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Useless Facts Part 6

Meh, after attending another party I feel slightly drained right now, so I might as well be a lazy bastard and throw some more less-than-necessary information at you like a potato from an air cannon.

1. In Arizona, it is illegal to hunt camels. Hmm, not sure when camels migrated over here, the media is going to make up one heck of story to fix this breach in their network.

2. Ancient Sybarites taught their horses to dance to music to make their parades more glamorous. Who says anthropomorphism isn't real?

3. It's against the law to ride down the streets of Brewton, Alabama, in a motorboat. LOL, okay I'm not really sure if they include driving one down the road,regardless THAT would be hilarious.

4. In 1976, a Los Angeles secretary named Jannene Swift officially was wed to a fifty-pound rock. The ceremony was witnessed by more than twenty people. Well I guess love can come from anywhere, and I bet he was a really good listener.

5. Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone. Doesn't that contradict itself a bit?

6. In ancient Japan, public contests were held to see who in a town could break wind the loudest and longest. Winners were awarded many prizes and great acclaim. Darn it, why do they not do the same today? Physical mastery of the bowels is something truly admirable.

7. Preparing and Egyptian mummy sometimes took up to seventydays. Dead Egyptian noblewomen were give the special treatment of being allowed a few days to ripen so the embalmers wouldn't find them too attractive. Wow, even back then some people were just creepy perverts...

8. Triviais the Roman goddess of sorcery, hounds, and the crossroads. Yay for the hounds!

9. The saying "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye" is from ancient Rome. The only rule during wrestlingmatches was no eye gouging. Everything else was allowed, but the only way to be disqualified was to poke someone's eyes out. Our century is so spineless, now its just until somebody gets hurt. At least include a severed arm in the phrase at least.

10. The Chinese, in historic times, usedmarijuana only as a remedy for dysentery. Seriously? This is the fifth time I found something about random people using marijuana, from royalty to a common deer- this isn't just out of hand, its on the floor and rolling under thesofa.

11. During World War 1, almost fourteen million people died in battle.Haha, Karma.

12. More than 150 people were tried as witches and wizards in Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 1600s. Well I can only hope the damn filthy bigot accusersgot what was coming to them at one point.

13.In the Great Fire of London in 1666, half of London was burned down but only six people were injured. Darn, if that isn't personal efficiency, I have no idea what is.

14. Oliver Cromwell was hanged (hung?) and decapitated two years after his death. Look, Iunderstand that the oaf was a complete ass but isn't that overdoing just a smidge?

15. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 1930s lobbied against hemp farmers-they saw hemp as competition. It is not chemically addictive, as is nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine. Okay, I THINK I just killed off the last of the marijuana facts for now.

16. The average four-year-old child asks more than four hundred questions a day. Oy, that is going to be a fun age since I find it impossible to answer a question without raising another.

17. You're more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider. Whew, well at least I havea lesser chance of dying to one of my worst enemies.

18. Fifty percent of teenage boys say they would rather be rich than smart. Ugh... yes and I'm sure they would party Playboy-style until they withered away. Brains over Bling any day.

19. Nine percent of Americans report having been in the presence of a ghost. I myself am part of that nine percent. I should really post something about that eh?

20. Only 55 percent of Americans know that the sun is a star. What else is it then, a planet?!

And again, the credit of the facts comes from the Book of Useless Information and the comments were the spawn of one Marshal of Hopalop.

I do not see the paint on the canvas, rather, the frame around it. (Yay, new phrase!)