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Quiff Wichard
03-04-06, 10:21 PM
thats ace Lynne
I am cutting and pasting that to my fave uncle..he loves interesting stuff like that !
he will text me with "guess whos birthday it is today "..I will think Iforgot someones and he will declare that King Herod would be 2059 or something liek that !
anyway - unusual fact now required...
my daughters name is palondromic. HANNAH . reads same backwars as forwards...
the longest palondromic sentence is
A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL , PANAMA................... go on read it backwards too!
a man with a broken hand works more than twice as slow...
proof... ask my wife
Carrying on in that vain before I go to bed.
The name Caesar is where the terms Kaiser and Tzar [or Czar] derive from.
Ironic for a man who did not wish to instil a monarchy in Republican Rome. But his assassination left the path open for Octavian, his nephew, to rise and become Caesar Augustus and found the Roman Empire.
Jelster
03-04-06, 10:42 PM
Palace is actually derived from the hill in Rome where the wealthier population lived. This was the Palantine, the hill where Romulus was said to have built the first foundations of Rome.
I thought Romulus was where the Romulens in Stark Trek came from..... (You know, like Klingons come from Kronos (Q'onoS) - not Uranus :lol: ).
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Palace is actually derived from the hill in Rome where the wealthier population lived. This was the Palantine, the hill where Romulus was said to have built the first foundations of Rome.
I thought Romulus was where the Romulens in Stark Trek came from..... (You know, like Klingons come from Kronos (Q'onoS) - not Uranus :lol: ).
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damn you!! for some reason reading thats reminded me of the song Star Trekkin'. Im off to find my tablets cos I wont sleep now with that going through my head...
:(
philipMac
04-04-06, 03:36 AM
Taking about 40,000 E tablets (at 25 / day :shock:) makes your brain a bit messed up.
Believe it or not. :?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,,1746333,00.html?gusrc=rss
Ok Im in the mood for more... :D
The phrase Flavour of the month originates back to 1930s USA. It originated in the advertising campaigns of ice cream companies - the earliest record of it is back in 1937.
The phrase Bakers dozen meaning 13 originates from bakers selling bread to avoid being penalised for selling short weight. The weight was prescribed by the Assize of Bread and Ale which dates back to the reign on Henry II. Any baker who gave short measure could be pilloried, fined or flogged.
Given the Assize concentrated on weight, when bakers sold in quantity they would add on a loaf to make up the weight. When they sold to individuals the weight would be made up with pieces of bread.
The phrase Beyond the Pale has nothing to do with colour or shades for the meaning of pale. A pale is a stake or piece of pointed wood - and from which we get the term impale. A paling fence was built of these stakes and the area enclosed was deemed safe and beyond the pale was outside of this area. Over time the phrase beyond the pale has come to mean outside agreed standards of decency, but its origin derives from being outside this pale.
philipMac
04-04-06, 09:09 PM
The phrase Beyond the Pale has nothing to do with colour or shades for the meaning of pale. A pale is a stake or piece of pointed wood - and from which we get the term impale. A paling fence was built of these stakes and the area enclosed was deemed safe and beyond the pale was outside of this area. Over time the phrase beyond the pale has come to mean outside agreed standards of decency, but its origin derives from being outside this pale.
To be more precise... the "Pale" was an area, 20 miles in radius, around Dublin, that the English built up their "palisades" in an attempt to keep the Irish out. Inside The Pale was where normal laws ruled. Outside the Pale, well, was outside the pale :wink:
"Within the confines of the Pale the leading gentry and merchants lived lives not too different from that of their counterparts in England, except that they lived under the constant fear of attack from the Gaelic Irish."
Go on the Paddies. :lol:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale
To be more precise... the "Pale" was an area, 20 miles in radius, around Dublin, that the English built up their "palisades" in an attempt to keep the Irish out. Inside The Pale was where normal laws ruled. Outside the Pale, well, was outside the pale :wink:
"Within the confines of the Pale the leading gentry and merchants lived lives not too different from that of their counterparts in England, except that they lived under the constant fear of attack from the Gaelic Irish."
