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Some odd facts gleaned from various sources:

Apart from human beings, elephants are the only animals that can stand on their heads.

City dwellers have longer, thicker nose hairs than country dwellers.

Sean Connery's Christian name is Thomas. Thomas Sean Connery.

Saucy seaside postcard designer Donald McGill has a museum dedicated to him at...wait for it...Ryde, Isle of Wight.

Skoob.

Thanks for that, Skoob.
Ya never know when they could come in handy.

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Thanks for that, Skoob.
Ya never know when they could come in handy.

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I do: NEVER.

On the subject of nose hair, if I move to the countryside, will my nose hair shorten and 'thin out' a bit? It's like ship's rope at the moment.

I was on the border of Kazikstani and yugoslarvamungia, the guard asks for my pissport. I had none. So, to verify my status as a boni fidea Russian Spy he asks; "Vot ees zer Elephant leek us?" I stood stock still, the sweat running down the back of my summer dress, It was then, I remembered SKOOBS words. "If you ever get stopped at the border of the above, the answer is written on the back of your hand". I looked at my hand and there it was, the answer that saved my life! I stared at the eyes of that guard, and gave him the answer.

That is why I am writing to you from Gulag 23. Dont believe a word he says!

Some one must have seen a whale standing on its head?

Nice to know that arm.

In India, people foraging in the forest for firewood often wear masks on the back of their heads to prevent tiger attacks. This is because tigers rarely attack human beings face to face. They almost invariably attack from the rear.

One portion of sweet 'n' sour pork or chicken balls from a typical Chinese takeaway contains as much fat as 30 regular hamburgers.

Colonel Sanders was 60 years old when he started his first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant.

The average UK doner kebab contains enough saturated fat to fill a wine glass.

Original Cornish pasties were invented for tin miners - they contained fish at one end and apple or a fruit alternative at the other end.

The traditional full English breakfast isn't really English at all - it was invented in the Eastern states of the USA.

Apart from the slice of black pudding.

I'm so much smarter now that my brain is about to explode.

Damn, it just did!

Anyone got any screen cleaner?

and I thought I was a fucking Loony, tigers, bollocks are aphrodisiacs whatever next!

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Quote: Skoob1999

In India, people foraging in the forest for firewood often wear masks on the back of their heads to prevent tiger attacks. This is because tigers rarely attack human beings face to face. They almost invariably attack from the rear.

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Ah, Skoob, it's that word before 'invariably' that's the problem. If the tiger attacks from the side, or pounces out of a tree, those masks will afford scant protection against his sharp claws, I can tell you.

And if it is the matter of the tiger's intellect that you are calling into question, in that, a tiger doesn't know a person's face from a hastily-cobbled-together paper mask, I'd heard that there are certain tigers that, themselves, wear pussycat masks, so that those foraging for firewood are fooled into thinking that...

well, you know the rest

This could become quite a popular thread, Skoob.

Well done. Keep it up.