Odd factoids

[PeteXXX]

Spoiler

The flute was invented by Linda Lovelace after her boyfriend had had his todger pierced in several places and she found a novel way of making music 🎶

 

[raleighnut]

The surname Morgan is a portmanteau of "my organ", and was awarded to pople who were flexible or well endowed enpugh to self fellate.

Piers must be an expert as he can talk out of his arris whilst doing it.

 

[Seevio]

Glue was discovered in 1647 in Bavaria after Hans Großhoff and Markus Schmidt were unable to agree whether a melted horse would be sticky or not.

History does not record who won the argument or how they got their cart home.

 

[Threevok]

The most stubborn cowboy in the history of the West was the Bostik Kid and is where the term "sticking to my guns" originated

 

[Drago]

Many young men died after becoming addicted to sniffing the Bostik Kid. Things became so dire he was tied to a tree and cleaned thoroughly with rags soaked in white spirit.

 

[Threevok]

Yorkshire's most famous Grunge Rock band - "Nay Varnish" had a number one hit with "Smells Like White Spirit"

 

[NorthernDave]

The Emma mattress is a joint venture between professional luvvie Emma Thompson and ex-Baby Spice Emma Bunton and is one of just a handful of survivors of the 00's celebrity mattress boom.

The other notable success was the mattress designed by rapper Tinie Tempah and NASA.

 

[Drago]

Emma Bunton's real name is Emma Bunkup. She changed it for obvious reasons, but the irony is that despite her strange name she is the only spice girl who is a virgin.

 

[PeteXXX]

Originally, Emma's surname was Royd, but to get rid of her school nickname of Bumgrapes she changed it to Bunkup but realised that was almost as bad!

She then joined the Spice Girls and knew what bad was!

 

[Threevok]

Ginger Spice was renamed Old Spice, when they found out how old she really was

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Sporty Spice is so named because she would wear a jockey's outfit whilst "testing" the aforementioned mattresses.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Min Spice appears as a backing singer each Christmas.

 

[Drago]

Posh Spice is ironically named. She is neither posh, nor especially spicy. However, Bland Spice was seen as too dull.

 

[MichaelW2]

The Bland family first arrived in North America in Jamestown in 1635, bringing with them their distinctive and influential cuisine

 

[Drago]

Jamestown was originally called Quentintown after its founder. However, after several years of cruel jokes and being called 'Ducky'the mayor lost his rag and renamed the town after the actor James Doohan, because he cannae take no more.