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"A pint of blood weighs 1lb " Ooh I like this one! | |||
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"The king of hearts is the only king in the standard deck of cards, without a mustache. " And also the king of diamonds is the only king to not hold a sword. | |||
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"A spiny anteater has two vaginas. " Is that like a dog with 2 dicks  | |||
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"One bite from the Brazilian wandering spider can result in an erection lasting for multiple hours" If you live that long | |||
"Every days a school day" There is only 1 animal in the world with a cunt on its back...a police horse | |||
"If a bulldog staffy or that type of dog locks it's jaw on you or anther dog they will only breath through they're nose. so the best way to make it let go is cover it's nose so it can't breath but remember it won't let go instantly and when it does it might try and grab your hand...." Actually the best way is to throw water in its nose, I have seen it work | |||
"If a bulldog staffy or that type of dog locks it's jaw on you or anther dog they will only breath through they're nose. so the best way to make it let go is cover it's nose so it can't breath but remember it won't let go instantly and when it does it might try and grab your hand.... Actually the best way is to throw water in its nose, I have seen it work" I've had staffs all my life and broke up God knows how many fight. Strangely enough there was never water to hand and I definitely couldn't leave them to go look. Trust me cover the nose and you might end up with both dogs still alive  | |||
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"Elvis Presley once shot his car (a De Tomoso Pantera) when it wouldn't start." A friend of mind shot a misbehaving printer in his office in Kabul. | |||
"Elvis Presley once shot his car (a De Tomoso Pantera) when it wouldn't start. A friend of mind shot a misbehaving printer in his office in Kabul." Most people just turn it off and turn it back on  | |||
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"Elvis Presley once shot his car (a De Tomoso Pantera) when it wouldn't start. A friend of mind shot a misbehaving printer in his office in Kabul. Most people just turn it off and turn it back on "Ah, but most people don't have a personal firearm in the office when the stupid things stop working. | |||
"Elvis Presley once shot his car (a De Tomoso Pantera) when it wouldn't start. A friend of mind shot a misbehaving printer in his office in Kabul. Most people just turn it off and turn it back on
Ah, but most people don't have a personal firearm in the office when the stupid things stop working. "An old site manager I knew decided to drop his whole computer (Inc monitor) out of a fifth floor windows onto a busy London lunch time street when it stopped working. | |||
"If a bulldog staffy or that type of dog locks it's jaw on you or anther dog they will only breath through they're nose. so the best way to make it let go is cover it's nose so it can't breath but remember it won't let go instantly and when it does it might try and grab your hand...." There's is nothing anatomicly different from a staffs jaw to a poodle. Meaning they don't lock their jaws. It's just will power and determination that make them hang on | |||
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"a duck has a corkscrew penis because females evolved a corkscrew vagina to stop ducks from raping them."  | |||
"a duck has a corkscrew penis because females evolved a corkscrew vagina to stop ducks from raping them." Mine is perfectly normal shaped
I thought I'd better say this before any ugly rumours start   | |||
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"a duck has a corkscrew penis because females evolved a corkscrew vagina to stop ducks from raping them. Mine is perfectly normal shaped
I thought I'd better say this before any ugly rumours start "i'd let those rumours happen, a corkscrew penis sounds fun.  | |||
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"A litter of kittens can have several several dads" Shut up really? | |||
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"A litter of kittens can have several several dads Shut up really? "Seriously!! | |||
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"There is still a bylaw in Chester that suggests an English man can do away with a Welshman! It comes from a declaration which states .all manner of Welsh persons or Welsh sympathies should be expelled from the city; that no Welshman should enter the city before sunrise or tarry in it after sunset, under pain of decapitation."" That was rescinded years ago
Taff is perfectly safe within the city walls | |||
"There is still a bylaw in Chester that suggests an English man can do away with a Welshman! It comes from a declaration which states .all manner of Welsh persons or Welsh sympathies should be expelled from the city; that no Welshman should enter the city before sunrise or tarry in it after sunset, under pain of decapitation." That was rescinded years ago
Taff is perfectly safe within the city walls "It hasn't been rescinded has it? Ah well. | |||
"There is still a bylaw in Chester that suggests an English man can do away with a Welshman! It comes from a declaration which states .all manner of Welsh persons or Welsh sympathies should be expelled from the city; that no Welshman should enter the city before sunrise or tarry in it after sunset, under pain of decapitation." That was rescinded years ago
Taff is perfectly safe within the city walls "Phew  | |||
"I need a poo, but can't be bothered getting up yet! This might not end well... And that's a fact Jack" Someone had to lower the tone didn't they  | |||
"a duck has a corkscrew penis because females evolved a corkscrew vagina to stop ducks from raping them." How does a duck give legal concent to sex? | |||
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"There is still a bylaw in Chester that suggests an English man can do away with a Welshman! It comes from a declaration which states .all manner of Welsh persons or Welsh sympathies should be expelled from the city; that no Welshman should enter the city before sunrise or tarry in it after sunset, under pain of decapitation."" but were such lovely people | |||
"There is still a bylaw in Chester that suggests an English man can do away with a Welshman! It comes from a declaration which states .all manner of Welsh persons or Welsh sympathies should be expelled from the city; that no Welshman should enter the city before sunrise or tarry in it after sunset, under pain of decapitation." but were such lovely people "And sound sexy as fuck | |||
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"There is still a bylaw in Chester that suggests an English man can do away with a Welshman! It comes from a declaration which states .all manner of Welsh persons or Welsh sympathies should be expelled from the city; that no Welshman should enter the city before sunrise or tarry in it after sunset, under pain of decapitation." but were such lovely people
And sound sexy as fuck "Well if nasally is sexy then yes | |||
"I need a poo, but can't be bothered getting up yet! This might not end well... And that's a fact Jack Someone had to lower the tone didn't they "Who, me? | |||
"The Ancient Greeks claimed the sky was bronze as they had no word for blue. The Greeks never used colour to describe things. According to Homer, the sea, wine, and sheep all shared the same color. "Git. I was going to post that | |||
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" According to Homer, the sea, wine, and sheep all shared the same color. "True, but everyone knows he's an idiot who spends too much time getting d*unk at mo's. The same amount of gas molecules will fill a one litre balloon irregardless () of the type of gas. Approx. 602 billion trillion. | |||
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"The Ancient Greeks claimed the sky was bronze as they had no word for blue. The Greeks never used colour to describe things. According to Homer, the sea, wine, and sheep all shared the same color.
