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Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 12:59 pm
by Pirahna
IccyV2 wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 7:42 am
Rockburner wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 3:06 pm
IccyV2 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 12:17 pm
No the Cybertruck totally dwarfs a Ford Raptor or the equivalent Chevy, you really have to be up close to appreciate just how big it is, it's genuinely a LWB vehicle, like a small lorry.
It's ridiculous and unless you're in a place with just massive long straight roads and coach parking spaces then you'll struggle in one, absolutely no way you'd get one in a normal American sized car park space and not a hope in hell in a British one.
I think you'll find that the "Raptor" is a dinky little thing for the European market.....
We only get the big American stuff and a Raptor definitely isn't a dinky little thing, I had a Nissan Patrol and the Raptor dwarfs that and my Patrol would dwarf a lot of UK cars, so it must be a Euro truck just called the Raptor, not a proper one.
The Raptor is a bling version of the standard truck, in the US you get the F150 Raptor, Europe gets the Ranger Raptor. They look nice but with a reduced payload and towing capacity over the standard truck they make a fairly useless vehicle even worse. Stick a wet belt engine into the mix and I'm surprised they sell any at all. A van is a much better choice.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 2:55 pm
by Saga Lout
Dodgy69 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 6:46 pm
If you kiss a TV screen when switched on your nose will run.
How do you know this?
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 4:27 pm
by Taipan
The man that invented the door knocker won a Nobel prize.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 5:06 pm
by Yorick
Taipan wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 4:27 pm
The man that invented the door knocker won a Nobel prize.
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Knockers
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Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2026 6:12 am
by ZRX61
You can say "saucy jizz" instead of sausages & no one will ever notice..
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2026 9:11 am
by Count Steer
The production of a single pair of denim jeans uses approximately 7,500 litres of water - from cotton plantation to the wearer.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2026 12:36 pm
by JackyJoll
Count Steer wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 9:11 am
The production of a single pair of denim jeans uses approximately 7,500 litres of water - from cotton plantation to the wearer.
Does that include the rain that falls down upon the old plantation?
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2026 12:43 pm
by Skub
Saga Lout wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 2:55 pm
Dodgy69 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 6:46 pm
If you kiss a TV screen when switched on your nose will run.
How do you know this?
Oh,come on. Don't try to tell me you didn't get really close when knocking one out to Valerie Singleton on Blue Peter in 1963.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2026 1:54 pm
by ogri
Skub wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 12:43 pm
Saga Lout wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 2:55 pm
Dodgy69 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 6:46 pm
If you kiss a TV screen when switched on your nose will run.
How do you know this?
Oh,come on. Don't try to tell me you didn't get really close when knocking one out to Valerie Singleton on Blue Peter in 1963.
lol i was 2 then
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2026 4:34 pm
by JackyJoll
Skub wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 12:43 pm
Saga Lout wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 2:55 pm
Dodgy69 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 6:46 pm
If you kiss a TV screen when switched on your nose will run.
How do you know this?
Oh,come on. Don't try to tell me you didn't get really close when knocking one out to Valerie Singleton on Blue Peter in 1963.
They kept swinging the camera over to the very offputting Christopher Trace.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2026 9:09 pm
by Horse
JackyJoll wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 4:34 pm
Skub wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 12:43 pm
Saga Lout wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 2:55 pm
How do you know this?
Oh,come on. Don't try to tell me you didn't get really close when knocking one out to Valerie Singleton on Blue Peter in 1963.
They kept swinging the camera over to the very offputting Christopher Trace.
Bit late now, but ITV's 'Magpie' featured Jenn Hanley ...
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2026 9:30 pm
by JackyJoll
You posh people had two channels.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2026 2:21 pm
by Yorick
At the very end of Mr Blue Sky there's a funny sounding voice.
The lyric often misheard as "Mr. Blue Sky" at the song's end is actually "Please turn me over," a prompt for vinyl listeners. Jeff Lynne confirmed this, saying it was meant to tell listeners to flip the record to side B.
I just played it and I was wrong all these years
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2026 12:57 pm
by Skub
Under Swiss law, the level of fine is determined by the wealth of the driver and the speed recorded. In January, a Swiss driver was fined $290,000 - the current world record.
Someone is well loaded.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2026 3:11 pm
by ZRX61
I read that modern toilet paper was invented in 1857. However, it wasn't until the 1930s that "Splinter-Free" paper was developed. Until then the manufacturing process often included wood splinters in the paper. So I've discovered my personal cut-off for time travel...
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2026 10:12 pm
by KungFooBob
November 2nd, 2000 was the last time all humans were on the planet together. Since then at least one person has remained on the international space station.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2026 7:48 am
by Taipan
KungFooBob wrote: Mon Apr 20, 2026 10:12 pm
November 2nd, 2000 was the last time all humans were on the planet together. Since then at least one person has remained on the international space station.
ORLY!
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2026 3:52 pm
by ZRX61
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2026 5:41 pm
by ZRX61
Plausible deniability is one of the most underrated strengths in the history of jurisprudence. This means keep a glove & ball in your vehicle as well as a baseball bat, your lawyer will thank you.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2026 6:03 pm
by Count Steer
ZRX61 wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2026 5:41 pm
Plausible deniability is one of the most underrated strengths in the history of jurisprudence. This means keep a glove & ball in your vehicle as well as a baseball bat, your lawyer will thank you.
I bought a baseball bat 30 years ago and when I did the chap in the sports shop looked at me and said 'Home security? May I recommend 'The Slugger?'
It's an old school wooden one. Not the easiest thing to use with vigour indoors.
(Yeah, I bought a ball and glove....).
