Iron man Competition Excess (Feb. 12 - Mar. 10)

[Chipper]

I'm a little confused about this round, but I'll have a go at it:

In California, it is illegal for animals to mate publicly within 1,500 feet of a bar, school, or church.

*Hopes this is the beginning of a new unweird page.

I'd better watch my cat so she doesn't get thrown in the slammer.
Gets an instant 35 points for being the first to respond. 3 round points, 10 point bonus for silly law. spins wheel
Get out of slammer free card + 15 point value.
63points

I'm a little bit confused as well, but I'll try.

In New York, Citizens may not greet each other by "putting one's thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers".

This would be a funny one trying to enforse. 3 round points, 10 bonus points, *Spins wheel* 25 point bonus award 38 points

In Switzerland, it is illegal to flush the toilet after 10 P.M. if you live in an apartment.

Source: http://www.dumblaws.com/laws.php?site=laws&cid=167

Thats a good one. 3 round points, 15 point super bonus 10 points for listing site. *spins wheel* [b]Trading spaces You may keep your score this round or trade it for anyone who has scored before you this round. Must post your choice before round is over or it is invaled.
28 points

"quote sirclucky"

In Massachusetts, it is against the law to put tomatos in clam chowder. (Tomatoes? What tomtatoes? I cut myself!)

(http://sbt.bhmedia.com/laws.html)

thuis one was also good

In Washington State, you can't carry a concealed weapon that is over 6 feet in length. [/quote]

Look who's comming to dinner. Better watch out someone might turn you in.
3 points for round. 10 bonus points. 10 points for posting site *spins wheel. Featured game gets 35 points fo playing this game
58 points

Zega wrote:
http://www.dumblaws.com/laws.php?site=l ... rid=Quebec

In Quebec, Comic books which depict any illegal acts are banned.


*poor Batman and Robin no crime scenes*
3 points for round 12 point super bonus. 10 points for posting site. *spins the wheel* it's a little wabbly Get out of slammer free plus 10 points
35 points

Last edited by Chipper on Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[lionheartwitty]

*Vespian- No entry found for Vespian. Did you mean Vespine?

http://community.gospelcom.net/Brix?pageID=2147
You will see that Vespian was a Roman Commander, known for the battle
of Balma and other conflicts.

*Haeyna- No entry found for Haeyna.
http://myweb.absa.co.za/helenavdb/photo.htm
If you look through the photos on this site, you will see that some one
spelt it Haeyna. This is a either a unique or incorrect method of spelling
the name, I have also seen it elsewhere in the music business. It is known as "Hyena"

*Thesial- No entry found for Thesial.
http://phrontistery.info/genitive.html
Search this page using your browser and you will find the exact definition.
-Of or relating to Thesis.

*Halites- No entry found for Halites. Did you mean Halitus?
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002AM/finalp ... _40815.htm
http://www.geol.binghamton.edu/faculty/ ... uerto.html
You'll see that this is all salt related. Search using your browser for the
right sentences. Also, here's a treat from Microsoft Bookshelf:
Halite
1. A colorless or white mineral, NaCl, occurring as cubic crystals
and found in dried lakebeds in acrid climates, mined or gathered for use
as table salt.
2. Rock salt.

Excerpted from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English
Language, Third Edition Copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Electronic version licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V.,
further reproduction and distribution restricted in accordance with the
Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved.

*Althein- No entry found for Althein. Did you mean Altheine?
http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=althea
Greek, "to heal"

<<<<----------

Ahhhh... Unusual Laws. Here's a little something from the capital of my state. The Arkansas legislature passed a law that states that the Arkansas River can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge in Little Rock.

EDIT: I already knew this, but I have a link.
http://www.rice-box.net/viewtopic.php?p ... df3e#13645

Last edited by lionheartwitty on Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:05 am, edited 1 time in total.

[Ken]

In Nevada, it is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.

[JellyFish72]

Here's one I learned at the animal shelter I work at:

In Allen (Texas, USA), it's illegal to walk an elephant on the streets.

In Texas, When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
***
A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.

http://www.dumblaws.com/laws.php?site=l ... &region=43

[TDG]

It is illegal to show pictures of Donald Duck in Switzaerland since he does not wear pants

[Chipper]

*Vespian- No entry found for Vespian. Did you mean Vespine?

http://community.gospelcom.net/Brix?pageID=2147
You will see that Vespian was a Roman Commander, known for the battle
of Balma and other conflicts.

*Haeyna- No entry found for Haeyna.
http://myweb.absa.co.za/helenavdb/photo.htm
If you look through the photos on this site, you will see that some one
spelt it Haeyna. This is a either a unique or incorrect method of spelling
the name, I have also seen it elsewhere in the music business. It is known as "Hyena"

*Thesial- No entry found for Thesial.
http://phrontistery.info/genitive.html
Search this page using your browser and you will find the exact definition.
-Of or relating to Thesis.

