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by **satishgoda** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:11 pm

Alexis wrote:Add Curvaceous to the list as well.

Not to be rude, but, the list carries words that end in "dous" :!:

by **CtrlAltDel** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 12:18 am

Sujatha Dr wrote:The Ramses brand condom is named after the great Pharaoh Rameses II who fathered over 160 children

:? doesnt that defeat the very purpose of a condom? a bad role model i must say :roll:

by **satishgoda** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 12:20 am

CtrlAltDel wrote:
Sujatha Dr wrote:The Ramses brand condom is named after the great Pharaoh Rameses II who fathered over 160 children
:? doesnt that defeat the very purpose of a condom? a bad role model i must say

word.

by **CtrlAltDel** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 12:50 am

satishgoda wrote:
CtrlAltDel wrote:
Sujatha Dr wrote:The Ramses brand condom is named after the great Pharaoh Rameses II who fathered over 160 children
:? doesnt that defeat the very purpose of a condom? a bad role model i must say

word.

:? word? what word?

by **ycr007** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 2:20 am

Some More Facts:

Money isn't made out of paper. It's made out of cotton.

The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickle the company once had.

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it

will digest itself.

The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down

continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.

Every person has a unique eye & tongue print.

The "spot" on the 7-Up comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.

315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily!

Chocolate kills dogs. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system.

A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.

Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they

could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's

stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in First Class

by **satishgoda** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 2:34 am

CtrlAltDel wrote:
satishgoda wrote:
CtrlAltDel wrote:
Sujatha Dr wrote:The Ramses brand condom is named after the great Pharaoh Rameses II who fathered over 160 children
:? doesnt that defeat the very purpose of a condom? a bad role model i must say

word.
:? word? what word?

Let me clarify. Its slang. word

by **Der Schakal** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 2:58 am

What an ingenious way to boost PC.

by **Jaan** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:05 am

I cannot believe Sujatha is Spamming!

I cannot believe that no one else (but Dear Der) mentioned it in this thread!

I cannot believe I said I cannot believe - four times! Aila!

Jaan

by **akhilis2cool** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:26 am

Der Schakal wrote:What an ingenious way to boost PC.

My thots same. dyamn why didnt i get that idea

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