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Lie to me (Fake facts)

  • 12-12-2011 12:58am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,288 ✭✭✭✭


    Lets hear you semi-plausable but irrevelant factoids.....inspired by Dave Letterman


    By law all globes in Austrailia are displayed upside down.

    It's impossible to sneeze with your hands behind your back.

    90% of all snails are left handed.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,571 ✭✭✭Aoifey!


    56% of statistics are made up on the spot.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,696 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Enda Kenny is a man of his word!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    Lies make the baby Jesus cry. You monster.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42 theneed2rock


    if your hand is bigger then your face you're gay


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    Santa, elves, fairies, Jesus and God exist!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭Custardpi


    Due to a slight difference in chemical composition between it & other beers Guinness is technically not an alcoholic drink. As such it is (again technically) not covered under anti drink driving legislation so drivers can enjoy the black stuff to their heart's content before getting behind the wheel.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,132 ✭✭✭Killer Pigeon


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,062 ✭✭✭number10a


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭Deus Ex Machina


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  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    MrJoeSoap wrote: »
    One in ten people are gay.

    I imagine the person they are in is also gay.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,538 ✭✭✭flutterflye


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    If you are right-handed, your hat will tilt to the right naturally, and visa versa.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,285 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 409 ✭✭lecker Hendl


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    There is no escape on your keyboard!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭policarp


    The cheque is in the post. . .


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭policarp


    When you each egg yolks, you're actually eating a dead fetus.
    Killer Pigeon. . .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭face1990


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    Jeremy irons.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭Snowie


    Dogs can't look up ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    9 out of 10 people enjoy gang rape


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


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    Oh wait that last one is true :(

    maybe they're all true


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    going forward


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,288 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


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  • Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


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    Albert Einstein failed Maths.

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    Goldfish memory is only a few seconds.

    Edison invented the lightbulb.



    All of the above are lies. :)

    DeV.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭Aodan83


    DeVore wrote: »
    Napoleon was short.

    other "facts"...

    All of the above are lies. :)

    DeV.
    DeVore only posted this once and DIDN'T remove a repost of his own post.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭Snowie


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    Santa isn't real


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76 ✭✭jakobgallagher


    Aoifey! wrote: »
    56% of statistics are made up on the spot.

    82.4 percent of people believe them whether they're accurate statistics or not


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭policarp


    No such thing as rape.
    A woman can run faster with her skirt up
    than a man can with his trousers down. . .


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭policarp


    Snowie wrote: »
    you can go blind form masturbation
    I can't see your point. . .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,287 ✭✭✭✭Jordan 199


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,288 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭Thoms Yorkie Bars


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭policarp


    Size doesn't matter





    :)
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    policarp wrote: »
    You Barely Care. . .:)

    That's a lie though. I actually do.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


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