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theremin by thereminOG 2002 · Jun 16, 2004 · 1,008 views

  • Why are there 6 hot dogs in a package & 8 hot dog buns in a package?
  • If you never wiped the sleep from your eyes, would your eyes eventually crust over, preventing you from seeing anything at all?
  • How long can a straw be with you still being able to drink the drink.. like could I theorically sit on one side of a room, with my drink on the other side of the room and still be able to drink, if the straw was long enough?

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121 Comments

malibu #20 malibuOG 2001

why do when pimples get really ready to explode they turn white? i understand the red cuz its blood so close to the skin so its red but why does it then turn white?

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#20.1 toxicgirlOG 2003

i just puked on brian's keyboard

fivezero #20.1.1 fivezeroOG 2003

the chunk between the "W" and "E" keys is a funny color.

suchgr8heights #20.1.2 suchgr8heightsOG 2003

eww are you serious??? *looking down at keyboard* gross.

malibu #20.1.3 malibuOG 2001

hahahhah. i'm sorry!! is it really that disgusting??!?!

ilikebirds #20.2 ilikebirdsOG 2002

dead bacteria..

yay #20.2.1 yayOG 2004

aka puss

sunshyne #19 sunshyneOG 2004

why is the official laugh of ezabel: bahaha ?

i imagine this as bust out laughing. who started it? and is everything really that funny?

iwz #19.1 iwz

it's more of an "internet message board" laugh. not exclusive to ezabel at all.

thatdarngirl used it first: /

iwz #19.1.1 iwz

oh, and i really doubt everything is that funny. but juicymango sure seems to think so...

hehe

juicymango #19.1.1.1 juicymangoOG 2003

bahahahahahahhaaha

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

I think that statement really did make you laugh, didn't it? It made me laugh. How about all of you, did that statement make you laugh as well?

forrestina #19.1.2 forrestinaOG 2002

haha laughter stats

sunshyne #19.1.3 sunshyneOG 2004

thanks for the breakdown! i am more familiar with lol, rotfl (so over), lm*o (not ezabel friendly) and so on. then theres ha (for not very funny) and hahaha. i hadnt seen bahaha before ezabel. its sort of lyrical. like a band name.

thefunkyfresh #19.1.4 thefunkyfreshFounder

ohhh, my goodness. i can't believe you just gave the breakdown

sunshyne #19.1.4.1 sunshyneOG 2004

ian lives to dispense ezabel stats.

iwz iwz

^^ the truth

superhero superheroOG 2004

you, my friend, are sick.

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002

need another stats thread!

tinser tinserOG 2002

well, if this it true...can you give us the stats of the alternative..."bwaha"?

iwz #19.1.4.2 iwz

Haha, I know, right?

Waaaayy too much free time at work this week.

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder

that's why i rock the mike while they rock the turntable
but i can't break it down like ian zabel

socalgal socalgalOG 2003

haha *cute*

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder

you've never rocked me you sicko...

suchgr8heights suchgr8heightsOG 2003

yikes. He rocked the MIC not Mike...you wish.

fivezero #19.1.5 fivezeroOG 2003

Yeah, I saw it elsewhere a long time ago. It's like an outburst. I've actually caught myself doing it.

thatdarngirl #19.1.5.1 thatdarngirlOG 2002

I actually use it out loud.

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003

Yeah, thats what I meant by "caught myself using it" It's great, right? People never expect it and they think you're mocking them. Love it.

thatdarngirl #19.1.6 thatdarngirlOG 2002

This reply made me laugh so hard. Like..it sounds all scientific "Thatdarngirl used it 3 times in late 2002" so great!

theremin #18 thereminOG 2002

What monetary currency is recognised in Antartica?

theremin #17 thereminOG 2002

When a dead body is discovered with no identification on them, they resort to identifying the person by their dental records, right?

Well, how do they know who their dentist was?
Don't they hafta know that in order to obtain their records?

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#17.1 toxicgirlOG 2003

This is a perplexing question. I can understand forensic dentistry in a situation like 9-11 because they had a bit of an idea who was missing. But I don't know how they can id a bunch of bones they find in the woods by records. It's like a needle in a haysack.

