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GusAspar
07-02-2003, 09:47 AM
6500

but let's just keep going...

GusAspar
07-02-2003, 09:47 AM
6501

I haven't forgotten I promised to recalculate ETA 1,000,000

Steph
07-02-2003, 09:49 AM
6502

Can't wait to see it!

Steph
07-02-2003, 09:50 AM
6503

Was hoping to check out this thread and see 7000 by now.

GusAspar
07-02-2003, 09:51 AM
6503

hang on, Steph, I'm working on it...

IAKaraokeGirl
07-02-2003, 09:51 AM
6504~We'll get there eventually, Steph.

GusAspar
07-02-2003, 10:02 AM
6506

Well, according to my (rather rough) calculations, we should reach one million on or about 2 September 2025. Perhaps we should all send messages to our "buddies" to get this moving a bit quicker

Steph
07-02-2003, 10:42 AM
6507

Woohoooooooooo, Vancouver was just awarded the 2010 Winter Games! Yay!!!

Steph
07-02-2003, 01:20 PM
6508

Back from laundry, running a bit late for work, it's all good!

dm383
07-02-2003, 03:47 PM
#6509

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 04:00 PM
6510

mmm hmmm ... I wanna linger ....

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 04:02 PM
6511

mmm hmmm ... a little longer ...

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 04:03 PM
6512

mmm hmmm ... a little longer here with you ....

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 04:04 PM
6513

mmm hmmm ... it's such a perfect night ...

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 04:05 PM
6514

mmmm hmmmm ... it doesn't seem quite right ...

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 04:06 PM
6515

mmm hmmm ... that it should be my last with you ...

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 04:07 PM
6516

sorry, was singing ... i'm better now ... i think

Scarlett
07-02-2003, 04:21 PM
6517

In March, I paid almost $200 for a root canal and crown on a baby tooth (my duaghter)...

Scarlett
07-02-2003, 04:22 PM
6518

Can you believe I had to pay another $200 to have the same tooth pulled today???

Scarlett
07-02-2003, 04:23 PM
6519

Now how irritating is that??

Scarlett
07-02-2003, 04:27 PM
6520

Upside of the whole trip to town and the dentist was I found a CD I have been wanting and bought it :)

Scarecrow
07-02-2003, 05:32 PM
6521

or only 993,479 to go :heart:

hellsbells
07-02-2003, 06:02 PM
#6522

dicksbro
07-02-2003, 06:04 PM
6523

dicksbro
07-02-2003, 06:05 PM
6524

dicksbro
07-02-2003, 06:05 PM
6525 down

993475 to go

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:27 PM
6526

dicksbro
07-02-2003, 06:33 PM
6527

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 06:43 PM
6528

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:43 PM
what follows are some cool facts (not checked out mind you) that I found at http://members.tripod.com/philomanshomepage/coolfact.htm

I figure it's better than empty posts ;) and the cut and paste gives me something to do in the 30 second lock out period :D

--6529--

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:44 PM
Active Languages
According to recent estimates, the number of actively spoken languages in the world today is around 6,000. More than 1,400 of those languages belong to the Niger-Congo family from Africa, and about 1,200 are in the Austronesian family from Madagascar, Indonesia, Australia, the Pacific Islands, and New Zealand.
Most of today's active languages are spoken by very few people, and many of them are losing speakers rapidly as the world becomes more and more connected. Half of today's languages have fewer than 10,000 speakers, and a quarter have fewer than 1,000.
Thousands of years ago, there may have been as many as 10,000 active languages in the world. Within the next century, thousands of languages may be lost.

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 06:44 PM
6529

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 06:45 PM
6530

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:45 PM
--6533--

Blood-Free Tissue
The only living tissue in the human body that contains no blood vessels is the transparent cornea of the eye. It's the firm, smooth outer shell that arcs across in front of the iris and pupil.
The cornea contains no blood vessels because it must be perfectly clear. Even one tiny capillary would cast the shadow of hundreds of streaming blood cells into the light coming through the pupil.
Without blood to provide oxygen and nutrients, the cornea must get them from somewhere else. Nutrients come from the tears and from the liquid (aqueous humor) that fills the chamber behind the cornea. Oxygen is no problem, since the cornea is in direct contact with the air.

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 06:45 PM
6531

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:46 PM
--6535--

Closest Orbiting Moon
Of all the moons in the solar system, the one with the closest orbit is Phobos, the larger of the two satellites of Mars. The orbit of Phobos is less than 6000 kilometers above the surface of the planet (3700 miles).
Phobos is an irregularly shaped chunk of rock and ice about 27 kilometers long (17 miles). Because its orbit is so low, it can only be seen from a limited strip of the planet near its orbital path. Seen from that strip, it crosses the sky quickly from west to east, twice a day.
Phobos' orbit is so low that tidal forces are pulling it closer and closer to Mars. Scientists expect that in about 50 million years it will either crash into the planet or break up into a thin ring of orbiting debris.

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 06:46 PM
6535?

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:46 PM
--6537--

Cold Volcanoes
Neptune's moon Triton is the coldest place in the solar system, with a surface temperature of -235 degrees Celsius (-390 degrees Fahrenheit). As cold as it is, there are active volcanoes on Triton in which the erupting liquid is frigidly cold liquid nitrogen.
At Triton's surface, nitrogen normally exists as frozen ice. But under the surface, where Triton is heated by slow radioactive decay of its rocks, nitrogen melts into a liquid. When the liquid heats up still further, it boils and erupts through the surface, spewing evaporating liquid nitrogen high into space.

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 06:47 PM
6537??

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:47 PM
close, the one above is 6538

(I check my posts against the reply counter to make sure ;))
--6539--

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 06:47 PM
6539???

