I'm the king of triviality..
Small, useless facts just cling to me
They saturate my brain, you see
I'm the king of triviality.
Cher's last name is Sarkissian. Walt Disney was scared of mice.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes on her feet. Now ain't that nice?
DaVinci invented the scissors...and it gets better yet.
There are only twelve letters in the Hawaiian alphabet!
I'm the king of triviality.
Sometimes my name won't come to me
But ask me garbage and you'll see
I'm the king of triviality.
The longest word in the English language refers to DNA
Has 1, 913 letters and is pretty hard to say!
Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.
Paper can't fold more than 7 times...try it, if you please!
It's true the snail will only mate just once in its whole life
(Which still makes it promiscuous compared to my ex-wife!)
The names of all the continents begin and end with the same letter.
In English only "dreamt" ends in "mt". Wait! It gets better!!
If you keep a goldfish in the dark, it will eventually turn white.
A can of Spam is opened every 4 seconds. You heard that right!
The most collect calls of the year are made on Father's Day
(they want to talk to their old man but they want him to pay!)
I'm the king of triviality.
Collector of strange facts, you see.
A headlock on senility
I'm the king of triviality.
The first CD was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA"
Only four words in English end in "-dous". That's what they say.
The word "checkmate" comes from "Shah mat"which means the king is dead
The king of hearts is the only one without a moustache on its head.
The largest number of children born to one gal is 69
(and I will swear with dying breath that none of them were mine!)
New Zealand was the first place that allowed females to vote
The first typewritten book was "Tom Sawyer" that Mark Twain wrote.
The oak trees don't grow acorns til they're at least 50 years old
Last dodo died in 1681, or so I'm told.
In 3500 years, only 230 were lived in peace
And here we are, still praying for hostility to cease.
I'm the king of triviality
My brain has turned to atrophy
But I'm as happy as can be
I'm the king of triviality!!
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Written November 18th, 2003
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One can of spam only every 4 seconds, we'll have to do something about that!!!
"Sometimes my name won't come to me
But ask me garbage and you'll see
I'm the king of triviality."
Well if your the King, then I'm the Queen of useless information, a character I've inherited from my father, and I too struggle to remember my own name, and I'm totally useless with everyone else's, in fact I've forgotten yours, it is Michael, isn't it?
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hehe...reminds me of the joke about the man having dinner at his friend's house and he notices that his friend always uses terms of endearment towards his wife..thank you, honey..more coffee, sweetheart?...it's wonderful, darling. He is so impressed he tells his friend it's really wonderful that, after 60 years of marriage, he still uses such endearing terms when speaking to his wife. His friend then tells him that, actually, he forgot her name over ten years ago but he's afraid to tell her!!!
Yes, it's Michael
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I'll tell you a secret, I was on my third date with my now husband before I realized his name was Justin, not Jason, and only because my mother told me!
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LOL! That was a fantastically fun read.
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This is wonderful! I know a guy like this, except it's movies. It is so amusing cause it rings true for a lot of people. Very cool.
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Glad you enjoyed my little piece of fluff
I salute you, sir
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This was great! Knew some of the facts, but some were new, but regardless, this was simply so well written. Truly, you have a gift! Thanks for sharing!
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Fabulous!!/f
My head is still reeling with so much information! I enjoyed this piece tremendously. It's like a tiny coffee table book of facts, quite useful to initiate and prolong conversation. It may also help in getting rid of button-holing bores and could be a good way to show off! I am going to bookmark this poem.
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Fantastic. Never knew that about snails, and the stuff about the ex-wife ... hehe, I was going to do that gag but you beat me to it. I know snails are hermaphrodite, so they can make love to themselves if they get bored. Which, at a rate of once a lifetime, is probably rather often. I was actually quite proud that I knew at least half a dozen of these facts. Never knew goldfish in the dark: I'm gonna have to try that. Not cruel, is it?
Cheers for this little gem
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Hey! Some of those trivialities, are not so trivial you know. I am perplexed by the fact that most hawiian words are so long that I wonder how they got by with only twelve letters.
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Well, Michael, this is just a hoot! Where on earth you dug up all this crap from is beyond me, but I swear I'm not the least bit surprised that you did. Your mind is an archive, my friend, a wealth of useless information that both amuses and delights! You are indeed the king....the king of triviality AND the king of poetry! Thanks for sharing this plethora of wisdom with those of us who are quite incapable of remembering probably even one of these little gems by tomorrow! LOL! And how the hell you got all of this to rhyme is a mystery to me! Awesome write, as always! Hugs and love you!
~Janet~
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What a memory you have .. even with the itty bitty swiss cheese portions that lie here and there! lol Heck, I can't even remember the punch lines to jokes, and i surely want to! I get halfway through the joke and can't remember the rest. You have a plethora of information - but did you know the Pilgrims didn't land at Plymouth Rock? Fitting for the season, I thought.. lol
Nice job, but then it always is.
~ becky
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Yet another masterpiece!
Well, my friend, you have utterly amazed me once again. This is one of the most wildly creative poems I've ever read and it gave me the best laugh I think I've ever had on this site, especially the line -
"It's true the snail will only mate just once in its whole life
(Which still makes it promiscuous compared to my ex-wife!)"
You are a one-man party.
Mark -
You are the king of Poetry! As always this is the expertly done, and now, I know you are an expert on everything! Too bad about your ex though
. Not only was this a pleasure to read, but I learned veeery interesting things. 
for you, my King! *Di*
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And this is one of the reasons you are so endearing! Facts slip by me, without even pausing to say hello! I would love to be able to dazzle..or bore...LOL the world to death with bits of knowledge. Alas...I am left to only bore them.
This was absolutely great Michael! I loved every trivial moment of it!
Hugs.. and a kiss!
Mary Ann
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