Only rule is that it MUST be true...no internet myth here please.
Here's mine:
Today I found out that the Swift fledglings that are living behind my fascia board and are about to fly will fly non-stop until nesting season 2013!
what do YOU know?
Only rule is that it MUST be true...no internet myth here please.
Here's mine:
Today I found out that the Swift fledglings that are living behind my fascia board and are about to fly will fly non-stop until nesting season 2013!
what do YOU know?
Starboard is literally 'steering side' because board means side and star or 'styri' means rudder.
Port was Larboard but sounded too similar so they used port to mean left as it is the side they loaded and unloaded at 'ports'
elephants are the only animals with 4 knee joints
I am related to James Callaghan.
thanks deadly, i will enjoy sharing that fact some night in the pub
The word 'adolescent' comes from one of two Latin verbs spelt adoleo. One means 'to make bigger' and the other means 'to emit a smell'.
No worries iDave
I can just picture the conversation...
77% of wimmin feel sexier when their underarms look good.
its on the nivea advert so must be true.
tangerines are not the only fruit..............
My two facts for today -
You cannot lick your own elbows,
Electricians that are friends of your relatives are substantially cheaper than electricians that you have no link to.
David Taylforth and myself are heading out to Portes du Soleil tomorrow afternoon and won't return till the following monday with grins bigger than shiteaters!
Tara!
A numberplate can fall off your car, and spend a week on a busy road getting run over and still be perfectly usable if you find it again.
I misread that as Gillian Taylforth, i was gonna congratulate you on the Range Rover oral in a handy lay-by..
Our Disaster Support site account manager who I met for the first time today, is a very sexy lady.
The 24h distance record for travel on skis by kite is 595km
samuri - Member
Our Disaster Support site account manager who I met for the first time today, is a very sexy lady.
Hot start or cold start?
Fabio Capello is a useless England manager
Canada is 41 times bigger than the UK & has half the population.
A Single Christmas Island Red Crab gives birth to 100,000 baby crabs.
Hedy Lamarr, Hollywood starlet of the 40s and 50s, jointly patented spread spectrum wireless communication
Andy Murray had a trial for Glasgow Rangers
Caesar's last words were in fact "Et tu, Brute" but spoken in Greek, not Latin. In fact, Caesar, who was 15 years older than Brutus, had a long term affair with Brutus' mother, Servilia. And when Caesar began to rise to prominence in the Forum, rumour spread that he was really Brutus' father.
Loch Morar, home to Scotland's other monster, Morag, is s deep, the closest place you'll find water that deep is some 2o-odd miles west of Ireland. And the River Morar, at about 400 yards is the shortest river in Britain
The flight between Westray and Papa Westray (two Orkney islands) has a scheduled flight time of 2 minutes and is the shortest commercial airline flight in the world. Check it out
fatmuthahubbard - Member
77% of wimmin feel sexier when their underarms look good.its on the nivea advert so must be true.
23% of women feel sexier when their underarms look bad.
Hot start or cold start?
Well the sites they are providing are cold but she's definately hot!
A chicken cannot 'swallow' - it has a rigid gullet, so food 'rolls' down it (hence why they lift their heads up when they eat.
So, if you want to starve a chicken, take it into space.. (no gravity, innit)
DrP
(note - I am aware there IS gravity in space, but you know what I mean!)
One I posted earlier:
Bruce Jones, who played Les Battersby in Coronation street found the mutilated corpse of one of the Yorkshire Ripper's victims.
A mate of mine (rusty nissan knows him too...
) may or may not have secreted, Sutcliffes hammer..
Britain is still technically at war with Finland.
If you get caught short in the Metropolitan District of London, it is still the duty of a Constable to provide cover with his cape(Goretex now I presume) whilst you take a waz!
The average erect penis size is five inches, not six as previously suspected.
For a nation of inveterate cussers, the Irish, curiously, have no swear words in their native language, Gaelic.
All crisps best before dates are a Saturday!
Utterly useless i know.
Ants NEVER sleep
elephants are the only animals with 4 knee joints
Rubbish.
The largest penis in the animal world belongs to the blue whale and has been measured at 8ft.
In relative terms the largest belongs to the Argentine Blue Bill duck, which at 17" is over twice as long as the duck, which measure 8".
And if anyone ever fancied being a fluffer, here's a pic of the whale
A sperm whale's b0llocks weigh 2 tonnes each.
Woody that is not a blue whale.
Speaking of whales, ever wonder how baby whales suckle? Mummy whale doesn't have a nipple, just a patch on their body which releases milk when stimulated. And the milk is lumpy and thick like cottage cheese, so it doesn't disperse in the water.
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