Topic: Gulleysucker's 'well I never knew that' thread

[jaffod]

Paul 'Gazza' Gascoigne is a fully qualified, FBI trained Police/ Hostage Negotiator. The former professional footballer is known to favour a 'softly, softly' approach and will often turn up inibriated and tell his 'mark' "I'm yer best fookin' mate man ye knaaa"
 'Gazza' often goes accompanied with home comforts such as Chicken, Lager, Dressing gowns and Sporting equipment in an attempt to placate his target.
 As of 10th July 2010 he has a 100% record in that all of his 'marks' have topped themselves.

[Andy @ Allerton!]

Arthur Ridley, who played Private Godfrey in Dad's Army, saw active service with the Somerset Light Infantry in World War 1 including fighting on the Somme where his left arm was badly damaged. He also received serious injuries to his legs and suffered blackouts throughout his life because of a blow to the head from a German rifle butt. He was also recommended for a Distinguished Conduct Medal for bravery. He rejoined the Army for World War 2 and was made a Major and saw active service with the British Expeditionary Force in France at the beginning of the war before being discharged because of the legacy of his wounds.

You wouldn't expect that from the old fella in Dad's Army, would you?

that's brilliant that.

[johnybarnes]

Paul 'Gazza' Gascoigne is a fully qualified, FBI trained Police/ Hostage Negotiator. The former professional footballer is known to favour a 'softly, softly' approach and will often turn up inibriated and tell his 'mark' "I'm yer best fookin' mate man ye knaaa"
 'Gazza' often goes accompanied with home comforts such as Chicken, Lager, Dressing gowns and Sporting equipment in an attempt to placate his target.
 As of 10th July 2010 he has a 100% record in that all of his 'marks' have topped themselves.

[And Could He Play]

there are more chicken than people on earth.

[RigBon1892]

there are more chicken than people on earth.

Someone's been reading the walls at Nando's.

[Randy Marsh]

Statistically cows are becoming more dangerous than sharks.

[♠Dirty Harry♠]

Emus and kangaroos can't move backwards.

My Michael Jackson Kangaroo dance off was doomed from the start, damn you ITV.

[RigBon1892]

Statistically cows are becoming more dangerous than sharks.

Pigs already are.

You're also more likely to get trampled by a donkey than die in a plane crash.

[miss_heather]

Bulls are colour blind

[jaffod]

Statistically cows are becoming more dangerous than sharks.

'Cow Tipping' is an urban myth as cows don't actually sleep standing up.

[miss_heather]

In Japan they have square watermelons.

They get square watermelons by growing them inside of square glass cases. That way they can fit easily into a refrigerator, and you can stack things on them.

[Una cerveza, por favor]

Jesus Christ, that is insane. Only in Japan

[miss_heather]

Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting.


The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.

[Elzar]

Catalonia and Basque still have national teams, although neither are registered with FIFA or UEFA, they play some of the top teams.

[electricghost]

Statistically cows are becoming more dangerous than sharks.

Not if you are in the sea

[Chakan]

Statistically cows are becoming more dangerous than sharks.

Cows have always been up to something. Docile my ass. All chewing cud all day, thinking , doe eyed ...right. They are scheming bastards.
They control the milk and the meat of the world. Powerful place to be in.

Beware the cow.

[Harry_Wong]

Shakira's catchy African-themed World Cup song came up in another thread...

It's a straight lift from a Camaroonian recording by Golden Sounds, a song called Zangalewa (1986), which was drawn from a song in slang used in the military.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamina_mina_(Zangalewa)

Golden Sounds - Zangaléwa (the Waka Waka section which Shakira lifted is @ 7min 27sec)
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/LHV7gmT5m8I&amp;amp;hl=en_GB&amp;amp;fs=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/LHV7gmT5m8I&amp;amp;hl=en_GB&amp;amp;fs=1</a>

That was a hit in 1987-88 particularly in Caribbean Colombia, Barranquilla and Cartagena, where Shakira is from.  There's a deeply awful, yet compelling, version by Las Chicas del Can - El Negro No Puede (trans. The Black Man Can't?).

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/aBCmbchNqRI&amp;amp;hl=en_GB&amp;amp;fs=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/aBCmbchNqRI&amp;amp;hl=en_GB&amp;amp;fs=1</a>

Colombian music is deeply influenced by African music historically and always remained open to it. e.g cumbia.

[BIGdavalad]

Cows have always been up to something. Docile my ass. All chewing cud all day, thinking , doe eyed ...right. They are scheming bastards.
They control the milk and the meat of the world. Powerful place to be in.

Who the fuck made them arbiters of when it's going to rain too?

