Did you know?

[Madison]

Originally posted by Frank(Aflak)
They featured several other parking systems. One I remember was a kinda forklift device. You would pull up in the spot and pay the man (or the machine, it may have been automated) and it would slide its forks under your car and park it in any of a honeycomb of spots that it controlled (it had two directions of motion.) It never caught on because of price and maintenence. And noone would let their BMW get forklifted up twenty feet by either a robot or the scruffy-looking operator.

Walk around New York City sometime

They're not quite as you described, but there are plenty of parking lots that put cars into big giant cabinet-like things.

They do it with boats, too, when they're winterized.

[George1902]

I've heard a few nifty factoids lately and thought of this thread.

Did you know...

on every continent there is a city called Rome?

the pin that holds a hinge together is called a pintle?

the electric chair was invented by a dentist?

[Kel D]

ok this is completly random but did you know that it is illeagl to own a hedgehog in Pennsylvania. weird huh? just found that out.

[computhief263]

did u know...

In chico california...Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine

In texas...When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.

In new york... A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.

In maine...You may not step out of a plane in flight.

and finally, In pensacola, florida...A women can be fined (only after death), for being electrocuted in a bath-tub because of using self-beautification utensils.

cant help but laugh at all the dumb laws in the US, for more go to
http://www.dumblaws.com/index.html

[Alaina]

More dumb laws...

San Francisco:

-Prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street unless they are on a leash.
-Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street.

What good would a leash do on an elephant? Seriously! ...So who classifies the person as ugly? A police officer? Or can any person call the police and report an "ugly person"?

[Thos]

In North Carolina, it is illegal for a game of Bingo to last longer than five hours unless it is held at a fair.

[shyra1353]

does anyone know any dumb canadian laws?? because so far these are all dumb american laws.

some more dumb american laws:

In Minnesota, it is illegal to cross state lines with a duck on your head.

In Indiana, it is illegal to ride public transportation for at least 30
minutes after eating garlic.

Arizona requires its citizens to register with the state before going into
the business of selling cocaine, marijuana, heroin or other illegal drugs.

Pierre, South Dakota is the only example of a state and capital in the U.S.
that don't share any letters.


and some random american stats:


In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles.

About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it.

Only 55 percent of all Americans know that the sun is a star.

In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills. (of course)

There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones.

Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

In the U.S. there are more 2nd streets than there are 1st streets and Main street is not the most common; Pine street is.

did you know that Alaska is the state that pays the most for computer engineering when you first start?

did you know that i want to name one of my future kids Aristotle?

did you know that you can make a spectroscope out of some cardboard paper, an old cd, and some tape?

i didn't think so.....


"do you know the muffin man????......."

[Alaina]

"do you know the muffin man????......." [/b]

The muffin man?????


Did you know that if you are released from prison in Alberta, Canada, it is required that you are given a handgun with bullets and a horse, so you can ride out of town?

[Marygrace]

did you know that Jessie Owens's real name was J.C. but one of his teachers heard him wrong and he used Jesse ever since?

[kristen]

Did you know that 100% of the people who eat bread die??

[srawls]

Originally posted by kristen
Did you know that 100% of the people who eat bread die??

We'll just see about that

-Did you know that procrastanation is an art, and cruising Chief Delphi at 10:00 at night actually decreases your productivity? Who would have thought?

Stephen

[The Lucas]

Originally posted by srawls
We'll just see about that

-Did you know that procrastanation is an art, and cruising Chief Delphi at 10:00 at night actually decreases your productivity? Who would have thought?

Stephen

But CD is my favorite study break during late nights. 10:00 is early. Check the time on some of my posts and convert to EST. Yep 5 am. Going to bed at 5 am would make me sleep through alarm and miss first class at 8 am. Well I got a 12 page paper to write in the next week, did you know that? I should probably go write it.

[MissInformation]

Did you know that if you eat a pickle a day you probably won't get Scurvy?


MissInformation

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"Never invite a teenager into your house, it renders you powerless." Okay, so the real quote says "vampire" but it still applies to teens too.

[Jeff Waegelin]

Did you know that December 10th is the only day that no registered Chief Delphi user has a birthday listed?