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Old 06-13-2003, 02:14 PM   #1
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thats what my friends call me, but I'd like to know if anyone else out there is as much a freak as I am.

here are some of my favorites:

1)In Malaysia you are more likely to be killed by a falling coconut than attacked by a shark.
2)An adult male common chimpazee has the strength of 4 average men.
3)In Calgary, a chimpanzee has the average lifespan of 3 weeks due to altitude and climate problems.
4)FOUR has four letters; no other number has this property in English such that the number of letters in the name equals the number.
5)There is no word that rhymes with orange.
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Old 06-13-2003, 02:16 PM   #2
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Cool,I like this info
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Old 06-13-2003, 02:19 PM   #3
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...Keep up the good work [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]
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Old 06-13-2003, 02:25 PM   #4
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This'll probably make you NUIS member of the month, or at least get you an instant membership [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Old 06-13-2003, 02:46 PM   #5
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Well, at least you're queen of something [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img]
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Old 06-13-2003, 02:52 PM   #6
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1. No matter where in the US you are, you are likely within 5 feet of a spider.
2. You are more likely to die from falling in a bathtub than being bitten by a snake.
3. A bear has 32 teeth.
4. Rats can't vomit.
5. Orange does have a rhyme, and though I figured out in grade school one was "door-hinge," I also have heard this:
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set to blow college dorm rooms doors off their hinges, oranges, peach, pears, plums,
syringes, {vnn vnn}, yeah here I come, i'm inches, away from you, dear fear none, hip-hop is in a state of 911,
Or wrenches.

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Old 06-13-2003, 05:29 PM   #7
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5)There is no word that rhymes with orange.
LOL doorhinge is a bit of a stretch [img]tongue.gif[/img] . I don't pronounce it oaringe, dunno about anyone else . But there's no word that rhymes with purple as far as I can tell!
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Old 06-13-2003, 05:29 PM   #8
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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
5. Orange does have a rhyme, and though I figured out in grade school one was "door-hinge," I also have heard this:
I think that when they say rhyme they mean a perfect rhyme (the words beginning with a different consonant sound, then having identical stressed vowel sounds, and then other following sounds also being identical). Though I'm not sure. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Old 06-13-2003, 05:37 PM   #9
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From Will's nursery-rhyme book:

What's the rhyme for porringer?
What's the rhyme for porringer?
The King, he had a daughter fair,
And gave the Prince of Orange her.
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Old 06-13-2003, 06:53 PM   #10
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I have a question here... What do you have if someone scares you half to death ...twice?
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