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:48 PM
--6541--

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 06:48 PM
6542 *crossing my fingers*

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:49 PM
--6543--
Fastest Humans
Relative to the planet Earth, the fastest speed humans have achieved was 24,791 miles per hour (39,914 km/hr), by the Apollo 10 astronauts, on their return trip from the moon in 1969.
But the universe is much bigger than the Earth-Moon system, and everything moves. If the Sun is taken as a fixed point, then all the humans on Earth are moving at about 66,660 miles per hour (107,320 km/hr) as the Earth follows its orbit.
If the center of the Milky Way galaxy is a fixed point, then the solar system is moving at about 500,000 miles per hour (800,000 km/hr) in its orbit around the galaxy.
From an even broader reference frame, our entire local group of galaxies is moving at about one million miles per hour toward another galaxy group called Virgo Cluster.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:50 PM
--6544--

Fastest Waves
The fastest ocean waves are also the rarest and the most dangerous. They are tsunamis, very long waves that move across the open sea at speeds approaching 500 miles per hour (800 kph).
A tsunami (sometimes incorrectly called a "tidal wave") is caused by a geological event like an earthquake, underwater landslide, or volcanic eruption. As it moves across the open sea it is only a few feet high, although it may be more than 100 miles long (160 kilometers). Ships do not notice its passage.
But when it reaches the shore, interaction with the bottom slows the wave down and all its energy is concentrated at the surface. A wall of water quickly builds up that can be as high as a multi-story building.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:50 PM
--6545--
Footbag Origins
The sport of footbag has been played for centuries by Asians and Native Americans, who used small, soft bags filled with nuts or pebbles. But it did not take off in the modern world until 1972, when a football player named John Stallberger made it into a popular hit.
Stallberger was recovering from a knee injury. His friend Mike Marshall suggested that he keep his legs flexible during his recovery by kicking around a small bag. They called it "hacking the sack."
Stallberger and Marshall began marketing their "hacky sacks" and were immediately successful. Today, footbag is an international sport with champions and competitive rules.
Note: Hacky Sack is a trademark of Wham-O, Inc.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:51 PM
--6546--

Meteor Showers
Most meteors are tiny flecks of cosmic dust that strike the Earth's atmosphere in random directions. But there are also collections of dust and grains of rock (meteoroids) that orbit in streams around the Sun. When the Earth's orbit crosses one of these streams, we might have a sudden meteor shower.
Meteoroid streams form along the orbits of comets, which release dust and debris as the Sun evaporates their ices. Some of them repeat every year at the same time. These are named according to the constellation from which the meteors appear to originate (the radiant of the swarm). We have the Leonids from Leo, the Orionids from Orion, and many others.
The most intense meteor showers are spectacular meteor storms, where dozens or even hundreds of meteors flash across the sky every minute.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:51 PM
--6547--

Micro-graffiti
If you have any electronic device that contains microchips, you may own some chip graffiti, the smallest form of public art.
For many years, chip designers have placed tiny, embossed drawings in unused spots on integrated circuit chips. The drawings are made out of the same silicon and other materials that form the circuits. The art is dying out because most chip designs these days are created by automatic software, but many devices still contain older chips that hold the drawings.
There is great variety among the designs, which include human figures, animals, buildings, vehicles, appliances, comic strip characters, and cultural icons like "Mr. T," the "happy face" and Pac Man.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:52 PM
--6548--

Seafood Fertilizer
During the 1700s and early 1800s, there were so many lobsters along the coast of New England that one could walk down the beach and pick them up off the sand. Lobsters were so abundant that native Americans used them as fertilizer, and colonists thought of them as food for poor people. Servants complained when they were forced to eat lobster more than three times in a week.
Today, of course, lobsters are prized as an expensive delicacy. They are hunted intensely by humans, and they are no longer so abundant. Today's wild lobsters are puny runts compared to the huge forty- pound, three-foot specimens (18 kg, 1 meter) that were once common along the New England coast.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:53 PM
--6549--

all done with those...

now some cool facts about birds (from the Cornell School of Ornithology)

___________

The smallest bird is the Bee Hummingbird at 2.24 in (5.7cm) and 0.056 oz (1.6g). (B)

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:54 PM
--6550--

The largest birds are:

heaviest and tallest is the African Ostrich at 345 lb (156 kg) and 9 ft (2.7 m)

heaviest flying bird is the Great Bustard at ~46 lb (21 kg)

greatest wingspan is the Wandering Albatross at 11 ft 11 in (3.63 m)

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:55 PM
-6551--

The bird with the longest feathers is the Onagadori, a domestic strain of Red Jungle Fowl, at 34.75 ft (10.59 m).

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:55 PM
--6552--

The most abundant bird is thought to be the Red-billed Quelea at up to 10 billion

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:56 PM
-6553--
The smallest egg is that of the Vervain Hummingbird, of Hispaniola and Jamaica at 0.39 in (10 mm) and 0.0132 oz (0.375 g).

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:56 PM
--6554--
The largest egg is that of the ostrich at 7 x 4.5 in (17.8 x 14 cm) (B) One ostrich egg makes the equivalent of a 16-egg omelet!

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:57 PM
--6555--

The fastest bird is thought to be the diving Peregrine Falcon at 175 mph or more

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:57 PM
--6556--

The number of bird species recorded in the continental U.S. and Canada is over 900 (906 in the ABA checklist).

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:58 PM
--6557--

The number of known bird species in Peru is approaching 2000.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 06:59 PM
--6558--

James Bond: Ian Fleming named this famous character after the real-life ornithologist and author of Birds of the West Indies.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:00 PM
--6559--
The longest latin name of any bird is Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus, or the Crowned Slaty Flycatcher of South America.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:01 PM
--6560--

OK, done with the bird facts.... here are some from other web sites that I have been looking at :)

(I'm glad I closed the windows on my car.... it just started to downpour here!)

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:03 PM
--6561--

The word "racecar", "kayak", and "radar" are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:04 PM
--6562--
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:04 PM
--6563--
"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:05 PM
--6564--
If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33.
She would stand seven feet, two inches tall.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:05 PM
--6565--
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you will have produced
enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:06 PM
--6566--
In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies,
including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:07 PM
--6567--
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, but dogs only have about ten.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:08 PM
--6568--
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

{I guess that applies only if touch-type on a QWERTY keyboard, or if you're not looking at Pixie pics :D}

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:09 PM
--6569--
The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

{wow!}

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:10 PM
--6570--

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:10 PM
--6571--
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:11 PM
--6572--
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the
letters only on one row of the keyboard.

{again, only if using a QWERTY keyboard}

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:12 PM
--6573--
You are more likely to be killed by a Champagne cork than by a
poisonous spider.

