Non SMS Stuff

[prathod 3]

All about WD40 ?

Water Displacement #40. The product began from a search for a rust preventative solvent and degreaser to protect missile parts. WD-40 was created in 1953 by three technicians at the San Diego Rocket Chemical Company. Its name comes from the project that was to find a "water displacement" compound. They were successful with the fortieth formulation, thus WD-40. The Corvair Company bought it in bulk to protect their atlas missile parts.

Ken East (one of the original founders) says there is nothing in WD-40 that would hurt you.

When you read the "shower door" part, try it. It's the first thing that has ever cleaned that spotty shower door. If yours is plastic, it works just as well as glass. It's a miracle!

1.. Then try it on your stovetop... Voila! It's now shinier than it's ever been. You'll be amazed.

2.. Here are some of the uses:

3.. Protects silver from tarnishing.

4.. Removes road tar and grime from cars.

5.. Cleans and lubricates guitar strings.

6.. Gives floors that 'just-waxed' sheen without making it slippery.

7.. Keeps flies off cows.

8.. Restores and cleans chalkboards.

9.. Removes lipstick stains.

10.. Loosens stubborn zippers.

11.. Untangles jewelry chains.

12.. Removes stains from stainless steel sinks. Cleans the fronts of stainless steel appliances (have personally seen the employees of Lowes use it on their appliances in the store to keep them new looking)

13.. Removes dirt and grime from the barbecue grill.

14.. Keeps ceramic/terra cotta garden pots from oxidizing.

15.. Removes tomato stains from clothing

16.. Keeps glass shower doors free of water spots.

17.. Camouflages scratches in ceramic and marble floors.

18.. Keeps scissors working smoothly.

19.. Lubricates noisy door hinges on vehicles and doors in homes.

20.. Gives a children's play gym slide a shine for a super fast slide.

21.. Lubricates gear shift and mower deck lever for ease of handling on riding mowers.

22.. Rids kids rocking chairs and swings of squeaky noises.

23.. Lubricates tracks in sticking home windows and makes them easier to open.

24.. Spraying an umbrella stem makes it easier to open and close.

25.. Restores and cleans padded leather dashboards in vehicles, as well as vinyl bumpers.

26.. Restores and cleans roof racks on vehicles.

27.. Lubricates and stops squeaks in electric fans.

28.. Lubricates wheel sprockets on tricycles, wagons, and bicycles for easy handling.

29.. Lubricates fan belts on washers and dryers and keeps them running smoothly.

30.. Keeps rust from forming on saws and saw blades, and other tools .

31.. Removes splattered grease on stove.

32.. Keeps bathroom mirror from fogging.

33.. Lubricates prosthetic limbs.

34.. Keeps pigeons off the balcony (they hate the smell).

35.. Removes all traces of duct tape.

36.. Folks even spray it on their arms, hands, and knees to relieve arthritis pain.

37.. Florida's favorite use is: "cleans and removes love bugs from grills and bumpers."

38.. The favorite use in the state of New York--WD-40 protects the Statue of Liberty from the elements.

39.. WD-40 attracts fish. Spray a LITTLE on live bait or lures and you will be catching the big one in no time. Also, it's a lot cheaper than the chemical attractants that are made for just that purpose. Keep in mind though, using some chemical laced baits or lures for fishing are not allowed in some states.

40.. Use it for fire ant bites. It takes the sting away immediately and stops the itch.

41.. WD-40 is great for removing crayon from walls. Spray on the mark and wipe with a clean rag.

42.. Also, if you've discovered that your teenage daughter has washed and dried a tube of lipstick with a load of laundry, saturate the lipstick spots with WD-40 and re-wash. Presto! Lipstick is gone!

43.. If you sprayed WD-40 on the distributor cap, it would displace the moisture and allow the car to start.

44.. It removes black scuff marks from the kitchen floor! Use WD-40 for those nasty tar and scuff marks on flooring. It doesn't seem to harm the finish and you won't have to scrub nearly as hard to get them off. Just remember to open some windows if you have a lot of marks.

45.. Bug guts will eat away the finish on your car if not removed quickly! Use WD-40!

P. S. The basic ingredient is FISH OIL.

[drali 6]

some more facts

51. Dragonfly: Eye contains 30,000 lenses.

52. Pig's Tongue contains 15,000 taste buds. For comparison, the human tongue has 9,000 taste buds.

53. The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.

54. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their

hair.

55. Earth weighs 5,972,000,000, 000,000,000, 000 tons

56. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

57. A duck's quack doesn't echo anywhere

58. Man is the only animal who'll eat with an enemy

59. The average woman uses about her height in lipstick

every five years.

60. The first Christmas was celebrated on December 25,

61. AD 336 in Rome.

62. A Cockroach will live nine days without its

head, before it starves to death.

