+9,377
"George Washington was the first president." OK, I'll buy it. "There are billions of stars in the galaxy." I believe that one too. "Columbus sailed to the new world in 1492." He sure did. "Careful sir, the plate is hot." I'm going to test this one out for myself, amirite?
or, "wet paint."
Curiosity killed the cat... or in this case burned the human
and satisfaction brought it back :)
i take this opportunity to point out that you are quite clever
yea, too bad they didn't think of it. the best posts on here are not original.. it's sad
U.S.A, a place where people believe the moon-landing was fake and wrestling is real :D
Best post ever.
i do a similar thing in chemistry class
So this comment conversation has basically turned itself into a discussion about Christopher Columbus.
Understandable.
lol yes but they only say that so you can't sue them when you burn yourslef :P
Hahahaha this is funny (:
I do that every time I go to a restaurant... most of the time (most*) i do it before the waiter can ever say something though, so i'm not a COMPLETE idiot? :D
yupp.. Murphy's Law
I thought that was "Anything that can go wrong will."
Um... too*
No its to.
No, it's too.
hahaha =)
i believe he's referring to "I believe that one to" as in the mistake
actually Columbus made it to the Bahamas. Vikings found North America.
There's arguments about that one. Many people believe that, others believe the Columbus/America story and that the Vikings found Iceland, Greenland, and parts of Canada.
They have also found evidence of China discovering the west coast.
Hahaha I never noticed until now that nyou pointed it out and your so correct XD!!!
I saw this on How I met your mother!
Gotta be a server who posted this one.
TOO**
what is OP?????
Original Poster
OOOOOhhh now i get it....i always read it as anonymous person, =]
Haha I had no idea until i found it in a comment on FML lol
Hahhaaa. I love how true this is.
You are correct sir.
WE do this because we can prove whether or not the plate is hot for ourselves. But we cannot prove for ourselves that Columbus even existed... so we just believe it because everyone else says he sailed in 1492.
I've definitely seen this somewhere before. Yeah, it's funny, but 0 points for originality.
Yes, but you stated obvious facts before, then you stated a strangers opinion. I would try it out.
he (columbus) actually didnt go to the Americas, he landed on some island and thought it was america.
well he was ACTUALLY looking for India. not America.. so how could he think it was america? he thought it was India.
To be perfectly honest, he never once believed it was a new continent. He died still believing he had reached India. It wasn't until much later that people discovered the error.
Also (for anyone that's curious) America was named after Amerigo Vespucci. he did not name it after himself, though, but a German mapmaker named it.
If you don't know who Amerigo Vespucci is, Google it, because that's all I got!
yeah.. that's what I said, he landed there thinking it was India, not a new continent.
NOOOOO DONT DESTROY MY BELIEFS!!!!!!!!!
thats actually true
yeah thats why he called the Native Americans "Indians" because he thought he was in India
I'm pretty sure I've seen this phrase before...
ohhhhhhhhhhhhh i get it know ...its funny im one of those people who always fall for whatever
Australia FTW!!!! usa sucks
Woo! Go Australia! _^
Go England, because they have cool accents, too.
in your dreams pom
Columbus was not the first one to sail to the new world, the natives were there first... just sayin'
(Common Sense): but the post doesn't state that he was the first one to sail to the new world..
Wait, he was the first one to sail to the new world! The Native Americans walked there, so he was the first to SAIL there, just not to ARRIVE there.
nope the vikings were. they sailed to Canada's coastline.
I was just pointing out to "Common Sense" that the post doesn't specify that Columbus was the first, only that he sailed in 1492.
The Vikings are touch and go on that subject. Some historians say Canada, some say Cuba, and others say around the US.
You're correct, but I felt the need to point out that he was in some people's opinions, not all the first to sail there. The first comment said that it was wrong. I pointed out a technicality.
There aren't a billion stars in the galaxy, theres only one; the Sun...
....i really hope youre not being serious...
(Anonymous):Trololol.
i dont get it?
OP is saying that whenever someone tells you something you usually believe them. but if they say something is hot, you touch it anyway.
george washington technically wasn't the first president he was the first president after the constituion John Hanson was the first president.... just saying
Ah, a smart person. They consider him the first president because the Articles of Confederation SUCKED and very few people liked the government at that time.
amen, amen, amen.
Whatever
wow. you're just looking for an excuse to look "smart", now aren't you?