# 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:** 582
**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:** [June 11, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11623 "2019-06-11T15:23:59Z")
Tourism Font comes from the Deep Lagosian font mines. Slaves labor from pre-dawn to post-dusk for less than a tenth of a cent a day to provide the raw material that makes up 98.3% of the world’s fonts. If you are reading this, it is because human beings (mostly) are starving to death to bring this to you. The life expectancy on a Lagosian font miner is measured in weeks, not years. The cost of reasonable rates for font miners would bankrupt the currencies of all the world, resulting in universal illiteracy as no one could afford any new fonts to be made. All print would be made up of recycling old printed matter, a pair of scissors and a pot of paste. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11624 "2019-06-11T15:34:58Z")
Lagosian Font Minors are judged to be some of the best “workers” in the world, but their life expectancy is measured in weeks, not years. The cost of reasonable rates for font minors would bankrupt the currencies of all the world, resulting in universal illnesses as no one could afford any new minors to be fonted. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2019, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11625 "2019-06-12T03:57:31Z")
Lagosian Font Minors are typically either fired when they turn 18, or receive a significant pay cut. They have never unionized, despite many attempts to do so. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11626 "2019-06-12T13:53:44Z")
Lagosian Font Minors, however, have confederized several times. It has done them no good. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2019, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11627 "2019-06-13T03:33:44Z")
Webster’s defines “confederize” as… well, it doesn’t define it at all, actually, due to none-too-subtle threats from the Blawnox crime syndicate. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11628 "2019-06-13T18:11:57Z")
“That’s a nice little alphabet youse got there. It’d be a shame if something happened to it. But, hey, yeah, who really needs a “q” anyways”? ---
**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:** [June 13, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11629 "2019-06-13T19:45:16Z")
In the late 1950s, Henry Hill began working for the Gambino Family by running letters for them, eventually working his way up to more serious crimes. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11630 "2019-06-13T21:58:03Z")
Henry Hill, once ejected from the Witness Protection Program, held several high-paying jobs simply because his resume contained the phrase “man of letters” under the “education” section. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11631 "2019-06-13T23:15:28Z")
Henry Hill founded the [fast-food hamburger chain](https://www.google.com/search?q=henry%27s+hamburgers&oq=henry%27s+hamburgers&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.8494j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) that bore his name until he was forced out of business by the Ray Kroc syndicate. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11632 "2019-06-14T03:29:36Z")
Ray Kroc’s much-feared crime family took over the Hamburglar’s penny-ante racket but kept him on to divert police attention. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11633 "2019-06-14T14:18:10Z")
Ray Kroc would threaten would-be competitors by telling them they would “sleep with the filet-o-fishes.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Zox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Mr\_Zox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Zox)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11634 "2019-06-15T04:46:52Z")
Ray Kroc wears crocs. Not the goofy shoes; actual crocodiles. He’s just that tough. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11635 "2019-06-15T05:16:34Z")
Ray Kroc has actually been dead for more than 70 years. It was his seven clones who ran the McDonald’s restaurant empire, each of them working on a single day of the week. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11636 "2019-06-15T13:33:19Z")
Ray Kroc’s original slogan for his hamburger chain was “Our burgers are a kroc of hits!” Unfortunately, the Hamburglar, who was dyslexic, made a slight letter transposition on the last word. Kroc fired him, and when he complained, Kroc’s response was “What? Do you think you deserve a break today?” ---
**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:** [June 15, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11637 "2019-06-15T14:09:09Z")
The Hamburglar, after serving his sentence (and was released early for good behavior) is now a radio evangelist in the Philippines, doing services in the local language: “Tagalog with Jesus”. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11638 "2019-06-15T14:20:09Z")
While Jesus kept kosher in public, in private he was addicted to bacon cheeseburgers and fried scallops. Of course, everyone knew about this, and called him “Junk Food Jesus” behind his back. Well, at lunchtime You can always find him At the Nazareth Vitamin Bar Just sucking on his plain white yogurt From his hand thrown pottery jar And sippin’ a little hand pressed cider With a carrot stick for dessert And wiping his face in a natural way On the sleeve of his peasant shirt Oh, yeah Oh, but folks lately he has been spotted With fried scallops on his breath Eating them bacon cheeseburgers With a face as white as death I’m afraid someday they’ll find him Just stretched out on that cross With a handful of driven in nails And a thorn crown for the toss. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11639 "2019-06-18T18:10:32Z")
Bible scholars know that Galatians 5:22-23 originally read as: 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is lasagna, jalapeno poppers, pork chops, French fries, kebabs, garlic bread, fried chicken, 23 gyros and sausages. Against such things there is no law. The verse was changed at some point in history and is no longer read as the above except in most churches in Chicago during football season. ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11640 "2019-06-19T05:28:04Z")
Gloria Vanderbilt has established that it is now permissible, even preferable, that when anyone mentions a gyro that you correct them with any different pronunciation. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11641 "2019-06-19T15:17:16Z")
Gloria Vanderbilt ate a reported thirty gyros a day but, due to chronic anorexia, didn’t keep any of them down for long. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/11642 "2019-06-19T15:26:49Z")
Gloria Vanderbilt’s openly homosexual son Anderson Cooper appeared in Henry Louis Gates’ Finding Your Roots, where he learned of an ancestor, Burwell Boykin, who was a slave owner from the Southern United States. This proves that most homosexuals are being punished for their ancestors’ sinful pasts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=581) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=583)