Git. I was going to post that "“And jealous now of me, you gods, because I befriend a man, one I saved as he straddled the keel alone, when Zeus had blasted and shattered his swift ship with a bright lightning bolt, out on the wine-dark sea.” ~ Homer, The Odyssey, Book V Homer’s descriptions of color in The Iliad and The Odyssey, taken literally, paint an almost psychedelic landscape: in addition to the sea, sheep were also the color of wine; honey was green, as were the fear-filled faces of men; and the sky is often described as bronze. It gets stranger. Not only was Homer’s palette limited to only five colors (metallics, black, white, yellow-green, and red), but a prominent philosopher even centuries later, Empedocles, believed that all color was limited to four categories: white/light, dark/black, red, and yellow. Xenophanes, another philosopher, described the rainbow as having but three bands of color: porphyra (dark purple), khloros, and erythros (red). | |||
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"The moon is 4x smaller than the sun but in distance it's 4x closer to the earth, which is why visibly they both appear to be exactly the same size." The Moon's orbit is indeed getting larger, at a rate of about 3.8 centimeters per year. The Earth's rotation is slowing down because of this. One hundred years from now, the day will be 2 milliseconds longer than it is now. | |||
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"6 out 7 dwarves are not happy !" And yet 6 out of 7 dwarfs are not grumpy - they're fickle buggers | |||
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"One bite from the Brazilian wandering spider can result in an erection lasting for multiple hours If you live that long" I don't think it kills you. It's basically just a replacement for viagra haha | |||
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"If a bulldog staffy or that type of dog locks it's jaw on you or anther dog they will only breath through they're nose. so the best way to make it let go is cover it's nose so it can't breath but remember it won't let go instantly and when it does it might try and grab your hand...." Staffies don't 'lock' jaws in the same way say a bulldog does. They simply refuse to let go. They only let go to get a better grip elsewhere. My staffie got in a fight in the park (he was on a full harness and was attacked by an alsation off the lead). I had to lift him between my thighs (to stop him doing the tearing pull they do) and then grip his throat to make him let go. I was more scared of the other dog biting me as mine just stopped and calmed down the moment he realised it was me gripping him. The young lad with the alsation didn't know what to do. He definitely had no control. Fortunately, neither dog was really injured beyond a few scratches. Some people use breaking sticks to make staffies open their jaws but unless you know what you are doing you can cause a lot of harm to teeth and tongue. I think they're pretty cruel implements. | |||
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"Snails were introduced to Britain by the Romans who ate them as a delicacy. They also introduced rabbits to Britain as food. " Snails and rabbit are the traditional meats in paella not seafood. | |||
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"Don't know if this has been mentioned, but if a man with a large penis entered the Roman baths, it was custom for every man to stand up and applaud him" I can confirm this is actually true, I was really confused at first but then they told me the applause is for my manhood. | |||
"Don't know if this has been mentioned, but if a man with a large penis entered the Roman baths, it was custom for every man to stand up and applaud him" I've never heard of that... I know the Greeks thought that men with big dicks were somehow less attractive than those with a more modest manhood (maybe they had small cocks and just wanted to feel better about themselves). But here's a bona fide Roman joke: "That slave you sold me died", a man complained to a skolastikos (teacher). "Well, I swear by all the gods, he never did anything like that when I had him." | |||
"Don't know if this has been mentioned, but if a man with a large penis entered the Roman baths, it was custom for every man to stand up and applaud him I've never heard of that... I know the Greeks thought that men with big dicks were somehow less attractive than those with a more modest manhood (maybe they had small cocks and just wanted to feel better about themselves). But here's a bona fide Roman joke: "That slave you sold me died", a man complained to a skolastikos (teacher). "Well, I swear by all the gods, he never did anything like that when I had him." "Here's the a joke from the medieval ages
"What has a shaft and dangles between a man's legs?
