Odd factoids

[Mad Doug Biker]

There was a giant named 'Treble'. The Spanish hated him as, in the Olden Days, he defeated the Armada.

The newspaper headlines read 'Treble Stamps on Three Galleons'

Why am I thinking of the Esso Tiger and the smell of petrol? 🤔

Indonesia is populated by leprechauns

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The ones on the right are near, but the ones on the right are farrr awaaayyy.

Leprosy causes people to change into leprechauns.

No it doesn't, it causes you to develop spots and become a... Yes... A Jaguar 😆

 

[Drago]

Leprecorns are foot Infection that is spread by Def Leppard fans.

 

[bruce1530]

The band Def Leppard were all female gymnasts with hearing problems, their name was originally "Deaf Leotard", but there was an unfortunate typo at the printing works when their first album was pressed.

 

[Drago]

Leotards were originally called Leoturds, being invented as they were by Leo Sayer as a form of incontinence stage wear.

 

[PeteXXX]

Leo Sayer didn't actually say anything for six years.

 

[bruce1530]

Leo Sayer's first band was "Leo and the Leoturds". They split due to artistic differences, and the 'turds changed their name to Duran Duran. The rest is history.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Leo Sayer, is in fact a Sagittarius

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Leo Sayer is bald as a coot and enjoyed little success as a troubadour until he met a similarly unsuccessful entertainer called Brian who worked a niche act as a topiary impressionist. They joined forces and Brian became Leo's bushy barnet. The rest as they say is history (which you can read about in the copious clippings, which were the result of Leo keeping Brian's bush in top condition)

 

[Drago]

Leo Sayer has a brother from Yorkshire, Nay Sayer.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Leo Sayer has a brother from Yorkshire, Nay Sayer.

And their little sister, Sooth

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Gurning was invented at Yorkshire beauty contests as the inbred contestants had no teeth, and wanted to look their best.

 

[bruce1530]

Yorkshire was originally in North Wales, which was a problem as none of the Yorkshire men and women could speak Welsh. When the train was invented in 1723, Yorkshire was shifted across to the east coast to an unoccupied piece of land, on the back of a fleet of Puffing Billys.

 

[Drago]

North Wales is actually a province of South Korea.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Yorkshire was originally in North Wales, which was a problem as none of the Yorkshire men and women could speak Welsh. When the train was invented in 1723, Yorkshire was shifted across to the east coast to an unoccupied piece of land, on the back of a fleet of Puffing Billys.

There is actually some truth in that. The Strath were a Welsh tribe that traveled across the north to the Clyde creating Strathclyde, and leaving a lot of the place names, counting systems and dialects found in the lake district as they journeyed. Their route included Leeds, Bradford etc.

 

[Drago]

Bradford was founded by the Bradford and Bingley building society.