Swarley Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 M... the forum's resident incoherent drunk.That could apply to 75% of the P&B community, you'll have to be more specific 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Until 1878, Turkey was the only country in the World with the letter 'k' in it's name 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 This Bentos patter is utter shite. Excellent made up fact. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 (edited) The RSPB omitted the Shag from their 1967-1972 Birds of Britain publications due to what they deemed to be too explicit a double meaning for a family book. Also, 'oil' is only a relatively recent term which first appeared during the Victorian period, originally being an acronym for 'organic industrial lubricant'. It was soon applied to all petroleum products used within the factories and eventually beyond to include its crude source. Edited May 21, 2014 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confidemus Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Bastian Schweinsteiger was asked to become ambassador for the People's Postcode Lottery. He refused. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Nicaragua is a made-up place.Just the mention of Nicaragua reminds me of the Truman Show. Fiji saw almost a 100% rise in tourism in 1998 following the release of the film. Most of these were Americans which in turn heavily damaged the Hawaiian tourist trade in their home country. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Just the mention of Nicaragua reminds me of the Truman Show. Fiji saw almost a 100% rise in tourism in 1998 following the release of the film. Most of these were Americans which in turn heavily damaged the Hawaiian tourist trade in their home country. The Truman Show was originally to be filmed in French Polynesia but the pilot got lost and landed in Fiji instead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 The initial cast of Jim Carrey and Laura Linney were originally still going to play the husband and wife of the Truman family but with the wife 'Meryl' being the star of the TV show. The idea was that as a lesser known actress, it would make the story involving a random woman more believable. However, at relatively short notice, it was decided that the film would be more successful if Carrey played the leading role, resulting in the main character becoming male and 'Truman' having to become the strange first name of the main character rather than the more common surname in order to keep the already decided film title. Carrey and Linney therefore reversed roles and had to play each other's lines which they knew anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confidemus Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Cauliflower cheese, if left to ferment for 4 - 6 months, has strong hallucinogenic qualities when ingested. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRubberFist Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Dappy from N-Dubz is an accomplished backgammon player. In 2011, he reached the final of the Bahamas Open Championship playing under the pseudonym Baron Vernon Claude Gnud. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 If you stare in a mirror for 5 minutes then blink continuously for a further 5 minutes the image you see will be of yourself 10 minutes ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colbert Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 The Pope is a qualified plumber. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 In the infamous "wind up the skirt" scene in The Seven Year Itch you can clearly see a tattoo of a dolphin on Marilyn Monroe's left arse cheek. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 The Edinburgh Corporation were the first council body in Europe to establish a no ball games zone in a public park. The sign was erected in Princes Street Gardens in 1951 after a football landed on the adjacent railway line and a teenager attempted to retrieve it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Homo Sapiens are more closely related to dolphins than they are Neanderthals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confidemus Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Last of The Summer Wine was originally titled "Three Old c***s From Yorkshire Cutting About the Countryside", but the BBC wanted something snappier and less sweary. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 The TV quiz Only Connect was originally a spoof programme in a Fry & Laurie sketch, in which Pamela Stephenson played its intellectual presenter. Decades later BBC Director General Mark Thompson, informed that shows like "The Weakest Link" and "Mastermind" were going out of fashion and pressured into creating fresh, high-brow programming, saw the sketch and stole its basic idea. Thompson and his close friend Victoria Coren worked on it, and Coren was so passionate about presenting the quiz herself that she offered to host free of charge, which she did until Thompson's exit as Director-General in 2012. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 The trouble with that made up fact is that anyone daft enough to believe it wouldn't be the sort of person that would've heard of Only Connect so it wouldn't work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Lawnmowers are deliberately loud to cover up the sound of the grass screaming. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Hearts changed their colours to maroon and white because one of their players was quite partial to aubergines. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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