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[632 Regal]

GEOGRAPHY

Alaska
More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.

Amazon
The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply. The
Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than
one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water
out of the ocean. The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than
the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times the flow
of all rivers in the United States.


Antarctica
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica. This ice also
represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world. As strange
as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The average
yearly total precipitation is about two inches Although covered with ice
(all but 0.4% of i t, i.e.), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet,
with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.


Brazil
Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.


Canada
Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an
Indian word meaning "Big Village."


Chicago
Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.


Detroit
Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, carries the designation M-1, named so
because it was the first paved road anywhere.


Damascus, Syria
Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was
founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in
existence.


Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two continents.


Los Angeles
Los Angeles's full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los
Angeles de Porciuncula --and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.


New York City
The term "The Big Apple" was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930's
who used the slang expression "apple" for any town or city. Therefor e, to
play New York City is to play the big time - The Big Apple. There are more
Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland; more Italians in New York
City than in Rome, Italy; and more Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv,
Israel.


Ohio
There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio, every one is manmade.


Pitcairn Island
The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia, at just
1.75 sq. miles/4,53 sq. km.


Rome
The first city to reach a populat ion of 1 million people was Rome, Italy in
133 B.C. There is a city called Rome on every continent.


Siberia
Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.


S.M.O.M.
The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military
Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.). It is located in the c ity of Rome, Italy, has an
area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less
people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law,
just as the Vatican is.


Sahara Desert
In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not receive
a drop of rain for ten years. Technically though, the driest place on Earth
is in the valleys of the Antarctic near Ross Island. There has been no
rainfall there for two million years.


Spain
Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits.'


St. Paul, Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota, was originally called Pig's Eye after a man named
Pierre " Pig's Eye" Parrant who set up the first business there.


Roads
Chances that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A.: 1%, in Canada: 75%


Texas
The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas. It is as deep as 20
empire state buildings but only 3 inches wide.


United States
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must
be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war
or other emergencies.


Waterfalls
The water of Angel Falls (the World's highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet
(979 meters). They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls.


So, didn't it feel good to learn something new today???


I have always said you should learn something new every day. Unfortunately,
most of us are at that age where what we learn today, we forget tomorrow.
But, give it a shot anyway!............

[Jay 535i]

My brain hurts now.

Here's another interesting tidbit about the Amazon I learned a short while ago: While the area of the forest is declining due to logging, the density of the forest is actually increasing.

Can you guess why?

A: More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Trees like it.

[632 Regal]

