ALso in Spain, an adjustable spanner is called an English key
That's because English Spanner is a tautology
[i]ALso in Spain, an adjustable spanner is called an English key [/i]
"Spanglish" would have been so much better.
in french as well, cle anglaise
and capote anglaise is what we sometime call condom.
What would the french be for;
I dropped my Adjustable Spanner in some Custard
If we're doing French then I found out this week that "filer à l’anglaise" is the French expression for dropping a shoulder or sneaking out without saying goodbye.. 😆
capote anglaise is what we sometime call condom
Some people don't bother reading the whole thread before posting.... 😆
... which is a shame because I was quite proud of my suggestion.
Charlie Chaplin came second in a Charlie Chaplin lookalikey contest 😆
Similarly Michael Crawford entered a Frank Spencer impersonation contest and came third.
25% of all the world's hazelnuts end up in Nutella
The company which manufactures the largest number of tyres on an annual basis is...
... Lego.
25% of all the world's hazelnuts end up in Nutella
Changed days.....when I was a kid, Cadbury's would take them and cover them in chocolate.
I posted that on another thread a few days ago. (-:
25% of all the world's hazelnuts end up in Nutella
Changed days.....when I was a kid, Cadbury's would take them and cover them in chocolate.
What has a hazelnut in every bite?
Squirrel sh*t.
What has a hazelnut in every bite?Squirrel sh*t.
A bit of Topical humour there 😉
Roger Moore played Saxophone on Barker Street.
25% of all the world's Nutella ends up in my house.
Spider crabs will outlive me.
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You can get your RDA of vitamin C from just 11 pints of Larger.
Take that scurvy...!
Capt James T Kirk.
T = Tiberius
A bit of Topical humour there
Very good.
I rarely read the names of posters these days anyway, and it's getting to a point where I don't need to.
I think we have one or two Immortal Jellyfish on the forum.
I rarely read the names of posters these days anyway, and it's getting to a point where I don't need to.
I genuinely don't know if i should be flattered or offended by that sentence. 😕
"Hans Rey escaped the Nazis on a bike and then got the Curious George book published which he was carrying as he fled"
No way........
beanum - Member
If we're doing French then I found out this week that "filer à l’anglaise" is the French expression for dropping a shoulder or sneaking out without saying goodbye
And we (Brits) call sneaking away a French exit...
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's surname was Doyle's, not Conan Doyle. Conan was his middle name.
Henry the Eighth's middle name was "the".
Capt James T Kirk.T = Tiberius
Benoit B Mandelbrot
B= Benoit B Mandelbrot
Spider crabs will outlive me.
Looking at lifespans of Mammals - they all have approximately the same number of heartbeats in their natural lifespan - Elephants live for about 70 years, and Elephant Shrew will live for about a year and a half but they'll both have about 1 Billion heartbeats during those lifespans. So the Shrew is living living faster and thats why its dying younger.
The exception is humans who have about double the number of heartbeats in a lifespan
The exception is humans who have about double the number of heartbeats in a lifespan
This is especially true of the Pet Shop Boys and Nick Berry.
This is [s]especially[/s]unfortunately true of the Pet Shop Boys and Nick Berry
The top 10% of the richest people in England,own 90% of the red trousers
boxelder - Member
"Hans Rey escaped the Nazis on a bike and then got the Curious George book published which he was carrying as he fled"No way...
Yes way (my underlining):
Knowing that they must escape before the Nazis took power, [u]Hans cobbled together two bicycles out of spare parts.[/u] Early in the morning of June 14, 1940, the Reys set off on their bicycles. They brought very little with them on their predawn flight — only warm coats, a bit of food, [u]and five manuscripts, one of which was Curious George.[/u] The Nazis entered Paris just hours later, but the Reys were already on their way out. [u]They rode their makeshift bicycles for four long days until reaching the French-Spanish border, where they sold them for train fare to Lisbon.[/u] From there they made their way to Brazil and on to New York City, beginning a whole new life as children’s book authors.
maccruiskeen - MemberBenoit B Mandelbrot
B= Benoit B Mandelbrot
That's a good one, plus it's still funny even if you don't get the actual joke, bonus points for inclusiveness.
Benoit B MandelbrotB= Benoit B Mandelbrot
Mandelbrot didn't actually have a middle name. He inserted the B. to sound interesting. Having it stand for Benoit... etc is speculation rather than fact, but I so want it to be true.
Viagra was actually initially developed as a treatment for low blood pressure.
But Pfizer thought there might be a stiffer market for the side effects
This is especially true of the Pet Shop Boys and Nick Berry.
But not Joe Cocker.
Poor guy.
If PI, was a nice round number, would we still need leap years ?
And we call sneaking away a Brexit.
Viagra was actually initially developed as a treatment for low blood pressure.
Well if you wanted to kill the patient then maybe. It lowers blood pressure and therefore would be a very bad thing to take should you already have low blood pressure. It was actually developed for angina. We did the launch to the Pfizer UK sales team many years ago in Vilamoura and spent a good few hours stuck at Lisbon airport with the lead researcher on the way back. I recall the lighting tech asking him what effect it had on women's nipples as they also contained erectile tissue. They hadn't actually considered it so he was going to go back and find out if any of the women on the original angina trial had reported any side effects.
If PI, was a nice round number, would we still need leap years ?
In 1897 the Indiana House of Representatives passed a bill declaring PI to be exactly 3.2. This was rejected by the Senate.
Viagra was originally designed to prevent patients from accidentally rolling out of bed.
Well if you wanted to kill the patient then maybe. It lowers blood pressure and therefore would be a very bad thing to take should you already have low blood pressure.
