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1. Interesting is the most overused word in the English language
2. My fridge is full of cheese
3. Animated comedy show Family Guy is only sporadically funny.
4. Cat in the hat author Doctor Suess used to undertake complex operations in hospitals under the fake name Dr. Seuss. Despite not being an actual doctor, or called Suess, he managed a success rate of nearly 4%
5. Over 50 % of top 50 list writers give up before number seven or eight.
6. Bats are actually a type of fruit closely related to the banana.
7. But not me.
8. 95% of Americans cannot locate America on a map
9. Of the 5% who can over 15% visit Jamaica at least twice a year.
10. My wife went to the west indies on holiday. Jamaica? No she went of her own accord.
11. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
12. His big mistake was in buying her that Ford Econoline.
13. Two thirds of Americans have an instinctive distrust of homosexuals. Especially those who work in the theatre
14. My old man said follow that van.
15. But sadly I did dilly dally on the way.
16. The german for goat is das goat
17. No one knows who shot Mr Burns. Or J R Ewing. Police suspect a fictional serial killer.
18. The most common nick name for French people is Pierre le stinky butt
19. n n n n ninteen
20. Prince has no royal blood in his veins
21. 21 is not half way to 50 interesting facts
22. Neither is 22.
23. Han Solo shot first
24. David Blaine makes fools of us all
25. 25 is
26. A miss is as good as mile doen't actually mean anything.
27. Stoats do it, goats do it. Even little plastic boats do it.
28. Last time I typed this list I hit submit and got timed out. I had not thought to cut and paste as a safety.
29. This list, like most lists contains several hidden or "lost" items that modern science will never know about.
30. None of Herman's Hermits were actually Hermits.
31. Apart from Herman. Who was a hermit.
32. Star Trek actor George Takei once made fellow cast member William Shatner a key lime pie... spiked with human urine.
33. Most British people look down on Americans. And rightly so.
34. The American spelling and pronounciation of Aluminum, is in fact, despite what the British say, the correct way to spell and pronounce it.
35. Incorrect
36. 6% of Mac users develop a vestigial sixth digit on each hand, know to doctors as a tadger.
37. Very few sit coms are actually funny.
38. More than 45% of Macnners will not get to number 38 on a list.
39. Say what you like about crooner Gene Vincent. He certainly had two first names.
40. When people say that a pet has gone to a better place, they mean it is in fact dead. Despite sounding great, a better place is in fact a dirt filled hole and not actually better than being alive.
41. Why oh why oh why.
42. Waynes World is not a real world.
43. Batman is more man than bat.
44. one in seven people cannot spell merangue
45. Austrian saint Saint Tromulous is the patron saint of alpabetti spaghetti
46. Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo once made a car called the tutti frutti.
47. I have way to much time on my hands.
48. Boy, you can bet that I'm going to save this list this time round. Oh yes.
49. People who have a face that only a mother could love, are sadly deluded.
50. Stupid and pointless online messaging service twitter is secretly a total waste of time. Only three people in the world know this.
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You forgot to put it in a quote box.
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But I always thought a tadger was...
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Originally Posted by Andrew Stephens
2. My fridge is full of cheese
Crap. I think we need a thread about cheese.
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Originally Posted by Andrew Stephens
44. one in seven people cannot spell merangue
You certainly can't.
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The biggest word you can type using only your right hand on a standard computer keyboard is "lollipop"....
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Originally Posted by rickey939
The biggest word you can type using only your right hand on a standard computer keyboard is "lollipop"....
And with your left hand it's stewardesses.
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Originally Posted by rickey939
The biggest word you can type using only your right hand on a standard computer keyboard is "lollipop"....
What about lollipoop ?
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Originally Posted by Andrew Stephens
5. Over 50 % of top 50 list writers give up before number seven or eight.
Same applies to the readers...
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10. My wife went to the west indies on holiday. Jamaica? No she went of her own accord.
That made me lulz.
50. Stupid and pointless online messaging service twitter is secretly a total waste of time. Only three people in the world know this.
THIS RIGHT HERE. Twitter is possibly the stupidest Internet fad since...ever.
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Originally Posted by shifuimam
That made me lulz.
50. Stupid and pointless online messaging service twitter is secretly a total waste of time. Only three people in the world know this.
THIS RIGHT HERE. Twitter is possibly the stupidest Internet fad since...ever.
The name alone keeps me away. If it had been called floogerbooger perhaps things would've been different for me.
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Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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Originally Posted by osiris
The name alone keeps me away. If it had been called floogerbooger perhaps things would've been different for me.
Would it generate more interest for you if it was named Twatter?
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I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.
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you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Originally Posted by Dakar V
Would it generate more interest for you if it was named Twatter?
Twatter works for me. Their slogan would be "The premiere place to meet hot chicks that want your money and soul."
Looks like I picked a bad week to give up amphetamines.
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.
I know, it's terribly sad that I'm not inclined to be sharing with the world what's going on every minute of every day of my life, isn't it?
I can't remember if I originally saw this on NN or not, so here it is again:
http://current.com/items/89891774/su...h_twitters.htm
It's so funny, and so pathetically true. "This is how our generation communicates now - with detached, bite-sized yippity-yap!"
"People...you've become reliant on this constant self-affirmation! You're addicts!"
It's really A+++.
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That's pretty fun.
Please note, shif: You need to watch "Airplane!" at some point, if you haven't done so (and it would appear not).
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Originally Posted by shifuimam
I know, it's terribly sad that I'm not inclined to be sharing with the world what's going on every minute of every day of my life, isn't it?
I was just quoting the movie Airplane. It's nonsensical and wasn't directed at anyone in particular.
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Originally Posted by shifuimam
The video is extremely funny
I honestly think Twitter is a waste of time. Who cares what you are doing right now?
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Originally Posted by Hg2491
The video is extremely funny
I honestly think Twitter is a waste of time. Who cares what you are doing right now?
Right...you didn't think that way about Twitter back in 07.
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And suddenly I feel stalked. Just kidding. There's a reason why I lasted a week or so...
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Originally Posted by Hg2491
And suddenly I feel stalked. Just kidding.
No comments.
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But you commented already. HA.
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I'll bet if someone made a thread here asking "what are you doing right now?" it would go 10 pages.
And no, I don't care to make one. Shut up.
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Originally Posted by hg2491
but you commented already. Ha.
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Originally Posted by lyanma
You certainly can't.
He must be one in seven.
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I'm a bird. I am the 1% (of pets).
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