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did you know there are over 360 different types of cheese in France? so technically, you could eat one different cheese everyday of the year!
nathalie
September 25, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Speaking of food, do you know that a cow can produce five gallons of ice cream a day? Gross.
matts14
September 26, 2007 at 3:17 am
Did you know that the cigarette lighter was invented before the match?
matts14
September 27, 2007 at 1:40 pm
North Dakota is the only state in the US that has never had an earthquake.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year. (that ones kinda funny how do you choke on a pen???)
Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
abellon
September 28, 2007 at 12:50 pm
since this is a French class I thought some facts about France would be good soo here:
A Frenchman will fight viciously and without regard to his own life if you stand between him and a white flag.
To get with modern times, the French have adopted a stance of preemptive surrender
abellon
September 28, 2007 at 1:07 pm
There are 7 students in French 270W at UConn.
matts14
September 30, 2007 at 3:11 pm
The Storrs family, yes the descendants of our UCONN founding fathers, think the Special pizza at Mansfield’s restaurant is the best pizza they’ve ever eaten-and they have southern accents like whoah.
alm04002
September 30, 2007 at 5:08 pm
can you believe that Voltaire’s Candide was once banned? check this out along with other books too:
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html
nathalie
September 30, 2007 at 10:06 pm
so…while reading, i found this random fact! i’m not insinuating anything in putting it here cus this class is smart! Pliny (one of the greatest medical fathers during the Middle Ages) wrote that onion juice taken with water is good “for those suddenly stricken by dumbness”. good to know for those days when you just don’t feel with it…eat an onion then stay away from everyone for a while or brush your teeth and eat lots of breath mints!
nathalie
October 1, 2007 at 12:51 am
The first speed limit ever instituted was 2 mph.
matts14
October 3, 2007 at 12:02 am
Cheese is good people
abellon
October 3, 2007 at 4:16 pm
I just a saw a squirrel fall out of a tree!! i’m guessing it clung to a bunch of acorns that broke off from the branch and fell down with the acorns. it was so cartoon like!
nathalie
October 3, 2007 at 9:20 pm
“there was tommy two times, we called him that because he always said every thing twice”
“im gunna go get da papers get da papers”
Name that movie!
abellon
October 4, 2007 at 3:26 am
The Navy Carrier USS Regan only has to refuel once in it’s lifetime.
matts14
October 7, 2007 at 1:28 am
if the Yankees had lost last night, it would have been the first time ever that all four teams in the divison series swept 3-0 in playoff history!… but the yankees won and spoiled every thing! GO YANKS!
abellon
October 8, 2007 at 12:19 pm
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple. …..
Wu and Nat i know that you two are thinking very hard to find a word that rhymes now arent you!
abellon
October 8, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Mosquito repellents don’t repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito’s sensors so they don’t know you’re there. (i thought that was interesting)
abellon
October 8, 2007 at 1:12 pm
here’s a link I found about the “Artist’s Shit”, the one I mentioned in class…what do you think? Art or not? http://www.pieromanzoni.org/EN/index_en.htm
nathalie
October 8, 2007 at 10:16 pm
An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
matts14
October 9, 2007 at 4:58 am
we should not have class the rest of the week instead we should all go to the movies during our class time… thats a fact
abellon
October 9, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Don’t ‘apple’ or ’simple’ rhyme with ‘purple’? That’s if you only take into account the last syllable but still…
Cécile
October 10, 2007 at 11:32 am
as does “nurple”…haven’t you ever heard the expression “purple nurple”?
no? me neither.
alm04002
October 10, 2007 at 6:19 pm
yes..i’ve heard of “purple nurple”! so there Andrew, Alysse and I got it! on another note, Edson this morning decided to head-butt the concrete wall outside our classroom! For some strange reason, he thought the wall was out of wood or some softer material….don’t ask!
nathalie
October 11, 2007 at 12:48 am
in my defense it looked softer than it felt!! so there!
lol
edsonrivas
October 11, 2007 at 3:09 am
ugh this thing sucks! that smiley was supposed to be sticking its tounge out and not just smiling!
edsonrivas
October 11, 2007 at 3:10 am
and btw idk why this thing is saying that im up at 3 10 cause im not, right now its 11 10, this thing is on crack….
edsonrivas
October 11, 2007 at 3:10 am
Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
matts14
October 11, 2007 at 2:37 pm
at the four corner there is a fruit stand . the guys name is either mike or kent. he bought the stand from one of the storrs family guy named either mike or kent(i just cant recall the nAmes). also if uconn ever drops the ag. cult. department, the entire land would return back to the storr family.plus they have family going here for free that was the trade off
as for the movie i talked about . cloverfield type that up. its the code name to this kick ass movie coming out in 1-18-08
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloverfield
here is a trailor
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/ enjoy it !
wudaman2000
October 12, 2007 at 3:31 am
today i acutally made it into work on time! im very proud of myself!
abellon
October 15, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Heres a fact, I turn 20 this year.
matts14
October 16, 2007 at 12:05 am
Andrew…congrats on making it on time for once and Matt…you’re a young’in!
