Useless facts
Almighty Sephiroth
10-05-2004, 15:55
Did you know that John Prescott left school with no qualifications? Now you do! :D
A deer has no gall bladder.
Jeruselem
10-05-2004, 16:01
Ding Dong, Texas, USA
Legend has it that Ding Dong’s weird name has something to do with the fact that it is located in Bell County. The town’s motto is “If you find yourself in Ding Dong, you had to have been looking for it.”
The Crecent Moon
10-05-2004, 16:07
In Japanese there's a three-sylable word meaning "the calamity of killing oneself with ones own sword."
Ashmoria
10-05-2004, 16:14
In Japanese there's a three-sylable word meaning "the calamity of killing oneself with ones own sword."
only useless up to the time you accidentally run yourself through by tripping over the cat while trying to hang that katana you bought off ebay over your mantle
Nimzonia
10-05-2004, 16:16
Lawyers are repelled by crosses and garlic.
It's true! Have you ever tried it?
Ninamori and Mamimi
10-05-2004, 16:18
one of the main ingridients to make lipstick is fish scales...guess thats what they mean by fish lips....
Britagyptiania
10-05-2004, 16:20
A roach can live for up to two weeks without a head...It starves to death after that.
Labrador
10-05-2004, 16:21
Lawyers are repelled by crosses and garlic.
It's true! Have you ever tried it?
Well, I'm a Christian, and I love my garlic salad dressing. No, not a lawyer yet, but am an aspiring lawyer, carrying a 4.0 GPA in Paralegal School.
Does the being repelled by crosses and garlic thing come later??
Xerxes Xavier
10-05-2004, 16:22
one of the main ingridients to make lipstick is fish scales...guess thats what they mean by fish lips....
and here I was for years thinking it was whale blubber.
The Burning Shield
10-05-2004, 16:23
Where do I put the suggestion for a suggestion box?
Czechoblasovakia
10-05-2004, 16:24
Lawyers are repelled by crosses and garlic.
It's true! Have you ever tried it?
Well, I'm a Christian, and I love my garlic salad dressing. No, not a lawyer yet, but am an aspiring lawyer, carrying a 4.0 GPA in Paralegal School.
Does the being repelled by crosses and garlic thing come later??
It comes twenty seconds after passing the BAR. Be careful not to accidentally eat some garlic on the day you take the BAR...
The Republican Army
10-05-2004, 16:50
Odds of being killed by a dog is one in 700000
Odds of being killed in a tornado are one in two million
Odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million
Impotence is legal grounds for divorce in 20 different states
You are more likely to get attacked by a cow than a shark
90% of women who walk into a department store immediatly turn to their right
During WW2, americans tried to train bats to drop bombs
Gibratlar
10-05-2004, 17:11
A butterfly's life span is about two months
Put a single drop of alcohol on a scorpion and it will sting itself to death in a mad frenzy
:D
Tumaniaa
10-05-2004, 17:13
Birds have a "multi-purpose orifice" for reproduction, poop and pee.
The Wild Wood
10-05-2004, 17:57
Birds have a "multi-purpose orifice" for reproduction, poop and pee.
I don't think I wanted to know that...!
Bonilika
10-05-2004, 18:04
Did you know that....erm....well.....pigs can't fly
Petsburg
10-05-2004, 18:07
Did you know that....erm....well.....pigs can't fly
and did you knowthat pigs cant look into the sky? :cry:
The Wild Wood
10-05-2004, 18:17
Did you know that....erm....well.....pigs can't fly
and did you knowthat pigs cant look into the sky? :cry:
Which is obviously why they can't fly - they don't know the sky is there.
Petsburg
10-05-2004, 18:20
Did you know that....erm....well.....pigs can't fly
and did you knowthat pigs cant look into the sky? :cry:
Which is obviously why they can't fly - they don't know the sky is there.
yep, to them the world is nothing but their trough
Because they can't possibly keep all the cockroaches out, the FDA allows peanut butter manufacturers to have up to a maximum of I think 6 grams of cockroach parts in every jar. They keep this adhered to through the use of random testing of the jars in the factory. :shock:
The Wild Wood
10-05-2004, 18:31
Because they can't possibly keep all the cockroaches out, the FDA allows peanut butter manufacturers to have up to a maximum of I think 6 grams of cockroach parts in every jar. They keep this adhered to through the use of random testing of the jars in the factory. :shock:
So... given that everything in the world seems to contain the warning "May contain nuts", does this mean that peanut butter jars should be labelled:
"Warning: May contain cockroaches."
