Apparently, there's a global loudspeaker association...

Some people really need to get a life...

but if you're a phonophile then here: http://www.almainternational.org/

Bizzare facts from national geographic for kids...

Check out these 14 outrageous facts:

It would take about 3 years of nonstop pedaling to bike to the moon.

A waterfall in Hawaii sometimes goes up instead of down.

Koalas and humans have similar fingerprints.

THE FIRST TELEPHONE ANSWERING MACHINE WAS 3 FEET TALL.

Most experts believe that birds are descended from dinosaurs.

Earth travels about 1.6 MILLION MILES every day.

THE UNITED STATES ONCE ISSUED A THREE-CENT BILL.

Certain sharks walk on their fins underwater.

Dirty snow melts faster than clean snow.

On sunny daps, the Eiffel Tower in Pans, France, leans toward the shade.

PARACHUTES WERE INVENTED BEFORE AIRPLANES.

THE LIBERTY BELL WEIGHS MORE THAN 2,000 POUNDS.

THERE IS A VILLAGE CALLED ZIGZAG IN OREGON.

Some moths drink the tears of elephants.

from: National Geographic Kids. Washington:  May 2007. , Iss. 370;  pg. 6, 2 pgs

 

google

Is name after Googol which is apparently a number -  a 1 with 100 zeros after it. It can be used in a sentence as in: "I think there are googol cats stalking me!!"

Also, my landlord is trying to freeze me to death - but I will prevail!!!

--
Leilla Feldman

Stalking Cats

Sometimes I wonder if the cats are really JUST making a mess of our garbage. Personally, I think they're going through it, finding out details about our lives and stealing our identities.

Question: Why are all birth control pills named after women?? No other drug has a human name, I think...