one million

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[Nubian]

11,791

I'd love to see us pick up the pace on this one.

[Scarecrow]

11,792

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11,793

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11,796

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11,798


:)

[Scarecrow]

11,799


:o

[Scarecrow]

11,800


or


988,200 to go :cool:

[Scarecrow]

11,801

[Scarecrow]

11,802

[Scarecrow]

11,803

[Scarecrow]

11,804

[IAKaraokeGirl]

11,805~Good morning, everyone. I missed you!

[Rosebud42]

11,806~Good morning, to you too.

[IAKaraokeGirl]

11,807~Good morning, Rosebud42. All is better now that I've had a nap. :)

[dicksbro]

11,808

[dicksbro]

11,809

[dicksbro]

11,810 down
988,190 to go

[Rosebud42]

11,811 went back to bed after hubby went to work, felt great to do so.

[Scarecrow]

11,812

hello all

[Scarecrow]

11,813

[Scarecrow]

11,814

[Scarecrow]

11,815

[Scarecrow]

11,816

[Scarecrow]

11,817

[IAKaraokeGirl]

11,818~How are all you sexy Pixies this afternoon?

[Rosebud42]

11,819~all us sexy pixies are doing great!

[WildIrish]

11,820 and miles to go before we sleep!

[IAKaraokeGirl]

<----has a sleep disorder and unfortunately will have to sleep before we reach one million. :D

[denny]

11,822

[IAKaraokeGirl]

11,823~Good evening, devil boy.

[Scarecrow]

11,824

howdy all

[denny]

11,825

[IAKaraokeGirl]

11,826~Have fun at the ocean for me tomorrow, Denny.

[Scarecrow]

11,827

[Scarecrow]

11,828

[IAKaraokeGirl]

11,829~Stevie Wonder was 11 when he signed his first record contract.

[denny]

11,830~That's a wonder!

[Scarecrow]

11,831

[dicksbro]

11,832

[dicksbro]

11,833

[dicksbro]

11,834

[dicksbro]

11,835

[GusAspar]

11,836

It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

[dicksbro]

11,837

[dicksbro]

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[dicksbro]

11,840 down
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[dadaist]

11841

Nothing to contribute other than moving the count along. WAY too many posts to catch up on now.

[IAKaraokeGirl]

11,842~Good morning, Pixie people.

[dicksbro]

11,843

[dicksbro]

11,844

[dicksbro]

11,845 down
988,155 to go

[IAKaraokeGirl]

11,846~It's an absolutely gorgeous morning in my corner of Iowa!

[dicksbro]

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11,850 down
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[IAKaraokeGirl]

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[dicksbro]

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[dicksbro]

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[dicksbro]

11,855 down
988,145 to go :)

[IAKaraokeGirl]

11,856~Good morning, everyone.

[IAKaraokeGirl]

11,857~Boy, this thread hasn't moved much lately.

[dicksbro]

11,858

[dicksbro]

11,859

[dicksbro]

11,860 down
988,140 to go

I'm trying to help it along, IAKG. :)

[IAKaraokeGirl]

11,861~Keep up the good work, DB.

[IAKaraokeGirl]

11,862~Are you here, DB, or have you gone out cloud-watching? :D

[Nubian]

11,863

"Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar, La Allah Il Allah, La Allah Il Allah U Mohammed Rassul Allah" is heard by more people than any other sound of the human voice. This is the prayer recited by muezzins from each of the four corners of the prayer tower as Moslems all over the world face toward Mecca and kneel at sunset. It means: "God is great. There is no God but God, and Mohammed is the prophet of God."

[Nubian]

11,864

Almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the Bible.

[Nubian]

11,865

Although not named in the New Testament, tradition names the two thieves crucified at the same time as Jesus as Dismas and Gestas.

[Nubian]

11,866

As specified by the Christian church, the canonical hours are matins, lauds, prime, terce, sext, none, vespers, and compline.

[Nubian]

11,867

Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the three angels mentioned by name in the Bible.

[Nubian]

11,868

In Christian theology there are nine choirs of angels. From highest to lowest, they are: seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominions, virtues, powers, principalities, archangels, and angels.

[Nubian]

11,869

One of the holiest Christian holidays is named after a pagan goddess. The name "Easter" derives from the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre, who governed the vernal equinox.

[Nubian]

11,870

Salt is mentioned more than 30 times in the Bible.

