Farin Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 The health benefits of iogurte (yogurt) was the theme of a single samba school, this year. There is no overall Carnaval theme. Each school picks their own thematic interpretation. Considering that there are dozens of schools competing and their overriding desire to present something unique, the theme of yogurt producing beautiful bodies is not surprising. oh, okay... seems our local media wasn't that well informed - or they choose to ignore that in terms of a more funny / bizarre report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 It is impossible to lick your elbow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 I thought they gave you salt pills in that home you are being kept in now... no ? I'll make some calls otherwise . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 "In response to Farin It is impossible to lick your elbow." I'll bet I would be able to lick Farin's elbow. But only through a substantial bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 ^ Creepy ba*tard . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 It is impossible to lick your elbow. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=licking+elbow qed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 I can lick my elbow, but I've got a fairly long tongue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) You also can't put your elbow in your ear.....not that you'd want to Edited February 22, 2012 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 A "criticaster" is an incompetent, inferior critic. Without using precision instruments, Eratosthenes measured the radius of Earth in the third century B.C., and came within 1 percent of the value determined by today's technology. A car's instrument panel is called a dashboard. The term dates back to horse-and-buggy days when dashing horses kicked up mud, splashing the passengers riding behind them. The dashboard was devised to protect them. About 93 percent of households in Denmark consume wine, the highest consumption of all countries. French homes follow with about 85 percent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Though some of the greatest advertising slogans in history seem relatively simple (“Just Do It†is only three words, after all), most of the time, they’re anything but. Here’s how six of the most enduring taglines came to be. “Just Do It.†The famous Nike slogan came from a rather unlikely source – spree killer Gary Gilmore, who received the death penalty for murdering two people in Utah in July, 1976. Just before a firing squad did their duty, Gilmore was asked if he had any last words. “Let’s do it,†he simply said. When Dan Wieden of Wieden+Kennedy was tapped to create a tagline for Nike a decade later, something about Gilmore’s words just seemed to fit. “Let’s†was changed to “Just†to add a dash of emphasis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 The word "toast," meaning a proposal of health, originated in Rome, where an actual bit of spiced, burned bread was dropped into wine to improve the drink's flavor, absorb its sediment, and thus make it more healthful. The popular beverage 7-Up was originally a version of a "lithiated" patent medicine, containing small amounts of lithium. An irony here is that it was introduced to the U.S. markets during the 1930s — the height of the Great Depression. Queen Elizabeth II has a silver hood ornament of St. George (the patron saint of England) slaying the dragon placed on any car in which she is traveling. The thumb is such a major player in the human body that it has a special section, separate from the area that controls the fingers, reserved for it in the brain. The classic metal tokens that roam the streets of Atlantic City in the game Monopoly were not part of the original game. When Monopoly was first introduced, it didn't include any game pieces, only suggestions that players use household items like buttons and pennies. The Muppet Show was banned from TV in Saudi Arabia because one of its stars was a pig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Coyotes are extremely loyal to their mates. If one is caught in a trap, the other will bring small game for it to eat; it will soak itself in a river to allow its thirsty mate to chew on its damp fur for water. It has been documented that the free coyote will stay with its captive partner until death. Jim Morrison of The Doors once commented on the influence of film: "The attraction of the cinema lies in the fear of death. Movies create a kind of false eternity." A sneeze can travel as fast as 100 miles per hour. It is impossible to sneeze and keep ones eye's open at the same time. The yo-yo is the second oldest known toy in the world (only the doll is older), and was born over 3,000 years ago in the days of ancient Greece. Paul Frees, the talented man behind the voices of Cap'n Crunch, Ludwig von Drake, Boris Badenov (Adventures of Bullwinkle and Rocky), the Pillsbury Doughboy, and countless characters in animation shorts, saved an episode of Alias Smith and Jones, a popular TV show in the 1970s. Inexplicably, handsome co-star Pete Duel committed suicide on New Year's Eve, 1971. Desperate TV executives brought in Frees to reproduce Duel's voice to salvage an uncompleted episode. Nicknamed "Man of a Thousand Voices," Frees had been called upon often in the 1950s and 1960s to "re-loop" other actors' dialogue, often to correct for foreign accents or poor line readings. He performed both the speaking voices of John Lennon and George Harrison in the 1960s Saturday morning animated series, The Beatles, and also lent his voice to recordings used on several rides at California's Disneyland: the Haunted Mansion, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, and Adventure through Inner Space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 A teaspoon of neutron star material weighs about 110 million tons. Lobster was so common in 18th-century Maine that it was used for fertilizer. In 19th-century Europe, oysters were the luxury food of the day, and lobster was considered a poor man's food. The day before January 1 is called Silvester in Germany. The holiday is named after pope Silvester I, who died 335 A.D. Typically, Germans will meet somewhere or gather together in their houses on Silvester, waiting until midnight to celebrate the new year. A car that shifts manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic shift. Winston Churchill's mother, the former New York socialite Jennie Jerome, invented the Manhattan cocktail – whiskey and sweet vermouth. People in Sweden, Japan, and Canada are more likely to know the population of the United States than are Americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 People in Sweden, Japan and Canada are more likely to know alot of things Americans don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 The day before January 1 is called Silvester in Germany. The holiday is named after pope Silvester I, who died 335 A.D. Typically, Germans will meet somewhere or gather together in their houses on Silvester, waiting until midnight to celebrate the new year. is that different from people in other countries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) Yes , we generally gather in our neighborhoods and burn out the least desirable amongst ourselves , and then sell their children to Mexican drug cartels or organ freebooters ,if any survive . Little different culture ,perhaps . Then we don 18th century costume and waltz in the streets and then scream 'Happy New Year ! ' at 11:00 pm , while kissing the year's first found rat turd -just to celebrate our individuality- and then go out for ice cream . Some call it excessive , but it's just a bit of fun an tradition for us . Think Benjamin Franklin started it , but I'm not sure ... You guys don't do that ? This is what East Germany was warning you about ... Edited March 17, 2012 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Lucette St. Louis, a 66-year-old woman from Corbeil, Ontario, was rounding up three runaway pigs owned by her son, Marc, when she became the victim of a bizarre accident. One of the 180-pound pigs had wandered into the road and a passing car hit it. The impact sent the pig airborne, landing on top of Mrs. St. Louis and breaking her leg in two places. "Well, at least," she said, "I can tell my grandchildren that pigs really do fly." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 And now some words about Hawaii's native alcoholic spirit, Okolehao! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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