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firedawg
11-18-2004, 08:07 AM
The Library of Congress has approx. 327 miles of bookshelves.

hardkandee
11-18-2004, 09:05 AM
MojoJojo is an insomniac. (he should have a show like dave attell)

hardkandee
11-18-2004, 09:07 AM
Chop Suey is an American dish.

hardkandee
11-18-2004, 09:07 AM
Graham crackers (http://www.snopes.com/food/origins/graham.htm) were named for a man who believed that unhealthy diets led to sexual excess.

hardkandee
11-18-2004, 09:08 AM
At one time, used panties (http://www.snopes.com/risque/kinky/panties.htm) of Japanese schoolgirls were sold in vending machines in Japan.

A_Guy
11-18-2004, 09:10 AM
At one time, used panties (http://www.snopes.com/risque/kinky/panties.htm) of Japanese schoolgirls were sold in vending machines in Japan.
:O :O WTF?

hardkandee
11-18-2004, 09:12 AM
:O :O WTF?
No lie. Check out the link.

northy
11-18-2004, 09:30 AM
Cat urine glows under ultravoilet light

RedZ28
11-18-2004, 11:50 PM
Why do we have daylight saving time?

Fall back, spring ahead…

Daylight saving time, the brainchild of Benjamin Franklin during his 18th century Parisian days, seems to increase the number of productive daylight hours we have, during the seasons when the sun sounds revile early. Today, the additional hour of sunlight we gain, by setting our clocks one hour ahead of time, allows us to close up shop an hour early, and to enjoy play time after the work day is done while the sun still beams high above us.

The extra daylight hour we now enjoy, by altering our circadian rhythms by one hour, did not immediately gain acceptance during Benjamin Franklin's time. Instead, the practice was born of necessity during World War I and II. The practicality of his idea came into play during these wars, when scarcity and rationing were the operative words. By following their normal routines, and by going to bed hours after sundown, people relied upon artificially generated light, which depleted the scarce reserves of fuel in its generation. Germany realized that this precious commodity could better be used to serve the war effort, and instituted the first daylight saving laws in 1915. Those who refused to comply with the lights out curfew faced punishment.

England followed suit in 1916, and, finally, the United States, in 1918. The United States reinstated the daylight saving laws on a national basis during World War II. The close of the war ended the law's necessity, but the national habit continued on a voluntary basis. Daylight saving time had taken root in our society, and was now the norm. Of course, daylight saving time never effected the farmer, whose livelihood dictates that he adheres to the old adage "Early to bed, early to rise."

Deanna
11-19-2004, 12:38 AM
NO day light savings time here in the PHX area :)

azamber
11-19-2004, 05:50 AM
Hey, I tried the elbow to wrist vs. foot thing, and my foot is way bigger. I also have a size 9 shoe and I'm only 5'4", so I guess that's unusual to begin with. Can anyone else disprove this theory, or am I just deformed?

VenusGoddess
11-19-2004, 08:03 AM
I tried it too, Amber...My foot is smaller than the distance...does that make me deformed as well? :D

azamber
11-19-2004, 08:05 AM
Wanna trade feet? What size you got?

hardkandee
11-19-2004, 08:05 AM
NO day light savings time here in the PHX area :)
Yeah, why the hell is Arizona left out. It screws up my clock every year. I never know when to call out of state buddies.:-\ Anyone know this useless fact??

A_Guy
11-19-2004, 08:39 AM
Yeah, why the hell is Arizona left out. It screws up my clock every year. I never know when to call out of state buddies.:-\ Anyone know this useless fact??
"The federal law that established "daylight time" in this country does not require any area to observe daylight saving time. But if a state chooses to observe DST, it must follow the starting and ending dates set by the law which since 1986 have been the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October."
- I guess they just wanted to be different ;)

It's not just Arizona though:

"Indiana, Arizona (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108181.html) and Hawaii (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108204.html) and the territories of Puerto Rico (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0113949.html), Virgin Islands (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0113951.html) and American Samoa (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0113952.html) are the only places in the U.S. that do not observe DST but instead stay on 'standard time' all year long."

