100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year...

11. Theyve planned to introduce something after Blu Ray so were all gonna have to start our collections all over again. Grrr.

Lot of subjective stuff here--i suspect that it is the product of the pressure to produce a list of "the ten most" or "the hundred most." The very first one to strike me was "John the Good was bad . . . " He certainly wasn't an evil man, and he wasn't an incompetent ruler of France--he was just unfortunate in the military advice he received, and sadly followed. He was captured--along with his eldest son, the Dauphin--in 1356 at the battle of Poitiers. The English were in the deep doo-doo, and all the French had to do was surround the little hill on which the English had gathered, and starve them out. That wasn't the sort of glorious outcome, however, that the French nobility had in mind, so they attacked the English--and got their collective ass kicked. John and his son were captured, and the ransom bankrupted the monarchy. However, Charles, the son of Jean le bon (John the Good), learned some lessons, and after he came to the throne, the Hundred Years War didn't go so well for the English.

A statement such as "John the Good was bad . . . " is silly, and very likely was added to the list to make up the required number.

I knew this. Perhaps "we" did not.

That's exactly how i reacted to a lot of things on that list--i did go to the link and read them. In most cases it occurred to me that these were things unknown to not particularly well-informed magazine editorial staff.

I can attest to this one because whenever I buy edible frog parts, besides checking the "For best freshness, sell by" date, I always chewck the place of origin for my frogs. I sure dont want any of them highly decorative Costa Rican frogs.

Me too. I did a double-take on that piece of "news."

But, aw shucks, I bet we're making Region feel bad now for posting this. It's a good thread, Region!

"We" know.

We know that you and MA know, but maybe nobody else knew this last year.

Mapl syrup is now sold in 26 oz containers that are just as big as the quart size. How did we know how to rearrange mass like that last year.