A key!" | |||
"Don't know if this has been mentioned, but if a man with a large penis entered the Roman baths, it was custom for every man to stand up and applaud him I've never heard of that... I know the Greeks thought that men with big dicks were somehow less attractive than those with a more modest manhood (maybe they had small cocks and just wanted to feel better about themselves). But here's a bona fide Roman joke: "That slave you sold me died", a man complained to a skolastikos (teacher). "Well, I swear by all the gods, he never did anything like that when I had him."
Here's the a joke from the medieval ages
"What has a shaft and dangles between a man's legs?
A key!""I think you're just making stuff up now | |||
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"Don't know if this has been mentioned, but if a man with a large penis entered the Roman baths, it was custom for every man to stand up and applaud him I've never heard of that... I know the Greeks thought that men with big dicks were somehow less attractive than those with a more modest manhood (maybe they had small cocks and just wanted to feel better about themselves). But here's a bona fide Roman joke: "That slave you sold me died", a man complained to a skolastikos (teacher). "Well, I swear by all the gods, he never did anything like that when I had him."
Here's the a joke from the medieval ages
"What has a shaft and dangles between a man's legs?
A key!"
I think you're just making stuff up now "Haha no. I was lucky enough to read some manuscripts from the 13th Century this year. That was an actually recorded joke | |||
"The largest man made "object" on earth is is a swirling mass of plastic floating around the baltic sea. Thats an interesting fact that is literally floating around. " Don't get this one | |||
"The only word always spelt incorrectly is incorrectly "Top 10 most commonly misspelled words: 1/ Definitely 2/ Sacrilegious 3/ Indict 4/ Manoeuvre 5/ Bureaucracy 6/ Broccoli 7/ Phlegm 8/ Prejudice 9/ Consensus 10/ Unnecessary (and I spelled four of the them wrong on the first attempt ) | |||
"The largest man made "object" on earth is is a swirling mass of plastic floating around the baltic sea. Thats an interesting fact that is literally floating around. Don't get this one " The north Pacific Gyre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch | |||
"The only word always spelt incorrectly is incorrectly
Top 10 most commonly misspelled words:
1/ Definitely
2/ Sacrilegious
3/ Indict
4/ Manoeuvre
5/ Bureaucracy
6/ Broccoli
7/ Phlegm
8/ Prejudice
9/ Consensus
10/ Unnecessary
(and I spelled four of the them wrong on the first attempt )"I'm guessing most people spell definitely defiantly? | |||
"A pint of blood weighs 1lb " Only roughly, not exactly. | |||
"Don't know if this has been mentioned, but if a man with a large penis entered the Roman baths, it was custom for every man to stand up and applaud him I've never heard of that... I know the Greeks thought that men with big dicks were somehow less attractive than those with a more modest manhood (maybe they had small cocks and just wanted to feel better about themselves). But here's a bona fide Roman joke: "That slave you sold me died", a man complained to a skolastikos (teacher). "Well, I swear by all the gods, he never did anything like that when I had him."
Here's the a joke from the medieval ages
"What has a shaft and dangles between a man's legs?
A key!"
I think you're just making stuff up now
Haha no. I was lucky enough to read some manuscripts from the 13th Century this year. That was an actually recorded joke"The language of modern humour is rooted in Latin. Iocus is Latin for ‘joke’; facetus, as in facetious, is Latin for ‘witty’; ridiculus, as in ridiculous, meant ‘laughable’. Another Roman joke:- A man goes to the barber, who askes: ‘How should I cut your hair, sir?’ ‘In silence’ (appears in the Philogelos joke book, 4th cent. AD) | |||
"a duck has a corkscrew penis because females evolved a corkscrew vagina to stop ducks from raping them. Mine is perfectly normal shaped
I thought I'd better say this before any ugly rumours start "Your next meet veri might be very interesting now | |||
"The only word always spelt incorrectly is incorrectly
Top 10 most commonly misspelled words:
1/ Definitely
2/ Sacrilegious
3/ Indict
4/ Manoeuvre
5/ Bureaucracy
6/ Broccoli
7/ Phlegm
8/ Prejudice
9/ Consensus
10/ Unnecessary
(and I spelled four of the them wrong on the first attempt )
I'm guessing most people spell definitely defiantly?"De-finite-ly might help you to remember. It's like separate - you always find 'a rat' in separate | |||
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"One bite from the Brazilian wandering spider can result in an erection lasting for multiple hours" were can I buy the spider | |||
"There's some cracking graffiti at Pompeii, with such gems as: "Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!" " Floronius, privileged soldier of the 7th legion, was here. The women did not know of his presence. Only six women came to know, too few for such a stallion" "Theophilus, don’t perform oral sex on girls against the city wall like a dog" and "The one who buggers a fire burns his penis"" Very good. One of my fav lines comes from Juvenal: "I fell into love like a cockroach into a basin."  | |||
"Every days a school day" I can't play chess. | |||
"Every days a school day I can't play chess. " There are more possible chess moves than atoms in the observable universe. | |||
"Every days a school day I can't play chess. There are more possible chess moves than atoms in the observable universe. "That's why I will never understand chess. | |||
"Every days a school day I can't play chess. There are more possible chess moves than atoms in the observable universe.
