Did you know?... The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

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Did you know?...The very first bomb dropped by the British on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

Good shooting chaps!

Yea but...it was looking at them in a funny way...

And one for all at TFFE...

A sheep trained to turn the lights on and off will leave them them on 82% of the time.

So - sheep are not just nervous in daylight....
or Wales.........



or New Zealand........

Back in the 60's when the USA was testing thermo-nuclear weapons underground, they dug a hole and placed an H-bomb at the bottom of the hole. They then placed a manhole cover over the hole at the top. When the bomb was set off, high-speed cameras recorded the whole thing, but much to their surprise, when the scientists examined the film closely they saw that the manhole cover was blown off the top of the shaft at around 66 km/second, thus making it the very first man-made object to reach and/or exceed the escape velocity of this solar system.

Did you know?...The very first bomb dropped by the British on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

Good shooting chaps!

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Did you know? ... that the name Pakistan was first devised by Indian Students studying at Cambridge in 1932. P stood for Punjab, A for the Afghan areas of the NorthWest Frontier, K for Kashmir and S for Sind. It was also convenient that PAK is a religious term with the meaning of "Pure."

Friggin' imperialistic swine!

It is said the average person speaks only 10 minutes a day.

But in DB's case he's only quiet for 10 minutes a day...but we haven't found out which 10.

The full name of the U.K. is: "The United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Berwick-upon-Tweed." The reason for this being that Berwick-upon-Tweed has historically been a disputed border town between England and Scotland, and was so constitutionally enshrined as a separate entity. Until 1966, Berwick-upon-Tweed was officially at war with Russia, due to the Crimean War being declared with the full title, but desisted with only the partial one. The problem was solved, and they are now at peace, so the Russians can sleep easy!
(Check towards the bottom of this link...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War)

Did you know? ...that the pressgang laws have never been repealed and are still part of the British legal system. The pressgang acted by sanction of both custom and the law: as far back as the days of King Edward I legal sanction for it exists. Men liable were "eligible men of seafaring habits between the ages of 18 and 55 years" with a few exceptions, but these restrictions were often ignored, with disastrous results. The last law on the subject was passed in 1835 and restricted the length of naval service of a pressed man to five years with the additional proviso that he could not be impressed a second time. Soon after this date the pressgang died a natural death but the various laws authorising it have not in fact been repealed.

Side fact: Pressganging of US citizens was one of the causes for war between the US and Britain in 1812.

Friggin' imperialistic swine!

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Did you know? ... that the name Pakistan was first devised by Indian Students studying at Cambridge in 1932. P stood for Punjab, A for the Afghan areas of the NorthWest Frontier, K for Kashmir and S for Sind. It was also convenient that PAK is a religious term with the meaning of "Pure."

Friggin' imperialistic swine!

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Did you know? ...that the Earl of Mountbatten and his family had a strange collection of pets from all over the world. These included a honey bear, mongoose, bush baby, lion cub, kangaroo but most intriguingly of all a chameleon they called Gandhi. Although this was before he became the last Viceroy of India, it would be interesting to know why he chose this name for this particular animal?

Friggin' imperialistic swine!

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Did you know? Hawaii was a British colony for a five month period in the 1840's. To this day the state has a Union Jack Flag in its upper quarter.

Friggin' imperialistic swine!

Hey we had to give you somewhere as a holiday resort.

And a location for an Elvis movie.

Did you know? Hawaii was a British colony for a five month period in the 1840's. To this day the state has a Union Jack Flag in its upper quarter.

Friggin' imperialistic swine!

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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning, not oxygen deprivation.

Did you know? In North America, bats are the most endangered land mammal.

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I suppose this could be useful if you found yourself lost... ;o)

If you are standing on a mountain top and the conditions are just right you can see a lit match from 50 miles away.

Keith - hold the match a bit higher please..........

Did you know?...No piece of square dry paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

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The arteries and veins surrounding the brain stem are called the "Circle of Willis" and look like a stick person with a large head.
http://www.mscd.edu/~biology/2320course/2320images/Willis.gif

What's up, Doc?

Mel Blanc, who played the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.

Never say that to a man after reaching his 40's....

Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."

Captain Kirk never said "Beam me up, Scotty," but he did say, "Beam me up, Mr. Scott".

Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.

"Evian" spelled backwards is "naive".

But he did say, Scotty, beam me up!

Key-rect! Sorry - I don't give out kewpie dolls though like someone else on here. I'd be accused of flattering him by imitation.....

(Good job I have him and a few others 'filtered' now - it's easier than wading knee deep through all the crap!)


In a mature human brain, there are about 200,000,000,000 neurones, each of which are connected to about 10,000 others. (of that same 200 billion) This makes the human brain the most complex known object in the universe.
Interestingly, it is the product of a few minutes of sweaty labour by two unskilled labourers......

Giving the Finger
Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous weapon was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew"). Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, "See, we can still pluck yew! PLUCK YEW!" Over the years some 'folk etymologies' have grown up around this symbolic gesture. Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say (like "pleasant mother pheasant plucker," which is who you had to go to for the feathers used on the arrows for the longbow), the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative 'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute are mistakenly thought to have something to do with an intimate encounter. It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird."

Is this really true? I've heard this explanation before but haven't bothered to check it out and verify for self.

Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."

Captain Kirk never said "Beam me up, Scotty," but he did say, "Beam me up, Mr. Scott".

Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.

"Evian" spelled backwards is "naive".

But he did say, Scotty, beam me up!

Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."

Captain Kirk never said "Beam me up, Scotty," but he did say, "Beam me up, Mr. Scott".

Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.

"Evian" spelled backwards is "naive".