Totally Useless Facts

[bigross86]

When we Skyped tankie saw me smoking my hookah/sheesha/nargilah and ever since then he's been fixated on it. Possibly because the hose is long and narrow and reminds him of something, I dunno...

[tankie]

Shouldnt you n yella be out now scaring people :whome:

[YellowFever]

A long hose.....and you were sucking on it.

That would get tankie excited, yes.

Bad move on your part.

[YellowFever]

DO WE REALLY USE ONLY 10 PERCENT OF OUR BRAINS?

Psychologists in the early twentieth century commented that humans use only 10 percent of their brains, and Albert Einstein also indicated that humans use only a small portion of the brain.

It’s a theory that has been propounded in television documentaries, magazines, advertisements and books over the past century. Psychics have also latched on to it as a possible explanation for paranormal behavior, attributing unusual incidents to the workings of the unused portion of
the brain. They profess that 90 percent of the brain consists of untapped potential that is capable of remarkable feats.

Nearly all scientists now agree that the theory that we use only 10 percent of our total brain function is completely unfounded.

In fact, they question how this figure was arrived at in the first place and what areas of the brain are supposed to be redundant. The theory supposes that if 90 percent of the brain were removed, a person would still
be able to function normally, whereas in reality it is known that damage to even a small area of the brain can result in physical devastation.

In addition, most significant disorders of the brain involve only a small and very specific area of the brain. If the 10 percent argument was true, it’s unlikely that so many problems would persistently occur in that area. And if we use only 10 percent of our nerves and neurons in the brain, how would this be measured?

Indeed, imaging of the brain in scans shows that all parts of the brain are used for different activities and that many areas of the brain are used for
some complex activities or thought processes.

Throughout the course of one day, most areas of the brain are active at
some time, even during sleep. The 10 percent theory suggests that a discrete area of the brain is not used, whereas scans reveal activity throughout the entire brain and not in any isolated segment.

The final nail in the 10 percent theory is the fact that neurosurgeons carefully map the brain before removing tumors so that they don’t compromise other
essential areas.

From an evolutionary perspective, it’s highly unlikely that our comparatively larger brains would have evolved from our ancestors if the extra areas were surplus to requirements.

In fact, there is absolutely no evidence to support the 10 percent theory for most people.

However, people such as tankie and Benny are special cases and do in fact use only ten percent of their brains, as witnesses by their juvenile and idiotic posts.

[YellowFever]

HOW DID THE “MISSIONARY POSITION” GET ITS NAME?

The missionary position is a position for sexual intercourse in which the man and woman lie facing each other, with the man on top of the woman.

It is probably the best-known sexual position and has been adopted by people for centuries. The name of the position is widely thought to derive from the early European missionaries, who discovered that native people in the New World were employing other unorthodox positions, such as the man penetrating the woman from behind. The missionaries taught the natives that couples facing
each other was the only position that was acceptable to God (because it was more intimate, enabling both partners to see and kiss each other) and that any other position was considered unnatural.

It is generally thought that these teachings were carried out by St Paul, who believed that the woman should be underneath the man during intercourse, while
St Augustine also taught that any other position was a sin against nature.

The term was first recorded in its popular definition in the 1960s.

Unfortunately, some people on WAB, such as tankie, have yet to experience such a position as sexual intercourse is unknown to them, even in their pathetic old age.

Other females, such as Benny's ex-girlfriends, do not advocate such a position as it means actually having to look at Benny's face during intercourse.

[gunnut]

Naive spelled backwards is Evian...

Stewardesses is the longest English word that can be typed by the left hand alone on a QWERTY keyboard.

[YellowFever]

Naive spelled backwards is Evian...

╭∩╮(Ο_Ο)╭∩╮ spelled backwards is still ╭∩╮(Ο_Ο)╭∩╮

[gunnut]

╭∩╮(Ο_Ο)╭∩╮ spelled backwards is still ╭∩╮(Ο_Ο)╭∩╮

That is very useful to know so it doesn't belong in this thread...

[DOR]

Stewardesses is the longest English word that can be typed by the left hand alone on a QWERTY keyboard.

I knew that, but given the high level of discourse around here, would never, ever have thought to make any mention whatsoever of why one might want to type with one hand.

Never.

[tankie]

Its possible to drink and swallow while standing on your head :tankie:

[Doktor]

Its possible to drink and swallow while standing on your head :tankie:

Verified by tankie :)

[tankie]

Verified by tankie :)

It certainly is Dok , and most tankies tried it out in booze sessions in the Sqd bars , sometimes ya choked when it came outa ya nose :tankie:

[gunnut]

I knew that, but given the high level of discourse around here, would never, ever have thought to make any mention whatsoever of why one might want to type with one hand.

Never.

They're called "flight attendants" now....

I wonder what is the longest english word that can be typed by the right hand alone on the QWERTY keyboard.

[bigross86]

Turns out "stewardesses" isn't the longest word with the left hand. "Tesseradecades" (group of fourteen, plural), "sweaterdresses" (sometimes hyphenated) and "aftercataracts" are. The longest word that can be typed with the right hand is "johnny-jump-up", or, excluding hyphens, "monimolimnions" (the lower, dense stratum of a meromictic lake that does not mix with the waters above, plural) and "phyllophyllin" (The lower layer of a meromictic lake, lying below the chemocline, where the water is dense, static, and does not mix with the water above)

[Doktor]

They're called "flight attendants" now....

I wonder what is the longest english word that can be typed by the right hand alone on the QWERTY keyboard.

What is the longest english word?