Fair enough avdave. It was a half remembered fact. I remember it was originally intended as another treatment altogether. I really didn't want to google Viagra while at work!
I stand corrected
richmtb - Member
Well if you wanted to kill the patient then maybe. It lowers blood pressure and therefore would be a very bad thing to take should you already have low blood pressure.
Fair enough avdave. It was a half remembered fact. I remember it was originally intended as another treatment altogether. I really didn't want to google Viagra while at work!I stand [s]corrected[/s] proudly, in an upright manner FTFY 😉
I stand errected
When originally surveyed, Everest was calculated to be exactly 29000ft high. However, as this sounded like too much of a rounded approximation, it's height was reported as 29002ft, which sounded more precise.
It's also getting taller.
bananas are radioactive 😯
Yeah, it's now 29029ft, which is also a bit of a coincidental height.
It was a half remembered fact.
Well to be fair they are the best type, alternative facts with integrity if you like.
"bananas are radioactive"
As are Brazil nuts. Apparently if you walked into Sellafield with a pocket full of them they would set the high radiation alarms off.
Another good Brazil nut fact, in Brazil they just call them nuts.
EDIT - ignore me, I'm talking rubbish
Another good Brazil nut fact, in Brazil they just call them nuts.
people living with mental health problems just call them Brazils
I recently discovered that Hugo Boss designed the Nazi uniform
Most Brazil buts actually come from Bolivia
people living with mental health problems just call them Brazils
That makes no sense.
On any level.
I recently discovered that Hugo Boss designed the Nazi uniform
And the man behind L'Oreal was a Nazi collaborator and funded French fascism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Schueller
people living with mental health problems just call them Brazils
That makes no sense.On any level.
Well you wouldn't really expect it to would you
Pete Ramished and Hector Bungry played with the Shadows, yet it is still Hank Marvin who gets all the rhyming slang glory.
And the man behind L'Oreal was a Nazi collaborator and funded French fascism.
He probably thought it was worth it.
Apologies if it's been done but...
Harry Shearer (Ned Flanders etc from The Simpsons) played Derek Smalls in Spinal Tap.
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The largest CNC machining company in the World? Apple. There's a good argument that they're not an electronics company at all, they're an engineering company.
http://atomicdelights.com/blog/why-your-next-iphone-wont-be-ceramic
Well, I thought it was interesting 😉
people living with mental health problems just call them Brazils
[quote=Jamie]That makes no sense.
On any level.
[quote=avdave]Well you wouldn't really expect it to would you
a bit harsh there, avdave. Jamie, on occasion can be quite perceptive, this is more of an exception.
Bon Scott of AC/DC fame moved to Australia from his native Scotland. Locals there started calling him "Bonnie Scotland" - hence, Bon Scott.
A Piano is a percussion instrument - not as many think, a string instrument.
not according to the widely-used Hornbostel-Sachs classification system where is classed as a chordophone
Stretched string produces the sound. How it is hit is less important than how it makes the sound
You may as well call a guitar a percussion instrument because i hit it with my fingers.
IIRC the orchestra places it in percussion instruments though so it may well be a debatable point.
There are more tigers in captivity in Texas than wild in the rest of the world.
Bon Scott of AC/DC fame moved to Australia from his native Scotland. Locals there started calling him "Bonnie Scotland" - hence, Bon Scott.
I guess you heard that on the radio earlier - not quite correct. He's originally Ronald Scott and Bon came partly from the Bonnie thing but mainly from just being a shortening of Ronald.
Ronald being the most rock 'n' roll name of course:
Bon Scott
Ronnie van Zant
Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie Wood
Ronnie Lane
And so on 😆
Another good Brazil nut fact, in Brazil they just call them nuts.
Brazil nuts are not nuts, they are seeds.
I guess you heard that on the radio earlier
I did. I fully expected a follow-up 'fact' on here to be someone knowing what radio station I listen to. (-:
Brazil nuts are not nuts, they are seeds.
Peanuts are not nuts, they are are legumes (as are peas).
During Roman times Cs in latin were pronounced hard, Caesar was pronounced kaisar.
I never knew Chris Ryan (ex SAS bloke) is actually called ** *****G
& he's got a brother who's a Major in the Para's.
Caesar was pronounced kaisar
Kaiser... German for emperor.
the word "assasin" dereives from the Arabic for "Hash".
the word "assasin" dereives from the Arabic for "Hash".
I discovered that fact a few years ago whilst reading the excellent "Hashish by Robert Connell Clarke"
Hassan al-Sabbah was a charismatic leader in the 12th century, a brilliant mathematician, a devoted religious scholar, an awesomely diabolical mastermind, and the founder and first Grand Master of one of history's deadliest and most lethal mystery cults - the Hashashin, the secret Order of Assassins.
Recruits came to Alamut to study the mysterious ways of the Isma'ili, and Hassan housed them in small, modest, windowless apartments deep beneath the mountain. They stayed there for a while, studying shit and learning, until one day a servant arrived with a magical potion for the initiate to drink which consisted of Hashish and a combination of psychoactive herbs that induced vivid hallucinations.
And Bannana's are not fruit, they are herbs.Brazil nuts are not nuts, they are seeds.
Peanuts are not nuts, they are are legumes (as are peas).
No way I'm going through the entire thread to see if it's been mentioned but on the subject of nuts the use of the humble cashew was quite an education, in particular the stuff between the shell outer and inner and its uses.
I also read somewhere it (the shell) could be used to produce phone cases or something - might be wrong. Google it for your daily fix...
The ink on banknotes doesn't set. Mind = blown.
Yeah, it's an anti-forgery technique. Doesn't work so well with old notes, but with a new one you rub the geometric shape on a piece of paper and it leaves a mark.