True or false... - 11/27/01 05:30 AM
This list was sent to me by a workmate: (Parenthetical comments are mine)
1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
> > 2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
> > 3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
> > 4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
> > 5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
> > 6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
> > 7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. (Toxic eggplant?)
> > 8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is
>"screeched."
> > 9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
> > building is an American flag.
> > 10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
> > 11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver,
> > or purple.(Unless you're Ogden Nash)
> > 12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."
> > 13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial, on
> > the back of the $5 bill.
> > 14. Almonds are a member of the peach family. (No wonder my Georgia relatives are so nutty!)
> > 15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
> > 16. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.(So why ain't it a redneck state?)
> > 17. There are only four words in the English language which end in
> > "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. (Dous y'all know any that begin with it?)
> > 18. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo DE Nuestra Senora la Reina de
> > Los Angeles de Porciuncula"
> > 19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
> > 20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.(Ladies, don't go tellin' us what part of a man's anatomy is bigger than his brain!)
> > 21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
> > 22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
> > 23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
> > 24. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street, were named after
> > Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a
> > Wonderful Life"
> > 25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
> > 26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.(And you thought it was just teenagers!)
> > 27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
> > 28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.(This one's false! I can do it, after many years of practice. Of course, I now have eyes like the late Marty Feldman's)
> > 29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
> > 30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
> > 31. The microwave was invented, after a researcher walked by a radar
> > tube, and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
> > 32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
> > 33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
> > 34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
> > 35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left
>hand
1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
> > 2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
> > 3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
> > 4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
> > 5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
> > 6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
> > 7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. (Toxic eggplant?)
> > 8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is
>"screeched."
> > 9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
> > building is an American flag.
> > 10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
> > 11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver,
> > or purple.(Unless you're Ogden Nash)
> > 12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."
> > 13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial, on
> > the back of the $5 bill.
> > 14. Almonds are a member of the peach family. (No wonder my Georgia relatives are so nutty!)
> > 15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
> > 16. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.(So why ain't it a redneck state?)
> > 17. There are only four words in the English language which end in
> > "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. (Dous y'all know any that begin with it?)
> > 18. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo DE Nuestra Senora la Reina de
> > Los Angeles de Porciuncula"
> > 19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
> > 20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.(Ladies, don't go tellin' us what part of a man's anatomy is bigger than his brain!)
> > 21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
> > 22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
> > 23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
> > 24. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street, were named after
> > Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a
> > Wonderful Life"
> > 25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
> > 26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.(And you thought it was just teenagers!)
> > 27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
> > 28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.(This one's false! I can do it, after many years of practice. Of course, I now have eyes like the late Marty Feldman's)
> > 29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
> > 30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
> > 31. The microwave was invented, after a researcher walked by a radar
> > tube, and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
> > 32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
> > 33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
> > 34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
> > 35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left
>hand
