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  1. 2011-May-18, 01:46 AM #1
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    We don't need no stinkin' Untrue Facts! (!!!)

    This is absolutely not a continuation of any previous thread on Untrue Facts! (!!!), what could possibly give you that idea?
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    Now THIS is a thread we definetley need!
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    Untrue is a portmanteau of underpants and truancy, thus all truly untrue facts must be about missing underpants, or by extension, commando activities.
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    Contrary to public opinion, Spoons did invent underpants. And going commando.
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    The term "going commando" dates back to World War One, where a unit nicknamed Command "O" due to the large number of Irish-Americans (O'Shaunessy alone accounted for fully half the troops' surnames) in its ranks was issued by mistake ladies' undergarments rather than mens', and who in protest refused to wear them.
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    Another untrue fact thread. How absolutely...boring!
    So many bugs, so little time.
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    Sorry, no silverware allowed in this thread.
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    The common swallow (Hirundo Cocos) is almost worldwide in migration; a species, called the common swallow carries a large nut from Africa to Europe in its migration.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Solfe View Post
    The common swallow (Hirundo Cocos) is almost worldwide in migration; a species, called the common swallow carries a large nut from Africa to Europe in its migration.
    And to return the favor, six months later the nut carries the swallow back from Europe to Africa.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Solfe View Post
    The common swallow (Hirundo Cocos) is almost worldwide in migration; a species, called the common swallow carries a large nut from Africa to Europe in its migration.
    During the Crusades, the common swallow was considered a divine bird, as it produced the only means for knights to be transported.
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    Giacomo Casanova was briefly wed to Marilyn Monroe, in 1758. April 14th, to be exact.

    They had no children.
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    The verbs "to wed" and "to weld" have the same Latin root.
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    Grecian formula 16 can be used to touch up your Latin roots.

    And Babylonian Formula 1 can be used to vtouch up your Greek roots.

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    The "Take an Untrue Fact (!!!)" thread is now wearing a seat belt.

    Why aren't all threads required to have one?
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    I did not just eat a hot buttered cherry Toast 'Em. I did not enjoy it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Buttercup View Post
    I did not just eat a hot buttered cherry Toast 'Em. I did not enjoy it.
    These products were originally called "Purchase 'Em at the Store, Take 'Em out of the Box, Toast 'Em, and Eat 'Em". Though the name made the Legal Department very happy, marketing trials were rather disappointing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mike alexander View Post
    The "Take an Untrue Fact (!!!)" thread is now wearing a seat belt.

    Why aren't all threads required to have one?
    More importantly, why isn't this thread still in a booster? State and federal laws are quite clear that forum threads remain in boosters until at least 500 posts are made. Actually, in California, threads must stay in boosters until the 1000 post mark.
    So many bugs, so little time.
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    Allong those same lines, in Oregon and New Jersey posters are not allowed to post their own posts to Internet fora.
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    I wish I could have candida albicans osteomyelitis!

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    Voltaire's satire Candide remains the most popular work on yeast infections.
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    I should add that the operetta Candide won Bernstein his Grammy for Most Original Spore.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ABR. View Post
    More importantly, why isn't this thread still in a booster? State and federal laws are quite clear that forum threads remain in boosters until at least 500 posts are made. Actually, in California, threads must stay in boosters until the 1000 post mark.
    I had my child in this booster, but the cop still gave me a ticket.
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    Now that we have once again reached 5000 posts, I am forced to close this thread, but a new one has been created here.
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    Annie Jacobsen's new book about Area 51 is part of a vast conspiracy to make alien visitation seem more plausible.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ABR. View Post
    Annie Jacobsen's new book about Area 51 is part of a vast conspiracy to make alien visitation seem more plausible.
    And it worked perfectly.
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