I'd like to see one instance of someone's eyes popping out....


Did you know...

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.

A shrimp's heart is in its head.

In a study of 200,000 ostriches, over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

Horses can't vomit.

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. And, if you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

Which ones don't you believe?

Most seem pretty believable in my small meaningless world.

Jeff

The phone call one seems to be pretty amazing in these ages.

You need to think about remote asia and africa and such. A very large part of the world population lives in remote areas and are not covered with phone lines, heck quite a few don't even have power.

If I remember correctly, a town in Louisiana just recently got phone service.

Jeff

Tried the elbow one and just about fell out of my chair.

I donj't think I'd want to have to explain that one to the workers comp people

I can vouch for the fractured rib/sneeze issue-happened to a friend of mine.

The phone call one seems to be pretty amazing in these ages.

Youv'e got to consider all the third world contries and stuff.

My mistake I was thinking only this country. Now that I think about it a seems right. It's early here on the west coast.

I've cracked two ribs before by just sneezing. Honest!

I've found that you shouldn't eat the bar's peanuts while talking to the bouncer... :p

The headphones one explains alot with my kid and her freinds as to why she doesnt listen.

Tried the elbow one and just about fell out of my chair.



I think that like 65% of the people that here the "can't lick your elbow" actually try to do it. I did it too, so I am in that 65%.

On a side note, a guy I knew passed gas and sneezed at the same time and threw his back out! :D LMAO on that one!

Chris

Did you know...

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

Gene Simmons can do that.


Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

In my case, it will increase the bacteria in the headphones by 700 times.

I though fish layed eggs.

I though fish layed eggs.

You may find this treatise on twits interesting:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/020329.html