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Whilst on my lunch break i was bored so was scowering some websites and came accross this interesting fact...

Did you know that if you lined up the whole population of china and got them to walk past you, the line would never end due to the high rate of reproduction

How cool is that?

Whos next?

Did you know, ciggarette lighters were invented before matches

Did you know that the word Soccer is a shortened form of Association (as in Association Football) and was originally used in England first?

The shortest county boundary in England exists between Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire.  It is 20 yards long.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

The Queen and Prince Philip invented felching.

That's got to be as accurate as your spelling.

serious question here, what feeling do you (and others) get when you become gramar police? As i doubt its to genuinly help people become better spellers.

I see it everyday on facebook and other forums respectivly, and i just don't get it.

Im writing on a forum, not a letter to the alan sugar asking to be his foot stool

Spot on Chubbs.Gets on my fucking tits the twats on here pulling you up for everything.

Did you know that the only known gay mushroom was in fact not gay but just a funghi.

I get a warm fuzzy feeling inside.

And it's "genuinely"...

In the original laws of the game it was legal for all players to catch the ball in their hands. Thierry Henry still played to the original laws.

Well worth spending some time reading up on the history and origins of the game if you're bored. Lots of interesting stuff.

Quite a basic fact, but a nice one nonetheless. Aluminum was actually the second name we gave to Aluminium, which was itself, surprisingly, the third name. Aluminium stuck because scientists around the time preferred sticking to the ium already used in other elements such as sodium, iridium, calcium and what not. (The first name was Alumium.)

Eighty odd years ago, Americans moved back to Aluminum, from Aluminium and only a few decades ago did the element officially become named, world-wide (for want of a better way of putting it) Aluminium.

Super Mario,  started life as a carpenter called "Jumpman" in the 80's classic Donkey Kong.

Universal Studios tried to sue Nintendo for breach of the King Kong copyright but failed.

Inline skates were invented before rollerskates with two pairs of parallel wheels

When bats fly out of their caves they always turn left

Not hugely within theme but David James apparently snubbing Celtic for a 1 year deal at Bristol City...

That's a strange one.  Maybe James was worried he wouldn't get 1st team football at Celtic.  On another note how can City afford James Wages?  ???

 :whogives:

did you know that Fogster is a grumpy old git

Did you know, "almost" is the longest word in the English language that has all the letters in alphabetical order.

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad

Did you know the Chuckle Brothers are actually a father and son duo.

 :whogives: :whogives:

The phrase, 'Mind your P's & Q's', originates from pubs. P's & Q's stand for pints and quarts and the whole phrase was used as a warning to customers whose slates were getting too high.

Do you know what WHARF stands for as in Canary Wharf?

Ware/Work House At River Front

Did you know that Didcot power station was designed by sculptor Henry Moore.

The term "Slush fund" originated from the Navy.

In the days of wooden sailing ships when nutrition on board was poor, the chef used to pour the floating fat (Slush) from the pot onto the sailor's meal. He received a fee for this from the sailor, of course, and the sailor received some much needed nutrition in return.

Cold enough to freeze the balls off of a brass monkey has got nothing to do with Chimps and Gonads! A Brass Monkey was a device for holding Cannon Balls on ships, when the temperature dropped the brass contracted and the balls rolled off.

Bite the bullet...Comes from the English civil war when musket lead shotte was cast in moulds, sometimes imperfections made it difficult for the musketeer to load the ball so he had to bite or chew bits off so it fitted down the barrel. 

The best before date on a bag of crisps is always a Saturday.

A broken clock is always right twice a day.

The typewriter was invented by Hungarian immigrant Qwert Yuiop, who left his "signature" on the keyboard.

The world's oldest working clock, is in Salisbury cathedral, dates from 1386.

A true wonder of Wiltshire...

Did you know that every thread on this forum is likely to end up and a shit punfest

That's a load of crap

you're talking out your arse mate

What about "Biopsy" ?

Serious answer  - some days are better than others for me, but generally it really grates when I see instances of horrible/careless spelling. I know posts aren't supposed to be legal documents, but I tend to attach less credence to posts that contain such errors.

