Florentine_Pogen Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 9 hours ago, Freedom Farter said: Today I learned that TIL stands for Today I Learned. I'd seen it on Twitter and had been reading it as 'til, as in short for until, even though I knew it wasn't that because that wouldn't be capitalised. I googled it now and it's an initialism/acronym for Today I Learned. Ivry daes a skill dae. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freedom Farter Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Second comment in this thread features a TIL and I still didn't work it out from that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Gabrielle Drake who starred in UFO (seen here in 1971 getting a dirty phone call from yer da) is the sister of Nick Drake. She turned 80 the other day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 (edited) ^^^ Shakira Baksh, wife of Michael Caine, played Moonbase Girl “Joanna” . So there. Edited April 5 by Florentine_Pogen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Hayden Christensen is only 6' tall. Always thought he was way taller. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnderooMFC Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 13 hours ago, Venti said: Hayden Christensen is only 6' tall. Always thought he was way taller. David Prowse was 6ft 6, leading to a fan theory that after being burned on Mustafar Vader had his height improved with his robotic legs so that he would always have the high ground... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 7 hours ago, AnderooMFC said: David Prowse was 6ft 6, leading to a fan theory that after being burned on Mustafar Vader had his height improved with his robotic legs so that he would always have the high ground... Hello there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 05/04/2024 at 10:27, Florentine_Pogen said: ^^^ Shakira Baksh, wife of Michael Caine, played Moonbase Girl “Joanna” . So there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 01/04/2024 at 14:37, DiegoDiego said: Dross is not just a word for a squad put together by Gary Locke. It also means the floating impurities on molten metal. Similarly, slag isn't just Yer Maw's nickname in gents' lavvies across Scotland. On 02/04/2024 at 07:44, Freedom Farter said: Today I learned that TIL stands for Today I Learned. I'd seen it on Twitter and had been reading it as 'til, as in short for until, even though I knew it wasn't that because that wouldn't be capitalised. I googled it now and it's an initialism/acronym for Today I Learned. Similarly, IANAL isn't just a phrase used by Yer Maw when advertising in gents' lavvies across Scotland. 6 minutes ago, ericsimpson said: Blind people can't develop schizophrenia. Huh. So does it go away if we poke their eyes out? ...maybe getting into Mengele territory here 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jives Miguel Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Just learned that to make silk, you need to boil silk worms alive when they enter their cocoon. They may just be insects without any capacity for pain, but I still find that pretty barbaric. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 According to Mary Beard, the last words spoken by Emperor Claudius was akin to 'Oh dear, I've shat myself' a side effect of the poisoned mushrooms just consumed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 20 hours ago, ericsimpson said: Blind people can't develop schizophrenia. This has just sent me into a "I'm going to learn all about this" mindset, so thanks for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 On 31/03/2024 at 08:19, Hedgecutter said: Any dots before the @ in an email Gmail address are completely superfluous. I.e. if my email was hedge.cutter@gmail.com then I'd still receive an email even if somebody accidentally sent it to hedgecutter@gmail.com Gmail is fairly standard now but if anyone tells you their email is e.g. itzdrk@googlemail.com you can just send it to itzdrk@gmail.com and it will reach them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Cawdor Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Seemingly, we've been playing fute-ball for 700 years. You'd think we might have got quite good by now. The world’s oldest football was discovered during an excavation project at Stirling Castle in the 1970s; it had been lodged in the rafters of the Queen’s Chamber in Stirling Castle during the reconstruction works commissioned by James V, which dates the hoofing of it to the 1540s. The ball, made from cowhide and a pig’s bladder, is prominently displayed at the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/09/where-tourists-seldom-tread-part-9-crewe-boston-barnstaple-stirling 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 11 hours ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: According to Mary Beard, the last words spoken by Emperor Claudius was akin to 'Oh dear, I've shat myself' a side effect of the poisoned mushrooms just consumed. Those are bound to be some of the most common last words people utter, only nobody admits to it out of respect. We've got medical staff on here - a Top Fives thread of the ones they've heard could be...well, I won't say fun exactly... 10 minutes ago, Thane of Cawdor said: Seemingly, we've been playing fute-ball for 700 years. You'd think we might have got quite good by now. The world’s oldest football was discovered during an excavation project at Stirling Castle in the 1970s; it had been lodged in the rafters of the Queen’s Chamber in Stirling Castle during the reconstruction works commissioned by James V, which dates the hoofing of it to the 1540s. The ball, made from cowhide and a pig’s bladder, is prominently displayed at the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/09/where-tourists-seldom-tread-part-9-crewe-boston-barnstaple-stirling What I'm getting from that is at least one Scottish Queen entertained footballers in her bedchambers. Fancy. Not quite Catherine the Great and the horses, but I'll take my Reformation-era royal gossip where I can. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 I learned a new word today - contumelious The Falkirk fans were quite quite contumelious in the reception they gave Paul Hartley. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-68770187 /ˌkɒntjʊˈmiːlɪəs/ adjective ARCHAIC (of behaviour) scornful and insulting; insolent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacky Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Today I learned many many weirdly bizarre, very interesting and informative things just by reading lots of posts on this thread. Thank you P&B’ers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 9 hours ago, Derry Alli said: This has just sent me into a "I'm going to learn all about this" mindset, so thanks for that. You can go blind, but being born blind is a protective factor against developing schizophrenia. (I looked it up) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 4 hours ago, Thane of Cawdor said: Seemingly, we've been playing fute-ball for 700 years. You'd think we might have got quite good by now. The world’s oldest football was discovered during an excavation project at Stirling Castle in the 1970s; it had been lodged in the rafters of the Queen’s Chamber in Stirling Castle during the reconstruction works commissioned by James V, which dates the hoofing of it to the 1540s. The ball, made from cowhide and a pig’s bladder, is prominently displayed at the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/09/where-tourists-seldom-tread-part-9-crewe-boston-barnstaple-stirling Probably Kirk Broadfoot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 (edited) 7 hours ago, Thane of Cawdor said: Seemingly, we've been playing fute-ball for 700 years. You'd think we might have got quite good by now. The world’s oldest football was discovered during an excavation project at Stirling Castle in the 1970s; it had been lodged in the rafters of the Queen’s Chamber in Stirling Castle during the reconstruction works commissioned by James V, which dates the hoofing of it to the 1540s. The ball, made from cowhide and a pig’s bladder, is prominently displayed at the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/09/where-tourists-seldom-tread-part-9-crewe-boston-barnstaple-stirling That was covered in some iPlayer Scottish fitba documentary presented by Dougray Scott, which was on the other night and showed the room. A decent enough watch. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001wdny Edited April 9 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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