Odd factoids

[srj10]

Gary Oldman is younger than Gary Numan.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

If we're throwing about actual facts, then in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang DVD's father (Lionel J) was older than him.

 

[Threevok]

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was originally a self-help pamphlet, for people with explosive diarrhea

 

[Drago]

The self help pamphlet was a great help, printed on Andrex as it was.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang describes a sexual practice performed by doggers in the east end of London. The film cleverly disguised this in the lyrics of the key song.

 

[PeteXXX]

Andrex used puppies to see what would stick to their fur..
The advertising campaign was soon dropped.

 

[Drago]

AndreX is an X rated pprn film starring a Prince Andrew lookalike.

 

[PeteXXX]

The actual rating of the film was 15

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Gary Oldman is younger than Gary Numan.

Paul Young is the older brother of Gary Oldman.

 

[Drago]

Paul Young is now old. This has led to him being sued by several fans for false advertising.

This is surprising, as no one realised he had as many as several fans.

 

[Threevok]

Paul Young started his career as a qualified butcher - as he later reminisced with the song "Every Time You Go Away (You Take a Piece of Meat With You)"

 

[Ming the Merciless]

In the late 80s Prince Andrew was sponsored by Sure anti perspirant

 

[Drago]

Sure anti perspirant was originally called Not So Sure. This is believed to be because the main ingredient was Bisto powder.

It was indeed pretty decent at suppressing sweat...until a pack of stray dogs got a whiff and the wearer have to run for their lives, whereupon they would sweat profusely. Fortunately things have moved on since the 1990s.

 

[Threevok]

In France, underarm deodorant is Roll Off

 

[Ming the Merciless]

In France the term for deodorant is boules parfumées