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 Originally Posted by Got_Fenced_In  They grow up, though, and as the fruits get heavier often fall to the side, hence the 'growing down' thing. We had a banana tree for a long time.
There are three types of zebra. Bananas are herbs and don't grow on trees. I caught this morning morning’s minion, king-
dom of daylight’s dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding
Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding
High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing
In his ecstasy! then off, off forth on swing,
As a skate’s heel sweeps smooth on a bow-bend: the hurl and gliding
Rebuffed the big wind. My heart in hiding
Stirred for a bird,—the achieve of; the mastery of the thing!
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TV & radio were developed around the same time. The beginning of TV was when the first image was transferred was in 1862. This was about the same time that radio waves were discovered.
John Logie Baird in Hastings, England in 1923 came up with the first consumer TV. The BBC began the world's first regular television broadcasts, using the Baird system, in 1936. By 1939, there were over 20,000 TV sets in use in and around London. A year later, in 1940, Baird demonstrated a set which was capable of receiving colour pictures and stereo sound!
Unfortunately, Baird's TV was quite unreliable, and never took off. At that time, radio was also being developed and marketed at a much faster rate.
The first consumer radios came about in the 20's (I own several of the early prototypes and first ones to be manufactured). As these early radios got easier to use in the 1930's and more radio stations were set up... TV was left in the dust until the 1950's. Beer, it's whats for dinner! ~ a young snowboarding Canadian
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Martin Luther King Day is celebrated in Hiroshima, the mayor is a fan.
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- Aboriginal peoples travelling in the Pacific ocean navigated by dipping their testes into the water to determine the way the water was swelling and therefore where nearby islands were.
- If one goes by number of boats, Disney has the largest navy in the world
- Banana plants walk.
- Fife banana company of Ireland purchases the entire banana crop of Belize every year.
- In Estonia, it's believed that if you point at a rainbow, your finger will fall off.
- The huntsman spider is the only spider with lungs.
- Mr. Chicken was the last private resident of 10 Downing St.
- Cindarella's slippers were made out of squirrel fur in the original story.
- Marmots are responsible for the Black Death.
- Cornflakes were originally designed to stop boys from mastrubating.
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Originally Posted by telkanuru - Cindarella's slippers were made out of squirrel fur in the original story. I sense Go? is about to take on this expression ---> when she gets to your post. Beer, it's whats for dinner! ~ a young snowboarding Canadian
The meek don't want it! ~ sticker on a rock band's guitar
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Originally Posted by telkanuru - Cornflakes were originally designed to stop boys from mastrubating. And it's a good thing too because otherwise they would never get anything done.
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Dave Chappelle turned down the role of Bubba in "Forrest Gump", thinking the movie would bomb. Can't you, just this once, f*** off?
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Didn't it? I haven't seen it.
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The movied earned US$677 million worldwide during its theatrical run. Can't you, just this once, f*** off?
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Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally take a look at the results. ~ Churchill
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. ~ Rita Rudner
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A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.
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Theoretically, a string wrapped twice around the thumb equals once around the wrist, twice around the wrist is once around the waist (except for me) and twice around the waist is once around the neck Score 3 strokes, 4 seizures and 2 brain surgeries
I've had brain surgery, what's your excuse?
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Are you certain you have the order correct there my friend? I think maybe some waists and necks are in the wrong place. It was working until I got to
Originally Posted by Greybeard twice around the wrist is once around the waist (except for me) and twice around the waist is once around the neck I'm not sure anyone's waist is that small or neck that big - but one never knows.
Anatomically speaking ...
Originally Posted by Greybeard twice around the wrist is once around the neck and twice around the neck is once around the waist(except for me) seems a bit more probable. 
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However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally take a look at the results. ~ Churchill
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. ~ Rita Rudner
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Adipocere is a waxy substance formed from fat in a cadaver. It can last for centuries in a damp environment. And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?
~Hamlet
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Brain surgery you know. I'm an idiot, just ask my wife
That also explains why I have to buy my masks from the Pumpkin head size mask company Score 3 strokes, 4 seizures and 2 brain surgeries
I've had brain surgery, what's your excuse?
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The Bobay people of equitorial Africa are so dependant on hand movements for communication, it's practically impossible for them to talk at night. The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely over-educated. -Oscar Wilde
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Originally Posted by Fencergrl TV & radio were developed around the same time. . Analog TV pictures are transmitted in FM and the sound in AM.
That is why it is called a "TV Channel" rather than a "TV Station". Reality is the original Rorschach.
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Originally Posted by TBean Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. It was also my pub quiz team's name this week!
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You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin... aaand.. Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it.
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Originally Posted by telkanuru - Cindarella's slippers were made out of squirrel fur in the original story. Originally Posted by Fencergrl I sense Go? is about to take on this expression ---> when she gets to your post. No, I know this one. In the original French story, the slippers were made of "vair", which is "squirrel fur". The translator who translated the story into English made a sloppy mistake- he read "verre" instead of "vair" (the pronunciation is the same), and translated it as "glass".
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