So yeah, I had been missing the past day. I didn't have anything to contribute. Today I somewhat do. I had been searching the internet for some new Strange Findings and came across GoodQuotes.com and started reading some of their collection of Funny Thoughts and started to realize I know some of the answers.
Can you breathe out of your nose and mouth at the same time?
The answer is yes, however, because your mouth is a larger opening, more airflow runs thru your mouth than your nose.
Why did Yankee Doodle name the feather in his hat Macaroni?
Everyone has sung the song "Yankee Doodle" when they were young, or sung that to a child (even though it would highly embarrass the child) but I doubt anyone gave a thought to what it meant. It was the British who penned the song as a malicious melody to make fun of us after we gained our independence back in the 1770's. The British said we were so uncouth and behind the fashion senses of France, we wouldn't know good fashion if we stuck a feather in a hat and called it macaroni. That phrase was included in the song, and we have been singing it ever since...
-damn Limeys...
If I had my legs amputated, would I have to change my height and weight on my driver's license?
I actually know the answer for this. We had a disabled guy work for us in our past, and he actually told us after loosing his leg and seriously damaging his other in a freak accident, his height DECREASED because of it. While I am thinking about it, wheelchair bound people are actually measured on a table to gauge their height lying down when applying for either a license or ID. Texas doesn't have a space for a person's weight on licenses.
Is sign language the same in languages other than English?
No. The most common sign language taught in the United States is an English sign. Many countries have their own language for sign.
Why would Dodge make a car called Ram?
They didn't. They made a TRUCK called Ram.
Why do we have to wait till the water starts boiling before we can put pasta into the water?
To accurately cook pasta to an al dente state takes a matter of minutes in a pot of boiling water. It takes a lot more time and energy to heat both the water and uncooked pasta if starting from cold & pasta in the pot at the same time.
If London Bridge is standing why is there a song about it falling down?
London Bridge (as we see it now) rests in Lake Havasu, Arizona after being transported brick by brick in the 1960's. The bridge was originally built a few kilometers up the river from the current bridge, but was razed when the bridge in Lake Havasu was built. A children's song commemorated the destruction of the original 622 year old bridge and survives to this day.
If you drink Pepsi at work in the Coke factory, will they fire you?
No, but they will reprimand you when they see you. My brother used to work for Magnolia Coca-Cola and would often talk to the distributors of Pepsi and socialize. However, if you build Chrysler vehicles and come to work in a GMC, you will be towed.
Why do they call front seat shotgun?
This one harkens back to the days of the old west and stagecoaches. There were usually 2-3 people who would ride on the carriage with the passengers, sometimes employees of the coach company, and other times marshals with guns. The "shotgun" seat was usually the passenger who sat next to the carriage driver who wielded a shotgun and protected the passengers, and more importantly the sacks of money transported to and from cities.
Why can't you get a tan on your palms?
The palms of your hands do not have the capability to tan or burn, they lack the cells needed for pigmentation. The soles of your feet also are the same.
What does OK actually mean?
The only survivor of a slang fad in Boston and New York c.1838-9 for abbreviations of common phrases with deliberate, jocular misspellings, in this case, "oll korrect." It was popularized by use as an election slogan by the O.K. Club, New York boosters of Democratic president Martin Van Buren's 1840 re-election bid, in allusion to his nickname Old Kinderhook, from his birth in the N.Y. village of Kinderhook. Van Buren lost, the word stuck, in part because it filled a need for a quick way to write an approval on a document, bill, etc. The noun is first attested 1841; the verb 1888. Spelled out as okeh, 1919, by Woodrow Wilson, on assumption that it represented Choctaw okeh "it is so" (a theory which lacks historical documentation); this was ousted quickly by okay after the appearance of that form in 1929. Okey-doke is student slang first attested 1932.
Does a postman deliver his own mail?
My neighbor is a mailman, and yes, he used to deliver mail to his own house.
Why do they sterilize needles for lethal injections?
Damn Geneva Convention...
Oh, and BTW... you checked the dictionary for gullible, didn't you?
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