felix Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 50.01 miles per hour is the tacitly agreed speed lorry drivers must adopt, when overtaking another vehicle doing 50 mph on motorways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaka Demus & pliers Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Ian Smith, who played Harold Bishop in Neighbours, used to work as a hitman in Nicaruaga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swanny17 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 The distance between your wrist and your elbow is the same as the size of your feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanB Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 At least one identical twin is evil... and so are 97% of clowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynie b Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Rafael Ravenscroft, who played the solo in Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street was taught to play the saophone by Bob Holness out of Countdown. Bob Holness from, Can't remember the programme, Just remember "I'll have a P please Bob...Snigger" Played James Bond BEFORE Sean Connery!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Blockbusters ? Or Richard Whiteley ? Blockbusters of course. Everyone knows that Richard Whitely couldn't play the saxophone but was a concert grade timpani player. The distance between your wrist and your elbow is the same as the size of your feet. That's a handy one for next time I want new shoes. I can just send in the sleeve of a shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Ian Smith, who played Harold Bishop in Neighbours, used to work as a hitman in Nicaruaga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 The word "wharf" is an acronym. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychocAndy Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 The word "wharf" is an acronym. I didn't know that, what is it then? Scuba is also an acronym Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus if that's what an acronym is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Rock Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 The Slipper Limpet grows in wee stacks, youngest limpets at the top, oldest at the bottom. As they grow old, they change sex: the old ones at the bottom are female: when they die, the males above them change sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaka Demus & pliers Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Ross Kemp sleeps with the light on cos he's scared of the dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goz Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goz Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goz Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Boca Juniors and River Plate used to both play in all white. So they decided to have a game where the losers would have to change their team colours. Boca lost, so had to decide on new colours. They decided which ever national flag was on the next boat into port was, they'd use those colours. It was Swedish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goz Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand; "lollipop" with your right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaka Demus & pliers Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. Surely they would all be too tired to reproduce after walking in a line so long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goz Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Surely they would all be too tired to reproduce after walking in a line so long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I didn't know that, what is it then?Scuba is also an acronym Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus if that's what an acronym is. Ware House At River Front. Radar's another - but it's not a fact that surprised me so I never mentioned it. I only learnt about the 'wharf' on yesterday when I was in Canary Wharf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinzo Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Turtles can breathe through their "bottom hole" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Ware House At River Front. Radar's another - but it's not a fact that surprised me so I never mentioned it. I only learnt about the 'wharf' on yesterday when I was in Canary Wharf. Velly intellesting. However, wharf actually comes from the Anglo-Saxon "hwearf" (bank or shore). Sorry Ivan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Thor Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Turtles can breathe through their "bottom hole" 63.2% of JKB members can talk through theirs. Fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felix Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Wharf is actually a backronym. Not a lot of people in Thameside know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Velly intellesting. However, wharf actually comes from the Anglo-Saxon "hwearf" (bank or shore). Sorry Ivan. That would explain why I was surprised by the acronym "fact". I've been at the Museum of the Docklands where they tell us all about the wharves back in the early days and I know they weren't crazy on acronyms back in the day. I was going to get the dictionary definition of 'gullible' to put up to describe myself but I once heard that 'gullible' isn't in the dictionary so I didn't try to look it up - I'm not going to be caught out twice in one week Wharf is actually a backronym. Not a lot of people in Thameside know that. Should "backronym" be in the 'new words' thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 That would explain why I was surprised by the acronym "fact". I've been at the Museum of the Docklands where they tell us all about the wharves back in the early days and I know they weren't crazy on acronyms back in the day. I was going to get the dictionary definition of 'gullible' to put up to describe myself but I once heard that 'gullible' isn't in the dictionary so I didn't try to look it up - I'm not going to be caught out twice in one week Should "backronym" be in the 'new words' thread? Strangely enough, and this is the truth, although people tried to explain what it meant to me, I just couldn't understand what the word "naive" meant until I was about 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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