Fact Of The Day

[venomx]

What that means is this:  James Doohan ("Scotty")  served in World War II and was one of the young soldiers who stormed onto the beaches at Normandy, France on June 6, 1944.  He stopped six German bullets and lived to tell the tale.  In short, James Doohan was a real, honest to gosh war hero - not the phony kind from movies and video games!!!!
Sorry to sound testy, but as a history teacher, I threw up in my mouth a little when I read that question.

Thanks for that info, Indiana. Yeah, sorry I'm not that brite or as smart as you apparently. I mean, I know what D day is I just didn't understand that fact, smartass... I never knew Scotty was a war hero. That's cool!

I hope you didn't swallow any of that vomit?

[Raffine]

What that means is this:  James Doohan ("Scotty")  served in World War II and was one of the young soldiers who stormed onto the beaches at Normandy, France on June 6, 1944.  He stopped six German bullets and lived to tell the tale.  In short, James Doohan was a real, honest to gosh war hero - not the phony kind from movies and video games!!!!


Sorry to sound testy, but as a history teacher, I threw up in my mouth a little when I read that question.

D-Day is when Doohan lost his finger, too.

[Psycho Circus]

The word 'abbeys' appears only once in the whole of Shakespeare. There are 8,597 other words that Shakespeare uses only once.

[Killer Bees]

Fact No. 1:  Love is the ultimate lie

Fact No. 2:  Life is the ultimate practical joke

Fact No. 3:  Leroy Jethro Gibbs is cooler and tougher than Arnie and Chuck combined

Fact No. 4:  Baileys is the drink of choice for the heartbroken the world over

[zombie no.one]

If you put 367 people in a room, the odds that at least 2 of them will share a birthday are 100%

But with just 57 people in a room, the odds are still over 99% that 2 of them will share a birthday

[Nightowl]

The term Soft Drinks comes from any drink that doesnt contain alcohol.

[indianasmith]

If you catch four young goats in 100+ degree heat in the middle of the afternoon, and carry each of them to the buyer's truck 100 yards from the barn you caught them in, you will sweat approximately 1 1/2 quarts in the process!

[Silverlady]

Ducks have 3 eyelids.

[Psycho Circus]

Aberdeen has the largest and busiest civilian heliport in the world, though the world record for helicopter flights during a single day occurred at Silverstone heliport during the 1999 Grand Prix.

[Hammock Rider]

Catfish is high in Vitamin D.

[indianasmith]

Snakes cannot blink.

[Psycho Circus]

It is against the law to sing off-key in North Carolina.

[Nightowl]

Tootsie Rolls were named after creator Leo Hirshfield's five year old daughter whose nickname was "Tootsie" (her real name was Clara Hirshfield).

[Psycho Circus]

Abkhazian, spoken in the Caucasus, is said to be the world's hardest language to learn, with 70 sounds but only two vowels. Each verb has several million forms.

[BoyScoutKevin]

What that means is this:  James Doohan ("Scotty")  served in World War II and was one of the young soldiers who stormed onto the beaches at Normandy, France on June 6, 1944.  He stopped six German bullets and lived to tell the tale.  In short, James Doohan was a real, honest to gosh war hero - not the phony kind from movies and video games!!!!


Sorry to sound testy, but as a history teacher, I threw up in my mouth a little when I read that question.

D-Day is when Doohan lost his finger, too.

But, it apparently pays to smoke. One of the bullets, or so I heard, would have gone straight through his heart, killing him, except it was stopped by a silver cigarette case, which he just happend to be carrying in his breast pocket. Whether this is true or not, he was a great actor, and one I miss deeply.