:?:
Petsburg
10-05-2004, 18:33
Because they can't possibly keep all the cockroaches out, the FDA allows peanut butter manufacturers to have up to a maximum of I think 6 grams of cockroach parts in every jar. They keep this adhered to through the use of random testing of the jars in the factory. :shock:
So... given that everything in the world seems to contain the warning "May contain nuts", does this mean that peanut butter jars should be labelled:
"Warning: May contain cockroaches."
:?:
:shock: i think ive gone off peanut butter for a while
Why? You've eaten spiders in your sleep.
The Wild Wood
10-05-2004, 18:53
So... given that everything in the world seems to contain the warning "May contain nuts", does this mean that peanut butter jars should be labelled:
"Warning: May contain cockroaches."
:?:
:shock: i think ive gone off peanut butter for a while
The memory will pass, and one day you'll eat another peanut butter sandwich. Then halfway though it you'll remember...
Gaeltach
10-05-2004, 19:08
The Paramount™ logo contains 22 stars.
The short phrases of organ music played at a baseball game is called a tucket.
The left leg of a chicken is more tender than the right one.
The first annual "BattleBots" was a competition pitting robots against each other in a death match.(Weapons such as tazzers, or explosives were not allowed, however, one robot was equipped with a chainsaw!)
The first American dictionary was writen by Noah Webster.
More people are alive today, than have ever died.
Tumaniaa
10-05-2004, 19:08
Birds have a "multi-purpose orifice" for reproduction, poop and pee.
I don't think I wanted to know that...!
It's where eggs come from :D
Haha!! More useless trivia than you have time to read:
http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/ThingsWeDidntKnow.aspx?language=en-GB
Collaboration
10-05-2004, 19:27
Another main ingredient of lipstick is coal tar.
Skunk musk is used as a binder in prefumes.
The Mycon
11-05-2004, 02:59
Regardless of what you might hear, a duck's quack does echo.
An unladen grocery cart can get up to about 15 MPH (a touch under 25 KPH) without flipping. With the addition of 150 Lbs in three 50 pound bags of fertilizer, they can go up to 45 (75), but will flip once you hit any crack, and the fertilizer bags will explode (figuritively). Most people clever enough to figure to lash two weighted carts together are too smart to try this experiment. It'll go 60 (100) on a good road in this circumstance, but will scratch the paint on a car or truck in many, many places, and probably break some glass.
The scientific term for the drug Speed is "Crystal Methamphedamine." Yes, they really are the same thing.
While studies show that, for the first two drinks, driving improves, and this puts you above the legal limit, if you go over and allow your system to process the alcohol, you are still a worse driver and should not be trusted with keys, even sober, for your lack of judgement.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read.
Joining or "giving undue support" to the Freemasons, Templar, Priory of Scion, or other groups believed to be connected to the Illuminati, is grounds for excommunication from the Catholic Church. The last president confirmed a freemason was Ford, and the last candidate was Bob Dole.
While you're welcome to try any of these if you don't believe me, please videotape yourself doing it and don't mention who gave you the idea. Make sure you find a spot with a good echo before you get the duck, and try not to hurt any animals in any of these.
Dogs will have difficulty digesting novels, so stick to high-school level homework or less.
A roach can live for up to two weeks without a head...It starves to death after that.
Does this work for Lawyers and Real Estate agents as well?
New Genoa
11-05-2004, 03:15
Stephistan is a direct descendant of Muhammad Ali.
New Genoa is a direct descendant of Siddhartha Gautama.
The Wild Wood
11-05-2004, 03:24
Does this work for Lawyers and Real Estate agents as well?
Worth a privately-funded study of the theory, don't you think?
A tornado was DIRECTLY over my house last night. It was cool.
Panhandlia
11-05-2004, 03:30
The word "gullible" is not in the dictionary.
Fooled ya.
Britagyptiania
11-05-2004, 03:32
Does this work for Lawyers and Real Estate agents as well?
Unfortunately, lawyers and real estate agents are not considered part of the animal kingdom. They live through photosynthesis.
Does this work for Lawyers and Real Estate agents as well?