Go on the Paddies. :lol:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale
Not entirely correct. There were a number of Pales in existence, the pale round Dublin, referred to as the English Pale, was only one such occurrence. Another notable one being the Pale of Calais which was in existance around 1360. So there is no definitive "The Pale was this area". The above article demonstrating one reason I mistrust wikipedia. :wink: :P :D
philipMac
04-04-06, 09:45 PM
Not entirely correct. There were a number of Pales in existence, the pale round Dublin, referred to as the English Pale, was only one such occurrence. Another notable one being the Pale of Calais which was in existance around 1360. So there is no definitive "The Pale was this area". The above article demonstrating one reason I mistrust wikipedia. :wink: :P :D
I wasnt taking it from wiki, we were taught that the first, or canonical Pale was around Dublin. Wiki just seemed to confirm this.
Websters seems to be in agreement..."Pale Within the pale of my observation- i.e. the scope thereof. The dominion of King John and his successors in Ireland was marked off, and the part belonging to the English crown was called the pale, or the part paled off."
I dunno. John was 11 hundred and something, predating the Calais Pale.
Reading the history on the BBC site, it suggests that King John began building Dublin castle.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/ni/beyond_pale.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/ni/making_pale.shtml
It is suggested that the area around the castle became known as the Pale around the late 1300s. It cant have been as early as King John as the Pale was a small area that was believed to be left after the Bruce invasion in 1315 and the impact of the black death among other factors.
PS. damn interesting discussion and thread :D
philipMac
04-04-06, 10:28 PM
ha ha.I am definately reaching the edge of what I know here. I seem to be reaching for wiki again...
"Dublin became the centre of English power in Ireland after the 12th century Norman conquest of the southern half of Ireland (Munster and Leinster), replacing Tara in Meath -- seat of the Gaelic High Kings of Ireland -- as the focal point of Ireland's polity. Over time, however, many of the Anglo-Norman conquerors were absorbed into the Irish culture, adopting the Irish language and customs, leaving only a small area around Dublin, known as the Pale, under direct English control. People outside this area were still considered savage, giving rise to the expression "Beyond the Pale"."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Dublin
Hmm. I dunno. This seems to be pointing back again to Dublin. But, you seem to have a fairly firm grasp of history here, and I am going from a memory that is about 17 years old at this point :oops:
Ok heres another historical one for you.
Most words beginning with Al are derived from Arabic, Al being the definite article. So from Arabic we have the words Algebra [from bone setting if you will, not got that one sussed as yet], Alkali, Algorithm, and Alcohol.
The origin of the word Alcohol is believed to be Alkuhl. The kuhl was reference to a fine powder most often made from Antimony and used by women to darken their eyelids. In fact thats where the term Kohl for such make up we use nowadays derives from.
Over time the term Alkuhl came to mean any fine powder produced in a number of ways. The English form of the word, derived through Medieval Latin from the Arabic was first recorded in 1543. By that time Arabic chemists were using the term Alkuhl to refer to substances obtained through distillation. Around 1672 one of these distilled essences was known as alcohol of wine, it being the constituent of fermented liquors that caused intoxication. This was then abbreviated to alcohol which now refers to the liquor that contained the essence.
philipMac
06-04-06, 01:22 AM
Assasin is derived from (haššāšīn), Hashshashin, which were a gang of Islamic dudes who ate a load of Hashish before took other fellas out.
Not a very good fact really. Alcohol was more interesting :lol:
Assasin is derived from (haššāšīn), Hashshashin, which were a gang of Islamic dudes who ate a load of Hashish before took other fellas out.
