Did you know?

[Al ears]

Existing garages are already too small for most modern cars anyway. Most people round by me just use their garage for storage, or have had it converted into another room.

You're right there. I could only just get car in and open driver's door if I parked in exactly the right spot. Result garage = storage and driveway widened to take two cars....

 

[Friesiansam]

You're right there. I could only just get car in and open driver's door if I parked in exactly the right spot. Result garage = storage and driveway widened to take two cars....

We have a Citroen DS3, a "small" car, a supermini. It's one of the widest cars I have ever driven...

 

[JDL]

Ah, so it's not just me that thinks Ursa Major looks more like a long-handled saucepan!

I always thought.."Saucepan!" not plough.

 

[plastic penguin]

Did you know the small fish gudgeon used to be a delicacy back in the Victorian times. It was popular in Thames side pubs, it was called 'gudgeon tansy'. Mrs. Beeton had a gudgeon tansy recipe in one of her books.

 

[plastic penguin]

Did you know the word 'stickler' originates from a very old Cornish martial art, known as Cornish wrestling. It's still a competition today.

Back in the early days locals used to bet all their money on one competitor, if he lost the public used to get violent. Therefore the judges armed themselves with swords. As the decades moved on the locals became less violent and as a consequence the judges were armed with large sticks. They eventually became known as 'sticklers.'

 

[12th Monkey]

The slits that many dogs have at the sides of their nostrils are so they can still smell whilst exhaling - they smell in stereo and the sense is 10,000 times better than ours (Science Focus).

 

[Revolutions]

The slits that many dogs have at the sides of their nostrils are so they can still smell whilst exhaling - they smell in stereo and the sense is 10,000 times better than ours (Science Focus).

Apparently pulling your dog away from an interesting scent is like dragging a historian away from the best museum in the world…

 

[12th Monkey]

In 2022, six of the seven best-selling cars globally were Japanese, and four of those were Toyotas (RAV4, Corolla, Camry and Hilux, in that order).

 

[Friesiansam]

In 2022, six of the seven best-selling cars globally were Japanese, and four of those were Toyotas (RAV4, Corolla, Camry and Hilux, in that order).

So many people buy Toyotas, because they work and, keep working, on and on and on...

A number of the farmers round here, still tool around in very old Hiluxes, they are almost unstoppable, as demonstrated by Top Gear.

 

[plastic penguin]

I blame Top Gear.

View: https://youtu.be/kFnVZXQD5_k

 

[Gray]

they smell in stereo and the sense is 10,000 times better than ours (Science Focus).

I'd always heard it was 1,000 times better than ours.
It must depend on the dog.

 

[12th Monkey]

I'd always heard it was 1,000 times better than ours.
It must depend on the dog.

A quick Google throws up an article by a vet suggesting 10,000-100,000. It's clearly going to depend on breed, as with so many we've bred them in ways that aren't kind.

 

[jjbomber]

Gary Oldman is younger than Gary Numan!

 

[plastic penguin]

Did you know Bob Geldof help build the M25 motorway?

 

[Gray]

Did you know Bob Geldof help build the M25 motorway?

I wish he'd stayed in that job.

 

[JDL]

Did you know Bob Geldof help build the M25 motorway?

How so?

 

[plastic penguin]

How so?

He lived in Godstone, Surrey. This was before Boomtown Rats became a commercial success.

Apparently he's a fan of Crawley Town FC. When they made a comeback the first gig was in Crawley.

 

[JDL]

He lived in Godstone, Surrey. This was before Boomtown Rats became a commercial success.

Apparently he's a fan of Crawley Town FC. When they made a comeback the first gig was in Crawley.

An amusing anecdote.

 

[jjbomber]

If you go shoplifting in any of the Apple stores in the UK, technically you are scrumping!

 

[JDL]

Scrumping huh. What's that, a way of saying they don't really mind. Better if they used plain English I think. Theft might be a more appropriate term.

 

[Friesiansam]

Scrumping huh. What's that, a way of saying they don't really mind. Better if they used plain English I think. Theft might be a more appropriate term.

Pinching apples off the tree, has been known as scrumping at least since the 18th century.

 

[12th Monkey]

The Isle of Man's TT has run since 1907, and there have been 267 fatalities so far (surprised it isn't more.) What surprised me is that the last year without a death was over 40 years ago (1982).

 

[jjbomber]

The Isle of Man's TT has run since 1907, and there have been 267 fatalities so far (surprised it isn't more.) What surprised me is that the last year without a death was over 40 years ago (1982).

My cousin is one of the marshalls for the TT. Some gory details in amongst the excitement.

 

[JDL]

What a fantastic race for us bike enthusiasts though. It's always amazed me watching those guys. John McGuiness, what a legend.

 

[Jasonovich]

I was in the lift alone, it was ascending to 5 floor, where my office was based.
I just had to fart,
I was alone, why not, loud and proud, go for it.
The thunder oozed out, the panels rattled.
Oh my, it was pungent, moist, my eyes hazy, my nose recoiled back into my skull, my god, who dug up the dead cow.
The lift arrived on the fourth floor, Sharon my nemesis and seems she's on a permanent menstrual cycle got in, the lift doors met in the centre and going up to my floor.
I looked at Sharon, the skin on her face had zombified, she looked dead green. Her eyes danced like billiard balls.
I thought to myself her stop is on the eighth floor,
I couldn't contain my laughter when I stepped out of the lift.
Yes.