Unfortunately, lawyers and real estate agents are not considered part of the animal kingdom. They live through photosynthesis.
I had a dream where I turned into a plant. Then I wrote a comic about it.
Demonic Furbies
11-05-2004, 03:44
in houston it is illegal to sell alcohal after midnight on sunday, but it is legal on monday.
Hello there, I am enjoying this topic immensly, so I thought I'd move it back to the first page. Unfortunately I have no random facts of my own.... where do you find them?
The fairy tinkerbelly
11-05-2004, 10:57
someone (who was obviously very bored) tested the ingredients in macdonald's mayonnaise and found 13 different types of sperm!
Julius Caesor is credited (by Seutonius) as inventing the comb-over and pubic hair plucking.
Almighty Sephiroth
11-05-2004, 11:14
Lawyers are repelled by crosses and garlic.
It's true! Have you ever tried it?
Well, I'm a Christian, and I love my garlic salad dressing. No, not a lawyer yet, but am an aspiring lawyer, carrying a 4.0 GPA in Paralegal School.
Does the being repelled by crosses and garlic thing come later??
You're a christian? That is a shock, Labrador. I remember you devoutly saying that you would never be part of my hateful religion.
Huzen Hagen
11-05-2004, 11:20
Apart from sundays it's perfectly legal to kill a scotsman with a bow and arrow in York.
It's illegal to hang a bed out a window
It's illegal for women to eat chocolate on public conveneances
Cromotar
11-05-2004, 11:23
In a certain county in Alabama, it's illegal to have ice cream in your back pocket.
It's illegal for women to eat chocolate on public conveneancesI'd be concerned it's not chocolate... YOU WERE ALL THINKING IT!
The fairy tinkerbelly
11-05-2004, 11:30
taxi drivers in Britain are still required by law to carry hay with them for their horses
Barbie's boyfriend Ken was not sold in India until recently because it clashed with the traditional arranged marriage.
New Fuglies
11-05-2004, 11:31
Chickens have breasts, but no nipples. :?
The fairy tinkerbelly
11-05-2004, 11:34
In 1981, the ultimate collectable item was a Rubik's Cube which had pictures of Prince Charles and Princess Diana on it.
San haiti
11-05-2004, 11:35
It's illegal for women to eat chocolate on public conveneancesI'd be concerned it's not chocolate... YOU WERE ALL THINKING IT!
I wasnt! not untill you said it that is, thanks a lot.
The fairy tinkerbelly
11-05-2004, 11:36
In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes
In a study conducted regarding toilet paper usage, Americans are said to use the most toilet paper per trip to the bathroom, which was seven sheets of toilet paper per trip.
In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes
How is that even possible?
New Fuglies
11-05-2004, 11:37
In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes
In a study conducted regarding toilet paper usage, Americans are said to use the most toilet paper per trip to the bathroom, which was seven sheets of toilet paper per trip.
That's coz they all have big fat asses. :lol:
Sdaeriji
11-05-2004, 11:37
The natural log of negative one is imaginary pi.
The Great Leveller
11-05-2004, 11:38
McGoohan was the first pick for James Bond but he turned it down to make The Prisoner (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=144613&highlight=) and Connery was picked instead
The fairy tinkerbelly
11-05-2004, 11:42
It was during World War II that clothes with elastic waists were introduced. This is because the metal used in zippers was badly needed for the war.
Artoonia
11-05-2004, 11:42
You are more likely to get attacked by a cow than a sharkI was attacked by a cow once. She tried to eat my jacket. Still, I think I'm more likely to fall victim to
Odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two millionsince of my last three serious injuries, two were within thirty seconds of waking up (I burned my hand in the oven last night, thus wrecking my streak).
The fairy tinkerbelly
11-05-2004, 11:43
you are more likely to die from pants than in an aeroplane
Huzen Hagen
11-05-2004, 11:45
your a bigger threat to yourself than terrorists
Monkeypimp
11-05-2004, 11:46
It is possible to lick your elbow if you suffer from dwarfism. Go find a midgit and ask them.
Artoonia
11-05-2004, 11:49
Why? You've eaten spiders in your sleep.The same people who say this are usually the ones who say that a daddy-long-legs (harvester) is the most toxic of all spiders. If that's so, how come I haven't eaten one and never waken up?