Not a very good fact really. Alcohol was more interesting :lol:
I didnt know that. Learn something daily in this thread. Btw, is it the Phillip & Lyn show atm? :? :P :lol: :lol:
Ok todays one:
Salary is derived from the Roman salarium meaning a payment in salt. Given the precious nature of salt as a commodity in those times soldiers were more likely to be given a salary to allow them to buy salt to use than be paid in salt.
The term soldier was derived from the latin solidum or soldum, meaning pay. It is known the soldiers were paid with a coin known as a solidus.
:D
Amanda M
07-04-06, 10:03 AM
I don't know anything interesting so reading this is enlightening me :wink: Carry on Lynw and Philip :lol: :lol:
Ok todays one:
Salary is derived from the Roman salarium meaning a payment in salt. Given the precious nature of salt as a commodity in those times soldiers were more likely to be given a salary to allow them to buy salt to use than be paid in salt.
:D
My companies salary structure still dates back to those times I think :roll: :(
Ok todays one:
Salary is derived from the Roman salarium meaning a payment in salt. Given the precious nature of salt as a commodity in those times soldiers were more likely to be given a salary to allow them to buy salt to use than be paid in salt.
:D
My companies salary structure still dates back to those times I think :roll: :(
:lol: :lol:
philipMac
07-04-06, 02:35 PM
ha ha... emmmm,
alright then... I did the Arab connection, Lyn also had a make up section... so, this link is a stretch.
Deadly nightshade has the latin name Belladonna, which means beautiful woman. So, the deal was, if you took a lot of this you bought it, and all sorts of Roman emporors and things were killed this way (like Claudius).
But, if you take just the right amount though, you looked "strangely beautiful"
If a woman (or a man) dilates her eyes, this means they are either scared, in the dark, OR completely in love with the person you are looking at.
And, this is what Belladonna does, it makes your eyes perminently dilated a bit, so every guy you look at sub conciously gets the message that the woman is hopelessly in love with them, and therefore is beautiful to him
Phew. :oops: :lol:
Here's one for you:
All polar bears are left handed.
philipMac
07-04-06, 03:20 PM
Here's one for you:
All polar bears are left handed.
Latin for left is sinister.
People thought that left handed people were a bit wierd, so the word sinister ended up meaning wierd in English.
The way to tell a real rolex from a fake is that the real rolex second hand doesn't "tick".
philipMac
07-04-06, 03:31 PM
The way to tell a real rolex from a fake is that the real rolex second hand doesn't "tick".
be careful with that one mate.
I have seen fake rolexes knocking about NYC with cts rolling second hands...
But, yeah, if it ticks, its definately fake.
The way to tell a real rolex from a fake is that the real rolex second hand doesn't "tick".
be careful with that one mate.
I have seen fake rolexes knocking about NYC with cts rolling second hands...
But, yeah, if it ticks, its definately fake.
Thought I was going to be shot down in flames then!!! Thought you'd like the clever link between left hand and watch :D :D
amarko5
07-04-06, 05:19 PM
A little known but interesting fact :-
many people believe there is that much goodness in guiness that one can live on the stuff.
the fact is "you can" you need 46 pints of guiness per day along with one glass of orange and two pints of milk :shock:
don't know what your liver would be like at the end of a month though :P :lol:
Ok, heres todays snippet:
Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
Having covered the origins of the months which derive from Roman, most of our week days are derived from Norse gods with the exception of Sunday and Monday so named after the Sun and the Moon and Saturday so named after the Roman god Saturn.
Tuesday is derived from the Norse God Tir or Tyrs day, Wednesday from Wodens day, Thursday from Thors day, Friday from Frigga.
amarko5
07-04-06, 05:28 PM
Ok, heres todays snippet: Friday from Frigga.
Who the Friggin hell was Frigga :P :lol:
Filipe M.
07-04-06, 05:33 PM
Ok, heres todays snippet:
Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
Having covered the origins of the months which derive from Roman, most of our week days are derived from Norse gods with the exception of Sunday and Monday so named after the Sun and the Moon and Saturday so named after the Roman god Saturn.
