Proto
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Admit your ignorance - things you've only just realised/learned
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mistyoptic
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I heard that but I thought it was just rumours
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
How many spiders were out in the garden till I saw the hoar frosted webs this morning
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
Yeah little lies
mistyoptic
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- A parallel reality
Can we keep the chain going?
Proto
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These are terrible puns, tsk, tsk!
Alex321
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I'm sure it will go everywhere.
I've only just found out today that Facebook is over 120 years old. 😂
Although if I'm honest I'm more likely to believe Albert on this.
I only found out last Christmas that a manger is an animal trough.
I don't know if I ever questioned what it was, or even thought about it. Quite embarassing
So that being the case a farmers wife might well be a
Manger Manager's Manager.
This 'Little boats rescuing the British army from Dunkirk' thing never happened as portrayed in various films about the incident.
Yes, little boats did sail to France, but they were all commandeered by Naval personnel and Coast Guard officers and yes, soldiers were taken off the beach but to be ferried to bigger ships further out and not back to dear old Blighty. The character played by Mark Rylance did exist (his real name was Charles Lightoller) and he did sail to France - but he'd been second officer on the Titanic not some 'ordinary Joe' as portrayed in that film.
Yes, little boats did sail to France, but they were all commandeered by Naval personnel and Coast Guard officers and yes, soldiers were taken off the beach but to be ferried to bigger ships further out and not back to dear old Blighty. The character played by Mark Rylance did exist (his real name was Charles Lightoller) and he did sail to France - but he'd been second officer on the Titanic not some 'ordinary Joe' as portrayed in that film.
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matticus
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Charles Lightoller
https://www.google.com/search?q=Charles+Lightoller&rlz=1C1GCEU_enGB857GB857&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Doncha just hate historical errors!
Great story, though.
Yeah, that's what I put despite you changing it for the sake of one letter, go back and check
That was the spelling I got from the book I'm reading about it btw!
Oh, well played! It took me a while 😄
matticus
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Yeah, that's what I put despite you changing it for the sake of one letter, go back and check
That was the spelling I got from the book I'm reading about it btw!
Fair enough - sorry Raul!
