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In the state of Ohio, it is illegal to get a fish d*unk! It also illegal for women to wear patent leather shoes in public!
In Idaho, it is legal to have sex with a donkey, as long as you have the owners consent!
In Hereford and Worcester, it is still legal to hunt welshmen on a Sunday, but only with a bow and arrow! ( anyone else fancy a trip out on Sunday?....don't forget your quiver!.....)  |
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Among items left behind at Osama bin Laden's headquarters in Afghanistan were 27 issues of Mad Magazine. Al Qaeda members have admitted that bin Laden is reportedly an avid reader.  |
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"Humans, dolphins and chimps are the only animals that have sex for recreational purposes only"
Shouldnt that be reacreational porpoises for the dolphins?  |
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"Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries.
Colgate translates into "go hang yourself." "
The 70's car the Triumph Acclaim, translates into Zeig Heil in German |
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"Among items left behind at Osama bin Laden's headquarters in Afghanistan were 27 issues of Mad Magazine. Al Qaeda members have admitted that bin Laden is reportedly an avid reader. "
He was also apparently a demon on the Volleyball court. He and the then chief of Al-Qaeda, Mohammed Atef, were supposedly that good, that they weren't allowed to play on the same team |
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"Among items left behind at Osama bin Laden's headquarters in Afghanistan were 27 issues of Mad Magazine. Al Qaeda members have admitted that bin Laden is reportedly an avid reader.
He was also apparently a demon on the Volleyball court. He and the then chief of Al-Qaeda, Mohammed Atef, were supposedly that good, that they weren't allowed to play on the same team"
I bet no one wanted Abu Hamza to play |
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Due to the high levels of testosterone female hyena's have an enlarged clitoris that looks like a penis, their vaginial canal run through the middle of it so they give birth thro their clitoris |
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"Among items left behind at Osama bin Laden's headquarters in Afghanistan were 27 issues of Mad Magazine. Al Qaeda members have admitted that bin Laden is reportedly an avid reader.
He was also apparently a demon on the Volleyball court. He and the then chief of Al-Qaeda, Mohammed Atef, were supposedly that good, that they weren't allowed to play on the same team
I bet no one wanted Abu Hamza to play "
Nah, he's more of a Rugby man...
...as the hooker |
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By *ove2-shareCouple
over a year ago
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"People who make snide remarks about persons of a larger build themselves, are despised by many people.
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Fanta was invented for the Nazis
the dark haired woman from abba was the product of a nazi breeding programe,
the longest known creature in the world is a sea worm
the barnacle has the largest penile length in relation to its body, 5 times (beat that jeff stryker)
the largest known mountain on earth is maun lau
the closest mountain to space is
chichabombo
Olympus mons is the largest known mountain in the solar system
strawberrys and blackberrys arent fruit they are agregate drupes |
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interesting fact about the word 'trivia'. From the latin it means 3 roads or 3 ways. The adoption of the word to describe information comes from the Romans. At a place where 3 roads would meet they would have a bulletin board for travellers to post information for others about local facilities etc etc. hence the name triva information...
so boring i know but true..... |
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By *ove2-shareCouple
over a year ago
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"Due to the high levels of testosterone female hyena's have an enlarged clitoris that looks like a penis, their vaginial canal run through the middle of it so they give birth thro their clitoris "
so they arent really laughing then they are probably having an orgasm  |
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"People who make snide remarks about persons of a larger build themselves, are despised by many people.
Fanta was invented for the Nazis
the dark haired woman from abba was the product of a nazi breeding programe,
the longest known creature in the world is a sea worm
the barnacle has the largest penile length in relation to its body, 5 times (beat that jeff stryker)
the largest known mountain on earth is maun lau
the closest mountain to space is
chichabombo
Olympus mons is the largest known mountain in the solar system
strawberrys and blackberrys arent fruit they are agregate drupes"
and peanuts aint nuts. they are seeds... |
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By *ove2-shareCouple
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"interesting fact about the word 'trivia'. From the latin it means 3 roads or 3 ways. The adoption of the word to describe information comes from the Romans. At a place where 3 roads would meet they would have a bulletin board for travellers to post information for others about local facilities etc etc. hence the name triva information...
so boring i know but true....."
no i like that, and education comes from educare, a greek word meaning to draw out |
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"Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries.
Colgate translates into "go hang yourself."
The 70's car the Triumph Acclaim, translates into Zeig Heil in German "
and Seat had trouble selling the Seat Malaga in Greece cos 'malaga' in greek is a 'wanker' |
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"Hugo Boss was the designer of the Nazi party uniform
The air inside the Eiffel Tower weighs more than the Eiffel Tower itself
Got any good ones?  "
if you were to compress all the matter in the world. ie all the atoms (protons electrons and neutrons) and take out all the 'nothing' spaces in between, it would fit all in a 1 metre cube tea chest... |
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111,111,111 x 111,111,111
=
12,345,678,987,654,321 |
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The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
Pound for pound, a hamburger costs more than a new car.
