Odd factoids

[Threevok]

For being the only man ever to beam down to a planet, wearing a red uniform and survive past the opening credits, James Doohan's original Star Trek uniform was tested as a possible source for a COVID vaccine.

Unfortunately, the side effects (apathy to leaving home by the age of 37 and alienation from the opposite sex) outweighed the benefits

 

[NorthernDave]

As well as preventing the spread of Covid-19, regular use of hand sanitizer is a simple way to identify small cuts and abrasions to your hands that you were previously unaware of.

 

[Drago]

Ironically, Covid 19 was originally spread rampant use of cheap Chinese homeopathy Bat Blood Hand Gel. The bat wing face masks didn't help much either. Wven worse, Boris ordered the NHS to order such supplies from China as they were so much cheaper. As a result the UK Government and the Beijing Bat Product Corporating Inc, are responaivle for rpturning a minor annoyance into a worldwide pandemic.

 

[PeteXXX]

Just after I bought shares in Beijing Bat Product Corporation in February 2020 the price plummeted, for some reason.

 

[Drago]

On the plus side, shares in PeteXXX's Badger Pate company (guaranteed tuberculosis free or your money back) are on the rise. Sales of his vegetarian alternative, made from the offal, scrotum and brain, are also doing well.

Sadly his Linda McCartney range, made from real bits of Linda McCartney, have been lacklustre.

 

[Threevok]

Until 1981, Badgers were originally Anteaters, but changed their diet and appearance, to coincide with the release of the hit album "Kings of The Wild Frontier"

 

[Drago]

There were no ants in Adam and the Ants. Indeed, Adam Ant was hiself an arachnid. Saidly, their new drummer turned out to be a stick insect, and Adam was lucky to escape with his life and solo career intact.

 

[NorthernDave]

The Légion d'honneur is France's highest order of merit and should not be confused with the Légion Donner which is awarded for services to the kebab industry.

 

[bruce1530]

Musicians are encouraged to carry an organ donor card, which ensure that should they die, their Wurlitzers and Hammonds are passed on to a deserving cause.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

On the occasional origins of musical instruments stream of factoids I can inform you of two related occurrences

The Fiddle was invented by a commando who had holes in his trouser pockets.

This then lead to the name of having one ball trapped behind another - snookered. Indeed and actual game was designed around this.

 

[Drago]

Going Commando today means venturing forth without underpants. However, during the war it meant to be completely naked under a dirty mac.

This came about when the War Office did not habe enough uniform to equip the newly formed Kings Royal Upstanders, so they were forced to wear confiscatwd dirty macs from the magistrates court next door. This attire became synonymous with the commandos, so to wear a dirty mac with nothing underneath meant you'd gone commando. If the coat fell open and then wearers sundqy lunch flopped out then you were going Navy, of at leqst the rank of rear admiral.

 

[PeteXXX]

In Captain Pugwash, Roger the cabin boy was a name, not an order.

🏴‍☠️

 

[Drago]

Roger the cabin boy was none other than Roger Moore. He quickly rose to the of Rear Gunner, and there he stayed until his demob. The experience taught him to control his emotions, and the simply act of raising an eyebrow is enough to express his murdeprus rage about his farts never making a noise.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Another odd factoid in the origins of musical instruments series.

It is said that Adam discovered the triangle when his pointer pointed. Feminists disagree with this saying that the male narrative does not include the obvious fact that Eve brought her own triangle to the garden. Further, they argue, Eve must certainly have played her triangle many many times before she met Adam and thus was the first "musician". Adam became a very enthusiastic triangle player and his virtuosity was very self proclaimed. Eve's view on that is not generally recorded although one comment about Adam's attempt at "Air on her G String" lasting only 30 seconds has been long remembered. After a satisfying musical session Adam would lie back in a relaxed glow to slowly munch his way through an apple (cigarettes had not been invented). Unfortunately the Powers That Be were very cross shouting "Oi you, No scrumping. Go forth and multiply." or similar shorter phrase for the latter sentence.

 

[Seevio]

Catholic Mass is just Catholic force divided by Catholic acceleration.