Odd factoids

[Dave7]

Crocodiles can climb trees. And they do it well, too: Some of the toothy reptiles have been spotted as high as 32 feet up trees.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=saXKPQL7ffc

That is not very sporting.
All my life I have thought "right.....if ever I gat chased by a crocodile....I will climb a tree".
Time for a rethink.

 

[classic33]

That is not very sporting.
All my life I have thought "right.....if ever I gat chased by a crocodile....I will climb a tree".
Time for a rethink.

Crocodiles common near you?

 

[Dave7]

Crocodiles common near you?

You are speaking to an ex boy scout. We always learned......
Dib dib dob and
Be prepared

 

[Tim Hall]

You are speaking to an ex boy scout. We always learned......
Dib dib dob and
Be prepared

Two things:
It's Dyb rather than Dib (an acronym for the initials of Do Your Best.)
Wolf Cubs used that. Boy Scouts merely had to Be Prepared, like this:

 

[Dave7]

Two things:
It's Dyb rather than Dib (an acronym for the initials of Do Your Best.)
Wolf Cubs used that. Boy Scouts merely had to Be Prepared, like this:

Confession time. I was never actually in the boy scouts as they wouldnt have me.
I did enjoy my time in the girl guides though.

 

[NorthernDave]

Popular supermarket Tesco was actually started by Strictly favourite Tess Daley after a disagreement with her local branch of Sainsburys about the number of items in her basket at the "10 items or less" till.

 

[classic33]

The Blacksmithing badge, eliminated in 1952, required Scouts to "forge a chain hook out of 3/4 x 1/2-inch soft steel or 3/4-inch round iron."

 

[Drago]

Older and defunct clothes retailer, C & A, were founded by Abbot and Costello.

 

[colly]

Horlicks. An oft used exclamaition used in place of a socially unacceptable expletive.

There are vulgar rumours with regards to the origination of the term but in fact it is the surname of the founders of the company J & W Horlick. Together they founded the company J & W Horlicks in Chicago in 1883 to manufacture a patented malted milk drink as an artificial infant food.

 

[Drago]

I didn't realise artificial infants needed feeding? You learn something new every day.

 

[lutonloony]

Although there is much confusion about the origin and translation of avocado, it's true translation is green,tasteless pulp.

 

[Drago]

The Vulcan bomber really is from the planet Vulcan.

During the Operation Black Buck Vulcan raids during the Falklands war, there became a severe shortage of unsoiled Y fronts among Argentinian forces. Due to the scarcity prices rose alarmingly, to the point where they could no longer afford to continue the war.

 

[classic33]

The Longest Bombing Mission in History

Black Buck: Codename for the operation to bomb the runway at Port Stanley on the Falkland Islands during the Falklands War. Requiring an unprecedented effort to refuel a single Vulcan bomber to fly over 8,000 miles. It was the most ambitious mission in the RAF’s history since the Dambusters and at that time was the longest ranged bombing mission ever undertaken.

 

[Drago]

Awesome. Tankers refuelling tankers refuelling tankers to refuel a Vulcan so they could frighten the living bejesus out of some Argentinian conscripts.

Militarily the raids were of questionable value, but psychologically they sent the very clear message that they'd messed with the wrong people. Even for those that live, being in the receiving end of a bombing run from an aircraft designed by Beelzebub himself was not something to forget in a hurry.

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Captain Scarlet's real name was Paul Metcalfe

The Boomtown Rats song "i dont like Mondays" was about Brenda Spencer shooting at the school opposite her house, killing 2 people in 1979 and is still in prison