In Case You’re Stopped and Questioned on the Street

I used to be in radio; it was my career before I married and had children. I had my own morning show on a station in a small town in the Southern Tier of New York State. I look back on the time somewhat fondly: I was newly independent and was allotted as much creativity as my audience could handle (which proved to be a lot!) and a tremendous library of sound effects and retro TV theme songs. On my show, my whimsy was allowed full throttle. Boy, it was fun! Having your own morning show on radio was kinda like blogging- you can be as creative as you want (or as creative as you think your audience can tolerate), but you still remained relevant to the culture, news, and other events happening off the cuff. To me, blogging is along the same lines as radio, just one is audial and the other is visual.

(By the way, Kathy, the word “audial” is not in the Spell Check. GRRRR!!! See what I mean in that Spell Check hates me because I use “archaic” words?)

ANYWAY. In my radio show, I used to have a segment called “In Case You’re Stopped and Questioned on the Street.” It was pretty popular with the 10 or 12 farmers in the area, haha. In it, I would babble on with goofy, unusual trivia or news. Kind of like we all do with blogging, isn’t it? And in the spirit of those old days, I’d like to showcase a few really hilarious trivia facts that I recently discovered on a website.

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Most Interesting and Unusual Facts on the Net! Here is some information, in case you are ever stopped and questioned on the street!

“The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.
Try it. You’ll see.

1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.
I’d like to know how they know that, but…

10% of human dry weight comes from bacteria.
That’s just too…. weird. And what lucky guy got to find that out?

11% of the world is left-handed.

111, 111, 111 X 111, 111, 111 = 12, 345, 678, 987, 654, 321.
Please don’t believe that this all evolved. :-p

166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the United States.
My husband is a rural carrier. Take it from me, most of that mail is delivered from December 18 to the 24th.

27% of Americans believe we never landed on the moon.
Probably because 27% of Americans don’t believe the crap the government dishes out on a regular basis.

22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong bank accounts in the next hour.
How can this be?!?!

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.
All ye business owners, heed this. P.S. Let’s all hope the cleaning ladies are REALLY thorough.

27% of U.S. male college students believe life is “a meaningless existential hell.”
Wait’ll they get married, heh heh.

:hmph:
I meant it will be HEAVEN then!!! What were YOU thinking?

315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.
That’s just sad. But Kathy and I already knew this.

40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
Wow, what does THAT say about marketing to children?!

52% of Americans drink coffee.
THAT’S IT?!?!?! The Boston Tea Party was for nothing?!

55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.
For “alleged” drug offenses, I might add. All very, very sad.

80% of arrested criminals are male.
Wow. I knew the stats were kind of disproportionate. but this is staggering.

80% of animals on earth are insects.
Are spiders insects? Nooooooo!

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

90% of bird species are monogamous; only 3% of animals are.
This is where the saying “It’s for the birds” should apply to mankind.

A Boeing 747′s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother’s first flight.
Cool!

A Chicago law forbids eating in a place that is on fire.
Are you thinking the same thing I’m thinking?

A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it is been decapitated.
:wha:

A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
:-o neat!

A healthy individual releases 3.5 oz. of gas in a single flatulent emission, or about 17 oz. in a day.
:blink:
Some, more than others. Waaaaaaaaay more than others. :pinch:

A googol is a 1 followed by 100 zeros. Mathematician Edward Kasner supposedly asked his nephew Milton Sirotta to suggest a name for the number, and he came up with this word.
Gah! And all this time I thought it was some amazing, scientific name!

So now you are educated! Now you have something to say in case you’re stopped and questioned on the street, or Regis Philbin approaches you in the mall! No need to thank me!

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