The Atheists Reality
11-05-2004, 11:50
Why? You've eaten spiders in your sleep.The same people who say this are usually the ones who say that a daddy-long-legs (harvester) is the most toxic of all spiders. If that's so, how come I haven't eaten one and never waken up?
because their fangs are too small
Artoonia
11-05-2004, 11:51
It is possible to lick your elbow if you suffer from dwarfism. Go find a midgit and ask them.But I'm 5'8". I just tried this, and I did it. Of course, I can also touch my elbows behind my back. And all without dislocating my shoulders. I might just be a freak of nature, though. That's what the doctor told me.
More people are killed each year by donkeys than by lightning strikes.
Scottish Law has Guilty, Not Guilty and Not Proven verdicts!
Nice to be in limbo! I find you all Not Proven of making these facts up!
:twisted:
Stephistan
11-05-2004, 11:52
A Canadian invented Pabulum and fortified foods, which saved millions of children from starving to death. Prior to Pabulum many children died from lack of nutrition during their first year.
Artoonia
11-05-2004, 11:52
Why? You've eaten spiders in your sleep.The same people who say this are usually the ones who say that a daddy-long-legs (harvester) is the most toxic of all spiders. If that's so, how come I haven't eaten one and never waken up?
because their fangs are too smallWay to answer the question posed there.
I herad this once from somewhere.
No 2 democracys have ever gone to war.
Put a single drop of alcohol on a scorpion and it will sting itself to death in a mad frenzy
COOL!!
Scottish Law has Guilty, Not Guilty and Not Proven verdicts!
Nice to be in limbo! I find you all Not Proven of making these facts up!
:twisted:
Also in Scot's law, technically, any land that you own, you also own the airspace straight above it, going up to the stars. I plan legal battles with NASA in the near future...
San haiti
11-05-2004, 11:56
Siemens have a depot in Staines
16 people worldwide have been crushed to death by vending machines
when they tried to shake out their chosen snack.
(this one was written a couple of years ago)
The average person swallows 14 spiders whilst sleeping during their life
More people are killed every year by falling coconuts than shark attacks.
The only person legally allowed to travel through a red traffic light in
britian is a postman delivering a declaration of war.
San haiti
11-05-2004, 11:58
I herad this once from somewhere.
No 2 democracys have ever gone to war.
Is that because there a no democracies in the world? They're all republics or federations or whatever.
Sdaeriji
11-05-2004, 11:58
Why? You've eaten spiders in your sleep.The same people who say this are usually the ones who say that a daddy-long-legs (harvester) is the most toxic of all spiders. If that's so, how come I haven't eaten one and never waken up?
because their fangs are too smallWay to answer the question posed there.
As in, their fangs are too small to bite a human, and your stomach acids can break down their poison.
Artoonia
11-05-2004, 12:26
Why? You've eaten spiders in your sleep.The same people who say this are usually the ones who say that a daddy-long-legs (harvester) is the most toxic of all spiders. If that's so, how come I haven't eaten one and never waken up?because their fangs are too smallWay to answer the question posed there.As in, their fangs are too small to bite a human, and your stomach acids can break down their poison.And they're too dumb to bite you on the way down? (this goes for other species of spiders that can bite you)
And they're too dumb to bite you on the way down? (this goes for other species of spiders that can bite you)
Why cant these spiders get into the lungs instead? Inhaled as it were on the way down.
Just curious.
:twisted:
Labrador
11-05-2004, 18:53
in houston it is illegal to sell alcohal after midnight on sunday, but it is legal on monday.
Actually, as a Texan, I can tell you that it isn't just Houston...but the whole state!
Actualy, one can sell liquor from 7AM till 1AM on Monday-Saturday, and from Noon-Midnight on Sunday.
So, in actuality, one cannot sell liquor between midnight Monday (Sunday night) and 7AM Monday.
It's complicated. But, nevertheless, this one is true...but it applies not just to Houston, but the entire state of Texas.
Labrador
11-05-2004, 18:54
someone (who was obviously very bored) tested the ingredients in macdonald's mayonnaise and found 13 different types of sperm!
OMG!! :shock:
That is like, so fecking GROSS!!
That can't be true!
I never liked mayo anyway, but, geez, even the THOUGHT of that makes me wanna hurl!
Labrador
11-05-2004, 18:56
Lawyers are repelled by crosses and garlic.
It's true! Have you ever tried it?