It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet |
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'april fool' interesting one this.
due to the change in the western calender, what was 25th December then fell on the new April 1st.
the uneducated of the population werent aware of this and gave christmas gifts on 1st April thinking it was 25th Dec and were labeled April Fools.. |
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The air inside the Eiffel Tower weighs more than the Eiffel Tower itself
Got any good ones? "
It's the amount of air that would be inside a cylinder that the Eiffel Tower could fit into. |
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'once in a bue moon' meaning very rarely
based on the occurance of a 'blue moon' (the second time in one calender month that you can see the full disk of the moon)
occurs about once every 30 months or so |
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"Humans, dolphins and chimps are the only animals that have sex for recreational purposes only"
I was of the understanding that pigs did this too...or is it just that pigs have ridiculously long orgasms?! |
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"Humans, dolphins and chimps are the only animals that have sex for recreational purposes only
I was of the understanding that pigs did this too...or is it just that pigs have ridiculously long orgasms?!"
Remember reading somewhere that it was a 30 minute orgasm or some such..
Me personally, I'd like to know who found this out and just what their intentions were |
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By *ove2-shareCouple
over a year ago
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"'april fool' interesting one this.
due to the change in the western calender, what was 25th December then fell on the new April 1st.
the uneducated of the population werent aware of this and gave christmas gifts on 1st April thinking it was 25th Dec and were labeled April Fools.."
when was that the last change i know of was from julian/augustan to gregorian where we went back 11 days |
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"'april fool' interesting one this.
due to the change in the western calender, what was 25th December then fell on the new April 1st.
the uneducated of the population werent aware of this and gave christmas gifts on 1st April thinking it was 25th Dec and were labeled April Fools..
when was that the last change i know of was from julian/augustan to gregorian where we went back 11 days"
Think this is an April fool too |
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"'april fool' interesting one this.
due to the change in the western calender, what was 25th December then fell on the new April 1st.
the uneducated of the population werent aware of this and gave christmas gifts on 1st April thinking it was 25th Dec and were labeled April Fools..
when was that the last change i know of was from julian/augustan to gregorian where we went back 11 days
Think this is an April fool too"
no no its true... |
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"'april fool' interesting one this.
due to the change in the western calender, what was 25th December then fell on the new April 1st.
the uneducated of the population werent aware of this and gave christmas gifts on 1st April thinking it was 25th Dec and were labeled April Fools..
when was that the last change i know of was from julian/augustan to gregorian where we went back 11 days"
there was also a revision of popular thinking as to when jesus was actually born which caused a shift in when christas was celebrated. |
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viagra for its common use was accidental discovery,
it was developed as a heart drug because it dilated the blood vessels or something like that.
during blind testing and clinical trials, nearly all the men commented that it gave them longstanding erections and voila!!!.. the blue pill was born for its use today..
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The pubic wig (merkin) has been around since the 1400s when it was originally worn by women who had shaved their pubic hair off to prevent lice. In the Victorian times it was frequently worn by prostitutes who wanted to conceal the fact that they had diseases like syphilis (Honest – we aren’t merkin’ this up). They are also used in the film industry to conceal actors genitals in nude scenes.
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When ever a d*unk guy tells his drinking buddy that he loves him, he could well mean it as men are much more likely to fall in love than women. The average man claims to have fallen in love 2.9 times in their lifetime, compared with just 2.2 times for the average woman.
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If you're holding a gun in one hand a a bullet in the other and drop the bullet at the same time as firing the gun. The two bullets will hit the ground at the same time. |
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Male menopause is a lot more fun than female menopause. With female menopause you gain weight and get hot flashes. Male menopause – you get to date young girls and drive motorcycles |
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In Victorian times, a slang term for a prostitute was “blowsy”. At the same time, “blow” was slang for ejaculation. Consequently, by the 1930s, the act of fellatio came to be known as a blow job. It was also used to describe jet planes in World War Two. In Ancient Greece, the common slang for a blow job was “playing the flute”. I wonder if Jethro Tull can do that standing on one leg?
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By *ove2-shareCouple
over a year ago
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there are now only 8 planets in the solar system (officially anyway) Pluto having been de classified.
