did you ever have an interesting FACT, or thought that was pretty random and you didnt really have anywhere to put it but really wanted to post it?? well here is your chance.


here is what i wanted to post- companies who get into hot water becasue of the way there slogan translate when they want to go national. one of my favs;

In Taiwan, the translation of the Pepsi slogan "Come alive with the
Pepsi
Generation" came out as "Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the
dead."

pretty strong words for a canned soft drink!

Pepsi zombie potion? Rad.

Interesting fact: The word "salary" comes from Latin "salarius", meaning salt, since soldiers and retainers did apparently at one time get paid in salt, a valuable commodity at the time. Also, the Japanese word "Sarariman", meaning white-collar worker, is actually a perversion of the English "Salary-man."

A while ago, my friend still played cricket, and there were adverts at the field. Well, there was a sign that was defaced. What used to be "Nobody does chicken like KFC Lilidale" was changed to "Nobody does ken like dale".
btw, Lilidale is a suburb near my school.

This post has been edited by Ki-tat Chung: 13th November 2005, 12:29pm

More interesting facts: The only way to kill a mockingbird is to hit it with the moon, even if you have an army of ninjas, dinosaurs with guns mounted and pirates riding sharks on fire on your side.

The wine industry in Tuscany has existed for over 2,500 years.

When the Romans conquered Britain in 43 AD, they did not land near Dover as most people think, but in Hampshire. The tribe living in Hampshire at the time had recently been conquered by one of its neighbours, and it invited the Romans in as liberators.

There is no archaeological evidence to back up the historical 'fact' that the Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain during the chaotic years after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.

i shall remember that tip for dealinh with pesky mocking birds! as for history-it all gets a little skewed...peopel like to write ti their way

Exactly. A lot of the stuff that is accepted history is just propoganda. We know know that Richard III wasn't any nastier than any other medieval king and he certainaly wasn't a hunchback. He was the victim of Tudor propoganda because they needed to justify deposing him by pretending that he was so evil they had no choice.

Chuck Norris was the fourth biblical Wiseman. He brought baby Jesus the gift of "beard". Jesus wore it proudly to his dying day. The other Wisemen, jealous of Jesus' obvious gift favoritism, used their combined influence to have Chuck omitted from the Bible. Shortly after all three died of roundhouse kick related deaths.

If you fill a lightbulb with petrol and plug it in, it explodes when switched on, showering the room with flaming liquid. Perfect for April Fool's.

oh WONDERFUL fullauto!

When General Motors introduced the Chevy Nova in South America, it
was apparently unaware that "no va" means "it won't go."

More of the same: Buick was forced to rename their automobile Buick Lacrosse for the Canadian market after they found out that "Lacrosse" is Qubecoise slang for "masturbation."

A duck's quack does echo.

surely fa that depends on the duck, and where he is at the time does it not?

Ah pedantry, where is thy sting?

The best close combat weapon to fight the undead with is the Shaolin spade.

You must have had fun experimenting with that

Irish monks settled in the Faroe Islands and Iceland before the Vikings. The Vikings found out about the Faroes and Iceland from their raids on monasteries in Ireland.

do you know that todays generation of kids think taht in the future there will be wish presents. Youll get your kids/friends/ect a wish globe and they can hold it and make there wish and thats what theyll get delivered imediatly to there door on christmas day.

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Exactly. A lot of the stuff that is accepted history is just propoganda. We know know that Richard III wasn't any nastier than any other medieval king and he certainaly wasn't a hunchback.


Have you heard of the theory that both Richard and Henry Tudor were killed at Bosworth and the reign was run by someone else? There are a few thing that fit very neatly into place.

If you chop off the fingertip of a newborn baby, it regrows. Not instantly, of course. It takes a while.

The company that made those wish globes went bankrupt quite quickly. Darn greedy kids.

thats the fab thing abotu fantasy it doesnt have to be based to firmly in relaity...anyway these kids still believe in santa-so bankrupcy aint a problem

cool fact about the finger tip- tho i dont want to knwo how you knew that! it would be very cool if it grew back insantly- peopel woudl go around chopping off fingers just to see it happen! - definatly keepign this one for parties, itll go down a treat im sure



right its comming up to the party season so i want some more fab conversation starters (or stoppers) to make everyone really think im fabulous!