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| GRITS | Jan 11 2007, 04:03 PM Post #121 |
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Why did the founders of Amarillo name their town "yellow"? Amarillo by morning................ Herb you know as well as I do we can't be showin no Big Green Weenies in public! If we did everybody would want one. GWEH where the heck you is? Earth calling GWEH..... |
 
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| Sunshine | Jan 11 2007, 05:34 PM Post #122 |
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The name of the town was chosen, it is thought, because Amarillo (Spanish for yellow) was the longtime predominant name for geological features in the area, such as the yellowish soil on the banks of the nearby Amarillo Creek. Found this on the internet. |
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| greatwhiteelkhunter | Jan 12 2007, 01:11 AM Post #123 |
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OK then how about these. Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle? Why do they use sterilised needles for death by lethal injection? |
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| Culture Warrior | Jan 12 2007, 01:31 AM Post #124 |
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What is in chocolate that make Sunshine go crazy? What's in catnip that makes cats go crazy? |
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| Culture Warrior | Jan 12 2007, 01:34 AM Post #125 |
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Why are no two snowflakes the same? |
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| greatwhiteelkhunter | Jan 12 2007, 01:37 AM Post #126 |
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Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a gun at him? |
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| Hick | Jan 12 2007, 03:25 AM Post #127 |
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ROTFL!!! Man I needed that laugh! Thank you so much!!! |
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| greatwhiteelkhunter | Jan 12 2007, 04:26 AM Post #128 |
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Your welcome!!  more where that came from
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| Sunshine | Jan 12 2007, 05:27 AM Post #129 |
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Glue and a solvent reside in a bottle of glue. The solvent keeps the glue from sticking inside the bottle. [elmers.com] A solvent keeps capped glue from sticking. When you squirt the glue out of the bottle onto a piece of paper or a broken china cup, the solvent gradually evaporates, allowing the glue to get sticky. The solvent molecules bounce and jiggle at the surface of the glue-solvent mixture and some get enough energy (when neighbors slam into them) to escape. That's evaporation. Outside of the bottle, few solvent molecules remain near the spread glue to hit it and renter the mixture. So, gradually enough solvent molecules leave the mixture that the glue gets sticky. It's because law states that people - even on death row - have to be treated humanely and a jab with an infected needle isn't exactly humane. Also, bacteria can still breed in a dead body for a considerable length of time. You wouldn't want to go the a funeral to find that a healthy person suddenly looked like they actually died of the plague or something It's different in the capped bottle. The solvent molecules evaporate inside the bottle-just as they do outside the bottle when you spread the glue. However, once airborne they don't have far to go. They're trapped in the bottle. Some of the solvent molecules near the surface of the glue bop into and reenter the glue. That's condensation. Gradually--as more and more solvent molecules crowd into the airspace above the glue-solvent mixture--more and more solvent molecules reenter the mixture. Until, eventually, as many solvent molecules leave as reenter and the mixture reaches equilibrium. Glue manufacturers make sure the glue mixture stays runny by choosing a sufficiently small air space when they fill the bottle. You may have noticed that old glue in an almost empty bottle gets viscous or even solid. It's a good idea to buy only enough glue for use in the near future. As far as sticking to the bottle is concerned, here's the poop from Elmer's glue: "If it were to dry out or harden, it would form a very weak bond with the special nonporous plastic used to make the bottle and could be de-bonded or removed easily," says Robert Thompson. |
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| Sunshine | Jan 12 2007, 05:39 AM Post #130 |
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This little article I found on the internet. This might explain better. This is about ADHD ( I have it ). I'm not a child but I still am suppose to go by this. Have you ever heard of the Feingold Diet ? The first thing to look at is your child's diet. While some professionals dismiss this as nonsense, I have see some spectacular changes in children once certain foods have been removed from their diets. Not all children respond, but there are definitely some children who do - and quite dramatically! Things to avoid are soda pops (especially cola drinks), anything with caffeine (again cola drinks, coffee, Ceylon tea and chocolate), food with high sugar content as well as anything containing tartrazine (an artificial food coloring) or artificial preservatives. One must make allowances for the occasional treat and freedom to enjoy a birthday party for example, but educate your child and be firm about what he may and may not eat, especially on school days. The response to catnip is the result of a gene in the cat; if the cat doesn't have the gene, it cannot physically react to catnip. Some cats will react to catnip by rolling around on the floor in delight, others will just quickly eat it up and wander off, while others will ignore it completely. |
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| Sunshine | Jan 12 2007, 05:47 AM Post #131 |
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If women wear a pair of pants, a pair of glasses, and a pair of earrings, why don't they wear a pair of bras? |
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| countrymouse | Jan 12 2007, 03:55 PM Post #132 |
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How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire? |
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| Toothless Dawg | Jan 12 2007, 04:17 PM Post #133 |
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chocolate matches and coke cans??? |
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| Herb | Jan 12 2007, 04:47 PM Post #134 |
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Not to deviate from the scintillating subjects on hand but.....  One of my granddaughters has had massive mood swings since she was 1. She would go from laughing and singing to crying or mad at the world in 1/2 of a heartbeat and no reason we could see. It has been a real pain. A few months ago a friend of ours who's son is alergic to gluten said that she acts just like him when he has something with gluten in it. We have been working at keeping her away from anything with gluten and the change is amazing. Sure can tell when she gets food that has it. It is impossible to imagine the different things that have it. Food alergies are really strange things. The last few months my wife has been doing research on food alergies in general and gluten alergy in perticular. It is amazing what kind of things can happen.   OBTW, I don't know is on second, Who's on first, What's on Third and Where is shortstop. I think He's in centerfield..... but then again it might be Him. 
