Author Topic: Gulleysucker's 'well I never knew that' thread (Read 339133 times)

Sarge · « **Reply #1200 on:** June 16, 2016, 08:02:19 pm »

My missus does not like to be called tubby, never knew that until now.

Brian Blessed · « **Reply #1201 on:** June 16, 2016, 09:00:21 pm »

Quote from: Alan_X on June 16, 2016, 07:58:05 pm

Why, what did your eight year old do to it?

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #1202 on:** June 16, 2016, 09:13:31 pm »

Quote from: Sarge on June 16, 2016, 08:02:19 pm

My missus does not like to be called tubby, never knew that until now.

Although funnily enough she does like to be called by tubby moat evenings. I'd keep an eye on him Sarge.

TepidT2O · « **Reply #1203 on:** June 16, 2016, 09:14:33 pm »

Quote from: Crosby Knickerless on June 16, 2016, 09:13:31 pm

Although funnily enough she does like to be called by tubby moat evenings. I'd keep an eye on him Sarge.

Is she related to Raul?

Nessy76 · « **Reply #1204 on:** June 17, 2016, 11:37:38 am »

Quote from: Fancy Pants Paolo on June 16, 2016, 08:01:48 pm

That thing about the arrow and the fuel cap is bullshit. Mine points to the right side but its actually on the left.

Think your car might be a "cut n shut"?

the good half · « **Reply #1205 on:** June 17, 2016, 12:37:07 pm »

Quote from: McJacker on June 15, 2016, 06:20:14 pm

The Young Ones

do I win 5 pounds

No, you owe us 5 quid for jumping in and not making a comment 'suggesting' youget it.
Ploppy pants

Fact: Crab sticks do not actually contain any crab.

Ziltoid · « **Reply #1206 on:** June 17, 2016, 02:20:01 pm »

Quote from: Fabiano the Shark on June 15, 2016, 05:03:04 pm

Sadly not that posh

Always wanted one of these bad boys when I was kid:

I've got the silver model at home

TepidT2O · « **Reply #1207 on:** June 17, 2016, 09:34:48 pm »

Used to have the black one in my first flat...

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #1208 on:** June 17, 2016, 09:38:56 pm »

Quote from: Ziltoid on June 17, 2016, 02:20:01 pm

I've got the silver model at home

Mrs Ziltoid?

rob1966 · « **Reply #1209 on:** June 18, 2016, 08:31:57 am »

I always thought Katanga was a name made up by Lenny Henry, found out this morning that it was a province of Congo.

Alan_X · « **Reply #1210 on:** June 19, 2016, 12:41:11 am »

Cristiano Ronaldo has taken 36 free kicks at major tournaments and hasn't scored one.

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #1211 on:** June 19, 2016, 02:18:26 am »

Quote from: Alan_X on June 19, 2016, 12:41:11 am

Cristiano Ronaldo has taken 36 free kicks at major tournaments and hasn't scored one.

Now you're just being a horrendous human being Alan

Riquende · « **Reply #1212 on:** June 19, 2016, 09:43:22 am »

Quote from: Fancy Pants Paolo on June 16, 2016, 08:01:48 pm

That thing about the arrow and the fuel cap is bullshit. Mine points to the right side but its actually on the left.

Mine doesn't even have an arrow.

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #1213 on:** June 19, 2016, 09:45:40 am »

Quote from: Riquende on June 19, 2016, 09:43:22 am

Mine doesn't even have an arrow.

I don't even have a car

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #1214 on:** June 19, 2016, 11:48:29 am »

The Daily Mail was specifically created to introduce a 'Daily Hate' to the middle/Middle-upper classes to turn them against the Working Classes.

It is part of this that led to Private Eye calling them the 'Daily Hate Mail'

Corkboy · « **Reply #1215 on:** June 19, 2016, 12:50:02 pm »

Quote from: Alan_X on June 19, 2016, 12:41:11 am

Cristiano Ronaldo has taken 36 free kicks at major tournaments and hasn't scored one.

This makes me almost as happy as when he missed that spotter.

Djibriliant · « **Reply #1216 on:** June 19, 2016, 01:50:24 pm »

The ER on Postboxes stands for 'Elizabeth Reigns' which is why you see GR on some. It's something I've never given any thought, but thought it was a nice little fun fact when someone pointed it out last week. I even saw a VR last week too.

