Odd factoids

[raleighnut]

Our ancient ancestors would be terrible confused at our use of language, as some words now are understood to mean the exact opposite of what they were originally used for.

One example is monopoly, which now refers to a single enterprise running all operations, when originally it meant the exact opposite hence the root of the word mono = One poly = many Therefore one for the many, and was used like the three musketeers motto, all for one, and one for all.

The original word for what we understand a monopoly to be has now transformed into a totally different understanding, and was related to what we would now call fat cats. The original word being rolypoly.

Yep like 'Gaspipe' being used as a derogatory term for 'BSO' framed bikes when originally cycles were advertised with 'Gas Specification tubing as a mark of quality ( i.e they weren't built of scaffold tubing)

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Gas pipe frames were originally filled with lighter than air hydrogen. But this was banned after the explosion at the clog and whippet in Accrington in 1928. A pub smoking ban took another half a century to come into force.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

The Clog and Whippet was rebuilt as flats and is now partly occupied by Accy

 

[PeteXXX]

Whippets were bred from little greyhounds so they fitted snugly in Yorkshiremens trousers to chase the weasels out..

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

No one really knows what goes on in a Yorkshireman's trousers.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

No one really knows what goes on in a Yorkshireman's trousers.

Not even most Yorkshiremen.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Not even most Yorkshiremen.

Yorkshire women stay well clear.

 

[PeteXXX]

There has never been a Yorkshirewoman that has not had Rose as her middle name.

 

[Punkawallah]

I never met a banana I didn’t like.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The Yorkshire Post is a wooden post in middle of Ilkley moor. It’s where Yorkshire men and women go to scratch an itch. Most Wednesdays a long queue can be found stretching across the moor.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

In Las Vegas there are actually more Catholic churches than casinos and unsurprisingly, collection plates contain more casino chips than coins. This presents a problem for the churches as the casinos don' accept each other's chips. So, all the chips are collected, sorted and counted at the Las Vegas Franciscan Monastery before being cashed at the correct casino. This job is done by the chip monks.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

In days of yore, many Scots tired of living on grass and sheep milk headed south for a better way of life. After the arduous trek through the mountains, and over the Lake District terrain, the Scots finally found a region they liked as they entered the slightly flatter regions of what is now North Yorkshire.

The rounded grass covered hills on the edge of the town where they chose to remain, led to the phrase 'Settle Down' used for people who had finally found a decent place to stay.

 

[bruce1530]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the only movie in the "Rocky" series which does not feature Sylvester Stallone.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The first tarmac roads of Yorkshire were opened to much fanfare in March 2020. The locals weren’t quite sure what to do with them. Their horse and carts struggling on the hard surface. Luckily lockdown soon arrived and they went back to knitting tea pot cozies.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The world naked bike ride started in the late 90s during the height of the great Lycra famine. Now, every year, rides are held through the land, to commemorate those lost to cycling during that time.