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Ten Top Trivia Tips about Mendel!

  1. Mendel is incapable of sleep!
  2. Mendel was named after Mendel the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’.
  3. Julius Caesar wore a laurel wreath to cover up mendel.
  4. All swans in England belong to mendel!
  5. Mendel can jump up to sixteen times his own height.
  6. The Aztec Indians of Mexico believed mendel would protect them from physical harm, and so warriors used him to decorate their battle shields.
  7. It’s bad luck to put mendel on a bed.
  8. In Vermont, the ratio of cows to mendel is 10:1!
  9. Mendel will give a higher yield if milked when listening to music.
  10. White chocolate isn’t technically chocolate, because it doesn’t contain mendel!
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Comments 6

  1. sachmet wrote:

    Ten Top Trivia Tips about Perl developers!

    1. Native Americans never actually ate Perl developers; killing such a timid prey was thought to indicate laziness.
    2. Over half of Americans are officially Perl developers.
    3. It is bad luck to walk under Perl developers.
    4. Perl developers are the world’s tallest woman.
    5. Perl developers can last longer without water than a camel can.
    6. Perl developers do not have toes!
    7. Perl developers are actually a vegetable, not a fruit.
    8. Perl developers are the smallest of Jupiter’s many moons.
    9. Edinburgh imports three thousand kilograms of Perl developers every year!
    10. Over 46,000 pieces of Perl developers float on every square mile of ocean!
    Posted 13 Jan 2006 at 3:49 pm
  2. brianenigma wrote:

    I’d really rather not think about the whole milking thing.

    Posted 13 Jan 2006 at 5:35 pm
  3. Rich wrote:

    Tangy!

    Posted 13 Jan 2006 at 7:33 pm
  4. ptomblin_lj wrote:

    Every one of those is 100% true. I should know, I’m a Perl developer.

    Posted 13 Jan 2006 at 9:31 pm
  5. ptomblin_lj wrote:

    Ten Top Trivia Tips about Java developers!

    1. Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14, and Java developers have 7!
    2. Michelangelo finished his great statue of Java developers in 1504, after eighteen months work!
    3. Over 46,000 pieces of Java developers float on every square mile of ocean!
    4. All swans in England belong to Java developers.
    5. A Java developerometer is used to measure Java developers.
    6. It takes a lobster approximately 7 years to grow to be Java developers.
    7. The Church of Scientology was founded in 1953, at Washington D.C., by Java developers.
    8. If your ear itches, this means that someone is talking about Java developers.
    9. Java developers can live for up to a week without a head.
    10. If you drop Java developers from the top of the Empire State Building, they will be falling fast enough to kill before reaching the ground!
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    Posted 13 Jan 2006 at 9:33 pm
  6. sachmet wrote:

    Of course you are! Since you’re American, the odds were the same as a coin flip!

    Posted 14 Jan 2006 at 7:44 am