63. A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't

64. A rat can last longer without water than a camel can

65. About 10% of the world's population is left-handed

66. Dolphins sleep with one eye open

67. Snakes have no external ears. Therefore, they do not hear the music of a "snake charmer". Instead, they are probably responding to the movements of the

snake charmer and the flute. However, sound waves may travel through bones in their heads to the middle ear.

68. Many spiders have eight eyes.

69. The tongue of snakes has no taste buds. Instead, the tongue is used to bring smells and tastes into the mouth. Smells and tastes are then detected in two

pits, called "Jacobson's organs", on the roof of their mouths. Receptors in the pits then transmit smell and taste information to the brain.

70. Birds don't sweat

71. The highest kangaroo leap recorded is 10 ft and the longest is 42 ft

72. Flamingo tongues were eaten common at Roman feasts

73. The smallest bird in the world is the Hummingbird. It weighs 1oz

74. The bird that can fly the fastest is called a White it can fly up to 95 miles per hour.

75. The oldest living thing on earth is 12,000 years old. It is the flowering shrubs called creosote bushes in the Mojave Desert

76. Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.

77. A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.

If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, you'll feel thirsty.

If it's reduced by 10%, you'll die.

78. Along with its length neck, the giraffe has a very long tongue -- more than a foot and a half long. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue

79. Ostriches can kick with tremendous force, but only forward. Don't Mess with them

80. An elephant can smell water three miles away

81. If you were to remove your skin, it would weigh as much as 5 pounds

82. A hippopotamus can run faster than a man

83. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history

84. The world's known tallest man is Robert Pershing Wadlow. The giraffe is 5.49m (18 ft.), the man is 2.55m (8ft. 11.1 in.).

85. The world's tallest woman is Sandy Allen. She is 2.35m (7 ft. 7 in.).

86. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.

87. The blue whale is the largest animal on earth. The heart of a blue whale is as big as a car, and its tongue is as long as an elephant.

88. The largest bird egg in the world today is that of the ostrich. Ostrich eggs are from 6 to 8 inches long. Because of their size and the thickness of their

shells, they take 40 minutes to hard-boil. The average adult male ostrich, the world's largest living bird, weighs up to 345 pounds.

89. Every dolphin has its own signature whistle to distinguish it from other dolphins, much like a human fingerprint

90. The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons i.e. 50000 Kg at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons i.e. 150000 Kg.

91. 90 % of all the ice in the world in on Antarctica

92. Antarctica is DRIEST continent. Antarctica is a desert

93. Antarctica is COLDEST continent, averaging minus 76 degrees in the winter

94. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and it doesn't have a moon. Its atmosphere is so thin that during the day the temperature reaches 750 degrees, but

at night it gets down to -300 degrees.

95. Jupiter is the largest planet. If Jupiter were hollow, you could fit 1000 earths inside! It is made up of gas and is not solid. The most famous feature on

Jupiter is its Red Spot, which is actually an enormous hurricane that has been raging on Jupiter for hundreds of years! Sixteen moons orbit Jupiter.

96. Saturn is a very windy place! Winds can reach up to 1,100 miles per hour. Saturn is also made of gas. If you could find an ocean large enough, it would

float. This planet is famous for its beautiful rings, and has at least 18 moons.

97. Uranus is the third largest planet, and is also made of gas. It's tilted on its side and spins north-south rather than east-west. Uranus has 15 moons.

98. Neptune takes 165 Earth years to get around the sun. It appears blue because it is made of methane gas. Neptune also has a big Spot like Jupiter. Winds on

Neptune get up to 1,200 mile per hour! Neptune has 8 moons.

99. Pluto is the farthest planet from the sun... usually. It has such an unusual orbit that it is occasionally closer to the sun than Neptune. Pluto is made of

rock and ice.

100. Just about everyone listens to the radio! 99% of homes in the United States have a least one radio. Most families have several radios.

[prathod 3]

How to Protect your E-Mail from spam

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Imagine yourself preparing an important presentation. Suddenly, the Outlook Express installed on your computer pops up a message saying 'Buy Viagra for cheap' or 'Trying to sell you a business that pays you thousands of $$ every week'. Most Internet users are familiar with such unwanted emails in their Inbox.

Lately, however, you must have noticed an increase in this kind of 'junk mail' to your your email address, or on your favourite newsgroup. These junk mails, also known as spam, are flooding the Internet with many copies of the same message, in an attempt to force it on people who would otherwise choose not to receive it.

Most spam is commercial advertising, often for dubious products like get-rich-quick schemes. Spam costs the sender very little -- most of the cost is paid for by the recipient or the carriers, rather than by the sender. Email spam targets individual users with direct mail messages. Email spam lists are often created by scanning Usenet postings, stealing Internet mailing lists, or searching the Web for addresses.