Well, I'm a Christian, and I love my garlic salad dressing. No, not a lawyer yet, but am an aspiring lawyer, carrying a 4.0 GPA in Paralegal School.
Does the being repelled by crosses and garlic thing come later??
You're a christian? That is a shock, Labrador. I remember you devoutly saying that you would never be part of my hateful religion.
Ah, but I will NOT join the hateful masses of those who call themselves Christian and really aren't. I still practice in my Unitarian Universalist Church, and will continue to do so. I will NOT subscribe to the hateful social agenda many so-called "Christians" subscribe to...nor will my political views change one iota!
Go to http://www.liberalslikechrist.org or http://www.JesusNoRepublican.org
Labrador
11-05-2004, 18:58
In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes
In a study conducted regarding toilet paper usage, Americans are said to use the most toilet paper per trip to the bathroom, which was seven sheets of toilet paper per trip.
Just seven? GROSS...I probably use three times that much!! I want plenty of thickness between my hand and the nasty stuff...
GIVEMHECK
11-05-2004, 19:01
There's a town... Boring, Oregon, USA
and Drain, Oregon, USA
Artoonia
11-05-2004, 19:16
Here's two I just learned, and I assure you, they're most definitely not related ...
Although it's generally accepted that liquor must be at least 100 proof to ignite, Tanqueray No. 10, which is only 94.6 proof will ignite.
You shouldn't smoke when you're drinking Tanqueray No. 10 straight.
Haverton
11-05-2004, 22:11
God, this thread reeks of urban legends...
First off, you do not inhale 14, or 8, or whatever number of spiders in your sleep in a lifetime. That's just a crap statistic made up by someone.
Secondly, the daddy-longlegs spider is not the most poisonous in the world. However, it's fangs are long enough to puncture human skin.
Here's my proof:
http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/longlegs.htm
http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.htm
Almighty Sephiroth
12-05-2004, 09:16
Lawyers are repelled by crosses and garlic.
It's true! Have you ever tried it?
Well, I'm a Christian, and I love my garlic salad dressing. No, not a lawyer yet, but am an aspiring lawyer, carrying a 4.0 GPA in Paralegal School.
Does the being repelled by crosses and garlic thing come later??
You're a christian? That is a shock, Labrador. I remember you devoutly saying that you would never be part of my hateful religion.
Ah, but I will NOT join the hateful masses of those who call themselves Christian and really aren't. I still practice in my Unitarian Universalist Church, and will continue to do so. I will NOT subscribe to the hateful social agenda many so-called "Christians" subscribe to...nor will my political views change one iota!
Go to http://www.liberalslikechrist.org or http://www.JesusNoRepublican.org
I see, so you're one of those wussy christians who sits back and lets people believe what they want to believe that isn't really a christian. got it. :wink:
Bobs Babies
12-05-2004, 09:38
this topic begins to many arguements, woops there is another on about spelling and adding oooooooos oi my country will kick your countries arse any day
New Auburnland
12-05-2004, 09:52
here is my addistion to the "useless facts" thread.
Hawaii has an interstate. Why?
Artoonia
12-05-2004, 17:52
Hawaii has an interstate. Why?Interstates are highways built with federal monies, not ones that necessarily connect two or more states.
Labrador
12-05-2004, 20:16
There's a town... Boring, Oregon, USA
and Drain, Oregon, USA
And there is a Normal, Illinois, and an Oblong, Illinois. As in, "Normal man marries Oblong woman :lol: "
Also, some of my fovorite town names...
Howie-in-the-Hills, Florida
Intercourse, Pennsylvania (zip code 17532, I believe..look it up!)
Ho-ho-kus, New Jersey
Sleepy Hollow, Illinois
French Lick, Indiana
Possum Trot, Kentucky
Bucksnort, Tennessee
Gun Barrel City, Texas
Point Blank, Texas
Blue Balls, Pennsylvania
Paradise, Pennsylvania
Desire, Pennsylvania
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Just some of my all-time faves! Any other good ones out there?
Labrador
12-05-2004, 20:26
Lawyers are repelled by crosses and garlic.
It's true! Have you ever tried it?
Well, I'm a Christian, and I love my garlic salad dressing. No, not a lawyer yet, but am an aspiring lawyer, carrying a 4.0 GPA in Paralegal School.
Does the being repelled by crosses and garlic thing come later??
