What Did You learn Today?

MuslimSister

Salaam

It is said that "knowledge is what you hear from the mouths of men as they only repeat the best of what they have heard"

I think it’d be useful to post tid-bits of invaluable information-religious/non religious here in this thread.

It can be stuff that you learnt in work/Uni/Mosque/in a talk/something a wise elder told you/a life experience or something that you suddenly realised.

It can be minor or major stuff. It has to be stuff that you never knew before.

Today I learnt…

1-Why I shouldn’t trust, join or think highly of the Sufi Muslim Council

2-It’s quicker for me to get to Uni by Car than public transport.

3-Rubicon Pomegranate juice is tasty and apparently very good for you.

4-Spending so much time typing on computers leads to illegible handwriting and poor spelling

5-Being in the spotlight on a regular basis results in a higher chance of insincerity in actions and can negate all good work.

Keep this thread updated regularly…

Wasalaam

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MuslimSister — Sun, 9 Dec 2007 - 22:33

[quote="Beast"]Can be very cheeky and ask you to talk me through long division?[/quote]

Lol. Too be honest Beast. I'd use a calculator.

But the traditional way to do it is to work out how many times a number goes into another number and then 'carry over' how many are left.

(I just spent the last five minute trying to work out a long division and explain how I got the answer - but a calculator check showed me that my answer was wrong)

Your best bet would be to use bitesize, they explain things in the best way....and so do their revision guides.

MuslimSister — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 - 17:17

Children have an incredibily strong sense of unfairness.

I took my class to see Cinderella in panatomine today and my 'angels' turned into a angry mob.

Allow booing - they were yelling, screming, hurling abuse, giving death threats and even giving the finger to the 'wicked stepmother'.

They know its 'pretend' but that didnt stop them from 'feeling cinderella's pain'.

Funzo — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 - 17:21

I remember when i was little simmilar plays, you know how fun it is to be involved like that, i wouldnt blame them but im not saying you do.

MuslimSister — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 - 23:04

Many teachers are fat cos..

-They manage 30kids in a class - and its always someone's b'day, which means there's always cake or chocolates for the teacher.
-Most teachers get xmas presents and end of year presents - which is usually chocolates or biscuits.
-In the staffroom there's always someone getting married, pregnant, leaving or celebrating their b'day which again means more cake for all.

I think from now on...instead of barking orders at my class in PE. I'll join in with them.

Bliss — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 - 23:42

As soon as I have completed my six units for this year, I can leave school and never have to come back again! Wohooo!!!!!!!!!

😛

MuslimBro — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 - 09:39

- Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
- Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
- You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

Naz — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 - 13:19

[quote="MuslimBro"]
- You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.[/quote]

strictly speaking thats not true. If you hold your breath and someone comes and squeezes you real tight around your waist it can kill you.

Ya'qub — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 - 13:22

[quote="Naz"][quote="MuslimBro"]
- You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.[/quote]

strictly speaking thats not true. If you hold your breath and someone comes and squeezes you real tight around your waist it can kill you.[/quote]

depending on how tightly someone squeezed you, it wouldn't make a difference if you were holding your breath or not.

What if you're holding your breath and someone comes up and says 'if you don't breath now I'll shoot you', and then you still hold your breath, does that count?

Naz — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 - 18:23

^^ i think its very rare to kill someone in this way but nevertheless less still possible (my teacher was telling me of someone she knew), most of the time you just pass out. Takes me back to high school, some of the girls would do it just to get out of a lesson they didn’t like. The alternative was to set off the fire alarm but if you got caught you had to pay the £250 fine that the school paid out every time the fire service came down.

You — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 - 00:32

When I was at school, for a short while there was this craze where one would take some deep breaths, breathe out and hold it. Then another person would crush them. Fainting guaranteed. Maybe even convulsions.

Massive crackdown when the teachers found out.

/Being the sensible one, I stayed well away.

Seraphim — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 - 14:22

[quote="Alisha"]Morrisons is better than asda and sainsburys and tesco :shock:[/quote]

Morrisons ALWAYS has pure offers on.

Sainsburys hardly EVER has any.

Asda's is alright.

Alisha — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 - 20:35

I only been morrisons twice, cos we have all the others close by.
Iceland is only good for the chicago town stuff crust cheese pizza 😃

I learnt something really annoying, I need duas 🙁

You — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 - 21:06

Sainsbury's and Tesco are the only two of the major supermarkets who are not majorly abusing Africans.

Their stuff also seems to cost more. A coincidence?

(Asda/Walmart is almost like a slave driver...)

Price is not everything.

Funzo — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 - 21:20

Thats what it's all about these days, whether your being selfish and saving a few pennies or your being sefless and losing a few pennies.

Naz — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 - 21:30

Tescos might be the leading supermarket but they aint top when it comes to how their employees are treated.

Seraphim — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 - 22:01

Morrisons are the best when it comes to employees.

We had a propper full employee only canteen which was cheaper to eat at than eating at home. lol.

Noor — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 - 22:11

-according to my tutor i'm an asset to the class and i will go far in my studies.
- my tutor adores me.

8)

MuslimBro — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 - 03:01

- Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
- Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.

Naz — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 - 22:57

[quote="MuslimBro"] - Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.[/quote]

Not cutting your nails in 2 weeks is a minor sin. If dont cut them in a month it becomes a major sin!

MuslimBro — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 - 01:10

[quote="Naz"]Not cutting your nails in 2 weeks is a minor sin. If dont cut them in a month it becomes a major sin![/quote]
Hmm... where did you get that from?

I've only known it to be extremely disliked, or even a minor sin but a major one?

MuslimBro — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 - 18:11

- Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
- More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.

Funzo — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 - 21:36

[quote="MuslimBro"]- Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.[/quote]
Coca-cola are the main reason why santa is in a red suit.