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So he got back at them by being a successful musician making parody songs!
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Originally, Makoto Kino (Sailor Jupiter) would have been leader of the Sailor Soldiers, been a juvenile delinquent, and would have been a smoker. Instead, Takeuchi decided to just make her LOOK like a delinquent, which is a great foil to her kind and loving nature.
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The most played song on American radio during the twentieth century was You've Lost That Loving Feeling which was written by Barry Mann, Phil Spector, and Cynthia Weil. Although recorded by different artists, the song is the only one in history to be played over 8 million times on the radio. That amounts to about 45 years if the song was played back to back! Three songs were played 7 million times: Never My Love, Yesterday, and Stand By Me (in that order).
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The mouthpiece on a tin whistle or recorder and other similar instruments is properly known as a "fipple".
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Here's a little something I figured out myself;
You've all probably been told all your life that nothing rhymes with the word "orange"
...no word that has two syllibals on its own anyway.
How about "syringe"?
I wonder if I blew a few minds with that one?
You've all probably been told all your life that nothing rhymes with the word "orange"
...no word that has two syllibals on its own anyway.
How about "syringe"?
I wonder if I blew a few minds with that one?
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The Sailor Moon S movie is the only one of the Sailor Moon movies to be directly based off a story by Naoko Takeuchi, the original creator of Sailor Moon. The Sailor Moon SuperS movie was originally going to be about Uranus battling the other Sailor Soldiers to gain talismans to save the life of Sailor Neptune and would have ended with Sailor Moon chasing Sailor Uranus on a pegasus. Ikuhara, who pitched the idea and worked on Sailor Moon through R, S, and SuperS, was over ruled, so he took the story elements and created Revolutionary Girl Utena. Another connection to Sailor Moon comes from the fact Kotono Mitsuishi, the voice of Sailor Moon, also voiced the character Juri, the only character Utena couldn't beat in direct battle.
Just for fun, compare this clip to this clip. Juri is the one with blond/orange hair.
Just for fun, compare this clip to this clip. Juri is the one with blond/orange hair.
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The Blue Fox wrote:Here's a little something I figured out myself;
You've all probably been told all your life that nothing rhymes with the word "orange"
...no word that has two syllibals on its own anyway.
How about "syringe"?
I wonder if I blew a few minds with that one?
I guess it depends on how you pronounce it, because it doesn't seem to rhyme to me.
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Really? Coz I've only known one pronuciation for each word...one where the the "g" sounds like a "j".ArcWolf wrote:The Blue Fox wrote:Here's a little something I figured out myself;
You've all probably been told all your life that nothing rhymes with the word "orange"
...no word that has two syllibals on its own anyway.
How about "syringe"?
I wonder if I blew a few minds with that one?
I guess it depends on how you pronounce it, because it doesn't seem to rhyme to me.
Oh-ran-juh
Sih-rin-juh
That's a rhyme to me.
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Yeah, I don't think orange rhymes with syringe all that much.
However, the rumour that nothing rhymes with orange is incorrect.
However, the rumour that nothing rhymes with orange is incorrect.
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I concur.
Orange - /ˈôrənj/
Syringe - /ˈsirinj/ or /səˈrinj/
Either way, that's trying to rhyme an "uh" sound with an "ih" sound.
Now I will give you that my pronunciation of "orange" is much closer to an "eh" sound (which is closer to "ih" than "uh"), but still no dice.
Orange - /ˈôrənj/
Syringe - /ˈsirinj/ or /səˈrinj/
Either way, that's trying to rhyme an "uh" sound with an "ih" sound.
Now I will give you that my pronunciation of "orange" is much closer to an "eh" sound (which is closer to "ih" than "uh"), but still no dice.
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Maybe it's my Mancunian accent. I say 'em more like "Oh-rin-chuh" and "Sy-rin-chuh" really. XD
Also from what I can gather of Obbl's post you seem to be looking at the pronuciation of the middle of the word there when really you just need the ends of the words to sound alike.
But that's just my perspective.
Also from what I can gather of Obbl's post you seem to be looking at the pronuciation of the middle of the word there when really you just need the ends of the words to sound alike.
But that's just my perspective.
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Well, If you'll note, I do not have a vowel after my 'j' sound, so I am indeed rhyming the final vowel.
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Actually, for a true rhyme, the whole word will rhyme, like "pocket" and "locket" or "sing" and "spring". What you have there is known as a partial rhyme.
Which, come to think of it, is a kind of rhyme...
Which, come to think of it, is a kind of rhyme...
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Partial rhyme is still a rhyme. Exact-a-mundo.
Now the poets of the world have just gotta work out how to fit a poem around "Orange" and "Syringe". XD
Now the poets of the world have just gotta work out how to fit a poem around "Orange" and "Syringe". XD
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The Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge (also known as the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, or simply the 520 Bridge) is the longest floating bridge in the world.
It carries State Route 520 across Lake Washington from Medina to the Montlake district of Seattle.
It currently sits 1ft lower in the water than when it first opened.
It carries State Route 520 across Lake Washington from Medina to the Montlake district of Seattle.
It currently sits 1ft lower in the water than when it first opened.
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My birthday is on National Shower With A Friend Day. .-. Maybe too much information...
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Probably best to play dead then.deepskycyan wrote:Like this one? XD
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Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho'(though) the soldiers knew
Some one had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho'(though) the soldiers knew
Some one had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
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Leishmania is parasite native to warm, tropic regions. they can be transmitted by sandfly bites and cause the disease known as Leishmaniasis. Leishmaniasis is a disease where pustules form on the skin from the parasites
gorging themselves on flesh. They can spread to the face where it becomes Mucotaneous Leishmaniasis.