Attila the Hun was not a huge 6ft plus man with long hair (like the Gerard Butler image)
He was closer to 5 foot, bandy legged, but stocky build had most of his hair shaved (including his eyebrows) a sharp pointy nose, and a mishapen forehead. (huns used to dent thier childrens heads at birth. ) so i bet hed make a lovely profile pic |
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"The Mitsubishi shogun is known as the pajero in Japan and montero in Spain
There is only one meaning for the word pajero
It means wanker in Spanish "
the mitsubihi shogun is known as the pajero worldwide only in uk is it called shogun.
The spaish for wanker is not pajero its cupoya(once caught a spanish waiter calling a mate this he was so embarrased when I pulled him about it). |
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The air inside the Eiffel Tower weighs more than the Eiffel Tower itself
Got any good ones? "
Wrong!
what you mean is "The air in a cylinder that contained the Eiffel Tower
would weigh more than the Eiffel Tower itself."
Tower wieghs = 7.3 million kilos
Air in a Cylinder big enough = 8 million Kilos |
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The 70's car the Triumph Acclaim, translates into Zeig Heil in German "
er no it don't Zeig = show heil = salvation.
your german dictionary was from a pound shop lol |
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"The Mitsubishi shogun is known as the pajero in Japan and montero in Spain
There is only one meaning for the word pajero
It means wanker in Spanish
the mitsubihi shogun is known as the pajero worldwide only in uk is it called shogun.
The spaish for wanker is not pajero its cupoya(once caught a spanish waiter calling a mate this he was so embarrased when I pulled him about it)."
Just came back from Spain, they are called montero there
I suggest you check the English Spanish dictionary and not your mate the waiter  |
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"In the state of Ohio, it is illegal to get a fish d*unk! It also illegal for women to wear patent leather shoes in public!
In Idaho, it is legal to have sex with a donkey, as long as you have the owners consent!
In Hereford and Worcester, it is still legal to hunt welshmen on a Sunday, but only with a bow and arrow! ( anyone else fancy a trip out on Sunday?....don't forget your quiver!.....) "
Yes, damned Taffys, chase them right out of our town I would. Being the only gay here of course...  |
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"Bonobo monkies spend all day in the ladys bits but rarely cum. Think their bi sexual but not sure abou that bit"
They also rub genitals to ease political tension/dominance disputes
I wanna be a bonobo |
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By *ove2-shareCouple
over a year ago
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"The original St Nick wore green Coca Cola made his outfit red"
WRONG the original st Nicholas was the archbishop of Tyre in Turkey, and the archbishops costume was red.tho it is true that he is merged with a northern europian idea of father christmas that wore green. and that coca cola use the northrn europian dress style and thier colours. |
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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago
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"there are now only 8 planets in the solar system (officially anyway) Pluto having been de classified.
Attila the Hun was not a huge 6ft plus man with long hair (like the Gerard Butler image)
He was closer to 5 foot, bandy legged, but stocky build had most of his hair shaved (including his eyebrows) a sharp pointy nose, and a mishapen forehead. (huns used to dent thier childrens heads at birth. ) so i bet hed make a lovely profile pic"
'kin 'ell.....my ex husband must have been a direct descendant.....does anyone know if Attilla played bass guitar????? |
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By *ove2-shareCouple
over a year ago
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the word Assassin comes from a tribe of assassins the hashishi in the middle east, who used to get their young stoned (on hashish) then took them to a luxurious place full of beautiful women and persuaded them that this was the heaven awaiting them if they died as an assassin.
Fox news tried to change the name Suicide bomber to murder bomber as they were scared that suicide sounded more sympathetic, which sounds ridiculous, and hardly describes the act acurately.
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By *londeCazWoman
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"the word Assassin comes from a tribe of assassins the hashishi in the middle east, who used to get their young stoned (on hashish) then took them to a luxurious place full of beautiful women and persuaded them that this was the heaven awaiting them if they died as an assassin.
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The Hashishim, who derived their name from the vast quantities of hashish they consumed, were unique among vicious killers in being both deadly and, at the same time, inclined to giggle, groove to interesting patterns of light and shade on their terrible knife blades and, in extreme cases, fall over. Sir Terry Pratchett - Sourcery |
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"Hugo Boss was the designer of the Nazi party uniform
The air inside the Eiffel Tower weighs more than the Eiffel Tower itself
Got any good ones? "
The Eiffel Tower one is not true. It is only approx 40% of the tower weight. The actual fact is a cylinder of air encompassing the tower, would weigh more than the tower itself. (Just) |
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By *ove2-shareCouple
over a year ago
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"there are now only 8 planets in the solar system (officially anyway) Pluto having been de classified.
