Facts you made up

[Fullerene]

The design for the CERN Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland that is used for nuclear research was based on the design for the Glasgow Underground.

For several months scientists from around the world would visit Glasgow and travel on the underground to gain an understanding of how the collider would work.

Edited April 22, 2020 by Fullerene

[Granny Danger]

10 minutes ago, Fullerene said:

The design for the CERN Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland that is used for nuclear research was based on the design for the Glasgow Underground.

For several months scientists from around the world would visit Glasgow and travel on the underground to gain an understanding of how the collider would work.

That sounds plausible as there is no other explanation for people wanting to visit Glasgow.

[BillyAnchor]

The Village People first met in a Greenwich Village bar called Weaara and would wear Rangers scarves and orange sashes before they went for the macho men costumes

[TheScarf]

In the game show 15 to 1 the 15 wasn't actually set in stone. The shows producer asked a member of the audience to randomly pick a number from a hat and every week an audience member chose 15.

[buchan30]

Erinsburgh, the fictional town where the tv soap neighbours is set, is so called because the person who came up with the idea was an scotsman from the town of Helensburgh. 

[BigBo10]

Erinsburgh, the fictional town where the tv soap neighbours is set, is so called because the person who came up with the idea was an scotsman from the town of Helensburgh. 

Wife loves Neighbours. Just told her that wonderful “fact”. She’s bought it hook line and sinker and will no doubt spread that round her friends.

[buchan30]

10 minutes ago, BigBo10 said:

Wife loves Neighbours. Just told her that wonderful “fact”. She’s bought it hook line and sinker and will no doubt spread that round her friends.

I’m away to post this in the lockdown achievements thread. 

[Eednud]

4 hours ago, buchan30 said:

Erinsburgh, the fictional town where the tv soap neighbours is set, is so called because the person who came up with the idea was an scotsman from the town of Helensburgh. 

FYI there is a place south of Sydney called Helensburgh but the stupid locals pronounce it Helensburg.

[BillyAnchor]

5 hours ago, BigBo10 said:

Wife loves Neighbours. Just told her that wonderful “fact”. She’s bought it hook line and sinker and will no doubt spread that round her friends.

Pics or gtf

[Duszek]

In 1861 in Tupelo, Wyoming, Willard ‘Bones’ Millard (pictured) was dug out of the cemetery and installed as Mayor to resolve a bitter dispute between two rival factions. He was subsequently re-elected twice and made an unsuccessful run for Congress. Contemporary accounts describe him as “charismatic” and “even-handed”.

 

[beefybake]

On 22/04/2020 at 22:09, Fullerene said:

The design for the CERN Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland that is used for nuclear research was based on the design for the Glasgow Underground.

For several months scientists from around the world would visit Glasgow and travel on the underground to gain an understanding of how the collider would work.

I used the Underground a lot in the early 1970's.  

Does CERN have a dark, musty smell in it's depths, and the smell of vomit on the stairs ?

[Fullerene]

5 hours ago, beefybake said:

I used the Underground a lot in the early 1970s.  

Does CERN have a dark, musty smell in its depths, and the smell of vomit on the stairs ?

Yes

[BillyAnchor]

A film celebrating courting in Glasgow in the 1980s is coming out. It is entitled, "Hey you boay ma pal wants tae get aff wae you."

[GordonD]

Mick Jagger was inspired to write the Stones' classic during a visit to Aberdeenshire when he heard a farmer shouting to one of his workers, "Hey, McLeod! Get off of my ewe!"

[BillyAnchor]

The 1958 Cowal Games in Dunoon were held during an unusually hot sunny day. A piper from the Renton Pipe Band keeled over having suffered from heatstroke while playing Johnny Cope.. This was where the expression piping hot came from.

[Fullerene]

On 25/04/2020 at 21:14, TheScarf said:

In the game show 15 to 1 the 15 wasn't actually set in stone. The shows producer asked a member of the audience to randomly pick a number from a hat and every week an audience member chose 15.

One day the TV scheduler indicated that he wanted a show that started at 12:45 and asked for ideas. 

Somebody thought this was a strange time to start a show and wrote back "Fifteen to One ?"

The rest is history.

[BillyAnchor]

Bamber Gascoigne took a gap year between high school and university in which he mostly spent his time outside Joan Collins London flat attempting to woo her by singing Oh My Darling Clementine accompanied by a variety of classically trained musicians.

[philpy]

A pandemic can be cured by having conga lines in residential streets. 

[topcat(The most tip top)]

I just invented a new word!

Plagiarism

[GordonD]

I just invented a new word!

Plagiarism