You're a christian? That is a shock, Labrador. I remember you devoutly saying that you would never be part of my hateful religion.
Ah, but I will NOT join the hateful masses of those who call themselves Christian and really aren't. I still practice in my Unitarian Universalist Church, and will continue to do so. I will NOT subscribe to the hateful social agenda many so-called "Christians" subscribe to...nor will my political views change one iota!
Go to http://www.liberalslikechrist.org or http://www.JesusNoRepublican.org
I see, so you're one of those wussy christians who sits back and lets people believe what they want to believe that isn't really a christian. got it. :wink:
Not at all. It's not my job to "save the world" and it is not my place to force or compel anyone to believe anything. If they come to God, they should do it because they truly believe...and not because of any social sanctions they may recieve for NOT believing. See, your kind of Christian wants to use the force of law to force everyone to believe as you believe, and live and you think they ought. This is NOT Christian, nor is it what God or Jesus had in mind. If God had wanted automatons, capable of doing nothing but singing His parises, He could have made us that way. He didn't. He gave us free will. And that free will includes the ability to turn your back on Him, if that is your choice. It's not up to me to try to make someone pay lip service to any God against their will, or if they truly do not believe in Him.
My job, as a Christian, is to lead others to God by example by how I live my life, and my character...not by thumping a Bible at them, and promising hell, fire, and brimstone if they fail to conform to my set of beliefs...and CERTAINLY not by trying to codify my beliefs into civil law!
As they say, you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.
Jesus Himself spake against the Pharisees and Sadducees of His day, calling them out for being the hypocrites they were. Your kind of Christian, in my not-so-humble opinion, is the modern-day equivalent of those very Pharisees and Sadducees Jesus spake against. Face it, your kind of Christian doesn't really follow Christ or His teachings. Christ never taught hatred, bigotry, prejudice. He taught love, forgiveness, understanding and peace. Your people want none of it. You are more closely following the teachings of Paul of Tarsus, than Jesus. And so, you really shouldn't call yourself Christian...you ought to be calling yourself a Paulite, since that is what you really are!
Labrador
12-05-2004, 20:28
here is my addistion to the "useless facts" thread.
Hawaii has an interstate. Why?
Actually, Hawaii has FOUR interstates, H1, H2, H3, and H4. Look em up on a map sometime.
There are plenty of Interstates fully contained within just one state. I travel a lot. Not counting Alaska and Hawaii...and this may even be an incomplete list, it's just the ones I know about...
Interstate 4 completely within Florida
Interstate 16 completely within Georgia
Interstate 17 completely within Arizona
Interstate 19 completely within Arizona
Interstate 26 completely within South Carolina
Interstate 27 completely within Texas
Interstate 37 completely within Texas
Interstate 43 completely within Wisconsin
Interstate 45 completely within Texas
Interstate 49 completely within Louisiana
Interstate 86 completely within Idaho
Interstate 88 completely within Illinois
Interstate 96 completely within Michigan
Interstate 99 completely within Pennsylvania
Not to mention H1 H2 H3 and H4 all within Hawaii, and I have no idea what Interstates, if any, exist in Alaska.
So, just in the contiguous 48 states, there are 14 Interstates THAT I KNOW OF that are fully contained within just one state.
Also, Interstate 87, I think, may be fully contained within New York...it may extens a few miles into Jersey, I don't remember, so I didn't include it in my listing above.
Umbadunga
12-05-2004, 20:31
I am not a chinchilla
Almighty Sephiroth
12-05-2004, 22:20
Not at all. It's not my job to "save the world" and it is not my place to force or compel anyone to believe anything. If they come to God, they should do it because they truly believe...and not because of any social sanctions they may recieve for NOT believing. See, your kind of Christian wants to use the force of law to force everyone to believe as you believe, and live and you think they ought. This is NOT Christian, nor is it what God or Jesus had in mind. If God had wanted automatons, capable of doing nothing but singing His parises, He could have made us that way. He didn't. He gave us free will. And that free will includes the ability to turn your back on Him, if that is your choice. It's not up to me to try to make someone pay lip service to any God against their will, or if they truly do not believe in Him.
My job, as a Christian, is to lead others to God by example by how I live my life, and my character...not by thumping a Bible at them, and promising hell, fire, and brimstone if they fail to conform to my set of beliefs...and CERTAINLY not by trying to codify my beliefs into civil law!
