Odd factoids

[Ming the Merciless]

Pets-R-US was an attempt by the Pet Shop Boys to break into the US market

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Wooden sex toys were banned in sex education classes after the incident in 1996

 

[roubaixtuesday]

The Oaky Cokey is an environmental protest song commemorating the removal by burning of England's natural forest.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The Oakey Cokey was also a wooden sex toy, where the instructions were sung aloud to a tempo beat.

 

[Threevok]

The Oakey Cokey Sat Nav was a disaster, although not as bad as the Bonnie Tyler one, which sent you in circles

 

[Drago]

Sat Nav, or Saturday Navotas, was a weekend dance first developed in a Filipino city.

 

[Threevok]

When the Mary Celeste was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean in 1872, the ship's hold was found to be full of Evri parcels

 

[Drago]

Mary Celeste is now transgender and prefers to go by the name Bernard.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Not to be confused with Bernard Celestial who is a star from Andromeda

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

The Oakey Cokey Sat Nav was a disaster, although not as bad as the Bonnie Tyler one, which sent you in circles

Whereas the Dolly Parton one only works from 9 'till 5.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

A Mum's spit on a hanky will magically clean and sterilise ANYTHING in the known Universe. Ironically, this fact is not well known due to the general resentment of it's target audience.

'Come here!'

'Awww MUUUUUMMM!'

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The Pet Shop Boys sat nav would only Go West

 

[Drago]

Fred West lived in the East.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

East Enders is a documentary about the natives of London

 

[PeteXXX]

The Queen Vic was named after the drag artiste who invented nasal decongestants.