I never knew that! - Page 27

Platapus · 03-18-17, 01:04 PM

I never knew that if you put a bunch of egg shells into a garbage disposal unit, it gets grumpy... and constipated.

Aktungbby · 03-18-17, 06:31 PM

YEAH THAT! Having just installed a new InsinkErator

Quote:

InSinkErator’s disposal instruction manual specifically states, “Don’t grind large amounts of egg shells or fibrous materials like corn husks, artichokes, etc, to avoid possible drain blockage....my friend whose dad is a plumber says people who do that keep him in busine$$. It can result in you needing to dig up the yard to get to the pipes, because the shells get compacted with fat and create huge blockages.”

Fortunately, what used to go down the disposal, now goes in a small counter-top plastic compost container; thence to for the larger yard-waste can.

Jimbuna · 03-19-17, 12:11 PM

Horses cannot breathe out their mouths, only their nostrils.

Platapus · 03-20-17, 03:42 PM

The movie "Airplane!, while containing scenes similar to ones in the various Airport movies, is actually a more direct parody of the movie "Zero Hour!"

Notice the use of the exclamation point in both titles. Since the studio that made Airplane! held the rights to Zero Hour!, ZAZ was able to copy characters and a lot of the dialogue directly into their own movie.

The movie Zero Hour! was novelized in the US as "Runway Zero Eight".

Jimbuna · 03-21-17, 10:44 AM

Camel’s milk does not curdle.

Tango589 · 03-22-17, 06:02 AM

The Hudson River in New York was named after the English explorer Henry Hudson, who was sent West by the Dutch East Indies Trading Co. to find a route to China. He landed quite a long way from China...

Jimbuna · 03-22-17, 06:29 AM

Giraffes have no vocal chords.

Platapus · 03-23-17, 02:57 PM

During portions of WWII, the British government forbid radios playing "Deep in the Heart of Texas".

Why?

The song was an huge (yuge?) hit in Britain, especially the clapping portion. The Brits really got into it. The clapping became so popular that there were worries that war factory workers could make mistakes or get injured if they clapped while hearing that song on the radio.

So for a period of just over a year, that song was not allowed to be played over the radio.

Mr Quatro · 03-23-17, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

I never knew that if you put a bunch of egg shells into a garbage disposal unit, it gets grumpy... and constipated.

Same with banna peels

Put everything in your garden

Jimbuna · 03-24-17, 09:05 AM

If two pieces of the same type of metal touch in outer space, they will bond together permanently.

Catfish · 03-24-17, 03:12 PM

^ I knew that

(Auch ein blindes Huhn findet mal ein Korn)

Jimbuna · 03-25-17, 09:00 AM

Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down.

Jimbuna · 03-26-17, 08:21 AM

Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater to fresh water.

03-18-17, 01:04 PM	#391
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I never knew that if you put a bunch of egg shells into a garbage disposal unit, it gets grumpy... and constipated. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

03-19-17, 12:11 PM	#393
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Horses cannot breathe out their mouths, only their nostrils. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-20-17, 03:42 PM	#394
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The movie "Airplane!, while containing scenes similar to ones in the various Airport movies, is actually a more direct parody of the movie "Zero Hour!" Notice the use of the exclamation point in both titles. Since the studio that made Airplane! held the rights to Zero Hour!, ZAZ was able to copy characters and a lot of the dialogue directly into their own movie. The movie Zero Hour! was novelized in the US as "Runway Zero Eight". __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

03-21-17, 10:44 AM	#395
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Camel’s milk does not curdle. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-22-17, 06:02 AM	#396
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,375 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	The Hudson River in New York was named after the English explorer Henry Hudson, who was sent West by the Dutch East Indies Trading Co. to find a route to China. He landed quite a long way from China... __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

03-22-17, 06:29 AM	#397
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Giraffes have no vocal chords. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-23-17, 02:57 PM	#398
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	During portions of WWII, the British government forbid radios playing "Deep in the Heart of Texas". Why? The song was an huge (yuge?) hit in Britain, especially the clapping portion. The Brits really got into it. The clapping became so popular that there were worries that war factory workers could make mistakes or get injured if they clapped while hearing that song on the radio. So for a period of just over a year, that song was not allowed to be played over the radio. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

03-24-17, 09:05 AM	#400
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	If two pieces of the same type of metal touch in outer space, they will bond together permanently. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-24-17, 03:12 PM	#401
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,766 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ I knew that (Auch ein blindes Huhn findet mal ein Korn) __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

03-25-17, 09:00 AM	#402
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-26-17, 08:21 AM	#403
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater to fresh water. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!