Fun Facts - Page 12

xoxoxoBruce · 11-03-2010, 01:36 AM

Yeah, you're in the black sheep/prodigal son club.

freshnesschronic · 11-03-2010, 03:18 AM

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served first class.

We need something like that today so we can jump start the economy during this recession, like they did back in the day. Or was the recession in 88? I don't know I was 0 or -1 then.

GunMaster357 · 11-03-2010, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

Or was the recession in 88? I don't know I was 0 or -1 then.

Please... Don't write things like that... You make me feel old... I was 20 at that time...

Happy Monkey · 11-03-2010, 07:43 PM

Daniel Inouye has represented Hawaii for it's entire existance as a state. (4 years as Representative, the rest as Senator).

footfootfoot · 11-06-2010, 06:06 PM

Just listened to a speaker who used the phrase "you know" 91 times in 15 minutes. That's six times a minute!

I didn't bother counting the "like"s.

capnhowdy · 11-08-2010, 09:26 AM

The sum of any two opposite sides of a dice equals seven.

Rhianne · 11-08-2010, 03:24 PM

I'm not really big on pedantry but it's almost a fun fact on its own that the word 'dice', despite the way it is often used, is actually a plural. The sum of any two opposite sides of a die equals seven.

classicman · 11-08-2010, 03:35 PM

Since we're pickin' on the capn - Some dice also have more than 6 sides.

Undertoad · 11-08-2010, 04:27 PM

When throwing dice in a game of craps, you are always one facing side away from a seven.

HungLikeJesus · 11-08-2010, 06:20 PM

Interesting observation.

Undertoad · 11-08-2010, 06:32 PM

But not exactly, now that I think about it: if you throw two sixes or two ones, a probability of 1 to 18, you are not one side away. In any other combination, you are one side away.

This is why the casinos let you throw the dice... although they don't let you roll the roulette ball.

Flint · 11-08-2010, 10:23 PM

No two dice have ever been rolled.

Pete Zicato · 11-09-2010, 10:11 AM

Both English and Latin have the phrase "the die is cast" ("Alea iacta est"). In both cases, they can refer either to a cube for gambling being thrown or the hardening of molten metal in a mold.

However, in both languages the phrase is most often used allegorically to refer to events which have passed a point of no return.

capnhowdy · 11-10-2010, 06:48 AM

"The sum of any two opposite sides of a die equals seven." [Rhiane]

Instead of die being the singular, I think it should be douse.

skysidhe · 01-25-2011, 11:22 PM

Walt Disney originally had different names in mind for Mickey Mouse and Goofy: Mortimer and Dippy Dawg, respectively

Dwarf names that didn't make the cut: Scrappy, Doleful, Crabby, Wistful, Dumpy, Soulful, Tearful, Snappy, Helpful, Gaspy, Gloomy, Busy, Dirty, Awful, Dizzy, Shifty, and Biggy-Wiggy.

11-03-2010, 01:36 AM	#166
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, you're in the black sheep/prodigal son club. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-03-2010, 07:43 PM	#169
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Daniel Inouye has represented Hawaii for it's entire existance as a state. (4 years as Representative, the rest as Senator). __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

11-06-2010, 06:06 PM	#170
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Just listened to a speaker who used the phrase "you know" 91 times in 15 minutes. That's six times a minute! I didn't bother counting the "like"s. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-08-2010, 09:26 AM	#171
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	The sum of any two opposite sides of a dice equals seven. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

11-08-2010, 03:35 PM	#173
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Since we're pickin' on the capn - Some dice also have more than 6 sides. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-03-2010, 03:18 AM	#167
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served first class. We need something like that today so we can jump start the economy during this recession, like they did back in the day. Or was the recession in 88? I don't know I was 0 or -1 then.

11-08-2010, 03:24 PM	#172
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	I'm not really big on pedantry but it's almost a fun fact on its own that the word 'dice', despite the way it is often used, is actually a plural. The sum of any two opposite sides of a die equals seven.

11-08-2010, 04:27 PM	#174
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	When throwing dice in a game of craps, you are always one facing side away from a seven.

11-08-2010, 06:20 PM	#175
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Interesting observation. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

11-08-2010, 06:32 PM	#176
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	But not exactly, now that I think about it: if you throw two sixes or two ones, a probability of 1 to 18, you are not one side away. In any other combination, you are one side away. This is why the casinos let you throw the dice... although they don't let you roll the roulette ball.

11-08-2010, 10:23 PM	#177
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	No two dice have ever been rolled. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-09-2010, 10:11 AM	#178
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Both English and Latin have the phrase "the die is cast" ("Alea iacta est"). In both cases, they can refer either to a cube for gambling being thrown or the hardening of molten metal in a mold. However, in both languages the phrase is most often used allegorically to refer to events which have passed a point of no return. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

11-10-2010, 06:48 AM	#179
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	"The sum of any two opposite sides of a die equals seven." [Rhiane] Instead of die being the singular, I think it should be douse. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

01-25-2011, 11:22 PM	#180
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Brain storming @ Walt Disney. The best job on earth. Walt Disney originally had different names in mind for Mickey Mouse and Goofy: Mortimer and Dippy Dawg, respectively Dwarf names that didn't make the cut: Scrappy, Doleful, Crabby, Wistful, Dumpy, Soulful, Tearful, Snappy, Helpful, Gaspy, Gloomy, Busy, Dirty, Awful, Dizzy, Shifty, and Biggy-Wiggy.

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