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Man With Hat 
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 Topic: general trivia
Posted: June 21 2005 at 18:45 |
 BaldJean wrote:
Jim Garten wrote:
It is theoretically possible to make a cat hover.
Given the following universal absolutes:
1 - a cat always lands on it's feet
2 - toast always lands butter side down on a white carpet
If you butter a cat's paws and drop it over a white carpet (on, ELP's stage, for example), then it will be unable to land, and must therefore hover (looking - without doubt - disdainfully at it's owner, and planning bloody revenge)
Just a thought....
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You forgot something important, Jim. This only works for a TOASTED cat!
I tried the experiment with one of our cats, but it wouldn't fit into the toaster, and now I have 3 long scratches on my left arm. Ah well!
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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BaldJean
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Joined: May 28 2005
Location: Germany
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Posted: June 21 2005 at 17:58 |
Jim Garten wrote:
It is theoretically possible to make a cat hover.
Given the following universal absolutes:
1 - a cat always lands on it's feet
2 - toast always lands butter side down on a white carpet
If you butter a cat's paws and drop it over a white carpet (on, ELP's stage, for example), then it will be unable to land, and must therefore hover (looking - without doubt - disdainfully at it's owner, and planning bloody revenge)
Just a thought....
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You forgot something important, Jim. This only works for a TOASTED cat!
I tried the experiment with one of our cats, but it wouldn't fit into the toaster, and now I have 3 long scratches on my left arm. Ah well!
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 A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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BaldJean
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Posted: June 21 2005 at 17:50 |
Reed Lover wrote:
Reed Lover wrote:
Here we go a Sunday Night Quiz:
20.What did KT Suburaya of Japan do after failing to win the 1960 Olympic marathon?
a) Commit Hara-Kiri? *
b)Sue the Olympic Committee for running the race in the midday heat?
c) Changed sex and ran in the 1968 Olympics as a woman?
a) He committed Hara-Kiri!!!!!
Thanks for the underwhelming response
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He did certainly NOT commit Hara-Kiri. The word "Hara-Kiri" is considered to be lower colloquial. The correct word for this kind of ritual suicide is "Seppuku" (which literally means "Stomach-cutting"). No Japanese who is about to practice this kind of suicide would call it "Hara-Kiri".
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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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Man With Hat
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Posted: June 21 2005 at 16:56 |
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Pablo_P
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Location: Poland
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Posted: June 21 2005 at 11:18 |
Man With Hat wrote:
Rasing the thread again...
The four kings in a deck of playing cards each represent an actual king. Does anybody know which ones?? |
3 kings from calendar and 1 british king???
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Pablo P.
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tuxon
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Posted: June 21 2005 at 00:12 |
Jim Garten wrote:
It is theoretically possible to make a cat hover.
Given the following universal absolutes:
1 - a cat always lands on it's feet
2 - toast always lands butter side down on a white carpet
If you butter a cat's paws and drop it over a white carpet (on,
ELP's stage, for example), then it will be unable to land, and must
therefore hover (looking - without doubt - disdainfully at it's owner,
and planning bloody revenge)
Just a thought....
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took me a couple of mont's but I get it now.
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Don't have a white carpet when you have a cat 
(great one, really missed it at first)_
Edited by tuxon
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I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT
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Man With Hat
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Posted: June 20 2005 at 21:16 |
Rasing the thread again...
The four kings in a deck of playing cards each represent an actual king. Does anybody know which ones??
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 21 2005 at 19:53 |
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No a pencil must be Graphite!!! Use your head!!
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Dazo
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Posted: May 21 2005 at 19:45 |
You can lead a horse to water,but a pencil must be lead.
more tea vicar?
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T.Rox
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Posted: May 05 2005 at 05:46 |
It's dark outside and I should be going home to see the missus and kids but I'm too busy listening to "Interior Lulu" by Marillion.
Now that is trivia! 
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"Without prog, life would be a mistake."
...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche
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Beau Heem
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Joined: January 12 2005
Location: Finland
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Posted: May 04 2005 at 11:27 |
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Cows are unable to walk downhill or down a staircase.
This is the reason why
a) cows fill the hilltops in the Alps
b) the stupid cow is still in your upstairs bedroom when your wife gets home.
Cheers
-Beau
Edited by Beau Heem
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--No enemy but time--
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Posted: May 04 2005 at 09:55 |
T.Rox wrote:
The name of said novel... William Burroughs' "Naked Lunch"
Rick Wakeman played piano on David Bowie's "Space Oddity"
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& he played on Bowie's 'Man who sold the world' & 'Hunky dory'
He also played on Black sabbath 'Sabbath bloody sabbath'
amongs other sessions by various artists.
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T.Rox
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Posted: May 04 2005 at 03:10 |
The name of said novel... William Burroughs' "Naked Lunch"
Rick Wakeman played piano on David Bowie's "Space Oddity"
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"Without prog, life would be a mistake."
...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche
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Peter
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Posted: May 01 2005 at 08:58 |
^ A dildo. (From a novel.)
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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T.Rox
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Posted: May 01 2005 at 02:55 |
Someone is sure to know this...
What is the band Steely Dan named after?
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"Without prog, life would be a mistake."
...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche
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Posted: April 29 2005 at 10:50 |
That's one hell of a widow's peak.
Edited by Crimson Prince
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Kotro
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Location: Portugal
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Posted: April 25 2005 at 07:49 |
Guzzman wrote:
It is absolutely impossible to lick your own elbow!
Try. Try again. Try HARDER! Made it?
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Congratulations, you're Gene Simmons...
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Jim Garten
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Posted: April 25 2005 at 07:35 |
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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Guzzman
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Posted: April 23 2005 at 12:02 |
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It is absolutely impossible to lick your own elbow!
Try. Try again. Try HARDER! Made it? Okay, let me see your tongue!
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Peter
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Posted: April 22 2005 at 16:29 |
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Oh be-have!
I actually laughed out loud, Reed -- a real belly laugh. THANKS!
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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