I'm thinking on becoming a parasitologist, do you think I know this parasite well?
gorging themselves on flesh. They can spread to the face where it becomes Mucotaneous Leishmaniasis.
I'm thinking on becoming a parasitologist, do you think I know this parasite well?
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Leishmaniasis is also known as the flesh eating disease.
I got that from watching "Discovery Fit & Health"
I got that from watching "Discovery Fit & Health"
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Necrotizing fasciitis is another flesh eating disease, but this time with bacteria instead
of something parasitic.
Good to know someone's heard of Leishmaniasis before.
Kudos to Amazee Dayzee.
of something parasitic.
Good to know someone's heard of Leishmaniasis before.
Kudos to Amazee Dayzee.
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Actually I think Discovery Fit and Health did a lot more on the subject of Necrotizing fasciitis. Other viruses that horrify me are Naegleria fowler, the brain eating amoeba with a mortality rate higher than 95%, and the hantavirus which comes from rats which has a mortality rate of 36% if you don't figure it out in time.
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Naegleria fowleri was featured in "Monsters Inside Me", one of my
favorite shows. It gave a boy who went wakeboarding in a lake, one of it's natural
habitats, Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (the disease that gives the organism
the nickname). He didn't make it and the lake he got the parasite was in his own backyard.
favorite shows. It gave a boy who went wakeboarding in a lake, one of it's natural
habitats, Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (the disease that gives the organism
the nickname). He didn't make it and the lake he got the parasite was in his own backyard.
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The Sopwith Camel shot down more aircraft than any other aircraft in WWI.
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Pyrexia is the medical name for a fever.
now you know...
now you know...
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Amazee Dayzee wrote:Actually I think Discovery Fit and Health did a lot more on the subject of Necrotizing fasciitis. Other viruses that horrify me are Naegleria fowler, the brain eating amoeba with a mortality rate higher than 95%, and the hantavirus which comes from rats which has a mortality rate of 36% if you don't figure it out in time.
Wasn't this the amoeba that forced Disney to close part of their park? Let's see, the River Country waterpark in Walt Disney World?InDaZone1219 wrote:Naegleria fowleri was featured in "Monsters Inside Me", one of my
favorite shows. It gave a boy who went wakeboarding in a lake, one of it's natural
habitats, Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (the disease that gives the organism
the nickname). He didn't make it and the lake he got the parasite was in his own backyard.
EDIT: actually, not quite, according to this article. Though the same amoeba was in River Country.
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That's what they get for using a nearby, perfectly temperate lake, for their water park. One slipped through the filtration unit and entered the body through an orifice, then gorged on brain tissues.Vegas wrote: Wasn't this the amoeba that forced Disney to close part of their park? Let's see, the River Country waterpark in Walt Disney World?
EDIT: actually, not quite, according to this article. Though the same amoeba was in River Country.
They can also encyst themselves to avoid immune response. Once enough Leukocytes attach themselves to the amoeba, the amoeba just sheds the cyst and keeps consuming tissue.
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Well, at least they went ahead and worked to make sure the problem never came back. Must have worked if they had that part of the park open for twenty more years.InDaZone1219 wrote:That's what they get for using a nearby, perfectly temperate lake, for their water park. One slipped through the filtration unit and entered the body through an orifice, then gorged on brain tissues.Vegas wrote: Wasn't this the amoeba that forced Disney to close part of their park? Let's see, the River Country waterpark in Walt Disney World?
EDIT: actually, not quite, according to this article. Though the same amoeba was in River Country.
They can also encyst themselves to avoid immune response. Once enough Leukocytes attach themselves to the amoeba, the amoeba just sheds the cyst and keeps consuming tissue.
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Good thing it wasn't Cryptosporidium hominis, which are known to have an immunity to Chlorine in water
treatment plants. The water treatment plants have since been upgraded.
treatment plants. The water treatment plants have since been upgraded.
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There is a conspiracy theory that links D.B. Cooper and Tommy Wiseau as the same person.
XKCD #1400 explains the basic theory. While it is likely untrue, it's still a funny thing to see floating around.
XKCD #1400 explains the basic theory. While it is likely untrue, it's still a funny thing to see floating around.
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That was another one that was on "Monsters Inside Me". I should stop falling asleep while leaving Discovery Fit and Health on. x_xInDaZone1219 wrote:Good thing it wasn't Cryptosporidium hominis, which are known to have an immunity to Chlorine in water
treatment plants. The water treatment plants have since been upgraded.
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You'll never know what's lurking in your environment...Amazee Dayzee wrote:That was another one that was on "Monsters Inside Me". I should stop falling asleep while leaving Discovery Fit and Health on. x_xInDaZone1219 wrote:Good thing it wasn't Cryptosporidium hominis, which are known to have an immunity to Chlorine in water
treatment plants. The water treatment plants have since been upgraded.
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I'm gonna start washing everything I eat and scrubbing it so that I don't get any sicknesses.
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Watch out for mosquitoes and sandflies too.Amazee Dayzee wrote:I'm gonna start washing everything I eat and scrubbing it so that I don't get any sicknesses.
Then there are Human Bot Files that tackle and lay eggs on a mosquito during
mid-flight. This is so when the mosquito goes to suck blood from a human, the heat of
the blood causes the eggs to fall onto the skin. The larvae hatch and eat their way into
the skin and thrive with their posterior breathing hole sticking out and barbs to hold
themselves in place. This is so they harm the human when they are trying to be extracted
from their burrows. After maturing, they leave the skin and take down another mosquito.
Did I mention that they can stretch to about a foot long when being extracted?
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Right when I was eating breakfast too...
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