The AntiDope thread: Creating ignorance since October 5th, 2006

Nobody knows what badgers eat.

Which explains why some people think only straight people are “good goods.”

Just waiting- I assume there will be the same response?

Most people think ‘lawnmower’ is simply a descriptive term; it isn’t - it’s a brand name; they were invented in the early 19th century by Artemis Lawnmower.

The reflective membrane in the back of a cat’s eye not only gives them excellent night vision, it also allows them to see through solid objects. It is helpful to consider this for those that feel uncomfortable undressing in front of their pets, since you aren’t revealing anything they can’t see anyway.

There exists no word in Danish for ‘cloud’.

The word “gullible” is not in the dictionary.

Eskimos do indeed have 40 different words for “snow”.

The British have 52 different words for “rain”.

The French have 46 different words for “surrender”

Every day between the 7th and 14th of July, in the Spanish town of Pamplona, seven bulls and six oxen herd a bunch of guys (and a few women) from the corrals to the bullring. Then and while the big boys get their well-deserved rest, the cows get into the ring and mop up the guys.

Spanish has 666 words to designate sex or sexual organs, but only 665 of those words are related to food.

True of course, but did you know that the Dictionaries & References Act (1932) expressly forbids the inclusion of the word “Dictionary” in any dictionary; this is because it was feared that anyone looking up the word encounter a circular reference and would be unable to stop reading the entry until they eventually succumbed to starvation.

Alaska is not really a frozen wasteland. As can be seen on most maps, it is actually a small island off the coast of Baja California.

The best anti-polar-bear device you can get is a penguin. The reason there aren’t polar bears in Antarctica is that the penguins ate them all, millions of years ago.

No one reads Apartment 3G and Prince Valiant and all those other boring comics, but they continue to stay in the funny pages. That’s because they are graphical versions of radio number stations. Yup, they contain coded messages for operative and sleeper cells.

When the Eucharist transubstantiates in your mouth and you start chewing it, Jesus can feel it. And it hurts.

The continents are all drifting southwards to Antarctica due to gravity pulling them down. This is known as the Continental Drip Theory.

betenoir, this is inappropriate. Whether you did it to needle LonesomePolecat (who’d already been warned for his post), or if you actually feel this way, please don’t do it again.

When moderators on this board won’t tolerate satire, even if it has a sarcastic edge, then the board is headed in the wrong direction. It’s been fun, but I’m outta’ here for good.

See ya’ 'round, fellas. (Oh, wait, no, I won’t.)

Sooo, there’s a problem if betenoir doesn’t get a warning, and then there’s a problem when he does? Interesting…

No that’s episcopalians, though sometimes both groups intersect quite nicely.

Tony Orlando was born in Houston, Texas. Angelica Huston was born in Orlando, Florida.

In Wisconsin, it is against the law to eat raccoon on Tuesdays.

The average life expectancy in Liberia is 106. Researchers attibute this to the regular drinking of seawater.

Due to an atheist riot in 1687, Spain skipped 5 Sundays. These were later added back into the calendar in May, 1843. This was the first Cinco de Mayo.

You’ll be missed.