Richard,

Now I can die a happy woman!

--Joc


On Jan 19, 2006, at 8:03 PM, Richard Adkins wrote:

> MANY PEOPLE THINK WRITERS KNOW EVERYTHING
>
> Do you know these things?
>
> "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand
> and "lollipop" with your right. (Bet you tried this out mentally,
> didn't you?)
>
> It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
>
> Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. (I'll bet
> you're going to check this out.)
>
> No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver,
> or purple.
>
> "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
> (Are you doubting this?)
>
> Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears
> never stop growing.
>
> The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses
> every letter of the alphabet. (Now, yo u KNOW you're going to try
> this out for accuracy, right?)
>
> The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they
> are read left to right or right to left (palindromes). (Yep, I knew
> you were going to "do" this one.)
>
> There are only four words in the English language which end in
> "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous (You're
> not doubting this, are you?)
>
> There are two words in the English language that have all five
> vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious." (Yes, admit it, you
> are going to say ...... a e i o u)
>
> TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters
> only on one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test
> this out)
>
> All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on
> the back of the $5 bill
>
> A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
>
> A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
>
> A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue. (but who really cares?)
>
> A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
>
> A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (Some days that's
> about what my memory span is)
>
> A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
>
> A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
>
> A snail can sleep for three years. (I know some people that could
> do this too.)
>
> Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
>
> Almonds are a member of the peach family.
>
> An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
>
> Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child
> reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
>
> Butterflies taste with their feet.
>
> Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
>
> February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a
> full moon.
>
> In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
>
> If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line
> would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
>
> If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend
> an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
>
> Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
>
> On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
> building is an American flag.
>
> Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
>
> Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
>
> The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
>
> The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of
> diesel that it burns.
>
> The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar
> tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Good thing he did
> that)
>
> The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely
> solid.
>
> There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
>
> There are more chickens than people in the world.
>
> There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.
>
> Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
>
> Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
>
> Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
>
> Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks;
> otherwise it will digest itself.
>
> THERE!..................
>
> Now you DO know everything!
>
> --
> Write on!!
> Richard Adkins
> http://adkins.8k.com
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