Les Willis · « **Reply #1217 on:** June 19, 2016, 01:59:35 pm »

Quote from: Djibriliant on June 19, 2016, 01:50:24 pm

The ER on Postboxes stands for 'Elizabeth Reigns' which is why you see GR on some. It's something I've never given any thought, but thought it was a nice little fun fact when someone pointed it out last week. I even saw a VR last week too.

I think it's Elizabeth Regina and George Rex and Victoria Regina. Regina is the latin for Queen and Rex is latin for king.

spen71 · « **Reply #1218 on:** June 19, 2016, 02:37:08 pm »

the word piss is from Old French pissier "urinate"

Alan_X · « **Reply #1219 on:** June 19, 2016, 03:21:42 pm »

Quote from: Painfully Shy Giuseppe on June 19, 2016, 01:59:35 pm

I think it's Elizabeth Regina and George Rex and Victoria Regina. Regina is the latin for Queen and Rex is latin for king.

Is correct. Coins have 'DEI GRA REG' which stands for 'Dei Gratia Regina' which in turn is latin for 'by the grace of God - Queen'. Old coins when a king was monarch had REX instead of REG. On smaller coins it might be contracted to D G REG.

FID DEF stands for Fidei Defensor. Latin for 'Defender of the Faith' the title that Henry VIII took on when he established the Church of England.

Alan_X · « **Reply #1220 on:** June 19, 2016, 03:24:43 pm »

And the patterns on the back of UK coins make up the coat of arms:

rob1966 · « **Reply #1221 on:** June 19, 2016, 03:51:05 pm »

Quote from: Alan_X on June 19, 2016, 03:24:43 pm

And the patterns on the back of UK coins make up the coat of arms:

I only found that out last month while nosing about on facebook

farawayred · « **Reply #1222 on:** June 19, 2016, 05:38:33 pm »

I didn't know until last night that the universal distress word "Mayday" comes from the English butchering of the French call for help "m'aider"...

zero zero · « **Reply #1223 on:** June 19, 2016, 07:12:25 pm »

Quote from: farawayred on June 19, 2016, 05:38:33 pm

I didn't know until last night that the universal distress word "Mayday" comes from the English butchering of the French call for help "m'aider"...

I have just found out you don't watch enough Red Dwarf

Nessy76 · « **Reply #1224 on:** June 19, 2016, 09:32:09 pm »

Quote from: Alan_X on June 19, 2016, 03:21:42 pm

Is correct. Coins have 'DEI GRA REG' which stands for 'Dei Gratia Regina' which in turn is latin for 'by the grace of God - Queen'. Old coins when a king was monarch had REX instead of REG. On smaller coins it might be contracted to D G REG.

FID DEF stands for Fidei Defensor. Latin for 'Defender of the Faith' the title that Henry VIII took on when he established the Church of England.

Close, but it's actually more ironic than that. Henry VIII was given the title of "fid Def" by the Pope, Leo X, after Henry wrote a book, assertio septem sacramentorum, in which he asserted the sanctity of marriage and the supremacy of the Pope's authority. Henry somewhat famously changed his stance on both subjects but retained the title as he felt it leant weight to his role as head of his own new Church.
Henry was excommunicated and the title was formally rescinded by Pope Paul III, but an Act of Parliament restored the appellation and it remains to this day.

Prince Charles has confirmed that he would instead adopt the title "Defender of Faiths" and promote freedom of worship, when he acedes the throne.

Crimson_Tank · « **Reply #1225 on:** June 20, 2016, 12:56:03 pm »

I just learned that despite my love of coins and Latin, I am still late to this thread and that Alan_X and Painfully Shy Guseppie can fill such a knowledge void when I am not around.

Djibriliant · « **Reply #1226 on:** June 20, 2016, 02:48:35 pm »

Interesting that re: coins, latin and post boxes.

Alan_X · « **Reply #1227 on:** June 20, 2016, 03:08:41 pm »

Quote from: Nessy76 on June 19, 2016, 09:32:09 pm

Close, but it's actually more ironic than that. Henry VIII was given the title of "fid Def" by the Pope, Leo X, after Henry wrote a book, assertio septem sacramentorum, in which he asserted the sanctity of marriage and the supremacy of the Pope's authority. Henry somewhat famously changed his stance on both subjects but retained the title as he felt it leant weight to his role as head of his own new Church.
Henry was excommunicated and the title was formally rescinded by Pope Paul III, but an Act of Parliament restored the appellation and it remains to this day.