The more sanctimonious the post, the more liable I am to point out these things (not necessarily in the case of your post)

I also take great delight in winding up knowledgeable and erudite posters when they make a rare slip (eg Reg)

Fair enough, we're all entitled to an opinion. I don't like foul language in posts - clearly if it bothered me that much I wouldn't spend much time on here.

This practise continued into the nineteenth century, and was one of the causes of the Indian Mutiny - the cartridges were greased with cow fat, and Hindu soldiers were expected to 'bite the bullet', which they were notr keen to do, because of cows being sacred and that....

That's fair enough but some people are forever saying things and it gets a bit tiresome. Some people are guilty of horrible/careless spelling as you say but some people can't write proper  :D

As for the swearing the clue is in the 80% bollocks surely?

Without wanting to ruin the thread and make it descend into debate (probably too late now I've started typing), I'm of the same opinion as nev.

I know I'm not personally always 100% correct with my spelling and grammar and I fully understand that some people have dyslexia and/or other learning difficulties and therefore do struggle with spelling and punctuation etc.

But what grates me the most is people who a) use "txt spk" or b) don't use punctuation or capitalisation because they either can't be bothered or just because they choose not to. For me personally it's a matter of pride and self-image, kind of the same way I wouldn't walk into work on a Monday morning with my shirt hanging out of my trousers and my shoes not polished.

A broken clock is always wrong twenty four hours a day.

Sam i couldn't agree more with text speak etc but as you say some people have dyslexia and/or other learning difficulties and to be fair no one on here knows who does and who doesn't so to tell them every little thing they have done wrong is a bit harsh imo.

If a post is readable and understandable then its fine by me.

Teehee-Chubbs spelt grammar wrong.

What about aegilops?

I don't care about spelling, or punctuation, unless it's making something unreadable. I only really learned to punctuate a few years ago, so try to do it to not be lazy. The same is true of capitalisation albeit, I can't always be fucked to capitalise I.

I hate txtspk though. Really, truly with every facet of my being despise it, even in text messages. :)

soz i luv it

u wd

Thats not right as it is always wrong 23 hours & 58 minutes a day. There will always be two minutes a day when it is right.

Stop splitting hairs.

I think you mean 2 seconds, or 2    1/1000ths  or 2   1/100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ths.

Who knows?

i have no shift key or caps lock key soz

Did you know..

.. Swindon town are the only club in the football league with no letter of the word "mackerel" in?

What?!?! OMG so we are!

How the fuck did you find that out?

Crispy....if you looked at the official TEF logo, you would see the piscatorial presence of the humble mackerel.

Surely it's Swindon Town Football Club...sorry, I'm a serial pedant

Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.

Sami children from the far north of Norway have been known to remain awake for up to two months at a time during the period of permanent daylight between May and July each year.  Similarly, others have been known to remain asleep during the entire two month period of near darkness that lasts from late November to late January, thus missing Christmas.

Bet that was an interesting conversation

Ere, Steve, try some of this 2000 year old honey

Steve: pffft, Fuck off!

In other news: A nuke has been dropped on Hiroshima.

Again!! Fuck me, they are some unlucky cunts.

Did you know crispy has arabic writing in his facebook 'name'?

I did know that. He also has friends who don't like muslims, which isn't really surprising.

Do you know what it means? :)

infidel

Death to western infidels

no it just means infidel

 :china: yep!

mate that's a rabbi (jew)

it is quite a funny smiley tho!

I thought it was a Chinaman....and not a left arm leg spinner.

It's labelled china but that text looks like hebrew, plus there's the hat and the beard. Def looks more jewish to me.

It is hebrew. The middle letter is the hebrew equvilent of 'S'. Don't know about the rest.

Learn something new everyday, espically if your as thick as me  :)

I was braught up to believe that a hebrew was a male tea bag.

Sexist

That's not true, they ARE brother!!

They are brother. Is that a sort of holy duo thing?

Steve Vai didn't play EITHER part in the guitar duel in the film "Crossroads"