That's why I will never understand chess."Viz. a quick back-of-envelope estimation: The number of chess games possible might be around 50 moves a side times 20 options per move, making 20^100 different games. The number of atoms in the observable universe might be around 10^25 per kilogram times 2 * 10^30 kg per solar system times 10^14 stars per galaxy times 10^14 galaxies in the observable universe. Comparing the very large numbers, 10^83 is clearly less than 20^100, so the conjecture is probably true. | |||
"Every days a school day I can't play chess. There are more possible chess moves than atoms in the observable universe.
That's why I will never understand chess.
Viz. a quick back-of-envelope estimation:
The number of chess games possible might be around 50 moves a side times 20 options per move, making 20^100 different games.
The number of atoms in the observable universe might be around 10^25 per kilogram times 2 * 10^30 kg per solar system times 10^14 stars per galaxy times 10^14 galaxies in the observable universe.
Comparing the very large numbers, 10^83 is clearly less than 20^100, so the conjecture is probably true.
"I didn't read the above. | |||
"Every days a school day I can't play chess. There are more possible chess moves than atoms in the observable universe.
That's why I will never understand chess.
Viz. a quick back-of-envelope estimation:
The number of chess games possible might be around 50 moves a side times 20 options per move, making 20^100 different games.
The number of atoms in the observable universe might be around 10^25 per kilogram times 2 * 10^30 kg per solar system times 10^14 stars per galaxy times 10^14 galaxies in the observable universe.
Comparing the very large numbers, 10^83 is clearly less than 20^100, so the conjecture is probably true.
I didn't read the above. "Just the last line is all you need | |||
"Every days a school day I can't play chess. There are more possible chess moves than atoms in the observable universe.
That's why I will never understand chess.
Viz. a quick back-of-envelope estimation:
The number of chess games possible might be around 50 moves a side times 20 options per move, making 20^100 different games.
The number of atoms in the observable universe might be around 10^25 per kilogram times 2 * 10^30 kg per solar system times 10^14 stars per galaxy times 10^14 galaxies in the observable universe.
Comparing the very large numbers, 10^83 is clearly less than 20^100, so the conjecture is probably true.
I didn't read the above.
Just the last line is all you need"No I just can't do it | |||
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"Every days a school day I can't play chess. There are more possible chess moves than atoms in the observable universe.
That's why I will never understand chess.
Viz. a quick back-of-envelope estimation:
The number of chess games possible might be around 50 moves a side times 20 options per move, making 20^100 different games.
The number of atoms in the observable universe might be around 10^25 per kilogram times 2 * 10^30 kg per solar system times 10^14 stars per galaxy times 10^14 galaxies in the observable universe.
Comparing the very large numbers, 10^83 is clearly less than 20^100, so the conjecture is probably true.
I didn't read the above.
Just the last line is all you need
No
I
just
can't
do
it "Stubbornly anti-intellectual? Ok... Try a simpler game... The Korean game Go. There are more permutations of the game Go than of chess by a factor of 20... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_and_mathematics | |||
"Vikings often left graffiti runes on famous historical landmarks, often along the lines of "Dolf was here year 18" or "Valter bedded Helda here"" I've seen their graffiti in Aya Sophia in Istanbul. Buggers got everywhere... | |||
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"Every days a school day I can't play chess. There are more possible chess moves than atoms in the observable universe.
That's why I will never understand chess.
Viz. a quick back-of-envelope estimation:
The number of chess games possible might be around 50 moves a side times 20 options per move, making 20^100 different games.
The number of atoms in the observable universe might be around 10^25 per kilogram times 2 * 10^30 kg per solar system times 10^14 stars per galaxy times 10^14 galaxies in the observable universe.
Comparing the very large numbers, 10^83 is clearly less than 20^100, so the conjecture is probably true.
I didn't read the above.
Just the last line is all you need
No
I
just
can't
do
it
Stubbornly anti-intellectual? Ok...
Try a simpler game... The Korean game Go.
There are more permutations of the game Go than of chess by a factor of 20...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_and_mathematics"I have a Go board and often use it to teach my students strategy. | |||
"Every days a school day I can't play chess. There are more possible chess moves than atoms in the observable universe.
That's why I will never understand chess.
Viz. a quick back-of-envelope estimation:
The number of chess games possible might be around 50 moves a side times 20 options per move, making 20^100 different games.
The number of atoms in the observable universe might be around 10^25 per kilogram times 2 * 10^30 kg per solar system times 10^14 stars per galaxy times 10^14 galaxies in the observable universe.
Comparing the very large numbers, 10^83 is clearly less than 20^100, so the conjecture is probably true.
I didn't read the above.
Just the last line is all you need
No
I
just
can't
do
it
Stubbornly anti-intellectual? Ok...
Try a simpler game... The Korean game Go.
There are more permutations of the game Go than of chess by a factor of 20...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_and_mathematics
I have a Go board and often use it to teach my students strategy."Now that is interesting | |||
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"Every days a school day I can't play chess. There are more possible chess moves than atoms in the observable universe.
That's why I will never understand chess.
