Odd factoids

[Bonefish Blues]

Boris Johnson always uses garden implements to perform home decoration.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Medals were invented because highly decorated servicemen were often laughed at when they received the Mutant Ninja Turtle wipe-clean award.

 

[Drago]

Ninja's were originally called Magic Deathkill Men in Black Pyjamas. In feudal Japan in 1622 they started looking for a snappier name, and chose to name themselves after the Kawasaki motorcycles they rode to each job.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Kawasaki motorcycles had recently been invented by DaVinci whilst on his holidays in Japan but the secretive Japanese kept them to themselves to razz around on for another 400 years.

 

[PeteXXX]

Some people think an ItchyFanny is a Japanese motorbike.

 

[Drago]

Motorbikes were the original spare wheel equivalent in new cars. For example, the later Model T Ford of 1989 came with an entire Honda Gold Wing under the boot floor.

 

[bruce1530]

The Model T Ford was not actually a real car. It was simply a non-functional model of a relatively unknown car, the "TFord".

Despite not being able to be driven, the Model T sold in millions. This was not a problem, because most of the purchasers could not drive. They simply parked the "Model" car outside their houses to suggest affluence to their neighbours. In many cases, people would show off to their neighbours by sitting in their car and enjoying a light lunch, or reading the Sunday papers.

 

[Drago]

The T'Ford was developed in Yorkshire.

 

[bruce1530]

Yorkshire, a small hamlet in the north east of Englandshire, was named because the residents are very partial to Yorkshire puddings

 

[roubaixtuesday]

The people of Lankyshire are statistically the tallest in Britain.

Those in Cheeshire eat the most dairy produce.

And the good men of Aberdongshire have the longest [Mod: redacted].

 

[Bonefish Blues]

The people of Cornwall were eaten by wolves

 

[Drago]

Wolves were originally bred rrom tabby cats by the Romans. By day they woukd haul siege machines, and by night would guard the camp by playing with balls of wool.

 

[bruce1530]

Woverhampton Wanderers gained the name one Saturday afternoon when their team bus broke down, and they gently sauntered to an away game.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Wokehampton is run by an LGBTQ+ criminal syndicate known as the Wokerati, who control the local avocado market with an iron fist.

 

[Drago]

When placed on a triple word score, LGBTQ earns no points at Scrabble.