[Chakan]

Who the fuck made them arbiters of when it's going to rain too?

too much power for one animal

[The Gulleysucker]

too much power for one animal

[BIGdavalad]

The old adage about losing anything up to 90% of your body heat through your head is a myth.

It comes about from a US Army study into Arctic uniforms shortly after World War 2 - they noticed that in trials in Norway/Canada/Alaska/Greenland (I'm not sure where they were) that soldiers lost a great deal of heat from their uncovered heads. Except of course that those troops were wearing Arctic uniforms which stopped heat loss from the rest of the bodies.

You lose just as much heat from any other uncovered part of your body as you do from your head.

[generic_name]

The film Airplane is an almost shot for shot remake of 50's B-movie Zero Hour.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/q__vuyH1JEI&amp;amp;hl=en_GB&amp;amp;fs=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/q__vuyH1JEI&amp;amp;hl=en_GB&amp;amp;fs=1</a>

[The Gulleysucker]

It is said that it is impossible to urinate while ejaculating.

So there's a challenge thrown down to those of you with an inquisitive nature and a desire to experiment....

[Rafas_Barmy_Army]

haribo cola bottles dropped in a Pint of Magners actually tastes very nice

[Shabby14]

If you pretend you have a salt dispenser in your hand then pretend to dispense some in your mouth, you can actually taste salt at the back of your tongue. Crazy.

[James Mac]

If you pretend you have a salt dispenser in your hand then pretend to dispense some in your mouth, you can actually taste salt at the back of your tongue. Crazy.

Nice try

[LFCGeezer]

sounds good!  i'll just go and give my boyfriend a blowjob, then i'll give it a blast!

[Cribertinokes]

Some species of jelly fish are fucking ugly.

[dnkw]

I tried this and then someone told me that if you drop an egg like that it won't smash either so I did and it didn't smash and everything was alright. Great day that was.

If you throw an egg over the roof of a house onto grass, it doesn't break.

[Corkboy]

If you throw an egg over the roof of a house onto grass, it doesn't break.

True.

Well, true in the sense of being utter bollocks. That sort of true.

[TonyTheRed]

Kopi Luwak, the most expensive coffee in the world comes out of a Civet's arse

[IfOnlyYouKnew]

(1) There are more people alive today than have EVER died! (FACT)
(2) Every breath we inhale includes molocules that came from Caesers last breath/exhalation. (Which I guess means you could count Christ into that equation!?)

[sparkiemark73]

(1) There are more people alive today than have EVER died! (FACT)
(2) Every breath we inhale includes molocules that came from Caesers last breath/exhalation. (Which I guess means you could count Christ into that equation!?)

1. Is true.


2. And Sting ...... (I'm assuming as you didn't put FACT after this one it might be a porkie?.... I like it though!)

[RJH]

(1) There are more people alive today than have EVER died! (FACT)

(2) Every breath we inhale includes molocules that came from Caesers last breath/exhalation. (Which I guess means you could count Christ into that equation!?)

1). That's probably not true.

It's hard to come up with any kind of definite figure, and it depends how far back you count humans being around. But most estimates have the number of dead as being 60-120 Billion - significantly more than the current number alive today.


Your 2nd one is more or less true, though there should technically be a "probably" in there, as you can only talk in terms of averages/probability. Most estimates have it that on average you'd inhale 1-2 molecules from Caesar's last breath per breath.

[electricghost]

 Caesers last breath/exhalation.

Julius or Gus ?

[sparkiemark73]

1). That's probably not true.

It's hard to come up with any kind of definite figure, and it depends how far back you count humans being around. But most estimates have the number of dead as being 60-120 Billion - significantly more than the current number alive today.

Wierd isn't it. I'm left wondering about the distortion in population totals from say 1 million years ago to 200 years ago vs average lifespans throughout that period. An accuarate figure would be interesting. The question should be 'When did the total dead overtake the total living?'.

[dnkw]

True.

Well, true in the sense of being utter bollocks. That sort of true.

No - it is true, honest!

I didn't believe it either, but tried it successfully last year.

[Spongebob Redpants]

Since we're on a bit pf an egg theme .

If you insert a fresh egg in your mouth , and walk across the Sahara Desert from Tripoli to Algiers , by the time you finish the walk the egg will be hard boiled .

This is actually true - did it a couple of years ago.

[Party Phil]

Since we're on a bit pf an egg theme .

If you insert a fresh egg in your mouth , and walk across the Sahara Desert from Tripoli to Algiers , by the time you finish the walk the egg will be hard boiled .

This is actually true - did it a couple of years ago.

Amazing, I'll try that at the weekend

[Corkboy]

Amazing, I'll try that at the weekend

I'd take Monday off, too, if I were you.