Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you
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rjsterry said:
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Maybe it's the other way around.Stevo_666 said:
Fair question, London is a PITA to drive in. Maybe they don't like mingling too much with the peasants?kingstongraham said:I don't understand people who choose to drive in central London - do rich people enjoy going so slow?
Modern plural is brothers. Archaic plural is brethren.Munsford0 said:Plural of brother is brothers though
Men is the other obvious one, so that's at least 4.
Women makes 5. And then there are the numerous derivatives ending in men and women.
The -en in chicken or vixen is a diminutive.
More good ones. I'll have to write to the author of whatever book my assertion was derived from, and accuse them of spreading fake newen.3 -
'men' - plural, 'm' - singular.
'women' - plural, 'wom' - singular?!seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Where I might be able to buy the best mountain bike in the UK.0
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I am pretty sure that an internet bot would need a bike fit first.Pross said:Where I might be able to buy the best mountain bike in the UK.
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https://news.sky.com/story/surprise-fall-in-retail-sales-ahead-of-christmas-signals-cost-of-living-gloom-12769089
What intrigued me is why anyone would refer to this as a surprise.0 -
When I turn a tight corner in my car (Seat Leon) why do I get a blast of cold air through the vents?0
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No, it's a full on blast of cold air that suddenly comes out of the vents. Jezyboy knows it.morstar said:
Is it your hands moving into cold air that is already there?mrb123 said:When I turn a tight corner in my car (Seat Leon) why do I get a blast of cold air through the vents?
Or out of warm air?
Or some random censored ?0 -
Maybe in through the wheel arches and into the blower.0
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Yeah, guessing when the wheels get to a certain angle it funnels in the cold air somehow.shirley_basso said:Maybe in through the wheel arches and into the blower.
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Used to happen in my old Audi A4 also. Looks like a VAG feature across their different models.0
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Cold wind through your VAG?!seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
I recommend the latest episode of The Doug Stanhope podcast, in which Bingo gets... erm... how should I phrase this... personally detailed.0
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Cliff “ the corpse” Richards advert for his Christmas album. Who advised him that was a good look.0
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Is Frank back under another pseudonym?1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
rjsterry said:
Is Frank back under another pseudonym?
I did wonder.0 -
The sound of using an electric shaver while wearing noise-cancelling headphones - all you hear is the sound of bristles being cut coming back through your skull.1
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Why do sportswomen (athletics mainly) compete in ever-increasingly skimpy clothes? I’m not commenting whether it’s right or wrong, It just seems inconvenient and distracting when your pants are so small that you have to fish them out of your crack every time you run or jump.
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The converse is sprinters who wear baggy clothes or, in the case of many women in particular, have masses of (usually fake) hair trailing behind them. I know aero gains are minor compared to cycling but at over 20 miles an hour in a sport where a thousandth of a second can be the difference between gold and silver you would think there would be more effort to take any legitimate advantage.masjer said:Why do sportswomen (athletics mainly) compete in ever-increasingly skimpy clothes? I’m not commenting whether it’s right or wrong, It just seems inconvenient and distracting when your pants are so small that you have to fish them out of your crack every time you run or jump.
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I was also intrigued how they dealt with it in Islamic countries:
https://youtu.be/Ch6qDoYzQdM 0 -
Why the BBC decided to get their reporter in Washington to talk amount the freezing conditions without kitting him out with a hat and gloves. Poor bloke looked seriously uncomfortable in the gale force wind telling us that it was around minus 12 with the wind chill.0
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Minus 12 with wind chill is what is was at my house last week. Mtfu.0
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I was slightly surprised when they reported that New York is down to minus 10 as that feels like a fairly regular winter temperature for them. Minus 6 in Houston probably less so.0
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Wind chill along with humidex are trivial things that annoy me.0
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IIRC it's mostly just early.Pross said:I was slightly surprised when they reported that New York is down to minus 10 as that feels like a fairly regular winter temperature for them. Minus 6 in Houston probably less so.
The really cold stuff doesn't usually hit until January.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Either that or did not realise the locals were using fahrenheitpblakeney said:
IIRC it's mostly just early.Pross said:I was slightly surprised when they reported that New York is down to minus 10 as that feels like a fairly regular winter temperature for them. Minus 6 in Houston probably less so.
The really cold stuff doesn't usually hit until January.1 -
surrey_commuter said:
Either that or did not realise the locals were using fahrenheitpblakeney said:
IIRC it's mostly just early.Pross said:I was slightly surprised when they reported that New York is down to minus 10 as that feels like a fairly regular winter temperature for them. Minus 6 in Houston probably less so.
The really cold stuff doesn't usually hit until January.
Dunno about you, but F for weather temperatures doesn't make any sense at all.
Intrigues me that UK schoolchildren *still* often give their height in feet & inches, when most f their parents will have been born well after decimalisation.0
