Mountain oak vapors - paddy's day chat contest

[dolphins35]

St. Patricks Day Fun Fact:
Lucky Charms, a favorite cereal brand among many, young and old, was created in 1963, with its popular mascot, Lucky the Leprechaun. Its jig is a memorable tune for many, including the young at heart:

Hearts, Stars, and Horseshoes
Clovers and Blue moons
Pots of gold and rainbows,
And the red balloon

That’s the luck of me lucky charms!
Their magically delicious!

 

[DanFromRioRancho]

There are about 34 million U.S. residents with Irish ancestry compared to a population of about 4 million in Ireland.

 

[hngntuf]

The average person spends about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime.

I don't know when this was average, but last month my grandkid had over 30,000 texts. I believe one could safely assume that the average is on the rise.

 

[jj2]

The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

 

[jj2]

President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.

 

[hngntuf]

Christmas Hell = The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.

 

[spacekitty]

St. Patricks Day Fun Fact:
Lucky Charms, a favorite cereal brand among many, young and old, was created in 1963, with its popular mascot, Lucky the Leprechaun. Its jig is a memorable tune for many, including the young at heart:

Hearts, Stars, and Horseshoes
Clovers and Blue moons
Pots of gold and rainbows,
And the red balloon

That’s the luck of me lucky charms!
Their magically delicious!

Notice what I put on my hat... (it's a Bucket o'Charms... lol)

 

[jj2]

In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

Love the pic SK!!!!

 

[jj2]

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

 

[tommyfinger]

Male Skunks usually mate with multiple females.

 

[xanderxman]

I was apparently a male skunk in college.

 

[ISBN]

Fact: St. Patrick lived on a diet of purely green tabby cats and Guinness Stout!!!

 

[spacekitty]

Male Skunks usually mate with multiple females.

And female Cats can, and do, mate with multiple males...

 

[ISBN]

Fact: Bunnies are just baby rabbits.

 

[spacekitty]

Fact: St. Patrick lived on a diet of purely green tabby cats and Guinness Stout!!!

 

[ISBN]

Fact: Dirty Harry fired 6 shots, the bad guy would have been lucky...

 

[jj2]

The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

 

[jj2]

In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?"

 

[ISBN]

Fact: Soylent Green is Irish people!!!​

 

[jj2]

The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.