Odd factoids

[Drago]

London was invented by the French in 1933 as a home for those that prefer a fry up to a croissant for breakfast.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Nordic Combined is farting followed by puking and sometimes the other way round. A popular winter sport.

 

[Drago]

Sport was invented in Yorkshire, when a hungry whippet stole a chaps pork pie and 11 other whippets chased after it.

Pork pies were in short supply during the 1970s so were substituted with rabbits, which were cheap and plentiful.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Due to the ongoing shortage of Pork Pies in 1980. Chas and Dave sang about the rabbits, as they thought no one would know what a pork pie is.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

A chap's chaps should always be protected when eating Bath Chaps lest the newly greasy chaps allow the cold through and result in his chap becoming chapped.

 

[Chris S]

4-star Generals generally have favourable reviews on Tripadvisor.

 

[Drago]

General Motors was head of the Italian Army in WWII.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

The Count of Monty Christo led the Desert Rats in WW2

 

[Chris S]

Pam Ayres plays Clarrie Grundy in 'The Archers'.

 

[Drago]

The actress Anne Archer had her fingers chopped off by French soldiers to prevent her firing her longbow at them.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

"Ayers Rock" was a chart topping boy band made up of Pam Ayres' triplet sons Sandy, Limey and Schist (he was terrible at singing)

 

[Chris S]

Paul Weller wrote 'Eton Rifles' after abuse was hurled at Right To Work marchers by public school boys. However it didn't stop him wearing a public school style striped blazer when he was in The Jam.

 

[Drago]

In a cruel and ironic twist of fate, not one member of the Jam liked jam. Weller in particular was a lemon curd fan.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Paul Weller once wore Wellington boots on stage; Sam Ryder wore a pair of riders, but the Kinks never wore kinky boots.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

but the Kinks never wore kinky boots.

Lola did