Silvio Tattiescone Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 T-Shirts were originally called Tyrannosaurus Shirts when they were invented in 1987. Because of the short arms. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 At the start of the Y.M.C.A by the village people, there is a 15 second instrumental before the intro kicks in. It wasn’t always like this, but the extra intro was introduced to give people time to get to the dancefloor when it was realised how popular the song was at parties/weddings etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 YMCA was the way the young Barry Ferguson spelt the first name of his favourite player, Cammy Fraser 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 British Summer Time was invented by West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 And naturism was invented by former West Germany manager Helmut Schoen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 (edited) The grandfather of OMD lead singer Andy mcluskey was one of the first on the scene of the hiroshima nuclear bomb having been in the area for a freeze dried fruit conference. Sustaining a deadly level of radiation poisoning slowly killed him but not before urging a 6 year old Andy to start a band and make a song about it and also persuade Kelloggs to use the dried fruit in Special K "red berries" The rest is history. Edited August 20, 2023 by Nkomo-A-Gogo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Granola K was the name given to a massive fart by Patrick Harvie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 10 hours ago, Nkomo-A-Gogo said: The grandfather of OMD lead singer Andy mcluskey was one of the first on the scene of the hiroshima nuclear bomb having been in the area for a freeze dried fruit conference. Sustaining a deadly level of radiation poisoning slowly killed him but not before urging a 6 year old Andy to start a band and make a song about it and also persuade Kelloggs to use the dried fruit in Special K "red berries" The rest is history. If that song was released today it would be called Enola LGBTQ+ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 1 hour ago, GordonD said: If that song was released today it would be called Enola LGBTQ+ If it was released 70 years ago it would be called Enola in comfortable shoes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 The Spanish Women are so furious about the Rubiales kiss that they're going to hand back their medals and England will be declared world champions after all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 2 hours ago, GordonD said: The Spanish Women are so furious about the Rubiales kiss that they're going to hand back their medals and England will be declared world champions after all. They're also ditching the 'Lionesses" nickname in favour of "The Unsnoggables" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Ibrox have announced that, "After reading the banners from the Celtic supporters it has been decided to give Celtic Football Club an increased allocation that will include the entire Broomloan Road Stand." It pays to prhotest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 The Rangers employ a full-time person to monitor their Wikipedia page that gets edited by other club's fans every 5 mins on average. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Rose West is a qualified electrician. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcastic Bairn Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 On 13/08/2023 at 15:25, buchan30 said: At the start of the Y.M.C.A by the village people, there is a 15 second instrumental before the intro kicks in. It wasn’t always like this, but the extra intro was introduced to give people time to get to the dancefloor when it was realised how popular the song was at parties/weddings etc. The Y.M.C.A. was banned in the USA for dyslexia association nights out due to arguments and fights on the dance floor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 On 13/09/2023 at 20:52, TheScarf said: Rose West is a qualified electrician. Set east is what the sun will do when the electromagnetic field flips. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 The town of Alloa's name relates to the company that founded industry in the area, this being the ALLOA Ltd (Ale & Liquor Licencees, Ochil Area) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) Barrier queue lines for security areas in British airports purposely make people walk as far as possible to exercise passengers on long haul flights. Shortcuts are only opened up for domestic travel. Edited September 26, 2023 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 On 26/09/2023 at 15:25, Hedgecutter said: Barrier queue lines for security areas in British airports purposely make people walk as far as possible to exercise passengers on long haul flights. Shortcuts are only opened up for domestic travel. True, but the idea was copied from the Disney Corporation who discovered that queuing in theme parks was the only form of exercise most Americans had. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 In the southern hemisphere it is customary to use the rightmost urinal as opposed to the leftmost if nobody else is there when you arrive I'm not sure what the etiquette is if you're on, or near, the equator. Possibly we have Brazilian or Ugandan P&B correspondents who could elucidate 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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