Today we continue with our delightful
new series," "Ask the President
a Question." It will be sort of like
a fireside chat -- you sitting on the
lap of Curtis R. Greenwald -- founder,
president and chairman of the board
of Bots-R-Us located in Walla Walla,
Wash.
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>Today's Question:
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Mr. Greenwald, we already know you're smart
as a whip. Please tell us some offbeat things
that proves you're smarter than we think you are.
Hmmm! Okay. Let me give it some thought...
Ready?
Yep!
Butterflies taste with their feet.
WHAT?
Yep! Butterflies taste with their feet.
I didn't know that.
I knew you wouldn't... And I've brought along a few pictures...
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Tell us more, Mr. President. Tell us MORE!
Well, a duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
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You're amazing, Mr. President.
Yes, indeed I am... And here's more...
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than
all the world's nuclear weapons combined.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint
pens every year.
On average people fear spiders more than they do
death.
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Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently
arrived immigrants.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal
ads for dating are already married.
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
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Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or
older.
It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
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The main library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every
year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into
account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
A snail can sleep for three years.
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No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH".
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our
nose and ears never stop growing.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
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I can't believe you're that smart. Mr. President.
Indeed, I am. Now let me continue...
All polar bears are left handed.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from
their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using
the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English
language.
If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be
39-23-33. And she'd stand seven feet, two inches tall.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
Mr. President, PLEASE stop already. You're SO smart,
You should run for President of the U.S. of A.
I'm thinking of it, Sonny
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(The God Bless You, Mr. Greenwald Committee
acknowledges donations toward today's segment
of "Fireside Chat" from the Bic Ballpoint Pen Co.,
the New York City Cab Drivers' Union, Major League
Baseball, Papa John's Pizza and The Ostrich Family.
Slobby Don - 19 Jun 2005 18:31 GMT
> If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be
> 39-23-33. And she'd stand seven feet, two inches tall.
She could also be 5'6" and 29-18-25 or any where in between, although most
would say 7'2" is larger than life!
HarryKrause - 19 Jun 2005 18:47 GMT
>>If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be
>>39-23-33. And she'd stand seven feet, two inches tall.
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> She could also be 5'6" and 29-18-25 or any where in between, although most
> would say 7'2" is larger than life!
If she could toss balls through a hoop...

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Sanford Manley - 19 Jun 2005 20:39 GMT
HarryKrause said:
>>> If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be
>>> 39-23-33. And she'd stand seven feet, two inches tall.
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> If she could toss balls through a hoop...
She could toss my balls anywhere she wanted

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Seamus - 22 Jun 2005 19:33 GMT
>Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
When's the last time that you saw a jumping coral ?
AKA - 23 Jun 2005 00:30 GMT
> >Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
> When's the last time that you saw a jumping coral ?
Yesterday. Since they don't like you they only jump when you're not
looking.