A thread full of useless facts

[Trufflehound]

And if the oldest word in English is "town", does that mean they started with just one word? It must have made small-talk f**king dull in the early days.

Peasant 1: "Town."
Peasant 2: "Town town."
Peasant 1: "Town town town."


etc...

 

[Parson Henry]

When did English become "English", as opposed to Old Norse, Anglo Saxon, or whatever? Was there an official launch party?

Yes and there was dancing to the Don Pashley Sound.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

its very windy today

...eating curries again?

 

[tedebear]

he who throws mud runs out of ground

 

[tedebear]

...eating curries again?

roast chicken dinner last night - always does it to me

 

[Eggmundo]

You can't fit 28 jacobs cream crackers in your mouth at the same time.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

you can't unboil an egg.

 

[surrey jim]

I beg to differ, Chester surely?

Not according to the FHM page a day desk diary

 

[Trufflehound]

You can't fit 28 jacobs cream crackers in your mouth at the same time.

I can. I'm 37 foot tall.

 

[surrey jim]

If you spill gloss paint on your carpet but manager to douse it in vinegar within a minute, then you'll have a f***ing awful mess that stinks to high heaven.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

The 1877 Boat Race ended in a dead heat.

 

[tedebear]

You can't fit 28 jacobs cream crackers in your mouth at the same time.

how many is in a pack?

 

[Easy 10]

Nerr. That's a USEFUL fact. Wrong thread.

Oops. I never read titles properly.

Thought your windswept wet-look was a triumph on Saturday btw.

 

[The Large One]

Thought your windswept wet-look was a triumph on Saturday btw.

Now that's a good useless facct. Cheers.

 

[The Large One]

In my previous post, I mis-spelled 'fact'. FACT.

 

[Trufflehound]

Despite popular belief, the word 'fact' needn't always be written in capitals. FACT.

 

[Billy the Fish]

The only football match to be played where there wasn't a throw in or a corner for the entire 90 minutes was between Portsmouth and Newcastle in 1931

 

[smudge]

The average depth of the female vagina is 10 inches.
The average length of the male penis is 6 inches.

This means that in the UK alone there are 66,552 miles of spare C.U.N.T!!

 

[bhaexpress]

I beg to differ, Chester surely?

That's a city, a real one, it even has a catherdral.

 

[Trufflehound]

There are 34 threads on NSC with FACT in the title. And another 32 containing facts. FACTs.