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Fri Dec-03-04 05:36 PM
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Do you ever wonder who was the first person ever to do a particular thing? |
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I wonder about stuff like this:
Who was the first person to write "WASH ME!" on a dirty automobile?
Who first baked coffee beans until they were black, then ground & boiled them and drank the result?
Who invented pie?
What do you wonder about (besides how much longer I can let my mind wander like this before I become catatonic)?
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Fri Dec-03-04 05:38 PM
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1. Who Was The First Person to Eat Crawdads.... |
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...and just how hungry was he??
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(Had to be a man - women tend to have more common sense.)
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Fri Dec-03-04 05:41 PM
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5. Reminds me of an old story |
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about a farmer who had occasion to visit the big city. He went out for a meal at a fancy restaurant. He was served a bowl of consomme, which he ate. Then a celery salad, which he ate. Then a lobster, at which he balked. He told the waiter, "Now, look here. I drank your dishwater. I ate your bouquet. But I'll be damned if I'm gonna eat your bug."
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Fri Dec-03-04 05:38 PM
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2. Who decided that painting your eyelids would be sexy? |
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Fri Dec-03-04 05:56 PM
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12. Well - we know that goes back at LEAST as far as |
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Fri Dec-03-04 05:39 PM
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are you the first DUer to ask this question?
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Fri Dec-03-04 05:40 PM
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4. Who told the first knock knock joke? |
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And how did they get the other person to say, "Who's there" and "___ who?"
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Fri Dec-03-04 05:53 PM
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11. "Knock Knock" Jokes Started in the 1920s |
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During Prohibition, there were "speakeasies" - bars hidden in the basements of or behind legitimate businesses. To gain access, you knocked on the door, someone on the other side would as who you were, and you had to say a specific name or phrase to get in. This led to the "Knock Knock" joke.
(This concludes this afternoon's history lesson.) :-)
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Sat Dec-04-04 09:30 AM
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Thank you for solving that mystery for me!
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Fri Dec-03-04 05:42 PM
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6. who milked the first cow? |
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and how did they know which one to milk?
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Fri Dec-03-04 05:47 PM
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decide to drink the milk?
I'm going to assume the first person to try drinking piss invented the first cheap beer. :think:
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Sat Dec-04-04 11:52 AM
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28. "first cheap beer" LOL |
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Fri Dec-03-04 05:42 PM
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7. who was the first to say "george w bush would make a fine president"? |
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Fri Dec-03-04 05:50 PM
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9. Who dried up tobacco leaves, roleed them together, |
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Put them in their mouth, and set them on fire?
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:26 AM
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48. Bob Newhart does a really funny telephone bit |
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Fri Dec-03-04 05:50 PM
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10. Who decided that women had a need for panty hose? |
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Sat Dec-04-04 09:53 AM
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I think that high heels, bra's and pantyhose were all invented by men. :hurts:
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Sat Dec-04-04 11:01 PM
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As I recall, there are two theories on who invented the bra. One said that a man did, one that a woman did, and both say it was sometime in the late 19th century.
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Fri Dec-03-04 06:25 PM
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13. Who was the first to say, "You know, George W. Bush ought to be President" |
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Honestly, who was the first person in this world to have that thought. Who looked at him and said, "Yeah, him, that's the one, he should be the leader of the free world...if only I could figure out how."
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Fri Dec-03-04 06:28 PM
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14. how do you know that they were done by one person? |
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Maybe these things were a group effort. I'm pretty sure that the first "wash me" sign was a group effort involving several people.
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Fri Dec-03-04 06:41 PM
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15. Subject: Who did what first? |
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Another facet of this question is that by juxtaposing various people and events, we come to realize that, for example: Beethoven never heard a saxophone. Abraham Lincoln never tasted pizza. Leonardo da Vinci never wore sneakers. Queen Victoria never played Twister.
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Fri Dec-03-04 06:57 PM
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16. Who was the first person to pick wheat berries... |
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crush them to a fine powder, add yeast and sugar, knead the dough and bake bread? (The yeast must have been unintentional).
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Sat Dec-04-04 09:23 PM
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41. You beat me to this one, I think about that all the time. Grain--check. |
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Grinding up grain--check. Mixing with water for paste--check. Adding yeast and firing the whole thing up? WTF?