Viz. a quick back-of-envelope estimation:
The number of chess games possible might be around 50 moves a side times 20 options per move, making 20^100 different games.
The number of atoms in the observable universe might be around 10^25 per kilogram times 2 * 10^30 kg per solar system times 10^14 stars per galaxy times 10^14 galaxies in the observable universe.
Comparing the very large numbers, 10^83 is clearly less than 20^100, so the conjecture is probably true.
I didn't read the above.
Just the last line is all you need
No
I
just
can't
do
it
Stubbornly anti-intellectual? Ok...
Try a simpler game... The Korean game Go.
There are more permutations of the game Go than of chess by a factor of 20...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_and_mathematics
I have a Go board and often use it to teach my students strategy.
Now that is interesting "Ithankhew. | |||
"I'm a firm a believer that a bear may actually shit in the woods. " Ah, see my previous post about bears. There is an exception to the rule when said bears hibernate. | |||
"Every days a school day I can't play chess. There are more possible chess moves than atoms in the observable universe.
That's why I will never understand chess.
Viz. a quick back-of-envelope estimation:
The number of chess games possible might be around 50 moves a side times 20 options per move, making 20^100 different games.
The number of atoms in the observable universe might be around 10^25 per kilogram times 2 * 10^30 kg per solar system times 10^14 stars per galaxy times 10^14 galaxies in the observable universe.
Comparing the very large numbers, 10^83 is clearly less than 20^100, so the conjecture is probably true.
I didn't read the above.
Just the last line is all you need
No
I
just
can't
do
it
Stubbornly anti-intellectual? Ok...
Try a simpler game... The Korean game Go.
There are more permutations of the game Go than of chess by a factor of 20...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_and_mathematics"no I simply don't find some things interesting to assume I'm stubborn is correct though. | |||
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"I love potato salad more than is considered normal." You can get a civil partnership now, you know? | |||
"Senet is the world's oldest game having been played in pre-dynastic Egypt. " Ohhh - that's good.
I'm surprised the Chinese haven't yet claimed it. | |||
"I love potato salad more than is considered normal. You can get a civil partnership now, you know? "I've considered this. It would not work because of my other love of salami. | |||
"I love potato salad more than is considered normal. You can get a civil partnership now, you know?
I've considered this.
It would not work because of my other love of salami."An old-fashioned 3sum? | |||
"Every days a school day I can't play chess. There are more possible chess moves than atoms in the observable universe.
That's why I will never understand chess.
Viz. a quick back-of-envelope estimation:
The number of chess games possible might be around 50 moves a side times 20 options per move, making 20^100 different games.
The number of atoms in the observable universe might be around 10^25 per kilogram times 2 * 10^30 kg per solar system times 10^14 stars per galaxy times 10^14 galaxies in the observable universe.
Comparing the very large numbers, 10^83 is clearly less than 20^100, so the conjecture is probably true.
I didn't read the above.
Just the last line is all you need
No
I
just
can't
do
it
Stubbornly anti-intellectual? Ok...
Try a simpler game... The Korean game Go.
There are more permutations of the game Go than of chess by a factor of 20...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_and_mathematics
I have a Go board and often use it to teach my students strategy.
Now that is interesting "Actually Go is believed to be a Chinese game, not Korean. In Japan it's called Wei Qi. It's pretty much the same game in all three countries. | |||
"I'm a firm a believer that a bear may actually shit in the woods. Ah, see my previous post about bears. There is an exception to the rule when said bears hibernate. " I said may. They shit in their cave? | |||
"One bite from the Brazilian wandering spider can result in an erection lasting for multiple hours" Ohhhhh bring it on | |||
"I love potato salad more than is considered normal. You can get a civil partnership now, you know?
I've considered this.
It would not work because of my other love of salami.
An old-fashioned 3sum? "throw in a cucumber and I'm in. | |||
"Every days a school day I can't play chess. There are more possible chess moves than atoms in the observable universe.
That's why I will never understand chess.
Viz. a quick back-of-envelope estimation:
The number of chess games possible might be around 50 moves a side times 20 options per move, making 20^100 different games.
The number of atoms in the observable universe might be around 10^25 per kilogram times 2 * 10^30 kg per solar system times 10^14 stars per galaxy times 10^14 galaxies in the observable universe.
Comparing the very large numbers, 10^83 is clearly less than 20^100, so the conjecture is probably true.
I didn't read the above.
Just the last line is all you need
No
I
just
can't
do
it
Stubbornly anti-intellectual? Ok...
Try a simpler game... The Korean game Go.
There are more permutations of the game Go than of chess by a factor of 20...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_and_mathematics
I have a Go board and often use it to teach my students strategy.
Now that is interesting
Actually Go is believed to be a Chinese game, not Korean.
In Japan it's called Wei Qi.
It's pretty much the same game in all three countries. "Yes, I read that too... but the Chinese have a knack at inventing everything first (I'm sure they'll claim Shakespeare in time)... so I like to believe the opposite | |||
"Elvis Presley once shot his car (a De Tomoso Pantera) when it wouldn't start. A friend of mind shot a misbehaving printer in his office in Kabul. Most people just turn it off and turn it back on
Ah, but most people don't have a personal firearm in the office when the stupid things stop working. "sounds very similar to a story my uncle told me when he had come back to London from Northen Ireland in 70s | |||
"I love potato salad more than is considered normal. You can get a civil partnership now, you know?
