Odd factoids

[Drago]

The Eurovision Schlong Contest is a festival for male porn stars to have their members judged in from of a panel consisting of Mary Whitehouse, Thora Hird, and Nicola Sturgeon. Stargely, by the time the contestants have reached the last named judge there is usually little left on display to examine.

 

[PeteXXX]

Nicola Sturgeon's catch phrase 'Love me long-time big boy, tha noo' was not adopted by Hamza Yousaf when he came to power.

 

[Drago]

Hamza Yousaf is the illegitimate son of Cat Stevens and Hattie Jacques.

 

[bruce1530]

Cat Stevens was actually a cat, owned by a chap called Steven. His single "Morning has Broken" was originally billed as being by "Steven's Cat", but it got mixed up when printing.

His 1972 single "Can't Keep It In" was inspired by a bout of diarrhoea when on tour.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Syphilis was a popular girls name in Clapham in the 11th century.

 

[Drago]

The 11th century is most noted for being home to one Jacob Rees Mogg.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Jacob Rees Moggy is the poor cousin of bag puss.

 

[Drago]

Bag Puss is in fact a bag full of puss drained from patients at the Westminster Leper Colony.

 

[bruce1530]

At one time, Westminster was the asylum where they locked up the delusional, egotistical, dishonest and self-serving lunatics of London. The facility was extended and remodelled in 1922, and now offers a home for delusional and dishonest lunatics from all 4 nations.

The Westminster Asylum is now completely full, with 650 inmates. This is why they desperately seek to discourage more asylum seekers from reaching the country.

 

[Drago]

Pulp's Common People was written about the inhabitants of the Westminster Asylum.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Eastminster dungeon isn’t talked about any more.

 

[Drago]

Dungeons were invented by the French as a place to torture fro ts before chopping their legs off, the thick walls and underground position muffling their screams.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The frots came from a small island in the English Channel. The island was sunk by a torpedo during the Second World War.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Torpedoes launched from many "Thrones" in the capital go via Thames Water facilities but reach the river without being "defused"

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Game of Thrones is the mediaeval version of battleships