Why do we need to even know this.

OK, I was looking at a area TV web site and found a list of 50 things that we did not know this time last year. Some of the 50 are interesting facts and some of them are probably important things to have learned. But come on now.... Let's look at just a few of them here.

#7. "Scientists have figured out that a unique bacterium is what makes the sea smell like the sea. They've also found a way to capture the aroma and bottle it. "

So what are they going to make a perfume that smells like the ocean???

#10. "Owls try to sound more macho by lowering the tone of their hoots."

Sounds like a lot of men I know too..

#11. "Electronic noses used in the food industry and for sniffing out explosives can perform better with the addition of artificial "snot.""

Now I think natural snot is disgusting as I am sure most people do so why do we want artificial snot???

#17. "Dolphins living off the coast of Wales whistle, bark and groan in a different dialect from dolphins off the western coast of Ireland.'

Some people really have tough jobs

#25. "Fish use the threat of punishment to maintain stability in their social order. Small goby fish at Lizard Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef use the threat of expulsion from the school as a powerful deterrent to keep subordinate fish from challenging those more dominant."

This is an idea for punishment to the children in the house. OK so not really a good idea.

#26. "Ape-men ancestors began walking on two legs 6 million years ago because it used far less energy than clambering on all fours."

What they found a 6 million year old ape that was able to tell them about this?

#31. "Sex among African bat bugs is a violent affair. During copulation, males of the species pierce the abdomens of their mates with their genitals and ejaculate directly into their blood."

Sounds kind of kinky to me.

#37. "Fruit flies love the carbon dioxide fizz from beer. The insects have special taste receptors that are sensitive to the gas."

So now not only does Florida have to worry about drunk drivers we have to worry about drunk fruit flies.

#43. "It takes business people twice as long to enter text messages on an iPhone as on conventional cell phones."

Who cares?????

#49. "The parasitic jewel wasp uses a venom injected directly into a cockroach's brain to inhibit its victim's free will and its motivation to walk. Unble to fight back, the "zombie" cockroach can be pulled into the wasp's underground lair, where an egg is laid in its abdomen. The larva later hatches and eats the still living but incapacitated cockroach from the inside out."

So there is a way to get rid of the common cockroach.

50 Useless Pieces of Nothing

1. EVER BEEN GIVEN AN ENGAGEMENT RING?
Yes

2. LONGEST RELATIONSHIP?
40 years

3. LAST GIFT YOU RECEIVED?
My birthday present which I had to leave when we left Haiti

4. WHEN’S THE LAST TIME YOU WORKED OUT?
Worked out What

5. THING(S) YOU SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON?
Nothing really I don’t have a lot of money

7. FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX?
I have absolutely no idea (does that mean I am getting old?)

8. ONE FAVORITE SONG?
Have I told you Lately that I love you? (My husband sings this to me when I am down and makes up silly rhymes)

9. WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
In a house, in Florida

10. FAVORITE MALL STORE:
Bath and Body Works

11. LONGEST JOB YOU HAD:
Bookkeeper

12. DO YOU OWN A PAIR OF DICE?
No unless I have some in storage and don’t know it

13. DO YOU PRANK CALL PEOPLE?:
No

14. LAST WEDDING YOU ATTENDED:
Jill’s wedding

15. FIRST FRIEND YOU’D CALL IF YOU WON THE LOTTERY?
Jill & Joy

16. FAVORITE FAST FOOD RESTAURANT:
Sonic Burger I guess

17. BIGGEST LIE YOU HAVE EVER HEARD:
I have no idea I try not to lie but I am sure I have

18. WHERE’S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO EAT WITH FRIENDS?
Cracker Barrel

19. CAN YOU COOK?
Yes just don’t do much right now

20. WHAT CAR DO YOU DRIVE?:
I can drive any kind of car just don’t have one right now.

21. BEST KISSER?
My husband

22. LAST TIME YOU CRIED?:
Last week when I found out that yet another person had lied to me

23. MOST DISLIKED FOODS:
Any kind of vegetable

24. THING YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF:
Nothing really

25. THING YOU DISLIKE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF:
My hair

26. CAN YOU SING?
Yes

27. LAST CONCERT ATTENDED?
I don’t have a clue

28. LAST MOVIE RENTED:
I haven’t rented a movie in years my girls have gotten me started buying DVD’s now and I have 27

29.ONE THING YOU NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT:
My hair (Private joke only family knows about)

30. FAVORITE vacation spot:
Lancaster County

31. LAPTOP OR DESKTOP COMPUTER?:
Both

32. FAVORITE COMEDIAN?:
Don’t know

33. DO YOU SMOKE?
No

34. SLEEP WITH OR WITHOUT CLOTHES?
With

35. WHO SLEEPS WITH YOU EVERY NIGHT?:
Nobody no room on the futon hubby beside me in twin bed small bedroom

36. PANCAKES OR FRENCH TOAST?
Pancakes

37. DO YOU LIKE COFFEE?:
Nope

38 HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR EGGS?
Fried, over medium

39. DO YOU BELIEVE IN ASTROLOGY?:
no

40. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?:
Probably Joy

41. LAST PERSON ON YOUR MISSED CALL LIST?:
Don’t get any calls

42. WHAT WAS THE LAST TEXT MESSAGE YOU RECEIVED?:
Don’t get text messages

43. NUMBER OF PILLOWS?:
Three

44. WHAT ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW?:
pajama pants and matching top

45. PICK A LYRIC, ANY LYRIC:
Just hear those bells jingle…

46. WHAT KIND OF JELLY DO YOU LIKE ON YOUR PB & J?
Grape

47. CAN YOU PLAY POOL?:
I can play just not good

48. CAN YOU SWIM?
Yes

49. WHAT SHOULD YOU BE DOING RIGHT NOW
cleaning my room

50. WHY DID YOU FILL THIS OUT?
Had nothing better I wanted to do