Here are some tips and tricks to help you control the amount of spam you receive.

How to eliminate spam:

1) Try not to display your email address in public:

This includes newsgroup postings, chat rooms, Websites and online services membership directories. You may want to opt out of member directories for your online services -- spammers use them to harvest addresses. Also, disguise your email address when you post it to a newsgroup, chat room, bulletin board, or other public web pages. For example, use ankurjain_del AT rediffmail DOT com. This way, a person can interpret your address, but the automated programmes spammers use often cannot.

2) Check the privacy policy when you submit your address to a Website:

See if it allows the company to sell your address. You may want to opt out of this provision, if possible, or not submit your address at all to Websites that won't protect it. Also, look for all the check boxes that have been checked by default while you fill and submit any form.

3) Use two email addresses:

Try to use two email addresses -- one for personal messages and one for newsgroups and chat rooms. You also might consider using a disposable email address service -- this can be a separate email address that forwards mails to your permanent account. If one of the disposable addresses begins to receive spam, you can shut it off without affecting your permanent address.

4) Use a unique email address:

Your choice of email addresses may affect the amount of spam you receive. Spammers use 'dictionary attacks' to sort through possible name combinations at large ISPs or email services, hoping to find a valid address. Thus, a common name such as abcdshah may get more spam than a more unique name like a11bcd2006shah. Of course, there is a downside -- it's more difficult to remember an unusual email address.

5) Use an email filter:

Check your email account to see if it provides a tool to filter out potential spam or a way to channel spam into a bulk email folder. You might want to consider these options when you're choosing your Internet Service Provider. Do your part by keeping your junk email filter up-to-date.

6) Never hit the 'REMOVE' button:

Most spam mail you receive contains a line that says 'Reply with subject line as UNSUBSCRIBE to remove your email address from our mailing list'. When, in fact, you reply to unsubscribe, what happens is that you simply verify you have a valid email address. As a result, you get even more spam instead of getting removed from the list.

Some spam relies on generators that try variations of email addresses at certain domains. If you click a link within an email message or reply to a certain address, you are only confirming your email address is valid. Unwanted messages that offer an 'unsubscribe' option are particularly tempting, but this is often just a method for collecting valid addresses that are then sent other spam.

Take, for example, the :

URL: http://grz67. com/track/ rd/3964715/ 5751/23643/ 1934. This URL contains a tracking ID will be mapped to your email ID in the site's database. The spammers would be sending you email with this URL behind the link. Whenever the user accesses this URL, the spammer can be sure the email address associated with this tracking ID is a valid one.

Many people have documented the fact that not only do 'Remove' lists not work, they verify to the spammer that your e-mail address is good. The spammer then puts it on a premium CD and sell it to the next spammer for even more money.

7) Be responsible and considerate as a user:

We ourselves promote spam in some way or the other. Some people consider email forwards a type of spam, so be selective with the messages you redistribute. Don't forward every message to everyone in your address book. If someone asks that you not forward messages to him or her, respect their request.

8) Keep your antivirus programs updated:

Spam is a cat-and-mouse game, with spammers working relentlessly to outwit the filters. There have been some viruses reported, which help in spamming by sending a pre-set mail to all your Outlook contacts using your email address. When the recipients open their mail, their system also gets infected and mails are sent from their system to all the contacts in their address books. So, by keeping your antivirus programme updated, you can detect these viruses, stop their entry into your computer and prevent spamming from your mailbox.

[Honest 836]

@drali & prathod

Good ones from both of you. Carry on my dear friends with more such like information.

Regards.

[prathod 3]

Thanks Honest,The Googler,Philosopher & Child Lover

Do you know the relationship between two eyes..?

They blink together,

They move together,

They cry together,

They see things together and

They sleep together

But they never see each other.. That's what is true friendship !!

But when a beautiful girl comes in front, one eye blinks and the other

remains open.....

Moral of the story : Girls can break even the best of friendships !!

[supernova 47]

wah what a moral ...

wah what a moral ...

[prathod 3]

# Sign on a railway station at Patna:

Aana free, jaana free,

pakde gaye to khana free.

# seen on a famous beauty parlor in Bombay:

Don't whistle at the girl going out from here.

She may be your grandmother!

# seen on a bulletin board:

Success is relative

More the success, more the relatives.

# Sign at a barber's saloon in Juhu, Bombay:

we need your heads to run our business.

# A traffic slogan:

Don't let your kids drive if they are not old enough - or else they never will be.....

#THE BEST ONE:

Its God's responsibility to forgive the terrorist organizations

It's our responsibility to arrange the meeting between them and god."

- Indian Armed Forces

[prathod 3]

Who says English is easy

So a 2 letter word has a hundred completely different meanings. So

what is this stuff about English being easy?

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meaning than any

other two-letter word, and that is "UP."

