randomness about my state (I am bored :p )

[lauren grier]

very very bored


did you know..

•Rhode Island was the first of the thirteen original colonies to declare independence from British rule
•The Blackstone River Valley is known as the "Birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution"
•Rhode Island has the lowest level of energy consumption per capita of any state
•Rhode Island has a higher percentage of Americans of Portuguese ancestry, including Portuguese Americans and Cape Verdean Americans than any other state in the nation
•Rhode Island has the highest percentage of Roman Catholics in the nation mainly due to large Italian, Irish, and French Canadian immigration in the past.
•Rhode Island and Utah are the only two states in which a majority of the population are members of a single religious body.
•Rhode Island is the only state to still celebrate Victory over Japan Day.
•Rhode Island is the largest per capita consumer of coffee in the United States.
•The official state drink of Rhode Island is coffee milk, a beverage created by mixing milk with coffee syrup. This unique syrup was invented in the state and is bottled and sold in almost all Rhode Island supermarkets.
•Rhode Island enacted the first law prohibiting slavery in North America on May 18, 1652.
•The first strike in the United States in which women participated occurred in Pawtucket in 1824
•The motion picture machine (a machine showing animated pictures) was patented in Providence on April 23, 1867

that is all.. lol. you now all know useless random info about how cool RI is lmao

[Mandy]

What is coffee milk exactly, and have you had it?

Here are fun fact about Missouri, not that anyone cares but I, too, am bored. LOL


Missouri's state musical instrument: fiddle and the state folk dance is the square dance.

The ice cream cone was invented at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904 when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a waffle vendor to help by rolling up waffles to hold ice cream.

St. Louis was the site of the demonic possession incident that inspired the book, and later the movie, "The Exorcist."

Anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing even a single empty alcohol beverage container can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol in Missouri.

Missouri was the third most fought-over state in the Civil War, right after Virginia and Tennessee.

Samuel Clemens, more familiarly known as Mark Twain, was born in Florida, Missouri and grew up in nearby Hannibal.

Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, May 8, 1884 and was raised in Independence.

Jesse Woodson James was born in Kearney, Missouri, the son of a Baptist minister.

[lauren grier]

lol @ the trash one..


http://www.quahog.org/aht/coffee_milk/20030420-01.jpg
of course I've had coffee milk :p lol. It's coffee syrup.. in milk-- like you'd make chocolate milk. I'll send you some syrup ^_^ It's very bad for me.. I can't drink it anymore lol.

[lauren grier]

Home / Cafe Culture /
Autocrat Coffee Syrup Review

by James Norton

Is coffee not good enough? Has milk overstayed its welcome in this itty-bitty canton? While it's not clear, one thing is indisputable: Coffee milk is recognized by the powers-that-be in Rhode Island.

To understand coffee milk, it might be best to understand coffee syrup, first. Autocrat brand coffee syrup has only five listed ingredients: high fructose corn syrup, water, coffee, "other natural flavors" and potassium sorbate. The syrup, which comes out as a brown liquid of bloodlike consistency, is then mixed with milk at the following ratio: 2 Tbsp. to 8 oz.

By itself, the syrup isn't a very good time. Imagine that you like your coffee black, but also with a lot of sugar. Say, 50% coffee to 50% sugar. Then you drink off most of your coffee, leaving only the really sugary sludge at the bottom. Then, after letting it cool down to room temperature, you put your tongue in the sludge. That's a good approximation of what happens when you enjoy Autocrat Coffee Syrup straight up.

But that's not really the manufacturer's fault. They want you to dilute their syrup with a wholesome effluent shot from the bottom of cows — milk.

When you do this, the nasty stuff darkens your milk from pure white to a pale brown reminiscent of what you get after letting your Cocoa Krispies overstay their welcome.

Autocrat Coffee Syrup

And the taste?

Not bad. Seriously, not bad. Moreover, it's distinctively not bad, thus explaining how an entire state of hundreds of people could get addicted to the stuff, thereby supporting a company called Autocrat Inc.

The syrup lends your milk an almost cloying sweetness tempered by a taste that conjures up both malt and coffee at the same time. It's easy to imagine slugging this stuff down while sitting at the desk, or watching the game — it's distinctively okay. And what if you added this syrup to coffee? You could enjoy the hot new taste of "coffee coffee." The potential is limited, but exciting nonetheless.

One coffee syrup mystery, however: it comes in an incredibly odd bottle. It's ribbed soft plastic, and features four little embossed singing birds sort of dancing around above the label. While a bird perched on the "o" of Autocrat may be the syrup's mascot, one has to ask — why a bird? Birds don't like coffee. They don't drink milk. You can't make a bird into either coffee, or milk. You can't milk a bird.