Tuesday is derived from the Norse God Tir or Tyrs day, Wednesday from Wodens day, Thursday from Thors day, Friday from Frigga.
It looks like portuguese people were a bit more practical then. :lol: Apart from Sábado (Saturday), which must come straight from Sabbath (haven't checked) and Domingo (Sunday), which comes straight from Dominica, Dominus (Lord), and means Lord's Day, our weekdays are called Segunda (female form for second, since the week starts on the sunday), Terça (short form for third), Quarta (fourth), Quinta (fifth) and Sexta (sixth). Want more practical than this? ;)
will costello
07-04-06, 05:48 PM
when glass breaks the cracks travel at upto 3000 mph, it can be better to have 2 in the bush and the chicken came first!!! :drink:
A little known but interesting fact :-
many people believe there is that much goodness in guiness that one can live on the stuff.
the fact is "you can" you need 46 pints of guiness per day along with one glass of orange and two pints of milk :shock:
don't know what your liver would be like at the end of a month though :P :lol:
I remember as a young kid my dad was prescribed stout on the NHS after a serious operation. He got Mackeson not Guiness though.
PS. FYI, Frigga was the Norse goddess of love, fertility, marriage and wife of Odin. :P :lol: :lol:
gatso speed cameras can't prosecute vehicles travelling towards them
gatso speed cameras can't prosecute vehicles travelling towards them
Sorry misread that initially as I was about to query this about forward facing cameras. Then I realised what you were saying - they can only prosecute cars travelling in the direction they are facing. So forward facing ones can prosecute as you travel towards them on that side of the road but not as you pass on the other. Yes?
correct, gatsos can only prosecute from the rear numberplate :)
correct, gatsos can only prosecute from the rear numberplate :)
now youve confused me. How do the forward facing ones work then? Cos they will only get your front plate. :?
Gatsos are either forward or rear facing. Forward facing ones will work on your approaching front plate but ignore traffic going in the opposite directions rear plate. Rear facing ones will ignore oncoming traffics front plates and work on your rear plate. Presuming we're talking cars here with 2 plates.
Jelster
08-04-06, 04:39 PM
correct, gatsos can only prosecute from the rear numberplate :)
now youve confused me. How do the forward facing ones work then? Cos they will only get your front plate. :?
Gatsos are either forward or rear facing. Forward facing ones will work on your approaching front plate but ignore traffic going in the opposite directions rear plate. Rear facing ones will ignore oncoming traffics front plates and work on your rear plate. Presuming we're talking cars here with 2 plates.
Gatso's are rear facing, the forward facing ones are "Truvelo" cameras.
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philipMac
08-04-06, 04:42 PM
Gatso cameras were named after a rally driver, Maurice Gatsonides. Gatsonides wanted monitor his speed around the corners of a race track and came up with the device in order to improve his time around the circuit.
correct, gatsos can only prosecute from the rear numberplate :)
now youve confused me. How do the forward facing ones work then? Cos they will only get your front plate. :?
Gatsos are either forward or rear facing. Forward facing ones will work on your approaching front plate but ignore traffic going in the opposite directions rear plate. Rear facing ones will ignore oncoming traffics front plates and work on your rear plate. Presuming we're talking cars here with 2 plates.
Gatso's are rear facing, the forward facing ones are "Truvelo" cameras.
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Thankyou for explaining that. Ive learnt something today. To me they were all one and the same - especially the ones on Purley way which would get turned around on occasions :evil:
Gatso cameras were named after a rally driver, Maurice Gatsonides. Gatsonides wanted monitor his speed around the corners of a race track and came up with the device in order to improve his time around the circuit.
Aha...so that's who the **** is!!
philipMac
08-04-06, 10:32 PM
Gatso cameras were named after a rally driver, Maurice Gatsonides. Gatsonides wanted monitor his speed around the corners of a race track and came up with the device in order to improve his time around the circuit.