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| Herb | Jan 12 2007, 04:55 PM Post #135 |
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I know that this is the answer the glue companies give you. I think that they just don't want to admit that the reason is......... because it's not supposed to.   
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| Sunshine | Jan 12 2007, 05:10 PM Post #136 |
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I find certain foods really make me angry so I know I have to watch what I eat. You can definately tell when I have gotten into something I'm not suppose too. Have you ever heard of The FeinGold Diet? |
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| Sunshine | Jan 12 2007, 07:50 PM Post #137 |
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How many licks does it take to get to the bottom of a tootsie roll tootsie pop ???? |
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| ROCKY TOP | Jan 12 2007, 08:31 PM Post #138 |
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Zero, you just turn it over. |
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| countrymouse | Jan 12 2007, 08:59 PM Post #139 |
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why did God make men before women? |
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| Toothless Dawg | Jan 12 2007, 09:55 PM Post #140 |
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He knew the women would want to go out to eat so He gave the men a chance to go kill dinner and pick flowers for the first date |
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| Sunshine | Jan 13 2007, 11:29 AM Post #141 |
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How do they get a deer to cross at that yellow road sign? |
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| Sibs | Jan 13 2007, 11:35 AM Post #142 |
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How come you have to clean the two edges you want to superglue together but it will glue two grubby fingers together in seconds? |
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| GRITS | Jan 13 2007, 11:46 AM Post #143 |
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Who's on third? I thought he was on first....... Babbittttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt |
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| Sibs | Jan 13 2007, 11:55 AM Post #144 |
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I dunno's on second |
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| Sunshine | Jan 13 2007, 12:32 PM Post #145 |
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Why are most librarians snooty. Is is because they go by the book? I have met some snooty librarians in my time let me tell you. You can't reason with them. You get my drift??? |
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| Sibs | Jan 13 2007, 02:23 PM Post #146 |
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Can I change my member number? 56 is just not a good feeling number to me. Doesn't give me the warm fuzzy feeling like some numbers do. I like numbers with 3's 6's or 9's. Shouldn't Rocky Top's member number be 66? |
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| Almtnman | Jan 13 2007, 02:35 PM Post #147 |
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Don't know the answer to that one. The number is automatically assigned as to when someone joined. |
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| Sibs | Jan 13 2007, 02:54 PM Post #148 |
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So if no one knows the answer does that mean it's not a dumb question? 
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| greatwhiteelkhunter | Jan 13 2007, 03:02 PM Post #149 |
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If the temperature is zero outside today and it's going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be? |
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| greatwhiteelkhunter | Jan 13 2007, 03:04 PM Post #150 |
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Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem longer? |
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| Almtnman | Jan 13 2007, 03:41 PM Post #151 |
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Why don't chickens have teeth? |
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| Hick | Jan 13 2007, 03:42 PM Post #152 |
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Is it ok to scream Movie in a crowded Firehouse? |
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| greatwhiteelkhunter | Jan 13 2007, 03:42 PM Post #153 |
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Can you cry under water? |
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| Almtnman | Jan 13 2007, 03:49 PM Post #154 |
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If you're standing at the north pole, would there still be a direction to the north? |
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| Sunshine | Jan 13 2007, 06:07 PM Post #155 |
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If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages? |
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| Sunshine | Jan 13 2007, 06:09 PM Post #156 |
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Yes but the only thing that would happen would be that u will be adding water and nothing else |
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| Sunshine | Jan 13 2007, 06:12 PM Post #157 |
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A day without Sunshine is like? |
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| Tami65 | Jan 13 2007, 06:15 PM Post #158 |
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A day without love. 
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| countrymouse | Jan 13 2007, 09:13 PM Post #159 |
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'cuz God gave 'em peckers!  :lol:
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| Carolina Sue | Jan 13 2007, 09:39 PM Post #160 |
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This whole thread is cracking me up!  
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