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This is without a doubt one of the coolest PC-Illusions that I have seen so far.
Follow these instructions:
1. Relax and concentrate on the 4 small dots in the middle of the picture for about 30 seconds.
2. Take a look at a blank space on a wall near you.
3. You will see a circle of light developing.
4. Start blinking your eyes a couple of times and you will see a figure emerging.
What do you see? Or better, WHO do you see?
There is no problem with the potato; just cut off the sprouts, and it's fine for eating. A sprout of any size can be toxic, but you'd have to eat many sprouts to get sick. Do not buy if they have sprouted or have a green tint to the skin. The same is true for potatoes that turn a greenish hue. A potato in this condition is "light-struck." This happens when a chemical, just beneath the potato's skin, reacts to light. The green part will taste a little bitter, but if you peel it off, the rest of the potato will taste fine.
There is a hidden picture inside the picture below. It can be seen in 3D without 3D glasses! Take a hard look and see if you can find the 'hidden dinosaur...
I have a Golden retriever & I was buying a large bag of Purina at Wal-Mart and was in line to check out. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog. On impulse, I told her that no, I was starting The Purina Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.
I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry & that the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.
I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story, particularly a guy who was behind her. Horrified, she asked if I'd ended up in the hospital in that condition because I had been poisoned. I told her no; it was because I'd been sitting in the street licking my balls and a car hit me. I thought one guy was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so hard as he staggered out the door.
*Thanks, Daryn
Ma and Pa, both 91, lived in a retirement community.
They met in the social centre and discovered over time that they enjoyed each other's company.
After several weeks of meeting for coffee, Pa asked Ma out for dinner and, much to his delight, she accepted.
They had a lovely evening. They dined at the most romantic restaurant in town. And despite his age, Pa was still a charmer.
Afterward, Pa asked Ma to join him at his place for an after-dinner drink. Things continued along a natural course and age being no inhibitor, Ma soon joined Pa for a most enjoyable roll in the hay.
As they were basking in the glow of the magic moments they'd shared, each was lost for a time in their own thoughts.
Pa was thinking: "If I'd known she was a virgin, I'd have been more gentle."
Ma was thinking: "If I'd known he could still do it, I'd have taken off my pantyhose."
Rochambeau, the “rock, paper, scissors” game, originated in Egypt in 2000 B.C.
The game, played by “throwing” hand signs, traveled to Greece and then on to the Romans, where they called it Micatio. It was used to settle disputes over merchandise transactions in the forums and was so common in ancient Rome that there was a proverb to describe an honest person: Dignus est quicum in tenebris mices, which means: “Trustworthy enough to play Micatio in the dark with him.”
Here's another nice piece of engineering and construction.
This time the locale is JAPAN. Here's the exterior shot of the building. Note the surrounding area . . mountains, sea shore, golf course, residential area.
What do you think is inside this building?
Imagine a beach where the sky is always blue, it's never too hot or cold, the water isn't filled with salt and pollution, and the surf is always perfect - welcome to Ocean Dome, the world's only indoor beach.
Ocean Dome has its own flame-spitting volcano, crushed white marble "sand", and it also boasts the world's largest retractable roof, providing a permanently blue sky. Temperature, wind and humidity are closely controlled to provide an ultra-safe "sea-side" experience. Every hour, the volcano erupts and the hi-tech wave machines start up, starting a few minutes of sanitized surfing. Entrance cost is US $50 per person, which seems especially expensive given that there is a free, natural beach only 300 meters away.
The roof is retractable . . so the SURF'S UP . rain or shine!
When the roof is closed, you still get blue sky and puffy white clouds.
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul."
Of course, Paul's support is obvious, but it is equally obvious that to rob from Peter to pay Paul will make Peter very, very angry.
My question is this: "How can you run a good government with a sore Peter?"