It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of

the list, but when we waken in the morning, why do we wake UP?

At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are

the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to

write UP a report?

We call UP our friends And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP

the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen.

We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.

At other times the little word has real special meaning.

People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and

think UP excuses.

To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.

And this UP is confusing:

A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP We open UP a store

in the morning but we close it UP at night.

We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!

To be knowledgeable of the proper uses of UP, look UP the word in the

dictionary. In a desk size dictionary, the word up, takes UP almost

1/4th the page and definitions add UP to about thirty.

If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways

UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give

UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun

comes out we say it is clearing UP.

When it rains, it wets UP the earth. When it doesn't rain for awhile,

things dry UP.

One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP,

so.............

I'll shut UP...

[prathod 3]

'Women...in my life'

I was born,

a woman was there to hold me.......... my mother

I grew as a child......

a woman was there to care for me.......to play with me.......... ..my sister

I went to school.....

a woman was there to help me learn....... ....my teacher

I became depress, whenever I lost

a woman was there to offer a shoulder ............ my wife

I became tough......

a woman was there to melt me.......... ..my daughter

I am dying

a woman is there to absorb me in.......... ...my motherland

[shoaib 0]

Arz kiya hai....(In Hindi)

School Mein Ishq Ka Naya Mahool Tyar Ho Gaya,

Class Ki Teacher Ko Papu Se Pyar Ho Gaya.

Iss Baat Se Sari Class Ka Dil Udas Ho Gaya,

Sari Class Fail, Aur..... Papu Pass Ho Gaya....

Aapke dil me basjayenge SMS ki tarah.,.,

Dil me bajenge RING TONE ki tarah.,.,

Dosti kum nahi hongi BALANCE ki tarah.,.,

Sirf aap busy na rehana NETWORK ki tarah.....

UNKI GALI SE MERA JANAZA NIKLA WO NA NIKLE JINKE LIYE JANAZA NIKLA, UNKA

GHAR AAYA TO MERE DOST SITI BAJANE LAGE,

RAKHKE MERA JANAZA KAMINE USKO PATANE LAGE....

Tere gam me tadap kar mar jayenge,

Mar gaye to tera naam lejayenge...

Rishwat de ke tujhe bhi bulaenge,

Tum upar aaoge to saath baith ke Kurkure khaenge....

Arz kiya hai!!!...Itne kamjor hue teri judai se...

Gaur farmaiye...Itne kamjor hue teri judai se...

Ki chinti bhi ab kheech le jaati hai charpai se....

Palkon pe apni bitaya hai tumhe,

Badi duao ke baad paaya hai tumhe,

Aasani se nahi mile ho tum

National Zoological Park se churaya hai tumhe....!!!

Kabhi kehte the dost hamare ke jaan bhi maango to hazir hai ,

Aaj apni bivi ko jaan kehte hai,Aur maango to inkaar karte hain...

Naari ke chakkar mein bhool na jaana yaari,

Jab laat maaregi naari to yaad aayegi hamari...

Purush bachao samiti ki taraf se Janhit mein jaari....

Aaj kuch gahbraye se lagte ho,

Thand mein kampkapaye se lagte ho...

Nikhar kar aayi hai surat aapki,

Lagata hain Bahut dino baad nahaye se lagte ho...

College ki galion mein ajjeb khel hota hai,

Class ke bahane dilo ka khel hota hai,

Nitis ki jagah luvmail hota hai, Isliye to Pappu har saal fail hota hai...

Mein Tumhare Liye Sab Kuch Karta..

Magar Mujhe Kaam Tha......

Mein Tumhare Liye Doob Ke Marta...

Magar Mujhe Zukham Tha !

Gunghat Mein Tujhe Dekha To Deewanna Hua,

Sangeet Ka Taraana Hua, Shamaa Ka Parwana Hua,

Masti Ka mastaana Hua,

Jaise Hi Gunghat Uthaya Is Duniya Se Ravana Hua...

Suraj se achha Tara koi nahi,

Jaisa hai Rishta humaraa dusraa koi nahi!

Chahe saari duniyaa me dhund lo;

Mere jaisa Pyaraa, aur Tere jaisa Aawaraa aur koi nahi!!

Bhagwan ke naam pe 1 patni dede...

Apni nahi toh dusre ki dede...

Bhagwan tujhe 1 kay badle3 dega

Anurag ki tarah Prerna kay saath Aparna aur komolika free dega...

Baithe tere khayalon mein,

Kore kagaz pe likh dala tera naam...

Tasvir bhi utaar dali,Aur likha yeh paigam...

Zinda ya Murda pakdnewale ko 5000/- inaam...

Khuda kare tujhe har jagah se satkar mile,

Mujh se bhi acche yaar milen.

