useless information thread

EKE_38BPM

Don't you people watch QI, many of these 'facts' have been mentioned on there ages ago.

Not things like the unit opposite CiB's office being let though.

UndercoverElephant

mudcow007 wrote:

no other word rhymes with purple in the english language

Hirple and curple?

NGale

mudcow007 wrote:

no other word rhymes with purple in the english language

On that count I give you. Hurple, with is something between a hobble and a crawl.

And I also give you curple, which is the leather strap which passes under a horses tail. it can also be the hind quarters of a horse.

NGale

mudcow007 wrote:

supposedly a ducks "quack" does not echo

and a ducks quack does echo, Salford University actually did a study into it.

http://www.sciencemadesimple.co.uk/page29g.html

Monkeypump

CiB wrote:

? Am I missing something? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawlplug_Ltd.

Rawlplug is the generic name for wall plugs. I've always called that particular type of wall fixing a rawlplug. Edit - beaten to it.

Useless info #94. The business unit opposite my office that has been empty for a long while is now being readied for use by the looks of things, and the To Let sign has gone. Recession over then. Good.

The correction was from "raw plug" to "rawlplug" - hence my poor "uncooked" quip...

mudcow007

EKE_38BPM wrote:

Don't you people watch QI, many of these 'facts' have been mentioned on there ages ago.

i think thats where i rememeber mine from to be honest

walkingbootweather

NGale wrote:

walkingbootweather wrote:

Nothing rhymes with Month

that's poo and I claim my five pounds.

The word Granth rhymes with month. It is the religious text of Sikhism.


This is true useless information my friends!

Thanks for playing. Never heard of Granth before so looked it up here where you can hear the pronounciation. Doesn't sound like it rhymes with Month to me, but perhaps it's down to accent?

Thanks to UE for Proterotype though. I'm not playing scrabble with you for money.

NGale

oh and as for the duck, the Salford Uni website has a bit more on it including a rather amusing MP3 of a 'singing duck'

http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_info/duck/

rjsterry

Continuing the DIY theme: ancient Egyptian and Japanese hand saws are had teeth that cut on the 'pull' stroke, while European hand saws tend to cut on the 'push' stroke.

itboffin

There is no sexual word you can think of that doesn't have at least one website dedicated to it

I've checked :roll:

Clank

NGale wrote:

And as for Orange it does rhyme with sponange and in a less perfect rhyme form with gorringe (I went to school with someone with that surname!)

There's a hill in Wales called 'Blorange'. The Pwll Ddu outdoor centre is built on it. One of Europes longest caves is underneath it.

Gorringe was under Blorange,
Where the rock was stained
Quite orange.

He fell an' was in pain an'
Got carried out of
Ogof Draenen

Damn slow day in work!

NGale

itboffin wrote:

There is no sexual word you can think of that doesn't have at least one website dedicated to it

I've checked :roll:

and worryingly I think you have

Mark Elvin

I had a 2lb poo this morning!!!!!

Mark Elvin

I had a 2lb poo this morning!!!!!

veronese68

Totalling 4lb?

MonkeyMonster

If you tie a normal shoelace bow knot, you can pull one of the ends and the knot will pull out. This is still possible when you double bow too.

NGale

MonkeyMonster wrote:

If you tie a normal shoelace bow knot, you can pull one of the ends and the knot will pull out. This is still possible when you double bow too.

I don't do a normal bow then :shock:

Greg T

itboffin wrote:

There is no sexual word you can think of that doesn't have at least one website dedicated to it

I've checked :roll:

This could have been a twin post with this / these

Mark Elvin wrote:

I had a 2lb poo this morning!!!!!

Ahem

jomoj

Cats don't like walking backwards.

rjsterry

NGale wrote:

MonkeyMonster wrote:

If you tie a normal shoelace bow knot, you can pull one of the ends and the knot will pull out. This is still possible when you double bow too.

I don't do a normal bow then :shock:

Do the loops lie either side or top and bottom the first is a reef bow, and the latter a granny bow? The former, aside from looking better on a smart pair of shoes is less likely to come undone.

http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/slipping.htm

NGale

rjsterry wrote:

NGale wrote:

MonkeyMonster wrote:

If you tie a normal shoelace bow knot, you can pull one of the ends and the knot will pull out. This is still possible when you double bow too.

I don't do a normal bow then :shock:

Do the loops lie either side or top and bottom the first is a reef bow, and the latter a granny bow? The former, aside from looking better on a smart pair of shoes is less likely to come undone.

http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/slipping.htm

I know the difference between a reef knot and a granny knot

Always tend to reef knot my laces just without the bows. on my fieldcraft boots I have my boots laced with heaving line type knots on either side, keeps them secure but means if you get raided during the night in the field you can get your boots on and run without them falling off easily

mudcow007

ive just eaten a steak n cheese subway sandwich

rjsterry

NGale wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

NGale wrote:

MonkeyMonster wrote:

If you tie a normal shoelace bow knot, you can pull one of the ends and the knot will pull out. This is still possible when you double bow too.

I don't do a normal bow then :shock:

Do the loops lie either side or top and bottom the first is a reef bow, and the latter a granny bow? The former, aside from looking better on a smart pair of shoes is less likely to come undone.

http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/slipping.htm

I know the difference between a reef knot and a granny knot

Well I should hope so to! Slightly stunned about the amount of content on that shoelace site :shock:

Always tend to reef knot my laces just without the bows. on my fieldcraft boots I have my boots laced with heaving line type knots on either side, keeps them secure but means if you get raided during the night in the field you can get your boots on and run without them falling off easily

This is happening to me ALL the time. Thanks for the tip.

andyb78

mudcow007 wrote:

ive just eaten a steak n cheese subway sandwich

So have I! Nom.

UndercoverElephant

jomoj wrote:

Cats don't like walking backwards.

Neither do I much, I keep crashing into things.

walkingbootweather

I've just treated myself to a new pair of slippers.

greg66_tri_v2.0

itboffin wrote:

There is no sexual word you can think of that doesn't have at least one website dedicated to it

I've checked :roll:

That's not entirely true.

During a stag weekend at the Rugby Sevens in Edinburgh a few years back, we came up with www.analkaraoke.com

Still available for purchase.

greg66_tri_v2.0

Deadeyebumhole wrote:

itboffin wrote:

There is no sexual word you can think of that doesn't have at least one website dedicated to it

I've checked :roll:

This could have been a twin post with this / these

Mark Elvin wrote:

I had a 2lb poo this morning!!!!!

Ahem

Never tripped over www.ratemypoo.com I take it?

UndercoverElephant

Greg66 wrote:

itboffin wrote:

There is no sexual word you can think of that doesn't have at least one website dedicated to it

I've checked :roll:

That's not entirely true.

During a stag weekend at the Rugby Sevens in Edinburgh a few years back, we came up with www.analkaraoke.com

Still available for purchase.

How much do you want for it?

EKE_38BPM

I think The Defamation of Strickland Banks by Plan B is a good (and VERY clever) album.