Guess we'll have to leave this one to Rhode Island Governor Lincoln C. Almond.


lol http://www.ineedcoffee.com/01/autocrat/

[Paula]

Very interesting. Here's some random things about Nevada:

1. Shrimp consumption in Las Vegas is more than 60,000 pounds a day -- higher than the rest of the country combined!

2. It would take 288 years for one person to spend one night in every hotel room in Las Vegas.

3. Nevada was made famous by the discovery of the Comstock Lode, the richest known U.S. silver deposit, in 1859. Gold now far exceeds all other minerals in value of production.

4. In 1931, the state created two industries, divorce and gambling.

5. The Stratosphere is the tallest, free-standing, observation tower in the US and the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River.

6. While Samuel Clemens took the penname "Mark Twain" as a reporter working for the "Territorial Enterprise," he began his writing career as a reporter in the Midwest some years before moving to Virginia City in 1862.

7. Nevada takes its name from a Spanish word meaning snow-capped.

8. Most of the state is desert but the Sierra Nevada mountain range near Reno and the Ruby Mountains near Elko have snow for half the year.

9. Hoover Dam, the largest single public works project in the history of the United States, contains 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete, which is enough to pave a two-lane highway from San Francisco to New York.

10. The state's Highway 50, known as the Loneliest Highway in America, received its name from "Life" magazine in 1986. There are few road stops in the 287 mile stretch between Ely and Fernley. * And it is the MOST boring stretch of road I have ever been on!

[pewtertm]

OK, I'm a geek who loves this kind of stuff...seriously, as a teenager, I had maps on my bedroom walls...ooohhh, would love a map/geography kind of kit.

Random tidbits about my home state of Texas...

The privately owned King Ranch in south Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island (sorry La LOL)

Ima Hogg was the real name of a Texas governor's daughter (the joke about her having a sister named Ura is just that....a joke)

Texans fought a battle after the end of the Civil War because they hadn't heard the war was over

Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, instead of by annexation. (This allows the Texas flag to fly at the same height as the US flag.)

The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. by 7 feet.

The worst natural disaster in United States history was caused by a hurricane that hit Galveston in 1900. Over 8000 deaths were recorded.

Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. The Dublin Dr Pepper, 85 miles west of Waco, still uses pure imperial cane sugar in its product. There is no period after the Dr in Dr Pepper

In Texas, it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow. (but I guess it's ok to put graffiti on their goat...)

In Port Arthur obnoxious odors may not be emitted while in an elevator. (wish all cities had this law LOL)

The New London School explosion occurred on March 18, 1937, when a natural gas leak caused an explosion, destroying the New London School and killing 295 students and teachers. After the disaster, the state Legislature mandated that an additive be put in natural gas to make it smell, thereby warning of a gas leak.



OK, I'd post some trivial facts about Oklahoma, but I'd have to think of some first LOL. Maybe later if I'm still avoiding today's challenge!!

[Paula]

I grew up in Texas and your post Stacy made me homesick!!

[pewtertm]

I grew up in Texas and your post Stacy made me homesick!!


Join the club Paula!!! I haven't been home since last March...and YAY, we're finally going back next month, God willing! I'm hoping we'll be there at the right time to see some bluebonnets.

[Leila]

Random WI facts:

The water fountain, aka a "Bubbler", was invented in Kohler, WI.

Wisconsin produces more milk than any other state. It also produces 40 percent of the cheese and 20 percent of the butter eaten in the United States.

Wisconsin is called the Badger State to honor not the state's badgers, but miners, who, like badgers, buried into the Wisconsin earth to look for lead.

The first kindergarten in the United States was established in Watertown by Margarethe Schurz in 1856. (Yet Kindergarten is not required by law in WI, lol!)

The first Ringling Brothers Circus was staged in Baraboo, Wisconsin, in 1856.

Gaylord Nelson, the Founder of Earth Day, was born in Clear Lake, Wisconsin, on June 4, 1916.

Laura Ingalls Wilder was born near Pepin, Wisconsin, in February of 1867.

Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center on June 8, 1867

Wausau is the Ginseng Capital of the World.

Mount Horeb is the Troll Capital of the World and home to the Mustard Museum. Mount Horeb's internationally known Mustard Museum holds the world's largest mustard collection. The museum contains more than 2,300 varieties of mustard. The museum celebrates National Mustard Day each August. (This is about 20 minutes from me, all those trolls are a bit freaky. And the mustard? Ick!)

