"Did You Know That..........."
Monday, 7. May 2007, 23:39:19
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Picture the scene!! You are at some social gathering of sorts!
Partner, friend, significant other has bullied you into coming along! You are bored SHITLESS!!
Struggling for something to say to get the old conversation ball rolling??
Fear not Opera chums!! Your old mate Waka is here to help you out with a few conversation starters!!
Please note! Be sure to prefix each of these gems with the words "Did you know that......." , in order that the rest of the folks in the room dont think you have altogether lost it and are talking to yourself!
(ALLOW ME TO CUT AND PASTE)
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1. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
2. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"
3. "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und."
4. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
5. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
6. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size,L.A.
7. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
8. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
9. 'Stewardesses' is the longest English word that is typed with only the left hand.
10. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable
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Try a few of these out then sit back and watch those party invitations roll in!!
Till the next time friends
Waka
Picture the scene!! You are at some social gathering of sorts!
Partner, friend, significant other has bullied you into coming along! You are bored SHITLESS!!
Struggling for something to say to get the old conversation ball rolling??
Fear not Opera chums!! Your old mate Waka is here to help you out with a few conversation starters!!
Please note! Be sure to prefix each of these gems with the words "Did you know that......." , in order that the rest of the folks in the room dont think you have altogether lost it and are talking to yourself!
(ALLOW ME TO CUT AND PASTE)
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1. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
2. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"
3. "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und."
4. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
5. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
6. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size,L.A.
7. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
8. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
9. 'Stewardesses' is the longest English word that is typed with only the left hand.
10. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable
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Try a few of these out then sit back and watch those party invitations roll in!!
Till the next time friends
Waka
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WIDGETIZE
David # 8. May 2007, 00:49
That was a tremendous, stupendous post!
San # 8. May 2007, 02:50
Wakajawaka # 8. May 2007, 10:33
Waiting on the invite San!!
hungryghost # 8. May 2007, 22:03
Wakajawaka # 8. May 2007, 23:47
Write em down for the next time
Mick-E # 9. May 2007, 15:00
Before they "allowed" medical terms it was antidisestablishmentarianism.
I'm reeeeaaaaal popular at parties... when they want to clear the room
devans # 9. May 2007, 17:17
Thank you, O wise one:)
Wakajawaka # 9. May 2007, 20:37
Thomas Bojer Eltorp # 12. May 2007, 00:52
well I knew that stewardesses are stepelled only with the left hand only. But I am working in the airline industry you know:)
I did however not know that it was the longest word that did...
Wakajawaka # 12. May 2007, 13:05
dɹɐzılpǝkɔıw ɐʞɐ ɹǝɥgɐllɐg lǝbɐsı # 12. May 2007, 19:20
Wakajawaka # 13. May 2007, 23:50
Would love to be a guest one of these days !!
Marcus # 15. May 2007, 00:45
dɹɐzılpǝkɔıw ɐʞɐ ɹǝɥgɐllɐg lǝbɐsı # 19. May 2007, 14:30
Marcus # 24. May 2007, 22:51
dɹɐzılpǝkɔıw ɐʞɐ ɹǝɥgɐllɐg lǝbɐsı # 26. May 2007, 12:31
Marcus # 26. May 2007, 21:18
dɹɐzılpǝkɔıw ɐʞɐ ɹǝɥgɐllɐg lǝbɐsı # 31. May 2007, 21:22
Marcus # 31. May 2007, 21:53
Miss Kimbers # 3. June 2007, 02:24
Me: 'Did you know Stewardesses' is the longest English word that is typed with only the left hand.
Sister: *in an unexcited manner* wow...Have you seen my socks?
Oh well...
dɹɐzılpǝkɔıw ɐʞɐ ɹǝɥgɐllɐg lǝbɐsı # 3. June 2007, 12:16
Dillon Roberts # 7. June 2007, 20:10
<cough> I think I have the black lung pops!
Wakajawaka # 7. June 2007, 22:12
dɹɐzılpǝkɔıw ɐʞɐ ɹǝɥgɐllɐg lǝbɐsı # 25. July 2007, 22:37
flibbertigibbet # 6. June 2008, 08:41