*Halites- No entry found for Halites. Did you mean Halitus?
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002AM/finalp ... _40815.htm
http://www.geol.binghamton.edu/faculty/ ... uerto.html
You'll see that this is all salt related. Search using your browser for the
right sentences. Also, here's a treat from Microsoft Bookshelf:
Halite
1. A colorless or white mineral, NaCl, occurring as cubic crystals
and found in dried lakebeds in acrid climates, mined or gathered for use
as table salt.
2. Rock salt.

Excerpted from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English
Language, Third Edition Copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Electronic version licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V.,
further reproduction and distribution restricted in accordance with the
Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved.

*Althein- No entry found for Althein. Did you mean Altheine?
http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=althea
Greek, "to heal"

<<<<----------
***You are truely a scholar and recieve a 50 point bonus. Your strike has been lifted and you earn a free get out of slammer card to be used at your convienence.

Ahhhh... Unusual Laws. Here's a little something from the capital of my state. The Arkansas legislature passed a law that states that the Arkansas River can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge in Little Rock.

EDIT: I already knew this, but I have a link.
http://www.rice-box.net/viewtopic.php?p ... df3e#13645

That is a good one as if one can regulate the water cycle.
You recieve 3 round points, SUPER bounus of 15 and 10 points for listing the link. *spinnes the wheel* Go to slammer I promis I did not rig this there are still 2 more slammers on the wheel. Adds the 50 bonus points. Scores 78 points has 1 strike and 1 get out of slammer free card.

In Nevada, it is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.

I'll be sure to train my next camel to use the side walk
3 round points 10 bonus points, *spins wheel* Hits the *Bulls eye* gets 50 points. 63points

Here's one I learned at the animal shelter I work at:

In Allen (Texas, USA), it's illegal to walk an elephant on the streets.

In Texas, When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
***
A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.

http://www.dumblaws.com/laws.php?site=l ... &region=43

*looks at train track "no wonder why we have been sitting here so long."
3 round points, 10 bonus points, 10 points for posting link *wheel time* Try again You get to keep your points but must try another one to go onto the next round.
23 points

the_dog_god wrote:
It is illegal to show pictures of Donald Duck in Switzaerland since he does not wear pants


*poor Donald* Walt would just die if he knew this.
3 round points, 10 bonus points. *watches wheel go round and round* GO TO SLAMMER* Oooops that's 1 strike. Score13 points

[lionheartwitty]

*pulls out his Get Out Of Slammer Free card*

Next time, I might just need that phone call!

I'd be glad to see this on the board again so some one else who needs it can have it. Well, time to call it a night.

[Chipper]

*pulls out his Get Out Of Slammer Free card*

Next time, I might just need that phone call!

I'd be glad to see this on the board again so some one else who needs it can have it. Well, time to call it a night.

lionheartwitty uses his card and is out of the slammer

[jabond102]

Lee County, Alabama-
It's not illegal to drive the wrong way on a one-way street, as long as you have a lantern attached to the car.

http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p3272.htm

[Chipper]

Lee County, Alabama-
It's not illegal to drive the wrong way on a one-way street, as long as you have a lantern attached to the car.

http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p3272.htm

*puts lantern in car* This might come in handy.

3 points for round. 10 points for silly law and a 25 point super bonus for link to quiz. *Spins wheel* Electric gormball bonousextra 29 points.
67 points


neopets addict= 188
Jabond= 180
lioheartwitty= 168
liven in shadow= 163 + 1 strike
zega = 135 + Get out of slammer card
sirclucky= 107
karisutara= 99
Jelly fish = 97 + has try again card must list another silly law or will get a strike.
the dog god= 53 + 1 strike
Katy= 28 (got hit by trading spaces) Keeps get out of slammer card
pokemkon= 0 due to lost in space card. + Strike

Are you brave enough for round 4???

LEGEND or MYTH

I'm sure this is one that comes to mind.

Guessed it yet??

http://www.witchway.net/tales/tale6.html

The tales of this legend can still be found. Now it's your turn to find a legend or a myth tell us which one it is.

Last edited by Chipper on Fri Feb 18, 2005 8:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Jenna!]

JAPANESE MYTH

THE PALACE UNDER THE SEA
Hoderi was a god fishing along the sea, and his brother Ho-ori was a god hunting in the mountains.
One day they exchanged their tools and Ho-ori went to the sea to fish, but he could not catch anything and lost his brother's hook. Hoderi never forgave Ho-ori.
Then an old man helped Ho-ori and he went to the palace under the sea to find the hook. There he met the sea god's beautiful daughter and completely forgot about his brother. Instead, he lived in the palace peacefully for three years.
Finally, he remembered the hook and found it with a help of the sea god. When Ho-ori left, the sea god told him how to beat his brother and Ho-ori succeeded in making his brother obey him. It's said that Ho-ori is the ancestor of Japanese emperors, and Hoderi is the ancestor of immigrants coming from the south over the sea.

http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~cycle/SACHIE.HTML

[Chipper]

zega~ Instant 45 round points for being first to respond in round, 4 round points 10 points for posting image, 10 points for posting url, SUPER BONUS, 25 for posting a myth I've never learned of. Oooppss almost forgot to spin the wheel. Lost in space all your points for this round have been lost leaving you with a score of 0 for this round. I'll be nice and give you the instant 45 points for responding first.

