Having the last word.

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#81
Hi, I scanned this in a while ago, I thought some of you might like to print them out and stick them on your speaker boxes. . 🙂
 

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#83
SkinnyBoy said:
Some more usefull facts...
(that I got emailed)

>90 percent of women who walk into a department store immediately
>turn to the right.
>
>About 1 out of every 70 people who pick their nose actually eat
>their boogers.
>
>Assuming Rudolph was in front, there are 40320 ways to rearrange the
>other eight reindeer.
>
>Did you know that you're more likely to be killed by a champagne
>cork than a poisonous spider?
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(1). Turning right. Freaky. I will have to check this.
(2). Sadly, I can confirm this one. You have not experienced hell until you have invigilated an exam with a nervous student sitting in front of you picking his nose and eating the results.
(3). Yup. 7! = 40320.
(4). I'm going to be jolly careful about lifting toilet seats in future. Perhaps, if I'm fast enough, I can catch the champagne bottle before it disappears.
 
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Circlotron:

You didn't think that yours would be allowed to stand as the The Last Post for long, did you?

All the people who took the time and effort to make this unquestionably The Stupidest Thread In The History Of DIYAudio would never let that happen. I mean, the only "reason"-and I use the word loosely-that anybody is posting here at all is to prevent you from assuming the mantle of Victimhood, ie. the ability to cry, "Everytime I post in a thread everyone leaves".

Not a chance, Circlotron. 😀 😀
 
#90
The picture above was really funny. I know where the figure comes from-it was a double mistake.

A) First, the space shuttles travel at the rate of about 17,500 mph in orbit.
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/InnaSokolyanskaya1.shtml

That is what the "Almost 18 times the speed of light" thing is. They actually meant "Almost 18 times the speed of sound"!!

B) They might have meant the speed of sound when they wrote that blurb, but sound does not travel at 1,000 mph. It travels about 775 mph at sea level, and a little slower-750 mph or so-up where the jet planes fly. The higher you go, the thinner the atmosphere, the slower the speed of sound.

So there you have it. In one short sentence, they blew it twice. They mistook light for sound, and mistook 1,000 mph for the speed of sound.

LOL, and they actually pay these people?

Helix: Do you have a link where I can find that picture? They give the time as ET, (Eastern Time), so I am assuming it is an American TV station, but I would like to make sure. Thanks.
 
#91
Helix said:
"Always getting the last word in edgewise" denotes someone who feels that what they have to say is so important as to butt in while someone else is speaking, to ensure that their point will be the last one made -- and thereby remembered.


TED
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Well, that's just it, I *don't want* to have the last word because that means no-one comments on what I have said and so I learn nothing. By the way I am quite aware of the irony of currently having the last word to say I don't want the last word. (With apologies to Sideshow Bob).
 
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