[Nubian]

11,871

Scholars estimate that the 66 books of the King James version of the Bible were written by some 50 different authors.

[Nubian]

11,872

Seven suicides are recorded in the Bible.

[Nubian]

11,873

Some biblical scholars believe that Aramaic (the language of the ancient Bible) did not contain an easy way to say 'many things' and used a term which has come down to us as 40. This means that when the bible -- in many places -- refers to '40 days,' they meant many days.

[Nubian]

11,874

Strict Puritan laws had their origins from practical reasons. Smoking was banned - farmers would raise badly needed food crops instead of tobacco. Cooking was banned on Sundays - to prevent house fires during the long hours the family was at church. Young men were banned from hunting - to prevent weapons from falling into Indian hands.

[Nubian]

11,875

The 1st US Mormon temple was dedicated in Kirtland, Ohio in 1836.

[Nubian]

11,876

The 3 Magi:(or Wise Men) and their gifts: Melchoir, "king of light," offered Gold, Gaspar ,"or the white one," offered frankincense, and Balthazar, "lord of treasures," offered myrrh.

[Nubian]

11,877

The Bible devotes some 500 verses on prayer, less than 500verses on faith, but over 2000 verses on money and posessions.

[Nubian]

11,878

The Bible was written by about 40 men over a period of about 1600 years dating from 1500 BC to about 100 years after Christ.

[Nubian]

11,879

The Church of Scientology was founded in 1953, at Washington DC, by US science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.

[Nubian]

11,880

The first translation of the English Bible was initiated by John Wycliffe and completed by John Purvey in 1388.

[Nubian]

11,881

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, named in the Bible's Book of Revelation, are Conquest, Slaughter, Famine, and Death.

[Nubian]

11,882

The Hindu holy day begins at sunrise, the Jewish holy day begins at sunset, and the Christian holy day begins at midnight.

[Nubian]

11,883

The longest name in the Bible Mahershalalbaz (Isaiah 8:1).

[Nubian]

11,884

The patron saint of dentists is St. Apollonia. She reportedly had her teeth pulled out in 249 AD by an anti-Christian mob.

[Nubian]

11,885

The seven archangels are Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Chamuel, Jophiel, and Zadkiel.

[Nubian]

11,886

The Seven Deadly Sins are lust, pride, anger, envy, sloth, avarice and gluttony.

[Nubian]

11,887

The seven virtues are prudence, courage, temperance, justice, faith, hope and charity.

[Nubian]

11,888

The shortest verse in the Bible consists of two words: "Jesus wept" (John 11:35).

[Nubian]

11,889

The Three Wise Men of the East brought gold, frankincense and myrrh to the infant Jesus. Frankincense is a gum resin used as a base for incense. Myrrh, also a gum resin, was valued as a perfume and unguent used in embalming.

[Nubian]

11,890

The two robbers crucified next to Jesus were named Dismas and Gestas.

[Nubian]

11,891

There are 1189 chapters in the Bible: 929 chapters in the Old Testament and 260 chapters in the New Testament.

[Nubian]

11,892

There are 49 different foods mentioned in the Bible.

[Nubian]

11,893

Zipporah was the wife of Moses.

[Nubian]

11,894

Although construction of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Strasbourg started in 1015, it was not until 1439 that the spire was completed.

[Nubian]

11,895

Ancient Chinese artists would never paint pictures of women's feet.

[Nubian]

11,896

At the age of 26, Michelangelo began sculpting his monumental statue of David. He finished it seventeen months later, in January, 1504.

[Nubian]

11,897

Currently the world's tallest building is the Petronas Tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Petronas Towers measures 1,483ft.

[Nubian]

11,898

During a severe windstorm or rainstorm the Empire State Building may sway several feet to either side.

[Nubian]

11,898

England's Stonehenge is 1500 years older than Rome's Colosseum.

[Nubian]

11,899

Evard Ericksen sculpted "The Little Mermaid" statue which is located in Copenhagen harbor.

[Nubian]

11,900

Frederic-August Bartholdi sculpted The Statue of Liberty.

[Nubian]

11,901

If any of the heads on Mt. Rushmore had a body, it would be nearly 500 feet tall.

[Nubian]

11,902

In 1925, the 1st motel -- the "Motel Inn" -- opened in San Luis Obispo, California.

[Nubian]

11,903

Jayne Mansfield decorated her "Pink Palace" by writing to 1,500 furniture and building suppliers and asking for free samples. She told the donors they could then brag that their goods were in her outlandish mansion. The pitch worked, and Jayne received over $150,000 worth of free merchandise.

