Greg Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 chocolate is an oil based vegetable. (it comes from the cocoa bean which is classified as a vegetable so chocolate is in fact a vegetable) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motivation_Follows_Action Posted February 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 chocolate is an oil based vegetable. (it comes from the cocoa bean which is classified as a vegetable so chocolate is in fact a vegetable) Speaking of chocolate, did you know there was a study done in the 90's (ok, probably commissioned by Cadbury's) that found women executives eat more chocolate on average than other women? Therefore, I have based my chocolate eating consumption on this random fact in the hope that it will rub off on me (and not my wasteline ha ha)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searchingsoul9 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Lobsters are highly developed. They carry their young for nine months and, when left in peace, can live for more than 100 years. They recognize other individual lobsters, remember past aquaintances, and have elaborate courtship rituals. They take long seasonal journeys, often traveling for hundreds of miles. Elder lobsters help guide young lobsters across the ocean floor by holding their claws in a line that can stretch for many yards 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 Lobsters are highly developed. They carry their young for nine months and, when left in peace, can live for more than 100 years. They recognize other individual lobsters, remember past aquaintances, and have elaborate courtship rituals. They take long seasonal journeys, often traveling for hundreds of miles. Elder lobsters help guide young lobsters across the ocean floor by holding their claws in a line that can stretch for many yards I am going to forget I just read that because I love eating lobster. I cooked a lobster bake over the fourth of July and it was soo delicious...clams, mussels, shrimp, potatoes, sausage in one big pot steamed in white wine....then there is lobster Mac and cheese...have you ever had that? It is the most delicious thing. Oh and lobster stuffed mashed potatoes are super good. As Stuffed grilled lobster with lemon butter...main lobster rolls , lobster bound together with mayonnaise and chives on a toasted bun, ooh and lobster pot pie...which is lobster cooked in a pastry, like chicken pot pie but made with lobster instead. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 More than 30000 people die each year in the US from unintentional injuries in the home...accidental poisoning, falls, and fires were the top 3 causes.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searchingsoul9 Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 I love eating lobster too! The place I work at did lobster Mac and cheese in the summertime, it lookedd divine!! Never had it though. Lobster is the absolute best seafood in my opinion. Poor little lobbies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 More interesting lobster facts lobster is now a commonly requested food for prisoners receiving a last meal before execution, but it was once considered poor mans food, fisherman fed it to their indentured servants, and people were so averse to eating it, they would grind it up and use it as fertilizer. Some states in Britain had laws against feeding prison inmates lobster more than a few times a week, as it was considered cruel and unusual punishment, on the same grounds as feeding them rats. Read here to see how it got so fancy... http://www.cracked.com/article_17246_when-lobster-was-spam-5-gourmet-foods-that-used-to-be-cheap.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motivation_Follows_Action Posted February 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Dolphins have been discovered to call themselves and each other by name, unique to each dolphin and created by that dolphin. They use it as a way to call out to their "friends and family" in pods and decrease stress when new pods are meeting. http://news.discovery.com/animals/whales-dolphins/dolphins-call-each-other-by-name-130219.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searchingsoul9 Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 'The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog. I feel like I’ve been preparing for this image all my life' 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searchingsoul9 Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Grammar pedantry syndrome is a form of OCD in which sufferers need to correct very grammatical error. ALSO When a pregnant woman suffers organ damage, the fetus will send stem cells to repair the damage . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quit-once Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Grammar pedantry syndrome is a form of OCD in which sufferers need to correct EVERY grammatical error. I just fixed that for ya! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searchingsoul9 Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 I just fixed that for ya! HAH. I can't believe i fucked that one up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quit-once Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Today I have been cleaning and purging old family files and documents. I found my Dad's army discharge papers from World War II dated Jan 6, 1946. There was a roster of 70 soldiers discharged from the Army Separation Center in Camp Beale, CA. The discharge list had their name, rank, serial number and discharge code. There were also these footnotes by some of the names and I had to go to the bottom of the list to see what the footnotes meant and I was shocked at what I found: A = air corp % = foreign service * = colored Out of the 70 names, there were four stars. I have been thinking all day " why did a soldier's race even matter?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldmcniel Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 We read the "Snapple Facts." off of Snapple lids everyday at work and for the life of me now, I can't think of any. . Maybe Monday I will have something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motivation_Follows_Action Posted February 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 That very cute gif of "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" reminded me of a lovely movie I watched on the plane this week, called, "Hachi: A Dog's Tale" which is about an Akita dog who was so loyal to his master that he sat at the train station every day for 9 years waiting for his master to come home, after the master had died. It's based on a true story. Here is the movie (tearjerker, but really simple and lovely): http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Hachi_A_Dog_s_Tale/70118677?locale=en-US Here is the story behind Hachi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HachikÅ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 That very cute gif of "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" reminded me of a lovely movie I watched on the plane this week, called, "Hachi: A Dog's Tale" which is about an Akita dog who was so loyal to his master that he sat at the train station every day for 9 years waiting for his master to come home, after the master had died. It's based on a true story. Here is the movie (tearjerker, but really simple and lovely): http://movies.netfli...?locale=en-US�� Here is the story behind Hachi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HachikŠI have heard so many good things about that film! I read somewhere Richard Gere was really upset that movie went straight to DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motivation_Follows_Action Posted February 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Today I learned that amongst this forum are some of the strongest, bravest, kindest people I've ever met. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searchingsoul9 Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Today I learned that amongst this forum are some of the strongest, bravest, kindest people I've ever met. AW!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searchingsoul9 Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Here's a few i learned just now. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. (This one i find INSANE. Never in my life has it taken me just 7 minutes. Unless i was drunk as a skunk. Usually takes me at least 25 minutes) Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. (Escape, the pina coloda song anyone? haha) The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. (Was clearly not aware of the vast amount of alcoholic ants out there!) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sky Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Grammar pedantry syndrome is a form of OCD in which sufferers need to correct very grammatical error. ALSO When a pregnant woman suffers organ damage, the fetus will send stem cells to repair the damage . *every Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motivation_Follows_Action Posted February 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Tax withholding forms have become ridiculously complicated. Ok, it's more of an opinion than a new piece of information, but it's also true. No wonder there are so many tax accountants in this country... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted March 1, 2013 Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 62 percent of bankruptcies are related to medical bills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searchingsoul9 Posted March 1, 2013 Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motivation_Follows_Action Posted March 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 62 percent of bankruptcies are related to medical bills. That makes me terribly sad. Broke and unhealthy is a terrible way to have to live your life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldmcniel Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 Okay I finally remembered to read the Snapple Fact today. Hawaii moves 4 inches every year closer to Japan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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