Useless knowledge

[bbor]

I heard this on sports radio here in Toronto this morning,thought it might be an interesting topic for the first day back at school.

There are only 2 cities that use the same colours for all their pro sports teams.

Pittsburgh....Black and gold

Montreal....Red,white and blue.

Why would anyone know this?

Please post your useless knowledge.....i need some entertainment(slow businessday) :)

[Suicane75]

Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy.
Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booths brother saved Lincolns son from being hit by a train.

[wbatl1]

[QUOTE=bbor]the first day back at school.
[QUOTE]

Holy cow, I forgot you people up north get school started real late. Its like a month in down here.

[henry296]

My girlfriend is a teacher and they started today... I also always started the day after Labor Day in Pittsburgh.

[Suicane75]

My girlfriend is a teacher and they started today... I also always started the day after Labor Day in Pittsburgh.

pics pls, kthnx.

[JeeberD]

D'you know that the human head weighs 8 pounds?

[Fidatelo]

There are only 2 cities that use the same colours for all their pro sports teams.

Pittsburgh....Black and gold

Montreal....Red,white and blue.

What about Green Bay? http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Suicane75]

D'you know that the human head weighs 8 pounds?


You have apparently never seen Rosie O'Donnels head.

[JonInMiddleGA]

You have apparently never seen Rosie O'Donnels head.

I think the size is a little misleading there ... much of O'Donnel's head is filled with air, therefore making the 8 pound range still very possible.

[bbor]

D'you know that the human head weighs 8 pounds?

Mine weighs much more than that....not cause i'm smart(obviously)....but because i have a ham head.

[JeeberD]

Apparently no one gets the Jerry Maguire reference... :(

[rkmsuf]

Apparently no one gets the Jerry Maguire reference... :(

It was gotten, relax. It's a given in a useless knowledge thread.

[bbor]

Apparently no one gets the Jerry Maguire reference... :(

Useless knowledge.....I did'nt get it :(

[Pyser]

the bottom of a wine bottle, where its indented (convex? concave? i can never remember) is called a "punt".

[MrBug708]

Anne Boylin (sp) had 6 fingers on one hand. I raed that in a Disney Adventures when I was 12 and thought I'd never need that ever. I went on a Cruise when I was 16 and lo and behold, in a trivia game, that question came up and my team was the only one to get it right.

[Passacaglia]

My girlfriend is a teacher and they started today... I also always started the day after Labor Day in Pittsburgh.

In the school where I'm student teaching, classes started today. I showed up in the morning, and was told I didn't need to observe today's classes, so I got an unexpected day off! But tomorrow is the first REAL day of classes.

[Franklinnoble]

My girlfriend is a teacher and they started today... I also always started the day after Labor Day in Pittsburgh.
Lock up your firearms and be wary of any teenagers hanging around your girlfriend's place.

[Radii]

Anne Boylin (sp) had 6 fingers on one hand

so does Antonio Alfonseca, I would have thought he could get some crazy movement on his pitches with an extra finger on your pitching hand, but nope, he sucks ass.

[Scholes]

I've read that the words silver, orange and purple are the only words not to rhyme with any other english words.

[Franklinnoble]

I've read that the words silver, orange and purple are the only words not to rhyme with any other english words.
Orange rhymes with "door hinge"

I got nothing.

[Schmidty]

D'you know that the human head weighs 8 pounds?

You're needy.

Did you know that Noop's penis is thick?

[rkmsuf]

You're needy.

Did you know that Noop's penis is thick?

I'm guessing you are one of the select few with that knowledge.

[Schmidty]

I'm guessing you are one of the select few with that knowledge.

Funny. Subtle. Insulting.

I give it a 9.4.

[Noop]

You're needy.

Did you know that Noop's pen is thick?
Correct.

[KevinNU7]

There is a town/city in 49 states of the union named Warren.

[Simms]

"Rhythm" is the longest word in the English language that does not contain "a", "e", "i", "o", or "u".

[oliegirl]

I've read that the words silver, orange and purple are the only words not to rhyme with any other english words.

What about "celery"? I thought that didn't rhyme with anything either....

[JAG]

Also month.

[Raven Hawk]

"Facescious" is one of two words in the english language that uses one of each of the vowels in alphabetical order throughout the word. I forget what the other one is.

[Mantle2600]

i heard thar hitlers mom wanted an abortion but the doctor advised her not too

[Mantle2600]

Dola, and "racecar" spelled backwards is "racecar".

[Desnudo]

New Jersey and Oregon are the only two states where it is illegal to pump your own gas.

[Terps]

New Jersey and Oregon are the only two states where it is illegal to pump your own gas.
I don't know if it's illegal in NJ, because I know I've done it a few times when I didn't want to wait for the attendant.

[bbor]

Dola, and "racecar" spelled backwards is "racecar".

There is a name for this.....what is it???? It's driving me crazy that i can't remember it.....

[Neuqua]

palindrome?

[bbor]

palindrome?

Danke :)

[Noop]

What about "celery"? I thought that didn't rhyme with anything either....
Celery - Felony
Month - Cunt, Runt, Punt

[The_herd]

Celery - Felony
Month - Cunt, Runt, Punt

I think you are pronouncing these words wrong.

[Maple Leafs]

The definition of a rhyme is any word with the same last syllable.

The only words without rhymes are orange, month and oblige.

[Draft Dodger]

John Ratzenburger (Cliff Claven) was in Empire Strikes Back

[Noop]

I think you are pronouncing these words wrong.
??? I say it out loud and they ryhme.

[sabotai]

John Ratzenburger (Cliff Claven) was in Empire Strikes Back

hxxp://www.starwars.com/databank/character/majorbrenderlin/index.html

[JeeberD]

??? I say it out loud and they ryhme.