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Fri Dec-03-04 07:00 PM
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17. I always think about the people who invented oral sex |
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Fri Dec-03-04 07:48 PM
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25. The origins of oral sex have always baffled me. |
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While the results are enjoyable, you have to think about what those parts were originally intended to do and wonder what was going through the mind of the first person to give it a try. It <i>IS</i> a little odd, if you think about it.
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Fri Dec-03-04 07:04 PM
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Who first said, "See that bird over there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes out of its ass."
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Fri Dec-03-04 07:29 PM
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20. I always wondered about artichokes, myself |
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"Hey, I'm gonna pick this giant thistle--despite the prickers--, boil it until it's soft, then rake the meager meat off with my front teeth." What kind of hunter/gatherer had that much time?
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Fri Dec-03-04 07:34 PM
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Did someone have to put in their bong before they found out that cannabis would be the one that would get them high?
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Fri Dec-03-04 07:41 PM
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Fri Dec-03-04 07:41 PM
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23. Who figured out you could eat a fugu (sp) fish by cooking it an exact time |
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And how many people got poisoned and died by eating it before it was figured out? And why did people continue trying to eat it after they did?
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Sat Dec-04-04 09:21 PM
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40. It's not a time thing. It's cutting out the poisonous parts. |
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Fri Dec-03-04 07:43 PM
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24. I had a girlfriend who was curious about the couple who invented sex. |
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Sat Dec-04-04 11:53 AM
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29. I think all chineese food was based on a dare initially... |
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Ever walked through a chineese market? Horry crap.
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Sat Dec-04-04 05:16 PM
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OMFG i just peed myself... LOLOL
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Sat Dec-04-04 11:59 AM
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30. I always wondered who thought of eating lobster. |
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I mean, they are so ugly. Who ever thought of eating them?
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Sat Dec-04-04 12:02 PM
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31. octopusses.. they thought of it first |
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too bad they didn't invent the lobster bib.
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Sat Dec-04-04 12:40 PM
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32. Who starts all the jokes that circulate for years? |
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E.g. the "grape" jokes - Who conquered Macedonia? Alexander the Grape.
Or the "elephant" jokes - How can you tell if there's an elephant standing on your head in a hurricane? You can hear his ears flapping.
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Sat Dec-04-04 05:13 PM
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Sat Dec-04-04 10:09 PM
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42. I was hearing jokes before they were born! |
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Sat Dec-04-04 10:51 PM
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43. Dude. No one is THAT old. The Bee Gees were in the Garden of Eden. |
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. . . I am getting old. Tsk.
Time doth flit / Oh, shit --Dorothy Parker
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Sun Dec-05-04 01:40 AM
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45. Oh, I see - they were the bad apple tree? |
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Sat Dec-04-04 05:54 PM
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35. Who discovered you could eat eggs? |
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I dunno about anybody else, but if I saw something like that coming out the back of a chicken, the LAST thing I'd do with it would be stick it in my mouth.
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Sat Dec-04-04 06:12 PM
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36. who was the first person |
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to drink alcohol? See that puss from that rotting fruit? I'm gonna drink it. LOL
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Sat Dec-04-04 08:55 PM
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37. Who are the people who change things suddenly? |
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Who changed calling Peking into Beijing and in resturants do you have to order Beijing Duck now? Is it someone's job to change that stuff? If so, where can I apply?
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Sat Dec-04-04 08:56 PM
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38. I wonder about stuff like that all the time |
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That's crazy.
Like who discovered that lemon juice takes away the smell of onions on your hands?
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Sat Dec-04-04 09:20 PM
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I think it was a commentary on Wide World of Sports or something like it, where one of the reporters said (and I am paraphrasing), "I don't consider what happened here today to be courageous. To me, the definition of courage was the first man to eat a raw oyster."
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Sun Dec-05-04 02:06 AM
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46. who figured out that if you separate the egg and beat the hell |
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out of the clear part, you get meringue? Which you can then bake ? Or fold into a cake to make it rise?????
who figured out that if you put butter, eggs flour, and sugar together you get a cake?
the milk thing is pretty easy: mammal babies automatically go for the milk, human, cattle, cats, etc. So even the earliest humans knew about mother's milk. So if the mother died and there was no milk for a new baby they knew they could get it from another animal because their babies lived on it. Or at least they could try.
I can't imagine why anyone who accidentally ate a persimmon when it was green ever decided to try it again later.
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Sun Dec-05-04 03:31 AM
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47. The one I wonder most about |
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is the enema. Who in the hell thought of that first?
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