I've considered this.
It would not work because of my other love of salami.
An old-fashioned 3sum?
throw in a cucumber and I'm in."Tart? | |||
"I love potato salad more than is considered normal. You can get a civil partnership now, you know?
I've considered this.
It would not work because of my other love of salami.
An old-fashioned 3sum?
throw in a cucumber and I'm in.
Tart? "That's a pork pie! | |||
"I love potato salad more than is considered normal. You can get a civil partnership now, you know?
I've considered this.
It would not work because of my other love of salami.
An old-fashioned 3sum?
throw in a cucumber and I'm in.
Tart?
That's a pork pie!
"I left a verification for a guy that read: I likes ma men like I likes ma pork pies: lips, brains, bottoms and balls | |||
"I love potato salad more than is considered normal. You can get a civil partnership now, you know?
I've considered this.
It would not work because of my other love of salami.
An old-fashioned 3sum?
throw in a cucumber and I'm in.
Tart?
That's a pork pie!
I left a verification for a guy that read:
I likes ma men like I likes ma pork pies: lips, brains, bottoms and balls
"That's offal. | |||
"Every days a school day I can't play chess. There are more possible chess moves than atoms in the observable universe.
That's why I will never understand chess.
Viz. a quick back-of-envelope estimation:
The number of chess games possible might be around 50 moves a side times 20 options per move, making 20^100 different games.
The number of atoms in the observable universe might be around 10^25 per kilogram times 2 * 10^30 kg per solar system times 10^14 stars per galaxy times 10^14 galaxies in the observable universe.
Comparing the very large numbers, 10^83 is clearly less than 20^100, so the conjecture is probably true.
I didn't read the above.
Just the last line is all you need
No
I
just
can't
do
it
Stubbornly anti-intellectual? Ok...
Try a simpler game... The Korean game Go.
There are more permutations of the game Go than of chess by a factor of 20...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_and_mathematics
I have a Go board and often use it to teach my students strategy.
Now that is interesting
Actually Go is believed to be a Chinese game, not Korean.
In Japan it's called Wei Qi.
It's pretty much the same game in all three countries.
Yes, I read that too... but the Chinese have a knack at inventing everything first (I'm sure they'll claim Shakespeare in time)... so I like to believe the opposite "The Chinese invent, the Japanese "aquire" and improve. | |||
"Every days a school day I can't play chess. There are more possible chess moves than atoms in the observable universe.
That's why I will never understand chess.
Viz. a quick back-of-envelope estimation:
The number of chess games possible might be around 50 moves a side times 20 options per move, making 20^100 different games.
The number of atoms in the observable universe might be around 10^25 per kilogram times 2 * 10^30 kg per solar system times 10^14 stars per galaxy times 10^14 galaxies in the observable universe.
Comparing the very large numbers, 10^83 is clearly less than 20^100, so the conjecture is probably true.
I didn't read the above.
Just the last line is all you need
No
I
just
can't
do
it
Stubbornly anti-intellectual? Ok...
Try a simpler game... The Korean game Go.
There are more permutations of the game Go than of chess by a factor of 20...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_and_mathematics
I have a Go board and often use it to teach my students strategy.
Now that is interesting
Actually Go is believed to be a Chinese game, not Korean.
In Japan it's called Wei Qi.
It's pretty much the same game in all three countries.
Yes, I read that too... but the Chinese have a knack at inventing everything first (I'm sure they'll claim Shakespeare in time)... so I like to believe the opposite
The Chinese invent, the Japanese "aquire" and improve. "the Irish live! | |||
"I love potato salad more than is considered normal. You can get a civil partnership now, you know?
I've considered this.
It would not work because of my other love of salami.
An old-fashioned 3sum?
throw in a cucumber and I'm in.
Tart?
That's a pork pie!
I left a verification for a guy that read:
I likes ma men like I likes ma pork pies: lips, brains, bottoms and balls
That's offal. "Offal perhaps, but at least he didn't make a right pig's ear of it. | |||
"I love potato salad more than is considered normal. You can get a civil partnership now, you know?
I've considered this.
It would not work because of my other love of salami.
An old-fashioned 3sum?
throw in a cucumber and I'm in.
Tart?
That's a pork pie!
I left a verification for a guy that read:
I likes ma men like I likes ma pork pies: lips, brains, bottoms and balls
That's offal.
Offal perhaps, but at least he didn't make a right pig's ear of it."No, I made it into a silk purse | |||
"I love potato salad more than is considered normal. You can get a civil partnership now, you know?
I've considered this.
It would not work because of my other love of salami.
An old-fashioned 3sum?
throw in a cucumber and I'm in.
Tart?
That's a pork pie!
I left a verification for a guy that read:
I likes ma men like I likes ma pork pies: lips, brains, bottoms and balls
That's offal.
Offal perhaps, but at least he didn't make a right pig's ear of it."ooh and how do you know? | |||
"I love potato salad more than is considered normal. You can get a civil partnership now, you know?