Famous Wisconsinites include: Harry Houdini, famous magician and escape artist. Douglas MacArthur, well known World War II and Korean War general. Frank Lloyd Wright, America's most famous architect. William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Don Ameche, actor and winner of an academy award for his performance in "Cocoon."

[rochelle789]

Coffee milk? I've never heard of that before. Interesting.

[MelissaL88]

Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, instead of by annexation. (This allows the Texas flag to fly at the same height as the US flag.)
My kids and I were just talking about this in the car this afternoon.

In Texas, it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow. (but I guess it's ok to put graffiti on their goat...)
This is why I :wub: my State!

In Port Arthur obnoxious odors may not be emitted while in an elevator. (wish all cities had this law LOL)
I wish this were the law in Houston, as well. LOL!

[SamaraGugler]

Love this!!!

Here are some strange facts about California.


The highest and lowest points in the continental United States are within 100 miles (160 km) of one another. Mount Whitney measures 14,495 feet (4,418 m) and Bad Water in Death Valley is 282 feet (86 m) below sea level.
California is bigger than eighty-five of the smallest nations in the world.
Totaling nearly three million acres, San Bernardino County is the largest county in the entire United States.
Mount Shasta, at 14,162 feet, (4248 m) is the tallest volcano in California and the second highest in America.
California holds within it the most diverse environment on the planet.
California is the number one dairy state having surpassed Wisconsin in 1993.
In 1997 enough strawberries were grown in California to circle the earth 15 times.
In Pacific Grove near Monterey, there is a law on the books establishing a $500 fine for molesting butterflies.
The city of Los Angeles is ranked the fourth largest economy in the United States compared to other states.
Marin County (http://www.pashnit.com/roads/cal/MarinCounty.htm), north of San Francisco, is said to have the world's highest concentration of hot tubs and BMW's.
If California 's economic size were measured by itself to other countries, it would rank the 7th largest economy in the world.
It is estimated there are approximately 500,000 detectable seismic tremors in California annually.
The fastest Pony Express delivery on record, six days from Missouri to Sacramento, delivered the news of Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
More than 80% of the gold in the Mother Lode is still yet to be found.
Hearst Castle (http://www.pashnit.com/roads/cal/Hearst.htm) along the Pacific Coast has 165 rooms, 38 bedrooms, 61 bathrooms, 14 sitting rooms, a kitchen, a movie theater, 2 libraries, a billiard room, a dining hall, an assembly hall, 41 fireplaces, and 127 acres of gardens.
In 1947 a young woman named Norma Jean was crowned Castroville's first Artichoke Queen. She went on to become actress Marilyn Monroe.
California has one of the largest Chinese communities outside Asia in the entire world ( San Francisco ).
The Los Angeles area has more people of Mexican ancestry than any other urban area in the world, outside of Mexico.
California has the largest Armenian population outside Armenia ( Glendale ).
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco has enough steel wires in its cables to circle the earth at the equator 3.5 times.
Cool Californian inventions: Barbie Dolls, blue jeans, the boysenberry, the pill, white zinfandel wine, the square tomato, natural soda, the computer "mouse," the wetsuit, and theme parks.



California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat.
In Ventura County, California, cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.
The New Yorker magazine now has more subscribers in California than New York.
In Pasadena, it is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.
In San Francisco, it is illegal to wipe one's car with used underwear.

[newfiemountiewife]

I love reading these, especially since I'm a Canuck, I don't know much about the US.

Here are some random facts about Newfoundland, Canada!

first a map, so you guys can see exactly where we are!

http://www.trailcanada.com/images/map-canada.jpg

We are WAY East, as East as you can get. In fact, St. John's our capital city, is the Eastern most point in North America!

Some more randomness:

We were
1) the first province to respond to Titanic's distress signal
2) the first to vaccinate for smallpox
3) the first to host a transatlantic flight
4) the first to have wireless communication in the world
5) the first place to discover proof of the theory of continental drift,

We have
1) the oldest street in North America
2) the oldest city in North America
3) the oldest rock in the world
4) the oldest continuous sporting event (Regatta Day rules!)
5) the most pubs per square foot in Canada (George Street) - WOOT! You haven't partied til you've bar hopped on George Street :D
6) the longest running radio program in North America
7) caught the world's largest invertebrate (giant squid)

We are
1) the funniest people in Canada (ask anybody)
2) the sexiest people in Canada (Macleans magazine survey)
3) the only province that has four identifiable flags
4) the only province able to land the space shuttle (Stephenville)
5) the most giving people in Canada (Stats Canada)
6)the most sexually active people in all of Canada (what else are we gonna do?) :D

