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Gn2Dlnd 01-28-2005 02:15 PM

Swankfact: The term, "bonk," (2005) was coined by our own Disneyphile as a descriptive word meaning ,"to use GD's head as a bongo for a moment."
I believe the term is not, in fact, transferable to other heads.

lizziebith 01-28-2005 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor
(Thanks to Mythbusters, I know lots about this kind of stuff.)

Mythbusters... :cool: <3

blueerica 01-28-2005 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor
Hmm, don't know what it means to get bonked....did you bad mojo him for derailment? Hehe.

Here's another fact - GD can't spell "flammable". :p

He also couldn't spell Britain.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
You forgot that in Birtain, Napkin = sanitary napkin, while serviette = something to wipe one's hands with.

Great trivia, everyone!

blueerica 01-28-2005 02:41 PM

In the 1800s, bottles of alcohol were measured for the potency by X ratings...

(Thus, the XXX you see on moonshine and corn whiskey in cartoons!)

Ghoulish Delight 01-28-2005 02:47 PM

There is a 3 hour time difference between the east and west coasts of the United States do to the spherical shape of the earth and its rate of rotation. Okay, so that's common knowledge, I'm just annoyed at the people at a partner's office in Florida that I just tired to call but have already gone home for the day. I want to go home for the day, but no. I've got three more hours to suffer through. Sigh.

blueerica 01-28-2005 02:52 PM

Yeah, that factoid blows...

Conversely.. Calling people when you're on the east coast is a b|tch... I end up calling too early.

Ghoulish Delight 01-28-2005 03:03 PM

Fine, here's a real factoid:

In the field of data storage, there's a class of devices known as "JBODs". Basically, when you are trying to have access to a large number of hard drives in a single appliance, you have 2 choices. Either you connect them through a controller that adds fuctionality such as data protection and availability protection. This is known as a RAID controller, which stands for "Redunant Array of Indipendant Disks". Or you just put a bunch of disks in a box and connect directly to them with no other functionality. This is known as JBOD which stands for....."Just a Bunch of Disks."

On a similar highly technical note, if you've been using Windows long enough, you've seen a fatal error, where the screen turns blue and displays a bunch of technical crap about what just went wrong. This is known in the industry as a BSOD, "Blue Screen of Death".

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 01-28-2005 03:31 PM

Fact:

Ghoulish Delight is a big fat GEEK.

And to keep in the real spirit of the thread, Ring Around the Rosie is a ditty about the Black Plague. But that's a pretty well known fact, I guess. I love Plague facts.

blueerica 01-28-2005 03:45 PM

Plague facts RAWK! :D

€uroMeinke 01-28-2005 04:38 PM

I spend more time reporting on the status of my work than actually working.


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