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

[So… Howard Philips]

You'll soon be back to pounds shilling and pence, feet and inches, pounds and ounces and gallons.

Well all those trendy bars selling ale in schooners have certainly devalued the pint.

[Brissyred]

...and an American gallon is bigger than an imperial gallon.

It's the opposite, which is surprising given their penchant for having the 'biggest' everything.
1 US gallon is 3.78l
1 G imperial is 4.54l

[exilescouse]

Im 52 now, lived in Asia for 18 years, 7 years ago I was driving past a field with my wife when I saw plants growing, I asked what they are, she said they are pineapples, I said "Bollocks, Pineapples grow on trees, everyone knows that".

Anyway, Pineapples grow in the ground like carrots. Who'd a thunk it??

[farawayred]

Im 52 now, lived in Asia for 18 years, 7 years ago I was driving past a field with my wife when I saw plants growing, I asked what they are, she said they are pineapples, I said "Bollocks, Pineapples grow on trees, everyone knows that".

Anyway, Pineapples grow in the ground like carrots. Who'd a thunk it??

My first trip to Hawaii... Same thing.

[Brissyred]

Im 52 now, lived in Asia for 18 years, 7 years ago I was driving past a field with my wife when I saw plants growing, I asked what they are, she said they are pineapples, I said "Bollocks, Pineapples grow on trees, everyone knows that".

Anyway, Pineapples grow in the ground like carrots. Who'd a thunk it??

Not like carrots, the pineapple is above the ground.

[The Gulleysucker]

Im 52 now, lived in Asia for 18 years, 7 years ago I was driving past a field with my wife when I saw plants growing, I asked what they are, she said they are pineapples, I said "Bollocks, Pineapples grow on trees, everyone knows that".

Spaghetti trees being harvested...

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[leroy]

Im 52 now, lived in Asia for 18 years, 7 years ago I was driving past a field with my wife when I saw plants growing, I asked what they are, she said they are pineapples, I said "Bollocks, Pineapples grow on trees, everyone knows that".

Anyway, Pineapples grow in the ground like carrots. Who'd a thunk it??

A bastard fruit to pick let me tell you.

[Crosby Nick]

LOL

I have just realised the Washington DC is a City on the east coast of the US, and isn't the state on the west coat.

Literally blown my mind.

Hang on, did you think the capital of the US, the White House, that big triangle thing and all the rest were over on the West Coast?

Although back when I was little and heard County Durham mentioned one the news I assumed it was in Ireland!

[rob1966]

Something I only learned a couple of years ago, the Midwest United States are nowhere near the midwest of the country, the name being a holdover from the 1800s

Never knew that until you posted that

[Ciara (with a capital "C")]

Hang on, did you think the capital of the US, the White House, that big triangle thing and all the rest were over on the West Coast?

Yeah.

And still unsure which coast Rooney plays on for DC United!

[pazcom]

A girl in work was having a laugh at herself the other week for causing mayhem at a petrol station in her new car.

She pulled up on the wrong side of the pump [thinking she was in her old car] and then proceeded to do a 74 point turn to get her car turned round so she could fill it up.

She's convinced she'll do the same thing for weeks to come, until it sinks in that she's changed her car.

She and all of our other colleagues looked at me like I had 5 heads when I pointed out that every car has an arrow on the petrol gauge which points to the side of the car that the filler cap is on. Literally every one of them thought I was winding them up. A couple even went out to their cars at dinner time and came back incredulous that I was telling the truth.

Please restore my faith in humanity and confirm that this little factoid is common knowledge, and I just happen to work with idiots.

I learnt about the petrol gauge on here. It was only after reading it on here that I noticed the small arrow on my own car...

[CraigDS]

Im 52 now, lived in Asia for 18 years, 7 years ago I was driving past a field with my wife when I saw plants growing, I asked what they are, she said they are pineapples, I said "Bollocks, Pineapples grow on trees, everyone knows that".

Anyway, Pineapples grow in the ground like carrots. Who'd a thunk it??

They don’t grow in the soil like carrots. They’re above ground but in a smaller plant rather than a tree.

[Crosby Nick]

Yeah.

And still unsure which coast Rooney plays on for DC United!

Haha fair enough. My American history knowledge is a bit crap and I think Philadelphia was the original capital but by the time they had settled there and won independence I think they’d barely discovered or settled the west coast.

[rob1966]

Yeah.