I would really like to get into dental forensics. I am going to look up info on classes.

fivezero #17.1.1 fivezeroOG 2003

do you to pry teeth from the charred remains of human beings? gross, but i'm sure it pays very well.

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#17.1.1.1 toxicgirlOG 2003

no prying...but you do get study x-rays and charting to see if the jaw or whatever matches up to the dead mouth in front of you...it's like a jigsaw puzzle

hey it's this or chasing tornados. no desk job for me.

ilikebirds #17.2 ilikebirdsOG 2002

it's not that hard.. maybe tedious but not hard.

all that data is stored in a database usually

then they run out certain points and break it down to narrow the search..

then WAHHH LAH we got homogenized milk

theremin #17.2.1 thereminOG 2002

I see you've been involved in murder by milk before.

suchgr8heights #16 suchgr8heightsOG 2003

When French people swear do they say pardon my English?

reaf #15 reafOG 2002

ha ha, the second question made me giggle, it something me an my sister would ask each other!

yodasucka #14 yodasuckaOG 2003

why do people have accents? i seriously have never understood how me living 2 hours north of u could make me talk differently! it makes no sense!

theremin #14.1 thereminOG 2002

Yes, in as small as an area as New Jersey, there are varying accents within. I'm self-observant enough to know that I pronounce certain words with a stereotypical New Jersey accent, and others not so. (Well to build on that, in conversation I talk with more of an extreme accent than when I give a talk at the meeting. Probably better that way.)

originalsnob #14.2 originalsnobOG 2004

Apparently I have one form of a Jersey accent.
I've been told I pronounce call as cawl, and bagel as...
I dunno I hear nothing wrong with the way I say bagel.

flomojopoanode #14.2.1 flomojopoanodeFounder

I have that accent, too. It's not that strong...maybe it is... I was just reading what I wrote, and I said "it's not that strawng." Oh, well.

thatdarngirl #14.2.2 thatdarngirlOG 2002

It's okay..I totally do as well. I actually have a fairly strong one.

socalgal #14.2.2.1 socalgalOG 2003

you must call me, east coast accents are so much fun!

tinser tinserOG 2002

did you think i had an accent? out of towners tell me i do

actually, come to think of it, people from new jersey tell me i do too

socalgal socalgalOG 2003

hmm, not really....i didn't notice much of one.

suchgr8heights #14.2.3 suchgr8heightsOG 2003

do you switch the vowels? ie. Begal

I HATE THAT!

sunshyne #14.3 sunshyneOG 2004

why do ppl from minnesota sound canadian?

originalsnob #14.3.1 originalsnobOG 2004

I noticed this to. There was this cartoon years ago Bobby's World the mom had this accent, also she had the habit of saying don't 'cha nauw

theremin #14.3.1.1 thereminOG 2002

They say the word "about" funny.

theremin #14.3.2 thereminOG 2002

Well, also people from Michigan. It's regional.

sunshyne #14.3.2.1 sunshyneOG 2004

what do we call that area...the plains? the midwest?

theremin thereminOG 2002

Midd-le-Westex    

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004

are you mocking me? i think someplace there is a laugh-at-summer club. you should join.

theremin thereminOG 2002

I wasn't mocking, no. I'm trying to be clever, that's all. I need to try harder, I know.

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004

you were being clever. being self-centered, i just missed it. sorry. no worries.

theremin thereminOG 2002

Being self centered is what you aren't. I've seen self-centered and it doesn't look like you.

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toxicgirlOG 2003 stupid theremin

please move this to the macking forum

theremin thereminOG 2002 toxicgirl

I'm just trying to give someone a certain level of confidence. Don't hate.

iwz iwz theremin

i think she was joking around.

theremin thereminOG 2002 iwz

Probably      

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004 iwz

really i do think im self centered. ask frest, i think she will agree with me.

forrestina forrestinaOG 2002 sunshyne

yep she does.