Rakhi ko teri girlfriend tujhe rakhi bandhe,

Aur tujhe zindagi bhar us se behan ka pyar mile...

[KumaarShah 143]

Great ones - drali2, prathod and abhay. All on this 14th page are fabulous.

Keep it UP.

Keep more coming.

Thanks

[prathod 3]

Vikram was at school this morning in the outskirts and the teacher asked

all the children what their fathers did for a living.

All the typical answers came out, Fireman, Policeman, Salesman,

Businessman, Captain of Industry etc, but

Vikram was being uncharacteristically quiet and so the teacher asked

him about his father.

"My father is an exotic dancer in a gay club and takes off all his

clothes in front of other men. Sometimes if the offer is really good,

he'll go out with a man, rent a cheap hotel room and let them sleep with

him."

The teacher quickly set the other children some work and took little

Vikram aside to ask him if that was really true.

"No" said Vikram , "He plays cricket for India but I was just too

embarrassed to say."

[supernova 47]

howsover our indian team is performing , still their reputation is not so bad

[prathod 3]

Santa On the Controls

Wahe Guru & Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen: This is your

Captain James' Santa Singh welcoming you to Punjab Airways. We

apologize for the two-day delay in taking off, owing to bad weather

and some overtime I had put in at the highway dhaba. This is flight

no. 9211(Nau Do Gyaraah) to Ludhiana. Landing in Ludhiana is not

guaranteed, but with luck we may even be landing directly on your

village.

Punjab Airways has a unique record for safety. In fact our safety

standards are so well known that even fully trained terrorists and

hijackers are afraid to fly with us.

It is with pleasure I announce that starting this year over 90% of

our passengers have reached their destination. For the ones that

don't quite make it, Punjab Airways staff has all the requisite

experience for consoling the next-of-kin. Our Hostess Bubbly Kaur

will be happy to brief you on our out-of-court settlement policies.

If our engines are too noisy for you, on passenger request, we can

turn them off for your convenience. To make your free fall to earth

pleasant and memorable, we serve complimentary tea and biscuits.

For our religious passengers, we are the only airline who can help

you quickly find out whether God really exists.

We regret to inform you that today's in-flight movie will not be

shown as we forgot to record it from the television. But we will be

flying right next to Air India, where their movie will be visible

from the right side cabin windows. These windows have been removed

for your viewing convenience. For passengers with sight problems,

we have also put a pair of Pinoculars under your seat.

As per the rules, smoking is not allowed on all Punjab Airways

flights over Punjab. Any smoke you see in the cabin is only the

early warning system on the engines telling us to slow down. Life

jackets are placed under your seats and free bathing costumes are

made available for the aunties and swimming trunks for the uncles,

for emergency water landings on any of our five rivers.

Kindly be seated, keep your seat in an upright position for take off

and fasten your belts. For those of you who can't find a seat belt,

kindly fasten your own belt to the arm of your seat. And for those

of you who can't find a seat, do not hesitate to get in touch with

Bubbly Kaur for your arrangement to sit on the bathroom seat. If you

do sit there, please do not flush frequently because it may result

in shortage of water we require for your tea. I won't be flying with

you today because I have to attend to my nephew's wedding. But co-

pilot Kaptan Singh will have wireless access to me in case he needs

flying instructions from time to time. For an extra 500 rupees or

two tandoori chickens, our attendant Bubbly Kaur will allow you to

come forward and occupy the captain's seat in the cockpit for 5

minutes each, for an extraordinary view. Thank you once again for

choosing to fly with Punjab Airways.

[drali 6]

some more facts

101. Sound is sent from the radio station through the air to your radio by means of electromagnetic waves. News, music, Bible teaching, baseball games, plays,

advertisements- these sounds are all converted into electromagnetic waves (radio waves) before they reach your radio and your ears.

102. At the radio station, the announcer speaks into a microphone. The microphone changes the sound of his voice into an electrical signal. This signal is weak

and can't travel very far, so it's sent to a transmitter. The transmitter mixes the signal with some strong radio signals called carrier waves. These waves are

then sent out through a special antenna at the speed of light! They reach the antenna of your radio. Your antenna "catches" the signal, and the radio's

amplifier strengthens the signal and sends it to the speakers. The speakers vibrate, and your ears pick up the vibrations and your brain translates them into

the voice of the radio announcer back at the station. When you consider all the places the announcer's voice travels

103. Every radio station has its own frequency. When you turn the tuning knob on your radio, you are choosing which frequency you want your antenna to "catch."

104. Mountain lions are known by more than 100 names, including panther, catamount, cougar, painter and puma. It's scientific name is Felis concolor, which

means "cat of one color." At one time, mountain lions were very common!

105. The large cats of the world are divided into two groups- those that roar, like tigers and African lions, and those that purr. Mountain lions purr, hiss,

scream, and snarl, but they cannot roar.

