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There is a mineral called cummingtonite.

http://www.geology.neab.net/minerals/cummingt.htm>link
Treebeard
11:22:34 AM
5/16/03

link
Treebeard
11:23:35 AM
5/16/03

free..didn't you post this same thing a few weeks ago..
OPIE
11:37:56 AM
5/16/03

MEGAFAUNA
"When North America was first settled, beavers there grew to the size of bears."
smokygirl
01:35:28 PM
12/28/01

stop foolin!
2scoops
1:16:04 PM
5/18/03

The quack of a duck does not echo... and no one knows why...
Tilt
2:00:19 PM
5/18/03

well thats just quackers!
2scoops
2:14:03 PM
5/18/03

there is no word in the english language that rhymes with orange....

coincidence? i think not...
stratdewd
2:15:31 PM
5/18/03

Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots.
Tilt
2:24:27 PM
5/18/03

bedah bedah bedah bebabbeba ba that's all folks....
stratdewd
2:28:56 PM
5/18/03

If you don't pay your exorcist bill, do you get repossessed?
Tilt
2:54:19 PM
5/18/03

speaking of sex and pigs
the term "screwing" comes from the fact that a male pigs little pigy is corkscrew-shaped
2scoops
3:08:37 PM
5/18/03

my hand smells like fish
2scoops
7:09:18 PM
5/18/03

for some sad reason i am not suprised to hear that last lil tidbit of useless fact that i really didn't need to know.........
stratdewd
8:13:56 PM
5/18/03

smell my finger
youre dying to know why, i can see it in your eyes.
2scoops
8:35:18 PM
5/18/03

"There are more synonyms for being intoxicated than for any other condition or object in the English language."
- The Guinness Book of World Records
chili36
2:24:44 PM
6/27/03

...boxing the clown is a close second...
ThePackMan
2:46:01 PM
6/27/03

Reminds me, gotta get out of this place and into a good drink!
Geobeet
4:56:32 PM
6/27/03

Long Live Rock!
Termites eat through wood 2 times faster when listening to rock music...
treebeard
3:21:55 PM
6/30/03

It's not the rock, it's the dope, man. They get the munchies...
bitpusher
3:24:10 PM
6/30/03

Bet they would tear through some of those thick stems REAL fast!
treebeard
3:26:56 PM
6/30/03

I can see it now: termite-processed dope...
bitpusher
3:27:59 PM
6/30/03

Swimming pools in the US contain enough water to cover San Francisco.
Geobeet
3:28:48 PM
6/30/03

That sounds like a good idea.
ThePackMan
3:30:12 PM
6/30/03

The fastest served ball in tennis was clocked at 154 mph in 1963.
lumberzac
10:13:22 AM
4/22/04

Sure that wasn't Jai Alai?
Treebeard
10:18:54 AM
4/22/04

Tree was he a tennis player?
must hike
10:19:54 AM
4/22/04

I don't know. That's what my Snapple bottle cap said.
lumberzac
10:22:27 AM
4/22/04

No, but if this ball clocks ya, you may think you're playing tennis...



Treebeard
10:22:49 AM
4/22/04

Back in 1919 the Russian transplant pioneer Serge Voronoff made headlines by grafting monkey testicles onto human males.
must hike
10:23:03 AM
4/22/04

After the brain damage sets in, that is!
Treebeard
10:23:22 AM
4/22/04

Rock & roll!
Termites eat through wood 2X faster when listening to rock music!
Treebeard
10:24:14 AM
4/22/04

more people die every year from head injuries caused by falling coconuts - then by shark attacks.
sacco
10:28:05 AM
4/22/04

On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.
lumberzac
10:31:25 AM
4/22/04

"A nickle isn't worth dime"
Yogi Berra
snafu29
10:31:41 AM
4/22/04

Not Jai Alai balls?
Treebeard
10:31:48 AM
4/22/04

if you lived here, you'd be home by now...
Treebeard
10:32:28 AM
4/22/04

The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years.
lumberzac
10:35:37 AM
4/22/04

In the 1985 Boise, Idaho mayoral election, there were four write-in votes for Mr. Potato Head.
chili36
11:49:29 AM
4/22/04

On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10."
lumberzac



...woulda been funny, real funny, if it was 4:20....
Roam Around
11:51:15 AM
4/22/04

Ho-Ho-Kus, a small town in New Jersey, is the only town in the United States of America that has two dashes in its name.
must hike
11:58:37 AM
4/22/04

Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in the building of the Hoover Dam in 1933.
techntrek
1:02:51 PM
4/22/04

"On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10."
lumberzac



...woulda been funny, real funny, if it was 4:20...."
Roam Around
11:51:15 AM
04/22/04





not that this rich guy would know much about that but roam beat me to the line...damnit
shep0987
6:36:01 PM
4/22/04

The fastest pelota thrown in jai alai was clocked at 188mph.
simer190
6:47:02 PM
4/22/04

Strangers die everyday.
Buddur
6:54:50 PM
4/22/04

The monkey testicle thing turned out to be a hoax, BTW.
gremlin
3:47:39 PM
4/23/04

Placebo effect...
The results were overwhelmingly successful.
gremlin
3:48:35 PM
4/23/04

The occasional "black" you fine in canned tuna is rat sheehite!
bearmagnet
4:18:32 PM
4/23/04

Maybe find? Maybe I need coffee?
bearmagnet
4:25:18 PM
4/23/04

A raindrop falls at about 7 mph
mtnsteve
4:32:18 PM
4/23/04

A certain wasp species likes to lay there eggs in figs. That's why Fignewtons (sp?) are crunchy.
bearmagnet
4:35:20 PM
4/23/04

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