An American traveling through Europe is riding a train in Germany. At one point, the ticket inspector comes into the compartment, punches the passengerÃs ticket, and then chats cordially in German for a bit, making gestures like a windmill. The man, who speaks no German, simply smiles and nods from time to time to show that he is interested.
Finally, the ticket inspector bows and leaves the compartment. At that point, a woman sitting across from the man leans forward and says in English, "You don't speak any German, do you?"
"No," the man says.
"Then that explains why you didn't bat an eye when he told you that you were on the wrong train, going in the wrong direction and that the next stop is an hour from now."
Buster Keaton was the illegitimate son of Harry Houdini.
He was born Joseph Francis Keaton in 1895. Buster’s parents, Joe and Myra, were players in the Mohawk Indian Medicine Company, a traveling vaudeville revue that also boasted the talents of escape artist Harry Houdini. Buster’s showbiz debut came early when his mother and father, absorbed in their acrobatic comedy act, didn’t notice that their son had crawled onstage, much to the audience’s delight. Buster was quickly recruited into the act.
The only real surfer in the Beach Boys was Dennis Wilson.
Dennis, the second of the three Wilson brothers—Brian was the eldest, Carl the youngest—was the only one who actually surfed. The three brothers formed the Beach Boys in 1961, along with cousin Mike Love and pal Al Jardine.
If you are struck by lightning, your socks and shoes may help prevent injury.
If you’re struck by lightning, your shoes and socks will likely be knocked off. Rapid heating, evaporation, and expansion of sweat on your skin literally blows your clothes off. If this happens, the current does not enter the body and should not cause injury.
By law, the U.S. Gold Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky, may contain only gold.
Fort Knox has stored our own Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, Lincoln’s Gettysburg address, and three volumes of the Gutenberg Bible. Valuable items for other governments have also been stored there, including the Magna Carta, not to mention the crown, sword, scepter, orb, and cape of St. Stephen, king of Hungary.
Chief Sitting Bull died in “Custer’s Last Stand” at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Sitting Bull did not participate in the massacre—though he was blamed for it. The leader of the Lakota Sioux had a vision in 1876 that spurred 3,500 Cheyenne and Sioux to attack General Custer at Little Big Horn. Sitting Bull was hunted down, captured, and confined to Fort Buford.
Certain U.S. coins are minted with ridges on their edges for a better grip.
Called “reeding,” the ridges on the U.S. dollar, half-dollar, quarter, and dime were placed there because these coins were once made of precious metal. The reeded edges discouraged counterfeiting and fraudulent use, such as filing off the edges to recover the silver. Now, most coins are made of far less expensive nickel-clad copper. Nickels and pennies, which have smooth edges, have never contained precious metal and therefore weren’t reeded.
The actor who portrayed the “Marlboro Man” for the world’s best-selling cigarette died of lung cancer.
Actually, many models and cowboys were used in television and print ads for the Phillip Morris tobacco company, but two of them, Wayne McLaren and David McLean, died of cancers that began in their lungs. McLaren appeared in an anti-smoking ad near the end of his life in 1992, while McLean’s widow filed a wrongful death suit against Phillip Morris, Inc. a year after her husband’s death in 1996, claiming the company’s cigarettes were the cause of his cancers. A judgment in the suit is still pending.
Lebanon is the only country in the Middle East that does not have a desert.
Once part of the Fertile Crescent, which was home to the Phoenicians, Lebanon is essentially a valley set between two mountain ranges. The mountains are rough and rocky, but Lebanon is generally considered a “green” country—an astonishing anomaly compared to the rest of the Arab Middle East, which is 90% desert.
LOS ANGELES - Bruno Kirby, a versatile character actor with a flair for comedy who was best known for his roles in "When Harry Met Sally … " "City Slickers" and "Good Morning, Vietnam," has died. He was 57.
Kirby died Monday in a Los Angeles hospital from complications of recently diagnosed leukemia, said family spokesman Bill Harrison.