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004 forrestina

and dont you think i am self centered also?

forrestina forrestinaOG 2002 sunshyne

no not anymore bc that would mean you are selfish. you just like yourself. you put other people ahead of you alot.

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004 forrestina

aww...i love you, lil sis! thanks for the positive spin!

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder sunshyne

wow, this was a complete WASTE of 13 comments.... hmm why dont you talk about biting a BUTTOCKS!

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004 rocksupastar

i didnt know i should be conserving comments. is there a limit i should know about?

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder sunshyne

yeah, the limit is the amount of letters in your name... you only have 8... so you divide that by 2= 4.... then subtract 3... which equals 2... and that means you can only comment on tuesdays and every 3rd friday.... on the leap year... well... everyone OTHER leap year.

theremin thereminOG 2002 sunshyne

I don't think that iwz didn't think that you don't think that you think that you are self-centered. He was referring to toxicgirl's comment in thinking that she was probably joking. ..I think

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toxicgirlOG 2003 iwz

tis ok, some people can't take a joke

theremin thereminOG 2002 toxicgirl

Don't see from where do you derive that I can't, but well, that's all really

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toxicgirlOG 2003 theremin

grammatical errors blowing up in my face

theremin thereminOG 2002 toxicgirl

I refuse to conform to your idealistic way of sentence construction. So Amen to that of which I just put there. Boo yah

yay yayOG 2004 toxicgirl

did you just call me a meat head? man how SHELL fish are you

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004 toxicgirl

haha i missed that. what do i look like? a shrinking violet?

theremin thereminOG 2002 sunshyne

yeh, why do ppl from minnesota sound canadian must be a new kind of pickup line from the looks of it, huh? haha

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004 theremin

that would be disturbing-since i technically asked it of my sister.

maybe all of ezabel is one big pick up line.

theremin thereminOG 2002 sunshyne

Egg-xactly      

malibu #13 malibuOG 2001

i was pondering your first question with the hot dogs and buns with my dad the other day and he told me that after they said that in father of the bride, they fixed it so that they are correct.

about the sleep, sometimes i have had my eyes crust over so much in one night (cuz i had pink eye) that i could not open my eyes. i kept trying and for a minute thought i had gone blind before i had to peel my eyes open with my hands. so evuantally i think you would not be able to see.

yay #12 yayOG 2004

hey if my dad claps his hands at the same time i do will i start to fly?

perrin #12.1 perrinOG 2004

Of course it's one of the laws of physics I thought everyone knew that.

yay #11 yayOG 2004

If I hold my nose too long will my feet really fall off?

perrin #11.1 perrinOG 2004

Not it's your arms that fall off.

ilikebirds #10 ilikebirdsOG 2002

Why does my mom punch me in the face everytime i say "the milks gone bad"

socalgal #9 socalgalOG 2003

why are apartments called "apart-ments" when they're close together

modestjesse #9.1 modestjesseOG 2004

You divided it wrong, they're 'a part' of the building establish'ment'. ;)

modestjesse #8 modestjesseOG 2004

Why do we park in the driveway and drive on the parkway?

What's the point of an electorial college? At that point your vote really doesn't matter.

iwz #8.1 iwz

well, it's a republic right, not a democracy.

the elected represent the people and they vote for the nominees. or something.

modestjesse #7 modestjesseOG 2004

Did the US really land on the moon?

tinser #7.1 tinserOG 2002

no, it was all a production

theremin #7.2 thereminOG 2002

Word is, all that "moon footage" was filmed at Area 51 - the Military's ultra secure base in Nevada.

theremin #6 thereminOG 2002

The questions posed in post #3, 4, & 5 are valid, but I mean for this forum to be more about the odd question. For example, here's another one, in addition to the 3 that I listed previously:

If one were to stay beneath the surface of the Earth for an extended period of time, like in a sewer or something.. when he finally comes out from that sewer (after so many years) would he be blinded by the daylight?

specialk #6.1 specialkOG 2003

I'm not sure that you'd be blinded, but you certainly would have developed a sensitivity to light.

ilikebirds #5 ilikebirdsOG 2002

Why do some 14 yr. old girls look and act like they're 21?

socalgal #5.1 socalgalOG 2003

it's the chicken according to ophelia

reaf #5.1.1 reafOG 2002

it actually is the meet, chicken and beef, cause of the hormnones they pump into the animals.
Crazy right! where were my helpings of hormones when i was growing up, cause im pretty sure im not supposed to be just 5'4


Why are Midgets Scary??


