Odd factoids

[Bonefish Blues]

Finnegan's Wake will followed the funeral.

No-one could understand what was going on, who was attending or the meaning of the eulogy (or if there even was a eulogy).

Breaking News

Finnegan's Wake was cancelled by Finnegan's Woke.

 

[Drago]

Woke was invented because Wineton Churchill wanted to be abke to justify wearing a skirt while out metal detecting.

 

[Chris S]

Vampires and debt collectors can only enter your house if you invite them in. They're both after blood as well.

 

[Drago]

The Vampire jet fighter ran on blood rather than aviation fuel.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

The Vampire jet fighter ran on blood rather than aviation fuel.

Almost true. Until GPS, military planes used gyrocompasses to navigate - basically a compass floating in fluid. Because vampire bat blood is especially high in iron, renowned for it's magnetic qualities, they use this as the fluid. The Vampire jet was the first production aircraft to use this system

 

[Drago]

Aircraft were invented by Christopher Columbus in 1923, as he was fed up of taking 8 months to find a cash machine.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Christopher Columbus invented the bicycle, first made from Columbus tubing.

 

[Seevio]

Although the Vampire jet fighter could be deadly, it's effect was limited by the difficulty in getting other countries to invite it in.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

The Vampire fighter was useless for day missions

 

[roubaixtuesday]

"Day Missions" were salvation army battalions who only signed up for Christian duties during daylight hours.

After preaching hard during working hours, they were then permitted to drink, gamble and get high with as many sexual partners as they wished overnight.

 

[bruce1530]

The Salvation Army is the official fighting force of Salvatia, an eastern province of Russia.

 

[Chris S]

There is a Stiff Little Fingers tribute band from Norfolk called Six Little Fingers.

https://www.facebook.com/sixlittlefingers/

 

[PeteXXX]

Six Little Fingers weas formed by ex-members of Five Finger Death Punch, the well known Folk band.

 

[Drago]

The Vulcan death grip is a form of heavy petting on their home planet.

 

[srj10]

Scottish town Elgin is twinned with Spanish town Eltonico.