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#51 The Defier

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Posted 18 March 2008 - 03:48 AM

Did yall know....

that the Earth is NOT round? No no, it's not square either (that was just a stupid assumption by our forefathers)...

It's actually pear-shaped! ohmy.gif wink.gif



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    #52 Nanny State

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 03:52 AM

    QUOTE (Apilot @ Mar 18 2008, 11:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I know its ridiculous thor is all like. I GOT A HAMMER. and what are hammers for, smashing.
    So did you know hammers are for smashing especially magical ones embued with the power of thunder and lightining?



    I did not, you learn something new every day.

    Did you know that disagreeing with almighty gods is not only frowned upon but is a futile activity leading only to you getting smashed with all manner of mythical weapons.

    Will your dad do a guest talk on mythology at my university?

    QUOTE (The Defier @ Mar 18 2008, 11:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Did yall know....

    that the Earth is NOT round? No no, it's not square either (that was just a stupid assumption by our forefathers)...

    It's actually pear-shaped! ohmy.gif wink.gif


    Then how come it doesnt rot, overnight in some kind of turbo rotting. Apples - rot over time, pears rot instantly within about 30 seconds. going from too hard to complete mush instantaneously.

    #53 adonis

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 04:56 AM

    QUOTE (Cataliste @ Mar 18 2008, 01:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Did you know the yo-yo was originally created in ancient times.... for use as a weapon! How cool?!



    Star Tropics for the original NES told me so tongue.gif

    #54 The Defier

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 05:01 AM

    QUOTE (Nanny State @ Mar 18 2008, 04:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I did not, you learn something new every day.

    Did you know that disagreeing with almighty gods is not only frowned upon but is a futile activity leading only to you getting smashed with all manner of mythical weapons.

    Will your dad do a guest talk on mythology at my university?



    Then how come it doesnt rot, overnight in some kind of turbo rotting. Apples - rot over time, pears rot instantly within about 30 seconds. going from too hard to complete mush instantaneously.


    Lol biggrin.gif. Global warming my friend, global warming. Big pears just take longer wink.gif

    #55 Apilot

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 05:51 AM

    QUOTE (Nanny State @ Mar 18 2008, 03:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I did not, you learn something new every day.

    Did you know that disagreeing with almighty gods is not only frowned upon but is a futile activity leading only to you getting smashed with all manner of mythical weapons.

    Will your dad do a guest talk on mythology at my university?



    Then how come it doesnt rot, overnight in some kind of turbo rotting. Apples - rot over time, pears rot instantly within about 30 seconds. going from too hard to complete mush instantaneously.


    he will try he will proably just end up smashing stuff and summon thunder clouds to incenerate the campus

    #56 Nanny State

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 06:02 AM

    QUOTE (The Defier @ Mar 18 2008, 01:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Lol biggrin.gif . Global warming my friend, global warming. Big pears just take longer wink.gif



    I see, very interesting.

    QUOTE (Apilot @ Mar 18 2008, 01:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    he will try he will proably just end up smashing stuff and summon thunder clouds to incenerate the campus



    Oh well, ive had a ncie time here but i think its time for some excitement. He has to wear a suit though, thats the universal dress code i'm afraid.

    #57 Apilot

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 06:09 AM

    QUOTE (Nanny State @ Mar 18 2008, 06:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I see, very interesting.




    Oh well, ive had a ncie time here but i think its time for some excitement. He has to wear a suit though, thats the universal dress code i'm afraid.


    its not going to be normal, tweed i am afraid.

    #58 Nanny State

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 06:31 AM

    QUOTE (Apilot @ Mar 18 2008, 02:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    its not going to be normal, tweed i am afraid.



    As long as it is paired with a deerstalker, cane and a sense of godly authority i dont mind.

    #59 Twilight

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 02:50 PM

    Did you know that LASER is an anagram for Light Amplification Stimulated by the Emission of Radiation.

    #60 Melchoire

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 03:13 PM

    QUOTE (Twilight @ Mar 18 2008, 03:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Did you know that LASER is an anagram for Light Amplification Stimulated by the Emission of Radiation.

    Actually I did and the proper term is acronym. An anagram is when you mix the letters to make a different word tongue.gif

    Edit: I think it's Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

    Edited by FlashGM, 18 March 2008 - 03:14 PM.


    #61 Twilight

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 03:24 PM

    QUOTE (FlashGM @ Mar 18 2008, 04:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Actually I did and the proper term is acronym. An anagram is when you mix the letters to make a different word tongue.gif

    Edit: I think it's Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation


    sorry, i messed up about the anagram part and i forgot. the laser fact was in the back of my mind.

    #62 Oaken

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 03:26 PM

    did you know.....The Sahara desert expands at about 1km per month ohmy.gif

    I knew it was expanding all the time but I didn't realise it was by so much so quickly.

    #63 Twilight

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 03:39 PM

    wow, in like 100 years the whole worlds gonna be a desert!

    #64 DudeOnline

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 03:51 PM

    did you know the sea cucumber can turn itself inside out as a defense mechanism to disgust predators?

    Did you know that the mass of a black hole is equal to that of the star that it was created from, just compressed into a space 1km in size? that's why black holes are so dense.

    did you also know...

