Thursday Thirteen

These weird facts were sent to me from my sister-in-law from a much longer list of wierd facts or sayings.

Thursday Thirteen

#1 The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

#2 Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times

#3 In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

#4 Most lipstick contains fish scales.

#5 If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.

#6 It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky

#7 Horses can't vomit

#8 On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year

#9 It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs

#10 Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

#11 The electric chair was invented by a dentist. (FIGURES)

#12 A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

#13 On average people fear spiders more than they do death?!

Cuttin' Scallops

Wordless Wednesday photo by Devon

Thirteen things I did today

Thirteen Things about Pauline1…. Start your list here! Links to other Thursday Thirteens!1. Woke up before the 5:30 alarm and finished a book I was reading 2. Hit the snooze button about 13 times in order to finish the book - so had to rush to get to work on time. 3. Saw a crane or egret or something in the fog on the river and wished I could reach my camera - it was on the floor on the passenger side of the car. 4. I worked for 5 hours instead of my 4 hours for a Thursday. My boss wasn't crazy about me taking a whole day on Tuesday - I used a vacation day to take my granddaughter to the airport in Boston and picked up my Grandson. A 3.5 hr drive each way. 5. I picked up the mail and stopped at our office to see if any tenants paid - they didn't. 6. I went home and picked up my grandson and Mika and went to town. 7. Went to the bank to deposit my check - kept out $40 - gave grandson $20 - part of what his parents sent along for him. 8. We went to McDonalds to eat - spent $9.00 9. Went to put gas in my car since my idiot light (dummy light to Cling-on) was on - couldn't find my debit card so put the remainder of the $20 I had left -$10.00 in the car. 10 Got lost trying to find my accountants house in the country - passed it 3 times - used up most of the $10 gas I put in the car. 11. Went to one of our rentals to meet with two contractors - one needed my permission to doze down the lilac bushes - boo hoo. 12. Took my grandson for a ride to see some wild turkeys - he took lots of pictures 13. Intended to sew up 13 wipies for Qtpies7 - my daughter - to use for my Thursday 13 - and sewed 14 by mistake - Sorry Qtpie :) 5. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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Wordless Wednesday

This is my son - the one in the car accident where the airbag didn't deploy and he broke off some teeth on the steering wheel. Now he has an infection from the broken teeth. He is in a lot of pain with no insurance to go get it taken care of. I'm sending these to GM, but I doubt if they will do anything about it - they don't stand behind there products or there customers - obviously.

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Pets I've Loved

Thirteen Things about Pauline1. Capper - I was a toddler and we got a white Spitz - my sisters wanted to name him Casper - but I couldn't say it so Capper it was - I have a scar on my hand from him 2. Dan - a golden retriever left at a farm place we lived at. Great dog - hunters came to borrow him. 3. Lassie - a mutt I got - we lived on a turkey farm and she started killing baby turkeys - just one here or there - my parents told me a nieghbor found a home for her - when he came to get her he put her in his trunk (so his car wouldn't get dirty) that night while home alone - Lassie came crawling home with a gun shot in her neck. 4. While pregnant with qtpies7 we got a St. Bernard and named him Moose - did he ever look funny sitting on the loveseat. 5. When qtpies7 was a toddler we got her a black kitten - I would call - here kitty, kitty, kitty - and she would call "He kaliddiditty. so that became it's name. 6. We moved to a Dairy farm and got a great German Shepherd named Judge. He was very good with the kids. 7. After moving from Minnesota to Arizona we got a little terrier mix named Mandy - She loved to dress up in the kids t-shirts. I mourned for a week after she died. 8. Then we got a desert tortoise named Sherman - who loved bananas. 9. Then came Randi - Mirandi Cecille - she was a Pomeranian. When I was pregnant with my youngest she would only eat crackers - just like me. 10. Blaze came next - a Curly Coated Retriever who insisted on getting our newspapers and if one of us didn't know he'd been out to get it - he'd end up getting the neighbors also. He also helped carry in groceries. 11. Another black cat - Bagheera. He was declawed but still took birds out of the air. 12. I got Mika - you've probably seen her in a previous post at the Arizona Humane Society. The best dog I've ever had. 13. And now we also have another black cat - Midnight aka Nightmare. He's also great. Links to other Thursday Thirteens!1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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Wordless Wednesday

This is my son's car - his airbag did not deploy and he broke some of his teeth on the steering wheel - granted his teeth were in really bad shape to start with. But my point is that he would not have taken a bite out of his steering wheel if the airbag had deployed. GM says that the airbag was not defective and that the car has to hit in a certain way before the airbag deploys. Excuse me??? How hard does it have to hit? This car is completely totaled. Head on with a light pole.

Thirteen Ideal Ways To Spend Free Time Without Spending Money If I Had Any Free Time

Thirteen Things about Pauline 1…. Read - uniterrupted - all day 2. Take a nice leisurely walk in the woods with a camera and a backpack with snacks 3. Paint - leave the paints out all day and paint in all my mediums: oil, acrylic, water colors, pastels, and try out my new Chinese Inks 4. Go window shopping - most of day in Barnes & Noble 5. Go to a nearby beach and walk along the shore picking up seashells, turning over rocks to see the critters living there (being careful not to disturb them, stopping now and then to lay in the sun and read, bring camera for beautiful sunset 6. Spend the day looking at photos - memorabilia I have boxes of photos taken over the years and tons on my computer and on disks I like to sort them, then sort them over again in different categories 7. Watch movies - I have tons I haven't watched yet and some I'd like to watch again. No interruptions, just a pause here and there to make popcorn 8. Go out and pick wild berries - We just finished the strawberry season, raspberries are almost done, blueberries are starting, and then the blackberries. Bring bug spray and lots of containers. 9. Play cards with friends - all day. My favorite is Hand and Foot. Board games are fun to - I do love Pictionary 10. Spend a day pampering myself - A nice long bubblebath - with a glass of wine, candles and a good book - give myself a pedicure and a manicure. How about a facial while I'm at it. Make some good herbal tea - do some stretching - maybe dance to a few Richard Simmons tapes. Take a nap. Spend the day talking to our Lord. 11. Crafts - Like quilting, scrapbooking, needlepoint, pressing flowers, I used to like to do macrame` 12. Go for a drive and explore local roads I've never been on - again take the camera to take pictures of old barns, animals, the river views around here. 13. Blog - blog, blog - read everyones blog - What I wouldn't give to have a whole day to surf the net instead of grabbing a few minutes here and there.