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katecdc

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13 years ago @ Listverse - 10 Ridiculous Cases of... · 0 replies · +2 points

We had a similar situation occur at my primary school a few years after I had left. At the end of every school year we would have our Christmas Concert and sing carols, and Santa would turn up. The principal wanted to change the name of the 'Christmas Concert' to the 'Celebration Concert' so as not to offend anyone. Out of around 300 students, there were 3 Jewish and 1 Buddhist, and none of their families had any issues with it being a Christmas concert or the fact that Santa turned up each year in a black Chevvy with huskies for reindeer! Sheer bloody madness!

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 Famous Stutterers · 0 replies · +4 points

A few more notables who had/have a stutter: Samuel L. Jackson, Noel Gallagher, Charles Darwin, George Washington and Isaac Newton.

13 years ago @ Listverse - 10 Unusual and Amazing... · 3 replies · -1 points

I was recently told this story and I don't think I'll be forgetting it in a hurry!

A man who had a pet snake (don't know which one) asked his fiancé to move in with him, which she did. Soon after, his snake (no euphemisms here :p) stopped eating and would get into their bed at night and lay flat in the middle of them. That continued for about 3 weeks, so they took the snake to a few different vets to see if they knew why it had stopped eating. None of them had any idea why, as the snake was in perfect health. One vet commented that he had a friend who was a zoologist who dealt with snakes so he put in a call to him to see if he could shed any light on it. The next day, the vet called and told them to immediately remove the snake from their house.

Why? The snake had been lying next to her to see if she would fit and it was fasting so it could eat her.

Now I don't know if that's 100% truth, but regardless I still don't like snakes!

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 15 Rock Riffs of A... · 0 replies · +1 points

As much as I adore Muse (seeing them in 3 months!) I really don't think that 'Plug In Baby' deserves a spot on this list compared to the other songs. Actually the whole list is a bit of a joke considering some of the classic riffs not on here. I always find that lists like these that are determined by a readership are a bit iffy; if this list came from America or Australia I'd imagine it would be quite different.

Bit of trivia for anyone interested - although Angus wrote most of the riffs, the opening riff for Back in Black was written by Malcolm (and most likely Bon wrote the lyrics before he died, not Brian, but that's a whole other subject). I'm a little obsessed with AC/DC so I can tell any song within about half a second of hearing it :p