Friday, February 22, 2008

From Uncle John's Bathroom Reader 2008 Calendar:

• How exactly does paper defeat rock? It’s the question the World Rock Paper Scissors Society is most often asked. According to them, in ancient China, petitions were given to the emperor for approval. If he accepted it, the document was placed under a rock. If denied, it was draped over the rock. Paper covering rock came to be associated with defeat.

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46 “BAT” THINGS FROM BATMAN COMICS, MOVIES, AND TV SERIES
Batalarm, Batanalyzer, Bat-a-Rang, Bat-Armor, Batboat, Batcamera’s Polarized Batfilter, Batcave, Batcentrifuge, Batclaws, Batcommunicator, Compressed Steam Batlift, Batcopter, Batcuffs, Batcycle, Batcycle Go-Cart, Batantidote, Batparachute, Bat Blowtorch, Emergency tank of Batoxygen, Bat Earplugs, Bat Gas, Batgauge, Batknife, Batladder, Batmagnet, Batmissile, Batmobile, Batmobile Antitheft Device, Batshield, Batrope, Batmobile Mobile Crime Computer, Batphone, Bat-o-stat Antifire Activator, Bat-o-Meter, Batpole, Batram, Bat Ray Projector, Batresearch Shelf, Batscanner Receiver, Batscope, Batsleep, Batsignal, Bat Terror Control, Batzooka, Homing Battransmitter, Superblinding Batpellets

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THE WORD “LOVE” APPEARS IN MORE FILM TITLES THAN ANY OTHER WORD. SECOND PLACE: “PARIS.”

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There are four words in the English language that begin with the letters “dw.” Name them.

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IF YOU’RE AVERAGE, YOU’LL MOVE TO A NEW RESIDENCE 11 TIMES IN YOUR LIFETIME, OR ONCE ABOUT EVERY 6 YEARS.

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• Dickens combed his hair hundreds of times a day. He also constantly rearranged furniture in his home—if it wasn’t in the “correct” position, he couldn’t concentrate.

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A SPECIES OF MOTH LIVES ENTIRELY ON COW TEARS.

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Q: WHAT IS A DONIKER? A: THAT’S CIRCUS SLANG FOR “TOILET.”

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Myth: Bats are rodents.
Fact: Although bats are similar to rodents, they have more in common with primates.

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OCTOPUS BLOOD IS PALE BLUE.




Dwell, dwindle, dwarf, dweeb.

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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. — 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. --Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance"