Domestic Geek

From Chris Parillo, The LockerGnome
Did You Know...

• It is impossible to lick your elbow.
  
• A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out.
  
• A shrimp's heart is in their head.
  
• People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a mili-second.
  
• In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand (or attempted to do so - apart from Bones).
  
• It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
  
• A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
  
• Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabetti Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta swastikas.
  
• More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
  
• Rats and horses can't vomit.
  
• The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
  
• If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.
  
• If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
  
• If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.
  
• Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
  
• Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
  
• If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?
  
• In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
  
• The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
  
• Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
  
• A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
  
• 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.
  
• In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.
  
• Most lipstick contains fish scales.
  
• Cat's urine glows under a black-light.
  
• Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
  
• Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

Well, did you try it?

1. What cologne or perfume do you wear?
I don't wear purfume much anymore. I think the only bottle I still own is a vial of Jovan Musk that I had in college from the late eighties (does purfume go bad?).

2. What cologne or perfume do you like best on the opposite sex?
Mmmm, Polo. The smell makes me swoon. It's been my favorite male scent since I smelled in on the head drummer in high school. Drakkar Nior is a really close second, though.

3. What one smell can you not stomach?
Rum. I hurled it in college while losing a game of quarters.

4. What smell do you like that others might consider weird?
Burning pine (see this blog entry).

5. How do you plan to spend your weekend?
Working, as usual. I'm also going to tackle cleaning my craft room since Marcus' parents are coming for a visit and Marcus wants the house ship shape.

Now I'm really confused. Why can Marcus connect to ICQ today and I can't. Last night, around 9 p.m., we both connected. Neither one of us changed settings. It doesn't make sense.

I don't know why I'm thinking this right now, but I really want a fondue pot.

Nothing like coming home from a crappy job to find that one of your dogs had diarrhea all over the carpet and the other dog walked through it and jumped up on the bed. Good thing I know the dog gets on the bed when we're away and keep the old comforter on top of the bed to protect the good comforter. What a mess! I knew something was wrong the minute I opened the door and was greeted with a strong dog poo smell. Steam cleaning carpets was not on top of my to-do list today.

I was not overly impressed with "That 80s Show" last night. Maybe after they develop the characters I'll be more interested, but at the moment, no.

This one driver at work sometimes wears this god-awful flowery perfume that always triggers an allery attack in me. I CAN'T BREATHE!!!

I found out last night that Marcus' parents are probably coming to visit us towards the end of March. This is going to be weird. They live in Tennessee and we haven't seen them in over five years. Geez, has it been that long? Anyway, they've never come here in the 9+ years that we've been together. They used to live here when his stepdad was stationed at Lowry.