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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,217
    Not to eat spicy snacks just before having to wear a face mask for a few hours.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,196
    shatema79 said:

    I recently learned a new piece of music on the piano.

    What was it?
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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 12,612
    pinno said:

    shatema79 said:

    I recently learned a new piece of music on the piano.

    What was it?
    It's a thing you sit at and press the white keys and the black keys and you get these sounds appear.
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    orraloon said:

    pinno said:

    shatema79 said:

    I recently learned a new piece of music on the piano.

    What was it?
    It's a thing you sit at and press the white keys and the black keys and you get these sounds appear.
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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,921
    Like this.


  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078

    Like this.


    That's a cello.
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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,921
    If he stuck it under his chin would it be a violin?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,217
    orraloon said:

    pinno said:

    shatema79 said:

    I recently learned a new piece of music on the piano.

    What was it?
    It's a thing you sit at and press the white keys and the black keys and you get these sounds appear.
    Very Airplane! but you should have finished with 'but that's not important right now'.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 17,688
    Pross said:

    orraloon said:

    pinno said:

    shatema79 said:

    I recently learned a new piece of music on the piano.

    What was it?
    It's a thing you sit at and press the white keys and the black keys and you get these sounds appear.
    Very Airplane! but you should have finished with 'but that's not important right now'.

    Ah, thanks - I was racking my brain trying to remember where that was from.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 27,487

    If he stuck it under his chin would it be a violin?

    No, but it would be bloody.
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    orraloon said:

    pinno said:

    shatema79 said:

    I recently learned a new piece of music on the piano.

    What was it?
    It's a thing you sit at and press the white keys and the black keys and you get these sounds appear.

    Do you know that's not a very helpful answer?


    (hint: I've set you up for another dad joke)
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,196
    orraloon said:

    pinno said:

    shatema79 said:

    I recently learned a new piece of music on the piano.

    What was it?
    It's a thing you sit at and press the white keys and the black keys and you get these sounds appear.
    Boom boom.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,196
    Ben6899 said:

    orraloon said:

    pinno said:

    shatema79 said:

    I recently learned a new piece of music on the piano.

    What was it?
    It's a thing you sit at and press the white keys and the black keys and you get these sounds appear.

    Do you know that's not a very helpful answer?


    (hint: I've set you up for another dad joke)
    You are implying an age gap though.
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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,921
    At least one forumite reads posts from here to his missus.
    Jeez, I thought my home life was dull. :)
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190

    At least one forumite reads posts from here to his missus.
    Jeez, I thought my home life was dull. :)

    My wife agrees.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Astana is now known as Nur-Sultan.

    Since March 2019.

    That completely passed me by!
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,132
    Ben6899 said:

    Astana is now known as Nur-Sultan.

    Since March 2019.

    That completely passed me by!

    Yes, Nursultan Nazarbayev resigned as president and they named the capital after him.

    He was the first president, and the constitution says that president for 5 year term, maximum of two terms but that the "restriction shall not extend on the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.". So he did 29 years.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,196
    Useful clause.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,511
    I just realised that someone who sews is spelt the same as a pipe carrying sewage. Not a big discovery.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 7,193
    I've just learnt that sewing seams is stressful.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 17,688
    That my godmother (89), whose sister worked at Bletchley Park during the war, once had a meal with Alan Turing, and found him very charming. She was only reminded it of it recently when she saw his picture on a £50 note.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 27,487
    AC Milan was started by two Englishmen and originally also had a cricket team.
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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,921

    That my godmother (89), whose sister worked at Bletchley Park during the war, once had a meal with Alan Turing, and found him very charming. She was only reminded it of it recently when she saw his picture on a £50 note.

    What's a £50 note? :(
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,511
    rjsterry said:

    AC Milan was started by two Englishmen and originally also had a cricket team.

    I think I read that the first international match in any sport was Canada vs US at cricket.
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    edited July 2021

    rjsterry said:

    AC Milan was started by two Englishmen and originally also had a cricket team.

    I think I read that the first international match in any sport was Canada vs US at cricket.
    Yep, true

    Cricket used to be the no.1 sport in the US
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,878
    Both ITV and BBC covered the 66 World Cup final so there's a second TV commentary in which 'Hurst may make it three, he has!'

    Never heard that before

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,196
    rjsterry said:

    AC Milan was started by two Englishmen and originally also had a cricket team.

    Yes, hence the St George's flag in the emblem.

    https://talksport.com/football/fa-cup/117408/juve-and-notts-county-liverpool-and-barca-arsenal-and-sparta-prague-foreign-clubs-influenced-englan/
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,597
    edited July 2021
    Braking distances are halved on single lane blind corners as you have to account for the oncoming traffic. Managed to avoid the head on collision but was still braking as I punched the wing mirror and came off. Lesson learned the hard way.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,196
    pblakeney said:

    Braking distances are halved on single lane blind corners as you have to account for the oncoming traffic. Managed to avoid the head on collision but was still braking as I punched the wing mirror and came off. Lesson learned the hard way.

    Still in one piece? You that is.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 27,487
    pblakeney said:

    Braking distances are halved on single lane blind corners as you have to account for the oncoming traffic. Managed to avoid the head on collision but was still braking as I punched the wing mirror and came off. Lesson learned the hard way.

    Ow. Hope you are OK (apart from needing a sit down and a cup of tea).
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