nathalie
October 16, 2007 at 3:53 am
so here is a fact. studying till 4am every night, getting up the following day at 7 for work, add in the fact that when on adderall you don’t eat, then go take 2 exams and begin drinking at 3pm…. that equals drunk off of 4 drinks, and a very very bad hang over the next morning… im looking forward to tailgating at 3pm today… maybe i will take a little nap in my car
abellon
October 19, 2007 at 3:07 pm
“I’m from Asteroid B-612″……..
wana fight about it
abellon
October 19, 2007 at 3:09 pm
More than 40,000 people each year die from Toilet Injuries. hahaha sad but true
matts14
October 22, 2007 at 1:10 am
i need a vacation.
abellon
October 22, 2007 at 1:06 pm
fact i should be reading “the little prince” right now but im very tired and lazy… i think we should cancel class all next week in celebration of halloween
abellon
October 22, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Fact!!! mike meyers should make another Austin Powers movie… i was just thinking of the Meow Mix song in the first one and made me wana say that there should be a fourth
abellon
October 22, 2007 at 3:48 pm
since our boy Edson wasnt here . we can live with him today through … drum roll please… YOUTUBE!
wudaman2000
October 25, 2007 at 3:07 am
opps looks like that HTML , soooo did not even bother to work !
here is the rainbow center which Edson performed for
wudaman2000
October 25, 2007 at 3:08 am
fact there is 2 kinds of stress, good stress and bad stress… if you ask me stress is stress good or bad it still pisses me off!!!
abellon
October 25, 2007 at 3:24 pm
why doesn ‘t this surprise me?
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7379630
nathalie
October 26, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Fact (donated by my sister because I’m home dressed up as lame Alysse for saturdayhalloween): Porcupines don’t float.
alm04002
October 28, 2007 at 2:39 am
FACT in 2004 the Boston Red Sox gained 200,000+ fans;
FACT Red Sox fans call Yankees fans “fair weather fans”;
FACT Upon winning 2 world series in the last 3 years the Red Sox Fans have continued to increase… whos the fair weather fans now!
FACT ALTHOUGH THE RED SOX WON THE WORLD SERIES THIS YEAR THEY STILL SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
abellon
October 29, 2007 at 12:32 pm
FACT; storming the field at the Uconn football game this saturday was one of my best UCONN moments,
another fact about that game, the field smelled like manure… it was pretty gross!
abellon
October 29, 2007 at 12:38 pm
comments anyone? http://www.newsweek.com/id/62474?GT1=10450
nathalie
October 29, 2007 at 11:00 pm
UConn’s ranked 13th in the BCS and will prob. be top 10 if we beat Rutgers.
matts14
October 29, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Fact: Alysse is not a whore contrary to today’s literary exposure…also she likes pink bunnies and cute babies and fluffy things so she’s not as cold hearted and cruel as one might think.
alm04002
October 30, 2007 at 12:29 am
Fact: Alysse really doesn’t like pink bunnies…that was a lie due to her trying to be witty. I guess it’s true what they say…
alm04002
October 30, 2007 at 12:30 am
oh Alysse…you did not just write that
we never judge!
nathalie
October 30, 2007 at 12:54 am
… i know the truth!!!
abellon
October 30, 2007 at 3:29 pm
GUYS These are the videos I was talking about hilarious!!!!!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xzKHQX59Wso
russell peters
and this one Daniel Tosh
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7r5A4QG8iXM
wudaman2000
November 1, 2007 at 3:49 am
ok so halloween… good times… dont remember much of the night… but gooooooood times!
abellon
November 1, 2007 at 3:45 pm
haha this is like 2yrs old but its still funny:
matts14
November 4, 2007 at 8:19 pm
nathalie’s gonna laugh at me when i walk into class tomorrow cuz she came to greek night and i was waaasted. can’t wait.
leni121
November 4, 2007 at 8:56 pm
eleni…i’m still laughing now!
nathalie
November 5, 2007 at 1:13 am
i was going to come to your little greek bar night, but i didnt get back from the football game till about 1:30am and i knew it was already last call so it was pointless… but i hope you guys raised some money… other than that heres my random facts (ill only give 5 today):
1.) i hate idiotic red sox and pats fans with a passion
2.) pirates of the carribbean 3 is a trippy movie
3.) i love wine and cheese
4.) never try to eat 50 wings from hooters with only 1 pitcher of beer it leads to an upset stomach and digesting a full bottle of tums
5.) i went into a gas station to get some things after i went to hooters and the lady at the register told me and I QUOTE: “you smell like food” i laughed for a while
abellon
November 5, 2007 at 3:26 pm
so….the scoop! Neil was as hot as Andrew’s party strippers! i had to turn off the running hot water and melting bath salts IMMEDIATELY!
nathalie
November 5, 2007 at 8:08 pm
The Heat is on ! a little cozy tonight by conventry lake… hmmm
wudaman2000
November 6, 2007 at 12:18 am
boowww-chicka-chicka-woww-woooowwww!