Aha...so that's who the **** is!!
Yeah. God love the poor bloke though. Not the way he would have been wanted to be remembered what with him being a Rally Driver and all.
What's that they say?... the greatest of harm can result from the best intentions. Or was it The road to Hell is paved with good intentions?
Something like that anyway :wink:
Ok another one from me.
Water pipes were originally made from Lead with Lead solder. The Roman term for Lead was Plumbum and it is from this we get the term plumber.
The Latin Plumbum was originally derived from the Greek for Lead which was Molubdos. It is from the Greek we get the term for the element Molybdenum which was so named because its compounds were often confused with compounds of Lead.
El Saxo
09-04-06, 11:56 AM
Ok another one from me.
Water pipes were originally made from Lead with Lead solder. The Roman term for Lead was Plumbum and it is from this we get the term plumber.
The Latin Plumbum was originally derived from the Greek for Lead which was Molubdos. It is from the Greek we get the term for the element Molybdenum which was so named because its compounds were often confused with compounds of Lead.
It's also where we get some of the chemical symbols on the periodic table, e.g. Lead = Pb :D
It's also where we get some of the chemical symbols on the periodic table, e.g. Lead = Pb :D
Indeed it is. The latin for Gold and Silver is Aurum and Argentum hence the derivation of the symbols for the metals being Au and Ag respectively.
They couldnt allocate Ar for silver as that relates to Argon. Argon is itself derived from the Greek Argos meaning inert or idle. Dare someone to point that out next time theyre in a queue in Argos waiting for their goods :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Iron goes without saying the Fe relates to the latin name for it - Ferrum.
Mercury is also called hydrargyrum hence its symbol being Hg.
Potassium was also called Kalium hence the K for its symbol. Sodium was called Natrium hence the Na.
Antimony has the symbol Sb from Stibium of which was the ancient name for its sulphide compound.
Also, Bromine derives its name from the Greek Bromos meaning stench.
:D
if you plunge a lit match into a bucket of petrol it won't ignite
Jelster
10-04-06, 07:03 PM
if you plunge a lit match into a bucket of petrol it won't ignite
Parafin maybe, but the fumes from petrol WILL ignite, so if you're going to try, let me know so I can look away....
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if you plunge a lit match into a bucket of petrol it won't ignite
Parafin maybe, but the fumes from petrol WILL ignite, so if you're going to try, let me know so I can look away....
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
I read that and wondered whos going to demonstrate this?? Not me for certain. :P :lol: :lol: :lol:
tinpants
10-04-06, 07:29 PM
if you plunge a lit match into a bucket of petrol it won't ignite
Theoretically speaking, yes, you're right. its the fumes that burn not the liquid.
In the same vein, diesel will boil before it ignites.
already done it years ago in an 'unofficial' physics lesson ;)
the lowest complete clearance possible in snooker delivers only 44 points
The word decimation derives from the Roman form of punishment carried out on mutinous troops. It would require every tenth man [hence the deci] to be clubbed to death by the other 9 in the row regardless of his innocence or guilt.
The impact of reducing troops by this method and to this extent resulted in the word decimation meaning what it does today ie to inflict major damage.
:D
the lowest complete clearance possible in snooker delivers only 44 points
Sorry someone just explained the reasoning here to dumb old me. You pot a red, miss a colour. The opponent misses everything.
Then surely its 42 - 15 reds plus 27 for the colours? :?
Damn I need to go to bed. This insomnias just turning me dumb. :(
no 44, because you have to pot a colour after the final red (yellow - 2pts) and a clearance in snooker is defined as a single visit to the table where you clear everything.
it's pretty unlikely, you have to pot all 15 reds in one shot :D
no 44, because you have to pot a colour after the final red (yellow - 2pts) and a clearance in snooker is defined as a single visit to the table where you clear everything.
it's pretty unlikely, you have to pot all 15 reds in one shot :D
Ok if a clearance is a single visit how do you get 44?