[Nubian]

11,904

Nobody is buried in Grant's tomb. President & Mrs. Grant are entombed there. A body is buried only when it is placed in the ground and covered with dirt.

[Nubian]

11,905

On July 28th, 1945, a US Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York's Empire State Building, killing 14 people.

[Nubian]

11,906

Pablo Picasso's career lasted seventy-eight years, from 1895 until his death in 1973.

[Nubian]

11,907

The Eiffel Tower is 984 feet high.

[Nubian]

11,908

The Eiffel Tower receives a fresh coat of 300 tons of reddish-green paint every seven years.

[Nubian]

11,909

The estimated weight of the Great Pyramid of Egypt is 6,648,000 tons.

[Nubian]

11,910

The extended right arm of the Statue of Liberty is 42 feet long.

[Nubian]

11,911

The first footprints at Grauman's Chinese Theater (now Mann's Chinese Theater), were made by Norma Talmadge in 1927. Legend has it that she accidentally stepped in wet concrete outside the building. Since then, over 180 stars have been immortalized, along with their hands and feet and even noses (Jimmy Durante).

[Nubian]

11,912

The great Gothic cathedral of Milan was started in 1386, and wasn't completed until 1805.

[Nubian]

11,913

The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years.

[Nubian]

11,915

The largest movie theater in the world, Radio City Music Hall in New York City, opened in December, 1932. It originally had 5,945 seats

[Nubian]

11,916

The largest stained-glass window in the world is at Kennedy International Airport in New York City. It can be seen on the American Airlines terminal building and measures 300 feet long by 23 feet high

[Nubian]

11,917

The Mona Lisa, by daVinci, is 2'6" by 1'9".

[Nubian]

11,918

The Museum of Modern Art in New York City hung Matisse's 'Le Bateau' upside-down for 47 days before an art student noticed the error.

[Nubian]

11,919

The official name of the St. Louis Gateway Arch is "The Jefferson National Expansion Monument." The Gateway Arch looks taller than it is wider, but it is exactly 630 feet by 630 feet.

[Nubian]

11,920

The only one of his sculptures that Michelangelo signed was the "The Pieta," completed in 1500.

[Nubian]

11,921

The painting, "American Gothic" depicts the sister and the dentist of artist Grant Wood as rural farm folk.

[Nubian]

11,922

The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City in 1885 aboard the French ship "Isere."

[Nubian]

11,923

The Statue of Liberty weighs 225 tons.

[Nubian]

11,924

The Taj Mahal was commissioned in 1630 by Shah Jehan to honor his wife Mumtaz, who died in childbirth.

[Nubian]

11,925

The three primary colors are red, yellow and blue. The three secondary colors are green, orange and purple.

[Nubian]

11,926

The world's largest art gallery is the Winter Palace and Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia. Visitors would have to walk 15 miles to see the 322 galleries which house nearly 3 million works of art.

[Nubian]

11,927

The world's largest Gothic cathedral is in new York City. It is the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Amsterdam Avenue and 112th Street. The cathedral measures 601 feet long, 146 feet wide, and has a transept measuring 320 feet from end to end.

[Nubian]

11,928

There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

[Nubian]

11,929

There are 132 rooms in the US White House.

[Nubian]

11,930

There are 403 steps from the foundation to the top of the torch in the Statue of Liberty.

[Nubian]

11,931

Until the time of Michelangelo, many sculptors colored their statues, and most from ancient Greece and Rome at one time had been painted or "polychromed." Over the course of years, rain washed the colors off the marble.

[Nubian]

11,932

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt are the four US presidents whose faces are carved on Mt. Rushmore.

[Nubian]

11,933

Work on St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, began in 1506. Construction took over a century, reaching completion in 1612.

[Nubian]

11,934

X-ray technology has shown there are 3 different versions of the Mona Lisa under the visible one.

[dicksbro]

11,935 down
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[IAKaraokeGirl]

11,936~Me again, popping in.

[Cheyanne]

11937

Yeah.... just following IAKG..... :D

Some good ones Nubian!

[IAKaraokeGirl]

11938~You're a sandwich, Cheyanne!

[Cobalt]

11939

mmmmmmmmmmm, Tasty sandwich she would be!!!!!!!

[IAKaraokeGirl]

11940~Thanks for helping the cause, Cobalt!

