Mostly Trivial with your host Johnee Bee

September 2010
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Fri, 24 September 2010

The Check is IN the Mail!

I've heard THAT one before :-/

in Chicago, the famous Sears Tower itself is assigned one ZIP code (60606). Similarly, ZIP code 12345 is assigned to General Electric company's Schenectady office in New York.

For failing to deliver 42,768 letters, a sentence of 384,912 years or 9 years per letter, was demanded at the prosecution of mailman Gabriel Mar Grandos, 22, at Palma de Mallorca, Spain on 11 March 1972. Source: Guinness World Records

Making stamps is a function of the federal government, and as is the case with most governmental projects, a committee has been appointed to get the job done. The fourteen members of the Citizen’s Advisory Stamp Committee, representing expertise in American art, business, history, and technology, and sharing an interest in philately, are handpicked by the postmaster general to recommend subjects for commemorative stamps.

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What Do You Know, Joe?

Which organization created the first overnight air delivery service?

A. Fed Ex

B. DHL

C. Airborn

D. U. S. Postal Service

Last Posts Answer: C. 33 million

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Direct download: 196_Mostly_Trivial_196_Mail_trivia.mp3
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Wed, 22 September 2010

Paraprosdokians? I always thought they were called jokes! Mostly Trivial trivia.

Mostly Trivial Fun Stuff:

A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part

of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that

causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part.

It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes

producing an anticlimax.

For this reason, it is extremely popular among comedians and satirists.

Examples:

Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a

successful man is usually another woman.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way.

So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first

and call whatever you hit the target.

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Thu, 16 September 2010

Mostly Trivial 195 The Telephone [trivia]

How much do YOU know about Telephone history?

Hello! Is any one there? Pick up the Phone!

The first prototype of the sound-proof phone booth was built in 1877. Mr. Watson, Alexander Graham Bell's trusty assistant, used a bunch of bed blankets around a box. He created the booth to prevent his landlady from listening in on his conversations. Some callers didn't like using the early phone booths because the doors would get stuck, forcing users to fight their way out.

In the early 1880's some well-to-do telephone owners started the unusual trend of paying to have a theatre employee hold a telephone receiver backstage, transmitting live plays and operas into their living rooms.

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What Do You Know , Joe?

Fifteen years after its invention in 1876, there were five million phones in America. Fifteen years after its invention, how many 'wireless' phones were in the U.S?

A. 3 million

B. 19 million

C. 33 million

Last Posts Answer: A. the High Speed Fax

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Direct download: 195_Mostly_Trivial_195_Telephone_trivia.mp3
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Wed, 1 September 2010

Mostly Trivial 194 The Microwave [trivia]

The Microwave, how many do YOU have?

Beware of Microwave Ovens!

The miracle of microwave ovens have made them increasingly popular world-wide, rendering any negativities of the machines widely unacknowledged.

Many people believe that the basis behind the microwave ovens is that it just simply cooks and/or heats up your food. But there's a lot more to it.

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What Do You Know , Joe?

On March 13, 1951, Western Union demonstrated this transmitting printed matter over microwave radio beams at a rate of 3,000 words per minute. What was it?

A. the High Speed Fax

B.the First E-Mail

C. Mars

D. Electronic Money Gram

Last Posts Answer:B. Embalmed

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Direct download: 194_Mostly_Trivial_194_Microwaves_trivia.mp3
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