Unless all the years of my dad watching it has been a different game but I thought the rules were pot red, pot colour until the final red and its colour are potted then it the yellow - black. :?
Actually, Ill check. As per wikipedia:
If a red ball is potted, the player currently in play stays at the table and continues with another stroke. This time one of the six colours is the ball "on".
As per http://www.billiardworld.com/snooker.html
6. After the striker has scored a red ball initially, his next legal object is a color, and as long as reds remain on the table he must alternate his play between reds and colors (though within each group he may play a ball of his choice). When reds remain on the table and a color is his object, the striker must (a) designate prior to stroking which color ball is his object (that specific color is then his "ball on"), and (b) cause the cue ball's first contact with a ball to be with that colored ball. If the striker fails to meet these requirements, it is a foul (See Penalties For Fouls).
Youre working that score out on potting reds in a row which is not how the game is played and is therefore not the lowest clearance score. Its red, colour, red, colour etc until the last red is potted. An appropriate colour then you start with the colours from yellow to black. :?
In which case 15 reds = 15 points, pot the minimum colour after them = 15 x 2 = 30 gives 45 points. Then pot yellow - black so add 27 = 72points is the minimum points for a clearance according to the rules. :wink: :P :lol:
Stormspiel
11-04-06, 08:05 AM
I think it's worked out that one strike of the white would sink EVERY red on the table in that one strike...then you start sinking the colours...i think :lol:
sharriso74
11-04-06, 08:47 AM
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king in history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
I think it's worked out that one strike of the white would sink EVERY red on the table in that one strike...then you start sinking the colours...i think :lol:
Ah I see, Im now truly enlightened. Though its not really possible. :lol: :lol: :lol:
the closest anyone has come is 9 reds in one shot.. so maybe with further tuning :)
The average European sperm count is in the region of 70 million per millilitre.
While only one (or possibly two or three) sperm are required to fertilise an egg, a man needs a sperm count of 20 million per millilitre to be any way sure of success the natural way.
I won't tell you what my count was... but I was chuffed... :wink:
Filipe M.
11-04-06, 11:23 AM
I won't tell you what my count was... but I was chuffed... :wink:
Too much information there :P
El Saxo
12-04-06, 09:15 PM
Found this out which I felt was quite apt considering the weird weather we've been having lately:
It snowed in the Sahara desert on February 18, 1979.
Moriarty
13-04-06, 12:44 PM
Ok, heres todays snippet:
Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
Sorry honey, theres 2003UB313 which is not named after a god or indeed any mythical figure.
And my fact for the day is that the King of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
Flamin_Squirrel
13-04-06, 12:53 PM
Ok, heres todays snippet:
Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
Sorry honey, theres 2003UB313 which is not named after a god or indeed any mythical figure.
And my fact for the day is that the King of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
Ah, but thats a designation, not a name :wink:
Totally uninteresting fact of the day! :D
Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
Still the case in our house ! :wink: :D
philipMac
13-04-06, 03:12 PM
Totally uninteresting fact of the day! :D
Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
So were neck ties. Serviettes on the go :wink:
Ok, heres todays snippet:
Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
Sorry honey, theres 2003UB313 which is not named after a god or indeed any mythical figure.
And my fact for the day is that the King of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
Pedant. Ok the ONLY planet in our solar system. :roll: :P :? :lol:
sony make ****ty, proprietary products
tinpants
16-04-06, 02:00 PM
Despite many people stating the opposite, it is anatomically impossible to swallow your own tongue. :D This is due to the small piece of connective tissue at the frontal base of the tongue.
Whilst we're on about things medical, the correct name for the indentation under the nose is the pilctrum.
Moriarty
17-04-06, 11:56 AM
Today is Elvis fact day:
Elvis received a special agent badge for the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs from President Richard Nixon.
And the planet that I get pedantic about is, in fact, in our solar system. (God doesn't he ever shut up)
Today is Elvis fact day:
Elvis received a special agent badge for the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs from President Richard Nixon.
