INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY

[tigersaw]

100 years ago, Capt Lawrence Oates went for a walk, saying "
'I am just going outside and may be some time.'

Is he back yet?

[Amadeus]

100 years ago, Capt Lawrence Oates went for a walk, saying "
'I am just going outside and may be some time.'

Barefoot

[DJFridge]

Despite Oates' sacrifice, the remaining three men still died, of starvation and exposure in their tent on 29 March 1912. The really sad fact is that they were only 20 km from a pre-arranged supply depot.

[Richie]

100 years ago, Capt Lawrence Oates went for a walk, saying "
'I am just going outside and may be some time.'

I know, I was at the remembrance Parade for the Royal Dragoon Guards yesterday Marching through York to the Minster.

didn't get finished until 03:30 this morning... The'll be a lot of VERY SORE HEADS today :0) :bigsmurf:

[The Idle Biker]

Tonight I established that a Blackberry can remain immersed in old engine oil for approximately 20 seconds and still function once removed and dried with plenty of toilet paper.

However the Blackberry is still very slippy and probably not a good idea to try it on your Blackberry or similar device.

[DJFridge]

I prefer my blackberrys not to taste of engine oil. Just a personal thing. I discovered a while back that an iPod Nano Mk3 can survive an hour in a washing machine. As can a USB stick (bloomin' children, leaving things in their pockets).

[haggis]

A 20yr old 4x 'C' cell Maglite torch can survive intact after being dropped onto rocks in the sea during a cliff traverse from 30ft up and the same torch withstands being projected forwards onto tarmac during an emergency brake test from 60mph-0 whilst perched precariously on the front left wiper arm mechanism of a Rover 200!

Battle scarred, but still it shines on. :)

[DJFridge]

A 20yr old 4x 'C' cell Maglite torch can survive intact after being dropped onto rocks in the sea during a cliff traverse from 30ft up and the same torch withstands being projected forwards onto tarmac during an emergency brake test from 60mph-0 whilst perched precariously on the front left wiper arm mechanism of a Rover 200!

Battle scarred, but still it shines on. :)

Interestingly, the same type of torch can also survive being used as a mallet to put tent pegs in the ground. Only big old wooden pegs though. Metal pegs proved too much!

[Mr Speirs]

The words Champion, champagne, camp and campaign all come from the word campus which in Latin means field.

[The Idle Biker]

85% of all pie charts resemble pacman.

[L3nny]

Do they?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xYYbHD-a4yE/TM5UAVPcXcI/AAAAAAAACtA/n2riGT8Id3c/s1600/pac_man_pie_chart.jpg

[DJFridge]

LOL!

[L3nny]

A kangaroo has 3 vaginas

[punyXpress]

Wondered where troilism was invented.

[monkey]

A kangaroo has 3 vaginas

My Missus works with a girl with two vaginas. She was in the press a few times about a month or two ago as well as a cameo on Embarrasing illnesses and This Morning!

[The Idle Biker]

Don't believe you. Need pictures please.

[The Idle Biker]

Monkey sent me the pictures via pm, thanks, now I'm a believer.

[The Idle Biker]

There are no rockets or airplanes built by any government in the world that can accelerate from a standing start as fast as a Top Fuel Dragster or Funny Car..and that includes any aircraft launched by a catapult from an aircraft carrier. Nothing can compare..






DEFINITION OF ACCELERATION

One top fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower than the first 4 rows of stock cars at the Daytona 500.

It takes just 15/100 ths (0.15) of a second for all 6,000 plus horsepower (some believe 8,000 HP is more realistic - there are no dynamometers capable of measuring it) of an N.H.R.A. Top Fuel dragster engine to reach the rear wheels.

Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1-1/2 gallons of nitro-methane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced.

A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive the dragster's supercharger..

With 3,000 c.f.m. of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition.

Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.

At the stoichiometric (stoichiometry: methodology and technology by which quantities of reactants and products in chemical reactions are determined) 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture of nitro-methane, the flame front temperature measures 7,050 degrees F. (Oxy-acetylene on "cut" is 6,300)

Nitro methane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapour by the searing exhaust gases.

Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.

Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during one pass. After halfway, the engine is dieseling from compression, plus the glow of exhaust valves at 1,400 degrees F. The engine can only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow.

If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up in the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.

