Archive for the 'Lies Lies Lies' Category

Lie of the Day #382

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

Termites don’t actually eat wood. They are actually destroying the fabric of reality that surrounds the wood, decaying its essence; rendering it invisible and infinitely permeable to us. Because they are destroying reality, they are actually harbingers of the apocalypse and are the first line of combat in the annihilation of the universe. […]

Lie of the Day #381

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Pickles are nature’s arsonists.  Left on their own, without refrigeration, a pickle is capable of igniting a fire capable of leveling an entire city block in a matter of hours.

Lie of the Day #380

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

35% of all rice is cooked with heat created by capturing the energy of human sneezes.

Lie of the Day #379

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Airplanes always land on time.

Lie of the Day #378

Monday, November 19th, 2007

In 1926, the state of Wyoming commissioned the creation of a 1/10-scale model of the Brazilian rain forest made entirely out of toothpaste.  It took 13 months to create and it was destroyed in 12 minutes by a pack of 9-year-olds with a fear of dentistry so irrational that the mere smell of toothpaste sent […]

Lie of the Day #377

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Pomegranates are small grey rocks covered with hair gel.

Lie of the Day #376

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

Early rope was made by stitching pizza rolls together with scotch tape.

Lie of the Day #375

Friday, November 16th, 2007

In Alaska, the currency is actually not U.S. Dollars, but jars of minced ostrich legs.  Because of the rarity, one jar is actually worth twice its weight in gold.

Lie of the Day #374

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

It’s a little known fact that pork rinds are actually still living tissue for 72 hours after they’re sealed in a plastic bag and set for distribution.

Lie of the Day #373

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Beef stew is made of old people.