And still unsure which coast Rooney plays on for DC United!

DC United are on the East Coast - DC is district of Columbia, which is where Washington the Capital and not Washington the Pacfic North West state is.

[So… Howard Philips]

Tammy Abraham has a kid brother, Timmy Abraham.

[farawayred]

Spaghetti trees being harvested...

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Calling all Pastafarians!...

[Buck Pete]

Tammy Abraham has a kid brother, Timmy Abraham.

He's got a really fat brother too

Tummy Abraham

[afc tukrish]

He's got a really fat brother too

Tummy Abraham

 

His other brother has a gun in his trousers for protection from ze Germans...

[Nobby Reserve]

Although back when I was little and heard County Durham mentioned one the news I assumed it was in Ireland!

 

Me too!!

 

[Nobby Reserve]

His other brother has a gun in his trousers for protection from ze Germans...

His dad had a hit in the 70's in collaboration with the Smurfs.

[Alan_X]

I used to work part time as a delivery driver. Delivering urgent computer parts to engineers. One evening they asked if I wanted to do a delivery to Chepstow. I said yes thinking it must be close to Walthamstow.

It was a 300 mile round trip.

[Only Me]

I used to work part time as a delivery driver. Delivering urgent computer parts to engineers. One evening they asked if I wanted to do a delivery to Chepstow. I said yes thinking it must be close to Walthamstow.

It was a 300 mile round trip.

Reminds me of the old ted Chippington joke:

I bumped into a mate of mine the other day.

He said "I haven't seen you for ages, what you been up to?"

Just got back from 2 years in 'nam

What, Vietnam?

No, Cheltenham

[red_Mark1980]

Hang on, did you think the capital of the US, the White House, that big triangle thing and all the rest were over on the West Coast?

Although back when I was little and heard County Durham mentioned one the news I assumed it was in Ireland!

Is the "big triangle thing" the Washington monument? If so, it's actually an obelisk.

[AndyInVA]

I learnt about the petrol gauge on here. It was only after reading it on here that I noticed the small arrow on my own car...

I looked on my own car last night. Clearly such common sense does not extend to the States. It doesn't exist on my Chevrolet.

[farawayred]

I looked on my own car last night. Clearly such common sense does not extend to the States. It doesn't exist on my Chevrolet.

On some cars the arrow lights up along with the "empty" pump-sign light.

[Crosby Nick]

Is the "big triangle thing" the Washington monument? If so, it's actually an obelisk.

That’s the fella.

I must get to the West coast some day.

[farawayred]

That’s the fella.

I must get to the West coast some day.

Gotta be that. I can see it from my house here in Cali.

[Medellin]

Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham or Tammy to his team mates.

[Crosby Nick]

Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham or Tammy to his team mates.

Also has a brother named Timmy.

[Only Me]

Had absolutely no idea until a few days ago that Tom Ravenscroft from 6 Music is John Peel's lad.

And that one of his middle names is Dalglish.

[farawayred]

Also has a brother named Timmy.

And another one named Tummy, but he only made it to the club canteen.

[Medellin]

Also has a brother named Timmy.

His father was a Colonel,will always be remembered for being trapped.

[Medellin]

Joel André Matip Job   

[bradders1011]

Jon Moss owns a record shop in Headingley called The Vinyl Whistle.

[Medellin]

 
Just stumbled across this..
Fucking hell.

https://observatoryihr.org/news_item/labour-conditions-in-qatar-could-result-in-as-many-as-4000-deaths-before-the-start-of-the-2022-world-cup/

[I've been a good boy]

To be honest, everyone knows about Qatar. Which is why a lot of people on here hope the 2022 World Cup fails badly.

[[new username under construction]]

Taking an Antibiotic without food is not because the food might make you sick, it's the food can absorb the antibiotic. I'm 45 and a dumbass

[Statto Red]

When players go down with serious injury, what's that painkiller they take through liquid tank that looks like oxygen tank when having treatment on the pitch?

[Sir Capon of Debaser]

Found out last night off my brother that Daniel LaRussos mum, Lucille, in the original Karate Kid, was played by Randee Heller and not Jeff Goldblum who i actually thought it was for the last 35 years

[CheshireDave]

When players go down with serious injury, what's that painkiller they take through liquid tank that looks like oxygen tank when having treatment on the pitch?

50% nitrous oxide and 50% oxygen - Gas and air