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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Are you sure that "Exxon" isn't the most valuable brand name on Earth?
BTW, good to see you back Oerdin.
It's only called Exxon in the US, elsewhere its Esso.
Visit First Cultural Industries There are reasons why I believe mankind should live in cities and let nature reclaim all the villages with the exception of a few we keep on display as horrific reminders of rural life.-Starchild Meat eating and the dominance and force projected over animals that is acompanies it is a gateway or parallel to other prejudiced beliefs such as classism, misogyny, and even racism. -General Ludd
Uranus only has retrograde rotation if you choose to overemphasize 'rotation' compared to its extreme axial tilt. It's more like a ball rolling along in its orbit with one pole pointing at the sun.
Pigeons are the only birds who can drink water without turning their heads upwards inbetween sips.
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first U.S. president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson Clinton. (Please don't tell me you're SURPRISED!?!!) sure doesn't surprise me
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If you re-arrange the letters of "George Herbert Walker Bush" you get "Huge Beserk Rebel Warthog".
Libraries are state sanctioned, so they're technically engaged in privateering. - Felch
I thought we're trying to have a serious discussion? It says serious in the thread title!- Al. B. Sure
Sprinkling baking soda with sugar in select places with kill cockroaches. The roaches will consume the baking soda and explode.
Milk is more effective at stopping the burning sensation of spicy food than drinnking water.
Soaking toilet paper with bleach and stickingit to that pesky ring in your toilet bowl will help get rid of it.
Despot-(1a) : a ruler with absolute power and authority (1b) : a person exercising power tyrannically Beyond Alpha Centauri-Witness the glory of Sheng-ji Yang
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"...but what sane person would move from Hawaii to Indiana?" -Dis
I don't think Budweiser has ever been among the most valuable brands 'in the world'. At least no more than the New York Yankees were ever 'world champions' of anything.
The World Series is so called because it started off sponsored by the newspaper The World (from Chicago, I think), not because it was meant to attract teams from all over the world!
Originally posted by duke o' york
The World Series is so called because it started off sponsored by the newspaper The World (from Chicago, I think), not because it was meant to attract teams from all over the world!
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Although the "Fall Classic" as we know it didn't begin until 1903, Major League Baseball had several versions of a post-season championship series before that. In 1884, the Providence Grays of the National League outplayed the New York Metropolitan Club of the American Association in a three game series for what was originally called "The Championship of the United States." Several newspapers penned the Grays as "World Champions" and the new title stuck. Over the next six years, different variations took place between the National League and American Association pennant-winners, ranging in length from six to fifteen games. The American Association folded unexpectedly after the 1891 season forcing a suspension of the series. The following year, the National League absorbed four of the American Association's former franchises and expanded to twelve teams in an effort to promote the growth of baseball and maintain the public's interest. They played a split season in which the first-half winner played the second-half winner for the league championship. Many fans did not support the new system and the split season was promptly dropped in 1893.
In 1894, Pittsburgh's owner William C. Temple offered a championship trophy to the winner of a best-of-seven-game series between the National League's first and second-place teams. In addition, he stated that the winning franchise would receive 65% of all ticket sales and the losing team would pocket 35%. Boston accepted his offer and went on to beat Pittsburgh five games to three. Temple's novel idea would last for the next three years and helped to build the foundation for baseball's post-season popularity. More changes were on the horizon and in 1901, the American League was established much to the dismay of the senior circuit. Suddenly, baseball found itself engaged in a "civil war" as both rival leagues competed separately for the fan's loyalty and attention. Two years later a truce, previously known as the "National Agreement", was redefined outlining baseball's employment, salary and travel requirements. The 1903 compromise produced the business blueprint for major-league baseball and resulted in a merger that has lasted to this day. Once again Boston and Pittsburgh, the top American and National League teams, found themselves competing against one another in the first official "World Series".
However, the first MLB All Star Game can be traced to a Chicago Newspaper...
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Baseball's newest contribution to the romance of American sports, the All-Star Game, made its debut on July 6, 1933, at Chicago's Comiskey Park. It was initiated at the insistence of Arch Ward, a sports editor for the Chicago Tribune, to coincide with the celebration of the city's "Century of Progress" Exposition.
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