{man, no more drinking that stuff with the cork! only screw top will do for safety's sake!}

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:17 PM
--6574--

need to take a break for a bit... back in a while with more useless information :D

denny
07-02-2003, 07:18 PM
6575 and I need to put a cork in it. Later folks.

dicksbro
07-02-2003, 07:24 PM
6576

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:27 PM
--6577--

OK... a few more for a bit, and then I gotta go...

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:28 PM
--6578--

A hamlet is classified as a "grouping of houses smaller than a village", and it usually has around 20 people. it has no mayor or any form of central or municipal government. Sherwood Park, Alberta is the largest hamlet in the world with a population of 45,000 and no government.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:28 PM
--6579--
The founder of JC Penny had a last name of "Cash."

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:29 PM
--6580--
No war has been fought where both countries had a McDonalds.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:29 PM
--6581--
The foreign city most visited by Americans is Tijuana.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:30 PM
--6582--
Every male over 18 is considred part of the Arizona militia if they live in Arizona.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:31 PM
--6583--
A golden razor removed from King Tut's tomb was still sharp enough to be used.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:31 PM
--6584--
All gondolas in Venice, Italy must be panited black, unless they belong to a high official.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:32 PM
--6585--
St. Stephan is the patron saint of bricklayers.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:32 PM
--6586--
The 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe lost his nose in a duel with one of his students over a mathematical computation. he wore a silver nose for the rest of his life.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:33 PM
--6587--
The ashes of the average cremated person weighs 9 pounds.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:34 PM
--6588--
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them use to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired".

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:34 PM
--6589--
The longest chapter of the bible is psalm 119.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:35 PM
--6590--
The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:36 PM
--6591--
The ridges on the sides of coins are called reeding or milling.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:36 PM
--6592--
At latitude 60 degrees south you can sail all the way around the world.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:37 PM
--6593--
The Saguaro cactus, found in the southwestern United States doesn't grow branches until it is 75 years old.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:38 PM
--6594--
The average mouse pad is 8.75 inches by 7.5 inches.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:38 PM
--6595--
Oak trees don't have acorns until they are at least 50 years old.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:39 PM
--6596--
A two-bit moon is in the first quarter.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:39 PM
--6597--
Every Swiss citizen is required to have access to a bomb shelter.

dicksbro
07-02-2003, 07:40 PM
6598

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:40 PM
--6599--
Paul Revere rode on a horse that belonged to Deacon Larkin.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:41 PM
6600

Most americans' car horns beep in the key of "F".

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 07:42 PM
--6601--

comparing this thread to the two other most active in the Smut Game forum (determined by highest number of replies). Calculated for each thread based on the first and last post in that particular thread.

Word Association anyone?
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reply goal: 1,000,000
current time: 6/30/03 2:16 PM
reply count: 15,551

time to 1,000,000 posts: 89.4 years

*******2 Last Letters*******
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reply goal: 1,000,000
current time: 7/2/03 8:43 PM
reply count: 8,516

time to 1,000,000 posts: 88.9 years

One Million
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reply goal: 1,000,000
current time: 7/2/03 8:42 PM
reply count: 6,601

time to 1,000,0000 posts: 22.2 years


___________________

OK... done for a while... l8r

dicksbro
07-02-2003, 07:59 PM
#6602 and counting :)

Eliza
07-02-2003, 08:51 PM
#6603

Eliza
07-02-2003, 08:54 PM
6604 The topic of tonight's posts will be Wily Wonka Quotes!
Here we go...

"We have so much time, and so little to do! Strike that, reverse it." ~Willy Wonka

IAKaraokeGirl
07-02-2003, 08:55 PM
6605~

"I want it NOW!"

OMG~we just watched this *today,* Eliza! :D

Eliza
07-02-2003, 08:55 PM
6606
"Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple."
~Willy Wonka

IAKaraokeGirl
07-02-2003, 08:56 PM
#6607~I'm a bit tipsy this evening and am ready to be taken advantage of. ;)


(No, that's not a Willy Wonka quote.) :D

Eliza
07-02-2003, 08:56 PM
IAKG...I love this movie and your quote is awesome!

6608

Eliza
07-02-2003, 08:57 PM
6609
"So shines a good deed in a weary world."
~Willy Wonka

Eliza
07-02-2003, 08:58 PM
6610
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men."
~Willy Wonka

This is a great one...I think this needs to go in my sig..

Eliza
07-02-2003, 08:59 PM
6611
"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams."
~Willy Wonka

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:00 PM
6612
"The suspense is terrible . . . I hope it'll last."
~Willy Wonka

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:00 PM
6613
"Bubbles, bubbles everywhere, but not a drop to drink . . . yet."
~Willy Wonka

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:01 PM
6614
"Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker."
~Willy Wonka

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:02 PM
6615
"If the good Lord had intended us to walk, he wouldn't have invented roller-skates. "~Willy Wonka

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:03 PM
6616
"It happens every time, they all become blueberries!"
~Willy Wonka

IAKaraokeGirl
07-02-2003, 09:04 PM
6617~God, I love Willy Wonka! :D

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:04 PM
6618
Mrs. Gloop: "He can't swim!"
Willy Wonka: "There's no better time to learn."

IAKaraokeGirl
07-02-2003, 09:04 PM
6619~"He's never even eaten at a table."

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:05 PM
6620- I know IAGK..he's just so wise isn't he?

Mrs. Gloop: "Don't just stand there! Do something!"
Willy Wonka: "Help. Police. Murder."

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:08 PM
6621
"There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you'll be free if you truly wish to be. "
~Willy Wonka

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:09 PM
6622
"No other factory in the world mixes its chocolate by waterfall. But it's the only way if you want it just... right. "
~Willy Wonka

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:10 PM
6623
Charlie Bucket: "What was that we just went through?"
Willy Wonka: "Hsawaknow."
Mrs. Teavee: "Is that Japanese?"
Willy Wonka: "No, that's Wonkawash spelled backwards."

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:12 PM
6624

"Willy Wonka: Well, fortunately, small boys are extremely springy and elastic. So I think we'll put him in my special taffy-pulling machine. That should do the trick."
[To an Oompa Loompa.] "To the taffy-pulling room. You'll find the boy in his mother's purse. But be extremely careful."
Mrs. Teevee: To the taffy-pulling room?!"
[Oompa Loompa whispers to Wonka.] Willy Wonka: "No, no. I won't hold you responsible. "

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:12 PM
Grandpa Joe: "If she's a lady, then I'm a Vermicious Knid!"

