BFTD Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 17 hours ago, scottsdad said: He is on my subs bench, even though he is in his 90s now. Looks a bit too fit and healthy People just drop when they get to that age, unfortunately. I remember thinking that Christopher Lee seemed like he'd go on forever, and was working more than ever. Then, suddenly, he was just gone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Fullerene said: .. and he couldn't sing and he wasn't willing to shave off his beard, and he was involved in a whole bunch of gruesome murders and he just wasn't the right look. Next. Stephen Stills auditioned for The Monkees but suggested his pal Mike Nesmith would be a better choice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 48 minutes ago, BFTD said: People just drop when they get to that age, unfortunately. I remember thinking that Christopher Lee seemed like he'd go on forever, and was working more than ever. Then, suddenly, he was just gone. Of the originals, only Shatner, Takei and Koenig are left. I do wonder who will go first. My money is on Koenig. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 15 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Of the originals, only Shatner, Takei and Koenig are left. I do wonder who will go first. My money is on Koenig. George Takei's arch bitchiness is possibly the only thing I miss about Facebook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 2 hours ago, The Skelpit Lug said: Stephen Stills auditioned for The Monkees but suggested his pal Peter Torkinson would be a better choice. FTFY (I could have used Tippex there but that was Mike's mum) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 24 minutes ago, Fullerene said: FTFY (I could have used Tippex there but that was Mike's mum) Bugger, so this isn't the Facts You Made Up thread? Well spotted, thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 If not for the Monkees, there would have been no David Bowie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 On 31/12/2022 at 22:34, Fullerene said: If not for the Monkees, there would have been no David Bowie. And his laddie would have been called Zones Jones. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Listerine was invented in the 19thC as a powerful surgical antiseptic. It then went on to be sold, in distilled form, as a floor cleaner. Then as a cure for gonorrhea. It wasn't a bad breath "cure" until the 1920s. This was more successful. The company's revenue went from 115,000 dollars to more than 8 million dollars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 The British army used one million horses and 20,000 dogs in world war one. Given that these facts were presented by Tony Robinson on the telly, i was particularly disappointed not to be informed of any pigeon statistics. The British science museum says "over 100,000". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 5 hours ago, coprolite said: The British army used one million horses and 20,000 dogs in world war one. Given that these facts were presented by Tony Robinson on the telly, i was particularly disappointed not to be informed of any pigeon statistics. The British science museum says "over 100,000". The Nazis used 2.75 million horses in WW2. It was their main mode of transport. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 On 02/01/2023 at 10:37, The Skelpit Lug said: Listerine was invented in the 19thC as a powerful surgical antiseptic. It then went on to be sold, in distilled form, as a floor cleaner. Then as a cure for gonorrhea. It wasn't a bad breath "cure" until the 1920s. This was more successful. The company's revenue went from 115,000 dollars to more than 8 million dollars. They also invented the "medical condition" halitosis in order to sell their floor cleaner to people with stinky breath. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 34 minutes ago, BFTD said: They also invented the "medical condition" halitosis in order to sell their floor cleaner to people with stinky breath. Yep, just shows you can fool all of the people all of the time ... as long as the advertising budget's big enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 This could be well-known for all I know, but I only just learned that the word 'scuba' is an acronym for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 And Taser is an acronym for Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle. (He appeared in boys' adventure stories in the 1910s.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Just don’t look up Dierdrie’s Instant Love Device Object from the 1920s. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 10 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: This could be well-known for all I know, but I only just learned that the word 'scuba' is an acronym for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. Why do Scuba divers roll off the boat backwards? Spoiler Because if they rolled forwards, they would still be on the boat. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 There was a musician from Cuba, Who also liked to scuba, "Underwater I can play maracas, But my speciality is brass, And it's a b*****d trying to play the tuba" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 On 31/12/2022 at 10:24, BFTD said: George Takei's arch bitchiness is possibly the only thing I miss about Facebook. Star Trek ran for 79 episodes. Of these, George Takei appeared in 52, Nichelle Nichols in 69, Majel Barrett in 34, James Doohan in 66 and Walter Koenig in 36 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 3 hours ago, scottsdad said: Star Trek ran for 79 episodes. Of these, George Takei appeared in 52, Nichelle Nichols in 69, Majel Barrett in 34, James Doohan in 66 and Walter Koenig in 36 You forgot to mention Eddie Paskey who starred in 60 episodes, mostly as Lt Leslie. He starred in every episode of Season 2 despite his character being killed in episode 13 of that season. Oops. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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