Things you know for no reason

[Fritz]

The gay black guy (Lamar) in "Revenge of the Nerds" is the voice of the Paladin in Diablo 2.

[Qwikshot]

Alaska is the only state you can type using home keys only.

[McSweeny]

elephants can't jump

[SplitPersonality1]

"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star", "The Alphabet Song" and "Baa Baa Black Sheep" are the same song, just different words.

[Tarkus]

Originally posted by Fritz
The gay black guy (Lamar) in "Revenge of the Nerds" is the voice of the Paladin in Diablo 2.
OMFG, you mean I've been playing a gay Paladin all this time! :eek:

Tarkus

[Fritz]

Originally posted by Tarkus
OMFG, you mean I've been playing a gay Paladin all this time! :eek:


black too.

forget all that though. His "limp wristed throwing style" is murder with a javlin.

[Mustang]

The little piece on the end of a shoelace is an aglet

[sabotai]

People who have had laser correction on their eyes can not donate their corneas (sp?)

[Tarkus]

Originally posted by Fritz
black too.

forget all that though. His "limp wristed throwing style" is murder with a javlin.
I knew that blessed hammer motion looked funny! :D

Tarkus

[Fritz]

Originally posted by Tarkus
I knew that blessed hammer motion looked funny! :D


It also explains the "holy moonwalk" cheat.

[AgPete]

Originally posted by sabotai
People who have had laser correction on their eyes can not donate their corneas (sp?)

I'm an organ donor on my license and plan on having laser correction in the not too distant future. That's one less organ for them to cut out. :p

[Tarkus]

Originally posted by Fritz
It also explains the "holy moonwalk" cheat.
hmm, having played for a while, that must be a new one. :)

Tarkus

[Fritz]

Originally posted by Tarkus
hmm, having played for a while, that must be a new one.


you havent used the Blessedfeetofthekingofpop cheat?

[cthomer5000]

No one really knows that the kid who played "DJ" from the show Roseanne was not the original DJ. There was a different DJ for the pilot episode only, but that episode DID air on TV.

I won 10 bucks swearing on that one when drunk with friends. We immediately hit the internet and I proved myself correct.

[Tarkus]

Originally posted by Fritz
you havent used the Blessedfeetofthekingofpop cheat?
umm, nope. I have 6 high level characters (75+) but I stopped pretty much after the exp when they couldn't kill squat any longer. :)

Tarkus

[bbor]

The twins on Everyone loves Raymond had there first names changes midway through the first season.

[MikeVic]

Some guys in central America, or latin America.. somewhere there... have blue penis... :eek: and the women think its endowed with special powers... :confused:

[Blade6119]

I live in the town with the most illegal aliens in the country...Phoenix, Arizona..not really a town, bt a mega-tropolis....oh well.....with all the "newcomers from across the border," well be moving up from 6th biggest city in no time...look out L.A.!!!

[GoldenEagle]

I can drank 15 beers in a night and get totally wasted.

[JeeberD]

The human head weighs ten pounds...

[vex]

10 billion years from now the length of a day on earth will increase from 24 hours to 564 hours.

[sabotai]

10 billion years from now, the earth will have long since been engulfed but an expanding sun and thus, will not exist. :)

[MikeVic]

You watch "Cram!" don't you, Jeeber? ;)

[vex]

Nice one, sabotai.

[JeeberD]

Originally posted by MikeVic
You watch "Cram!" don't you, Jeeber? ;)

Umm, actually I was refering to what the little kid on "Jerry Maguire" was always saying...

What the heck is "Cram"?

[Draft Dodger]

The KISS song "War Machine" (among others) was co-written by Bryan Adams.

[Draft Dodger]

The NASDAQ would have to gain 9% each year, for the next 15 years, to reach it's high-level point (of March, 2000 I believe)

[Draft Dodger]

in the love scene on the train in the movie Fair Game, a body double is used when Cindy Crawford's character bares her breasts.

[Draft Dodger]

Babe du jour Eliza Dushku was the kid in True Lies.

[Draft Dodger]

Pink's "Get the Party Started" was written by 4 Non Blondes Linda Perry. Meaning, she has written two of the most aggravatingly overplayed songs in the history of pop music (remember the hey, hey, hey, what's going on song)

[JeeberD]

The little girl that Elliot kissed in ET was Erika Eleniak of Baywatch fame...

[JeeberD]

Damn, DD, you're full of useless knowledge...:D

[Draft Dodger]

Britney Spears "I'm a Slave 4 U" is based on a sample of Vanity 6's "Nasty Girl"

[McSweeny]

the only sound known to man that does not echo is a duck's quack... and no one knows why

[Draft Dodger]

Originally posted by McSweeny
the only sound known to man that does not echo is a duck's quack... and no one knows why

not true, actually (http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_071.html)
(just happened to have seen that before)

[Draft Dodger]

Originally posted by Fritz
The gay black guy (Lamar) in "Revenge of the Nerds" is the voice of the Paladin in Diablo 2.

it's probably not unknown trivia that the red-headed nerd is Timothy Bussfield of 30something. but, I'll post it anyway.

[McSweeny]

Originally posted by Draft Dodger
not true, actually (http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_071.html)
(just happened to have seen that before)

doh!

cows can go up stairs, but they cannot go down stairs

[sabotai]

Cows have 4 stomachs.

Cows and horses sleep standing up.

[mrushh]

My dad looks like he has 4 stomachs, the fat son-of-a-bitch. That makes me a grand-son-of-a- bitch.

[ColtCrazy]

There's no word in the English language that rythmes with "orange"

[QuikSand]

You can't keep your eyes open when you sneeze.

[QuikSand]

The longest common Engliish word you can type, using only the keys on the top row of a standard typewriter, is "typewriter."

[Alf]

Originally posted by QuikSand
The longest common Engliish word you can type, using only the keys on the top row of a standard typewriter, is "typewriter."

my keyboard has "azertyuiop", typewriter doesn't match :D

[QuikSand]

Originally posted by QuikSand
standard typewriter

Careful, you're liable to give the French a bad name.

[AnalBumCover]

Originally posted by QuikSand
You can't keep your eyes open when you sneeze.

I actually disproved that theory... it took a lot of unnecessary and painful effort, but it can be done. :eek:

[Alf]

Originally posted by QuikSand
Careful, you're liable to give the French a bad name.

Too late.

[CamEdwards]

28 countries fought in WWII.

[albionmoonlight]

The current 9 members of the Supreme Court have been together longer than any 9 in history.

[albionmoonlight]

Each of the 4 largest moons of Jupiter is remarkable on a solar system wide scale

Ganymede is the largest moon in the SS

Io is the most volcanically active body in the SS

Europa is the smoothest body in the SS

Callisto is the most heavily cratered body in the SS

[sabotai]

"There's no word in the English language that rythmes with "orange" "

The commonly known word for not having anything rhyme with it is orange. Does anyone know the other one? (There's 2, orange and one other word)

[Craptacular]

month

[sabotai]

"month"

Nope

[Craptacular]

What rhymes with month??? Or silver? Or purple? Or octopus? I guess it depends on what you consider the "rules for rhyming" to be.

[SplitPersonality1]

Originally posted by Craptacular
What rhymes with month??? Or silver? Or purple? Or octopus?

bunth, dilver, gurple & froctopus.

Duh! :D

[Mountain]

Homer Simpson's e-mail address is [email protected].

[Maple Leafs]

Originally posted by Craptacular
What rhymes with month??? Or silver? Or purple? Or octopus? I guess it depends on what you consider the "rules for rhyming" to be. Generally accepted rule is that the last paragraph has to rhyme. So "octopus" rhymes with "wuss".

If I remember it right, the only three words with no rhyme based on this definition are "orange", "month" and "oblige".

[rkmsuf]

I'm still searching for answers to these:

1. Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?

2. What is the speed of dark?

3. What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free?

4. What's another word for synonym?

5. Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all"?

6. How can there be self-help groups?

7. Why does your nose run, and your feet smell?

8. How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn't live there?

9. Why do they put braille on drive up ATMs?

10. If nothing sticks to Teflon then how do they get Teflon to stick to the pan?


A person armed with these answers is powerful indeed...

[McSweeny]

11. why do you park on a driveway and drive on a parkway?

[rkmsuf]

because milk has no bones?

[Maple Leafs]

How come if you put a package in a car it's a shipment, but if you put it on a ship it's cargo?

