Post throwdown for WARJLords!

[Vanyanka]

"Marriage isn't a process of prolonging the life of love, but of mummifying the corpse."
-PG Wodehouse

This one is for @Liz

 

[Krikket]

Mr. Potato Head was originally produced as separate plastic parts with
pushpins that could be stuck into a real potato or other vegetable.

 

[Vanyanka]

The longest jellyfish on record measured 160 feet, more than half the length of a football field.

 

[Lepi]

Doxophobia- Fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise.

 

[Vanyanka]

During childbirth scenes in movies and sitcoms, infant actors are smeared with cream cheese and red jam for an authentic "just born" look.

 

[Lepi]

Dutchphobia- Fear of the Dutch.

 

[Vanyanka]

Bill Clinton reportedly only ever sent two emails as president, one of which was a test message to see if he was doing it correctly.

 

[Lepi]

Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church.

 

[Vanyanka]

Though it's rarely used, the word referring to half a computer byte is a "nibble."

 

[Lepi]

Enosiophobia or Enissophobia- Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.

 

[Vanyanka]

King Louis XIV was so afraid of weapons that he ruled all pointed knives at dinner tables illegal.

 

[Lepi]

Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers.

Everyone is afraid of teenagers. They're horrible, and if they bite you, you turn in to one.

 

[Krikket]

http://watch.everythingisterrible.com/

 

[Vanyanka]

King Louis XIV was so afraid of weapons that he ruled all pointed knives at dinner tables illegal.

 

[Lepi]

Epistaxiophobia- Fear of nosebleeds.

 

[Vanyanka]

Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers.

Everyone is afraid of teenagers. They're horrible, and if they bite you, you turn in to one.

OMG, yes they're the worst.

 

[Lepi]

OMG, yes they're the worst.

The realization that I was, at some point, a teenage girl... it haunts me.

 

[Vanyanka]

Editor Bennett Cerf challenged Dr. Seuss to write a book containing exactly 50 words. The result? Green Eggs and Ham.

The realization that I was, at some point, a teenage girl... it haunts me.

I know! I could be such a bitch.

 

[Lepi]

Euphobia- Fear of hearing good news.

My live update thing doesn't seem to be working any more... I feel like this competition is the reason we'll all have to move to Pizzacrowd.com, we're going to murder it with all our posts.

 

[Krikket]

http://poorgirleatswell.blogspot.com/