In Finland, taxi companies must consult the record label of a CD before they play it in their cars.
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"I have a God-given talent. I got it from my dad."
- Julian Wakefield
"I have no political ambitions for myself or my children."
- Joseph P. Kennedy
The only countries with a national flag NOT being rectangular in shape are Switzerland, Vatican City and Nepal.
"I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves."
- John Wayne
"In a sense it's a one-man show... except there are two men involved, Hartson and Berkovic, and a third man, the goalkeeper."
- John Motson, BBC1
The smallest country in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), located in several rooms of the Magistral Palace in Rome, Italy.
In Kenya, it is illegal to use a fishing rod while mounting a giraffe.
Victory Road in Sinnoh has three rooms with the name 'Back Room'.
"The word 'genius' isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
- Joe Theisman, quarterback and sports analyst
"To win, I'd run over Joe's mom too."
- Matt Millen, NFL Football player
The character Otacon was named after the Otakon, one of the biggest anime conventions in the world. It's a mend of the words "otaku" and "convention".
"I'd run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl."
- Joe Jacoby, NFL Football player
In Hong Kong, a woman may kill her husband if he has cheated on her. She has to do this with her bare hands though.
"A brain scan revealed Andrew Caddick is not suffering from a stress fracture of the shin."
- Jo Sheldon
Seabreak Path is the longest route in any Pokemon game.
In Wisconsin, it is illegal for a man to fire a gun to celebrate when his wife has an orgasm.
"I think everybody gets caught up in superstitions. But I don't put much stock in them... knock on wood."
- Jim Deshaies, Minnesota Twins pitcher
"Whoever designed the streets must have been drunk... I think it was those Irish guys."
- Jesse Ventura, Minnesota governor
Hoenn resembles the real-world Japanese main island of Kyushu.
"There's a soft liner, which is caught by the second baseman. And the ball game is over! For this inning.
- Jerry Coleman, Baseball announcer
In Australia, it is illegal to give psychic reading. It is considered to be a form of witchcraft.
Scorpions have 8 legs and their 2 arms, making them crustaceans.
We're going to move left and right at the same time."
- Jerry Brown, Governor of California
Fireball is the most common spell in fantasy settings with magic.
"I don't want to ever, ever do something in life that isn't fun. Ever."
- Jennifer Love Hewitt, Actress, in the February Cosmopolitan.
Sinnoh is based on the geography of the Japanese island of Hokkaido.
"We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees."
- Jason Kidd upon his drafting to the Dallas Mavericks
Liechtenstein is the only German speaking country which has its name not changed from language to language.
"His previous wives just didn't understand him."
- Jan Chamberlain, wife #8 for Mickey Rooney
The following independent countries have a St. as prefix to their names: St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent.
"The people in the Navy look on motherhood as being compatible with being a woman."
- James R. Hogg, Rear Admiral
"Absolutely. I am not garbage - a single girl type.
- Ivana Trump, on whether she will marry again
"Fiction writing is great, you can make up almost anything."
- Ivana Trump, on finishing her first novel
SWF will only display the last 500 posts when clicking on "Find all posts" in a user's profile.
"FIRST, CARRY TO FIRE."
- Instructions on a fire extinguisher
Volkner is the only Electric-type Gym Leader to not use a Voltorb.
Pope Joan was supposedly a female pope reigning in between Leo IV and Benedict III, but originated in anti-papal satire.
"I deny the allegations and I defy the alligators!"
- Indicted Chicago Alderman
On April 11th, 2009, the SWF member Zook recieved more than one hundred useless facts from the members Frown, Straked, Ange and Spadefox. -
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