TRUE or FALSE?

[Lorna]

Can you guess which of the following are true and which are false?

1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.

3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years.

4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.

5. When you sneeze, your heart stops for that spilt second!

6. Only 7% of the population are lefties.

7. 40 people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.

8. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.

9. The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.

10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.

11. The average housefly lives for one month.

12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.

13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when fully straightened.

14. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.

15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other time of day.

16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.

17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.

18. The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the
rabbit and the parrot.

19. John Travolta turned down the starring role in "Tootsie."

20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.

21. In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.

22. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane, just in case there is a crash.

23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor.

24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery.

25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins.

26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.

>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Now scroll down.......
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE TRUE!!

>>

(Now go back and think about # 16!)

[Kersten Lee]

Hi Lorna,
That was a hoot! And by the way you are a miracle!

Hugs,
Kersten

[Rebecca]

Hi Lorna,

I got them all right, yehey!

I picked the most unlikely case every time and bingo.

Now, does that say something about my level of not being able to trust my instincts

Anyway I'm a leftie most of the time, so maybe that explains it

Great topic,
Love
Rebeccca xxx

[Virginia]

I will have to question #2. No belly button? Need to know about that ?! I thought Adam and Eve were the only two to never have belly buttons.
Enjoyed the test however!
Love,
Deborah

[Merinda]

Lorna,

7% of the population are lefties , I presume you mean left handed.
If this is correct we have a world wide problem with 93% of the population using their wrong hand to write with.

[Loretta Ann]

Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.

[CJ]

I woke up one morning with a strange taste in my mouth; running my tongue through the gaps in my teeth (I've lost six so far--I've been a smoker for thirty years), I dislodged a half-chewed spider and spit it out. Ugh! Rubbing my eyes with my left hand, I tried to wake myself up. I decided to have an apple. Aahhh! Better. Tiptoed up to Polly to give her the rest of my apple. "Pretty CJ! Pretty CJ!" she cooed, facing the wall; for some reason, she always knows when I near her cage, even with her back turned to me. Made myself a coffee. While the coffee brewed, I watered my plants. They were beautiful. The fronds of hanging ferns the colour of uncoloured Coke. Classic. Pulled out the milk carton, swirled it around and, as is my habit, took a whiff before pouring some into my coffee. Hmmmm... the milk must've turned--smelled like paint. Had my coffee black. Watched the news a bit. Pretty sad; Prince Charles died in a plane crash. Well, at least William's still around. Idly, I wonder if Royal Billy still has dealings with "Uncle" Bogie's estate. And Jacko was in the news again; sold the rights to some song to the politicians in the Columbia legislature for $15,000,000 and a promise not to be prosecuted. Also, a group of forty Lithuanian tourists were attacked in Central Park by a pack of feral dogs. Hmmm... another New York minute. Switched channels. A documentary on the savannah... an ostrich with her head buried in the sand. Must be thirsty. Switched channels again. Another expedition out looking for Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat. Doomed to failure, I thought. Might as well go searching for Alfred Hitchcock's belly button. There was a fly crawling on the TV screen. That didn't bug me, though. It had been there for three and a half weeks already; by the weekend, it would be gone. Went to check my e-mail; spent five minutes online, blinked thirty-five times. My eyes must be getting dry. Suddenly, my nose started to itch. Uh-oh! And there I went... ah-Choo, aaah-Choo! Fifteen sneezes in a row! My heart stopped for six seconds. I shook my head, recovering. Catching a cold, I figured. I must be spending too much time inside. I had to get out. Rose to go to the bathroom. While brushing my teeth, I kept thinking, if Columbus had waited another six years for his trans-Atlantic romp, he and his men wouldn't have had to deal with scurvy so much. Put the toothbrush away and went to sit to do my business, but the toilet seat was up. Caught myself just in time, although I almost slipped. That's okay, I wasn't worried, I've never injured myself on the toilet; I'm not an American. Went back to the living-room and did my morning fitness routine. Ouch! These kneecaps of mine are getting old. But not as old as I am. While bent over, I gazed at my fine-looking legs; no sign of my thrombosis--thank God for discarded umbilical cords. With that thought in mind, I went back to the bathroom. Showered and shaved. Toweled myself dry. Headed for the bedroom. Got dressed. Dressed like Tootsie. Travolta should've taken that part, I thought. Distracted, I dropped a ring behind the three-foot high night table. Damn! Grabbed a wire hanger, straightened it out and puttered around with the tip behind the table. Managed to hook the ring. With eight inches to spare. I slipped my feet into my classy size 9 pumps. Put my size 10 pumps in a carry-all bag. For later this afternoon. I went down to the garage. Then I remembered: I'd nicked and dented the carburetor on my 1903 Harley last Friday. I'd have to take the bus until I got a chance to buy some more canned tomatoes. I was standing in line at the bus stop for several minutes when I realized that, at just over forty years of age, I'd been standing in line like this for just over four years. A depressing Monday morning thought. But, then again, aren't Monday mornings always depressing?

Sorry, gals, I couldn't resist. Those were a lot of fun, Lorna. Like some here, I figured they were probably all true. Thanks for the heads up.

Love,
CJ

[Rebecca]

Hi CJ,



Love
Rebecca xxx

[Lorna]

CJ

You so silly!!

[Jassmine(SO)]

Hey Lorna & CJ



Lorna, thanks for the early morning brain stimulation ##oo## Those questions really made me think Well except for #16 which only made me go, EEEEEWWWW!!!!

Great story CJ

*Hugs & Love*