A Newfoundlander
1) built the world's first artificial ice arena
2) invented the gas mask
3) was with Abraham Lincoln at Gettysberg

We are the only province to have its own
1) encyclopedia
2) dictionary
3) pony
4) dogs
5) cultural publication

We say things like:
1) yes b'y (pronounced "bye", meaning OMG! or a disbelief in something)

2) havin' a scoff (a big meal)

3) how's ya gettin on or what are ya at (means what are you doing, or how are you doing)

4) oh me nerves (when someone or something is being annoying)

5) Stay where you're to, til I comes where you're at (meaning stay there, until I come there)

6) That's poverty (pronounced with a long drawl, like pawwwww-verty) meaning something sucks

7) Right crooked (means someone is really crabby)

8) We add the word "some" to all kinds of phrases for no reason, like:
That chicken is some good! (meaning, that chicken is very good) or That boy, he's some bad! (meaning the boy is a bad boy LOL)

I live "around the bay" and am a "bayman", but I'm not from here, so I don't have as bad of an accent as some of them do. The older fishermen say things and I can't understand a word they say LOL!

[pewtertm]

OK, I'm back with a few random bits of trivia about my current state of residence...OKLAHOMA, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain (and it definitely does...words of that song are true LOL)

Originally, the state of Oklahoma was set aside for the exclusive use of the Indians and was called Indian Territory . However, in 1889, the land was opened to settlers in what became known as the " Oklahoma Land Rush." On the first opening day on April 22, 1889, 50,000 people swarmed into the area. Those who tried to beat the noon starting gun were called Sooners.
(I love it...state nickname and college football mascot is named after illegal immigrants)

Women may not gamble in the nude, in lingerie, or while wearing a towel in Schulter.

Whaling is illegal in the state of Oklahoma. (phew...that's good to know)

In Ponca City a tornado once picked up a house with a man and his wife still in it. Though the walls and roof were blown away, the floor remained intact and eventually glided downward, setting the couple safely back on the ground.

The National Cowboy Hall of Fame is located in Oklahoma City.--been there several times...love it!!!

Garth Brooks was born in Tulsa and grew up in Yukon, Oklahoma .---yup, I drive down Garth Brooks Blvd several times a week.

It is illegal to read a comic book while driving a motor vehicle. (ya think?)

Oklahoma has the largest Native American population of any state in the nation. Many of the 250,000 American Indians living in Oklahoma are descended from 67 tribes who inhabited Indian Territory in the 19th century. Oklahoma is tribal headquarters for 39 tribes. (American Indian Cultural Center is being built in OKC...can't wait for it to open)

In Oklahoma , it is illegal for the owner of a bar to allow anyone inside to pretend to have sex with a buffalo. :blink::blink: I'd love to know what prompted this law!!!

NEXRAD (Next generation weather radar) was invented by a pair of professors on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma's School of Meteorology. The Operational Support Facility for the NEXRAD program is located at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Norman, on the campus of the University of Oklahoma.
(Dorothy of Twister movie fame is on display in their building)

While passing another vehicle in Yukon, it is mandatory to honk your horn.
(oops!! guess I've been breaking the law on this one)

Oklahoma has more miles of the original Route 66 than any other state.

Pops 66 (www.pops66.com) on Route 66 in Arcadia currently offers more than 500 varieties of soda from around the world. (INCLUDING Fizzy Lizzy Grapefruit...may have to try that one LOL)

[snaggletooth75]

LMAOOOOO about the wiping the windshield with used underwear
I BET there is someone that does that too LOL

Love this!!!

Here are some strange facts about California.