And the planet that I get pedantic about is, in fact, in our solar system. (God doesn't he ever shut up)
Elvis is still alive and working in an OAP home in Golders green :D
Heres a pleasant one for you....
The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet :D
sharriso74
19-04-06, 10:45 AM
Heres a pleasant one for you....
The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet :D
And what a great night it was !!!!!
Nutkins
19-04-06, 11:45 AM
Heres a pleasant one for you....
The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet :lol:
Poor old Norris McWhirter. he made a rod for his own back really.
Heres a pleasant one for you....
The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet :lol:
Poor old Norris McWhirter. he made a rod for his own back really.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
_Stretchie_
19-04-06, 11:50 AM
I'm at work....
Just thought I'd share that little gem with you
I'm at work....
Just thought I'd share that little gem with you
:winner:
Here is another one for you, quite a topical one given the rise in petrol prices recently...
The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world
_Stretchie_
19-04-06, 12:10 PM
Fat people DO use more soap
Nutkins
19-04-06, 12:24 PM
"Kemo Sabe" means "soggy shrub" in Navajo.
The Mongoose was introduced to Hawaii to kill rats - the project failed because rats are nocturnal whilst the Mongoose hunts during the day/
If you were locked in a completely sealed room, you'd die of Carbon Dioxide poisoning first, rather than Oxygen depravation.
Aoccdnrig to a rscheearhc at Cmabgide Uinevrtisy, it deson't mtater what oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are - so lnog as the frist and lsat ltteer are in the crorcet pclae. Tihs is bcusease we dno't raed ervey lteter but the wrod as a wlohe!
Nutkins
19-04-06, 12:33 PM
The oldest tube line in the world is the Metropolitan line. It opened on the 10th January 1863.
That was a Saturday ..... and probably by the following Sunday it was closed due to "engineering".
tinpants
19-04-06, 06:10 PM
The Mongoose was introduced to Hawaii to kill rats - the project failed because rats are nocturnal whilst the Mongoose hunts during the day/
If you were locked in a completely sealed room, you'd die of Carbon Dioxide poisoning first, rather than Oxygen depravation.
Aoccdnrig to a rscheearhc at Cmabgide Uinevrtisy, it deson't mtater what oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are - so lnog as the frist and lsat ltteer are in the crorcet pclae. Tihs is bcusease we dno't raed ervey lteter but the wrod as a wlohe!
Waht! Eevn wehn its selpt icorrcetnly?
The Mongoose was introduced to Hawaii to kill rats - the project failed because rats are nocturnal whilst the Mongoose hunts during the day/
If you were locked in a completely sealed room, you'd die of Carbon Dioxide poisoning first, rather than Oxygen depravation.
Aoccdnrig to a rscheearhc at Cmabgide Uinevrtisy, it deson't mtater what oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are - so lnog as the frist and lsat ltteer are in the crorcet pclae. Tihs is bcusease we dno't raed ervey lteter but the wrod as a wlohe!
Waht! Eevn wehn its selpt icorrcetnly?
Er, yeah! :oops:
My excuse is I'm Dyslexic - so I don't stand a chance of proof-reading that lot! :lol:
philipMac
19-04-06, 06:37 PM
If you were locked in a completely sealed room, you'd die of Carbon Dioxide poisoning first, rather than Oxygen depravation.
Yeah. Almost always humans are breathing out CO2, rather than breathing in 02. The driving force is ridding your blood of C02.
Last Action Pimp
19-04-06, 07:52 PM
Taths Rlealy Gaert! ayonne wnaa dinrk? i cnat slepl to svae my lfie
Talking of sleep, the word DREAMT is the only word in the English language to end in MT.
stewboy
24-04-06, 06:59 PM
Did you know im the daddy!
This has been a bit quiet so here is a new one....
