http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsPunsJokes/Forum15.htmWhere an utterly useless word is submitted on a regular basis– and now we've thrown in a pun and a joke.enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/BelieveItOrNot/bwjmd/post.htm#127889Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:29:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:127889Maeve270http://www.englishforums.com/English/BelieveItOrNot/bwjmd/post.htm#127889http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-127889.xmlRene Descartes came up with the theory of coordinate geometry by looking at a fly walk across a tiled ceiling. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. Ballroom dancing is a major at Brigham Young University. Some biblical scholars believe that Aramaic (the language of the ancient Bible)...http://www.englishforums.com/English/BelieveItOrNot/bwjmd/post.htm#127885Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:29:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:127885Maeve271http://www.englishforums.com/English/BelieveItOrNot/bwjmd/post.htm#127885http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-127885.xmlDj Bueno wrote: I am. is the shortest complete sentence in the English language Wouldn't be considered a complete sentence?http://www.englishforums.com/English/BelieveItOrNot/bwjmd/post.htm#127875Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:29:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:127875Cookie272http://www.englishforums.com/English/BelieveItOrNot/bwjmd/post.htm#127875http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-127875.xmlWow, I knew a few of them but most of them were really interesting! did u find them on a site or something like that? Thx, cookiehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/BelieveItOrNot/bwjmd/post.htmThu, 26 Feb 2009 13:29:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:125633Dj Bueno3http://www.englishforums.com/English/BelieveItOrNot/bwjmd/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-125633.xmlA cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves to death. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. A snail can sleep for three years. All Polar bears are left-handed. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. Butterflies taste with their feet. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten. China has more English speakers than the United States. ...