As they say, you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.
Jesus Himself spake against the Pharisees and Sadducees of His day, calling them out for being the hypocrites they were. Your kind of Christian, in my not-so-humble opinion, is the modern-day equivalent of those very Pharisees and Sadducees Jesus spake against. Face it, your kind of Christian doesn't really follow Christ or His teachings. Christ never taught hatred, bigotry, prejudice. He taught love, forgiveness, understanding and peace. Your people want none of it. You are more closely following the teachings of Paul of Tarsus, than Jesus. And so, you really shouldn't call yourself Christian...you ought to be calling yourself a Paulite, since that is what you really are!
Believe me when I say this. I do not thump the bible at people, merely because I have given up hope on it ever working. It's true though, there is fire and stuff awaiting all those unrepentent sinners, which is why we try our utmost to stop people going down that path. You seem not to realise that it's for their own good.
Labrador
13-05-2004, 02:10
quadruple post. fookin' server... :roll:
Labrador
13-05-2004, 02:10
quadruple post. fookin' server... :roll:
Labrador
13-05-2004, 02:11
quadruple post. fookin' server... :roll:
Labrador
13-05-2004, 02:15
Not at all. It's not my job to "save the world" and it is not my place to force or compel anyone to believe anything. If they come to God, they should do it because they truly believe...and not because of any social sanctions they may recieve for NOT believing. See, your kind of Christian wants to use the force of law to force everyone to believe as you believe, and live and you think they ought. This is NOT Christian, nor is it what God or Jesus had in mind. If God had wanted automatons, capable of doing nothing but singing His parises, He could have made us that way. He didn't. He gave us free will. And that free will includes the ability to turn your back on Him, if that is your choice. It's not up to me to try to make someone pay lip service to any God against their will, or if they truly do not believe in Him.
My job, as a Christian, is to lead others to God by example by how I live my life, and my character...not by thumping a Bible at them, and promising hell, fire, and brimstone if they fail to conform to my set of beliefs...and CERTAINLY not by trying to codify my beliefs into civil law!
As they say, you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.
Jesus Himself spake against the Pharisees and Sadducees of His day, calling them out for being the hypocrites they were. Your kind of Christian, in my not-so-humble opinion, is the modern-day equivalent of those very Pharisees and Sadducees Jesus spake against. Face it, your kind of Christian doesn't really follow Christ or His teachings. Christ never taught hatred, bigotry, prejudice. He taught love, forgiveness, understanding and peace. Your people want none of it. You are more closely following the teachings of Paul of Tarsus, than Jesus. And so, you really shouldn't call yourself Christian...you ought to be calling yourself a Paulite, since that is what you really are!
Believe me when I say this. I do not thump the bible at people, merely because I have given up hope on it ever working. It's true though, there is fire and stuff awaiting all those unrepentent sinners, which is why we try our utmost to stop people going down that path. You seem not to realise that it's for their own good.
Oh, give it a rest. You make me wanna puke! You care not for their own good, you're another of those self-righteous morons that want to codify YOUR morals, and YOUR beliefs into civil law, and FORCE everyone else to live and believe as YOU think they ought. It has nothing to do with what is for their own good. It has EVERYTHING to do with the fact that what they do, say, think or believe makes YOU uncomfortable. Why don't you just admit that?
You try your utmost to stop people "going down that path" only because you are self-righteous, self-appointed "gods" who have decided that they...and they alone...know what is best for everyone else! You, and your kind...have no God other than your own self! Amazing, that the Republicans, who always go on about individual rights, and individual freedom...are the first to want to take those individual rights and freedoms away from people when they exercise them in a way that makes the self-righteous uncomfortable!
No, I am a liberal Christian, and there are a lot of us out here. I converted to Christianity once I discovered I didn't have to become an asshole to be a Christian. I mean...look at you...you have the arrogance to place the word "Almighty" in your nation's name. That tells me everything I want to know about you!
as an aside...let's not continue to hijack this thread to have this discussion. if you want to continue it, telegram me, or start another thread, and tell me where to find it. This thread is supposed to be fun...and not two people arguing religion and politics, okay?
Let's return to the original purpose of this thread:
If a ferret is on heat and doesn't get any, it will die.
Let's return to the original purpose of this thread:
If a ferret is on heat and doesn't get any, it will die.
From what they told me, this same rule applied to many of the people I went to high school with. :?
