"Race car" is a palindrome...
Thursday, September 26, 2002 by UBoB | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
....and other meaningless and/or little know facts. 
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goodmorphing
Reply #82 Saturday, September 28, 2002 9:38 PM
Reply #82 Saturday, September 28, 2002 9:38 PM
Some of the original ingredients in Coca-Cola include the Kola nut and coca leaves. One reason for its initial popularity was because it actually contained traces of cocaine. People just kept wanting more... 
http://www2.netdoor.com/~davidroy/cocacola.html
http://www2.netdoor.com/~davidroy/cocacola.html
UBoB
Reply #83 Saturday, September 28, 2002 10:10 PM
Reply #83 Saturday, September 28, 2002 10:10 PM
And up until the late 1960's Coca Cola as well as mixers such as tonic water contained traces of Codeine.
For those that don't realize, Codeine, also called methylmorphine, is a naturally occurring alkaloid of opium.
So, when I drank Coke as a kid I was getting trace elements of Codeine.
For those that don't realize, Codeine, also called methylmorphine, is a naturally occurring alkaloid of opium.
So, when I drank Coke as a kid I was getting trace elements of Codeine.
UBoB
Reply #84 Saturday, September 28, 2002 10:15 PM
Reply #84 Saturday, September 28, 2002 10:15 PM
I guess that the real reason it became known as soda "pop". The "pop" was short for "poppy". 
goodmorphing
Reply #86 Saturday, September 28, 2002 11:26 PM
Reply #86 Saturday, September 28, 2002 11:26 PM
One study found that if you take a large caged population of rats and supply a variety of drinking bottles, some water and some with alcohol, the rats develop similar drinking patterns as humans. That is some rats will not drink alcohol at all, some drink only in groups, some drink alcohol exclusively and to their detriment. And some are sad solitary drinkers. If rats are caged with only drinking water for most of the day, and then you establish a pattern of introducing alcohol at the exact same time each day, the drinking rats will gather in anticipation some time before as if they are expecting happy hour.
Also, elephants have been known to march great distances to the mango tree. They seem to time their migration to the time that the fruit is fallen and fermented to some extent. They will eat the fruit, and display signs of inhebriation... some are aggressive, others wobble. After they spend some time recovering....
distantly remembered facts from my last college paper
Also, elephants have been known to march great distances to the mango tree. They seem to time their migration to the time that the fruit is fallen and fermented to some extent. They will eat the fruit, and display signs of inhebriation... some are aggressive, others wobble. After they spend some time recovering....
distantly remembered facts from my last college paper
goodmorphing
Reply #87 Sunday, September 29, 2002 2:24 AM
Reply #87 Sunday, September 29, 2002 2:24 AM
It is probable that escapism is not just a human condition...
SnyperX
Reply #88 Sunday, September 29, 2002 9:20 PM
Reply #88 Sunday, September 29, 2002 9:20 PM
My sister sent me this and I couldn't think of a better place to post it
The doctor instructed him to go home, get a cherry bomb
(fireworks are legal in Alabama), light it, put it in a beer can,
then hold the can up to his ear and count to 10. The Alabamian
said to the doctor, "I may not be the smartest man, but I don't
see how putting a cherry bomb in a beer can next to my ear is
going to help me -- I don't want to go deaf!"
So, the couple drove to Georgia to get a second opinion. The
Georgia physician was just about to tell them about the procedure
for a vasectomy when he noticed that they were from Alabama. This
doctor instead told the man to go home and get a cherry bomb,
light it, place it in a beer can, hold it to his ear and count to
10.
Figuring that both learned physicians couldn't be wrong, the man
went home, lit a cherry bomb and put it in a beer can. He held
the can up to his ear and began to count, "1, 2, 3, 4, 5...", at
which point he paused, placed the beer can between his legs and
resumed counting on his other hand...
