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General Discussion => The Laughter Zone => Topic started by: Den on April 03, 2015, 18:01

Title: Amazing facts (funny versions).
Post by: Den on April 03, 2015, 18:01
Sorry Clive  :D

Some funny but true facts:

At one time in Holland it took four years to train to be a hatmaker but only three years to train to be a surgeon….

– Despite the many rat infested slums in London, only 311 people are bitten by rats in an average year. But 1,519 residents are bitten annually by other Londoners…

– No one knows why, but 90 percent of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right….

– The term skyscraper was first used way back in 1888 to describe an 11 story building….

– Adults average only one nightmare a year, but typically have seven sexual fantasies a day….

– There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million….

– During his entire lifetime, Herman Melville’s timeless classic of the sea, ‘Moby Dick’, only sold 50 copies….

– The liver, not the heart, is the sign of romance in northern Morocco…. When a Moroccan girl falls in love she says, “Darling, you have stolen my liver.”

– Drivers tend to drive faster when other cars are around. It doesn’t matter whether they are in front, behind, or beside them….

– A small tribe named the Todas in southern India don’t greet each other with a handshake, they thumb their noses….

– The host team in a football game must have 26 footballs inflated and ready to play….

– The world’s greatest lover was King Mongut of Siam. He had 9,000 wives…. Before dying of syphilis he was quoted as saying he only loved the first 700….:eek:  :)x
Title: Re: Amazing facts (funny versions).
Post by: Simon on April 03, 2015, 18:11
Don't worry Den, he's used all of them already!  :)x
Title: Re: Amazing facts (funny versions).
Post by: Clive on April 03, 2015, 18:39
Point of order!  The rules state:

"Thou shalt use a maximum of five Amazing Facts in any one 24 hour period."  Your entry is clearly in breach of the said rule.   o:)
Title: Re: Amazing facts (funny versions).
Post by: Den on April 03, 2015, 19:50
I had a lot of catching up to do  :)x
Title: Re: Amazing facts (funny versions).
Post by: Clive on April 03, 2015, 22:50
 ;D  It's been running almost as long as the Mousetrap