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After conducting a brief study among Vat19.com's employees, I've compiled a list of the 5 most difficult two-word tongue twisters. It's unlikely that you'll ever say some of these word combinations, but it's fun to try to say them and even more fun to listen to others try to say them!

Try to say each combination of words 5 times fast.

5. Request report
I had a friend that could not even say this one time, at normal speed.

4. Girl gargoyle
"Gargoyle" isn't a very common word, and it is even less common to specify that the gargoyle is a girl.

3. Toy boat
OK, this is one that you might actually say, although you probably wouldn't say it 5 times in a row unless you were a little kid whining that you wanted a toy boat.

2. Rural juror
Some people can't even say "rural" or "juror" separately!

1. Irish wristwatch
Neither myself nor any of my co-workers could say this 5 times fast. Heck, once is hard enough!

If you know some really difficult tongue twisters, feel free to leave them in the comments so we can all give them a try.

For today's post, I've compiled a collection of songs with "Thursday" in the title. They aren't all great, but hey, I didn't have much to choose from! Enjoy your Thursday!

"Thursday's Child" - David Bowie

I thought this video was boring and a little odd. But it is David Bowie, so how could I expect anything totally normal?

"Thursday Afternoon" - Brian Eno

This video clip is just a small portion of the song, which is actually 61 minutes long and is the only track on his 1985 album. If you like this song and video, you'll also probably like Ambient Calm.

"Sweet Thursday" - Matt Costa

"Tuesday & Thursday" - Hot Boys

This is not an actual video. It is the song playing while you look at the album cover with some text scrolling. Woohoo.

"Thursday Afternoon" - Henry Rollins

No video or audio for this one. You can search for it on iTunes, or just read the lyrics. The Indigo Girls also have a song called "Thursday Afternoon".

"Thursday" - The Fatima Mansions

The Fatima Mansions are a band in the UK. You can go to their MySpace page to get a feel for what they sound like. If you want to read the lyrics, go here.

"Perfect by Thursday" - Kendall Payne

You can hear a clip of this song on Amazon.

"Thursday" - Life of Agony

I haven't heard this song yet, but if it sounds like the songs on their MySpace page, I'm probably not going to like it. I'm not really a metal fan though. Lyrics are here.

"Thursday" - The Futureheads

OK, so that video is for "Skip to the End"...I couldn't find a video for "Thursday" and I happen to like "Skip to the End"! You can hear a preview of "Thursday" on Amazon.

Thursday (the band name)

They don't have a song with "Thursday" in the title (at least not that I saw), but the band name is Thursday, so I figured they are worthy of being included on the list.

Any Given Thursday (John Mayer album)

This album brought hits such as "Why Georgia" and "Your Body is a Wonderland". If you own a radio, then you've heard these songs plenty of times.

If you know of any more songs with "Thursday" in the title, leave a comment.

Have you ever watched the Jaywalking segment on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno? The people he finds seem to be the stupidest humans roaming the earth. They don't know anything about history or identifying political figures. Sitting at home on my couch, I always thought I was much more intelligent than these people...and then I tried to take the State Capitals Quiz.

I will admit there were state capitals that I could not recall from my grade school days. I could have sat around all day trying to remember the capital of South Dakota. Sounds pretty pathetic, but how well do you know your state capitals? Go ahead and give it a try. You have 60 seconds to fill in 10 state capitals.

If you get a high score, you can save your name to the Top Scores of All Time list or feel free to brag about your high score in the comments (or let us all get a laugh at how poorly you did). You can also put a nifty badge of completion on your blog, website, MySpace, or Facebook page.

A high score will earn you one of these two badges:

A low score will earn you this badge:

This State Capitals Quiz is part of a new section of Vat19 called BrainCandy. Here, you'll find all kinds of interesting trivia about topics such as inventions, math, words, science, and even boogers.

Hot air balloons have been around for hundreds of years, and they've amazed and entertained onlookers for just as long. Even still, most of us know surprisingly little about this unique form of transportation. Below, we've gathered a few fun facts to fill you in.

