INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY

Originally Posted by Baph

27th September 1999, Jack Straw signed the 6th protocol of the European Convention of Human Rights, this abolished the death penalty.

My previous post relied on information from my boss being accurate. Who can guess the mistake I made there?

is that really true, i thort the death penulty for civiliams was abolished in the 1088's some time!!!! well well you learn something new every day and all that!!! i take it all back!!!

Originally Posted by northwind

Luckily, race discrimination laws mean that anything I can do to a Welshman, I can do to anyone else Anyone got a longbow? And a book that'll teach me how to shoot a longbow? And possibly some weights, so that I can bulk up enough that I can draw a longbow?

All this talk brings to mind one of my favorite Bible quotes from JC.

"But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring them hither, and slay them before me."

Republican Jesus rules.

Originally Posted by Jimmy2Feet

is that really true, i thought the death penalty for civilians was abolished in the 1088's some time!!!! well well you learn something new every day and all that!!! i take it all back!!!

The death penalty for "normal" crimes like murder was only abolished in the 1960s.

If all the lego in the world were divided up evenly, we would all get 30 pieces each.

Cool!

I want my lego!

Ant trails always fork at 60-degree angles.

Trails leading away from an ant nest always fork at a 60-degree angle, similar to a capital Y. On their way out to pick up food, they take either the left or right branch (30 degrees off their current heading). On their return home, ants need only stay as straight as possible to find their nest.

Originally Posted by Samnooshka

Ant trails always fork at 60-degree angles.

Trails leading away from an ant nest always fork at a 60-degree angle, similar to a capital Y. On their way out to pick up food, they take either the left or right branch (30 degrees off their current heading). On their return home, ants need only stay as straight as possible to find their nest.

Really??? That's interesting, time to get my protractor out.

All the fish fingers consumed within the UK last year, if laid end to end, would stretch round the world 7 times.

According to cannibals, the tastiest part of a human is the hand.
And according to a robot, hands taste of bacon or ham.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35648

[Quiff Wichard]

Originally Posted by wyrdness

According to cannibals, the tastiest part of a human is the hand.
And according to a robot, hands taste of bacon or ham.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35648

if a cannibal ate a clown-- would he taste funny?