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30 Apr 2015, 4:48 pm

I just read that spider-fighting is a popular if not very humane pastime in Florida prisons. The inmates catch and keep them as pets. I also read that three inmates got into a nasty fight over the theft of a beloved arachnid. :spiderman:



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02 May 2015, 2:44 pm

That soaking your fingernails in nail polish remover for at least 15 minutes can remove your French manicure if needed.


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03 May 2015, 4:57 pm

That there were 94,000 goats in the UK in 2012.



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03 May 2015, 8:47 pm

One popular theory of the origin of the traditional faceless Amish Doll is that a little girl once received a rag doll with a face as a gift, but her Amish father became upset and cut its head off, saying that "Only God can make people".

Um, if only God can make people, then what's with all those stories about how a daddy plants a seed in the mommy's tummy to... aw, never mind.

Anyway, the father replaced the doll's head with a stuffed sock, and she happily played with it for years.

Apparently another reason the dolls are faceless is because of the Commandment that tells not to worship false idols. Since I collect faced dolls, make faced dolls and draw faces on my cartoon characters I must have a special reservation in Hell by now, next to the serial killers and drug dealers. :roll:



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04 May 2015, 12:51 am

^^^^ Weird how some people probably still believe it's wrong to represent a face. Take Islam for instance where they don't want to see any pics of Mohammed? Surprising really that there were no objections to all the various statues and monuments built e.g. Mount Rushmore.

If one of my nieces had a faceless doll I'd want to give it a face. 8)


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04 May 2015, 4:32 pm

That lukewarm tap water can help with my cat Sammy's digestive problems.


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06 May 2015, 4:19 pm

My pants dont have that cumstain I thought they had on them.



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07 May 2015, 4:05 pm

I learned that Vegemite-flavoured chocolate is apparently about to become a thing in Australia:
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/c ... 7342657241

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Apparently it goes on sale 1 June. I'd buy some, just to see what it tastes like.


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07 May 2015, 4:35 pm

That too many video games are unfair. :(


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12 May 2015, 7:10 pm

Murihiku wrote:
I learned that Vegemite-flavoured chocolate is apparently about to become a thing in Australia:
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/c ... 7342657241

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Apparently it goes on sale 1 June. I'd buy some, just to see what it tastes like.


australia only, huh?? :(

(i still haven't finished my vege/marmite).


today i leaned that my hatred of meetings is something to be made fun of.


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13 May 2015, 12:08 am

what meetings are you supposed to attend, Kip? - Is this at uni?

I hate meetings too!


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13 May 2015, 12:53 am

more like not supposed to - they come into the room, set up and make me leave.

they're in there when they have one and make me wait outside. sooo top secret!


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14 May 2015, 12:00 am

1 sq.mi. equals 640 acres, exact. Now, my calculator's units converter says 1 sq.mi. = 639.997440003 acres. I did some research on the internet and both seem to be correct. There are two kinds of mile but unfortunately I can't any more find the explanation.



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16 May 2015, 11:44 am

Something that I learnt yesterday, is that there used to be a cartoon series about James Bond's nephew. It was called James Bond Jr and it was on in 1991.



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17 May 2015, 5:34 pm

I learned, in researching for one of the Off The Wall games, that there are no Japanese cities beginning with the letter 'P', or indeed containing this letter. So there is presumably no letter 'P' in the Japanese language.



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17 May 2015, 6:32 pm

This is something I learned a while ago, but... earthworms, which are supposed to be every gardener's best friend,are really an invasive species here in North America.

I never heard of earthworms causing problems for other species and that they fertilize the soil by eating dead organic material, so does that mean any plant or animal that's not native an invasive species?

Of course, my ancestors were Euro-Caucasian, so I guess we're just one big fat white invasive species. :(