106. They can jump a distance of 30 feet, and jump as high as 15 feet. It would take quite a fence to keep a mountain lion out!

107. Their favorite food is deer, but they'll eat other critters as well. They hunt alone, not in packs like wolves. They sneak up on their prey just like a

house cat sneaks up on a bird or toy- one slow step at a time. A lion can eat ten pounds of meat at one time! That's equivalent to 40 quarter-pounder

hamburgers!

108. Queen ants can live to be 30 years old

109. Dragonflies can flap their wings 28 times per second and they can fly up to 60 miles per hour

110. As fast as dragonflies can flap their wings, bees are even faster... they can flap their wings 435 times per second

111. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

112. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

113. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day

114. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people

115. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!

116. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

117. Women blink nearly twice as much as men

118. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible

119. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren't added to it.

120. More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.

121. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand

122. Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

123. It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.

124. Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!

125. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open

126. Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not

127. Slugs have 4 noses.

128. Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.

129. Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end

130. More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.

131. There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.

132. Abraham Lincoln's mother died when she drank the milk of a cow that grazed on poisonous snakeroot

133. After the death of Albert Einstein his brain was removed by a pathologist and put in a jar for future study.

134. Penguins are not found in the North Pole

135. A dentist invented the Electric Chair.

136. A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound

137. Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother were both deaf

138. Cockroaches break wind every 15 minutes.

139. Fish scales are an ingredient in most lipsticks

140. Canada" is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".

141. 259200 people die every day.

142. 11% of the world is left-handed

143. 1.7 litres of saliva is produced each day

144. The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!

145. The largest beetle in the Americas is the Hercules beetle, which can be 4 to 6 inches in length. That's bigger than your hand!

146. A full-grown male mountain lion may be 9 feet long, including his tail!

147. There are two kinds of radio stations: AM and FM. That's why there are two dials on your radio. AM is used mostly for stations that specialize in talking,

such as Christian stations that have Bible stories and sermons; sports stations that broadcast live baseball and football games; and stations that specialize

in news programs and "talk shows," where listeners call the station and discuss various topics. FM is used mostly for stations that specialize in music.

148. The average lead pencil can draw a line that is almost 35 miles long or you can write almost 50,000 words in English with just one pencil

149. The Wright Brothers invented one of the first airplanes. It was called the Kitty Hawk.

150. The worst industrial disaster in India, occurred in 1984 in Bhopal the capital of Madhya Pradesh. A deadly chemical, methly isocyanate leaked out of the

Union Carbide factory killing more than 2500 and leaving thousands sick. In fact the effects of this gas tragedy is being felt even today.

151. Mars is nicknamed the "Red Planet," because it looks reddish in the night sky. Mars has 2 moons.

152. Venus is nicknamed the "Jewel of the Sky." Because of the greenhouse effect, it is hotter than Mercury, even though it's not as close to the sun. Venus

does not have a moon but it does have clouds of sulfuric acid! If you're gonna visit Venus, pack your gas mask!

153. Tens of thousands of participants come from all over the world, fight in a harmless battle where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes

are thrown in the streets.

[prathod 3]

The Ultimate Facts

Men:

1. All men are extremely busy.

2. Although they are so busy, they still have time for

women.

3. Although they have time for women, they don't

really care for them.

4. Although they don't really care for them, they

always have one around.

5. Although they always have one around them, they

always try their luck with others.

6. Although they try their luck with others, they get

really pissed off if the woman leaves them.

7. Although the woman leaves them they still don't

learn from their mistakes and still try their luck

with others.

Women:

1. The most important thing for a woman is financial

security.

2. Although this is so important, they still go out

and buy expensive clothes and stuff.

3. Although they always buy expensive clothes, they

never have something to wear.

4. Although they never have something to wear, they

always dress beautifully.

5. Although they always dress beautifully, their

clothes are always just "an old rag".

6. Although their clothes are always "just an old

rag", they still expect you to compliment them.

7. Although they expect you to compliment them, when

you do, they don't believe you.

[supernova 47]

@prathod : great facts one .. keep it up .

[theking 35]

Arun:- Need to get more fairer gender ratio this RimWeb b'day!!

[prathod 3]

Arun:- Need to get more fairer gender ratio this RimWeb b'day!!

Arun cant do much on the gender issue,its upto us,as members we should invite our female friends to the forum.

Mostly females in India dont join forums or even if they join they join as males because of issues like privacy and cheap flirtings.

But I feel our forum is clean and if females come here they may feel comfortable and respected.

[prathod 3]

"Friends Forever" U promised,

"Together till the end",

We did everything with each other,

U were my BEST Friend.

When I was sad, U were by my side,

When I was scared, U felt my fear,

"U" were my best support,

If I needed U, U were there.

