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Originally Posted by ZZucker 
Japan uses 20 pounds of disposable chopsticks per person each year.
The largest supplier of chopsticks in the world is in Minneapolis MN
a quick google brings this tidbit: "Every year, Japan gets through roughly 24 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks. That’s 185 pairs for every person in Japan" - a quick calc says that would imply a pair of chopsticks weighs .1 pounds.
BRB (to weigh a pair)
a largish pair of mine weigh .4 oz - .1 of 16 = 1.6
I am guessing that the actual weight would be 5 pounds each;
so rather than use the weight thing - I would use either the 24 billion pairs nationally or 185 per person
If only ignorance were painful....
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I think you are close, I remember reading that Japan uses 200 pairs of disposable chopsticks per person each year.
Here is another elephant:
The average western woman consumes 6 lbs of lipstick in her lifetime.
Here is another elephant:
The average western woman consumes 6 lbs of lipstick in her lifetime.
May 'the Google' be with you!
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Originally Posted by Lardmeister
The abbreviation "LOL" first appeared in print in 1973.
I know that in college we used lol to designate little old ladies, this was in the 60s and may never have entered into the media.
ooh,ooh my insomnia is coming crashing down and
i going to have to get
sleep -- 5 more hours and I have to start another 12 hour day (45 min. each for bus) sigh
And some people wonder that I get grumpy
night all
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The only US State that doesn't contain any of the letters of the word 'Mackerel' is Ohio.
A sparrow is the only bird that stutters.
A sparrow is the only bird that stutters.
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Continuing to pick on Ohio, a state law says it is illegal to get a fish a drunk.
And elsewhere in the US, in Miami, it is illegal to skateboard in a police station.
Staying with Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed.
And in Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.
And elsewhere in the US, in Miami, it is illegal to skateboard in a police station.
Staying with Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed.
And in Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.
"The question of whether Computers Can Think... is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim." - Edsger Dijkstra
"Everything's got a moral if only you can find it" - The Duchess, Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
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...then coming across the pond...
In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants – even, if she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet.
It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down.
In the city of York, it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.
and finally,
The head of any dead whale found on the British coast is legally the property of the King; the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the Queen - in case she needs the bones for her corset.
Courtesy of The Times Online
In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants – even, if she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet.
It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down.
In the city of York, it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.
and finally,
The head of any dead whale found on the British coast is legally the property of the King; the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the Queen - in case she needs the bones for her corset.
Courtesy of The Times Online
Last edited by Thinka : Feb 21st, 2008 at 6:10 am. Reason: Added Ref
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28 percent of the value of gift cards and gift certificates is never redeemed.
No one died when Clinton lied.
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Originally Posted by Dave Sinkula
Dammit. That reminds me...
How about this elephant:
In 2007, George W. Bush's approval rating in China was seventeen percentage points higher than it was in the United States.
I upped my sanitary measures, up yours!
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