I've considered this.
It would not work because of my other love of salami.
An old-fashioned 3sum?
throw in a cucumber and I'm in.
Tart?
That's a pork pie!
I left a verification for a guy that read:
I likes ma men like I likes ma pork pies: lips, brains, bottoms and balls
That's offal.
Offal perhaps, but at least he didn't make a right pig's ear of it.
ooh and how do you know? "Manly intuition. | |||
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"Some Fabbers are currently trying to lick their own elbow. "Yip  | |||
"I love potato salad more than is considered normal. You can get a civil partnership now, you know?
I've considered this.
It would not work because of my other love of salami.
An old-fashioned 3sum?
throw in a cucumber and I'm in.
Tart?
That's a pork pie!
I left a verification for a guy that read:
I likes ma men like I likes ma pork pies: lips, brains, bottoms and balls
That's offal.
Offal perhaps, but at least he didn't make a right pig's ear of it.
ooh and how do you know?
Manly intuition."mainly manly  | |||
"I love potato salad more than is considered normal. You can get a civil partnership now, you know?
I've considered this.
It would not work because of my other love of salami.
An old-fashioned 3sum?
throw in a cucumber and I'm in.
Tart?
That's a pork pie!
I left a verification for a guy that read:
I likes ma men like I likes ma pork pies: lips, brains, bottoms and balls
That's offal.
Offal perhaps, but at least he didn't make a right pig's ear of it.
ooh and how do you know?
Manly intuition.
mainly manly
"Whatever are you suggesting? | |||
"I love potato salad more than is considered normal. You can get a civil partnership now, you know?
I've considered this.
It would not work because of my other love of salami.
An old-fashioned 3sum?
throw in a cucumber and I'm in.
Tart?
That's a pork pie!
I left a verification for a guy that read:
I likes ma men like I likes ma pork pies: lips, brains, bottoms and balls
That's offal.
Offal perhaps, but at least he didn't make a right pig's ear of it.
ooh and how do you know?
Manly intuition.
mainly manly
Whatever are you suggesting? "at the moment I'm actually unsure... | |||
"I love potato salad more than is considered normal. You can get a civil partnership now, you know?
I've considered this.
It would not work because of my other love of salami.
An old-fashioned 3sum?
throw in a cucumber and I'm in.
Tart?
That's a pork pie!
I left a verification for a guy that read:
I likes ma men like I likes ma pork pies: lips, brains, bottoms and balls
That's offal.
Offal perhaps, but at least he didn't make a right pig's ear of it.
ooh and how do you know?
Manly intuition.
mainly manly
Whatever are you suggesting?
at the moment I'm actually unsure...
"Glad I'm not the only one confused | |||
"The moon is 4x smaller than the sun but in distance it's 4x closer to the earth, which is why visibly they both appear to be exactly the same size." Think it's more like 400 not 4 | |||
"I love potato salad more than is considered normal. You can get a civil partnership now, you know?
I've considered this.
It would not work because of my other love of salami.
An old-fashioned 3sum?
throw in a cucumber and I'm in.
Tart?
That's a pork pie!
I left a verification for a guy that read:
I likes ma men like I likes ma pork pies: lips, brains, bottoms and balls
That's offal.
Offal perhaps, but at least he didn't make a right pig's ear of it.
ooh and how do you know?
Manly intuition.
mainly manly
Whatever are you suggesting?
at the moment I'm actually unsure...
Glad I'm not the only one confused "I'm good at confusing people. It's one of my skills. | |||
"I love potato salad more than is considered normal. You can get a civil partnership now, you know?
I've considered this.
It would not work because of my other love of salami.
An old-fashioned 3sum?
throw in a cucumber and I'm in.
Tart?
That's a pork pie!
I left a verification for a guy that read:
I likes ma men like I likes ma pork pies: lips, brains, bottoms and balls
That's offal.
Offal perhaps, but at least he didn't make a right pig's ear of it.
ooh and how do you know?
Manly intuition.
mainly manly
Whatever are you suggesting?
at the moment I'm actually unsure...
Glad I'm not the only one confused
I'm good at confusing people.
It's one of my skills.
