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Post by **noreply66** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:14 pm

A British man who was given one of his wife's kidneys claims that he has acquired aspects of her personality."I've started to enjoy cooking quite a lot-particularly baking--which I was never interested in before," Ian Gammons,51 tells London's Daily Mail.Since the transplant Gammons says,He's also developed a new fondness for shopping and animals,and even claims to have aquired a level of female intuition," Before,I relied on facts and statistics to reach a decision," says Gammons."Now I go with my gut feeling.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:03 am

Shiloh Pitt-Jolie may be only 6-months old,but as the offspring of two of the world's most beautiful people she is already getting offers to model.Diaper companies are understandably keen to acquire Shiloh's services,but apparently she has been offered roles in movies."She is such a beautiful baby,"says Kim Murasso of Abele's Kids and Adults,a New York moldeling agency."If I had the opportunity to represent her,I would."

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:59 pm

Because of its enormous size, the Pentagon operates much like a small city; it has it's own shopping mall, power plant, water and sewage facilities, medical clinic, fire station, police force and a mayor.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 11:35 am

Humans are born with 300 bones in their body, however when a person reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of them join together to make a single bone.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 7:51 am

Before 1859, baseball umpires were seated in padded chairs behind home plate.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:49 am

The world's biggest bowling alley is located in Las Vegas at the Showboat hotel and has 106 lanes....

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:51 am

Boxing champion Gene Tunney taught Shakespeare at Yale University.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:52 am

All racehorses in the U.S. celebrate their birthday on January 1st.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:08 am

A person afflicted with hexadectylism has six fingers or six toes on one or both hands and feet.

butcherman108 · Post by **butcherman108** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:24 pm

TigerTownTurkey wrote:Before 1859, baseball umpires were seated in padded chairs behind home plate.

TTT I bet you had too set in a high chair to see over the catcher. :lol:

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:38 pm

butcherman108 wrote:
TTT I bet you had too set in a high chair to see over the catcher.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:12 am

Banana plants are the largest plants on earth without a woody stem. They are actually giant herbs of the same family as lilies, orchids and palms.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:41 am

Sharks have upper and lower eyelids, but they do not blink...

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:02 am

Soccer legend Pele's real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:07 am

For the 66% of American's who admit to reading in the bathroom, the preferred reading material is "Reader's Digest."

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:48 pm

A Romanian woman is suing church officials who dug up her long-dead father and sent his remains to her through the mail,Aurelia Cenusa says she rememers a clergyman calling with the news that her father's body was to be exhumed,because the church had sold the cemetery to developers,but she thought it was a prank.Shortly after,a banana crate filed with bones arrived in the mail.You could still even see bits of his funeral suit,even though he died 16 years ago, Cenusa said.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:27 pm

A bald Elvis Presley impersonator is receiving death threats from fans who feel he isn't showing sufficient respect for the King.Geraint Benney,34,who performs under the name Elvis Preseli in Britian,croons modern pop songs instead of Elvis classics.But what seems to bother his critics most is his lack of hair."Being bald makes me stand out," protests Benney."Anyway,he might even be bald himself now,because he would be 71."

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:07 am

A Dutch firm is hoping to cash in on the holiday season by selling lonely people a DVD featuring imaginary dinner guest.Single people and the bereaved will be able to liven up their holiday feasts with an assortment of scintillating dining companions,played by actors who eat and drink and converse according to a number of different scripts,from a romantic dinner to a heated discussion.The user can either set up a TV monitor at the dining room table or,as producer Chris Gribling suggests,simply "watch the DVD while sitting and eating in front of the television."

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:06 am

Residence of the Swesish village of Fjuckby are petitioning to change the name of their community.Thanks to globalization and the spread of English,"the pronunciation and spelling of the place name 'Fjuckby" tpday arouses ridicule,teasing,and hilarity,wrote Fjuckby-ite Katrina Flensburg. She said her fellow villages are now suffering from "conditioned shame,"brought on the gigging and smiking they encounter every time they name their hometown.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:43 am

The worlds tallest man has used his physical gifts to save the lives of two dolphins.Bao Xishun,a herdsman from Inner Mongolia who stands 7-foot-9'was called in by veterinarians at the Royal Jidi Ocean World aquarium in northeast China after two dolphins somehow ingested shards of plastic.Rather than operate surgically,the vets asked Bao to reach into the dolphins'stomachs with his extraordinarily long arms and remove the plastic manually.The dolphins are "in very good condition now," said Chen Lujun,manager of the aquarium.