Odd factoids

[Dirk]

The old saying 'Owners look like their dogs' is actually a scientifically proven fact.

Jeff Lynne of ELO

His dog.

 

[Dirk]

The Sausage Roll is so named because it was invented in Sauchiehall St, Glasgow.

Sausage rolls are manufactured from recycled dog's bums.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Elton John has a custom-made Fazioli Grand Piano that cost him over £1m in 1998. It has extra notes that only he is allowed to use.

 

[classic33]

Sausage rolls are manufactured from recycled dog's bums.

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Got to be false. What's done with the rest of the dog?

 

[classic33]

Reindeer meat should be avoided if imported from Finland due to radiation contamination as a result of the 1980 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

 

[Dirk]

Got to be false. What's done with the rest of the dog?

The are Korean exports; it's the only bit they won't eat.

 

[Tim Hall]

Reindeer meat should be avoided if imported from Finland due to radiation contamination as a result of the 1980 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

I discussed that sort of thing once with a Norwegian engineer. His English, while streets ahead of my Norwegian, was a bit limited, resulting in the phrase "and the meat was full of Becquerels".

 

[Blue Hills]

The oscar for best screenplay adaptation from another source for bridge on the river kwai was given to a bloke who spoke no english. So clearly twas not him. Twas to do with hollywood blacklisting. Not corrected until years later.

 

[raleighnut]

40% of days are just before or after the weekend.

FTFY

 

[jefmcg]

FTFY

Do we have a "whoosh" emoji? This will have to do in the mean time

 

[raleighnut]

If we take the 5 days that are a week then 40% of them are before or after a weekend whereas the other 60% aren't.

Apologies for the 'Mansplaining'

 

[jefmcg]

If we take the 5 days that are a week then 40% of them are before or after a weekend whereas the other 60% aren't.

Apologies for the 'Mansplaining'

Which part of "whoosh" do you not understand?

Edit: for the record the source of the my joke

 

[Tim Hall]

If we take the 5 days that are a week then 40% of them are before or after a weekend whereas the other 60% aren't.

Apologies for the 'Mansplaining'

Wow. It's so much clearer now.

 

[Dave7]

It is a fact that most, if not all, days of the week have a 'y' at the end (english of course).
Another fact is that most of them consist of approximately 24 hours.

 

[classic33]

It is a fact that most, if not all, days of the week have a 'y' at the end (english of course).
Another fact is that most of them consist of approximately 24 hours.

But how many months have 29 days?