Fun Facts

"I just learned that UC Berkeley has a "Department of Rhetoric", via an job applicant with a degree in it."

You can ask a bunch of rhetorical questions during the interview.

I just learned that UC Berkeley has a "Department of Rhetoric", via an job applicant with a degree in it.

FF: Grand Central Station emits more radiation than is allowed at a nuclear power plant's perimeter.

I thought someone was yanking my chain when they told me about it, so I had to look it up. At least the US government didn't fund the research.

I looked that story up.

The zookeeper concluded that this was "proof that the infinite monkey theorem was flawed".

I can see why they are a zookeeper and not a statistician....

That's some funny shit right there...

Really...

FF: In 2003 an attempt to prove the validity of the Infinite Monkey Theorem was made by the University of Plymouth.

The results were: 5 pages- mainly consisting of the letter "S"; and the monkeys hitting it with a rock before peeing and shitting on the keyboard.

I think those monkeys were attempting to log on to their profiles at SLS so they could continue posting over in Politics.

FF: Micheal Jackson couldn't really play any instruments, so he would compose each element of a song with his voice, and beatbox the rest. The youtube link is a rough draft before he even finished the lyrics to "Beat It". Genius!!

http: //www .youtube. com/watch?v=eZeYw1bm53Y

It doesn't? Damn and next you all will say there is no Santa Clause. Freakin libs.

An ex relative of mine told her second grade students just that. Yeah. And I wonder sometimes why I can hardly bear to watch Jeopardy anymore...

Fun Fact:

Every year, an embarrassing poll result is published which indicates roughly 20% of Americans think the Sun revolves around the Earth. However, it seems that Americans are not alone in sheer ignorance (or possibly just not understanding the question, or filling out the wrong choice by accident, or on purpose because they think it's funny).

Polls conducted over the years show that this belief is common to 16% of Germans, 19% of Britons, and 32% of Russians.

I wonder if the enforcement comes at the payout in current scenarios and of the ones purchased at gas pumps with a winning of over $600, should that pass. The plan to apply the $600 or less winnings back to the credit or debit card is interesting.

Some people have brought that up. While imperfect, you already have an age requirement to pump gas, and children generally do not have credit cards. Perhaps there is an age encoding in the card?

Lottery ticket-selling vending machines already exist, so I'm guessing it would work the same way... whatever way that is.

As for enforcing age requirements in general - practically anyone can get their hands on cigarettes. The ban of cigs for those under 18 is a joke. Every kid who wants them has them. Every time you see a teenager smoking you know it's because a crime has been committed - either a store sold it to them underage, or someone of age bought it for them. Yet they do it openly and nobody does anything. The ban has zero teeth.

VA, I wonder how they would enforce the minimum age requirement (18) for purchasing lottery tickets in that scenario.

Fun Fact, because it's fun to stir up shit.

A new proposal in California would allow customers to buy lottery tickets from the same machine that pumps their gas. "It takes like about 30 seconds to actually buy your lottery tickets," California Lottery spokesman Russ Lopez said about the proposal. "So it's not going to hold up the line."

Local affiliate ABC News 10 reports that customers could use their credit or debit cards to purchase the tickets. Customers would be limited to three games: Mega Millions, Powerball, and Super Lotto Plus.

If approved, the ability to purchase lottery tickets directly from the gas pump would be added to between 100 and 150 stations in the state, mostly in Los Angeles and Sacramento. But perhaps most interestingly, any winnings of $600 or less would then be instantly credited to the debit or credit card used in the transaction.

Va, your post reminds me of this one time when we hooked up with a single guy who was exceptionally well endowed. So high from the experience that at 4pm when he left. I went to the bathroom and texted my sister: "omg! He was huge" ;).

Thankfully my sister knows about our craziness.

Nice. Next time mrs VA is bored send her straight west on 64. You can come too, we definitely can make sure there are some meatballs in the fridge.

FF :

Mrs VA is fucking some guy. Right now. I already fucked some girl, and I'm eating meatballs leftover from the Buffett .

FF: The difference between a poisonous animal and a venomous animal is:

If you bite it and you die, it's poisonous; if it bites you and you die, it's venomous.

FF: During the World Scrabble Championship of 2011, a player demanded that his opponent be strip searched because he was convinced he had the letter "G" hidden in his pocket.

http :/ /www .npr. org /blogs/thetwo-way/2011/10/18/141455152/strip-search-that-man-scrabble-player-demands?sc=fb&cc=fp

The veal? you know that I don't eat anything with four legs!

Ladies and gentlemen, Kibbie Youngman! ...She'll be here all week! Try the veal...

BT water. now THAT'S refreshing!

No, its all about a superior product and sticktoitiveness.

Its all about location. You musta got lucky