Factoids

[TGS]

Originally Posted by dsvick

The same? THE SAME!? My brain has the same number of neurons as the milky way does stars - now tell me that's just a coincidence ... go on ....

Maybe the milky way is a brain. Oooooo creepy

[BenG]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

But with gas at $4 per gallon, driving an airplane would be soooo expensive.

But you only have to drive one mile in five. A hundred mile trip would be only twenty miles.

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by TGS

Maybe the milky way is a brain. Oooooo creepy

But not half as creepy as BenG's dead clown avatar!

Originally Posted by BenG

But you only have to drive one mile in five. A hundred mile trip would be only twenty miles.

WOW! You just solved the oil crisis! Does the President know about this?

[BenG]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

But not half as creepy as BenG's dead clown avatar!

It's not a dead clown. It's a Rorschach Hello Kitty.

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/04/...watchmen-pics/

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by BenG

It's not a dead clown. It's a Rorschach Hello Kitty.

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/04/...watchmen-pics/

Oh yes, I see. I didn't see the bow.

[GeoffC]

there's no escape tunnel out of Mobileread.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

there's no escape tunnel out of Mobileread.

That's a fact(oid).

[DixieGal]

There is, however, an interdimensional utility closet. You don't escape, but the loop back to MR has a scenic bypass and picnic area.

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

There is, however, an interdimensional utility closet. You don't escape, but the loop back to MR has a scenic bypass and picnic area.

with appropriate short cuts to Marc's for the annual party which, if memory serves me correctly, is sometime next week, last year on a Friday evening before the first blue moon of the Century before the last one that we can all remember.

[MJK2111]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

there's no escape tunnel out of Mobileread.

Considering how much time some folks spend on Mobileread, I'd be willing to bet there's a lot of carpal tunnel...

[bornmusician]

Originally Posted by MJK2111

Considering how much time some folks spend on Mobileread, I'd be willing to bet there's a lot of carpal tunnel...

ba-ZING!

bit of trivia from my movie theater days:
1 second of film is approx. 2 ft long (assuming your film is 35mm and is 24fps)

[Mortis]

Originally Posted by bornmusician

ba-ZING!

bit of trivia from my movie theater days:
1 second of film is approx. 2 ft long (assuming your film is 35mm and is 24fps)

Trivia from my theater days, week old popcorn tastes pretty much the same as day old, but with enough fake butter you'll never know the difference from fresh

[bornmusician]

Originally Posted by Mortis

Trivia from my theater days, week old popcorn tastes pretty much the same as day old, but with enough fake butter you'll never know the difference from fresh

only if your popcorn was popped with coconut oil! not that nasty soybean oil that the corporate office made us switch to cuz it was cheaper! popcorn ain't popcorn unless it's popped in coconut oil with flavorcol seasoning!!

[Mortis]

Originally Posted by bornmusician

only if your popcorn was popped with coconut oil! not that nasty soybean oil that the corporate office made us switch to cuz it was cheaper! popcorn ain't popcorn unless it's popped in coconut oil with flavorcol seasoning!!

It was thirty years ago, so I'll go with coconut oil, I don't actually remember the oil, but the butter, mmmm yummy nastiness I have no idea what that stuff was made of, but it can't be healthy!

[GeoffC]

Some of Britain's best-known food brands are changing their packaging due to health concerns over boxes made from recycled cardboard. Researchers have found that toxic chemicals from recycled newspapers used in cardboard packaging are contaminating food.