What I Learned Today

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:17 pm

Chocolate is not a cure for nausea.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:45 am

they do things differently in Texas...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/us/20 ... tml?ref=us

Monkeypoo · Post by **Monkeypoo** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:02 pm

Unlike most species of primates, the bonobo monkeys have sex purely for the pleasure of it. They don't care if you're female or male, they love threesomes and butt sex, and they will even resort to manipulation for more sex and food.

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:23 pm

Google Earth / Google Street View now covers Jungo Road! If you want to see the road that has sold a lot of tires over the years, now you can do it from in front of your laptop, no tire jacks or 4 way wrenches required!

Oldguy · Post by **Oldguy** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:00 pm

Some scientists believe there may be more than eleven dimensions...

Multiple Dimensions: Between Superstrings and Parallel Worlds By Leonardo VintiÃ±i
Epoch Times Staff Mar 20, 2009

Some researchers posit that our universe, like a bubble in a sea of bubbles, could at times be connected to other universes, with each individual also connected to a parallel counterpart.
Every minute, billions of particles traveling from the sun pass through our bodies, and their trajectory continuesâ€”passing right through the planet as if solid matter didnâ€™t exist.

These are, of course, neutrinos, the particles â€œwithout mass.â€

Post by **Elderberry** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:04 pm

I think the operative words here are "some scientists"; when it is reported as "most scientists" you can start paying attention.

JK

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:31 pm

I also note that you can always find "some scientist (s)" to say anything you want.......hell, I'm a scientist, IMHO............

Da Mule · Post by **Da Mule** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:43 am

Some humans are genetically incompatible. 10-20% of couples who are unable to get pregnant could get pregnant with someone else, but not with each other.

So I'm not the only one screwed with this whole trying to make babies thing!

OnceTheDustClears · Post by **OnceTheDustClears** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:58 pm

A wise 10 year old said, "never let the dog guard your food."

OnceTheDustClears · Post by **OnceTheDustClears** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:05 am

Do not leave your phone in your pocket before doing laundry.

Apparently they are hand wash only.

geospyder · Post by **geospyder** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:27 pm

The average flying time from San Francisco to Sydney is 14 hours yet you arrive two days later.

Monkeypoo · Post by **Monkeypoo** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:23 am

1. Hard lesson learned... It is wise (or would have been wise) to put all my photographs and artwork on a CD (or Photobucket or Myspace or Kodak Gallery), just in case your stupid computer crashes, or if your house catches on fire causing all your photos to be gone kapoof forever.

2. Blessing... Some pics and artwork can be retrieved from friends and family that you emailed them to over the past few months, even years. Thank goodness.

3. Introspective thought... Some photos are forever engraved on our minds and in our hearts, making it impossible to feel sorry for oneself. 4. Positive thought for the day... The memory card in my camera holds over 600-700 pics at one time, I have an endless supply of rechargable batteries ready at all times, and I have my grandbaby whose eyes tell me, "Hey, Granny! I have an endless supply of funny faces, happy grins, lots of drool, and countless poses in me! It'll all be okay, Granny! Take my picture! Look at me! I'm wrestling with Curious George, teething on his hands, drooling all over his ears! Look, Granny! I'm scooting all over my blanky on the floor! I'll be crawling soon! Woo-hoo!"

Monkeypoo · Post by **Monkeypoo** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:58 am

1. I can forgive anyone no matter what (eventually).
2. It may take a long time sometimes, but forgiveness is very healing and beneficial for my spirit and sanity.
3. Too much black licorice turns your poop green.

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:21 am

The Easter Sunday Big Wheel Race in San Francisco may be basically shut down by closed minded city officials. Actiongrl sent out a tweet about this a few minutes ago...here's a link to learn more.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 16UQTK.DTL

The broader implications of what the city wants to do here in regards to our "freedom to assemble" is what caught my attention. SF is not the only city that is having a hard time coming to terms with events like this...when government is confused or unsure it's comforting to regulate a problem into submission or legislate it to death.

Awareness is a first step to preventing that from happening.

Da Mule · Post by **Da Mule** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:38 am

Black licorice turns your poop green? Really? Clover does that to me.

Did you know asparagus makes your pee smell funny?

And cheese doodles make your lips and hooves look orange.

Post by **Elderberry** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:06 am

Da Mule wrote:Black licorice turns your poop green? Really? Clover does that to me.

Did you know asparagus makes your pee smell funny?

And cheese doodles make your lips and hooves look orange.

What you doing with your hooves in the cheese doodles in the first place? Shouldn't you just be eating them out of the feed-bag?