The highest and lowest points in the continental United States are within 100 miles (160 km) of one another. Mount Whitney measures 14,495 feet (4,418 m) and Bad Water in Death Valley is 282 feet (86 m) below sea level.
California is bigger than eighty-five of the smallest nations in the world.
Totaling nearly three million acres, San Bernardino County is the largest county in the entire United States.
Mount Shasta, at 14,162 feet, (4248 m) is the tallest volcano in California and the second highest in America.
California holds within it the most diverse environment on the planet.
California is the number one dairy state having surpassed Wisconsin in 1993.
In 1997 enough strawberries were grown in California to circle the earth 15 times.
In Pacific Grove near Monterey, there is a law on the books establishing a $500 fine for molesting butterflies.
The city of Los Angeles is ranked the fourth largest economy in the United States compared to other states.
Marin County (http://www.pashnit.com/roads/cal/MarinCounty.htm), north of San Francisco, is said to have the world's highest concentration of hot tubs and BMW's.
If California 's economic size were measured by itself to other countries, it would rank the 7th largest economy in the world.
It is estimated there are approximately 500,000 detectable seismic tremors in California annually.
The fastest Pony Express delivery on record, six days from Missouri to Sacramento, delivered the news of Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
More than 80% of the gold in the Mother Lode is still yet to be found.
Hearst Castle (http://www.pashnit.com/roads/cal/Hearst.htm) along the Pacific Coast has 165 rooms, 38 bedrooms, 61 bathrooms, 14 sitting rooms, a kitchen, a movie theater, 2 libraries, a billiard room, a dining hall, an assembly hall, 41 fireplaces, and 127 acres of gardens.
In 1947 a young woman named Norma Jean was crowned Castroville's first Artichoke Queen. She went on to become actress Marilyn Monroe.
California has one of the largest Chinese communities outside Asia in the entire world ( San Francisco ).
The Los Angeles area has more people of Mexican ancestry than any other urban area in the world, outside of Mexico.
California has the largest Armenian population outside Armenia ( Glendale ).
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco has enough steel wires in its cables to circle the earth at the equator 3.5 times.
Cool Californian inventions: Barbie Dolls, blue jeans, the boysenberry, the pill, white zinfandel wine, the square tomato, natural soda, the computer "mouse," the wetsuit, and theme parks.



California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat.
In Ventura County, California, cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.
The New Yorker magazine now has more subscribers in California than New York.
In Pasadena, it is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.
In San Francisco, it is illegal to wipe one's car with used underwear.

[nesser1981]

Here are some random Florida facts (MY HOME STATE)

Greater Miami is the only metropolitan area in the United States whose borders encompass two national parks. You can hike through pristine Everglades National Park or ride on glass-bottom boats across Biscayne National Park.

In 1937, Amelia Earhart took off from Miami for an around-the-world flight and was never seen again.

Saint Augustine is the oldest European settlement in North America.

Orlando attracts more visitors than any other amusement park destination in the United States.

-Florida has more golf courses than any other state

New England Congregationalists who sought to bring their style of liberal arts education to the state founded Rollins College, the oldest college in Florida, in Winter Park in 1885.


Florida is not the southernmost state in the United States. Hawaii is farther south.

A museum in Sanibel owns 2 million shells and claims to be the world's only museum devoted solely to mollusks.

The Benwood, on French Reef in the Florida Keys, is known as one of the most dived shipwrecks in the world.

Niceville is home to the famous Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival celebrated the third weekend in October.

The United States city with the highest rate of lightning strikes per capita is Clearwater.

Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where the drink was first developed.


Dr. John Gorrie of Apalachicola invented mechanical refrigeration in 1851.

Miami Beach pharmacist Benjamin Green invented the first suntan cream in 1944. He accomplished this development by cooking cocoa butter in a granite coffee pot on his wife's stove.

Neil Smith and his brother of Montverde developed the first Snapper riding lawn mower.

Key West has the highest average temperature in the United States.

The Saint John's River is one of the few rivers that flows north instead of south.

Florida is the thunderstorm capital of the United States. The "lightning belt" in Florida is an area from between Orlando and Tampa to south along the west coast to Fort Myers and east to Lake Okeechobee.


In 1987 the Florida legislature designated the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) the official state reptile. Long an unofficial symbol of the state, the alligator originally symbolized Florida's extensive untamed wilderness and swamps.

Miami installed the first bank automated teller machine especially for rollerbladers.

Plant City, the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World, holds the Guinness record for the world's largest strawberry shortcake. The 827 square-foot, 6,000 pound cake was made on Feb. 19, 1999 in McCall Park.

[nesser1981]

Here are some funny Alaska laws (where I am currently living)
Alaska
• A law in Fairbanks does not allow moose to have sex on city streets.
• Even though it is legal to hunt a bear, it is illegal to wake a bear and take a picture for photo opportunities.
• Fairbanks: It is considered an offense to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
• In Alaska it is illegal to whisper in someone's ear while they are moose hunting.
• It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane.
• Kangaroos are not allowed in barber shops at any time.
• Moose may not be viewed from an airplane.
• State policy states that emergencies are held to a minimum and rarely found to exist.
• While it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.

[MelissaL88]

• A law in Fairbanks does not allow moose to have sex on city streets.
• Fairbanks: It is considered an offense to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
• It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane.
• Kangaroos are not allowed in barber shops at any time.


Well...thank God for these laws. I'm not sure I could handle a drunk moose having sex in public, nor seeing a Kanga in a barber shop. LMAO!!!!