"I've been tempted to add it to my CV for a while now. Then, if it comes up at interview, pretend I have no idea what they're talking about. | |||
"If a bulldog staffy or that type of dog locks it's jaw on you or anther dog they will only breath through they're nose. so the best way to make it let go is cover it's nose so it can't breath but remember it won't let go instantly and when it does it might try and grab your hand.... Actually the best way is to throw water in its nose, I have seen it work I've had staffs all my life and broke up God knows how many fight. Strangely enough there was never water to hand and I definitely couldn't leave them to go look. Trust me cover the nose and you might end up with both dogs still alive "I'm no dog expert but I saw a staff grab a small dog by the throat and nothing could get it off,only water worked instantly, I posted just in case anyone ends up in that situation. | |||
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"In 1859 Irish Scientist, John Tyndall was the first to correctly explain why the sky is blue. The explanation may surprise you. The sun puts out a full spectrum of light colors – but your eyes are most sensitive to blue and red/purple colors. Molecules in the air scatter the sun’s blue light faster than they scatter its red light. A day-time sky without clouds looks blue because the sun is close to you, and relatively little of the blue light has been scattered. You see red and orange colors at sunset because the light must travel a greater distance to you, and all the blue light has been refracted away from your line of sight by the time the sun’s light hits you – not because of dust or other particles in the air as is widely believed. " "Molecules in the air scatter the sun’s blue light faster than they scatter its red light." - I'm not sure about "faster scattering", but given the small size of Nitrogen atoms (N) and Oxygen molecules (O2) that are predominate in our atmosphere, these are more likely to interact with the shorter wavelength light (blue is shorter wave length then red) hence as the blue wavelength light is scattered as it comes through the atmosphere at oblique angles the light appears more yellow/orange at the horizon (as the blue component is lessened) and the blue light is scattered downwards hence looking directly up we see more blue. The effect known as Rayleigh Scattering is also the reason the sun appears yellow (towards orange at sunset). When in fact the sun's light observed in orbit is close to white, as a main sequence star. The moon however is made of cheese. An Emmental/Gruyere mix I believe. James (I don't generally talk about this stuff on dates) | |||
"Some Fabbers are currently trying to lick their own elbow.
Yip "You did, didn't you. | |||
"In 1859 Irish Scientist, John Tyndall was the first to correctly explain why the sky is blue. The explanation may surprise you. The sun puts out a full spectrum of light colors – but your eyes are most sensitive to blue and red/purple colors. Molecules in the air scatter the sun’s blue light faster than they scatter its red light. A day-time sky without clouds looks blue because the sun is close to you, and relatively little of the blue light has been scattered. You see red and orange colors at sunset because the light must travel a greater distance to you, and all the blue light has been refracted away from your line of sight by the time the sun’s light hits you – not because of dust or other particles in the air as is widely believed. "Molecules in the air scatter the sun’s blue light faster than they scatter its red light." - I'm not sure about "faster scattering", but given the small size of Nitrogen atoms (N) and Oxygen molecules (O2) that are predominate in our atmosphere, these are more likely to interact with the shorter wavelength light (blue is shorter wave length then red) hence as the blue wavelength light is scattered as it comes through the atmosphere at oblique angles the light appears more yellow/orange at the horizon (as the blue component is lessened) and the blue light is scattered downwards hence looking directly up we see more blue. The effect known as Rayleigh Scattering is also the reason the sun appears yellow (towards orange at sunset). When in fact the sun's light observed in orbit is close to white, as a main sequence star. The moon however is made of cheese. An Emmental/Gruyere mix I believe. James (I don't generally talk about this stuff on dates)" Please do. | |||
"If a bulldog staffy or that type of dog locks it's jaw on you or anther dog they will only breath through they're nose. so the best way to make it let go is cover it's nose so it can't breath but remember it won't let go instantly and when it does it might try and grab your hand.... Actually the best way is to throw water in its nose, I have seen it work I've had staffs all my life and broke up God knows how many fight. Strangely enough there was never water to hand and I definitely couldn't leave them to go look. Trust me cover the nose and you might end up with both dogs still alive
I'm no dog expert but I saw a staff grab a small dog by the throat and nothing could get it off,only water worked instantly, I posted just in case anyone ends up in that situation."It refused to let go. If it'd been a bulldog throwing water over it wouldn't have worked as their jaws do genuinely lock. Staffies can make a choice. Bulldogs can't. | |||
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"If a bulldog staffy or that type of dog locks it's jaw on you or anther dog they will only breath through they're nose. so the best way to make it let go is cover it's nose so it can't breath but remember it won't let go instantly and when it does it might try and grab your hand.... Actually the best way is to throw water in its nose, I have seen it work I've had staffs all my life and broke up God knows how many fight. Strangely enough there was never water to hand and I definitely couldn't leave them to go look. Trust me cover the nose and you might end up with both dogs still alive
I'm no dog expert but I saw a staff grab a small dog by the throat and nothing could get it off,only water worked instantly, I posted just in case anyone ends up in that situation.
It refused to let go. If it'd been a bulldog throwing water over it wouldn't have worked as their jaws do genuinely lock. Staffies can make a choice. Bulldogs can't. "If it had been a yorkie terrier it could have been flicked off with 1 finger but it was a staffs not a bulldog,but I will remember for future reference in case a bulldog does it | |||
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"The atoms that make up your body are mostly empty space, so despite there being so many of them, without that space you would compress into a tiny volume. The nucleus that makes up the vast bulk of the matter in an atom is so much smaller than the whole structure that it is comparable to the size of a fly in a cathedral. If you lost all your empty atomic space, your body would fit into a cube less than 1/500th of a centimetre on each side. Neutron stars are made up of matter that has undergone exactly this kind of compression. In a single cubic centimetre of neutron star material there are around 100m tons of matter. An entire neutron star, heavier than our sun, occupies a sphere that is roughly the size across of the Isle of Wight." still....some people are a waste of space. | |||
"Rabbits can not vomit" I've just been totally owned on Fab with such an awesome simple fact. Or so I thought - However Google - rabbit meadows faq vomit Everyday is a school day on fab. | |||
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