Odd factoids

[ClichéGuevara]

Richard Gere's father, Gottler, was a ventriloquist.

 

[Threevok]

Richard Gere's real name is Dick Ratio

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It’s rumoured that Richard Gere had 78 inches

 

[Threevok]

Most of Richard Gere's 78 inches were Vinyl

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Vinyl was used to make gimp masks and pants before pvc was invented

 

[Drago]

Kinky bank robbers use gimp masks instead of balaclavas.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Balaclava is just outside Sevastopol in Crimea.

It's population, made up entirely of bank robbers, is one of the key attractions for the war criminal Vladimir Putin annexing the territory - he wanted somewhere he felt at home.

 

[Threevok]

There is a direct correlation between the demise of armed bank robberies and the slump in sales of ladies stocking, in the UK.

 

[Drago]

Ladies stockings were originally made from beef stock.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

The Beefeaters of the Tower of London are all Buddhist and vegan.

 

[Threevok]

The word Stockings comes from 1940's UK, when ladies painted their legs with bisto gravy

 

[Drago]

Gravy was invented as an environmentally sound substitute for tarmac.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Gravy was invented in a lab in 1874 , and was so rare it was worth more than gold. It used to be transported on special trains with armed guards called the Gravy Train. The great train robbery was an attempt to steal the gravy, but they robbed the wrong train and ended up with gold instead.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Trouser Presses were invented and made as a sideline by Scottish Steelworkers who had moved to Northants in the 1960s, hence the branding.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

The trouser press were created to fill a gap in the market not yet taken up by the gutter press.