Factoids - Page 5

orlok · 04-12-2011, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by ApK

. . .Or are all the statements in this thread false, and I missed the gag....?

ApK

No, they are supposed to be true (most of them, anyway), so you are permitted to hold onto your peeve.

I stand corrected, and hereby rename the thread "Little facts of no consequence that are purported to be absolutely true".

wannabee · 04-12-2011, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by orlok

OK, another sleep one - a snail can sleep for 3 years...

There's a snail on the ceiling in the bathroom at work that I thought was dead. It's been there for six months and has cob webs hanging from it.

The other day when I looked up it was on the other side of the ceiling.

orlok · 04-12-2011, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by wannabee

There's a snail on the ceiling in the bathroom at work that I thought was dead. It's been there for six months and has cob webs hanging from it.

The other day when I looked up it was on the other side of the ceiling.

Are you sure you hadn't just entered a mirror image parallel world for a moment?

DixieGal · 04-12-2011, 10:25 AM

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Like all other "-oid" words, android, meteoroid, alkaloid, it means 'similar but not the thing...'

Hemorrhoids are similar to grapes, butt not the same thing.

ApK · 04-12-2011, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Mortis

Well heres a little "Factoid" people love to be told they are wrong

I couldn't help myself

That's what strangers on the Internet are for.

Mortis · 04-12-2011, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ApK

That's what strangers on the Internet are for.

No strangers are there to tell you they are an 18 year old girl just waiting to, well you get the picture

ApK · 04-12-2011, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by orlok

No, they are supposed to be true (most of them, anyway), so you are permitted to hold onto your peeve.

I will. I have that one, and the one about "unique" being used to mean "unusual." I think I've totally lost the battle for the latter, but I hold hope of saving "factoid."

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/factoid.html

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I stand corrected, and hereby rename the thread "Little facts of no consequence that are purported to be absolutely true".

There's a word for that, too: trivia.

wannabee · 04-12-2011, 10:34 AM

the unique factoid thread

nah

DixieGal · 04-12-2011, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Mortis

No strangers are there to tell you they are an 18 year old girl just waiting to, well you get the picture

(snip) ... Waiting to, well, sell you ED remedies, offer products to enhance your breasts and/or penis, hire you to be a secret shopper, or give you your (insert African country) lottery winnings.

That's what you were getting at, right?

Mortis · 04-12-2011, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

(snip) ... Waiting to, well, sell you ED remedies, offer products to enhance your breasts and/or penis, hire you to be a secret shopper, or give you your (insert African country) lottery winnings.

That's what you were getting at, right?

Yes of course

Although if you happen to have both breasts and a penis, ED is probably the least of your worries

but then again Hermaphroditus didn't seem to have an issue with it...

Spoiler:

orlok · 04-12-2011, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by ApK

I will. I have that one, and the one about "unique" being used to mean "unusual." I think I've totally lost the battle for the latter."

I'm with you 100% on that one. I hate people saying something is really unique. No it's not. It's just unique!

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There's a word for that, too: trivia.

Why use one word when a dozen will do

?

ApK · 04-12-2011, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Mortis

Well heres a little "Factoid" people love to be told they are wrong

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Originally Posted by ApK

That's what strangers on the Internet are for.

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Originally Posted by Mortis

No strangers are there to tell you they are an 18 year old girl just waiting to, well you get the picture

Right, you say "I think you're really a 50-year-old dude," and they tell you "No, you're wrong."

ApK

DixieGal · 04-12-2011, 10:41 AM

My one pet peeve is people misusing the subjective and objective pronouns. I yell at the TV quite often, shouting "It is 'him and me' not 'he and I'"!

Mortis · 04-12-2011, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ApK

Right, you say "I think you're really a 50-year-old dude," and they tell you "No, you're wrong."

ApK

I never ask, seems pointless

wannabee · 04-12-2011, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Mortis

Yes of course

Although if you happen to have both breasts and a pinis, ED is probably the least of your worries

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wannabee Media Bloke Posts: 2,382 Karma: 113956855 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NSW - Australia Device: iOS	the unique factoid thread nah

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DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	My one pet peeve is people misusing the subjective and objective pronouns. I yell at the TV quite often, shouting "It is 'him and me' not 'he and I'"!

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