'u’ed better belive ‘co its true ??????

[philsmove]

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
(Hardly seems worth it.)


If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
(Now that's more like it!)

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
(O.M.G.!)


A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
(In my next life, I want to be a pig.)


A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death. (Creepy.)

(I'm still not over the pig.)


Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour
(Don't try this at home,maybe at work)


The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
("Honey, I'm home. What the....?!")



The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.
(30 minutes..lucky pig! Can you imagine?)


The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond? )



Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
(I still want to be a pig in my next life..quality over quantity)



Butterflies taste with their feet..
(Something I always wanted to know.)



The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
(Hmmmmmm......)



Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
(If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)




Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
(okay, so that would be a good thing)



A cat's urine glows under a black light.
(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)



An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that.)



Starfish have no brains
(I know some people like that too.)



Polar bears are left-handed.

(If they switch, they'll live a lot longer)



Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
(What about that pig??)

[Princess Fi]

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
(In my next life, I want to be a pig.)



The mind boggles as to how this was tested....

[El Salsero Gringo]

The mind boggles as to how this was tested....Have you never seen a farmer "milking" a boar? It goes on for about 30 minutes and produces something like two pints of semen.

Towards the end, the semen gets very 'gooey', sticky, and viscous, which under natural circumstances serves to seal the rest inside the sow.

Come to think of it, I might have seen it on Blue Peter.

[straycat]

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
("Honey, I'm home. What the....?!")



Don't know about most of the rest, but this one's not the case (http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/mantis1.htm)....

An extra one for you, since you mentioned dolphins:

Dolphins spend about 30% of their day in some form of touching, caressing, or mating.
(in my next life, I want to be a dolphin)

[Stuart M]

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
(If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)

Gawd, another of these lists full of c**p - this particular piece of waffle is based on a 1991 study by Coren and Halpern, which derived its statistics by, err, phoning round the relatives of recently deceased people, and asking what hand the deceased used. Given that left handedness was supressed until quite recently, and still is in many places, it wouldn't be surprising to find out that fewer older people are LH.

Go here (http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/308/6925/408) for some scholarly thought on this. Sorry, but this one's right up there alongside those non-echoing quacks. Lest anyone feel I'm being a bit over-sensitive about this particular Internet myth, imagine being asked what hand you used when getting an insurance quote...

:nice:

[Dizzy]

I found some more aswell:

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. (And yet, there's that pig thing...)

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming one-tenth of a calorie.

In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

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. (huh?)

(After reading all these, all I can say is "Damn Pigs" )

[Princess Fi]

Have you never seen a farmer "milking" a boar? It goes on for about 30 minutes and produces something like two pints of semen.

Towards the end, the semen gets very 'gooey', sticky, and viscous, which under natural circumstances serves to seal the rest inside the sow.



Suddenly going off milk rapidly...

[jacksondonut]

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
(In my next life, I want to be a pig.)

Not me.. be asleep in 5...:rofl:


The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
("Honey, I'm home. What the....?!")

What a terrific idea...:whistle:


Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
(What about that pig??)

I thought it was only Dolphins....:rofl: :rofl: :eek:

[jacksondonut]

Suddenly going off milk rapidly...


Feeling VIOLENTLY sick.... :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick:

[ToeTrampler]

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.Seems fair enough, after all, death doesn't run around on 8 hairy little legs does it. :rolleyes:

[Beowulf]

Seems fair enough, after all, death doesn't run around on 8 hairy little legs does it. :rolleyes:

UNLESS he's the death of spiders? A little spider in a cloak with a tiny little scythe? (I read too much Pratchett)

[straycat]

UNLESS he's the death of spiders? A little spider in a cloak with a tiny little scythe? (I read too much Pratchett)

So what would the Death of Jivers look like? Just an idle thought :whistle:

[Twirly]

Suddenly going off milk rapidly...

I have a feeling that the quotation marks around "milking" are the clue here... it's a male we're talking about... :whistle: Though I'm wondering about what ESG gets up to in his spare time... :confused:


A cat's urine glows under a black light.
(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)

What on earth is black light? Surely black is the antithesis of light? Geeks - where are you when I need you?!

[straycat]

So what would the Death of Jivers look like? Just an idle thought :whistle:

And to answer my own question, I'm angling for something like this (http://www.vamp.org/Gothic/Images/images/death.gif) (I read too much Neil Gaiman, if that's possible)

[straycat]

What on earth is black light? Surely black is the antithesis of light? Geeks - where are you when I need you?!

UV

Happy to help :cool:

[philsmove]

I
What on earth is black light? ?!

i think its ultra violet

[El Salsero Gringo]

What on earth is black light?It's a not-very-accurate name for ultraviolet radiation, the sort you get from UV tubes in discos (and the odd ceroc venue) that makes your bra glow through your top.

