# Made-Up, False and Flat-out Wrong Trivia Dominoes **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 21, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580 "2014-04-21T03:04:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 319
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6361 "2016-07-14T13:48:32Z")
Chuck Pumpkins’ son Hefferson Omar “Heftig” Pumpkins is into Styrofoam underwear, if you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6362 "2016-07-14T13:54:45Z")
Heftig’s twin brother Jefferson D’Arcy Pumpkins is into bubble wrap underwear, if you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6363 "2016-07-14T14:05:39Z")
Bubble wrap underwear enjoyed a brief resurgence during the era of mosh pits. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6364 "2016-07-14T14:11:28Z")
I personally would love to own a pair of bubble wrap underwear. In play: The era of mosh pits (EOMP) was sharply criticized by then President George W. Bush, who blamed bubble wrap underwear for everything that went wrong in his administration. Heftig and Jefferson Pumpkins sharply criticized Bush, claiming that if the World Trade Towers and Pentagon had been bubble wrapped, no damage would have occurred when the planes hit. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6365 "2016-07-14T15:44:24Z")
For obscure cultural reasons, bubble wrap is illegal in four countries: Japan, Botswana, Tibet, Venezuela and Madagascar. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6366 "2016-07-14T16:44:40Z")
Obscure, my ass. Sitting down while wearing bubble wrap underwear makes a sound like a fart, which is considered extremely gauche and nearly a crime in Japan, Botswana, Tibet, Venezuela and Madagascar. Which, BTW, is FIVE countries. Brain fart, Eldendil’s Heir? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6367 "2016-07-14T17:40:38Z")
After his death the CIA finally confirmed that Botswana was the codename of their most effective professional assassin, Buddy Hackett. This explained both the deaths that occurred near his performance venues and how Buddy Hackett was able to have a career. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6368 "2016-07-14T17:47:10Z")
Buddy “Botswana” Hackett, unfortunately, died while attempting that Jason Bourne “leap-from-a-rooftop-and-smash-through-a-window-across-the-street” stunt. The window was unscathed. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6369 "2016-07-14T17:47:40Z")
That sounds plausible enough to be true! Buddy Hackett’s mother’s birth name was Anne Geller. He was known for watching out for his younger brother, who took his mother’s name to avoid being murdered in revenge. Which explains how Uri Geller was able to have a career. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6370 "2016-07-14T18:12:54Z")
Uri Geller can bend spoons with his mind. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6371 "2016-07-14T18:14:48Z")
Ross Geller can bend minds with his spoon. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6372 "2016-07-14T18:19:00Z")
However, when mob boss Leo Anthony Gallagher, Jr. attacked Uri Geller with a sledge hammer, it’s a good think Geller ducked instead of trying to bend the hammer with his mind. Not so good for the close by watermelon that Ross Geller was going to cut and eat later. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6373 "2016-07-14T19:05:28Z")
Dr. Buzz Geller could bend spleens with his mind, but could never make any money at it. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6374 "2016-07-14T19:19:27Z")
Stephen Hawking once bent Uri Geller with his mind. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6375 "2016-07-14T21:40:24Z")
Orson Bean Bent his mind with a spoon and became the inspiration for Soundgarden’s “Spoonman”…or maybe it was heroin. I forget which. My spleen is too bent to concentrate. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6376 "2016-07-14T22:34:58Z")
Bent Beef Spleen with Brine Soaked Zucchini and Lard was Blue Apron’s 5th least popular offering this year, coming in after Ground Liver with Pork Chop shaped Jell-O and Pan Fried Sheep Innards with Purple Cabbage Cole Slaw and Orange Soda. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6377 "2016-07-14T22:53:50Z")
Blue Apron’s troubles are just beginning: Their instructions have left off the “Cook all ingredients in the shipping box,” phrase. Trouble #2 is just obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6378 "2016-07-16T14:29:51Z")
The Blawnox Blue Laws ban wearing Blue Aprons on Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Nelson\_Pike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Nelson\_Pike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nelson_Pike)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6379 "2016-07-17T04:19:23Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The Blawnox Blue Laws ban wearing Blue Aprons on Sunday. Blawnox county has had to be permanently evacuated because its nuclear waster dump (the world’s largest) melted down and turned the whole place a deadly bright blue, with a 99% fatality rate for the inhabitants, who were too dunb to move away while they had the chance (Some wiseacres say too bad it didn’t take the whole state down with it). The few pitiful survivors have requested that the county name never be used again in public or private because it was such a stupid name anyway, and does not deserve to be revived in any way, shape, or form. Ohio AG Mike DeWine, who apparently doesn’t have much on his plate these days, agrees, and has been working on a proposed bill to make it a felony to even _think_ the name. Go Mike! ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/6380 "2016-07-17T12:36:13Z")
Ohio AG Mike DeWine was charged and convicted of Malicious Rumorosity by U.S. Attorney General for spreading vile lies about the contamination and demise of Blawnox, PA. He was incarcerated on April 1 and in celebration the inhabitants of Blawnox hold the April Fool Festival, kicked off by the Go Mike Parade. The first Grand Marshal of the parade was Lima Sue Bean, a cousin of Orson Bean. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=318) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=320)