Useless Information

[Marty]

Of course he knows, Marty, because he said so.

"Not useful past that enjoyment and engagment of the mind."

I guess...I get riled up some times...a lot...OK, I don't "get" riled up...

[Benjy]

If its for kids, then why do you watch it MArty

[jim360]

If its for kids, then why do you watch it MArty

Because he's all grown up and sensible.

[BFM_Fénix]

I believe this thread is about useless information, so let me proceed:

- Even though there is a wide variety of food a quesadilla can contain, the word quesadilla refers to cheese inside a tortilla and nothing more

[BFM_Crimson]

Any research in the humanities is pretty useless *innocent* Granted, some of it is really interesting, but xD

How? I sincerely hope you're not being serious...

It depends on how you define useful. Classics students I know argue that you need to know about where you have been to understand where you should go next, and that the history of Greek society is as relevant today as it was then. Students of Art say that high art advances our understanding of ourselves by reading what the painting says about the artist. Is not a Renaissance sculpture just a reflection of our ideal form? Are not the tales of the great battles of the Middle Ages full of profound tips on military strategy? Does not a good book take you beyond the realm of the physical into a place where no-one else can touch? Is it not vital to enjoy life rather than merely to quanitfy it?

I tell them that's tosh.

« Last Edit: 09 March 2011, 22:05:13 by BFM_three60 »

the history of Greek society is as relevant today as it is now.

 

the history of Greek society is as relevant today as it was then.

 

What's so funny?

LIES!!!!!!!
And I'm still laughing 

However, On topic, Old El Paso produces taco shells with flat bottoms, so that they don't fall over when you put them down. However, if you try to eat them they fall to pieces.

[Zeek]

lol not sure if this has been said but.....


type writer is the only word that you can spell on the top row of keys

[Tanxs1]

lol not sure if this has been said but.....


type writer is the only word that you can spell on the top row of keys

"To", "You", "Wet", "Pot" etc etc.

I think you meant typewriter is the LONGEST word, not the only word.

[Zeek]

yeah longets word sorry i fail

[jim360]

yeah longets* word sorry i fail

Fail again.

40 is the only number in English that, when you write it, has its letters in alphabetical order. 1, meanwhile, is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.

[BFM_Octane]

The Lethal Injection needle is sterilised before it is used...


More people in the world use blue toothbrushes than red ones...


Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English Dictionary.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a railway station on the island of Anglesey in Wales.

The protein, "Titin". Has the longest chemical name consisting of 189,819 letters.

[BFM_Kiwi]

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a railway station on the island of Anglesey in Wales.

Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukakapiki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­kitanatahu is a place in New Zealand.  I have a picture of the (rather long) sign somewhere.

[BFM_Kiwi]

And typewriter isn't the longest word you can type with the top letters, it is rupturewort, which sounds like a character in Harry Potter, but is not.

[Marty]

And typewriter isn't the longest word you can type with the top letters, it is rupturewort, which sounds like a character in Harry Potter, but is not.

Does it count if it's a proper noun, as that's the name of the species of plant?

[BFM_Crimson]

And typewriter isn't the longest word you can type with the top letters, it is rupturewort, which sounds like a character in Harry Potter, but is not.

Does it count if it's a proper noun, as that's the name of the species of plant?

Only if you count proper nouns as words

[Marty]

You know what I mean...I wouldn't call 'Marty' a word, just like 'Christopher' or 'Sophie'. They're names to me, not 'words'. Maybe that's just my brain going even more screwy.