Road Runner Posted May 15, 2018 Share #1 Posted May 15, 2018 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #2 Posted May 15, 2018 The chick pea is neither a chick or a pea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted May 15, 2018 More people are killed by bees every year than by alligators, bears and sharks combined. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted May 15, 2018 Share #4 Posted May 15, 2018 The first novel written on a typewriter was "Tom Sawyer." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #5 Posted May 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, Road Runner said: More people are killed by bees every year than by alligators, bears and sharks combined. How many alligator bear sharks exist? There can't be many. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted May 15, 2018 Share #6 Posted May 15, 2018 The cornea (the lens in your eye) is the only living tissue in the human body that does not have blood vessels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted May 15, 2018 Share #7 Posted May 15, 2018 1 minute ago, jsharr said: How many alligator bear sharks exist? There can't be many. I am impressed with your hidden talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share #8 Posted May 15, 2018 1 minute ago, jsharr said: How many alligator bear sharks exist? There can't be many. I never would have guessed that that image would exist. Even on the internet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #9 Posted May 15, 2018 Just now, Angelic Zephyr said: I am impressed with your hidden talent. I can cut and paste with the best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #10 Posted May 15, 2018 Just now, Road Runner said: I never would have guessed that that image would exist. Even on the internet. How about an alligator bear shark being attacked by bees? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted May 15, 2018 Share #11 Posted May 15, 2018 I thought for sure you had to have sketched it, the thought that someone else would come up with a bear, shark, alligator combined thing besides you boggles the mind 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #12 Posted May 15, 2018 1 minute ago, Angelic Zephyr said: I thought for sure you had to have sketched it, the thought that someone else would come up with a bear, shark, alligator combined thing besides you boggles the mind I can assure you I did not sketch that. I have posted some of my post it note sharpie sketches for avatars in the past as proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share #13 Posted May 15, 2018 15 minutes ago, jsharr said: I can assure you I did not sketch that. I was pretty sure of that, simply because you didn't have time to sketch it and upload it that quickly. Great work, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted May 15, 2018 Share #14 Posted May 15, 2018 Fun fact: If you are properly proportioned, your height is equal to three times the circumference of your head at the widest part. Go ahead, I know you don't believe me. Go get a tape measure..., I'll wait. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #15 Posted May 15, 2018 1 minute ago, Angelic Zephyr said: Fun fact: If you are properly proportioned, your height is equal to three times the circumference of your head at the widest part. Go ahead, I know you don't believe me. Go get a tape measure..., I'll wait. Can I measure around my ten gallon hat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #16 Posted May 15, 2018 This is closer to what I would have drawn 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 15, 2018 Share #17 Posted May 15, 2018 Greenville, South Carolina was the textile center of the world from 1919 - 1979 with the largest textile mill in the world under 1 roof with Woodside mill. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldendesign Posted May 15, 2018 Share #18 Posted May 15, 2018 Green Eggs and Ham was a bet between Dr. Seuss and Bennet Cerf (editor and founder of Random House) that he could write a full book with less than 50 different words used. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #19 Posted May 15, 2018 The peanut is both a pea and a nut. Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted May 15, 2018 Share #20 Posted May 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, AirwickYongRulao said: Greenville, South Carolina was the textile center of the world from 1919 - 1979 with the largest textile mill in the world under 1 roof with Woodside mill. That looks like a picture from my Dad's model railroad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldendesign Posted May 15, 2018 Share #21 Posted May 15, 2018 7 minutes ago, AirwickYongRulao said: Woodside mill. Now hipster Apartments! Been in them when they were still building the interiors. I always like how quaint Greenville was but could never fathom why my family, parents/elder sister, moved there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #22 Posted May 15, 2018 1 minute ago, Angelic Zephyr said: That looks like a picture from my Dad's model railroad What's amazing is that 1979 Greenville looks like "1879 anywhere-else-in-the-civilized-world". Tom 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 15, 2018 Share #23 Posted May 15, 2018 Your Dad pictured heaven as my Greenville. Woodside was the biggest but we had 14 other mills polluting the air as fast as we could. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 15, 2018 Share #24 Posted May 15, 2018 1 minute ago, goldendesign said: Now hipster Apartments! Been in them when they were still building the interiors. I always like how quaint Greenville was but could never fathom why my family, parents/elder sister, moved there. Why have you never told me this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 15, 2018 Share #25 Posted May 15, 2018 8 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: The peanut is both a pea and a nut. Tom 3 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: What's amazing is that 1979 Greenville looks like "1879 anywhere-else-in-the-civilized-world". Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted May 15, 2018 Share #26 Posted May 15, 2018 1 minute ago, AirwickYongRulao said: Your Dad pictured heaven as my Greenville. Woodside was the biggest but we had 14 other mills polluting the air as fast as we could. My dad grew up behind this place in Marysville NB. In fact when Boss Gibson built the cotton mill, he purchased the land for it from my family. Dad always had a mill in every layout he built. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #27 Posted May 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, goldendesign said: I always like how quaint Greenville was but could never fathom why my family, parents/elder sister, moved there. Greenville is "Asheville-lite". Maybe they just didn't want to step too deep into "great", and thought "good enough" was doable? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 15, 2018 Share #28 Posted May 15, 2018 1 minute ago, Razors Edge said: Greenville is "Asheville-lite". Maybe they just didn't want to step too deep into "great", and thought "good enough" was doable? Tom Sure Tom, sure. Tell us more about the peanut and Washington DC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldendesign Posted May 15, 2018 Share #29 Posted May 15, 2018 1 minute ago, AirwickYongRulao said: Why have you never told me this? Which? I figured you knew the apartments part and I thought I mentioned my family living there. My sister lives in Anderson and my folks were in a piece of property north of Paris Mountain now living in FL but moving back to Rocky Bottom area soon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 15, 2018 Share #30 Posted May 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, Angelic Zephyr said: My dad grew up behind this place in Marysville NB. In fact when Boss Gibson built the cotton mill, he purchased the land for it from my family. Dad always had a mill in every layout he built. Smaller than Woodside. Woodside brothers developed Myrtle Beach. And the Poinsett Hotel. Finest in the South. Destroyed the Peabody and Atlanta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share #31 Posted May 15, 2018 Greenville is very nice, except for the area around the Days Inn on I-85. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 15, 2018 Share #32 Posted May 15, 2018 1 minute ago, goldendesign said: Which? I figured you knew the apartments part and I thought I mentioned my family living there. My sister lives in Anderson and my folks were in a piece of property north of Paris Mountain now living in FL but moving back to Rocky Bottom area soon Anderson does not count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #33 Posted May 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, AirwickYongRulao said: Sure Tom, sure. Tell us more about the peanut and Washington DC? Well, the FIRST peanut is on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (free admission and located right on the Mall). Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share #34 Posted May 15, 2018 1 minute ago, Razors Edge said: Well, the FIRST peanut is on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (free admission and located right on the Mall). Tom I bet it would taste good chopped up in a salad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 15, 2018 Share #35 Posted May 15, 2018 5 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Well, the FIRST peanut is on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (free admission and located right on the Mall). Tom Do you have a contact there? I would make another trip to the swamp to see Martha the passenger pigeon. I think she's in storage now and not on display. You make this happen and I will buy you lunch and not consider you a schmuck. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #36 Posted May 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, AirwickYongRulao said: Do you have a contact there? I would make another trip to the swamp to see Martha the passenger pigeon. I think she's in storage now and not on display. You make this happen and I will buy you lunch and not consider you a schmuck. You can't walk a block without running into someone who works for the Smithsonian. Those folks are everywhere. Once I get one of my guys to sort out this new baby gorilla, I'll look into the pigeon thing for ya. Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #37 Posted May 15, 2018 The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack was not fought by the Monitor and the Merrimack. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #38 Posted May 15, 2018 Snoopy, from the Peanuts comics, is the astronauts' personal safety mascot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #39 Posted May 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack was not fought by the Monitor and the Merrimack. Do tell Virginia, do tell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 15, 2018 Share #40 Posted May 15, 2018 Frank Selvy, Furman University, held the record for most points scored in a college basketball game with 100 for over 50 years. His record was intentionally stolen by some cheating pigs that no one remembers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #41 Posted May 15, 2018 Samsung tests phone durability with a butt-shaped robot. Surprisingly Parodybot does not have this job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #42 Posted May 15, 2018 The lightning we see as the bright flash is actually the return stroke and it starts from the earth and goes back up the negative path that lowered from the clouds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted May 15, 2018 Share #43 Posted May 15, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #44 Posted May 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Samsung tests phone durability with a butt-shaped robot. Surprisingly Parodybot does not have this job. Samsung called him. He told them to call me if they wanted a big dumb ass to break shit. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share #45 Posted May 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack was not fought by the Monitor and the Merrimack. What's even worse is that a bridge-tunnel was built 26 years ago from Suffolk to Newport News near where the battle was fought, and it was named the "Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel". And no one here even blinked an eye. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #46 Posted May 15, 2018 1 hour ago, UglyBob said: The first novel written on a typewriter was "Tom Sawyer." Was that based on the Rush song? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted May 15, 2018 Share #47 Posted May 15, 2018 18 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Was that based on the Rush song? I think Sam and Geddy were roommates in college. Not sure which one stole the idea from the other. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted May 15, 2018 Share #48 Posted May 15, 2018 If a penguin has kneecaps, why do they still wattle? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted May 15, 2018 Share #49 Posted May 15, 2018 A flag my mom made for the women that used to fly military planes is on display at the Smithsonian Museum. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted May 15, 2018 Share #50 Posted May 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Angelic Zephyr said: Fun fact: If you are properly proportioned, your height is equal to three times the circumference of your head at the widest part. Go ahead, I know you don't believe me. Go get a tape measure..., I'll wait. This sounds like a forensics fun fact. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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