[Nubian]

11,941

"The Mouse Trap," by Agatha Christie is the longest running play in history.

[Nubian]

11,942

All of the roles in Shakespeare's plays were originally acted by men and boys. In England at that time, it wasn't proper for females to appear on stage.

[Nubian]

11,943

All the proceeds earned from James M. Barrie's book "Peter Pan" were bequeathed to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for the Sick Children in London.

[Nubian]

11,944

Barbara Bush's book about her English Springer Spaniel, Millie's book, was on the bestseller list for 29 weeks. Millie was the most popular "First Dog" in history.

[Nubian]

11,955

Bilbo Baggins was born on September 22 1290.

[Nubian]

11,956

Brabara Cartland is the world's top-selling author with over 500 million copies sold.

[Nubian]

11,957

Cinderella's slippers were originally made out of fur. The story was changed in the 1600s by a translator. It was the left shoe that Aschenputtel (Cinderella) lost at the stairway, when the prince tried to follow her.

[Nubian]

11,958

Dr. Seuss wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" after his editor dared him to write a book using fewer than 50 different words.

[Nubian]

11,959

Edgar Allan Poe introduced mystery fiction's first fictional detective, Auguste C. Dupin, in his 1841 story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."

[Nubian]

11,960

Frank Baum named "Oz" after a file cabinet in his office. One cabinet was labeled "A to N," and the second was labeled "O to Z."

[Nubian]

11,961

Ghosts appear in 4 Shakespearian plays; Julius Caesar, Richard III, Hamlet and Macbeth.

[Nubian]

11,962

Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was published March 20, 1852. It was the first American novel to sell one million copies.

[Nubian]

11,963

John Milton used 8,000 different words in his poem, "Paradise Lost."

[Nubian]

11,964

Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone with the Wind between 1926 and 1929. In her early drafts, the main character was named "Pansy O'Hara" and the O'Hara plantation we know as Tara was called "Fountenoy Hall."

[Nubian]

11,965

Of the 2200 persons quoted in the current edition of "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," only 164 are women.

[Nubian]

11,966

Professor Moriarity was Sherlock Holmes' archenemy.

[Nubian]

11,967

Sherlock Holmes never said 'Elementary, my dear Watson.'

[Nubian]

11,968

Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant detective, arrived on the mystery scene in the late nineteenth century in "A Study in Scarlet" (1887).

[Nubian]

11,969

The occupations of the three men in a tub were butcher, baker, and candlestick maker.

[Nubian]

11,970

The original story from Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights begins, 'Aladdin was a little Chinese boy.'

[Nubian]

11,971

The Three Musketeers names are Porthos, Athos, and Aramis (D'Artagnan joins them later.)

[Cheyanne]

11972

Originally posted by IAKaraokeGirl
11938~You're a sandwich, Cheyanne!

hmmmmmmmmmm, mustard or mayo? ;)

[dicksbro]

11,973

[dicksbro]

11,974

[dicksbro]

11,975 down
988,025 to go

[Cobalt]

11976



Just couldn't pass up such a tasty sandwich!

[IAKaraokeGirl]

Originally posted by Cheyanne
11972



hmmmmmmmmmm, mustard or mayo? ;)

Whichever one you prefer!

11977

[Rosebud42]

11978

Tomatoe or lettuce on that sandwich?

[IAKaraokeGirl]

11979~I'll take both, please. :)

[dadaist]

11970

according to the forums listing.
Wonder if someone deleted a few posts...

[dadaist]

11971

Nothing to see, move along.

[dadaist]

11972

[dadaist]

11973

Yeah these numbers are STILL repeating. Blame it on 'new math.' :)

[dadaist]

11974

[dadaist]

11975

[dadaist]

11976

[dadaist]

11977

[dadaist]

11978

Almost caught up to the other numbers. ;)

[dadaist]

11979

[dadaist]

11980

no more repeating numbers now :p

[dadaist]

11981

[dadaist]

11982

That's enough for now.

[GusAspar]

11983

hello again

[gryphon]

11984 blah blah blah.....just doing my part.

[IAKaraokeGirl]

11985~Good morning, peoples.

[GusAspar]

11986

[GusAspar]

11989

Good morning, KaraokeGirl

[GusAspar]

11988

sorry, typing error there (I can count, honest...)

[dicksbro]

11,989

[dicksbro]

11,990 down
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[dicksbro]

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11,996

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11,997

[dicksbro]

11,998

[dicksbro]

11,999