In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds, dragsters must accelerate an average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph well before half-track, the launch acceleration approaches 8G's.

Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading this sentence.

Top fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light! Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load.

The redline is actually quite high at 9,500 rpm.

Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimate $1,000.00 per second.

The current top fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.428 seconds for the quarter mile (11/12/06, Tony Schumacher, at Pomona , CA ).. The top speed record is 336.15 mph as measured over the last 66' of the run (05/25/05 Tony Schumacher, at Hebron , OH ).

Putting all of this into perspective:

You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter 'twin-turbo' powered Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, a top fuel dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the 'Vette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and pass the dragster at an honest 200 mph.. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that instant.

The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within 3 seconds, the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where you were just passed by him.

Think about it, from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 mph and not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1,320 foot long race course.


... and that, my friend, is ACCELERATION !

[L3nny]

For some reason I was reading that in a Southern American accent!

I remember seeing some of these on an episode of 5th gear, one guy blew his engine on the burnout, cost $40,000 or something like that. I'll see if I can find a clip on youtube, was amazing!

Found it skip to 3:28

lnbgHcQwKLA

[punyXpress]

So: 0 to 1500 mph?
My money's on the one with wings.

[punyXpress]

http://www.google.co.uk/logos/2012/stgeorge12-hp.png (http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ZX+Spectrum&ct=stgeorge12-hp&oi=ddle)
St George allegedly slew the Dragon, but was himself beheaded in 303 ( AD )

[punyXpress]

30 years ago today, the Royal Navy sank Belgrano which helped make the removal of Argentinians from the Falklands a possibility.

[DJFridge]

The Belgrano was previously the USS Phoenix and was a survivor of Pearl Harbour

[yorkie_chris]

30 years ago today, the Royal Navy sank Belgrano which helped make the removal of Argentinians from the Falklands a possibility.

Not sure what a WW2 cruiser would have done against modern missiles anyway.

Of interest is that it was sunk using torpedos first designed in the 1920s and perfected in WW2.

[DJFridge]

And only the second ship to be sunk in anger by torpedo since WW2

[daveyrach]

The Belgrano is also the only ship to be sunk by a nuclear powered sub during combat.

[yorkie_chris]

And only the second ship to be sunk in anger by torpedo since WW2

What was the other one?

[daveyrach]

She was the only ship sunk in anger by a nuclear sub via torpedo since WWII, and the second sunk in action since WWII. The first was an Indian Anti-Submarine Frigate the INS Khukri by the Pakistani Hangor during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war.

[DJFridge]

She was the only ship sunk in anger by a nuclear sub via torpedo since WWII, and the second sunk in action since WWII. The first was an Indian Anti-Submarine Frigate the INS Khukri by the Pakistani Hangor during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war.

You found the same wikipedia page as me then?!

[Amadeus]

Since then there was the south Korean ship sunk by their northern neighbours (which fortifies my view that northerners can't be trusted, especially those with torpedoes).

[DJFridge]

Ah yes, cuddly friendly North Korea. All together now..

"I'm so wrone ree..."

[daveyrach]

I knew the facts about the Belgrano but yes the Indo-pakistani stuff came from Wiki.


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[DJFridge]

I knew the facts about the Belgrano but yes the Indo-pakistani stuff came from Wiki.

Ah, wiki:notworthy:

[Amadeus]

"I'm so wrone ree..."

Ken Lee?

[DJFridge]

Ken Lee?

Team America - World Police!

To quote Kim Jong Il in full:

I'm so Ronery / So ronery / So ronery and sadry arone / There's no one / Just me onry / Sitting on my rittle throne / I work rearry hard and make up get prans / but, nobody listens, no one understands / Seems rike no one takes me serirousry / And so, I'm ronery / A rittle ronery / Poor rittle me / There's no one I can rerate to / Feewr rike a biwd in a cage / It's kinda siwry / but, not reawry / because, it's fiwring my body with rage / I'm the smartest, most crever, most physicawry fit / but, nobody erse seems to rearrize it / When I can the worrd maybe they'rr notice me / And untiwr then, I'wr be ronery / Yeaaaaah, a rittle ronery / Poor rittle me...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372588/quotes

[Amadeus]

Ken Lee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQt-h753jHI)

[DJFridge]

Ken Lee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQt-h753jHI)

:smt046

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, brilliant, I hadn't seen that before! It's the look on the woman judge's face as she sings it, priceless

[Amadeus]

I was impressed by how earnest the singer was! :-)

[DJFridge]

She was scarily keen

[ant-g]

Prior to 30/9/1998 you could still, in theory, be publically hanged for committing high treason and piracy.