    The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
    A gigantic nuclear furnace
    where hydrogen is built into helium
    at a temperature of millions of degrees

    Yo ho it's hot
    The Sun is not
    a place where we could live
    but here on earth there'd be no life without the light it gives

    We need it's light
    We need it's heat
    We need it's energy

    Without the sun
    Without a doubt
    There'd be no you and me

    The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
    A gigantic nuclear furnace
    where hydrogen is built into helium
    at a temperature of millions of degrees

    The sun is hot

    It is so hot that everything on it is a gas
    Iron
    Copper
    Aluminum
    and many others

    The sun is large

    If the sun were hollow a million earths could fit inside
    and yet the sun is only a middle-sized star

    The sun is far away

    About 93 million miles away!
    and that's why it looks so small

    And even when it's out of sight
    the sun shines night and day

    The sun gives heat
    The sun gives light
    The sunlight that we see
    The sunlight comes from our own sun's atomic energy

    Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine
    The heat and light of the sun come from the nuclear reactions of
    Hydrogen
    Carbon
    Nitrogen
    and Helium

    The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
    A gigantic nuclear furnace
    where hydrogen is built into helium
    at a temperature of millions of degrees

    #65 Melchoire

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 03:55 PM

    QUOTE (Dudeonline @ Mar 18 2008, 04:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    did you know the sea cucumber can turn itself inside out as a defense mechanism to disgust predators?

    Did you know that the mass of a black hole is equal to that of the star that it was created from, just compressed into a space 1km in size? that's why black holes are so dense.

    did you also know...

    The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
    A gigantic nuclear furnace
    where hydrogen is built into helium
    at a temperature of millions of degrees

    Yo ho it's hot
    The Sun is not
    a place where we could live
    but here on earth there'd be no life without the light it gives

    We need it's light
    We need it's heat
    We need it's energy

    Without the sun
    Without a doubt
    There'd be no you and me

    The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
    A gigantic nuclear furnace
    where hydrogen is built into helium
    at a temperature of millions of degrees

    The sun is hot

    It is so hot that everything on it is a gas
    Iron
    Copper
    Aluminum
    and many others

    The sun is large

    If the sun were hollow a million earths could fit inside
    and yet the sun is only a middle-sized star

    The sun is far away

    About 93 million miles away!
    and that's why it looks so small

    And even when it's out of sight
    the sun shines night and day

    The sun gives heat
    The sun gives light
    The sunlight that we see
    The sunlight comes from our own sun's atomic energy

    Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine
    The heat and light of the sun come from the nuclear reactions of
    Hydrogen
    Carbon
    Nitrogen
    and Helium

    The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
    A gigantic nuclear furnace
    where hydrogen is built into helium
    at a temperature of millions of degrees

    Black holes are still mysterious, namely because they can't be seen. Where'd you hear that it's 1km in diameter? What's cool though is that it's gravity is so strong and it wouldn't pull your entire body at once. Instead you would be stretched into a fine spaghetti tongue.gif

    #66 Twilight

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 04:06 PM

    did you copy that from a page in your physics book o.O

    Edited by Twilight, 18 March 2008 - 04:06 PM.


    #67 Nine

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 04:19 PM

    Yes because physics books teach in lyric. <<

    #68 DudeOnline

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 04:22 PM

    QUOTE (Twilight @ Mar 18 2008, 05:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    did you copy that from a page in your physics book o.O


    its a They Might Be Giants song.

    #69 Twilight

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 04:59 PM

    LOL are you sure it's even accurate than?

    #70 The Defier

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 05:00 PM

    QUOTE (Dudeonline @ Mar 18 2008, 05:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    its a They Might Be Giants song.



    Lol...

    Did yall know that an apple, a potato and an onion all have the same taste? ohmy.gif
    The differences in flavor are illusioned by their smell happy.gif.

    #71 Twilight

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 05:41 PM

    QUOTE (The Defier @ Mar 18 2008, 06:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Lol...

    Did yall know that an apple, a potato and an onion all have the same taste? ohmy.gif
    The differences in flavor are illusioned by their smell happy.gif .

    ohhh i read that in a book. and if you pinch your nose and eat all of them you can't tell the difference!

    #72 Alex

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 06:18 PM

    QUOTE (The Defier @ Mar 18 2008, 05:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Lol...

    Did yall know that an apple, a potato and an onion all have the same taste? ohmy.gif
    The differences in flavor are illusioned by their smell happy.gif.

    Thats unpossible.

    #73 Melchoire

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 08:17 PM

    QUOTE (The Defier @ Mar 18 2008, 06:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Lol...

    Did yall know that an apple, a potato and an onion all have the same taste? ohmy.gif
    The differences in flavor are illusioned by their smell happy.gif.

    Onions are spicy, last I checked apples are sweet and potatoes are starchy(unless you cook 'em).

    #74 The Defier

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 08:50 PM

    It's true! See, Twilight agrees! wink.gif

    No seriously, they're the same.

    In other news...

    Did you know that a square piece of dry paper can't be folded in half more than 7 times? Try it. I haven't happy.gif

    Edited by The Defier, 18 March 2008 - 08:51 PM.


    #75 Melchoire

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    Posted 18 March 2008 - 08:55 PM

    QUOTE (The Defier @ Mar 18 2008, 09:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    It's true! See, Twilight agrees! wink.gif

    No seriously, they're the same.

    In other news...

    Did you know that a square piece of dry paper can't be folded in half more than 7 times? Try it. I haven't happy.gif

    Onions are spicy and apples are sweet. How is that the same taste?

    Edited by FlashGM, 18 March 2008 - 08:56 PM.



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