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:13 PM
6626
Charlie Bucket: "Mr. Wonka, they won't really be burned in the furnace, will they?"
Willy Wonka: "Well, I think that furnace is only lit every other day, so they have a good sporting chance, haven't they?"

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:15 PM
6627
"I want the world. I want the whole world. I want to lock it all up in my pocket. It's my bar of chocolate. Give it to me now." ~Veruca Salt: [singing]

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:18 PM
6628
"Wrong, sir! Wrong! Under section 37B of the contract signed by him, it states quite clearly that all offers shall become null and void if -- and you can read it for yourself in this photostatic copy -- "I, the undersigned, shall forfeit all rights, privileges, and licenses herein and herein contained," et cetera, et cetera... "Fax mentis incendium gloria cultum," et cetera, et cetera... "Memo bis punitor delicatum"! It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal! You stole fizzy lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get nothing! You lose! Good day sir!"
~Willy Wonka

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:19 PM
6629
"I said good day!"
~Willy Wonka

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:20 PM
6630
"Well... Two naughty, nasty little children gone... Three good, sweet little children still here... "
~Willy Wonka

IAKaraokeGirl
07-02-2003, 09:22 PM
#6631~“So much time and so little to do. Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it.” ~Willy Wonka

IAKaraokeGirl
07-02-2003, 09:23 PM
#6632~Willy Wonka: "Don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted.”

Charlie: “What happened?”

Willy Wonka: “He lived happily ever after.”

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:24 PM
6633
"Buttons, buttons, whose got the button?"~Willy Wonka

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:24 PM
6634

Willy Wonka: "Oh, you should never, never doubt what nobody is sure about."

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:26 PM
6635

"Stop, don't, come back."
~Willy Wonka

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:29 PM
6636
A break in the quotes...he's some interesting Wonka Trivia....

The quote "Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker" is from a poem entitled "Reflections on Ice Breaking" by Ogden Nash.

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:29 PM
6637

Willy Wonka's line, "The suspense is terrible, I hope it will last" is a quote from Oscar Wilde's play, "The Importance of Being Earnest."

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:30 PM
6638

The quote, "We are the music-makers..." is from Arthur O'Shaughnessy's "Ode," which also gave us the phrase "movers and shakers." The quotes "Where is fancy bred..." and "So shines a good deed..." are Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice."

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:31 PM
6639
The combination to the first door in the chocloate factory is 99-44/100% pure, which was an ad slogan for Ivory Soap.

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:32 PM
6640

When Wilder spins around and tries to push the button for the Wonkavator doors, he misses the button. Surprisingly enough, the doors still open.

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:32 PM
6641

The rock band Veruca Salt takes their name from the bratty little character played here by Julie Cole. Originally a dual-grrl chick band, Nina Gordon left the group in '98, leaving Louise Post to continue on her own (under the same name).

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:33 PM
6642

Peter Ostrum, who plays Charlie Bucket, made no other films. He later became a veterinarian

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:34 PM
6643

Oompa Loompas come from Loompaland, but Willy Wonka secretly transported them to live and work safely in his factory. Loompaland had creatures called horn swagglers, rotten vermicious kinids, and swangdoodles that would eat 10 oompas for breakfast and think nothing of it (as seen in the sequel to Chocolate Factory). Wonka called upon the oompas by playing a short tune on his flute. There were 10 oompas in all, 9 male and 1 female, some of which are dead now, all of which were from all over Europe.

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:37 PM
6644

Oompa Loompa doompadee doo
I've got another puzzle for you
Oompa Loompa doompadah dee
If you are wise you will listen to me

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:37 PM
6645

Who do you blame when your kid is a brat
Pampered and spoiled like a Siamese cat?
Blaming the kids is a lion of shame
You know exactly who's to blame:
The mother and the father!

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 09:38 PM
Originally posted by Eliza
6610
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men."
~Willy Wonka

This is a great one...I think this needs to go in my sig..

he he he... actually that should be

"A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men."
- Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

At least that is how I recall it. But I have also seen it quoted the other way (now that I went looking for it). I guess I need to go dig out the book (it HAS to be around here somewhere, but it might be in storage).


Roald Dahl, now there is an author... stuff for kids and stuff for adults (I need to find more of his stuff for adults).

I don't think that I will ever forget the concept of "human beans" and soda pop with bubbles that go down!

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:38 PM
6647

Oompa Loompa doompadee dah
If you're not spoiled then you will go far
You will live in happiness too
Like the Oompa Loompa doompadee do

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:40 PM
6648
Hi Milk Toast! I wonder if it's the same in the movie as it is in the book? I was just grabbing off the net..but if find out, let me know.

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:42 PM
other things listed as written by Writer Roald Dahl

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) - writer (Episode 3.28: "Lamb to the Slaugghter")
You Only Live Twice (1967) - screenplay
Matilda (1996) - book
James and the Giant Peach (1996) - book
Pisvingers! (1995) - story

