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Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realise what is occurring, relax and correct itself. At about that height it hits maximum speed and when it hits the ground its rib cage absorbs most of the impact. So throw your cat off a building today!" rs for the cat to realise what is occurring, relax and correct itself. At about that height it hits maximum speed and when it hits the ground its rib cage absorbs most of the impact. So throw your cat off a building today!

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The original story from Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights begins, "Aladdin was a little Chinese boy."

(NB: Funnily enough... the two men I am totally in love with are Aladdin, and a certain little Chinese boy.. lol)

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Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them use to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."

Everybody, Dance Now..

Thank goodness my housemates never did this to me!

Posted today at my office:

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: Company Policy

Dress Code
It is advised that you come to work dressed according to your salary. If
we see you wearing Prada shoes and carrying a Gucci bag, we assume you are doing well financially and therefore, you do not need a raise. If you dress poorly, you need to learn to manage your money better so that you may buy nicer clothes; therefore, you do not need a raise. If you dress just right, you are where you need to be and therefore, you do not
need a raise.

Sick Days
We will no longer accept a doctor's statement as proof of sickness. If
you are able to go to the doctor, you are able to come to work.

Personal Days
Each employee will receive 104 personal days a year. They are called
Saturday and Sunday.

Bereavement Leave
This is no excuse for missing work. There is nothing you can do for dead
friends, relatives or co-workers. Every effort should be made to have non-employees attend to the arrangements. In rare cases where employee
involvement is necessary, the funeral should be scheduled in the late
afternoon. We will be glad to allow you to work through your lunch hour and subsequently leave one hour early.

Toilet Use
Entirely too much time is being spent in the toilet. There is now a
strict three-minute time limit in the stalls. At the end of three
minutes, an alarm will sound, the toilet paper roll will retract, the
stall door will open, and a photograph will be taken. After your second
offense, your picture will be posted on the company bulletin board under
the "Chronic Offenders" category. Anyone caught smiling in the picture
will be sanctioned under the company's mental health policy.

Lunch Break
Skinny people get 30 minutes for lunch, as they need to eat more so that
they can look healthy. Normal size people get 15 minutes for lunch to
get a balanced meal to maintain their average figure. Chubby people get
5 minutes for lunch because that's all the time needed to drink a
Slim-Fast.

Thank you for your loyalty to our company. We are here to provide a
positive employment experience. Therefore, all questions, comments,
complaints, frustrations, irritations, aggravations, consternation and
input should be directed elsewhere.

(tee hee.. just kidding.. my office wouldnt do that.. we have foozball and pingpong and board games and tv in our lunch room.. and multiple kitchens with coffee, tea, cupasoup and the best hot chocolate i have tasted... and cool people.. and most people spend at least three hours a day on MSN.. it's awesome.. i love my job! my only complaint is that it keeps me REALLY busy, and totally tires me out, so by the time i come home i generally dont have the energy to update..)

Dear Blog...

The internet is such a fantastic thing. It enables you to make connections with people that you never have (and in all probability never will) meet or get to know.

Blogger, in particular, is great. I once ranted about the demise of interpersonal communication that is epitomized by the blogging phenomenon, but now that I have gotten into it, I see that it truly is an incredible medium for keeping in touch with people, and creating new friendships. Hell, I have 3 of them.. (blogs.. not friends) and they really are great.

This particular one is my random one. Where I post things that just happen to catch my attention, or amuse me. More recently, I've started this "Random Fact of the Day" thing. I like it. I'm learning so many cool (albeit useless) things.

And I'm starting to have visitors! There's "Linz from TX" (I think that's Texas.. I'm not entirely sure, though) who I would link to, but I cant seem to access her blog via her profile page.. (Hint: Linz, post me a comment with a link to your blog!).. and there's Louis, whose post on Good and Evil provided me with some excellent food for thought during my commute home from work.. he is, indeed, a wise old soul; and "Nothing Like It" who writes "When I think about what I have done in this life, I realise that I have forgotten all of it save a few things that seemed significant to me at the time. I hold these precious moments close to me, if they are forgotten then will my entire life be wasted?" My readers are so deep. Snaps to them. And then there's Epiglottis. He's not so deep. But he's fun. I like him. He amuses me. And he posted to keep me entertained during exams. How cute is that?

I haven't done such a great job with the updating of the blogs recently. In fact, this one is the best maintained of the three. I'll try to do better. Don't give up on me!

Love,
Smallfat

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The infinity sign is called a lemniscate.

Kinda reads like "Lemony Snicket," eh? Any connection, do you think?

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Goat's eyes have rectangular pupils

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Roberta Flack wrote "Killing Me Softly" about singer Don McLean

(Smallfat's note: I heard this song today.. the original recording, not the R&B version... sooo good)

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Great Britain was the first county to issue postage stamps. Hence, the postage stamps of Britain are the only stamps in the world not to bear the name of the country of origin. However, every stamp carries a relief image or a silhouette of the monarch's head instead.

I Have Readers!

wow.. i feel so special! people are reading my blog!!
hi everyone!

anyway.. i have kinda fallen behind, due to being crazy busy with my new job and having my little cousin visiting, so im gonna go and backdate a few random facts now.. enjoy!

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In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

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The common goldfish is the only animal that can see both infra-red and ultra-violet light.

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The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat", which means "the king is dead".

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The word 'pound' is abbreviated 'lb.' after the constellation 'libra' because it means 'pound' in Latin, and also 'scales'. The abbreviation for the British Pound Sterling comes from the same source: it is an 'L' for Libra/Lb. with a stroke through it to indicate abbreviation.

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People from Manchester are called Mancunians.

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"Quisling" is the only word in the English language to start with "quis."

(FYI... cuz I didnt know, and knowledge is meant to be shared... quisling means "A traitor who serves as the puppet of the enemy occupying his or her country" and is derived from the name of Norwegian fascist leader Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945). An army officer, he served as military attaché in Petrograd (1918–19) and Helsinki (1919–21) and later assisted Fridtjof Nansen in relief work in Russia. He was Norwegian minister of defense from 1931 to 1933. He then left the Agrarian party to found the fascist Nasjonal Samling [national unity] party. In 1940 he helped Germany prepare the conquest of Norway. Remaining at the head of the sole party permitted by the Germans, he was made premier in 1942. Despite his unpopularity and difficulties with his German masters and within his own party, he remained in power until May, 1945, when, after the Germans in Norway surrendered, he was arrested. He was convicted of high treason and shot. From his name came the word quisling, meaning traitor.)

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If you stretch a standard Slinky out flat it measures 87 feet long.

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The word posh, which denotes luxurious rooms or accomodations, originated when ticket agents in England marked the tickets of travelers going by ship to the Orient. Since there was no air conditioning in those days, it was always better to have a cabin on the shady side of the ship as it passed through the Mediterranean and Suez area. Since the sun is in the south, those with money paid extra to get cabin's on the left, or port, traveling to the Asia, and on the right, or starboard, when returning to Europe. Hence their tickets were marked with the initials for Port Outbound Starboard Homebound, or POSH.

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Des Moines has the highest per capita Jello consumption in the U.S