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classic33

Leg End Member
Fiona Bruce is Bruce Forsyth in drag.
So that's the Forsyth Saga!
 

Drago

Legendary Member
Saga insurance was originally founded by Erik the Red in AD980. Pay the nice Viking chap your monthly insurance and your shop, bar or long boat factory would not be burned to the ground and pillaged. I mean, you've all heard of the Viking Sagas?

In modern times this business model proved unsustainable, so Saga legitimised their services in 2017, concentrating on the over 50s who may still remember what happens if you cross the Viking hordes.
 
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classic33

Leg End Member
A lawyer in North Carolina thought he’d found a loophole when he insured two dozen expensive cigars on his home insurance. Worth $15,000, they were covered against flooding, storm damage, and – believe it or not – fire.

He enjoyed smoking them and a month later filed a claim, stating that they had been destroyed in “a series of small fires”. The insurers refused to cough up, but a judge sided with the lawyer and the insurer made a pay-out. The lawyer was immediately arrested and sentenced to 24 months in prison… for arson.
 

david k

Hi
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Most lawyers are called Sue. Hence the expression, I'm going to sue you.

Likewise most long term prisoners are called Roger
 

classic33

Leg End Member
The earliest form of currency were actual currents. Big problems with currency fluctuation - someone bakes a large fruit cake and there's brief, albeit massive, inflation u til the corner shop gets their next delivery.
That's why electronic billing was introduced. Same thing, different current.
 
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