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Authors: Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society
Crawford, Joan,
3
cream cheese,
11
crickets,
278
Cristie, Steve,
232
crocodile-tear syndrome,
113
crocodiles,
12
crops,
310
Crow, Sheryl,
302
crows,
259
cruise liners,
261
cruises,
51
cubism,
306
Custer’s Last Stand,
228
cyanoacrylate,
18
cycad tree,
32
Cyrano de Bergerac
,
296
Cyropaedia
(Xenophon),
93
D
da Vinci, Leonardo,
200
,
306
,
313
Da Vinci Code, The
(Brown),
106
Dallas, George Mifflin,
321
Dallas Cowboys,
232
Daly, Tom,
11
dandruff,
9
Daniel, Jasper Newton,
161
Dannemann, Monica,
377–378
Danson, Ted,
101
Darwin, Charles,
73
Dassler Brothers Shoes,
22
Davidson, Elaine,
197
Davis, Jefferson,
229
deadly sins,
77
decimal system,
20
deer,
319
Demelle, François,
362–363
denim,
195
Denmark,
230
Denny’s,
156
dentures,
296
department stores,
103
deserts,
150
detectives,
363
Devil’s Claw,
157
DeVito, Danny,
142
Dewar, Jimmy,
69
Dial soap,
22
Diana, Princess,
211
diaper alarm,
63
Díaz, Andres,
63
dice,
7
Dickin Medal for Valor,
216
Dickinson, Emily,
106
dieting,
182
Diff’rent Strokes
,
273
dimension, fourth,
40
Dire Straits,
302
“Dixie,”
38
Dixie Cups,
116
DNA profiling,
365–366
Dobbie, Scot Sandy,
197
dog years,
145
dogs,
15
,
54
,
59
,
63
,
68
,
201
,
222
,
283
dollar bills,
314
dollar sign,
46
dolls,
91
dominoes,
7
doozy
,
123
dope
,
122
Double Bubble gum,
292
doughnuts,
69
Dow, Charles Henry,
161
Dow Chemical,
100
Dow Jones average,
161
Dr. Marten’s,
161
drab
,
328
Draper, Kay,
99
drinking,
322
drug testing,
47
drunk driving,
304
ducks,
283
Duesenberg,
123
dust,
88
dust storms,
234
E
Earhart, Amelia,
346
Earn Your Vacation
,
101
earwax,
48
Easter,
104
Eastman, George,
1
Eastwood, Clint,
142
Easy-Bake Ovens,
91
Edward I,
132
Edward II,
325
eels,
71
egg rolls,
92
eggplant,
44
eggshells,
135
Egypt (Egyptians),
8
,
15
,
68
,
93
,
150
,
173
,
206
,
244
,
299
Einstein, Albert,
73
,
211
,
248
,
300
El Salvador,
42
electric blankets,
116
elektron,
31
e-mail,
240
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,
271
Emmett, Dan,
38
Empire State Building,
110
,
166
,
303
energy,
118
English language,
189
eonite,
100
Epperson, Frank,
292
equal sign,
45
Erie Canal,
301
Erik the Red,
98
erotic
,
178
Eskimo pies,
245
Etch-A-Sketch,
91
evidence, criminal,
362–366
exclamation mark,
45
F
Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel,
161
Fairbanks, Douglas,
183
fairy tales,
128
falcons,
90
false teeth,
296
fantasy stories,
93
fast and loose
,
311
fast-food restaurants,
253
Father’s Day,
104
Faulds, Henry,
364
ferns,
212
film industry.
See
motion pictures
fingers,
252
Finland,
98
fire beetles,
84
firecrackers,
8
fires, house,
25
flags,
280
flavor,
154
fleas,
235
Fleer, Frank,
292
Fleischmann, Charles,
60
Flipper
,
101
floods,
9
flying fish,
90
flying saucers,
381–387
foam peanuts,
114
foods, hated,
215
foot (measurement),
325
football,
97
“For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow,”
38
Ford cars,
210
Ford Motor Company,
141
forensics,
362–366
Fort Knox,
146
fortune cookies,
67
fortune telling,
285
Foster, Jodie,
366
Fox, Michael J.,
127
fragrance (perfume),
181
France,
98
francium,
37
frankfurters,
21
Franklin, Benjamin,
30
,
73
,
142
,
310
,
313
,
352
Fraser, Laura Gardin,
277
Fraze, Ermal Cleon,
27
freckles,
226
Freemasony,
85
French language,
189
Friedman, Stanton T.,
384
Frisbees,
75
Fulgham, Dan D.,
387
Funicello, Annette,
286
furlong,
325
furniture,
213
fuzz
,
14
G
G. I. Joe,
91
Gable, Clark,
133
Galton, Francis,
364
game shows,
372–375
games,
7
Gandhi, Mahatma,
73
garbage,
9
Garden of Eden,
67
Gardiner, Sandy,
155
Garfield, James,
163
Garland, Judy,
1
garlic,
44
garlic juice,
126
garnet,
31
gasoline,
210
Gateway Arch,
303
Gatorade,
175
geese,
283