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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: post something Quite Interesting.. |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2011, 9:13 am
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| Air is the key ingredient in ice cream; up to a quarter of the finished article is made from trapped particles of air. I think this was mentioned on QI: The history of ice cream << Mr Whippy Ice Cream: Ice Cream Van hire for weddings, events and parties One important development in the 20th century... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: post something Quite Interesting.. |
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Posted: 31 May 2011, 11:53 am
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| The World's Smallest Books The world's smallest book according to Guinness World Records is a tiny copy of Anton Chekov's short story, "The Chameleon." The book is a .9 by .9 millimeter book, which is slightly bigger than a grain of salt. Mark Palkovic, head of the Albino Gorno Memorial Music Libra... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: post something Quite Interesting.. |
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Posted: 27 May 2011, 7:42 pm
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Also from qikipedia:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSKyHmjyrkA[/youtube] |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: post something Quite Interesting.. |
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Posted: 27 May 2011, 7:37 pm
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From qikipedia:
Quote: A vulture can safely swallow enough botulism toxin to kill 300,000 guinea pigs |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: post something Quite Interesting.. |
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Posted: 27 May 2011, 7:33 pm
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| Water doesn't always freeze at 0C (32F): it needs something for its molecules to latch on to. Ice crystals form around 'nuclei', such as small particles of dust. Or bacteria: Bacteria-rich hailstones add to 'bioprecipitation' idea A study of hailstones has found large numbers of bacteria at their c... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: post something Quite Interesting.. |
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Posted: 27 May 2011, 1:47 pm
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| Fudo, do you subscribe to The QI Elves (qikipedia) on Twitter? I just discovered it today. (I just discovered how to work Twitter, on my crumbling old computer, last Friday!) |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Behaviour modification and mourning what's lost |
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Posted: 23 May 2011, 8:44 am
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| Is the two-person idea a strategy that you use yourself? It's something that's pretty much forced on me by the fact that the "caretaker" side took over completely for decades, it's hard to recover any awareness of who I once was, and when I do, it's like getting glimpses of another person. Or do yo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Behaviour modification and mourning what's lost |
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Posted: 23 May 2011, 8:17 am
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| It's just a thought, but can you perhaps learn to think of yourself as two people? As there is no-one to look after you, you have little alternative but to look after yourself. The danger is that the caretaker self takes over completely, and the creative side of you is starved. So the caretaker self... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: "Often" or "Often"? |
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Posted: 22 May 2011, 6:35 pm
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| Now I'm curious: does everybody pronounce the word "soften" as an "s" sound followed by the same sound as they make for the word "often" (whichever it is), or not? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone ever been institutionalized? |
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Posted: 22 May 2011, 6:27 pm
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Dots wrote: One thing I hated would be when the nurses would fling the door to my room open and bellow "So, are you hearing any voices today?"
If only it would have been safe to reply, "Yes, a really horrible voice - yours!"  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Behaviour modification and mourning what's lost |
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Posted: 22 May 2011, 6:01 pm
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| [...] I used to be very, very good at music for my age. Now I'm just average for my level of musical education and, in fact, slipping. It's like I can't make that part of my brain work like it used to if I'm doing all the other things that the weaker parts of my brain struggle with. Maybe it means ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone ever been institutionalized? |
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Posted: 22 May 2011, 11:51 am
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| He's a hollowed-out shell of the intelligent and artistic guy I grew up knowing. In reality, he is a gentle and interesting person, who never had a chance... because he was mislabeled, abandoned and never given the assistance he actually needed. Had someone around him understood something about Aut... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Talking? |
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Posted: 22 May 2011, 9:57 am
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| I've only read a few of your posts, but for what it's worth, although you sometimes sound cross, frustrated, and impatient, you have never sounded really rude, and you have certainly never sounded mean. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: With whom would you like to be marooned on a desert island? |
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Posted: 22 May 2011, 9:47 am
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| I can't think of a single person I've met in real life, or on tv, who I would like to be stranded with. But if I had a partner then probably them. Hopefully they would be of calm disposition, enjoy being solitary and independent, be handy at building tree houses and growing vegetables, and respectf... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Ultimate Aspie Sandwich |
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Posted: 22 May 2011, 6:20 am
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| But bananas make a good sandwich with cream cheese and honey. I want bananas. And Homer Simpson, so there! |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: With whom would you like to be marooned on a desert island? |
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Posted: 22 May 2011, 5:49 am
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| My list (UK-centric, for obvious reasons, and mainly consisting of comedians, for some less obvious reason): Joan Armatrading Bill Bailey Sanjeev Bhaskar Derren Brown Hugh Dennis Kenny Everett Stephen Fry Andy Hamilton Miranda Hart Richard Herring Eddie Izzard Jesus Christ (+ interpreter?!) Phil Jup... |
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