• The first recorded instance of a hot air balloon carrying passengers was in 1783 in France.
• Some speculate, though, that the ancient Nazca culture of Peru used some form of hot air balloons to help them design the famous Nazca lines.
• Ascent and descent are controlled by adjusting heat and sealing or opening the flap on top of the envelope (that's the part that looks like a balloon).
• Most modern hot air balloons are made of nylon or Dacron and use propane for power.
• Hot air balloons have been featured in a variety of popular movies including The Wizard of Oz, The Great Muppet Caper, Around the World in 80 Days, The Great Race, Octopussy, and Superman II.

photo credit: puroticorico

Since everyone enjoyed the last dirty riddle so much, let's take a look at another from those filthy-minded Anglo Saxons. Like the last riddle, this one also comes from the 1000 year old Book of Exeter. The book itself was a sizable collection of Old English poetry, most of which was considerably less "mature" than what you'll read here.

I am a wondrous creature: to women a thing of joyful expectancy,
to close-lying companions serviceable. I harm no
city-dweller excepting my slayer alone.
My stem is erect and tall, I stand up in bed,
and whiskery somewhere down below.
Sometimes a countryman's quiet comely daughter will venture,
bumptious girl, to get a grip on me. She assaults my red self
and seizes my head and clenches me in a cramped place.
She will soon feel the effect of her encounter with me,
this curly-locked woman who squeezes me. Her eye will be wet.

Continue below for the answer...











An onion.

If I gave you a list of product names, without photos or descriptions, would you be able to correctly determine which ones are children's toys and which ones are sex toys?

Let's find out:

• Wet Head


• Hot Spot


• Wizard Stick


• Little Taps


• Round Beaver


• Screaming Octopus


• Wormie


• Rev 'N Ride


• Red Hot Idol Costume


• Kitty In My Pocket

Continue below to see the answers.

Attention, IMDB.com junkies - This quiz is definitely for you. We've assembled some odd celebrity facts to see if you can piece together the celebrity identity based on the facts given. To get the answers, click the "Continue Reading..."

1. Many people would say that I bear striking resemblance to the 1970s singer Gilbert O'Sullivan. Like Mr. O'Sullivan, I also go by a name that's different from my birth name, Ronald. Despite having a Hollywood career that spans decades, I've been married to the same woman since 1969. I have danced with Judy Garland, and I was present the night Natalie Wood died. I once worked as a lion tamer.

2. My godfather is Timothy Leary, and my parents were friends with Beat poet Allen Ginsberg. Junior high bullies once mistook me for a scrawny boy.

3. My father came out of the closet after I was born. I am extremely private, and Los Angeles cab drivers make a play on my name to describe my tipping habits.

4. I was born in St. Louis and, unlike many actors, I've had just one wife. My daughter's name is Molly. I bought a home from Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails.

5. My first granddaughter was born on my 34th birthday. I spent time working in a funeral home and as a bricklayer before I became a successful actress. My stage name came from the fact that I was known for being overly flatulent.

1.) "He also never acted like anything I was doing was weird. In one scene we did together I had no underwear on, just a shirt, and later he told me he'd been really shocked by that. But he acted, God bless him, like it was totally normal what I was doing, so that was sweet of him."

Which celebrity said that? Was it a) Tara Reid, b) Christina Ricci, or c) Jessica Simpson?

2.) "The 'male Paris Hilton' thing really upset me. Not the sexual aspect of it, because people can do whatever they want. But I'm an articulate, intelligent, thinking human being. The fact that some people consider me to be vapid and ridiculous upsets me. People make judgments about my character that they really don't know."

Which guy is a player whose talent is under appreciated? Is it a) Adam Levine, b) Colin Farrell, or c) Nick Lachey?

3.) "I kind of made up my mind I did not want to go back into the news division after watching the Anna Nicole Smith frenzy. I was just flabbergasted by that. How it was across the board, all encompassing, and I just thought to myself, this is not where I want to work."

Which lady is sick of celebrity news taking priority over "real" news? Is it a) Joan Lunden, b) Elizabeth Vargas, c) Maria Shriver?

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