A while ago there was a “tell me something interesting from your place of work” type thread that was pretty popular and full of random interesting bits of obscure information.

Lets have another one 😀

it can be:

. an interesting fact
. an interesting picture
. an interesting video
. a good joke or story

This is great, and well worth a read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions

http://www.mono-1.com/monoface/main.html

Apparently 2 people a year re killed operating industrial steam boilers. Just had a one day training course on how to operate a mobile package unit we have hired in at work. Worried 😯
boiler explosion

What would happen if you stuck your hand in the large hadron collider?

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NMqPT6oKJ8&feature=player_embedded[/video]

on a thursday, when i do my weekly phone round to get owed monies in, the best excuse i have had for non payment is………………..

‘sorry, i cant pay you cos the dog has eaten my wallet’……… 😯

Someone on this forum is related to a former prime minister. iDave knows who it is.

The quantum two-slit experiment made we “wtf” out loud whilst watching the Horizon “what is reality” program the other day.

I’d also be interested to know if anything useful has actually come out of all the billions invested in particle and quantum physics? Not having a dig but I can see we’ve had usable stuff come out of atomic research etc. but have all these colliders actually produced any results of benefit to mankind? If/wehn Higgs-Boson is finally detected will it actually give us any meaningful benefit? I can see quantum computers being a huge leap but how far off a usable quantum computer are we (i.e. one that has a practical application)?

hmm I think you will find the transisitor has be fairly useful

What would happen if you stuck your hand in the large hadron collider?

That guy from D:Ream would be well annoyed.

FuzzyWuzzy, we don’t know how exactly beneficial this research will be in the future, but scientific research often provides unexpected bonuses. For example the World Wide Web was developed at the CERN accelerator. I think you’ll agree that has been a meaningful benefit.

I am certain that Schrodinger’s cat is dead by now.

have you looked?

What would happen if you stuck your hand in the large hadron collider?

superpowers, obviously.

By far the greater part of the methane cattle expel is through burping, not flatus as commonly reckoned.

deadlydarcy – Member
Someone on this forum is related to a former prime minister. iDave knows who it is.

Interesting fact – It’s not me.

For example the World Wide Web was developed at the CERN accelerator. I think you’ll agree that has been a meaningful benefit.

You don’t come here very often, do you?

Today:
Where the heck were CAE 6 months ago ?, its a bit late to tell us theres and issue now.

Amusing office moment:
In one office, mate of mine noticed the new office layout posted on the notice board.

He decided to rearrange said plan, obviously placing the office totty on the desk next to him, mates near by etc.

He worked through the plan re-locating people, rubbing out names and replacing them with others, etc, thought it’d be a laugh.
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Then we found out it was the original and only plan 😯

Then we laughed !

Interesting sport what I just discovered

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0zDMpLlx0&feature=player_embedded[/video]

Someone on this forum has a puppy that they go on and on and on about all the bloody time.. 😉

DezB, I’d heard about that before, I’d love to give it a go, its just a problem finding a club..

ourkidsam, its things like that that almost made me do physics at uni, great video.

lol @ Don Simon

All of these ‘Bright Young Things’ studied at my school:

Adele
Blake Harrison
Dane Bowers
Emily Head
Imogen Heap
Jeremy Warmsley
Kate Nash
Katy B
Katie Melua
Kellie Shirley
Leona Lewis
Marsha Ambrosius (Floetry)
Natalie Stewart (Floetry)
Noisettes
Rickie Haywood Williams
Amy Winehouse
Polly Scattergood
Stefan Abingdon (The Midnight Beast)
FranKo (Band)
Jessie J

DezB, I’d heard about that before, I’d love to give it a go, its just a problem finding a club.

Let’s start one!
Remember, the 1st rule about Chessboxing club…

Let’s start one!
Remember, the 1st rule about Chessboxing club…

Proper LOL 😆

I’d have to work on my chess, haven’t played properly in a long time.

How about Scrabbleboxing?

Not got the same ring to it.

‘Ring’ ha! I gettit 🙂

Phil – when did you get that rather dandy ‘P’ prefixing your name? Are you on the register now?

Edit – I’ll tell you what would be interesting… why’s my name in black and others in blue?

i subscribed to the mag and got excited with the thought of premium content online too (assumed i’d have access to other users home address, bank details, bra size etc)

think the ones with blue just have a link set up to their name (dezB is an email address for example, others might link to their blog or chosen website)

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I’m related to a former Prime Minister, iDave doesn’t know who it is.