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 09:43 PM
--6650--

TELEVISION

The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set --
Or better still, just don't install
The idiotic thing at all.
In almost every house we've been,
We've watched them gaping at the screen.
They loll and slop and lounge about,
And stare until their eyes pop out.
(Last week in someone's place we saw
A dozen eyeballs on the floor.)
They sit and stare and stare and sit
Until they're hypnotised by it,
Until they're absolutely drunk
With all that shocking ghastly junk.
Oh yes, we know it keeps them still,
They don't climb out the window sill,
They never fight or kick or punch,
They leave you free to cook the lunch
And wash the dishes in the sink --
But did you ever stop to think,
To wonder just exactly what
This does to your beloved tot?
IT ROTS THE SENSE IN THE HEAD!
IT KILLS IMAGINATION DEAD!
IT CLOGS AND CLUTTERS UP THE MIND!
IT MAKES A CHILD SO DULL AND BLIND
HE CAN NO LONGER UNDERSTAND
A FANTASY, A FAIRYLAND!
HIS BRAIN BECOMES AS SOFT AS CHEESE!
HIS POWERS OF THINKING RUST AND FREEZE!
HE CANNOT THINK -- HE ONLY SEES!
'All right!' you'll cry. 'All right!' you'll say,
'But if we take the set away,
What shall we do to entertain
Our darling children? Please explain!'
We'll answer this by asking you,
'What used the darling ones to do?
'How used they keep themselves contented
Before this monster was invented?'
Have you forgotten? Don't you know?
We'll say it very loud and slow:
THEY ... USED ... TO ... READ! They'd READ and READ,
AND READ and READ, and then proceed
To READ some more. Great Scott! Gadzooks!
One half their lives was reading books!
The nursery shelves held books galore!
Books cluttered up the nursery floor!
And in the bedroom, by the bed,
More books were waiting to be read!
Such wondrous, fine, fantastic tales
Of dragons, gypsies, queens, and whales
And treasure isles, and distant shores
Where smugglers rowed with muffled oars,
And pirates wearing purple pants,
And sailing ships and elephants,
And cannibals crouching 'round the pot,
Stirring away at something hot.
(It smells so good, what can it be?
Good gracious, it's Penelope.)
The younger ones had Beatrix Potter
With Mr. Tod, the dirty rotter,
And Squirrel Nutkin, Pigling Bland,
And Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and-
Just How The Camel Got His Hump,
And How the Monkey Lost His Rump,
And Mr. Toad, and bless my soul,
There's Mr. Rate and Mr. Mole-
Oh, books, what books they used to know,
Those children living long ago!
So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books,
Ignoring all the dirty looks,
The screams and yells, the bites and kicks,
And children hitting you with sticks-
Fear not, because we promise you
That, in about a week or two
Of having nothing else to do,
They'll now begin to feel the need
Of having something to read.
And once they start -- oh boy, oh boy!
You watch the slowly growing joy
That fills their hearts. They'll grow so keen
They'll wonder what they'd ever seen
In that ridiculous machine,
That nauseating, foul, unclean,
Repulsive television screen!
And later, each and every kid
Will love you more for what you did.

Roald Dahl

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:45 PM
6651

I NEVER THOUGHT MY LIFE COULD BE
ANYTHING BUT CATASTROPHE
BUT SUDDENLY I BEGIN TO SEE
A BIT OF GOOD LUCK FOR ME
'CAUSE I'VE GOT A GOLDEN TICKET
I'VE GOT A GOLDEN TWINKLE IN MY EYE
I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO SHINE
NEVER A HAPPY SONG TO SING
BUT SUDDENLY HALF THE WORLD IS MINE
WHAT AN AMAZING THING

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:46 PM
6652

Wonka's Soliloquy on the WonkaTania:

THERE'S NO EARTHLY WAY OF KNOWING
WHICH DIRECTION WE ARE GOING
THERE'S NO KNOWING WHERE WE'RE ROWING
OR WHICH WAY THE RIVER'S FLOWING
IS IT RAINING
IS IT SNOWING
IS A HURRICANE A-BLOWING
BLEH!
NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT IS SHOWING
SO THE DANGER MUST BE GROWING
ARE THE FIRES OF HELL A GLOWING?
IS THE GRISLY REAPER MOWING?
YES! THE DANGER MUST BE GROWING
FOR THE ROWERS KEEP ON ROWING
AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT SHOWING
ANY SIGNS THAT THEY ARE SLOWING!

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:48 PM
6653

"I WANT A PARTY WITH ROOMFULS OF LAUGHTER
TEN THOUSAND TONS OF ICE CREAM
AND IF I DON'T GET THE THINGS I AM AFTER
I'M GOING TO SCREAM"
~Veruca Salt

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:49 PM
6654

"DON'T CARE HOW
I WANT IT NOW!
DON'T CARE HOW
I WANT IT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW"
~Veruca Salt

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 09:49 PM
this seems to be the most complete bibliography for Roald Dahl I have been able to locate (though I only looked for a few minutes :)). The guy sure has a lot of stuff....

Series
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)
2. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972)

Novels
The Gremlins (1943)
Sometime Never: A Fable for Supermen (1948)
James and the Giant Peach (1961)
The Magic Finger (1966)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (1970)
Danny: The Champion of the World (1975)
The Enormous Crocodile (1976)
My Uncle Oswald (1979)
The Twits (1980)
George's Marvelous Medicine (1981)
The BFG (1982)
Dirty Beasts (1983)
The Witches (1983)
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985)
Going Solo (1986)
Matilda (1988)
Esio Trot (1989)
Rhyme Stew (1989)
The Great Switcheroo (1990)
The Minpins (1991)
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1991)
My Year (1993)
The Mildenhall Treasure (1999)

Collections
Over to You: 10 Stories of Flyers And Flying (1946)
Someone Like You (1953)
Kiss Kiss (1959)
Selected Stories (1968)
Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl (1969)
Switch Bitch (1974)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977)
The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr Willy Wonka (1978)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Taste and Other Tales (1979)
More Tales of the Unexpected (1980)
A Roald Dahl Selection: Nine Short Stories (1980)
Further Tales of the Unexpected (1981)
Way Up to Heaven: And Other Stories (1981)
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes (1982)
The Best of Roald Dahl (1983)
Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984)
The Puffin Roald Dahl Collection (1985)
Selected Works (1985)
Roald Dahl's Completely Unexpected Tales (1986)
Two Fables (1986)
The Roald Dahl Omnibus: Perfect Bedtime Stories for Sleepless Nights (1987)
A Second Roald Dahl Selection: Eight Short Stories (1987)
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (1988)
New Tales of the Unexpected (1988)
The Enormous Crocodile / The Magic Finger (1989)
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl (1991)
The Complete Tales of the Unexpected (1991)
Edward the Conqueror: And Other Stories (1991)
Boy / Going Solo (1992)
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke and Other Stories (1992)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / James and the Giant Peach (1994)
Lamb to the Slaughter: And Other Stories (1995)
The Roald Dahl Audio Collection (1995)
The Enormous Crocodile and The Magic Finger (1996)
The Great Automatic Grammatizator: And Other Stories (1996)
Great Mouse Plot: And Other Tales of Childhood (1996)
Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts (1996)
Roald Dahl Omnibus BFG, Matilda and Georges Marvellous Medicine (1996)
The Roald Dahl Treasury (1997)
The Umbrella Man: And Other Stories (1998)
Skin: And Other Stories (2000)
Ten Short Stories (2000)
Charlie Novels Plus Henry Sugar (2001)
The Man from the South: And Other Stories (2002)

