Topic: Observation of the day

[slowjet]

Where did you see 'em play?

[remcook]

Arnhem

[remcook]

of the things that have never been done, world peace is the easiest to achieve

[remcook]

the word "sequoia" has all the vowels in it, and 4 of them in sequence. ;)  [smiley=santa2.gif]

[remcook]

today in the paper: more americans watched the superbowl than will vote for the presidential election  [smiley=shocked.gif]

I guess that will be the same here if Holland makes it to the final of the European football championships.

[remcook]

It's an illusion to think we live in a democracy. We get to use our democratic powers only once in 4 years, but every day, we just do what we're told to do.


....or we decide for ourselves

[remcook]

The Earth is by far the most colourful place in the solar system. in the visual range that is. But then, that's probably the reason why we see in the visual.

[Yevaud]

I'm rather curious as to why we call anagrams, well, anagrams, when the word isn't one...

--Yev

[Astronuc]

Etymology: probably from Middle French anagramme, from New Latin anagrammat-, anagramma, modification of Greek anagrammatismos, from anagrammatizein to transpose letters, from ana- + grammat-, gramma letter.

from Merriam Webster Online

[Yevaud]

The personal joy I receive, when a little child looks at me and asks, "why is the sky blue?"

And, of course, I reply, "Rayleigh Scattering."

I GOT to learn to shut up...   :rollin

--Yev

"It was horrible.  There we were in the wilds of Afghanistan, and we were forced to subsist on food and water, because someone had stolen our corkscrew."

W.C. Fields