Archive for January, 2008

Lie of the Day #440

Monday, January 21st, 2008

If you strap dried ice to your feet, you will be able to walk on clouds.  Be careful, however, because this trick only works on cumulus clouds.  While they form nicer paths, stratus clouds are too thin to take advantage of the unique properties of frozen carbon dioxide.

Lie of the Day #439

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

The first telephone was actually intended as an external means of improving the functionality of the Eustachian tubes.

Lie of the Day #438

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

Contrary to popular scientific theories, snow is not formed by frozen water particles in the air.  It is actually the remains of a rare breed of exploding geese which spontaneously blow apart 2 weeks after they migrate to their nesting grounds.

Lie of the Day #437

Friday, January 18th, 2008

The word ‘yams’ is actually one of the few words in the English language that can be classified as a reverse abbreviation.  ‘Yams’ is actually a backwards shortening of the word ‘dismay’, relating to the feeling most people have when they discover that they’re having sweet potatoes as part of their meal.

Lie of the Day #436

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Roadblocks are not designed to stop cars.  Rather, their purpose is to launch cars in a more spectacular fashion into oncoming traffic.

Lie of the Day #435

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

This lie takes advantage of a quantum paradox theorem and therefore the shorter it is, the longer it will take you to read it.

Blender Foundation Trainer Certification!

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Since the Blender Conference back in October, I’ve been working in earnest with Margreet Riphagen of the Blender Foundation to finally get a trainer certification program launched. Well, with a few months of hard work between us and the rest of the review board that was assembled, the Blender Foundation Trainer Certification (BFCT) program […]

Lie of the Day #434

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

If you mistype values on a calculator too many times (the exact value varies per calculator), it will kill you.

Lie of the Day #433

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Franklin Stevenson Katz was the world’s largest racing jockey at 7 feet, 3 inches tall and weighing 320 pounds.  He only won a single race in his entire career.  In that race, he not only carried his own horse the length the track, but he also used it as a weapon to bludgeon his competitors […]

Lie of the Day #432

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Sheep are like roses.  If you feed them water with food coloring in it, their wool will become that color as it moves through their bodies.


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