Prince Charles has confirmed that he would instead adopt the title "Defender of Faiths" and promote freedom of worship, when he acedes the throne.

You're right of course.

SP · « **Reply #1228 on:** June 20, 2016, 03:10:17 pm »

Quote from: Alan_X on June 20, 2016, 03:08:41 pm

You're right of course.

Well about from it should be "if" not "when he acedes the throne."

Oh, and the double c in accede.

Nessy76 · « **Reply #1229 on:** June 20, 2016, 03:20:45 pm »

Quote from: Knobby Gino Greco on June 20, 2016, 03:10:17 pm

Well about from it should be "if" not "when he acedes the throne."

Oh, and the double c in accede.

Both valid points.

Brian Blessed · « **Reply #1230 on:** June 20, 2016, 03:37:14 pm »

Quote from: Fabiano the Shark on June 19, 2016, 09:45:40 am

I don't even have a car

But do you have an arrow?

jackh · « **Reply #1231 on:** July 13, 2016, 01:25:57 pm »

Steve Coogan's older brother:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/sGSHIidlesQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/sGSHIidlesQ</a>

TepidT2O · « **Reply #1232 on:** July 13, 2016, 07:46:31 pm »

Quote from: jackh on July 13, 2016, 01:25:57 pm

Steve Coogan's older brother:

Well I never knew that...

But now you've ruined me, because I've remembered just how much I love that song. Greatest one hit wonders ever?

jackh · « **Reply #1233 on:** July 13, 2016, 10:11:31 pm »

Quote from: Kinky Kenneth on July 13, 2016, 07:46:31 pm

Well I never knew that...

But now you've ruined me, because I've remembered just how much I love that song. Greatest one hit wonders ever?

Only one way to find out: http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=278612.msg14786782#msg14786782

John C · « **Reply #1234 on:** July 31, 2016, 08:27:59 pm »

Not a subject that we want a wide discussion about but since not many of you will know, Tesco Allerton Staff have voted not to stock the Scum and won't be accepting any further deliveries of the fucking rag.

Nessy76 · « **Reply #1235 on:** August 1, 2016, 12:03:26 am »

Quote from: John C on July 31, 2016, 08:27:59 pm

Not a subject that we want a wide discussion about but since not many of you will know, Tesco Allerton Staff have voted not to stock the Scum and won't be accepting any further deliveries of the fucking rag.

Good for them. It's more Daily Mail country round there, though. Get people to stop reading that shite, too and who knows what might happen...

Wombat · « **Reply #1236 on:** August 1, 2016, 01:54:55 am »

There are more than 1 million camels here in Australia

terrible suits · « **Reply #1237 on:** August 1, 2016, 02:00:19 am »

Well I never knew that there were people from the UK that didn't know what D.G. and either Regina or Rex meant.
Or maybe that's just me trying to justify having taken 2 years of Latin.

Also that there were people from the UK who didn't know about the current coin set making up the coat of arms.
Granted, that's a more recent thing.

Big Red Richie · « **Reply #1238 on:** August 1, 2016, 11:17:26 am »

Or that the front of all British coinage is actually the Monarchs head

Most people assume the monarchs head is the back of the coin.

rob1966 · « **Reply #1239 on:** August 1, 2016, 11:23:49 am »

Quote from: terrible suits on August 1, 2016, 02:00:19 am

Well I never knew that there were people from the UK that didn't know what D.G. and either Regina or Rex meant.
Or maybe that's just me trying to justify having taken 2 years of Latin.

Also that there were people from the UK who didn't know about the current coin set making up the coat of arms.
Granted, that's a more recent thing.

When I went to school, only Catholic schools still taught latin, so for a lot of us Latin just passed us by. Only bit I did was telling my blue nose mates that Nil Satis Nisi Optimum meant No Status, No Optimism.

As for the coins, only found that out on facebook the other month.

One thing I only found out recently was why the days get longer and shorter. I'd always had the idea, don't know where from, that the earth rocked on its axis due to the planet colliding with us billions of years ago. Now know the earth doesn't rock, its the tilt and our position in relation to the sun that gives the longer and shorter days.