Anthologies edited

Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories (1956)

Non fiction
The Dahl Diary (1991)
Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (1991)
Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes (1994)
Roald Dahl on Tape (1995)
Autobiography (1996)
Revolting Recipes (1996)
Roald Dahl's Cookbook (1996)
Even More Revolting Recipes (2001)

Anthologies containing stories by Roald Dahl
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow (1952)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957)
Best Tales of Terror (1962)
The 3rd Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1968)
The Price of Fear (1976)
The 24th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1983)
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
The Puffin Book of Horror Stories (1986)
The Flying Sorcerers (1987)
Scare Care (1989)

Short stories
Man from the South (1948)
The Wish (1948)
The Sound Machine (1949)
Taste (1951)
Dip in the Pool (1952)
Skin (1952)
Edward the Conqueror (1953)
Galloping Foxley (1953)
Lamb to the Slaughter (1953)
Neck (1953)
Poison (1953)
The Way Up to Heaven (1954)
Nunc Dimittis (1955)
Parson's Pleasure (1958)
A fine Son (1959)
Genesis and Catastrophe (1959)
Georgy Porgy (1959)
The Landlady (1959)
Pig (1959)
Royal Jelly (1959)
William and Mary (1959)
In the Ruins (1965)
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (1974) The Hitch-Hiker (1977)
The Butler (1980)
The Umbrella Man (1980)
Vengeance is Mine Inc. (1980)
Bitch
The Boy Who Talked with Animals
The Champion of the World
The Great Automatic Grammatizator
The Great Switcheroo
The Last Act
Lucky Break
The Mildenhall Treasure
Mr Botibol
Mr Feasey
Mr Hoddy
Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
My Lady Love, My Dove
A Piece of Cake
The Ratcatcher
Rummins
The Soldier
The Swan
The Visitor
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 09:51 PM
after looking at the list I realize that I only thought I had read a lot of his stuff (mostly as a a kid).... I am guessing that Amazon.com is going to be getting a bit o' my cash in the next few months :D

--6656--

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 09:53 PM
{108 more posts and I hit 1000 for this thread :p}

6657

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:54 PM
6658- Some more Movie Trivia...

The movie was filmed on location in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:56 PM
6659 Milk Toast...wow...he certainly has written a lot. I might just pick up some titles myself.

The movie premiered on June 30th, 1971.

Eliza
07-02-2003, 09:56 PM
6660

Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) was present at the opening in New York City along with the Wonkamobile. Free ice cream and chocolate bars were given to all.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 09:59 PM
--6661--

MilkToast still enjoys eating "ever lasting gobstoppers"... though they have changed over the years... a lot less candy shell, smaller in size... but I still love them (and they fit in most gum ball dispensers too!)

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:00 PM
6662....lol Eliza enjoys them as well...:D

Willy Wonka fans might also be interested in taking a look at the fairly new book called Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes. Compiled by Felicia Dahl (Roald Dahl's second wife) and illustrated by a long time Dahl collaborator, Quentin Blake, this book is a collection of recipes on how to make various food items mentioned in Dahl's books. You can learn to make lickable wallpaper and other candies from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. There was a hard-cover version released in 1994 and then a reprint in 1997 (paper-back). Note: Many of the recipes in the book are not designed for children to make. They are too difficult or require impossible to get ingredients. Both copies of the book are readily availible and still in print.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 10:02 PM
"Why, having fun?" - Willy Wonka

--6663--

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:02 PM
6664- Hey! Hershey! That's close to me.

Double dose of chocolate: Milton Hershey was born September 13th in 1857. Founder of the Hershey Foods Corporation in Hershey, PA. In addition Roald Dahl, author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", was also born on this day in 1916. What a coincidence!

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 10:04 PM
"Snozzberry? Who ever heard of a snozzberry? We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams."

6665

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:04 PM
6666

Reasons why Charlie (not others) won the chocolate factory:

Augustus fell into the river of chocolate.
Violet ate 3-course meal gum and turned into a blueberry.
Veruca wanted a golden goose and was rejected as a "bad egg."
Mike was shrunk when transmitted into TV.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 10:06 PM
"Who can take tomorrow, dip it in a dream, separate the sorrow and collect up all the cream."

6667

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:07 PM
Oh! That's a good one Milk Toast!


What did the Golden Ticket really say? When Grandpa Joe reads the ticket he leaves a couple words out. Here it is in its entirety...

WONKA'S GOLDEN TICKET
Greetings to you, the lucky finder of this
Golden Ticket from Mr. Willy Wonka.
Present this ticket at the factory gates at ten o'clock
in the morning of the first day of October and do not
be late. You may bring with you one member of your
own family...and only one...but no one else.
In your wildest dreams you could not imagine the marvelous SURPRISES that await YOU!

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:09 PM
6669

A cut scene! This scene was cut from the movie. During the world-wide rush to get the golden tickets, a mountain climber goes to the top of a mountain to see a guru. He asks, "What is the meaning of life?" "You got Wonka bar?" asks the guru. The climber hands him a Wonka bar. The guru unwraps the bar, and finds nothing. The guru says, "Life is a disappointment." Nobody laughed at it during a screening, so someone (the director?) showed it to a psychologist. The psychologist said "Nobody laughed, because for many people, life IS a disappointment." So the scene was cut.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 10:09 PM
Eliza,
In your wildest dreams you could not imagine the marvelous SURPRISES that await YOU!
now add that to your sig
"I want you. I don't want anybody else. And when I think about you, I touch myself. Oooo....oooo....ooooo"
he he he :p

6670

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 10:11 PM
Originally posted by Eliza
6669

A cut scene! This scene was cut from the movie. During the world-wide rush to get the golden tickets, a mountain climber goes to the top of a mountain to see a guru. He asks, "What is the meaning of life?" "You got Wonka bar?" asks the guru. The climber hands him a Wonka bar. The guru unwraps the bar, and finds nothing. The guru says, "Life is a disappointment." Nobody laughed at it during a screening, so someone (the director?) showed it to a psychologist. The psychologist said "Nobody laughed, because for many people, life IS a disappointment." So the scene was cut.
yeah, well then most people don't have a sense of humor... 'cause that is pretty darn funny!