Male monkeys lose the hair on their heads in the same way men do. :D
This has been a bit quiet so here is a new one....
Male monkeys lose the hair on their heads in the same way men do. :D
do the embarassed one's wear baseball caps and try stylising with comb-overs?
Nutkins
25-04-06, 01:13 PM
Yes ... I do.
leshkin
26-04-06, 06:16 AM
45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star.
Whereas 40% of the British population can't read a bus timetable.
The fastest corner on the MotoGP calender this year is turn 11 at Turkey`s Istanbul Park Circuit.
:D
bald monkeys wear baseball caps
bald monkeys wear baseball caps
We do?
wyrdness
26-04-06, 08:47 AM
Whereas 40% of the British population can't read a bus timetable.
There's no point in being able to read a bus timetable. Busses never follow them anyway.
WD-40 Was invented in 1953 by Norm Larsen
Larsen was attempting to develop a substance that displaced water and prevented corrosion. He perfected the formula on his 40th try
hence
Water Displacement 40th attempt
Stormspiel
26-04-06, 02:21 PM
WD-40 Was invented in 1953 by Norm Larsen
Larsen was attempting to develop a substance that displaced water and prevented corrosion. He perfected the formula on his 40th try
hence
Water Displacement 40th attempt
WD40 is contained in 90% of shampoo's under another name (chemical makeup is all there) Apparently :? :D
nicked from am email.
A little history lesson
The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.
Here are some facts about the 1500s:
Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour.
Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water."
Houses had thatched roofs---thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would
slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs." There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying "dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing.
As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence
the saying a "thresh hold."
(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while.
Hence the rhyme, "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine
days old."
Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special.
When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could "bring home the bacon."
They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat."
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the drinkers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial.
They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a "wake." Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or "upper crust."
England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins was found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard
shift") to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer."
And that's the truth...
Now, whoever said that History was boring!!!
genuinely interesting lols :o :)
impressed richie! wow something vaguely intelligent and I feel like I learnt something :o :shock: oh nooooo!! no not education not on the forum! its an outrage and should be disallowed, oh no no no no no no no no no no
oh go on then I'll let u off, love the deadringer one! amazing!
kitten xx
genuinely interesting lols :o :)
impressed richie! wow something vaguely intelligent and I feel like I learnt something :o :shock: oh nooooo!! no not education not on the forum! its an outrage and should be disallowed, oh no no no no no no no no no no
oh go on then I'll let u off, love the deadringer one! amazing!
kitten xx
Sorry to disappoint. If you go to www.phrases.org which researches the etymology of phrases you'll find that theres bugger all proof that the email Richie posted has any basis of truth.
Sorry, its an email that has taken on a degree of "factual" basis without it being true.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/life%20in%20the%201500s.html.
refers.
There are discussions on the individual parts of it on there. For example, the baby/bathwater was originally derived from a German proverb rather than the explanation given in the email. Raining cats & dogs says this:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/raining%20cats%20and%20dogs.html
The deadringer link:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/dead%20ringer.html
genuinely interesting lols :o :)
impressed richie! wow something vaguely intelligent and I feel like I learnt something :o :shock: oh nooooo!! no not education not on the forum! its an outrage and should be disallowed, oh no no no no no no no no no no
oh go on then I'll let u off, love the deadringer one! amazing!
kitten xx
Sorry to disappoint. If you go to www.phrases.org which researches the etymology of phrases you'll find that theres bugger all proof that the email Richie posted has any basis of truth.
Sorry, its an email that has taken on a degree of "factual" basis without it being true.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/life%20in%20the%201500s.html.
refers.
There are discussions on the individual parts of it on there. For example, the baby/bathwater was originally derived from a German proverb rather than the explanation given in the email. Raining cats & dogs says this:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/raining%20cats%20and%20dogs.html
The deadringer link:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/dead%20ringer.html
You allways have to pee on my Bonfire... :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:
love you Lynw, dont no why but we just do... :wink:
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