What the heck fun facts.

[afro_lou]

There are 100 pleats in a chef's hat, each one representing a different way to cook an egg...

 

[SnakeRidge]

I always wanted a unit of measurement named after me. I would call it the 'Jassload' just so textbooks wouldn't edit or censor it.

 

[Homercidal]

So is "a shake." Nuclear physicists use it, it is equal to 10 nanoseconds.

What I want to know is, how big is a smithereen? I have heard the expression "I'll blow you to smithereens" more than once and I still don't know how big one is. And does that mean there is such a measurement as a smither? If so, I am assuming that it is larger than a smithereen, but IDK for sure...

A "smithereen" is a tiny flake of heated metal that flies from a smith's hammer when he is pounding on a hot piece of metal. It comes from old Gaelic. The word Smith itself supposedly comes from the sound a hot piece of metal makes when it is quenched.

 

[slym2none]

Nice!

*applause*

Milk produced by female hippos is pink.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Nice!

*applause*

Milk produced by female hippos is pink.

Isn't ALL hippo milk produced by female hippos?

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Frogs & toads don't have penises.
http://www.backyardnature.net/frogsex.htm

 

[hio3791]

A million seconds is approx 11 days. A billion seconds is almost 32 yrs!

You can't hum if you pinch your nose.

 

[slym2none]

Isn't ALL hippo milk produced by female hippos?

I don't like to assume anything.



Woody, from Toy Story - his full name is Woody Pride. That's just awesome.

 

[DrunkleJon]

You can't hum if you pinch your nose.

When you read this, you immediately tried to disprove it.

 

[Homercidal]

When you read this, you immediately tried to disprove it.

Dammit!

(But I could actually do it...)

 

[SharonaZamboni]

I don't like to assume anything.



Woody, from Toy Story - his full name is Woody Pride. That's just awesome.

My MIL had to reset her online banking stuff yesterday. Security question was the name of a pet. "Woody" was disallowed and deemed obscene.

 

[Homercidal]

My MIL had to reset her online banking stuff yesterday. Security question was the name of a pet. "Woody" was disallowed and deemed obscene.

But it's so much better than, "Stiffy".

 

[vanishingpint]

Shoulda gone with boner?

 

[slym2none]

I use "Mr. Johnson" on all the major sites.

Er, dang... now I gotta go change all my passwords...

 

[gratus fermentatio]

When you read this, you immediately tried to disprove it.

Yes I did. And it's true, you can't hum if your nostrils are pinched shut.
Regards, GF.

 

[slym2none]

There are 4 distinct shapes to McDonald's Chicken McNuggets, and they all have names: the bell; the ball; the boot; and the bow-tie.

 

[joshesmusica]

Yes I did. And it's true, you can't hum if your nostrils are pinched shut.

Regards, GF.

Yeah you can, just let a little air escape out the corners of your mouth...

 

[slym2none]

Humming is making sound without opening your mouth. If you "let a little air escape out the corners of your mouth", then you are no longer humming.

 

[DrunkleJon]

"Well actually..." You can hum with your nose closed. You just cant do it long. Your cheeks can hold a little air so you can get a short hum off until your mouth fills with air and you have to release it somehow.

 

[kombat]

I can hum with my mouth open. Apparently that's a thing?

 

[joshesmusica]

Well actually (said while pushing my glasses up by the rim with my index finger), hum is an onomatopoeia. It usually refers to a form of singing that is just making low sounds, most of the time while pursing ones lips. But that doesn't mean they necessarily have to be completely closed. In fact in singing the goal of humming is often to have the lips just ever so slightly touching which almost creates a tickling feeling. Cause who doesn't like to have their lips tickled while making a low, continuous, droning sound?

 

[captianoats]

SWMBO can hum if she sits with her legs spread

 

[Zuljin]

Maltesers are made of DME! 7.5% to be precise. I had no idea until last week when i licked clean a spoon i used for transferring DME and thought "hmm, that tastes familiar".

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Whoppers, too.

And did any of you try to brew with them yet? I'm thinking a stout.

 

[GuldTuborg]

Whoppers, too.

And did any of you try to brew with them yet? I'm thinking a stout.

Or you could just lick the chocolate coating off each individual one, and then brew whatever you like.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I like my Whoppers with cheese and no tomatoes.

 

[Singletrack]

I like my tomatoes with no tomatoes. Cheese is optional.

 

[slym2none]

Well actually (said while pushing my glasses up by the rim with my index finger), hum is an onomatopoeia.

"Hum" is an onomatopoeia. It refers to making the "hmm" sound. Try making that sound with your mouth open - it's impossible.

Mouth open (even a little) = singing.

Mouth closed = humming.

 

[kombat]

"Hum" is an onomatopoeia. It refers to making the "hmm" sound. Try making that sound with your mouth open - it's impossible.

Speak for yourself. I can do it quite easily.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

You CAN hum with your mouth open, you simply redirect the exhaled air thru your nose, exactly as you do when you hum with your mouth closed. There is no change in pitch or pressure if you close & reopen your mouth while humming.
It's a FACT.
Regards, GF.

 

[slym2none]

Making the "m" sound without your lips touching is impossible. You can make the "n" sound, but not the "m".

That's a fact!

 

[slym2none]

Speak for yourself. I can do it quite easily.

If you can make the "m" sound in "hum" without touching your lips together, you are a superhuman, nay, a GOD!

 

[Zuljin]

Or you could just lick the chocolate coating off each individual one, and then brew whatever you like.

If you can make the "m" sound in "hum" without touching your lips together, you are a superhuman, nay, a GOD!

Oh. I-can-hardly-wait-for-the-next-beer-swap.

 

[Zuljin]

Whut? Who quoted Anchorman in my post?

 

[kombat]

Making the "m" sound without your lips touching is impossible. You can make the "n" sound, but not the "m".

True, but I guess what I'm saying is when I hum, it's more like making the "ng" sound, like in "hummingggg..."

 

[Billy-Klubb]

True, but I guess what I'm saying is when I hum, it's more like making the "ng" sound, like in "hummingggg..."

racist.

 

[GuldTuborg]

Whut? Who quoted Anchorman in my post?

Right. Because you would never perpetuate Anchorman gifs around here.

 

[badlee]

In Thailand it is illegal for a woman to leave her home without wearing underwear

 

[DrunkleJon]

In Thailand it is illegal for a woman to leave her home without wearing underwear

You would think they would be pro-underwearlessness on women in Thigh-land...

Actually, I guess it is because of the notoriety of upskirt photographers. Sorry about the bad pun though.

Hah, it looks like he is trying to get an upskirt gander.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Ya, they start early don't they?

 

[badlee]

Hell,that little dude has some CLASS!