6671

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:14 PM
Originally posted by MilkToast
Eliza,
now add that to your sig
he he he :p
6670

lmao @ Milk Toast..:D

And you are very right...most people don't have a sense of humor...it would have been funny.

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:15 PM
6673

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was the first live-action feature film financed by the Quaker Oats Company. It did so poorly in its initial theatrical run that the company never dabbled in movies again instead sticking to Saturday morning television.

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:16 PM
6674
We are the music makers and We are the dreamers of dreams" was a quote from an ode by Arthur Shaungenssy. It goes like this:
We are the music makers.
We are the dreamers of dreams.
Wandering by lone sea breakers.
Sitting by desolate streams.
World losers and world forsakers on whom the pale moon gleams.
And yet we are the movers and the shakers of the world forever
it seems.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 10:20 PM
Eliza, this is most excellent trivia...
6675

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:21 PM
6676

There is a punk/pop band, based out of L.A., billing itself as Vermicious K. One of the band's members, Michael, has dubbed himself Mike T.V. for their live gigs. They decided to call their first album "scrumdidilyumptious". Needless to say, they are fans of the movie.

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:23 PM
Originally posted by MilkToast
Eliza, this is most excellent trivia...
6675

6677
Thank You Hun. I'm glad you're enjoying it.:p

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 10:23 PM
6678

from www.us.imdb.com

Full Cast and Crew for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Gene Wilder .... Willy Wonka
Jack Albertson .... Grandpa Joe
Peter Ostrum .... Charlie Bucket
Roy Kinnear .... Mr. Henry Salt
Julie Dawn Cole .... Veruca Salt
Leonard Stone .... Mr. Sam Beauregarde
Denise Nickerson .... Violet Beauregarde
Nora Denney .... Mrs. Teevee (as Dodo Denney)
Paris Themmen .... Mike Teevee
Ursula Reit .... Mrs. Gloop
Michael Bollner .... Augustus Gloop
Diana Sowle .... Mrs. Bucket
Aubrey Woods .... Bill, candy store owner
David Battley .... Mr. Turkentine
Günter Meisner .... Arthur Slugworth
Peter Capell .... The Tinker
Werner Heyking .... Mr. Jopeck, newspaper stand owner
Peter Stuart (I) .... Winkelmann
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Dora Altmann .... Grandma Georgina (uncredited)
Rudy Borgstaller .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Tim Brooke-Taylor .... Computer Operator (uncredited)
George Claydon .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Pat Coombs .... Henrietta Salt (uncredited)
Frank Delfino .... Auctioneer (uncredited)
Malcolm Dixon .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Stephen Dunne (I) .... Newscaster (uncredited)
Rusty Goffe .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Shin Hamano .... Japanese Candy Store Owner (uncredited)
Ismed Hassan .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Franziska Liebing .... Grandma Josephine (uncredited)
Gloria Manon .... Mrs. Cruthers (uncredited)
Norman McGlen .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Angelo Muscat .... Oompa-Loompa (uncredited)
Anthony Newley .... Candy Store Man (uncredited)
Ed Peck .... FBI Agent (uncredited)
Pepe Poupee .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Marcus Powell .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Bob Roe .... Peter Goff (uncredited)
Albert Wilkinson .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Ernst Ziegler .... Grandpa George (uncredited)

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:27 PM
6679
The building used for the front of the chocolate factory was The Munich Gas Works. Peter Goff made the doorway and the inside, of course, was all filmed on a set.

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:28 PM
6680

You know how everything in Willy Wonka's office is cut in half. Well, someone put a coffee pot in the scene and the prop guy started sawing it in half until he realized that it was full of coffee!

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:30 PM
6681
The picture of the guy that they show as the fraudulent golden ticket holder in Paraguay, was actually, in real life the last man known to have contact with Hitler. His name was Martin Bormann, one of Hitler's many henchmen. They wanted to use a picture of Hitler, but used Bormann's instead. I guess it was a big inside joke with the cast and crew.I think it shows that a horrible man "stole" Charlie's hopes and dreams.I know it sounds weird but it has been confirmed. Mel Stuart (the director) told about it in an interview on Saturday April 19th, 1998 on TNT.

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:32 PM
6682
They paid the assistant director's son to fall down the bad egg chute first to make sure it was safe for Julie Dawn Cole (Veruca Salt) before she attempted it. She said in a 1997 interview that "I had to jump onto a bunch of mattresses where there were two guys to help catch me or keep me from bouncing back up again. It was quite a bit of a drop. You had to clear head height so it was quite a jump."

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 10:33 PM
Eliza may already have posted this, but if she did I missed it...

Tim Burton is making another version of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" which is due for release in 2005.

Now I appreciate that Tim Burton is a master of the craft and will likely make a very good film... but he really should not be messing with a classic. I thoroughly doubt that anything done today will carry the same message that the original did!

--6683--

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:35 PM
Originally posted by MilkToast
Eliza may already have posted this, but if she did I missed it...

Tim Burton is making another version of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" which is due for release in 2005.

but he really should not be messing with a classic. I thoroughly doubt that anything done today will carry the same message that the original did!

--6683--

Amen! I agree..and doubt I would want to watch it..Can ANYONE else play Willy Wonka but Gene Wilder?

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:36 PM
6685

The quote "All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by", spoken by Willy Wonka before they get on the Wonkatania is from the poem "Sea Fever" by John Masefield.

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:38 PM
6686

Have you guys ever noticed that all 5 of the winners of the Wonka Contest were children? What are the odds of that happening? During the film, we are shown adults buying the bars (The queen, the ransom scene lady, etc...)But no adults win... isn't that weird?

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:39 PM
6687

Willy wonka MUST have known that the children would disappear one by one. You know why? Well the scene where they travel on the Wonka-Mobile, their is only room for four people! That of Charlie, Joe, Mike and his mom! And if you look back at the boat ride through the chocolate river, you see that there would be no room for Augustus and his mom! Wonka sure planned that perfect!

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:41 PM
6688- No idea if all this is true..but it's intersting so I'll post it...