U were the greatest friend,

U always knew what to say,

U made everything seem better,

As long as we had each other....

Everything was okay.

But somewhere along the line,

We slowly came apart,

I was here, U were there,

It tore a hole in my heart.

Things were changing,

Our cheerful music reversed its tune,

It was like having salt without pepper,

A sun without its moon.

Suddenly U were miles apart,

Two different people with nothing the same,

It was as if we hadnt been friends,

Although we knew deep in our hearts....

Neither of us was to blame.

U had made many new friends,

And luckily so had I,

But that didnt change the hurt,

The loss of our friendship made me cry.

As we grow, things must change,

But they dont always have to and,

Even though it is different now,

U will always be MY FRIEND....

[drali 6]

The 39 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Death

1. The practice of burying the dead may date back 350,000 years, as evidenced by a 45-foot-deep pit in Atapuerca, Spain, filled with the fossils of 27 hominids of the species Homo heidelbergensis, a possible ancestor of Neanderthals and modern humans.

2. Never say die: There are at least 200 euphemisms for death, including "to be in Abraham's bosom," "just add maggots," and "sleep with the Tribbles" (a Star Trek favorite).

3. No American has died of old age since 1951.

4. That was the year the government eliminated that classification on death certificates.

5. The trigger of death, in all cases, is lack of oxygen. Its decline may prompt muscle spasms, or the "agonal phase," from the Greek word agon, or contest.

6. Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your dinner begin to eat you. Ruptured cells become food for living bacteria in the gut, which release enough noxious gas to bloat the body and force the eyes to bulge outward.

7. So much for recycling: Burials in America deposit 827,060 gallons of embalming fluid—formaldehyde, methanol, and ethanol—into the soil each year. Cremation pumps dioxins, hydrochloric acid, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide into the air.

8. Alternatively . . . A Swedish company, Promessa, will freeze-dry your body in liquid nitrogen, pulverize it with high-frequency vibrations, and seal the resulting powder in a cornstarch coffin. They claim this "ecological burial" will decompose in 6 to 12 months.

9. Zoroastrians in India leave out the bodies of the dead to be consumed by vultures.

10. The vultures are now dying off after eating cattle carcasses dosed with diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory used to relieve fever in livestock.

11. Queen Victoria insisted on being buried with the bathrobe of her long-dead husband, Prince Albert, and a plaster cast of his hand.

12. If this doesn't work, we're trying in vitro! In Madagascar, families dig up the bones of dead relatives and parade them around the village in a ceremony called famadihana. The remains are then wrapped in a new shroud and reburied. The old shroud is given to a newly married, childless couple to cover the connubial bed.

13. During a railway expansion in Egypt in the 19th century, construction companies unearthed so many mummies that they used them as fuel for locomotives.

14. Well, yeah, there's a slight chance this could backfire: English philosopher Francis Bacon, a founder of the scientific method, died in 1626 of pneumonia after stuffing a chicken with snow to see if cold would preserve it.

15. For organs to form during embryonic development, some cells must commit suicide. Without such programmed cell death, we would all be born with webbed feet, like ducks.

16. Waiting to exhale: In 1907 a Massachusetts doctor conducted an experiment with a specially designed deathbed and reported that the human body lost 21 grams upon dying. This has been widely held as fact ever since. It's not.

17. Buried alive: In 19th-century Europe there was so much anecdotal evidence that living people were mistakenly declared dead that cadavers were laid out in "hospitals for the dead" while attendants awaited signs of putrefaction.

18. Eighty percent of people in the United States die in a hospital.

19. If you can't make it here . . . More people commit suicide in New York City than are murdered.

20. It is estimated that 100 billion people have died since humans began.

21. After being decapitated, the average person remains conscious for an additional 15-20 seconds. Talk about a way to go.

22. Mourning your dear departed cat? You could shave your eyebrows like the ancient Egyptians used to. Then again, maybe a trip to the pet cemetery would be easier.

23. May want to rethink what you bury your loved ones in. An old wives’ tale claims that if a woman is buried wearing the color black, she’ll come back to haunt the family.

24. Speaking of preventing hauntings, yet another old wives tale led to the institution of burial wreaths. It was believed that the wreath would encircle the spirit of the dead person, thereby preventing them from returning from the grave.

25. In 1931, Henry Ford decided to preserve his friend, Thomas Edison’s last dying breath. He kept it in a bottle. Hope he put a label on that one.

26. One of the main reasons cowboys carried pistols in the 1800’s was to avoid being dragged to death by their horse. You think they could have just gotten bigger stirrups.

27. The last words spoken by Union General John Sedgewick were, “They (the Confederate soldiers) couldn’t hit an elephant from this dis…”

28. So much for the curse of good ole King Tut. Despite reports that all twenty-two people who were present at the exhumation kicked the bucket, twenty-one were still kicking ten years later.