[sabotai]

Silver is the other word that does not have another word that rhymes with it. At least, that's according to Oxford. :)

[Ksyrup]

Originally posted by Draft Dodger
Pink's "Get the Party Started" was written by 4 Non Blondes Linda Perry. Meaning, she has written two of the most aggravatingly overplayed songs in the history of pop music (remember the hey, hey, hey, what's going on song)

She's also the "real talent" behind some other attempted female pop star, but since I don't listen to that crap and they all sound the same, I'll be damned if I can remember who.

[QuikSand]

Most of the Monkees' songs were written by Neil Diamond, including I'm a Believer, of course.

[Pyser]

purple?
*edit* didnt realize there was a second page! doh!


that said, ill add to the conversation. the little ridge between your nose and mouth is a filtrum.

[JeeberD]

The hangy-downy thing at the back of your throat is your uvula...

[Ksyrup]

Originally posted by Fritz
The gay black guy (Lamar) in "Revenge of the Nerds" is the voice of the Paladin in Diablo 2.

John Ritter is the voice of Clifford the Big Red Dog.

[Ryche]

Linda Perry is also Christina Aguilera's producer currently.

[Travis]

The guy that played the role of Maxwell Smart was also the voice for Inspector Gadget.

[AgPete]

These are probably common knowledge but Howie Mandel is the voice of Gizmo in Gremlins and Deborah Winger is the voice of E.T.

[Mustang]

Kurt Russell played a jungle boy on Gilligan's Island.

Andrew Dice Clay was in an episode of MASH

[TZone]

1. The voice of the ship's computer on star trek TNG is Gene Roddenberry's wife, who also played nurse chapel in the original series and Troi's mother in TNG.

2. From Iron Chef: neither Michiba nor Sakai (Blue Iron Chef Japanese and Red Iron Chef French) ever lost to an Italian chef.

3. The pesticide DDT can transform getetically male fish into fertile females.

4. Lucille Ball was actually considered for the role of Scarlet in Gone with the Wind.

[RPI-Fan]

I'm sure many of you (well, probably about 700), sneeze when you look at the sun, or a bright light. Another good portion probably find it easier to 'get out the sneeze' if you perform the same action. The rest of us have no fucking clue what I'm talking about.

What I'm talking about is the theory of the ACHOO Syndrome, created by Roberta Pagon. The ACHOO Syndrome (Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst Syndrome) was created by Pagon, a sneeze expert (yes, there's another one - there ARE sneeze experts!) while having an, ahem, typical, discussion at lunch.

Essentially it reveals that the cause for this phenomenon is the proximity of two nerves near the upper bridge of the nose. One relates to an indicator of bright light, the other an trigger of a sneeze. In the ~25% of the population who have ACHOO (it's been determined that it IS genetic), the bright light nerve is set off, and since it's so close to the sneeze nerve, triggers that one as well. Thus it sets off a sneeze. In those people who can't create a sneeze, but can help a sneeze along, it's because the bright light nerve is near, but not directly with the sneeze trigger. The sneeze nerve must be 'active' for the light nerve to set off an actual sneeze.

More information can be found at Discovery Online (http://www.discovery.com/area/skinnyon/skinnyon970411/skinny1.html) or Acts of Volition (http://actsofvolition.com/index.cfm?article=549#549).

If anyone wants more info, I can provide.

(FTR, all this knowledge came from an inspiration when wanting to know how to make myself sneeze at about 10pm one evening. It resulted in a four-hour web-journey about this topic. Alas, I never did find a way to make myself sneeze. Any hints?)

~rpi-fan

[Ksyrup]

I have no clue what you are talking about, but my wife sneezes every time she walks outside into sunlight.

[RPI-Fan]

I'm no professional at this sort of thing. If you're interested in more... scientific... documentation read the Discovery Online link.

[GoldenEagle]

This is alot of interesting information.

[korme]

Emmanuel Lewis' birthday is next Sunday, he'll be 31.

He is the infamous little man, Webster.

[korme]

Originally posted by QuikSand
You can't keep your eyes open when you sneeze.

I think QS had presented a challenge!!

[korme]

Originally posted by GoldenEagle
This is alot of interesting information.

Agreed!

[Logan]

Kris Benson, pitcher for the Pirates, was the #1 overall pick out of Clemson in the 1996 draft.

