Odd factoids

[Drago]

Elton John invented the condom, hence their slang name 'Johnnies'.

 

[bruce1530]

Ben Elton is a mountain in the North West of Scotland.

 

[Drago]

Scottie dogs were invented in Scotland. They are bred as a cross between sheepdogs and Mr Scot from Star Trek.

 

[bruce1530]

While "Scottie" from Star Trek was portrayed as a Scot, the actor James Doohan was actually a cockney. The initial Star Trek pilot "Vulcan Hell" has a scene where Scottie runs down the Apples & Pears, picks up the Dog & Bone and says "It's worse than that, he's Brown Bread Jim".

This caused confusion with American audiences, and Doohan was required to take vocal coaching lessons from Dick Van Dyke.

 

[Chris S]

Burger King was named after Elvis.

 

[Drago]

Burger King was sued by Prince Harry in 1904 for fraud after it emerged BK was only an Earl.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

The original "Burgher King" was Edward III, whose brutal siege of the city and murder of the Burghers of Calais was famously commemorated in bronze by Rodin.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burghers_of_Calais

The current fast food joint was so named as the expectation was that punters would sacrifice their health to the "King" of fast food in the same way that the originals did their lives for Edward III.

 

[PeteXXX]

Edward Woodward is a direct descendant of Edward 111

 

[Bonefish Blues]

One of Rodin's direct descendants was Sir Bruce Forsyth.

 

[Drago]

Thriller writer, Frederick forsyth, was married to Bruce Forsyth. The Dogs of War was written about his husbands appalling jokes.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

The Dogs of Waugh was the name given to Evelyn's gaggle of famously unattractive concubines

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Frederick Forsyth, Bruce's wife had another career as a drag queen, stage name Anthea Redfern, who most famously appeared as his lovely assistant on the Generation Game.

 

[FishFright]

Edward Woodward is a direct descendant of Edward 111

If you have a difficult decision to make ask yourself if Edward Woodward would ?

 

[PeteXXX]

If you have a difficult decision to make ask yourself if Edward Woodward would ?

Would Edward Woodward would do what? 🤔

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

In a recent turn around Edward Woodward won't