As we all know, Wonka claims that the "Snozzberries taste like snozberries." Well, after careful consideration, this came to mind: berries, of course, are the fruit of some vine, bush, or entity (blueberries, strawberries, Cap'n Crunch Berries) and "snozz" either is or can be easily misconstrued as "shnoz," or slang for "nose." Put those two together and you've got a Nose-fruit or nose-berry, which is a booger. Just something to think about in case you ever wondered what in the world a Snozzberry is!

Update 11-24-99: You wont believe this! The snozzberry is explained in another of Rooald Dahl's books called "My Uncle Oswald" as being a penis. More specifically, the head of a penis! Amazing but true

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:42 PM
6689

Here is another little tid-bit to think about. Each room of the candy factory was parallel to the each child's personality. For example, The chocolate room : Augustus's appetite, The golden eggs : Veruca's greed, The T.V. room : Mike TeeVee's love for television.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 10:44 PM
http://bookworm.com.sg/e-book-preview/e-bk-roald-d-charlie-chocolate-pg01.htm

6690

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:46 PM
6691
During the filming the crew ran into a small problem. You see, the movie was filmed in Germany but they needed American cars to set the setting in the U.S.. Diana Sowle (Mrs. Bucket) came to the rescue. At the time she was living on a U.S. military base in Germany so she asked her American neighbors if they could borrow their cars for the film. Several agreed and the problem was solved. The crew had the American cars that they needed to line the streets in the film.

MilkToast
07-02-2003, 10:48 PM
6692

g'night....

Eliza
07-02-2003, 10:54 PM
6693 Night MT..I think I'm headed out to...

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 11:18 PM
6694

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 11:18 PM
6695

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 11:19 PM
6696

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 11:19 PM
6697

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 11:20 PM
6698

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 11:22 PM
6699

Vicious Tease
07-02-2003, 11:23 PM
6700

Steph
07-03-2003, 12:00 AM
6701

sleepy again

Goddess_X
07-03-2003, 12:09 AM
~6702~ My Sexy Sandman is long overdue.

speedy
07-03-2003, 12:39 AM
6703 <--------wishing he was sexy sandman

Christine
07-03-2003, 01:42 AM
# 6704

dm383
07-03-2003, 02:06 AM
#6705

GusAspar
07-03-2003, 03:54 AM
6706

still going...

dicksbro
07-03-2003, 04:03 AM
6707

dicksbro
07-03-2003, 04:41 AM
6708

dicksbro
07-03-2003, 04:41 AM
6709

dicksbro
07-03-2003, 04:41 AM
6710 down
993290 to go

MilkToast
07-03-2003, 07:21 AM
6711... passing through...

MilkToast
07-03-2003, 07:22 AM
6712... oh wait, no work today.... oh crap, overnight guests tomorrow.... gotta go clean the apartment... C YA.

Scarlett
07-03-2003, 08:12 AM
6713

Good morning!

Steph
07-03-2003, 08:35 AM
6714

Good morning!

Steph
07-03-2003, 08:38 AM
6715

Contributing to the one million thread . . . part of my 'to do' list ;)

Scarlett
07-03-2003, 08:43 AM
6716

My son's goldfish just died :(

Scarlett
07-03-2003, 08:44 AM
6717

I have to go outside and bury it now.

ChinesePussy
07-03-2003, 08:56 AM
hi is me again

Scarlett
07-03-2003, 09:30 AM
6719

The burial went well.

dicksbro
07-03-2003, 10:07 AM
6720 ... glad to hear that, Scarlett. Were all his friends there?

MilkToast
07-03-2003, 11:23 AM
good to hear that it went OK Scarlett, just make sure that if you have a cat or dog you keep them away from the spot for a while... otherwise the explaining you'll need to do may not be fun (or to clean the mess up when they drag it indoors :p)

6721

back to cleaning.... grrr....

Steph
07-03-2003, 11:26 AM
6722

Good point, MT :)

How's the cleaning going?

Steph
07-03-2003, 11:28 AM
6723

I remember when my goldfish died :( I forgot to feed him on the first day of school :(

Steph
07-03-2003, 12:50 PM
6724

On a happier note, my dog will be 9 this month.

IAKaraokeGirl
07-03-2003, 12:58 PM
6725~Guess you didn't forget to feed *him,* Steph. LMAO

celticangel
07-03-2003, 01:55 PM
6726

T-S
07-03-2003, 02:03 PM
#6727

denny
07-03-2003, 02:24 PM
#6728

skipthisone
07-03-2003, 03:05 PM
6729 once upon a time there was a cock

Scarlett
07-03-2003, 03:36 PM
6730

We buried the fish pretty deep. so maybe the cat will leave it alone. I really felt sorry for my little guy about his fish. He cried and prayed for his fish when we were done filling in the hole :(

dm383
07-03-2003, 03:44 PM
#6731

My fish are all OK ....... so far!!

Scarecrow
07-03-2003, 05:20 PM
#6732

Free Nemo

Scarecrow
07-03-2003, 05:21 PM
#6733

Free Willy

Scarecrow
07-03-2003, 05:21 PM
#6734

and while we're at it Free SEX

dm383
07-03-2003, 05:23 PM
#6734


My "willy" will be freed very shortly!! :devil: :D

Scarecrow
07-03-2003, 05:30 PM
#6736

count check....OK

denny
07-03-2003, 05:33 PM
#6737

And just what is a count check?

Eliza
07-03-2003, 08:17 PM
#6738
It's where we check the count?

Eliza
07-03-2003, 08:18 PM
#6739
Denny, Your Av is doing that...thing to me again....hmmm...

Eliza
07-03-2003, 08:19 PM
#6740

Eliza
07-03-2003, 08:19 PM
#6741

Scarlett
07-03-2003, 08:35 PM
6742

Good evening

MilkToast
07-03-2003, 08:49 PM
6743...

apartment is sort of clean (good enough) and now company is here... so just passing though real quick...

dicksbro
07-03-2003, 09:08 PM
6744

denny
07-03-2003, 09:38 PM
#6745

Scarlett
07-03-2003, 09:45 PM
6746

denny
07-03-2003, 09:48 PM
6747

PantyFanatic
07-03-2003, 10:27 PM
#6748

OH OH!:eek: I hurried back to get todays count and see that it's been almost an hour since the last post

PantyFanatic
07-03-2003, 10:28 PM
#6749

THis has been a funny posting week. ;)