Random facts

[Manic23]

Dogs can't look up

[Duggeh]

Quoting Manic23 from 23:11, 6th Apr 2006
Dogs can't look up

Lies.


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Duggeh: Master Of Ceremonies

[Manic23]

I take it you haven't seen Shaun of the Dead

And clearly that photo is an optical illusion; the dog is obviously poking its head through a hole in a wooden fence, with the photographer lying down with feet up, on said...fence

[amore vincit omnia]

In the carpark of the Wallace Monument in Stirling, there's a statue of Wallace which is very clearly based on Mel Gibson, and which features a shield bearing the word "Braveheart".
Apparently it's meant to acknowledge the role of "Braveheart" in promoting Scottish history and culture around the world, rather than to further the romantic (and somewhat misleading) idea of Wallace portrayed in the film.

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle

[Eliot Wilson]

Quoting Manic23 from 23:11, 6th Apr 2006
Dogs can't look up

How do they beg, then?

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Bill and Ted beat the Grim Reaper at Twister

Bill: "You played very well, Death, especially with your totally heavy Death robes."

Death: "Don't patronise me."

[Manic23]

Em, They tilt their entire body at 90°...

[Lid]

My dog can also jump directly up from a sitting position when looking up too. It's like he's levitating with is nose vertically up.

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We are not drunks, we are multi-millionaires

[motorhead]

Brian molko. or what ever, from placebo was born in dundee

[The Dude]

Quoting mia_bt from 04:38, 16th Jul 2005
According to legend, when Burmese women are making beer, they need to avoid having sex or the beer will be bitter.

So do the women who make bitter ale get around?!

[The chap]

This is the 371st posting on this thread.

[exnihilo]

Actually, strictly, it was the 371st reply, and the 372nd posting.

[bdw]

Penalties for infringement of some London bye-laws:

Beating a carpet in Bunhill Fields: £50

Importuning someone in the Barbican for the purpose of taking a photo: £20

Pushing, rather than pulling, a handbarrow in Spitalfields Market: £20

[bdw]

Further Friday Factoid:

In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26.
In Vietnam he was 19.
Ininininininin Vietnam he was 19.

[DrAlex]

Quoting bdw from 10:48, 9th Jun 2006
In Vietnam he was 19.

The life expectancy of a WWI front line soldier was around 2 weeks. In Vietnam, it was less than 30 minutes.

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"Listen to DrAlex."-Polli
http://standrews.facebook.com/profile.php?id=37100343

[bdw]

Quoting DrAlex from 10:57, 9th Jun 2006

Quoting bdw from 10:48, 9th Jun 2006
In Vietnam he was 19.

The life expectancy of a WWI front line soldier was around 2 weeks. In Vietnam, it was less than 30 minutes.

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"Listen to DrAlex."-Polli
http://standrews.facebook.com/profile.php?id=37100343

really? Hell's bells! So Platoon was effectively filmed in real time?

[Gary M.]

Quoting mia_bt from 04:33, 16th Jul 2005
one is the only number that has all its letters n alphabetical order

forty is the only one that has them in reverse

iou stands for is owed unto

Are you sure about the iou meaning? I find no etymological dictionary anywhere that agrees with this statement. Your answer also appears in Trivial Pursuit, but nowhere else I can find. I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just not sure why I can't find this anywhere else.

[iab2]

Haven't seen this one in a while.

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http://www.usefilm.com/photographer/104233.html

[Gubbins]

The biggest loch in Scotland is...
...Loch Lomond, by surface area
...Loch Ness, by volume
...Loch Morar, by depth
...Loch Awe, by length

Also, the Tay is our longest river.

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...then again, that is only my opinion.

[David Bean]

Wow, more than two years, and still going strong!

The highest point in North America is Mount McKinley, which is located in Alaska.

President William McKinley was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz, whose name is pronounced 'Chol-gosh'.

'Assassins', which features Mr Czolgosz (along with Lynnette 'Squeaky' Fromme and Sarah Jane Moor, whio both attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford in unrelated incidents in California in September 1974), was a musical written by Stephen Sondheim.

Mr Sondheim's work also included 'Sweeny Todd' and 'Into the Woods', a student production of which was produced in St Andrews in the latter months of 2006.

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Psalm 91:7

[exnihilo]

Quoting Gary M. from 22:57, 14th Nov 2007

Quoting mia_bt from 04:33, 16th Jul 2005
iou stands for is owed unto

Are you sure about the iou meaning? I find no etymological dictionary anywhere that agrees with this statement. Your answer also appears in Trivial Pursuit, but nowhere else I can find. I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just not sure why I can't find this anywhere else.

I must have missed this first time round. IOU does not stand for "is owed unto", this is another of these false statements that crops up about such things as ned being NED for non-educated delinquent. Balderdash. It stands for IOU and nothing more.