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QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 29, 2006 -> 06:06 PM)
Gerry Rafferty, of Baker Street fame, was a founding member of Stealers Wheel. There is no apostrophy in the band's name.

The word apostrophe has no "y" in it. It's also the name of a Frank Zappa album.

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Abbreviation is a long word, contrary to its definition.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Aug 29, 2006 -> 05:29 PM)
The word apostrophe has no "y" in it. It's also the name of a Frank Zappa album.

 

I knew you were going to do that, as I wrote in my original post :P

In the book version of The Natural, Roy Hobbs strikes out at the end.

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The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

The average bra size today is 36C. Ten years ago it was 34B.

The average amount of nicotine in a cigarette has increased by 10% in the last 6 years.

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QUOTE(BDavisFutureHOF @ Aug 30, 2006 -> 12:16 PM)
The average bra size today is 36C. Ten years ago it was 34B.

its all those growth hormones in milk....mmmmm milk.

QUOTE(beautox @ Aug 30, 2006 -> 10:49 AM)
The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

 

Can there ever really be enough bathrooms?

I before E except after C.

QUOTE(BobDylan @ Aug 30, 2006 -> 03:14 PM)
I before E except after C.

Except in words like neighbor.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Aug 30, 2006 -> 02:17 PM)
Except in words like neighbor.

 

f*** neighbor. :angry:

 

:D

The plural of "goose" is "geese", but the plural of "moose" is not "meese".

Ronald Reagan was never actually quoted as saying

 

"Give Meese a chance."

Red foxes mate for life.

Oceanic lithosphere previously metasomatized into serpentinite retains the chlorine isotopic signature of whether it interacted with fluids at mid-oceanic ridges or away from ridges when metamorphosed under blueschist conditions.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 29, 2006 -> 04:00 PM)
The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.

 

 

You must be old enough to have taken typing class

 

The original name of the New York Yankees.............

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baltimore Orioles

Edited by Rex Hudler

Original name of the Baltimore Orioles -

 

 

 

 

 

 

Milwaukee Brewers

dust is made up of at least 75% human skin.

QUOTE(BobDylan @ Aug 30, 2006 -> 02:14 PM)
I before E except after C.

 

E before I except after Y

 

Spring back, Fall forward

 

Feed a fever, starve a cold

The Who's most successful US single was "I Can See For Miles." Wouldn't have guessed that.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 08:34 AM)
The Who's most successful US single was "I Can See For Miles." Wouldn't have guessed that.

 

No way? Not Who Are You or Baba O'Reilly??

 

from wiki

"I Can See For Miles" is a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who, which was recorded for the band's 1967 album, The Who Sell Out. It was the only song from the album to be released as a single, on October 14th, 1967.

 

The recording of "I Can See For Miles" exemplified the ever-increasing use of studio techniques in the late 1960s. Not only was it recorded in separate sessions, it was recorded in a geographic range stretching thousands of kilometers. The backing tracks were recorded in London, the lyrics and overdubbing were performed in New York (probably at Talentmasters Studios), while the record was finished with mastering in Los Angeles, at the Gold Star Studios.

 

It reached #10 in the U.K. and #9 in the U.S. Though these figures would seem successful to most bands, Townshend was disappointed. He is quoted as saying, "To me it was the ultimate Who record, yet it didn't sell. I spat on the British record buyer."

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 08:42 AM)
No way? Not Who Are You or Baba O'Reilly??

I have no independent confirmation, but listening to a local radio station last week (97.1, for those familar), it was mentioned as their most successful US single. Surprised me as well.

 

Reminds me of VH1 mentioning how Jimi Hendrix and The Grateful Dead both could be considered "one hit wonders," as neither had two songs climb above 20 in the billboard charts.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 06:34 AM)
The Who's most successful US single was "I Can See For Miles." Wouldn't have guessed that.

Led Zeppelin's most successful single is "Whole Lotta Love."

Thinking about it, The Who were more an album band than a singles band. BTW, easily my favorite band.

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