Completely Useless Trivia

1/18/2006 | Todd Bush

[ToddBush]

Feel free to comment or add if you have anymore.

[Blzbba]

"* Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month? "


The letter "D".

[ToddBush]

Everybody's a comedian

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

It is impossible to lick your elbow

[Blood of Tyrants]

* If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Urban legend. There is no standard.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I weas thinking "Christmas".

[Keith in Iowa]

Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?

[Jonah Hex]

* If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

And if all four legs are in the air, then beware of tornadoes.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

TELEPHONE NUMBER CALCULATOR GAME

Grab a calculator.
Type in the first three numbers of your seven digit telephone number.
Multiply by 80
Add one
Multiply by 250
Add the last four digits of your number
Add them again
Subtract 250
Divide by 2

What is the final number?

[Blood of Tyrants]

What color was George Washington's white horse"

Grey or albino, you cannot register a horse as "white".

Who was buried in Grant's tomb?

Grant. And his wife.

Which is heavier? A pound of feathers or a pound of gold?

A pound of feathers. Gold has only 12 ounces per pound. (Troy weight)

Which is heavier? An ounce of gold or an ounce of feathers?

An ounce of gold. Gold is measured in Troy ounces which are about 10% heavier than standard ounces.

[andrew2527]

lol

[scrabblehack]

* If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
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Not every sculptor followed this rule. The sculpture of Andrew Jackson in Jackson Square in New Orleans has both front legs in the air.

[Emmett McCarthy]

I'll volunteer to do it for her. And, if it turns out that she can do it herself, I'll volunteer to ....

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I'll volunteer to ....

Yeah, there's a part of my body that she can....

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[Emmett McCarthy]

Now, now - I wasn't gonna go there. I hope the mods know that I was going to volunteer to buy her an ice cream cone.

[saganite]

Kule!

[mak5]

Charles Starkweather, inventor of the laser printer, would be surprised to learn that he is a woman. In addition, the inventor of Kevlar is a woman, but she did not invent the bulletproof vest.

[r-q-tek86]

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language

... and "I do" is the longest sentence.

[fzx12345]

Nobody is buried in Grant's Tomb. Mr. & Mrs. Grant are entombed there. If they were buried, the monument would be called Grant's Grave.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Okay. Who is ENTOMBED in Grant's tomb?

Uh, same answer.