNOW ... ? Love the thread.....Its just that some phrases set off an immediate response. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Kim C Date: 31 Jul 00 - 01:23 PM Did you know that Coca-Cola was invented in Atlanta, GA, by a Confederate veteran? Usually people don't come up to me and say did you know. They come up to me and say, you'll know the answer to this. I am generally known in my office as the Keeper of All Trivial Information. |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: GUEST,guest Date: 31 Jul 00 - 01:03 PM I think Seamus needs a long walk! |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: kendall Date: 31 Jul 00 - 11:55 AM did you know that Adam and Eve both had computers? She had an Apple, he had a Wang |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Allan C. Date: 31 Jul 00 - 08:35 AM "To remedy the Feet that are Sore with Travelling. - Take Plantaine and stampe it well. and anoynt your feete with the juice thereof and the greefe will swage." The Good Housewife's Handmaid, 1588 Plantain leaves when crushed and applied to bee stings can bring quick relief. Yep, we're talking about the same stuff that grows in your lawn. It is easily identified because of the parallel veins. Often both the narrow-leaf and the broad-leaf varieties can be found in the same spot. Try some of the young leaves in a salad. Soak them in salted water for a few minutes and then very briefly place them in boiling water to make them tender. |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 31 Jul 00 - 08:06 AM ...that it's only the hairs on a gooseberry that stop it from being a grape (old music hall song) ...there's only one Monopolies Commission. RtS |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: kendall Date: 31 Jul 00 - 07:49 AM Did you know that all dogs (even pugs) are descended from the European Red Wolf? Talk about genetic engineering. |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Sorcha Date: 31 Jul 00 - 12:48 AM that histoplasmosis can cause erythema nodosum? And there is little to be done for it. |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Seamus Kennedy Date: 31 Jul 00 - 12:42 AM Did you know that the leading cause of death among lesbians is hairballs? OOoohh shit! Don't believe I should have posted that one! Seamus |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: bbelle Date: 31 Jul 00 - 12:31 AM OK, Jeri ... I'm crossing bats off my list, too. moonchild |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Jeri Date: 30 Jul 00 - 11:05 PM Pigeon (and some other bird and bat) poo also can cause histoplasmosis. Isn't this what Bob Dylan had a couple of years ago? |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Mbo Date: 30 Jul 00 - 10:28 PM Isn't an axolotl a kind of salamander? Or at least a immature one? "See how they snide...I'm crying..."? --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: MarkS Date: 30 Jul 00 - 10:21 PM Bill D - Its crackers....snide comes from the same source which gave us axolotols. Bill Ganes (sp?) would be pleased to know of this discussion. But I guess, Bill, that makes you about as old as I am! (and had the same misspent youth) Let's not identify the source just yet and see if there are any other takers. MarkS |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: katlaughing Date: 30 Jul 00 - 09:51 PM Still in the family, Brett? Wow! |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: kendall Date: 30 Jul 00 - 09:48 PM Name dropper!!!lol |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Naemanson Date: 30 Jul 00 - 09:35 PM Going way back up the thread to Kendall's comment about the first action of the revolution being fought in Machias Bay: That action was planned in BURNHAM Tavern. Signed, Brett BURNHAM |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: JenEllen Date: 30 Jul 00 - 09:29 PM Nice one Mbo...That line always springs to mind when I'm working in the herb beds. |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: GUEST,Banjo Johnny Date: 30 Jul 00 - 09:27 PM Did you know ...? A Tenor Banjo has only four strings. It doesn't have the "thumb" or ring-a-ding string, as a proper banjo should. Johnny sez, It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that string. |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Mbo Date: 30 Jul 00 - 09:21 PM Here's some rosemary, that's for remembrance. I'd give you violets, but they all withered when my father died... --Matt |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: JenEllen Date: 30 Jul 00 - 09:17 PM Okay Jen....it's not all inclusive, but here are a few
Allysum: Worth beyond beauty
Hopefully the three-leaf plant can cure you of the aversions.... ~Elle |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: kendall Date: 30 Jul 00 - 08:11 PM sorry, brain fart it IS wobh |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Bernard Date: 30 Jul 00 - 08:02 PM Pas de lieu Rhone que nous... |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: kendall Date: 30 Jul 00 - 08:00 PM I forgot what that thread was..anyway its WOBF not wobh |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Bernard Date: 30 Jul 00 - 07:58 PM About the bumble bee aerodynamics thing... Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: SINSULL Date: 29-Jul-00 - 02:59 PM > Or that aerodynamically, the bumblebee is incapable of > flight? Quite a few years ago it was discovered that they flatten their wings together at the top of the stroke, and the resulting suction effect as they pull the wings apart again gives them the necessary lift... Sorry to be the bearer of bad news! It seems bees are a lot cleverer than we think! |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: bbelle Date: 30 Jul 00 - 07:39 PM Jen ... you have now cured me of both sex and birds! Whatever will I do with myself? I know ... I'm going to start writing little teeny tiny messages and attaching them to the leaves of the bushes around my house, to send to various and sundry individuals. What do you know about these wild weeds (in my yard) that have three leaves attached to each stem? moonchild |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: JenEllen Date: 30 Jul 00 - 07:20 PM Actually it IS related to the human version, and doing a titre isn't conclusive, all Chlamydias react the same. Most birds are inapparent carriers, pigeons get conjunctivitis...go figure...and feral pigeons have carrier rates of 50-95%. They poop out the organism, and it dries, aerosolizes when they flap their wings around guano, and re-infect thru respiratory tracts. Humans can get infections ranging from flu-like symptoms to myocarditis, delirium, arthritis, and sudden death. Message for today: Dealing with poo? Wear a mask. Also, for further consideration in the Didja Know... 'Les Langage des Fleurs' by Charlotte de La tour in 1818 led to the resurgence of floriography in the Victorian age? Victorian lovers would send each other posies of flowers with distinct messages being tied to each type of flower. ~Elle |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 30 Jul 00 - 07:03 PM Got something to do with birds I think.... probably been sleeping with that duck again, haven't you! LTS |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: bbelle Date: 30 Jul 00 - 06:58 PM OK, Jen ... what the heck is "avian clamydiosis?" It sounds like a veneral disease, but I don't think I've had it yet. moonchild |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 30 Jul 00 - 06:53 PM To get rid of the pigeons in one of the larger London stations, the local vet spiked pigeon food with contraceptives, to stop them breeding. And a young pigeon is called a squab. The noise they all make as the biggest tries to outdo the others for food is where we get the word squabble from.... LTS |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: JenEllen Date: 30 Jul 00 - 06:49 PM LOL MoonDarlin'.....Pigeon poo will get you Avian Clamydiosis, if you're lucky! |
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: bbelle Date: 30 Jul 00 - 06:38 PM Jen ... would pigeon guano have the same properties? I once restored a 19th century row house on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and the attic was literally filled with guano. I'm now wondering if I had a gold mine and didn't know it. WOW ... to think I cudda been a rich woman! moonchild
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Subject: RE: DID YOU KNOW ... ? From: JenEllen Date: 30 Jul 00 - 05:40 PM .....bat guano contains caffeine....tho I'm not quite ready to trade in the morning cuppa just YET... ~Elle who spent too much time spelunking in Southern Indiana |
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