Month, not munt. TH. Thhhhhhh, as in thick. There's no "th" sound in cunt, punt, or runt.

Thank you, please come again... :)

[QuikSand]

The definition of a rhyme is any word with the same last syllable.

Actually, a technical rhyme has to match all the way back to the forst consonant sound of the last accented syllable.

You wouldn't accept a word like "misty" to rhyme with "beauty" -- even though they have identical last syllables. Instead, you would need a word like "duty" to properly rhyme with "beauty."

Or "booty" but that sends us down a different avenue altogether...

[bbor]

Month, not munt. TH. Thhhhhhh, as in thick. There's no "th" sound in cunt, punt, or runt.

Thank you, please come again... :)

And lemme tell ya...Jeebs knows about cunt.....he work in the restaraunt business eh...."that f'n CUNT did'nt leave me a tip" :D

[QuikSand]

I'm such a geek for useless knowledge that I have heard everything in this thread before, including Anne Boelyn's sixth finger (and even a rumored thid breast).

Well, I guess I never heard Noop's rhymes before, so those are new to me.

[rkmsuf]

Actually, a technical rhyme has to match all the way back to the forst consonant sound of the last accented syllable.

You wouldn't accept a word like "misty" to rhyme with "beauty" -- even though they have identical last syllables. Instead, you would need a word like "duty" to properly rhyme with "beauty."

Or "booty" but that sends us down a different avenue altogether...

So you are saying month doesn't rhyme with punt?

[tategter]

So you are saying month doesn't rhyme with punt?

In some parts of the US month and punt might rhyme. Maybe even in a country song lyric, but not in proper english.

[heybrad]

palindrome?
And now for the longest palindrome....

a man a plan a canal panama

[QuikSand]

So you are saying month doesn't rhyme with punt?

That's not what I was saying, but it's also true.

I thought the lack of rhyme with words that have entirely different consonant sounds was pretty evident.

There's certainly some poetic license involved, especially in music, but none of those words from Noop's list are true rhymes, of course.

[bbor]

I'm such a geek for useless knowledge that I have heard everything in this thread before, including Anne Boelyn's sixth finger (and even a rumored thid breast).

Well, I guess I never heard Noop's rhymes before, so those are new to me.


I was shocked when i opened this thread this morning and saw that you had'nt posted yet.

And now you have posted...but with no tidbits of knowledge....Please share.

[rkmsuf]

That's not what I was saying, but it's also true.

I thought the lack of rhyme with words that have entirely different consonant sounds was pretty evident.

There's certainly some poetic license involved, especially in music, but none of those words from Noop's list are true rhymes, of course.

but surely ask and axe rhyme.

[tategter]

but surely ask and axe rhyme.

Only in ebonics

[LloydLungs]

And now for the longest palindrome....

a man a plan a canal panama

What about "Egad, a base tone denotes a bad age."

I Palindrome I.....

[Draft Dodger]

And now for the longest palindrome....

a man a plan a canal panama

and for some latin fun...'Sator Arepo tenet opera rotas'

or

SATOR
AREPO
TENET
OPERA
ROTAS

[psychedelicate-girl]

Weird things I know:


As an iceberg melts, it makes a fizzing sound because of the compressed air bubbles popping in the ice.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles.

[sabotai]

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start

[Desnudo]

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start

Contra?

[Draft Dodger]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=2]Weird things I kDuring WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles.


guess that's better than The Ealers.

[Wolfpack]

I can read this (mostly):

KDTW 080854Z 03009KT 10SM SCT150 16/13 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP193 T01560128 50001 $

[Cuckoo]

Contra?


:D Indeed.

[rkmsuf]

I can make spagetti

[heybrad]

I can tape your butt cheeks together.

[Fonzie]

When dolphins (the marine mammals, not the alleged football players in Miami) sleep, they do so one cerebral hemisphere at a time. That is, the halves of their brains take turns sleeping. This is thought to be an adaptation accomodating their need to constantly rise to the surface and get air.

Come to think of it, this might also be true of the Miami Dolphins front office. However, in their case it seems as though they are in a constant cycle of single-hemisphere functioning.

[lurker]

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start

Oh wow, when I read that it was like I could recite it while reading it without having any idea what it was. Kinda freaked me out until someone mentioned Contra. At least there's an explanation! Although I never would have thought I'd remember that.

[sabotai]

Well, it was for several games by the same company, but everyone remembers it for Contra (since it was by far the most popular). 99 lives!

[lurker]

Now I feel like breaking out the Nintendo tonight. Super Mario Bros AND the Power Pad -- I'm such a geek. The classics are where it's at. Still gotta find Contra somewhere...

[Draft Dodger]

I can make spagetti

but not spell it

[lurker]

Now you're pointing out spelling mistakes? This thread would probably cause a spell-checker to malfunction by the 15th post!

[sabotai]

I speel not verie goode.

[Suicane75]

I can bend my fingers on my left hand all the way back to touch my wrist, this skill impressed my karate instructor so much that he found other ways to inflict pain on me.
:(

[Raven Hawk]

A Wolf is more closely related to a Grizzly Bear than a Panda Bear is.

[mckerney]

I hate people I don't know.

[rkmsuf]

but not spell it

thanks batboy

I can also play heart and soul on the piano.

[FrogMan]

I can bend my fingers on my left hand all the way back to touch my wrist, this skill impressed my karate instructor so much that he found other ways to inflict pain on me.
:(
HAHAHA, been there, done that. :) Not with my fingers to my wrist, but I'm pretty flexible, legs mostly but my arms too, and yes, they will find other ways to make you surrender...

FM