And the law for Daylight saving time (http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/e.html)
The Uniform Time Act

By 1966, some 100 million Americans were observing Daylight Saving Time based on their own local laws and customs. Congress decided to step in to end the confusion and establish one pattern across the country. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S. Code Section 260a) [see law (http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/usc.html)] which was signed into Public Law 89-387 on 12 April 1966, by President Lyndon Johnson, created Daylight Saving Time to begin on the last Sunday of April and to end on the last Sunday of October. Any State that wanted to be exempt from Daylight Saving Time could do so by passing a State law.

The Uniform Time Act of 1966 established a system of uniform (within each time zone) Daylight Saving Time throughout the U.S. and its possessions, exempting only those states in which the legislatures voted to keep the entire state on standard time.

In 1972, Congress revised the law to provide that, if a State was in two or more time zones, the State could exempt the part of the State that was in one time zone while providing that the part of the State in a different time zone would observe Daylight Saving Time. The Federal law was amended in 1986 to begin Daylight Saving Time on the first Sunday in April.

Under legislation enacted in 1986, Daylight Saving Time in the USA


begins at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of April and
ends at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday of October

firedawg
11-19-2004, 09:00 AM
In South Africa, termites are often roasted and eaten by the handful, like pretzels or popcorn. MMMMMM better get a beer or two

Rhiannon
11-19-2004, 05:27 PM
LOL Amber.. I was always curious if that was actually correct. It works for me. I'm 5'3" and wear between at 5 and 6.. lol

In a kind of related thing..

Supposedly a man's penis is supposed to be the length from the tip of his middle finger to the edge of his wrist. His hand has to be the "measurer" though. Not sure if there's any truth to that.. LOL

azamber
11-19-2004, 05:32 PM
Guys? Care to test the theory as I did with the foot-forearm thing??

Rhiannon
11-19-2004, 05:35 PM
Yes yes! What she said. Inquiring minds wanna know!

MrChristopher
11-19-2004, 05:41 PM
well, i just measured using my other hand in a fist, and from fingertip to wrist it's 2.5 vertical fists, thumb up. and yup, that's about right. oh, and i have big hands. :neener:

azamber
11-19-2004, 05:44 PM
Dayum! Nice measurements there MrC! LOL Vertical fists, huh? Where'd you come up with that idea?

Rhiannon
11-19-2004, 05:45 PM
Awesome! LOL Glad to know it works!

I had a 76 year old Neopolitan stallion (This guy would get TONS of women, I have no idea why.. lol) who was a customer at the coffee shop I worked in. We used to have Italian wars. He'd always take cheap shots at me, being Sicilian. He said we're all murderers and thieves (LOL). Anyhoo, he tried telling me that it was wrong for him, because his measured from his fingertip to his elbow.. hahahaha

MrChristopher
11-19-2004, 05:46 PM
golly gee, i wonder? how do you think i knew 2.5 fists was about right? :P

azamber
11-19-2004, 05:49 PM
LMAO, k, That went right by me. :D

A_Guy
11-19-2004, 05:50 PM
well, i just measured using my other hand in a fist, and from fingertip to wrist it's 2.5 vertical fists, thumb up. and yup, that's about right. oh, and i have big hands. :neener:
hmmmmm...... ok, when I used the fist as a measurement, 2.5 vertical fists..lol... was right on. the tip of the middle finger to my wrist, nope.. didn't work... I have some of the longest fingers of virtually everyone I know that's about my size... I highly doubt I have the longest penis too. lol :P

EDIT: vertical fists? do you mean like holding a baseball bat???? If so, DAYUM :O .. that's not how I did it

MrChristopher
11-19-2004, 05:52 PM
maybe the fist is actually the secret?

azamber
11-19-2004, 08:17 PM
Ex supports the middlefinger tip to wrist theory, I'm having him check on the fist thory. I'll post his response...in the interest of science of course LOL

MrChristopher
11-19-2004, 08:22 PM
we may be on the verge of a scientific breakthrough here. did john holmes have giant fists?