Friday The 13th!

Post by **Luna Manar** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 8:34 pm

Yeah yeah, I know I'm nuts. But actually for a spam thread this isn't too bad...the second it goes crazy, tho', it's goin' bye-bye.

Milk chocolate all the way. Dark chocolate has nothing on cows.

Post by **Quicksilver** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 8:38 pm

Cows all the way, baby!

Save The Mop · Post by **Save The Mop** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 8:39 pm

Since the topic has changed to chocolate, did anyone know that chocolate was originally a drink and was that way for a long time?

Post by **Kandy21** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:20 pm

Luna Manar wrote: Yeah yeah, I know I'm nuts. But actually for a spam thread this isn't too bad...the second it goes crazy, tho', it's goin' bye-bye.

Milk chocolate all the way. Dark chocolate has nothing on cows.

Who says your nuts, Luna? I surely don't think you are.

I love...get it...LOVE...chocolate!
the only kind i don't like would have to be dark chocolate though...despise it.

Post by **Jay** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 10:57 pm

The wing-beat of the hummingbird is indeed fast. It is a blur even with most slow motion photography. But the fastest wing-beat, at 90 beats per second, is that of the horned sungem (Heliactin cornuta) of tropical South America. Some hummingbird records (according to The Guinness Book of Records):

Smallest bird is the bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) of Cuba and the Isle of Pines. Adult males are 2.24 inches in length, half of which is bill and tail. They weigh .056 ounces. Females are slightly larger and slightly heavier.

Smallest bird egg is laid by the vervain hummingbird (Mellisuga minima) of Jamaica. They are less than .39 inches in length and weigh around .013 ounces. Smallest bird egg in the United States is laid by the Costa hummingbird (Calypte coastae). They are .48 inches in length and weigh around .017 ounces.

Smallest bird nests are built by hummingbirds. That of the vervain hummingbird is about half the size of a walnut. That of the bee hummingbird is deeper and thimble-sized.

Now on to chocolate. Cacao beans were discovered by the Aztecs. They were also the first to use the beans to make both cocoa and chocolate, which (as Save The Mop mentioned) was a drink. This chocolate drink was a luxury, however, because cacao beans were used by the Aztecs as money. The words "cacao", "cocoa", and "chocolate" come from the Aztec forms of these words. "Chocolate" comes from the Aztec "xocolatl" which is a concatenation of "xococ" and "atl", meaning "bitter water". (These Aztec words are how the Spanish wrote down what the Aztecs were saying. The Aztecs did not have letters; they used pictograms.) The Aztecs also discovered tomatoes and avocados. Again, we are using words derived from the Aztecs. Aztecs also discovered a number of varieties of popcorn. However, the Aztecs did not eat popcorn; it was more ceremonial.

Post by **Quicksilver** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 12:18 am

You are quite knowledgeable on the subject of both humming birds and chocolate.

But what does that have to do with your love of chocolate? Us girls will train you properly. Chocolate is your friend!

Capt.Rutlinger · Post by **Capt.Rutlinger** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 8:21 am

Hope you guys like belgian wafers

I like almost everything that's sweet except really dark chocolate unless melted and put on vanilla ice

Post by **Wally** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 11:53 am

PANCAKES! PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKES!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Post by **jwa1107** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 1:48 pm

with chocolate syrup?

Post by **Kandy21** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 9:20 am

that actually sounds good.
there is a resturant here in Vermont that sells Chocolate-Chip Panackes...and oooo are they heavenly.

Post by **jwa1107** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 9:35 am

when i was a wee lad i ordered
chocolate-chocolate chip pancakes at IHOP
and it came with whipped cream on top
and then i put the strawberry syrup on it

guess who got sick... :XP:

Post by **Wally** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 12:06 pm

Giant pudding men destroying the planet eating gigantic pies and praying to their meatball lord they will be smothered to death by space pillows like political snot!

Post by **Kielo91** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 2:25 pm

I was eating lunch at school one day, dessert being vanilla pudding. I had a fruit drink as well. Well, I ate some pudding and took a sip out of the fruit drink. Gosh, it tasted horrible! :XP: And guess what? The next day, I ended up doing the same thing again!

Post by **okapi_07** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 4:34 pm

Kandy21 wrote: that actually sounds good.
there is a resturant here in Vermont that sells Chocolate-Chip Panackes...and oooo are they heavenly.

WHAT ABOUT WAAAAAAAAAAFFFFFFFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEESSSSSSSS?
CHOCOLATE-CHIP WAFFLES ARE THE BEST!!!

i dont like eating lunch at school our school food is nasty :XP: (there are these mysterious granola-type bars called G-FORCE BARS that look(and taste) like cardboard :XP: i only tried one once

) but im hungry so i eat it anyway but next year ill be able to drive! and i can go out to lunch!(i turned 15 and 6 months a week ago and i can now get a learners permit! im getting it on saturday and i can drive(with a parent) and on august 12 i can get my license! (assuming i pass the test))

Post by **Wolfyu** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 5:21 pm

I actually LIKE my school's food. I eat there every day!

I'll be driving without a permit in three years! Is that a good thing or a bad thing? *imagines herself driving* Hmm...