"I didn't know that" of the day:

ALso in Spain, an adjustable spanner is called an English key

That’s because English Spanner is a tautology

ALso in Spain, an adjustable spanner is called an English key

“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.

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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.

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 especiallyunfortunately 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, Hans cobbled together two bicycles out of spare parts. 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, and five manuscripts, one of which was Curious George. The Nazis entered Paris just hours later, but the Reys were already on their way out. They rode their makeshift bicycles for four long days until reaching the French-Spanish border, where they sold them for train fare to Lisbon. From there they made their way to Brazil and on to New York City, beginning a whole new life as children’s book authors.

About H. A. and Margret Rey

maccruiskeen – Member

Benoit 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 Mandelbrot

B= 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.