Factoids

[Mortis]

Marriage is the cause of 100% of all divorces

[dsvick]

Originally Posted by Mortis

Women will still date and marry, know one knows why.

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I know!!!!!!! go figure!

Probably for the same reason men still offer both.

[Mortis]

Originally Posted by dsvick

Probably for the same reason men still offer both.

There is no reasoning with Man (capitol to indicate the species )

"Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed."
Albert Einstein (I doubt he really said this, he didn't strike me as being profound)

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by Mortis

Marriage is the cause of 100% of all divorces

damn statistics ....

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Mortis

Women will still date and marry, know one knows why.

Even more mysterious, so do men!


Factette of the day:

Dublin is home of the Fairy Investigation Society.

[nohmi2]

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

Cheers

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by nohmi2

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

Cheers

All used stunningly in the movie Se7en! [one of my favs!]

[Fbone]

In eighteenth century England, women's wigs were sometimes 4 feet high. These remarkable headdresses were dusted with flour and decorated with stuffed birds, replicas of gardens, plates of fruit, or even model ships

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Fbone

In eighteenth century England, women's wigs were sometimes 4 feet high. These remarkable headdresses were dusted with flour and decorated with stuffed birds, replicas of gardens, plates of fruit, or even model ships

Which is where the saying originated

"I've fallen and can't get up."

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Fbone

In eighteenth century England, women's wigs were sometimes 4 feet high. These remarkable headdresses were dusted with flour and decorated with stuffed birds, replicas of gardens, plates of fruit, or even model ships

Presumably the inspiration for Marge Simpson?

[Mortis]

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

All used stunningly in the movie Se7en! [one of my favs!]

Mine too! Mine too!

Here's a gluttony factette (dare not use the dreaded fact*id again...):

Daniel Lambert was recognised as England's fattest man in Victorian times, and at his death (aged 39) he weighed 52 stone 11 lb (739 lb; 335 kg), and his coffin required 112 square feet (10.4 m2) of wood. Despite the coffin being built with wheels to allow easy transport, and a sloping approach being dug to the grave, it took 20 men almost half an hour to drag his casket into the trench.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Mortis

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

Who keeps issuing them with gun licences, I'd like to know

[GeoffC]

Titanic sank this day (15 April)

[Mortis]

The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.