"Hello" as a greeting
was only used after being the winner in the competition deciding what would be the standard greeting when answering a phone.

In close second place was "Ahoyhoy", which Mr Burns (and now me) uses when answering calls

edit: damn someone already wrote that, that'll teach me to post before i read....

have another one for luck: a lightbulb left for 10,000 years will drip, since glass is a very very thick liquid

Also paintings with horses running made before the 1870s are often shown with all their legs off the ground. As a result of some quality gentlemen's bets and shorter photographic exposure times, Edward Muybridge (who later changed his name to Edwierd - nutter) proved that this is not the case.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:12, Reply)