Why are circus a strange event.

thefunkyfresh #4 thefunkyfreshFounder

why is my car insurance so expensive even though i have no tickets?

superhero #4.1 superheroOG 2004

no doubt it's due to the fact that only psychos drive volvo station wagons. (is that what you drive?)

specialk #4.2 specialkOG 2003

Depends on who you go through for insurance, and if you're under 25.

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#4.2.1 toxicgirlOG 2003

and the state you live in

theremin #4.2.1.1 thereminOG 2002

aka Don't move to New Jersey.

I'm actually paying less for transport in London than I was in NJ. How sick is that?

yay yayOG 2004

aka beer made with goats aka superhero's who dont need calcium

theremin thereminOG 2002

    Yes, quite

yay yayOG 2004

don't sush me, i will not be quite

theremin thereminOG 2002

Wrong word you're thinking of there buddy. hehe. Spelling's close but not quite.

yay yayOG 2004

stop telling me to be quite oh man that's so not nice

suchgr8heights suchgr8heightsOG 2003 yay

stop being a ninnie lol he's being quite nice to you.

modestjesse #3 modestjesseOG 2004

Why did you ask a question with '& and' when you only needed one of them?

The straw thing would work if it was a good straw. I've connected several straws in the past to the point of being about 3' long and was able to drink out of it. So I don't see why it wouldn't work even if it was a story or two. You'd just really need to be sucking it.

Why do people complain about stupid things? We know not all Italian-Americans are not in the mofia, Soprano's is only a show, get over it. And what's with all this Italian-American, African-American, Spanish-American, I can't stand that. You're American. Or in Juicy's case you're Polish, actually she's probably the only one who could rightly say she's Polish-American. But unless you just got off the boat or plane, drop it, you're American, you're not better or worse then anyone, we're all the same.

Why is there a Latino Grammy awards? They all qualify for the Grammy's.

Why is there a Miss Black America pagent? They all qualify for Miss America.

flomojopoanode #3.1 flomojopoanodeFounder

I'm Equadorian-American. And my people are short. Wanna make something of it?

theremin #3.1.1 thereminOG 2002

"..come on and dig me
'cause I'm the fly pigmy.."

skaorsk8 #2 skaorsk8OG 2002

WHYYYY don't cars keep things uniform. Example -

I have a 2000 Mazda 626. Gas tank on driver's side.

This week, I'm driving a 2004 Mazda 3 - gas tank on passenger side. WHYYYYYYY

perrin #2.1 perrinOG 2004

It's a conspiracy against you Dan. The man is out to get you.

aviator #2.2 aviatorOG 2004

no offense but that car won't last long. Mazda uses a lot of cheap parts to persuade people to buy them thinking they are going to get all kinds of stuff like HP, Acceleration and "power steering".

specialk #2.2.1 specialkOG 2003

Ummmm....wrong. Mazda's rock. My brother is STILL driving my old 1990 Mazda Protege, that has a TON of miles on it, and still runs really well. I love Mazdas.

tinser #2.2.2 tinserOG 2002

blame it on the american parts

aviator #2.2.2.1 aviatorOG 2004

lol. I dunno about dat. Guess what? I just met Chris Pontius in the baggage claim. :)

socalgal #1 socalgalOG 2003

the last one is feasible, granted you cover the areas where the straws connect so no air gets in. *i've tried this before and it works

aviator #1.1 aviatorOG 2004

but let me ask. What came first? the dinosaur or the egg?

ilikebirds #1.1.1 ilikebirdsOG 2002

i will refute this stupid question with the following answer: Mental stimulation forces sciatic nerve damage within the foot soldiers

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