Why do I know this? I couldn't tell you any of the #1 picks from any specific year, especially where they went to school. But this one, I know...

[Logan]

Dola...

The part of 'Forrest Gump' was originally to be played by Bill Murray.

[revrew]

I think Murray would have done a better job.

Blasphemy! I HATED Forrest Gump.

[JeeberD]

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore...

[ColtCrazy]

I'm the 26th grandson of an illegitimate(sp) son of King Henry I of England. woohoo.

Stuides show most girls turn off of math during grade 3. I teach grade 3.

The nymph is a young insect without wings.

[AgPete]

More obscure movie trivia:

If not for an Italian taking over the Godfather, a blond Robert Redford might have been Michael Corleone. The producers were set on recruiting Redford but once Francis Ford Coppola took over as director, he wouldn't allow it.

The original three choices for Don Corleone were Lawrence Olivier, George C. Scott and Marlon Brando. Basically, Coppola picked out the three best actors in the world (feeling they were the only people qualified for the charisma needed in that role) and worked from there.

Sylvester Stallone was the original Beverly Hill's Cop but lost the role and Eddie Murphy took it, turned it into a comedy and became a star.

The Bill Murray role in Ghostbusters was originally meant for Jon Belushi. Akroyd was writing it while Belushi was still alive and the animated character of Slimer is a tribute to Belushi.

Tom Selleck was the original Indiana Jones but couldn't get out of his duties for Magnum P.I.

[Fritz]

Originally posted by ColtCrazy
Stuides show I turn off of The grade 3 nymph.

hmmmm

[rkmsuf]

still alive and the animated character of Slimer is a tribute to Belushi.

That's quite a tribute...

[cincyreds]

that all of guys are good guys and that someday, I will see you in Heaven!!

God Bless all you my FOFC brothers and sisters(if any)!!

May the light shine on you and guide you home.

See you soon!

[cincyreds]

that all of you guys are good guys and that someday, I will see you in Heaven!!

God Bless all you my FOFC brothers and sisters(if any)!!

May the light shine on you and guide you home.

See you soon!

[JeeberD]

What, we're all going to die? Guess I better grab the duct tape and plastic...

[Arbitrary Aardvark]

Originally posted by Travis
The guy that played the role of Maxwell Smart was also the voice for Inspector Gadget.
That would be Don Adams. About eight or ten years ago, he was eating lunch in a restraunt and a drive-by shooting occured, the bullet impacting near his table. When the police arrived and questioned him, he explained "Missed me by that much."

[QuikSand]

The same Don Adams also did the voice of cartoon penguin Tennessee Tuxedo...

[The Afoci]

Killer Klowns are only from Outer Space, not France....

[HornsManiac]

The former lead guitarist of 80's metal band Dangerous Toys is now a country music artist, but not just any country music act. He is one of the most popular in all of Texas.

On a similar note, country artist Andy Griggs recently recorded a country music duet with former Cinderella frontman Tom Keifer who now lives in Nashville, TN where he is involved in various country music related projects. In fact he could soon be wearing a big hat, boots, and Wranglers while playing at your local honky tonk. :D

Here is a little blurb on Fowler the former DT guitarist...

One listen to Kevin Fowler’s latest release, Beer, Bait And Ammo, and everyone seems to ask the same question: “ How do you go from playing in a hard rock band with a gold record to writing and performing great country music without missing a beat?”

The early part of Fowler’s musical career was not spent playing honky tonks and dance halls as it is today. In 1993, Fowler was playing lead guitar in Dangerous Toys, a hard rock hair band with two #1 videos on MTV and a gold record. Fowler says, “ I have simply come full circle.” Born and raised in Amarillo, Texas, his first musical exposure was to 70’s country music on the local AM radio station.

By 1995, he left Dangerous Toys to start his own group called Thunderfoot, a hard-edged southern rock band. Thunderfoot released its first CD, Southern Discomfort, on Perris Records in 1995. The album sold well in both Europe and the U.S., but Kevin yearned to return to his country roots and to his father’s music he had grown up on. Fowler decided to fire himself from the band he had founded, and took off a year to write and record his debut country record, One For The Road.

HornsManiac

[korme]

bump

I've learned so much

[AnalBumCover]

Upon extensive and lengthy testing, I have concluded that hair will not grow on your palms, and you will not go blind.