FW: interesting facts

 

This really is interesting.......   "duh, I didn't know that."   "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand   And "lollipop"   is the longest word typed with your right hand. (Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)     No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.     "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". (Are you doubting this?)         Our eyes   are always the same size from birth,   but our nose and ears    never stop growing.        The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet. (Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for accuracy, right?       The words 'racecar,'   'kayak' and 'level'   are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes). (Yep, I knew you were going to "do" this one.)         There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. (You're not doubting this, are you?)          There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious." (Yes, admit it, you are going to say, a e i o u) TYPEWRITER     is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test this out)     A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.     A goldfish    has a memory span of three seconds. (Some days that's about what my memory span is.)     A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.     A shark   is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.     A snail    can sleep for three years. (I know some people that could do this too.!)       Almonds are a member of the peach   family.       An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. (I know some people like that also)         Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.   February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.         In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.       If the population of China walked past you,  8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.         Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors       Peanuts   are one of the ingredients of dynamite!           Rubber bands last longer  when refrigerated.        The average person's left hand does 56%  of the typing.           The cruise liner, QE 2 moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.         The microwave   was invented  after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Good thing he did that.)         The winter of 1932 was so cold that  Niagara Falls froze completely solid.       There are more chickens than people in the world.         Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.             Women blink nearly twice as much as men.       Now you know more than you did before!!

 

when i say

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not shouting 'I'm clean livin''
I'm whispering 'I was lost, Now I'm found and forgiven.'

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble and need Christ to be my guide.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak and need His strength to carry on.

When I say.. 'I am a Christian' I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed and need God to clean my mess.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible but, God believes I am worth it.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I still feel the sting of pain..
I have my share of heartaches, so I call upon His name.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner Who received God's good grace, somehow!

****************************

A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ
that a man should have to seek Him first to find her.'

 

Maybe we should drop a few more pins...

I think it puts things into the appropriate perspective.
 
 

When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was
 
 

asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an
 
 

example of empire building' by George Bush.
 
 

 He answered by

 saying, 'Over the years, the United States has
 
 

sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for
 
 

freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked
 
 

for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.
 
 

   You could have heard a pin drop.
 
 

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 

 A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that
 
 

included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and
 
 

French Navies.  At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with
 
 

a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those
 
 

countries.  Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their
 
 

drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, 'whereas
 
 

Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.'  He then asked,
 
 

'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences
 
 

rather than speaking French?'   Without hesitating, the

 American
 
 

Admiral replied 'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and
 
 

Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'
 
 

 You could have heard a pin drop.
 
 

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 

 AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
 
 

 A group of Americans, retired teachers, recently went to France
 
 

on a tour.  Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris
 
 

by plane.   At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his
 
 

passport in his carry on.  'You have been to France before,
 
 

monsieur?'  the customs officer

 asked sarcastically.  Mr. Whiting
 
 

admitted that he had been to France previously.  'Then you should know
 
 

enough to have your passport ready.'  The American said, 'The last time I
 
 

was here, I didn't have to show it.' 'Impossible.  Americans
 
 

always have to show your passports on arrival in France !'  The American senior
 
 

gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained.
 
 

'Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in '44 to help
 
 

liberate this country, I couldn't find any Frenchmen to show it
 
 

to.'
 
 

 You could have

 heard a pin drop

 

The Patriot Micro Chip

Introducing:

THE PATRIOT MICRO CHIP is intended to be implanted in terrorists.  

The implant is specifically designed to be installed in the forehead.

When properly installed it will allow the implantee to speak to God.

               

              

It comes in various sizes:

 

The Implantee may or may not be allowed to choose the size.  

The implant may or may not be painless.

Some bleeding and or swelling may  occur at the injection site.

 

Please enjoy the security we provide for you.

Best regards,

UNITED STATES MARINE CORP 

 

 

The Pastor's Cat

Hope the story leaves a bright spot in your day.

 Dwight Nelson recently told a true story about the pastor
 of his church. He had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his backyard and
 then was afraid to come down. The pastor coaxed, offered warm milk,
 etc.

 The kitty would not come down.

 The tree was not sturdy enough to climb, so the pastor
 decided that if he tied a rope to his car and pulled it until the tree bent
 down, he could then reach up and get the kitten.

 That's what he did, all the while checking his progress
 in the car. He then figured if he went just a little bit further, the tree
 would be bent sufficiently for him to reach the kitten. But as he
 moved the car a little further forward, the rope broke.

 The tree went 'bo ing!' and the kitten instantly
 sailed through the air - out of sight.

& nbsp;The pastor felt terrible. He walked all over the
 neighborhood asking people if they'd seen a little kitten.

 No. Nobody had seen a stray kitten.

 So he prayed, 'Lord, I just commit this kitten to your
 keeping,' and went on about his business.

 A few days later he was at the grocery store, and met one
 of his church members He happened to look into her shopping cart

 and was amazed to see cat food.

 This woman was a cat hater and everyone knew it, so he
 asked her, 'Why are you buying cat food when you hate cats

 so much?'  She replied, 'You won't believe this,' and then told him

 how her little girl had been begging her for a cat, but she kept refusing.

 Then a few days before, the child had begged again, so the
 Mom finally told her little girl, 'Well, if God gives you a cat,
 I'll let you keep it.' She told the pastor, 'I watched my child go out
 in the yard, get on her knees, and ask God for a cat. And really, Pastor, you
 won't believe this, but I saw it with my own eyes. A kitten suddenly came
 flying out of the blue sky, with its paws outspread, and landed right
 in front of her.'


 Lesson learned: Never underestimate the Power of God and
 His unique sense of humor.'