Desperate Measures
14-05-2004, 21:32
There were reports of a couple, I think off the coast of Maryland, being sexually harassed by dolphins.
In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes
How is that even possible?I repeat, how the heck is that even possible?
Almighty Sephiroth
15-05-2004, 09:37
Brittney Spear has saggy, off-kilter nipples! :shock:
Brittney Spear has saggy, off-kilter nipples! :shock:
How can nipples be saggy?
Almighty Sephiroth
15-05-2004, 10:15
no, you don't get it, they're not properly aligned, one's lower down than the other.
My name is Jim.
I am the Greatness and the Sweetheart. I am the purveyor of useless facts.
I am Jim
Jim
*wasted you time didn't I?*
Anglo-Scandinavia
15-05-2004, 10:21
Pigs can't look up (although dogs can).
And elephants can't jump becuase their anklebones are fused to their foot.
Demo-Bobylon
15-05-2004, 15:31
In Arkensas, it is a crime to mispronounce "Arkensas".
In Arkensas, it is a crime to mispronounce "Arkensas".
What about misspelling Arkansas?
Jim
Did you know...
-it is impossible to lick your elbow.
-A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out.
-A shrimp's heart is in their head.
-People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,
your heart stops for a mili-second.
-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 (or attempted to do so - apart from Bones ).
-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.
-Rats and 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.
-If you keep your eyes open by force when you sneeze, they can pop
out.
-Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have
over million descendants.
-Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in
your ear by 700 times.
-If the U.S. government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does
Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to
have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?
-In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
-The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
-Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating
are already married.
-A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
-23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people
sitting on them and photocopying their butts.
-In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping,
eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.
-Most lipstick contains fish scales.
-Cat's urine glows under a black-light.
-Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
-Over 75% of people who read this will actually try to lick their elbow
and a further 23% will have actually considered trying to do so.
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Petsburg
15-05-2004, 18:56
if an illegal radio station has been operating for more then 5 years in Isreal, it becomes legal
The fairy tinkerbelly
15-05-2004, 18:59
Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years.
In India, a 9-year-old girl was "married" to a stray dog, which tribal custom requires in order to protect a child whose first tooth appears on the upper gum.
The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day
There is a type of coffin made that can be used as a wine rack or picnic table before its final use.
Almighty Sephiroth
15-05-2004, 21:52
Shannon Doherty's eyes are crooked!
Cuneo Island
15-05-2004, 21:53
Did you know that John Prescott left school with no qualifications? Now you do! :D
Who's John Prescott? :D
Did you know Cuneo doesn't have an MBA?
Artoonia
16-05-2004, 04:09
Did you know...
-it is impossible to lick your elbow.
Oh, is it now? Emperor Artu I of Artoonia disproves this assertion:
http://www.mark-adams.com/elbow1.png http://www.mark-adams.com/elbow2.png http://www.mark-adams.com/elbow3.png http://www.mark-adams.com/elbow4.png http://www.mark-adams.com/elbow5.png
-If the U.S. government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?
Good question. A better one might be why is there no 14 C.F.R. § 1211? Okay, technically, there is, but 14 C.F.R. § 1211.100 - 1211.108 read simply "Reserved".
Smart idea, though: take a section from a section dealing with NASA, put in a date concurrent with the Apollo moon landing, and then make some shit up.
-Over 75% of people who read this will actually try to lick their elbow and a further 23% will have actually considered trying to do so.
And at least one will succeed.
The Atheists Reality
16-05-2004, 04:11
Did you know...
-it is impossible to lick your elbow.
Oh, is it now? Emperor Artu I of Artoonia disproves this assertion:
http://www.mark-adams.com/elbow1.png http://www.mark-adams.com/elbow2.png http://www.mark-adams.com/elbow3.png http://www.mark-adams.com/elbow4.png http://www.mark-adams.com/elbow5.png
-If the U.S. government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?
Good question. A better one might be why is there no 14 C.F.R. § 1211? Okay, technically, there is, but 14 C.F.R. § 1211.100 - 1211.108 read simply "Reserved".
Smart idea, though: take a section from a section dealing with NASA, put in a date concurrent with the Apollo moon landing, and then make some shit up.
-Over 75% of people who read this will actually try to lick their elbow and a further 23% will have actually considered trying to do so.
And at least one will succeed.
XD