USELES INFORMATION
Sep 30, 2012 07:20:38 #
1.Stewardesses-- Is the longest word typed with only one hand.
2. Lollipop-- Longest word typed with the right hand.
3. No word in English language rhymes with Month, orange, silver and purple.
4. Dreamt--IIs the only english word that ends in "mt".
5. Your eyes are always the same size from birth, but your nose and ears never stop growing.
6. The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
uses every letter in the alphabet.
7. The words racecar, kayak and level are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.
8. Typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters on one row of the keyboard.
9. In the last 4,000yers, no new animals have been domesticated.
10. Rubber bands last longer when refridgerated.
11. The cruise liner QE2, moves only 6 inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
12 The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
13. The winter of 1932 was so cold that niagara falls froze completely solid.
14." If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there would be a shortage of sand ."Milton Friedman.
You are now much smarter--right!
2. Lollipop-- Longest word typed with the right hand.
3. No word in English language rhymes with Month, orange, silver and purple.
4. Dreamt--IIs the only english word that ends in "mt".
5. Your eyes are always the same size from birth, but your nose and ears never stop growing.
6. The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
uses every letter in the alphabet.
7. The words racecar, kayak and level are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.
8. Typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters on one row of the keyboard.
9. In the last 4,000yers, no new animals have been domesticated.
10. Rubber bands last longer when refridgerated.
11. The cruise liner QE2, moves only 6 inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
12 The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
13. The winter of 1932 was so cold that niagara falls froze completely solid.
14." If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there would be a shortage of sand ."Milton Friedman.
You are now much smarter--right!
Sep 30, 2012 12:34:01 #
Beowulf
Loc: Aquidneck Island, RI
Nope, knew all of them prior to this, except 11 and the Friedman quote. By the way, the words in 7 are examples of one word palindromes. Poor Dan is in a droop, Name no one man, Madam, I'm Adam!, etc. are examples of frequently taught simple high school English sentence palindromes.
Sep 30, 2012 13:00:12 #
Nine is not correct.The seal and the dolphin have been domesticated later then 4000 years A few of these have been shown to want to live in the presence of humans and when offered their freedom they refused.
Oct 1, 2012 05:23:24 #
James Thurber claimed to have written the world's longest palindrome: A man, a plan, a canal, Panama." But I understand that technically it's not a palindrome because in a multi-word palindrome the entire words have to read backwards, not just the letters. Pretty good effort, though, Mr Thurber.
Oct 1, 2012 08:48:40 #
william48 wrote:
Nine is not correct.The seal and the dolphin have been domesticated later then 4000 years A few of these have been shown to want to live in the presence of humans and when offered their freedom they refused.
Good luck on convincing people that seals and dolphins have been domesticated! Did you say you were selling the London Bridge? :lol: :lol:
Oct 1, 2012 08:52:03 #
How about "Live dirt up a side track carted is a putrid evil." Never heard the requirement for anything other than a palindrome needs the letters to read the same and not the words.
From the OED:
1.A.1 A word, verse, or sentence that reads the same when the letters composing it are taken in the reverse order.
From the OED:
1.A.1 A word, verse, or sentence that reads the same when the letters composing it are taken in the reverse order.
Oct 1, 2012 13:24:12 #
richnash46 wrote:
Good luck on convincing people that seals and dolphins have been domesticated! Did you say you were selling the London Bridge? :lol: :lol:
william48 wrote:
Nine is not correct.The seal and the dolphin have been domesticated later then 4000 years A few of these have been shown to want to live in the presence of humans and when offered their freedom they refused.
Good luck on convincing people that seals and dolphins have been domesticated! Did you say you were selling the London Bridge? :lol: :lol:
Aren't the Navy SEALS using them?
Oct 1, 2012 13:49:59 #
Croce
Loc: Earth
#11 Re the QE2 and the 6" myth.
After her 1987 refit to diesel electric, at full speed, 28.5 knots, she could travel 50 feet (105.6 gals per mi) at 20 knots she could double that to 105 feet per gallon or 42.24 gals per mi. On a per passenger mile basis she was very efficient about 18 mi per gal. if you include the crew of 1015, 27.6mpg at full speed.
At 20 knots, a common cruise ship cruising speed she would get 45mpg on a per passenger basis, or 69 mpg including crew. So now you know. Quite an improvement over 6 inches per gallon. :lol:
After her 1987 refit to diesel electric, at full speed, 28.5 knots, she could travel 50 feet (105.6 gals per mi) at 20 knots she could double that to 105 feet per gallon or 42.24 gals per mi. On a per passenger mile basis she was very efficient about 18 mi per gal. if you include the crew of 1015, 27.6mpg at full speed.
At 20 knots, a common cruise ship cruising speed she would get 45mpg on a per passenger basis, or 69 mpg including crew. So now you know. Quite an improvement over 6 inches per gallon. :lol:
Oct 1, 2012 14:31:55 #
1 and two correct only if you type the Pitman way; incorrect for us two finger jabbers.
3 incorrect since rhyming with 'month' is 'Harrumph' - beloved of upper class English Colonels presented with a hoody boyfriend seeking their daughter's dowry.
Rich in what way are navy Seals domesticated? About the same as our UK paras, they are (fairly) house trained but there it ends!
Amusing list nevertheless.
"Evil rats on no star live" is my longest word for word palindrome, by the way.
3 incorrect since rhyming with 'month' is 'Harrumph' - beloved of upper class English Colonels presented with a hoody boyfriend seeking their daughter's dowry.
Rich in what way are navy Seals domesticated? About the same as our UK paras, they are (fairly) house trained but there it ends!
Amusing list nevertheless.
"Evil rats on no star live" is my longest word for word palindrome, by the way.
Oct 1, 2012 15:12:43 #
Oct 3, 2012 02:17:57 #
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