Wax is Not Your Friend

All hair removal methods have tricked women with their promises of easy,
painless removal. The epilady, scissors, razors, Nair, and now...the WAX.
My night began as any other normal weeknight. Come home, fix dinner, play
with the kids. I then had a thought that would ring painfully in my
mind for the next few hours: "Maybe I should pull the waxing kit out of the
medicine cabinet." So I headed to the site of my demise: the bathroom.
It was one of those "cold wax" kits. No melting a clump of hot wax,you just rub the strips together in your hand, they get warm and you peel them
> apart and press them to your leg (or wherever else) and you pull the hair
right off. No muss, no fuss. How hard can it be? I mean, I' m not a genius, but
I am mechanically inclined enough to figure this out. (YA THINK!?!)
So I pull one of the thin strips out. It's two strips facing each other
stuck together. Instead of rubbing them together, my genius kicks in so I get
out the hair dryer and heat it to 1000 degrees. ("Cold wax," yeah...right!) I
lay the strip across my thigh. Hold the skin around it tight and pull. It works!
OK, so it wasn't the best feeling, but it wasn't too bad. I can do this! Hair
removal no longer eludes me! I am Sherah, fighter of all wayward body hair and
maker of smooth skin extraordinaire.
After checking on the kids, I sneak back into the bathroom, for the ultimate
hair fighting championship. With my next wax strip I decide to move north. I
drop my panties and place one foot on the toilet. Using the same procedure, I
apply the one strip across the right side of my bikini line, covering the right
half of my *whoo-ha* and stretching down to the inside of my butt cheek (Yes, it
was a long strip) I inhale deeply and brace myself....RIP!
OH MY GOSH!! OUCH!!! I CAN'T SEE....I'm blind.....blinded from pain!!
Vision returning, I notice that I've only managed to pull off half the
strip. CRAP!!! Another deep breath and RRIIPP!! Everything is swirly and
spotted. I think I may pass out...must stay conscious..breathe, breathe...OK,
back to normal.
I want to see my trophy - a wax covered strip, the one that has caused me so
much pain, with my hairy pelt sticking to it. I want to revel in the glory that
is my triumph over body hair. I hold up the strip! There's no hair on it. Where
is the hair??? WHERE IS THE WAX???
Slowly I ease my head down, foot still perched on the toilet. I see the
hair. The hair that should be on the strip. I touch. I am touching wax. CRAP! I
run my fingers over the most sensitive part of my body, which is now covered in
cold wax and matted hair. Then I make the next BIG mistake...remember my foot is
still propped up on the toilet? I know I need to do something. So I put my foot
down. DANG!!!!!!!! I hear the slamming of a cell door. My *whoo-ha*...it's now
sealed shut! Butt crack..yep, it's sealed shut too!
I penguin walk around the bathroom trying to figure out what to do and think
to myself "Please don't let me get the urge to poop. My head may pop
off!" What can I do to melt the wax? Hot water!! Hot water melts wax!!!
I'll run the hottest water I can stand into the bathtub, get in, immerse the
wax-covered bits and the wax should melt and I can gently wipe it off, right???
WRONG!! I get in the tub - the water is slightly hotter than that used to
torture prisoners of war or sterilize surgical equipment - yet, I sit down.
Now, the only thing worse than having your nether regions glued together is
having the glued together and then glued to the bottom of the tub...in scalding
hot water. Which, by the way, DOES NOT melt cold wax. So, now I'm stuck to the
bottom of the tub as though I had cement-epoxied myself to the porcelain!!
God bless the man who had convinced me a few months ago to have a phone put
in the bathroom!!! I call my friend, thinking surely she has waxed before and
has some secret of how to get me undone. It's a very good conversation starter.
"So, my butt and whoo-ha are glued together to the bottom of the tub!"
There is a slight pause. She doesn't know any secret tricks for removal but
she does try to hide her laughter from me. She wants to know exactly where the
wax is located, "Are we talking cheeks or whoo-ha?" She's laughing out loud by
now...I can hear her. I give her the rundown and she suggests I call the number
on the side of the box. YEAH!!!!! Right!! I should be the joke of someone
else's night. While we go through various solutions, I resort to scraping the
wax off with a razor. Nothing feels better then to have your girlie goodies
covered in hot wax, glued shut, stuck to the tub in super hot water and then
dry-shaving the sticky wax off!!



By now my brain is not working, dignity has taken a major hike and I'm
pretty sure I'm going to need Post-Traumatic Stress counseling for this event.
My friend is still talking with me when I finally see my saving grace....the
lotion they give you to remove the excess wax. What do I really have to lose at
this point? So I rub some on and...OH MY GOSH...The scream probably woke the
kids and scared the dickens out of my friend. It's SO painful, but I really
don't care. "IT WORKS!! It works!!"



I get a hearty congratulation from my friend and she hangs up. I
successfully remove the remainder of the wax and then notice to my grief and
despair....THE HAIR IS STILL THERE...ALL OF IT! So I recklessly shave it off.
Heck, I'm numb by now. Nothing hurts.

[yaofeng]

Is this another joke thread?

[632 Regal]

today only special.
Is this another joke thread?

[SharkmanBMW]

that was hilarious!!

[calmloki]

Uhhh - Jeff? You have a "whoo-ha"?



sorry - couldn't resist.

[632 Regal]

yes, its just next to me in the sig pic :D
Uhhh - Jeff? You have a "whoo-ha"?



sorry - couldn't resist.

[Felixdacat]

I'm pissing myself. LOL

[Gayle]

GEOGRAPHY


S.M.O.M.
The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military
Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.). It is located in the c ity of Rome, Italy, has an
area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less
people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law,
just as the Vatican is.
...........

To add to the geography trivia, people of the micro nation Sealand consider themselves to be the smallest soverign entity. The problem is they just can't get anyone else to recognize them.

Sealand has a size of Sealand is 550 square meters. The population rarely exceeds 5. But they have their own currency, stamps, and a Prince. They have had wars with Britain and the Netherlands and won. The have one industry--They originally hosted radio not controlled by the UK and now they host server farms.

http://www.sealandgov.com/history.html

[CharlesAFerg]

To add to the geography trivia, people of the micro nation Sealand consider themselves to be the smallest soverign entity. The problem is they just can't get anyone else to recognize them.

Sealand has a size of Sealand is 550 square meters. The population rarely exceeds 5. But they have their own currency, stamps, and a Prince. They have had wars with Britain and the Netherlands and won. The have one industry--They originally hosted radio not controlled by the UK and now they host server farms.

http://www.sealandgov.com/history.html

...lol