Geek off!

[Flubber]

A penny fits in my nose.

A parking space is typically 9 foot by 18 foot (your space may vary depending on where you live)

I've been a fan of the same baseball club since 1970.

[AllyOops!]

I love playing Arcade classics that I've downloaded to my cell phone! I'm addicted to Bejewled, I've already beaten Joust a squillion times (I've always been geeky for Joust), and am currently obsessed with Dig Dug. I also play Ms. Pac-Man (a neccessity), Simon & Frogger. My game playing used to be just something to occupy my time while at the Doctor's office. However, I find myself playing at home, usually when I can't sleep. I rarely, if ever, use my cellphone to talk.

I'm ashamed to admit this, but my cellphone has become a glorified Gameboy.

[Morrigoon]

If you overlay two maps of medieval Europe, one showing major areas of witch burnings, and another of major rye growing areas, you will find a near perfect match.
In "The Crucible", the description of Tituba making a "witch cake" describes her making it with rye. Ergot poisoning (ergotism), which comes from consuming rye stricken with the fungus ergot, has the following symptoms (courtesy of wikipedia):

Convulsive symptoms
Convulsive symptoms include diarrhea, paresthesias, itching, seizures, headaches, nausea and vomiting. Usually the gastrointestinal effects precede CNS effects. As well as seizures there can be hallucinations and mental effects including mania or psychosis. The convulsive symptoms are caused by clavine alkaloids.

Gangreneous symptoms
The dry gangrene is a result of vasoconstriction induced by the ergotamine-ergocristine alkaloids of the fungus. It effects the more poorly vascularized distal structures, such as the fingers and toes. Symptoms include desquamation, weak peripheral pulse, loss of peripheral sensation, edema and ultimately the death and loss of affected tissues.

Which is similar to the claims of witch burners against the accused.

[Prudence]

Oooh! Morigoon, you and I can debate the Salem ergot connection! (I'm partial to the socio-economic map theory and not such a big fan of the ergot story.)

Europe, though, is another story. Have you read "The Night Battles"? Groovy Italian goings-on. If not, you should give it a looksee. And then check out "Servants of Satan," officially the cheesiest cover in the witchypoo section of my library. Oooh! There's a German one too that I can't remember or find on the shelf. All I can remember is that it's from the author's doctoral work, published after her tragic death from slipping on wet rock while on vacation in some place like Jamaica. How's that for useless info.

[MickeyD]

The phrase, "tie goes to the runner" is not found anywhere in the offical MLB rulebook, nor, I assume, in any little league rulebook either. It's somehow one of the most well known baseball "rules" anyway.

When I was a student at San Diego State, Tony Gwynn held quite a few of the school's basketball records. (I think some of them are held by other players by now.) I honestly thought it was a misprint the first time I read that. Then I found out that he was drafted out of college, not only by the San Diego Padres, but also by the San Diego Clippers. His mother told him to choose baseball.

No Padres pitcher has ever pitched a no hitter.

No Padres hitter has ever hit for the cycle (single, double, triple, home run all in one game.)

No professional San Diego sports team has ever won the highest championship game in their sport.

Prior to the Red Sox last season, no MLB team had ever been down three playoff games and come back to win.

[Prudence]

Speaking of English taste in fashion, Elizabethans had fabulous color names -- like Horseflesh, Maiden's Blush, Goose-Turd Green, and my favorite guess-which-country-we-hate color: Dead Spaniard.