abellon
November 6, 2007 at 3:11 pm
What if Neil enjoyed long walks on the beach? in this case a lake. HA!
matts14
November 7, 2007 at 2:06 am
male rats scream at 50,000 (lounder than humans can hear) decibels upon orgasm…they have a refractory period after orgasm but it only applies to the female that they just had sex with, not other she-rats. these are the things that psychology majors learn-sweet
alm04002
November 7, 2007 at 2:26 am
in response to Matt’s comment about long walks around the lake with my heater man….VOMIT! alysse…just a question, but what do rats and their sex life have to do with psych?
nathalie
November 7, 2007 at 2:29 am
Alysse is out of words to say. I think you just hit the spot at the candy shop!
um the green driving tunnel in this page is nice! very hypnotic… its never ending…
wudaman2000
November 10, 2007 at 8:37 pm
I made this during the summer , its on youtube … WuTV Cribs!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJoWitDtmbA
enjoy
p.s. I thought we can do our own HTML on this
GRRRRRR
wudaman2000
November 10, 2007 at 8:48 pm
Wu…don’t know what class would be without you in it! what was that youtube thing about? were you really trying to sell? who’s aptm was that anyways?
nathalie
November 10, 2007 at 11:10 pm
nathalie
November 12, 2007 at 9:14 pm
im gonna try to put a picture up like everyone else. don’t be surprised if:
a) i break my computer
b) break a finger
c) get frustrated and leave the country
leni121
November 14, 2007 at 2:49 am
no just kidding. im gonna email nat the pictures first. then i have an exam in the morning i have to study for and seeing as posting a picture would take me a couple of hours to figure out, that doesnt fit into my schedule tonight. ok bye.
leni121
November 14, 2007 at 2:53 am
Okay for all you tela tequila lovers who watched that show. I am writing this before I forget my spunky passion after what I just saw. So I m over at my family friends crib eating some rice and beans and some chicken. Afterwards I go and rest on an airbed(those are so cool). I turn on the tv and since there is no controler, I use the index finger! and i come across channel 20 which is MTV in NYC area. And at 8 pm is that show Alysse and Eleni watch. Boy that was interesting. It was unique they have the main girl saying who is leaving and who isnt and blah blah . But I saw the throw-down between the 2 girls. Wow myspace is for psychos! Everyone is in love with that girl? Come on this bacardi and lime or tequila whatever you call it is UGLY! sorry but beauty doesnt not lie within the beholder for these boring shallow folks. Let me tell you something, I can find you a HOT A$$ ASIAN anytime and 100X better. But guys, FLAVA FLAV was way better. This show is all drama. But Let me know what happens next. I used to watch TV, now I listen to Eleni and Alysse ramble on about there ABC weekends. I cant wait till next week when we return to hear what these girls have to say. Isnt Miss Royes in this as well?
wudaman2000
November 19, 2007 at 4:07 am
reality tv shows is the cause of the downfall of western society
abellon
November 26, 2007 at 1:39 pm
a cup of starbucks coffee can contain anywhere from 400 to 700 calories (i think thats for a medium cup)… caramel machiattos contain even more specially when you add whipped cream… oh well they are still amazing.
edsonrivas
November 26, 2007 at 4:23 pm
random fact…. i will fail the participation part of my grade for this class if i dont post more comments….
haha
edsonrivas
November 26, 2007 at 4:24 pm
random fact… 2 exams, 2 homework assignments, and an exam in one week does not bode well
matts14
November 27, 2007 at 4:41 am
nat, for a person who said in class monday “im not a big chocolate fan” you sure do have quite a few pics of chocolate and food with chocolate in that little slide show of yours… fact you love chocolate and you cant get enough of it!
abellon
November 27, 2007 at 2:23 pm
in my defense…i do like chocolate however only certain kinds! as for the various chocolate pictures…i took those since i was mesmerized with their esthetique beauty and creativity!
nathalie
November 27, 2007 at 7:11 pm
hahahahahahahaha I think I got “dissed” by wu. “I used to watch TV, now I listen to Eleni and Alysse ramble on about there ABC weekends.”
I take back everything I said on the reflections page. Just kidding!
alm04002
November 28, 2007 at 4:08 am
Hair is made out of the same substance as fingernails
The heart produces enough pressure that it can squirt blood at a distance of over 35 feet.
ew
alm04002
November 28, 2007 at 4:15 am
i didnt diss you . you guys are my RSS feed now . whats new
wudaman2000
November 30, 2007 at 1:56 am
cheese
abellon
December 3, 2007 at 3:18 pm
adderall + 8coffees + 7 straight hours in the library = stress, anger, and not going to bed till 4am
p.s. i love the person who invented adderall
abellon
December 7, 2007 at 3:33 pm
I dominated 1 final yesterday, i have one friday and one saturday. Who is going to be around saturday night to hang out and “destressify” with me?
abellon
December 12, 2007 at 5:31 pm
happy new year!
abellon
December 31, 2007 at 7:23 pm
BONNE ANNEE! may 2008 be awesome for everyone
nathalie
January 1, 2008 at 6:12 pm