h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

>> It's imposible to lick your own elbow- apparently <<

This statement was made in a meeting to demonstrate something-or-other. One of my colleagues immediately disproved it.

RF

Well, it's impossible (discarding any serious physical trauma) for ME to lick my own elbow.

It's not actually water that conducts electricity, but the minerals inside the water.

so distilled water doesn't conduct electricity?

Not exactly... the minerals in the water IONIZE the water molecules, allowing them to conduct electricity.

That still doesn't get to the nub of the problem as distilled water contains *no* minerals.

Pure water is still capable of ionisation, but does so at a much lower rate than water containing impurities.

RF

cheers. i learnt something. now give yerself a kick for posting something useful. *S*

The NHS now has 264,012 administrators ... and 175,646 beds.

Depressing, but I'm one of the 264,012 - and if I don't do my job, no-one in Suffolk gets their prescriptions.

Pete the Pup, from Our Gang (The Little Rascals) was an American Pit Bull Terrier. Contrary to popular belief, Pit Bulls are a very friendly breed when not abused.

Also, the dog that portrayed Pete was same dog featured in Buster Brown shoe ads and comics.

Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually. On average, that’s 3 pounds a day per person.

There are at least two Peter Pan statues - the one most people know about in Hyde/Kensingon Park and one in Egmont Gardens Brussels.

Headcounts and Full Time Equivalents are often different.

Some good uns this week on "things we didn't know last week":

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2007/07/10_things_we_didnt_know_last_w_26.shtml

Outside and ten feet infront of my last house in the street was a covered well some 40feet deep.

The science of behavior economics, found that adding a more expensive stove to the selection in a store increased the sales of the stove that was previously the most expensive

Back in the 1950's my aunt was a seamstress. She sold dresses for $5 each. She took some to a big department store. They told her they couldn't sell her dresses for $5 but they could sell plenty at $25.

Here are the percentage distribution of the "answers" from a magic 8 ball (tm).

* 50% Positive (e.g. "Yes - Definitely")
* 25% Negative (e.g. "My Sources Say No")
* 25% Vague (e.g. "Better Not Tell You Now")


(source http://8ball.ofb.net/procedure.html )

Walking down hill can be harder on the body than walking up hill.

Now that sounds almost useful.


From personal experience, West Virginians tend to walk around hills counterclockwise. (As a flat lander, you discover this when your legs start hurting and you try to get your hillbilly relatives to walk with their other leg uphill... before you ever noticed the change in direction, you're walking counterclockwise again.)