It's funny how empty it is here now with all the Vegas people away! My flight would have been leaving in 10 minutes :(

We should go raid their refridgerators and eat all the good snacks they left behind. We can download pay per view movies, run through their house with scissors, drink out of the milk container, and call Siberia on their phones and ask if it's cold....We can have all kinds of fun this weekend!

You tooo are so cheerful. I love reading your posts

My attack cat is on the alert...

As another of the Stay at home members....I agree, we should create a little havoc! Maybe SPAM their mailboxes!

Well so many of the daily posters are gone - and it sure is lonely without them.

Joanna, it's our duty to carry on. We don't want them to think we can't live without them! <img border="0" alt="[cry]" title="" src="graemlins/icon_cry.gif" />

So let's PARTY! :banana: :banana: :banana:

<img border="0" alt="[jam]" title="" src="graemlins/jammin.gif" /> I am game!

We just have to remember to clean up before they get back!! :ohmy:

Margo: You are absolutely right...now if I can just think of a fabulous interesting topic that will perk interest....anyone lurking this is great time to jump in - please help us - we'll be able to say "see what we did while you all were away?" NEW MEMBERS!!!

"Vegas? We don't need no stinking Vegas!"

However, I'm sure we'll all look forward to the stories and the upcoming "B" movie ... "Return of the Vegasites."

Luke

Oh I know they are having soooooo much fun! I think about the whole group and wish I could be there. So I have to settle for sunny Florida, about 77 today, and just gorgeous day. I shouldn't be complaining - Joanna

Okay...we are the not lost wages group....who's having the party??????? :banana:

Joanna...you are so right - I just finished playing tennis, had a swim in the pool and plan to meet friends for lunch. AND of course tonight I'm going to a cocktail party via Internet - I'd have to say my life isn't so bad! :D

We can pretend we are in Vegas, This is almost the real thing.

Thanks Karen....That was fun...just won $113 - will quit while I'm ahead <img border="0" alt="[vhappy]" title="" src="graemlins/icon_vhappy.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[vhappy]" title="" src="graemlins/icon_vhappy.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[vhappy]" title="" src="graemlins/icon_vhappy.gif" />

PS...going to send that link to my Slot addicted friends!

Karen, speaking of scissors....do you know who invented them?

Edward Scissorhands?

Nope....see how long it takes you to "google" it!

Scissors were invented thousands of years ago (roughly 1500 B.C.) in ancient Egypt. Early scissors have been found in ancient Egyptian ruins. These early scissors were made from one piece of metal (unlike modern scissors, which are made from two cross-blades which pivot around a fulcrum). Modern cross-bladed scissors were invented in ancient Rome (roughly 100 A.D.). Early scissors were used by clothes makers and barbers. Scissors were not in common use until much later, in the 1500's (in Europe).

so....aaannthony would it be King Tut? ;)

I will be glad when they all get this out of their system and we can get hot and serious about the "Mint" cruise.
Terribly selfish of me huh?

TERRIBLY Jim! I'm with you! We can be selfish together!!!

Yes, Karen, you've narrowed it down....late 15th century, and, the name of that man was.....

Leonardo Da Vinci but I don't think I would credit him with "inventing" scissors, since he wasn't around in 100 AD

"Modern cross-bladed scissors were invented in ancient Rome (roughly 100 A.D.)"

That's the answer I heard last year in trivia aboard HAL's Amsterdam.....you too found it!

Let's try another one.....on Al Capone's business card, he described himself as a.......

Used Furniture Salesman?

Are we supposed to be Googleing these? I feel like I am cheating :)

Vegas envy, oh do I have Vegas envy! Like Margo, I'll have to settle for gorgeous weather (Tucson instead of FLA) and tennis. But, I've never been to Vegas and what an opportunity I've missed. Vegas and CC/LCT members too! Oh well. Maybe next time I'll be there too!

Anthony, this list should keep you amused:

1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

6. There are more chickens than people in the world.

7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

9. (Deleted)

10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,silver,or

purple.

12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."

13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial, on

the back of the $5 bill.

14. Almonds are a member of the peach family.

15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

16. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

17. There are only four words in the English language which end in

"dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

18. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de

Los Angeles de Porciuncula."

19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

24. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street, were named after

Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a

Wonderful Life."

25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar

tube, and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

32. Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.

33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left

hand.

Jim B.....very good....just "dealer" instead of salesman.

So, Karen, where did you find the list?
Funny, but I think I've heard at least 8-10 of them at trivia sessions. And, what did you delete, #9? Looks like you'll hit 600 in the next few hours!!

Anthony, #9 was already deleted when I pirated the list :)

You guys are too funny! We must never let those "Vegas Revelers" know that we missed them.

Karen, I played your slot machine and did better than I ever do with the real thing. What's with that? :)

Betty :)

Karen,

Thanks for all your great idea's. Love the raid thought! Right now the link to the slots has me rolling in the $$$$$!

JPar

Karen, I just revisited that list of 35 minus one deleted, and, the "gumshoe" in me took over....I think I know the deleted item, and, I think you know that I now know!

OK aaannnthony....tell us! PLEASE!

34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
Except in Great Britain they usually have 300 dimples.

Anthony, Scouts honor, I swear I don't know!

K......yes, you do!!!