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Lonegunmen wrote:
I got these all off the same website, have you visited it too??


Nope it's on Ricky Gervais' Animals. Funniest stand up ever
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C-4 is a very stable product, well known for its durability and reliability. It will not explode even if hit by a bullet, punched, cut, or thrown into a fire (in Vietnam, soldiers actually burned C-4 as an improvised cooking fire). The only reliable method for detonation is via a detonator or blasting cap.
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Consumption of TNT produces black urine.

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yomcat wrote:
Consumption of TNT produces black urine.

Even just making it causes bodily changes. Trust me, I've tried, and you know I have.
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The plural of paterfamilias is patresfamilias.
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[QUOTE=loyalgunner]

5. The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.

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Dubious. Currently stands at 6.2billion plus and reckoned to plateau after reaching 9 billion in only a couple of decades. I'm sure there is a wide range of projections.HarryHotspur2008-01-30 19:31:26
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I just got that off a random website, could well be wrong.
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The largest city in the United States with a one syllable name is Flint, Michigan.
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Only female mosquitoes bite.
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Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
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Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
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I'm about to get sacked for the 2nd time in 2 months on FM.

Three for me, and two for them.

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There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
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The youngest pope was 11 years old.
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In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
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Run Kid Run wrote:
The largest city in the United States with a one syllable name is Flint, Michigan.
 
Flint, that's where Michael Moore is from. He also did a doco on General Motors closing their car plant down at Christmas time permanently costing hundreds of jobs while the General Manager got a BIG bonus.
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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Not everything you read on the Internet is true.
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s2art wrote:
Not everything you read on the Internet is true.


whatever
I like tautologies because I like them.
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s2art wrote:
Not everything you read on the Internet is true.

That statement is included. As is this one. Etc.
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Lonegunmen wrote:
Please note the last point!! Tomorrow is Sunday !!


Hey - you're not in Yorkshire anymore matey!

When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!

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Lonegunmen wrote:
Run Kid Run wrote:
The largest city in the United States with a one syllable name is Flint, Michigan.
 
Flint, that's where Michael Moore is from. He also did a doco on General Motors closing their car plant down at Christmas time permanently costing hundreds of jobs while the General Manager got a BIG bonus.
 
Michael Moore is a big, fat, sell out prick.
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Michael Moore used to have a worse Google rating than me. Around the time people cared who he was...
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According to suicide statistics, Monday is the preferred day for self-destruction
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000BC
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Isaac Asimov is the only author with a book in every Dewey-decimal category.
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The sound of ET walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
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The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
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The international telephone dialling code for antarctica is 672
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Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors
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Pak'n'Save only had 52 bags of normal M&Ms.

50 bags of M&Ms are bloody heavy.
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A stone can be used as a male contraceptive - you put it in your shoe and it makes you limp.
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s2art wrote:
A stone can be used as a male contraceptive - you put it in your shoe and it makes you limp.
 
thats only if pain and uncomfortable sensations arent your thing


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around 1 in 4 poms believe winston churchill and cleopatra are mythological characters


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