JK

Monkeypoo · Post by **Monkeypoo** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:28 pm

jkisha wrote:
Da Mule wrote:And cheese doodles make your lips and hooves look orange.
What you doing with your hooves in the cheese doodles in the first place? Shouldn't you just be eating them out of the feed-bag?

Bad donkey. No oats today.

Monkeypoo · Post by **Monkeypoo** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:57 pm

Yesterday I made a delicious Vidallia Onion & Swiss Cheese Dip, which required 4 cups of chopped up onions. The pain in my eyes was incredible, everyone in the house was complaining about their eyes burning too. Thanks to gaminench, today I learned...

gaminwench wrote:hey, monkey, hold a piece of bread in your mouth while cutting onions - no tears! D lol

Sweeet!! Thank you!!

geospyder · Post by **geospyder** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:30 pm

Logizomechanophobia is the fear of computers. You donâ€™t have to worry about itâ€¦

Monkeypoo · Post by **Monkeypoo** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:37 pm

*Monkeypoo comes into the What I Learned Today room after chopping up a half of an onion to put into her Papaya Mango Salsa Dip, a slice of wheat bread hanging in her mouth*

Monkeypoo wrote:Yesterday I made a delicious Vidallia Onion & Swiss Cheese Dip, which required 4 cups of chopped up onions. The pain in my eyes was incredible, everyone in the house was complaining about their eyes burning too. Thanks to gaminench, today I learned...

gaminwench wrote:hey, monkey, hold a piece of bread in your mouth while cutting onions - no tears! D lol

Mmmfgph!! Mmmfgph!! Mmmfgph!! Mmmfgph!! *removes bread from mouth*
IT WORKS!! IT WORKED!! NO TEARS!! NO TEARS AT ALL!!!

Now I wanna know HOW does that actually work??!!

gaminwench · Post by **gaminwench** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:12 pm

can't splain it, but it do!!

Post by **Elderberry** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:50 pm

Monkeypoo wrote:Yesterday I made a delicious Vidallia Onion & Swiss Cheese Dip, which required 4 cups of chopped up onions. The pain in my eyes was incredible, everyone in the house was complaining about their eyes burning too. Thanks to gaminench, today I learned...

gaminwench wrote:hey, monkey, hold a piece of bread in your mouth while cutting onions - no tears! D lol
Sweeet!! Thank you!!

That, or just get out the food processor. (Or your slap-chop as seen on TV)

JK

Da Mule · Post by **Da Mule** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:51 pm

That, or just get out the food processor.

Yeah, but they say that it makes onions taste funny if you use a processor. Many can taste a difference.

Monkeypoo · Post by **Monkeypoo** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:29 pm

Da Mule wrote:
That, or just get out the food processor.
Yeah, but they say that it makes onions taste funny if you use a processor. Many can taste a difference.

I like handchopping things. I do everything by hand if I can. Being in the kitchen and the garden is very Zen for me. I must be getting old, or else June Cleaver has taken over my body.

Napalm Demon · Post by **Napalm Demon** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:18 pm

Today I learned: Vegetarian females are tasty.

Post by **Elderberry** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:19 pm

Da Mule wrote:
That, or just get out the food processor.
Yeah, but they say that it makes onions taste funny if you use a processor. Many can taste a difference.

And we all know who 'they' are now, don't we?

I guess I'm not one of 'them' as I have never noticed a difference. I guess I don't have a discerning palette.

JK

OnceTheDustClears · Post by **OnceTheDustClears** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:00 pm

Heinz makes Ketchup in different colors...like green, purple, and assorted mystery colors.

It's called EZ Squirt.

People swear the colors taste different even though they are made with exactly the same ingredients.

It's all in your head.

-Some Scientist

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:07 pm

omohyoid, sternomastoid, splenius capitus, trapezius

Monkeypoo · Post by **Monkeypoo** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:37 pm

1. Being a fulltime grannypoo is no different than being a fulltime mommypoo, really.
2. Babies, and the care of, have not changed in the past 24 years.
3. Babies are a true heart's joy, but they can be freaking exhausting.
4. Babies loves to wake up at 5:00am no matter what time they go to bed.
5. Grannypoos lose just as much sleep as mommypoos.
6. I wouldn't have it any other freaking way.

*passes out from lack of sleep, pops a vitamin, drinks some strong coffee*

7. Strong coffee does not help when you are exhausted.
8. Power naps are awesome.
9. I have lost my patience as far as the Garden Snails VS Monkeypoo situation, and I have drawn a line in the sand. A freaking salt line. Take that, you motherfarkers!

Monkeypoo · Post by **Monkeypoo** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:56 pm

1. Gatorade cures exhaustion. Coconut rum in Gatorade makes it even better.
2. My beer trap killed 3 snails in my garden and has made me a happy monkeypoo.