[jabond102]

Atlantis
Plato describes Atlantis as an isle that had its position in the Atlantic. (In order to achieve a better understanding, we have to take note of the former Greek conception of the world: The Atlantic was imagined as the ocean surrounding the former known continents, meaning Africa and Eurasia).

In his description of Atlantis its landscape, nature and metropolis are incomparably beautiful and the culture is very advanced in technology, due to an unusually well educated population. In the end this island disappears into the sea due to an earthquake which might be related to gigantic submarine volcanic explosions. The result is a flood of huge proportions, coming over the land, destroying almost everything. The sea level rises a few hundred meters and so Atlantis sinks. This catastrophe is said to have happened during a single day and night. Plato wrote down his knowledge in two dialogues: Timaeus and Critias. These are the first recorded papers that appeared about Atlantis.

Contents of Timaeus
Timaeus, a priest of Egypt, describes the isle to Solon, a citizen of Athens. He claims that Atlantis had been bigger than Libya and Asia Minor together. Besides that, the priest talks about a well educated civilisation that is said to have existed there 10,000 years B. C. The sphere of Atlantis’ influence is said to have convered all the nations of the Mediterranean Sea up to Athens.

Contents of Critias
In Critias Plato writes the story of Atlantis and he describes the nation as an idealistic state. He reports on a war between main armed forces of ancient Athens and the kings of Atlantis which was fought 9000 years before his time. These two ”nations” are geographically well defined from each other in that the one existed within the Columns of Heracles (today Gibraltar) and the other outside. We can infer from Athens’ position that Atlantis has to be the nation which has its position outside the Columns of Herakles.

Poseidon receives the isle of Atlantis
At the beginning of this dialogue, after short interesting remarks on Atlantis, Plato tells something about ancient Athens. It’s especially about the allocation of its different areas between the Gods and about principle such as wisdom and art. Poseidon, the Greek God of the sea, receives the isle Atlantis, which was said to have been bigger than Libya Minor and Asia together, for his section. In the centre it has a very beautiful, fertile plain and in the coastal region mountains with high downward gradient lines up which dropped off very strongly in direction to the sea.

According to Plato, the shape of the capital is defined by parts of the city being separated from each other by waterchannels. In this context he talks about two parts of land and three parts of water. "Looking towards the sea, but in the centre of the whole island, there was a plain (...). Near the plain (...) there was a mountain, not very high on any side. In this mountain, there dwelt one of the earth born primeval man of that country, whose name was Evenor (...) and he had an only daughter who was called Cleito. The maiden had already reached womanhood when her father and mother died; Poseidon fell in love with her (...) and had intercourse with her, and breaking the ground, enclosed the hill in which she dwelt all round, making alternate zones of sea and land larger and smaller, encircling one another; there were two of land and three of water (...)." (http://classics. mit. edu/ Plato/critias.sum.html) Poseidon fathered ten children, five times twins. When they were grown up, he divided the isle into ten sections. The eldest son of Poseidon, King Atlas (the isle Atlantis and the ocean Atlantic were named after him), was intended to govern over Atlantis. He got the biggest and most beautiful section. His nine brothers, the nine princes of Atlantis, administered the remaining different territories of the isle and incidentally various islands in the ocean.

The provision of Atlantis’ population and the supply of certain materials and other things was managed through import from foreign countries, although the country offered most of what was needed for daily life. The earth of Atlantis supplied a multiplicity of solid and liquid substances. "Orichalcum" - a today unknown metal - was after gold one of the most valuable metals and many sections of the island contained it. Also forest, raw material for the carpenters and habitat of many animals (even a lot of elephants), was plentyful enough. The Atlantis citizens begin to establish temples, palaces, ports and docks. They even built bridges over the water zones surrounding the Metropolis and built roads to and from the royal palace. From the sea they to created a channel which flowed into the centre of the city.

The city of Atlantis was protected by a big stonewall and in its centre there were channels dividing the different land areas. Outwards at the open places the Atlanteans positioned towers and gates which had a protective function. For building materials a natural stone was very popular, but also brass, tin (for the first two city walls) and Orichalcum (for the wall which surrounded the centre of Atlantis and only for special buildings) were used. In the centre there was a magnificent temple consecrated to Cleito and Poseidon. It was decorated with many gold statues and only the noblest metals were used to build it.

The reason this continent was meant to fall gets clear at the end of Critias: At first the kings were willing to follow the divine laws. In its spirits mildness and wisdom were united. However gradually they began to expire to give way to the human weaknesses (for example Plato talks about private property, ...). So their nearness to the Gods began to decrease until Zeus made an end of that...

The rest of Critias was lost or Plato missed the termination of the work.

Copy and pasted from: http://library.thinkquest.org/25245/the ... mmary.html

[Chipper]

jabond~ This has always fastenated me. It would be neat if they could locat the city and send in tours.

4 round points, 10 bonus points, 10 points for image, 10 points for url, *spins wheel* Get out of slammer Free 34 points = get out of slammer card

[jabond102]

34 points! Chipper just a friendly reminder, a new leg is up. Zega's transportation had some problems.