Useless Knowledge

[madeye]

well in South Dakota where we have a hunting ranch if *three* Indians cross a bridge together it is considered a war party and you can shoot them

[rind]

wow... so if 3 calvary cross a bridge, can the indians shoot them?

[frizzer]

If you say the lords prayer in front of a mirror backwards...Guesswhat...Nothing happens. My name is Earl

[rind]

useless knowledge....

they just discovered a dark galaxy in the area of the virgo cluster... true story!

[frizzer]

Lol nice rind,,I doubt it will affect me though. Ok you lot won't know this, In our football ( the proper one lol) If a team has Triangular corner flags, it means they have won the F.A. cup, but there is one team that has thier logo on thier cornerflags and that team is Blackburn Rovers, this is because way back they won it 3 times in a row, but the F.A could afford to replace it so instead of keeping the cup fro winning it 3 times off the trot, they got to put thier logo on thier triangular flag.

[SilverGnome]

where do you find out useless stuff like that frizzer??

You probably all know the one where on a certain night at a river in wales you can shoot someone with a crossbow at exactly midnight and it isn't murder ;D

next-time you and a neighbor fall out thats the place to go

[frizzer]

Lol I didn't know that,,,Its just stuff I've picked up over the years rind,,I like silly things so I tend to remember them.....They execute prisoners just after midnight because they only have the authority given to them to execute someone for 1 day. So they do it as soon as they can incase any thing goes wrong

[magicmuffin]

Here's some useless knowledge:
the world's biggest ball of barbed wire weighs 5290 lbs. or 2399.5036373 kilograms.

[frizzer]

Swifts sleep in flight,,,they fly really high,,,have a nap as they drop to the ground and wake up in time to fly up again

[frizzer]

rugby was invented late 19th century,,when a kid at Rugby university picked the football up and ran with it.

OK,,,just watched this tonight on tv,,,they are updating the english dictionary and trying to find where stuff comes from...Nutmeg,,,apart from being a spice,,means to hoodwink,,to deceive,,,because it was so expensive people would come of the boats with craved bits of wood and sell it as nutmeg. As not many people had seen the nut before they bought it

[frizzer]

Right,,,Time for some more things of wonder:-

If you gave someone a penny (english) on the first day of July and on the second 2 pennis, the 3rd 4 pennies the 4th 8p,,,etc on the last day of July you would be giving them £10737418.24

[Hermione]

Basketball was invented fairly recently by a gym teacher in georgia (teacher of a school of white kids, too, which ought to help place the time as well as give you a laugh) who couldn't take his class outside (rain stopped them in those days), so he pinned two peach baskets up. Peach baskets... I've always wondered how they knew the baskets were meant for peaches. Surely they wouldn't play with the fruit already in them?!

Ah, the joys of 100% compound interest...

[frizzer]

You owe me a penny. OK this is cool cos you can try it out and it works...
Flys see in fast motion, so when they are buzzing around and you go to hit them with your hand you have no chance,,obviously a newspaper is better. Wait until the fly lands then very very slowly move your finger towards it, when you get about an inch away, strike, you will be amazed,,,,then wash your hands

[Hermione]

The other trick is to wait until the land, and then at regular speed clap your hands together ABOVE the fly. The fly sees you coming and flies straight up into your hands, and you kill it! The REAL trick is to put on those disposable surgery gloves first.

[rind]

don't forget that fly's take off backwards. so if you strike from behind, then you have a better chance of getting it.

[veela]

Back to the topic of this thread:

Minnesota Crazy Law:
Citizens may not enter Wisconsin with a chicken on their head.

All bathtubs must have feet.

A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop his head.

All men driving motorcycles must wear shirts.

It is illegal to sleep naked.

Hibbing:
It shall be the duty of any policeman or any other officer to enforce the provisions of this Section, and if any cat is found running at large, or which is found in any street, alley or public place, it shall be the duty of any policeman or other officer of the city to kill such cat.

Minneapolis :
Red cars can not drive down Lake Street

St. Cloud :
Hamburgers may not be eaten on Sundays.

Virginia:
You're not allowed to park your elephant on Main Street.

[asaria]

possibly useful knowledge for those who have not yet been to college.....do NOT schedule your 8am class with a monotone instructor that likes to use the overhead projector for notes, meaning that he has to turn out the lights. *yawns*

[Hermione]

Useful knowledge: you're allowed to change your schedule.
Honest to goodness, it took me two terms before I figured that out!

Maybe they didn't square the bottoms of the bathtubs properly (most tubs with feet have round bottoms) and a whole line of them tipped back and forth all the time and spilled so much water it was rotting the timbers?

[magicmuffin]

here's a useless knowledge item: we had a windy couple of days and now there is a tumbleweed in my yard. The tumbleweed is as wide as I am tall.
Don't you feel better knowing that?

[Hermione]

Useless knowledge: tumbleweeds are not native to the Americas. They were brought over from Serbia.