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Sun 27 Jan, 2008 05:06 am
The first couple shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Coca-cola was originally green.
More money is printed for the board game Monopoly than the US Treasury.
Just goes to show you cant believe everything on the internet.
Netymology? Neologism? Nyet?
dadpad wrote:Just goes to show you cant believe everything on the internet.
I didn't read it on the internet.
Try these one's.
-The first novel written on a typewriter was Tom Sawyer.
-111,111,111 * 111,111,111
= 12,345,678,987,654,321
-Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.
-The only food that doesn't spoil is honey.
Windows fog up because of all the fish in the atmosphere.
Wilso wrote:More money is printed for the board game Monopoly than the US Treasury.
That is the silliest thing I ever heard.
Not even remotely feasible.
I find it interesting how Wilso can routinely call a certain segment of society some of the most heinous names regarding their intelligence, yet can spew forth a bunch of nonsense like this, and apparently "have faith" in it.
I am sorry Chai, I fear you have crossed the Rubicon. For a country who's greatest worldly claim to fame is Ned Kelly, I reckon they are doing ok!
Ned Kelly?
Does he print Monopoly money?
The Rubicon is a small river not 2 hours distant from my home. If chai has crossed the Rubicon I best put up the storm shutters.
Wilso I all learned something and had a laugh at the same time. Cant get much better than that.
I keep forgetting that the whole world's not as laid back and easy going as we are. Instead, most of them seem to have a 6 foot rod shoved up their a$$. What a pathetic way to live.
Chai wrote:Ned Kelly?
Does he print Monopoly money?
No...but he probably robbed the Cobb & Co. carrying it.......
:wink:
HGe was a bushranger....probably the most famous of all...and an Australian icon...
Ned Kelly
Part of his armour:
A Sidney Nolan painting of Ned:
Ah....
Kind of like the Yanks Jesse James?
SCARY ART - ONLY IN ITALY ?
let's hope nobody used it ! :wink:
Quote:Row over Italian toilet artwork
Christian Fraser
BBC News, Rome
A toilet which flushes to the sound of Italy's national anthem 
has been impounded by police in northern Italy, sparking great patriotic debate.
The offending loo was the creation of two artists and was on display at the Bolzano Museum of Modern Art.
Prosecutors say the Fratelli d'Italia anthem is a national emblem which should be protected and should never be open to ridicule.
A judgement is expected to be made later this week.
Who owns the national anthem? And is it unpatriotic to play it in a context in which it could be ridiculed? Those are the questions for the court in Bolzano.
Flash in the pan?
Defence barristers for the museum argue that while the anthem does have patriotic and sentimental value, it is not a national symbol.
The prosecution on the other hand argue the symbolism of playing the anthem while flushing a toilet is an offence to the nation and they have put forward a robust case.
They point to a decree issued this year by the former government of Silvio Berlusconi which defined the national anthem as an emblem and the property of the state.
A judgement will be made later this week. Arguments may then begin over whether this marks a precedent or whether it is just a flash in the pan.
Story from BBC NEWS:
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