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Author Topic: Did You Know That... (game) Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 09-22-2004 06:47 PM                        quote: Making a couple hundred lines of [puke] in the chatroom will cause it to crash. That's why that Perl process grew to nearly 300 MB last night! Goes to show why you shouldn't write production code while very heavily intoxicated. Someday I'll fix that code.  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 09-23-2004 05:54 AM                        quote: Tommie Evans You can fit all the people in the world on the Isle of White (small island on the south coast of England People in Birmingham can't spell Isle of Wight! That most beer tastes better on the way up than Tetleys does on the way down  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 09-23-2004 06:17 AM                        That Winston Churchill said 'If pisswilly little buggers like him had been responsible for building the empire, we might just have colonised the Isle of Wight by now.' The 'him' was Hitler, and Churchill made this remark just after the latter's election in 1933. Famous last words or what...  |  IP: Logged Hugh McCullough Expert Film Handler Posts: 147 From: Old Coulsdon, Surrey, UK Registered: Jan 2003 posted 09-23-2004 06:57 AM                        At the present rate of erosion the Isle of Wight will disappear in 500 years time. The phrase "rule of thumb" comes from and old English law which said that a man could not beat his wife with anything wider than his thumb. Your foot and your forearm are the same length (from your wrist to the inside of your elbow). The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan." Many years ago in England, pub customers had a whistle fitted into the rim or handle of their ceramic pint mugs. When they wanted more beer, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Fuentes Mmmm, Dr. Pepper! Posts: 1168 From: Corpus Christi, TX United States Registered: Jan 2004 posted 09-23-2004 07:08 AM                     Peanut oil is used for underwater cooking in submarines. Undersea fleets like it because it does not smoke unless heated above 450 degrees F.  |  IP: Logged Jason M Miller Master Film Handler Posts: 284 From: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 09-23-2004 09:41 AM                     In 1982, a cactus in Phoenix, Arizona killed a man. David Grundman fired two shotgun blasts at a giant saguaro cactus that ended up falling on top of him. In India, a 9-year-old girl was "married" to a stray dog, which tribal custom requires in order to protect a child whose first tooth appears on the upper gum. In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans In the 17th century, Sawney Beane, his wife, eight sons, six daughters, eighteen grandsons, and fourteen granddaughters, who were all born in incest, were a family of cannibals that lived in caves in Scotland. They murdered hundreds of men, women and children and then ate them. The entire family was executed in Edinburgh without a trial.(this would make for an interesting movie) The longest engagement lasted 67 years, and the couple ended up marrying when they were 82 years old.  |  IP: Logged Hugh McCullough Expert Film Handler Posts: 147 From: Old Coulsdon, Surrey, UK Registered: Jan 2003 posted 09-23-2004 10:40 AM                        quote: Jason M Miller In the 17th century, Sawney Beane, his wife, eight sons, six daughters, eighteen grandsons, and fourteen granddaughters, who were all born in incest, were a family of cannibals that lived in caves in Scotland. They murdered hundreds of men, women and children and then ate them. The entire family was executed in Edinburgh without a trial. I'm sure I read in a history book that they were all staked out on the ground outside Edinbugh castle, and had their wrists cut so they slowly bled to death.  |  IP: Logged R. Andrew Diercks Expert Film Handler Posts: 232 From: Marion, Iowa (In the middle of everywhere) Registered: May 2003 posted 09-23-2004 12:27 PM                     Did you know that if Al Capone's lawyers had been aware of the statute of limitations on tax laws, he could not have been convicted of anything.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 09-23-2004 01:17 PM                        The last public (yes, public) execution in France took place as late as 1939. It was covered extensively by the media, and footage of the guillotine-ing was shown in newsreels (I've seen one of them, and it doesn't leave anything to the imagination).  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-23-2004 10:59 PM                     quote: Hugh McCullough Your foot and your forearm are the same length (from your wrist to the inside of your elbow). Holy shitte! It's true! In the words of Johnny Carson, "I did not know that!" Did you know that Al Capone's business card said he was a "Used Furniture Dealer"?  |  IP: Logged John Lasher Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Newark, DE Registered: Aug 2001 posted 10-04-2004 10:03 PM                        Percoset is the single most powerfull pain killer that can be prescribed for home use unless the patient suffers from cancer. It is an opium derivative and can cause drowsiness, upset stomach, impared judgement and, in some cases, addiction.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 10-04-2004 10:30 PM                        Did you know that there was a drug by the name of Oxycontin that is far more powerful and addictive that Percocet?  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 10-04-2004 10:58 PM                    Did you know that ... ... the number on the trash compactor door in the Star Wars film is 3263827, but in the Star Wars radio drama it's 326387?  |  IP: Logged Gracia L. Babbidge Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 709 From: Bowdoin, Maine Registered: Aug 2000 posted 10-05-2004 10:23 AM                        ...(generally speaking) women have a higher capacity for multi-tasking than men. ...Trogdor the Burninator can never be killed by a peasant. ...artists can color the sky any color then want, everyone else colors is blue for fear of looking stupid. ...[concerning bead reamers] users and bystanders should wear safety goggles.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 10-05-2004 03:54 PM                    Ah Gracia our little -kitten. Out of bed already? Did you know that... F-T was mentioned in national press over the weekend?  |  IP: Logged

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