Did you know........? A thread full of useless facts

[Seagullible]

It is impossible to lick your elbow

 

[Italiaseagull]

That this stupid cat (worshipped by seagullible) appeared over a 100 times on the old NSC.

 

[Razi]

'Bookkeeper' is the only English word with three consecutive repeated letters (not including other forms of that word such as bookkeeping). It is not the only word of this kind, but it is the only one in which ommission of the medial hyphen is a practical option, which it is not in, for example, hoof-footed or sweet-toothed.

 

[daveyboybhafc]

i have only 2.5 hours till i finish work and become a poor lazy student!

 

[Seagullible]

It is possible to have the word 'and' five times in a row in the same sentance.
eg the spacing between the words George and And and And and Dragon needs to be made bigger.

 

[Brightonfan1983]

scoring a duck at cricket comes from the resemblance of the "0" posted on the scoreboard in the mid 19th century to a duck's egg.

Ths score 'love' in tennis is reputed to come from the French for egg, l'ouef...the number 0 resembling an egg

 

[Mr Popkins]

the Great fire of london in 1666 did not kill off the plauge ,as is commonly thought

the plauge dissappeared in October 1665 as quickly as it came.

 

[Mr Popkins]

it is legal to urinate in public as long as you have one hand on your car and aim at the rear passenger-side tyre.

 

[Safeway]

Hen is spelt h-e-n.

 

[Icy Gull]

Hen is spelt h-e-n.

Is that an aitch or a haitch?

 

[Safeway]

Is that an aitch or a haitch?

Aitch. Unless you're from Essex or north Kent, in which case it's haitch.

 

[tedebear]

The span of your hand from the tip of your little finger to the tip of your thumb, when stretched apart, is the same distance as between your nipples

 

[Hiney]

Newark, the town in Nottinghamshire, is an anagram of wanker

 

[BrightonBird]

The span of your hand from the tip of your little finger to the tip of your thumb, when stretched apart, is the same distance as between your nipples

No it's not! Just tried.

 

[Mr Popkins]

Tannoy & Port-A-Cabin- are brand names

 

[Icy Gull]

The span of your hand from the tip of your little finger to the tip of your thumb, when stretched apart, is the same distance as between your nipples

Oh dear, mine's not (I've tried it ,luckily there's no-one else in the room at the moment !)

 

[tedebear]

mine is?

 

[Citrus]

Cheddar is yellow.

Blue cheese is rarely blue.

 

[BrightonBird]

Ok, only yours then tedebear. Unless someone else can confirm so.

 

[Mr Popkins]

the word POSH, comes from cruise liners, where the rich people used to travel, Port out starboard Home

Shortend to P.O.S.H