[Twirly]

So what would the Death of Jivers look like? Just an idle thought :whistle:

Not sure, but doubtless it'd involve yanking...

[philsmove]

Gawd, another of these lists full of c**p - :nice:


:blush: I was taugh “never let the facts get in the way of a good story”:whistle:

[Cruella]

And to answer my own question, I'm angling for something like this (http://www.vamp.org/Gothic/Images/images/death.gif) (I read too much Neil Gaiman, if that's possible)
Is it just me or is there a likeness to a special lady in your life!

[ToeTrampler]

So what would the Death of Jivers look like? Just an idle thought :whistle:

And to answer my own question, I'm angling for something like this (http://www.vamp.org/Gothic/Images/images/death.gif) (I read too much Neil Gaiman, if that's possible)
Oh but what a way to go :)
(and I'll be "going" soon if Mrs ToeTrampler see this thread) :eek:

[Twirly]

It's a not-very-accurate name for ultraviolet radiation, the sort you get from UV tubes in discos (and the odd ceroc venue) that makes your bra glow through your top.

Thank you to all the geeks for enlightening me... :D

[straycat]

Is it just me or is there a likeness to a special lady in your life!

Now you come to mention it, there may be some small (surely coincidental) resemblence...



Oh but what a way to go


Ahhhh - but you see, it isn't like that at all (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_%28DC_Comics%29)...

[Piglet]

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
Perhaps not doing that alone, but indirectly you could: I'm sure you could blow your breath into a brown paper bag and hold it tight and then shoot yourself through the paperbag - in that case wouldn't you have been via holding your breath :rofl: Please don't try this at home!

[ducasi]

Gawd, another of these lists full of c**p - this particular piece of waffle is based on a 1991 study by Coren and Halpern, which derived its statistics by, err, phoning round the relatives of recently deceased people, and asking what hand the deceased used. Given that left handedness was supressed until quite recently, and still is in many places, it wouldn't be surprising to find out that fewer older people are LH. They did a number of more rigourous studies too – this one was only to get a further acknowledgement of their results.

In particular they found that across *all age groups* (not just old people) there was a gradual decrease in the percentage of left-handers. This even included people under 20.

I've read Coren's book on this subject, and I've got to say his results look pretty convincing.

[David Bailey]

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
Really? I can't honestly say I've ever fancied a dolphin, perhaps I'm abnormal.

[Stuart M]

I've read Coren's book on this subject, and I've got to say his results look pretty convincing.
Perhaps - I haven't read it so I can't comment on it. All I was saying is that the 1991 study's research method was questionable, and the results have not been corroborated by later studies. Some of these were considerably more thorough (1,2,3 below), and left-handedness research has moved on since then.

Coren seems better known for his work in dog psychology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Coren) these days anyway. It's just bizarre that this 1991 study, with its headline "9 years less for sinistrals" quote, is casually bandied around. This study (http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/309/6970/1681) is also worth a look with some good references.

By the way, the one about polar bears is rubbish (http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/bear-facts/myths-and-misconceptions/) as well. And so is all that stuff about left-handed geniuses.

Oh, and there's no Santa either :whistle:

1 Marks JS, Williamson DF. Left-handedness and life expectancy. N Engl J Med 1991;325:1042.
2 Wolf PA, D'Agostino RB, Cobb J. Left-handedness and life expectancy. N Engl J Med 1991;325:1042.
3 Annett M. The fallacy of the argument for reduced longevity in left-handers. Perceptual and Motor Skills 1993;76:295-8.

[philsmove]

Oh, and there's no Santa either :whistle:


:tears: :tears: :tears: :tears: :tears: :tears:

[El Salsero Gringo]

Really? I can't honestly say I've ever fancied a dolphin, perhaps I'm abnormal.You have to work to get things started, but oh, the rewards

[Cruella]

Boars, Dolphins, Donkeys, gives new meaning to being an animal lover!

[ducasi]

Perhaps - I haven't read it so I can't comment on it. All I was saying is that the 1991 study's research method was questionable, and the results have not been corroborated by later studies. Some of these were considerably more thorough (1,2,3 below), and left-handedness research has moved on since then.
Unfortunately I don't have those articles to hand to read. I'll lend you the book if you like.

[David Bailey]

You have to work to get things started, but oh, the rewards
If I made a joke about blowholes, would this get sent upstairs? :innocent:

[Cruella]

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33

A chameleon’s tongue is twice the length of its body.

Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day
(I'm obviously more of a child than i thought)

Typewriter is the longest word that can be made only using one row on the keyboard

All elephants walk on tiptoe, because the back portion of their foot is made up of all fat and no bone
(I bet you can still hear them when they come home in the middle of the night)

Eskimoes have hundreds of words for snow but none for hello.
(What else do they have to talk about!)

Honey is the only food consumed by humans that doesn’t go off
(So why do the jars have a sell by date?)

Your body sheds 10 billion flakes of skin every day :sick: