Odd factoids

[Drago]

A phone book is literally a mobile phone with a book attached. These were common in the early days of mobile phones before the phones themselves had an on board address book.

 

[T4tomo]

A phone book is literally a mobile phone with a book attached. These were common in the early days of mobile phones before the phones themselves had an on board address book.

The British library completely funded by the resale of these 2nd hand mobile phones that get returned with library books

 

[Bonefish Blues]

In the Middle Ages the Aristos had special porters called Pages to carry theirs. For the commercial version some brought them in from the Far East to carry theirs.

 

[PeteXXX]

With modern modes of travel, the Far East is to be renamed as the Not Quite So Far Now East.
Or NQSFNE as a memorable acronym.

 

[Drago]

The Not Quite So far East is an Italian restaurant in the west country.

 

[postman]

After ruining her batch of spaghetti Mrs Garidaldi was about to bin it.When a voice from upstairs Mr Garibaldi shouted down howa mucha watera do you want in diss a batha.Mrs Garidaldi shouted back justa pasta the waista Ha ha she said rescuing the spaghetti.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Pine nuts are actually squirrels testicles, named after the trees the rodents live in.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

The rating of a joke is in fact a circular, not linear scale. Terrible jokes sink so far that they actually start to climb up the scale again. Our Brother of the Post illustrates this nicely

 

[Drago]

Jokes were invented by George Washington in 1982.

To this day they are still used by politicians, but instead of being called jokes are now known as "policies."

 

[Threevok]

Dai Verse was Wales' first Woke poet

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Dai Verse was Wales' first Woke poet

Sadly, the powers that be banned him - or in welshish, he became a Bard.

 

[Drago]

Wales is part or the himalayas, but plate tectonics has caused it to float to the coast of England.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Deforestation in the middle Ages was caused entirely by the number of trees cut down by Stout Yeomen to fashion poles with which to fend off the approaching Wales* but to no avail.

*Which is, for reference almost exactly 1x the size of Wales.

 

[srj10]

Australia's biggest export is the boomerang.
Australia's biggest import is the boomerang.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The Eiffel Tower in France is made up of 18,000 pieces of Meccano, and was built by the Smurfs.