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08-05-2003, 05:55 PM
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08-05-2003, 06:23 PM
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"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White
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08-05-2003, 06:27 PM
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Lots of people talk and few of them know, soul of a woman was created below
I can't get through to her 'cause it doesn't permit
But I'm gonna give her everything I've got to give.
I hear your sweet voice calling
out my name
As I stare from a six foot cell
And from beyond I heard the words
Deceptively Yours
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08-05-2003, 07:56 PM
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A typical American eats 28 pigs in his/her lifetime.
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08-05-2003, 07:56 PM
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Americans eat 20.7 pounds of candy per person annually. The Dutch eat three times as much.
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Americans spend approximately $25 billion each year on beer.
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08-05-2003, 07:57 PM
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Americans spent an estimated $267 billion dining out in 1993.
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08-05-2003, 07:58 PM
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An etiquette writer of the 1840's advised, "Ladies may wipe their lips on the tablecloth, but not blow their noses on it."
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08-05-2003, 07:59 PM
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Aunt Jemima pancake flour, invented in 1889, was the first ready-mix food to be sold commercially.
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08-05-2003, 07:59 PM
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Caffeine: there are 100 to 150 milligrams of caffeine in an eight-ounce cup of brewed coffee, 10 milligrams in a six-ounce cup of cocoa, 5 to 10 milligrams in one ounce of bittersweet chocolate, and 5 milligrams in one ounce of milk chocolate.
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08-05-2003, 08:00 PM
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California's Frank Epperson invented the Popsicle in 1905 when he was 11-years-old.
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08-05-2003, 08:00 PM
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Capsaicin, which makes hot peppers "hot" to the human mouth, is best neutralized by casein, the main protein found in milk.
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08-05-2003, 08:01 PM
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China's Beijing Duck Restaurant can seat 9,000 people at one time.
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Chocolate contains phenyl ethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that is reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love.
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