Odd factoids

[Drago]

Every solvent person on the planet has 39 Nigeian Uncles. All have recently died leaving no heirs.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Prior to the digging of the Channel Tunnel, attempts were made to build a bridge to France.

Unfortunately the builders had to wait so long for deliveries, they died before it was completed, but the family still managed to get paid, as they took officials to the works already done at Brighton, and said 'you can see France if you peer' which is how Brighton Pier got its name.

 

[bruce1530]

The original Channel Tunnel design was two parallel tunnels, with a twist in the middle, since the French and British drive on opposite sides of the road.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Every solvent person on the planet has 39 Nigeian Uncles. All have recently died leaving no heirs.

Not just glue abusers either, but also Nigerian kung-fu dynasties:


View: https://youtu.be/UovaR8LnrFQ

 

[Drago]

The Chanel Tunnel was originally I tended as a pipeline for transporting perfume from the factory to the shops.

 

[Threevok]

The channel tunnel was built, to turn the UK into the France's largest Cul de Sac

 

[PeteXXX]

'Cul de Sac' translates literally into 'Kick in the Nuts'

 

[Drago]

In Iran the religious police ensure than in every pub where KP nuts are sold the cardboard display with the nudey lady starts off empty and every time someone buys some the empty pack gets attached to the backing until she is totally covered up.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

The Archbishop of Canterbury always buys the most KP nuts when down the boozer with his mates.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

The Boy Scout Movement was initially aimed at teaching young boys the basics of car maintenance.

The most common fault in early cars was a faulty horn, which the scouts became experts at correcting.

The most common words in the fault report became the motto of the movement when it expanded to other areas.

Beep Repaired.

 

[Drago]

Boy Scout Movements are usually smaller and softer than those of bears.

 

[PeteXXX]

Girl Guide movements are usually floral.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Boy Scout Movements are usually smaller and softer than those of bears.

All of which forms part of the wood craft badge.

 

[Drago]

Traditionally badges were made from dead badgers. This onky changed after the Great Chunese Boy Scout Tuberculosis pandemic of 1988.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The original Channel Tunnel was started in 1882, and completed in 1889. It was only big enough for walkers and cyclists. It was however abandoned in 1890 after it became blocked with empties from duty free.