[Dabber]

Hanging is still legal in the Royal Navy. Wouldn't be carried out though, as some do gooder would get upset :)

[Dabber]

A Type 42 Destroyer traveling at 30 knots can come to a complete stop within 3 ship lengths.

Which can **** off the chefs in the Galley I can tell you!

[The Idle Biker]

Did you know that towels are the most common cause of dry skin?

[Grant66]

The Olympic tourch was first used in Berlin 1936. A product of Nazi propaganda.

[punyXpress]

This day, 1972, Gravelly Hill ( Spaghetti ) Junction was opened.
Not interesting enough to warrant a ride there though!

[Dabber]

A Humpback Whale's Todger is 140 inches long!

[hongman]

A Humpback Whale's Todger is 140 inches long!

Is that it? :)

[punyXpress]

" Is that it? says Mrs Humpback " :)
:confused:

[punyXpress]

Today is Tax Freedom Day, so, good people of the .org, rejoice in the knowledge that you haven't actually earned a penny yet this year - it's all gone to the Treasury.
Tomorrow they'll let you have some of your own, but at least you've done something ( we had no choice ) to keep this Septic Isle afloat.

[tactcom7]

I drive everywhere at 88 miles an hour, that way if i get stopped by the police and they ask where i was going i can say 'back to the future...'

[punyXpress]

Transit of Venus
Tonight ( but invisible in the dark ) see it tomorrow from crack of dawn unless it's cloudy.
Last chance to see it this century.
BUT . . dont look at sun direct. This is your granny speaking.

[DJFridge]

Clouds, clouds and yet more clouds.



And I was asleep!

[littleoldman2]

Aaaw missed it, suppose I'll have to wait till the next century then.

[punyXpress]

only 105 years!

[Richie]

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/946/55638830789939596770217.jpg

[xXBADGERXx]

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/946/55638830789939596770217.jpg


I got a bottle of "Nap time" you can borrow :clown:

[femaleacid]

The most disgusting fact I've ever been told (especially because im a binge eater)..

We eat around 11 pubic hairs (that aren't ours) which are in takeaway food every year.

[BanannaMan]

I've been married to the lovely Mrs. BanannaMan for 29 years today!

[andrewsmith]

I got a bottle of "Nap time" you can borrow :clown:

I've got a bottle of Priest On here

[femaleacid]

I've been married to the lovely Mrs. BanannaMan for 29 years today!

Congrats :)

[gruntygiggles]

I've been married to the lovely Mrs. BanannaMan for 29 years today!

Wow...congratulations Bill. That's fantastic :-) xxx

[Owenski]

I've been married to the lovely Mrs. BanannaMan for 29 years today!

Wow, if you'd have killed her instead you'd be out of prison by now.

[hongman]

Congrats Bman!

Owenski - you're awesome.

[DJFridge]

I've been married to the lovely Mrs. BanannaMan for 29 years today!

Wahey, congrats. Just had our 14th so we're catching you up!!

[BanannaMan]

Thanks everyone!




















Owenski,
I didn't know you two had met.

;) J/K

[SIII]

The loudest noise made by any animal is a hunting click made by sperm whales - louder than a thunder clap. Is said by divers who have felt it, that it feels like getting kicked in the chest by a horse.

[daveyrach]

The loudest noise made by any animal is a hunting click made by sperm whales - louder than a thunder clap. Is said by divers who have felt it, that it feels like getting kicked in the chest by a horse.

Your obviously watching oceans giants like me. ;-)


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[SIII]

Yep! Just happened to be surfing the Org and half watching the whale program and heard 'the loudest noise any animal makes' :smt017 and had to rewind to find out!

Therefore - had to post up!:D

God that baby sperm whale was fugly lookin beast - face only a mother could luv!

[Berlin]

How did they find divers that had been kicked in the chest by a horse to give the comparison???

I would say the chance of a diver ever meeting a horse is quite unlikely indeed!

