I just found out yesterday that the US state of Rhode Island isn't an Island. I'm shocked. In fact, I haven't been so surprised since I found out that what I thought were two rivers close to where I live are in fact the same river. Discuss anything that you have assumed as true and later found out was not true at all.
I thought I could trust my Ex wife when we got married but later was betrayed by the only person I ever loved. :splat:
Shit!, Me too Cosmic! Rhode Island, schmode Island. Some horny prick comes along and the years of love,sacrifice, toil and devotion are thrown to the waves..Ouch!
Can't they put something in brackets after it. (not really an island ) would do. What about Hawaii, I bet that isn't an Island either.
I realized in sept 15 2001 when I flew into Rhode Island that it wasn't and island. Nor was it a road.
I live very close to a place called Eden ( yes, as in garden of Eden) and I have to admit that physically the location is stunning; set in the magnificent temperate eucalypt forests of S.E Australia, blessed with a gorgeous natural deep water harbour, festooned with a dazzling array of wildlife etc, etc. Now with a name like Eden, wouldn't you expect a tranquil, mystical existence straight out of the bloody big book? Sadly, this is where the illusion ends. Eden is a typical rural redneck wonderland inhabited by a motley selection of derroes, dropkicks and dickheads. It's a rathole. I also happen to live in the state of New South Wales, ..right, when was South Wales hot, dry and dusty, possessing scorched outback flatlands and 6 times as big as all of Britain?
There is no egg in an eggplant nor ham in hamburger, neither apple nor pine in pineapple. No meat in sweetmeats, no bread in sweetbreads, which aren't sweet. Quicksand isn’t fast, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. No dog in hot dogs. In elementary school I was taught Columbus was the 1st European to discover America, he was a very admirable man & most Europeans thought the world was flat.
Paradise, but there's no ambiguity there. The Aboriginal woman who does cultural tours does have red hair and freckles mind you.
The discovery of the thirteenth floor of a building was shocking. I meant to go to 14, so I pushed the button on the elevator. That thing stopped on every floor from 1 to 14. The realization that 13 was just "skipped" in the numbering was horriffic. The realization that dogs were not harmed while making Hot Dogs was something of a relief. Channel-Locks, Side-Cutters, Wrenches, are not handed in any way. Neither are hammers, screwdrivers, tape measures.... The only handed tools I have used, ever, were metal shears. That HDTV is just like regular TV, just 5 times as expensive was a disappointment. That prostate massage was no mind-blowing erotica. For the record, it sort of hurts. Just what I can think of now.