29. If someone plans to jump off Mount Everest to commit suicide, you’ll need a lot of patience. It takes the average person 2.5 minutes to hit bottom. And we don’t want to know who timed it.

30. Here’s a job I definitely wouldn’t want to have. When Pyrenees beekeepers die, someone has to go around and splash every single one of their bees with black ink.

31. John Bowman, a tanner from Vermont believed that after his death he would be reincarnated with his pre-deceased wife and children. So, he ordered his house staff to have dinner on the table every night, just in case. They finally stopped in 1950 when the money finally dried up.

32. Think your décor is bad? Oscar Wilde’s last words were, "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has got to go" He fought the wallpaper and the wallpaper won.

33. An old superstition stated that if the doors in the house were locked, the soul of a dying person couldn’t get out.

34. Yet another superstition warns against pointing at a funeral procession, with the dire warning that you’ll die within a month. More proof for that whole three fingers pointing back at you thing.

35. Might want to read the labels a little more carefully. Nearly 2,500 lefties are killed every year using products meant for righties. Who knew? Now, just back away from those right-handed scissors.

36. A pet-parrot caused a ruckus at President Andrew Jackson’s funeral. His crime? Swearing during the ceremony. Guess he should have given Polly just one more cracker.

37. That ballpoint pen? The one you’re chewing on? Might want to put it down. 100 people are killed every year by choking on a ballpoint pen. Which proves the old quote about the pen being mightier than the sword. At least some of the time.

38. Apparently, they really are virtually destructible. A cockroach can reportedly live up to 9 days without its head. The only reason they finally kick over? Starvation.

39. And you thought sex appeal was the first to go. Allegedly, it’s actually your sight that goes first when you die. It’s your hearing that’s the last to go…. What was that?

[theking 35]

[linuxguy 0]

Vikram was at school this morning in the outskirts and the teacher asked

all the children what their fathers did for a living.

All the typical answers came out, Fireman, Policeman, Salesman,

Businessman, Captain of Industry etc, but

Vikram was being uncharacteristically quiet and so the teacher asked

him about his father.

"My father is an exotic dancer in a gay club and takes off all his

clothes in front of other men. Sometimes if the offer is really good,

he'll go out with a man, rent a cheap hotel room and let them sleep with

him."

The teacher quickly set the other children some work and took little

Vikram aside to ask him if that was really true.

"No" said Vikram , "He plays cricket for India but I was just too

embarrassed to say."

awesome!!

[theking 35]

This is an interesting piece of scrap...

In Year 1981

1. Prince Charles got married

2. Liverpool crowned Champions of Europe

3. Australia lost the Ashes

4. Pope Died

In Year 2005

1. Prince Charles got married (again)

2. Liverpool crowned Champions of Europe(again)

3. Australia lost the Ashes (again)

4. Pope Died (again)

Moral of the story -

In future, if Prince Charles decides to re-marry....

please warn the Pope!!

[drali 6]

10 most stupid Q,s

1. At the movies: When you meet acquaintances/friends…

Stupid Question: Hey, what are you doing here?

Answer: Don’t u know, I sell tickets in black over here…

2. In the bus:

A heavy lady wearing pointed high-heeled shoes steps on your feet…

Stupid Question:- Sorry, did that hurt?

Answer:-No, not at all, I’m on local anesthesia…..why don’t you try again.

3. At a funeral:

One of the teary-eyed people asks…

Stupid Question: Why, why him, of all people.

Answer: Why? Would it rather have been you?

4. At a restaurant: When you ask the waiter

Stupid Question: Is the “Butter Paneer Masala” good??

Answer: No, it’s terrible and made of adulterated cement. We occasionally also spit in it.

5. At a family get-together: When some distant aunt meets you after years

Stupid Question: Munna, Chickoo, you’ve become so big.

Answer: Well you haven’t particularly shrunk yourself.

6. When a friend announces her wedding, and you ask…

Stupid Question: Is the guy you’re marrying good?

Answer:-No, he’s a miserable wife-beating insensitive lout…it’s just the money.

7. When you get woken up at midnight by a phone call…

Stupid Question:- Sorry. were you sleeping?

Answer:- No. I was doing research on whether the Zulu tribes in Africa marry or not. You thought I was sleeping…. You dumb witted moron.

8. When you see a friend/colleague with evidently shorter hair…

Stupid Question: Hey have you had a haircut?

Answer: No, its autumn and I’m shedding……

9. At the dentist when he’s sticking pointed objects in your mouth…

Stupid Question:- Tell me if it hurts?

Answer: No it wont. It will just bleed.

10. You are smoking a cigarette and a cute woman in your office asks…

Stupid Question: Oh, so you smoke.

Answer: Gosh, it’s a miracle …………it was a piece of chalk and now it’s in flames!!!