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August 13, 2006

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Last night was one of our neighborhood block parties. We have quite a few and they usually involve karaoke. I performed “We Are Family” but changed the words to “We Are Southbury” (the name of our subdivision) and sang “I got all my neighbors with me.” Good times.

Early in the evening, we somehow stumbled upon the topic of war statue symbolism. My wife explained that there was meaning behind the number of legs a horse has raised on a statue. For example, one leg up means the war hero riding the horse was wounded in battle; two legs up means the war hero died in battle; no legs up means the war hero went unscathed.

No one was familiar with the war/horse statue code, so I challenged one of the smart neighborhood kids (he’s maybe third grade) to research the code and report to my house with the answer before noon today. I told him that if he succeeded in his quest for the code, I’d reward him with a signed Scottie Pippen basketball card (he collects signed cards).

His mom said he’d probably wake up at 7:45 a.m. this morning and have the answer within an hour. Hmm, it’s 11:50 a.m. right now, so it looks like no card for the kid.

Being impatient, I went ahead and did some research on the topic. To avoid a lengthy analysis, I’ll just say that I learned the code is urban legend. Some think the code only applies to Civil War statues, but many statues still conflict with the code.

Many people think the horse hooves position is only a result of the sculptor’s skill level. I read one funny remark that “if the horse has all four legs off the ground, and is red in color, you’re at a gas station.”

So, while that fact is fiction, I thought I’d provide a few other facts I learned from the internet this morning - just in case you’re looking for some small talk before a big pitch or presentation this week. Feel free to provide your own fun facts in the comments. Keep in mind that the source of these facts is the internet and I didn’t take the time to verify, so believe at your own risk.

1 - Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer. (Personal fun fact - My great grandfather was a police officer and pulled Capone over on a traffic violation; he said Capone was very nice.)

2 - Since the United Nations (UN) was founded in 1945, there have been 140 wars.

3 - Bill Gates house was partially designed using a Macintosh computer.

4 - American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

5 - A fresh egg sinks in water. A stale one doesn’t.

6 - Aerosmith’s “Dude Looks Like A Lady” was written about Vince Neil of Motley Crue.

7 - The name “Muppet” was coined by Jim Henson and is derived from a combination of the words “marionette” and “puppet.”

8 - Central Park in NYC has 125 drinking fountains.

9 - In Las Vegas, casinos do not have clocks.

10 - The world’s longest street is Chicago’s Western Avenue.

11 - The Chicago Post Office is the only postal facility in the world which you can drive a car through (I do it quite often).

(It’s now 12:10 p.m. and still no answer from the neighborhood kid - and to think he was only a few google search words away from a Scottie Pippen autographed basketball card!) Time to mow the lawn.

UPDATE: At 2 p.m. today, the neighborhood kid and his mom stopped by. Their excuse for being late was church and early dinner. He had the correct answer written on paper for me and even mentioned that the horse/war statue code isn’t always correct, which underlines the case for urban legend. The kid got his Scottie Pippen autographed basketball card. Congrats.

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