Maybe a sea horse but they kick like a girl! :-)

C

[monkey]

My boss got kicked in the face by a horse 2 days before her wedding.

(she wasn't diving though)

[SIII]

My neighbour was kicked by a cow! Broke his leg! And then he died! (but that was 6 mths later, and not related to be kicked by the cow, but was still dead)

[Mrs DJ Fridge]

My brother got kicked in the face by his girlfriend's horse, he lost three teeth.

[Richie]

may be the wale was clicking for the waiters attention...
while I felt better than James Brown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TxHInkyNpg) :0)

[xXBADGERXx]

Watermelons have a Gender . If you look at the bottom part of the Watermelon (opposite to where the Vine used to be) you will see the point where the outer stripes all terminate together . If the dot where they meet is the size of a penny , then it is a Male Watermelon . If the dot is about the size of a 10 pence piece then it is Female ..... will have less seeds and will generally taste sweeter .

[Berlin]

My watermelon is an alpha Male! Very small dot indeed!

[punyXpress]

Lest we Forget
Today The Queen belatedly unveiled the Bomber Command Memorial

[tactcom7]

Some sniffer dogs are trained to detect counterfeit DVDs.

Increasingly, bees are being used to sniff out traces of explosives etc. They can even tell the difference between two people by their smell.

[svstar]

Ants never sleep in their wholelife
Hitler and Napoleon both had only one testicle.
Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

:)

[xXBADGERXx]

The majority of people who read the word yawn or yawning begin to feel the urge to yawn.

[femaleacid]

The majority of people who read the word yawn or yawning begin to feel the urge to yawn.


Thanks for giving me yawning fits badger :P

[davepreston]

The majority of people who read the words written by badger begin to feel the urge to yawn.


fixed for you big lad

[unclepoo]

Going Bananas......they`re not a fruit but a herb, that can move or "walk".....and be careful with em, they are radioactive, due to the potassium-40 isotope. About 200 bananas is the same as a chest X-ray.

[xXBADGERXx]

fixed for you big lad

Good job you can`t read then , isn`t it

[femaleacid]

big lad

Hmmm...

[punyXpress]

2200 years ago ( 17 July 188BC ) Solar Eclipse in Rome - bet that got them checking the chicken entrails!

[punyXpress]

Nelson Mandela's 94th Birthday today.

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/319443_10150957867953513_418508881_n.jpg

[davepreston]

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSc9PAk4UnL-6wxcbw3gJaH3OT6v2udt_VkFwbCKOnH65y16erkRw

i agree nelson

[monkey]

You know that should be a pint of Stella right?

[widepants]

It doesnt matter how stupid a chav is , they still know how to have a jolly good life while sitting on their ases watching their mum on Jeremy Kyle

[monkey]

He he he.

[Viney]

You know that should be a pint of Stella right?Viney likes this. Some wont get the reference though

[monkey]

Then I shall give it to them mr Vine.

Down in these Southern shandy drinking areas, and possibly further afield, one can often hear patrons of a public house or bar ordering a point of "Nelson". All simply because Nelson Mandella rhymes with Stella.

Ithangyou.

[punyXpress]

Ah! the old coc knee rhyming stuff

[DJFridge]

Then I shall give it to them mr Vine.

Down in these Southern shandy drinking areas, and possibly further afield, one can often hear patrons of a public house or bar ordering a point of "Nelson". All simply because Nelson Mandella rhymes with Stella.

Ithangyou.

When I used to pub a lot, I've no idea what I would have got if I'd asked for a pint of Nelson. ****ted probably. I do know that if you asked for a pint of "wife beater" a pint of Stella appeared:smt030

[SIII]

There are no moles in Ireland!

[yorkie_chris]

There are no moles in Ireland!

Aggressive control methods?
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/421159_334452333260177_526077537_n.jpg

[Amadeus]

There are no moles in Ireland!

Does Roger Casement not count?

[punyXpress]

Looks like you fitted out the Garage of Doom #2 pretty quick there, Chris - and you gotta dawg!

[keith_d]

Aggressive control methods?


Naah, half a million hungry Prestons during the potato famine.

[andrewsmith]

Aggressive control methods?
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/421159_334452333260177_526077537_n.jpg


Bwahahahahaha

Naah, half a million hungry Prestons during the potato famine.

looking for new ways to make Poitín