The doctor instructed him to go home, get a cherry bomb
(fireworks are legal in Alabama), light it, put it in a beer can,
then hold the can up to his ear and count to 10. The Alabamian
said to the doctor, "I may not be the smartest man, but I don't
see how putting a cherry bomb in a beer can next to my ear is
going to help me -- I don't want to go deaf!"
So, the couple drove to Georgia to get a second opinion. The
Georgia physician was just about to tell them about the procedure
for a vasectomy when he noticed that they were from Alabama. This
doctor instead told the man to go home and get a cherry bomb,
light it, place it in a beer can, hold it to his ear and count to
10.
Figuring that both learned physicians couldn't be wrong, the man
went home, lit a cherry bomb and put it in a beer can. He held
the can up to his ear and began to count, "1, 2, 3, 4, 5...", at
which point he paused, placed the beer can between his legs and
resumed counting on his other hand...
SnyperX
Reply #89 Sunday, September 29, 2002 9:23 PM
Reply #89 Sunday, September 29, 2002 9:23 PM
weel that sucked the first paragraph didn't paste! well here it is anyway
After having their 11th child, an Alabama couple decided that was
enough (they could not afford a larger double wide) So, the
husband went to his doctor (who also treated mules) and told him
that he and his wife/cousin didn't want to have any more
children. The doctor told him that there was a procedure called a
vasectomy that could fix the problem.
After having their 11th child, an Alabama couple decided that was
enough (they could not afford a larger double wide) So, the
husband went to his doctor (who also treated mules) and told him
that he and his wife/cousin didn't want to have any more
children. The doctor told him that there was a procedure called a
vasectomy that could fix the problem.
Dangeruss
Reply #90 Sunday, September 29, 2002 9:56 PM
Reply #90 Sunday, September 29, 2002 9:56 PM
Back to palindromes:
Some of my favorites:
A man A Plan A canal Panama
An odd permutation of the above"
A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal--Panama
Since "racecar" started all this:
A Toyota Race fast, safe car. A Toyota.
Another Good one:
Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?
And finally, for the want of a "b"...
Drat Saddam, a mad dastard
Some of my favorites:
A man A Plan A canal Panama
An odd permutation of the above"
A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal--Panama
Since "racecar" started all this:
A Toyota Race fast, safe car. A Toyota.
Another Good one:
Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?
And finally, for the want of a "b"...
Drat Saddam, a mad dastard
UBoB
Reply #91 Sunday, September 29, 2002 10:05 PM
Reply #91 Sunday, September 29, 2002 10:05 PM
Able was I, ere I saw Elba.
...and a foriegn language palindrome (Finnish)... (this one also happens to be the longest single word palindrome of any language):
Saippuakauppias (soap dealer)
...and a foriegn language palindrome (Finnish)... (this one also happens to be the longest single word palindrome of any language):
Saippuakauppias (soap dealer)
SnyperX
Reply #93 Tuesday, October 1, 2002 1:00 AM
Reply #93 Tuesday, October 1, 2002 1:00 AM
I heard today. so i rushed right home to let everyone else hear them to! (really I did!)
never odd or even
Step on no pets
and my favorite,
Senile felines
never odd or even
Step on no pets
and my favorite,
Senile felines
chickenbow
Reply #94 Wednesday, October 9, 2002 11:19 PM
Reply #94 Wednesday, October 9, 2002 11:19 PM
Not a palindrome, but an interesting anagram...
Rearrange the letters in Adolf Hitler and you get --wait for it-- Heil Old Fart!
-Discovered by Eric Henrey Johnson, 1999
Rearrange the letters in Adolf Hitler and you get --wait for it-- Heil Old Fart!
-Discovered by Eric Henrey Johnson, 1999
joetheblow
Reply #95 Friday, October 11, 2002 5:33 AM
Reply #95 Friday, October 11, 2002 5:33 AM
did
that is a palendrone
dud
hopeless romantic wanting someone to love
wait, that was just a out cry for attention, my bad.
that is a palendrone
dud
hopeless romantic wanting someone to love
wait, that was just a out cry for attention, my bad.
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Reply #81 Saturday, September 28, 2002 8:16 PM