Attila the Hun was not a huge 6ft plus man with long hair (like the Gerard Butler image)
He was closer to 5 foot, bandy legged, but stocky build had most of his hair shaved (including his eyebrows) a sharp pointy nose, and a mishapen forehead. (huns used to dent thier childrens heads at birth. ) so i bet hed make a lovely profile pic
'kin 'ell.....my ex husband must have been a direct descendant.....does anyone know if Attilla played bass guitar????? "
no but it wouldnt surprise me if he was an axeman 
also the mongolese horse bow could fire much further than any of its contemporarys such as the welsh longbow, It was successful because it was a composite bow made with two different woods, and was over 5 foot long, but due to its assymetrical (shorter on the bottom) nature it could be fired from horseback |
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"The original St Nick wore green Coca Cola made his outfit red
WRONG the original st Nicholas was the archbishop of Tyre in Turkey, and the archbishops costume was red.tho it is true that he is merged with a northern europian idea of father christmas that wore green. and that coca cola use the northrn europian dress style and thier colours. "
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"The original St Nick wore green Coca Cola made his outfit red
WRONG the original st Nicholas was the archbishop of Tyre in Turkey, and the archbishops costume was red.tho it is true that he is merged with a northern europian idea of father christmas that wore green. and that coca cola use the northrn europian dress style and thier colours. "
The first image of father Christmas in red was an ad for coca cola in the 20's |
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"'april fool' interesting one this.
due to the change in the western calender, what was 25th December then fell on the new April 1st.
the uneducated of the population werent aware of this and gave christmas gifts on 1st April thinking it was 25th Dec and were labeled April Fools..
when was that the last change i know of was from julian/augustan to gregorian where we went back 11 days
there was also a revision of popular thinking as to when jesus was actually born which caused a shift in when christas was celebrated."
Close.
Actually it was to do with the Christians ridiculing the pagans for celebrating their new year on April first. After imposing their calendar.
Something like the 3rd century. |
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Did you know why we put up 2 fingers to say fuck off?
The british used to kill at long distance with a long bow,the French feared the long bow so much.
They used to chop the 2 fingers off archers when they captured em
That's why we give the 2 fingered salute
Look I've still got my 2 fingers to fire my bow Frenchie |
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Lamprey scare the shit out me.
Another nasty looking fish, the hagfish excretes mucus from it's skin as a defence. It can turn a bucket of water into mucusy gunk in seconds (cant remember how many)....'orrible
cue cum jokes |
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"Did you know why we put up 2 fingers to say fuck off?
The british used to kill at long distance with a long bow,the French feared the long bow so much.
They used to chop the 2 fingers off archers when they captured em
That's why we give the 2 fingered salute
Look I've still got my 2 fingers to fire my bow Frenchie "
Steven fry would disagree, qi says that's a myth. I can't remember what the genuine reason was.
Shame tho I like that version. Wish it was true. |
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By *ove2-shareCouple
over a year ago
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"Did you know why we put up 2 fingers to say fuck off?
The british used to kill at long distance with a long bow,the French feared the long bow so much.
They used to chop the 2 fingers off archers when they captured em
That's why we give the 2 fingered salute
Look I've still got my 2 fingers to fire my bow Frenchie
Steven fry would disagree, qi says that's a myth. I can't remember what the genuine reason was.
Shame tho I like that version. Wish it was true."
Steven fry triv
he spent time in a young offenders institute in Pucklechurch, a small village suberb of Bristol, incidentally the same place where eacbert (athelstans heir to the kingdoms of england scotland and wales) was murdered. |
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By *ove2-shareCouple
over a year ago
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"Lamprey scare the shit out me.
Another nasty looking fish, the hagfish excretes mucus from it's skin as a defence. It can turn a bucket of water into mucusy gunk in seconds (cant remember how many)....'orrible
cue cum jokes"
another horrible mucussy one is the snot sea cucumber whuch literally seems like its covered in...you guessed it snot
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By *ove2-shareCouple
over a year ago
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"the word Assassin comes from a tribe of assassins the hashishi in the middle east, who used to get their young stoned (on hashish) then took them to a luxurious place full of beautiful women and persuaded them that this was the heaven awaiting them if they died as an assassin.
The Hashishim, who derived their name from the vast quantities of hashish they consumed, were unique among vicious killers in being both deadly and, at the same time, inclined to giggle, groove to interesting patterns of light and shade on their terrible knife blades and, in extreme cases, fall over. Sir Terry Pratchett - Sourcery "
LOL |
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"The clitoris is the only body part in the entire animal kingdom which functions only for pleasure  "
Only body part? I thought nipples on a man have no function but are certainly pleasurable when stimulated correctly! |
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"The clitoris is the only body part in the entire animal kingdom which functions only for pleasure
Only body part? I thought nipples on a man have no function but are certainly pleasurable when stimulated correctly!"
Not true for ALL men... |
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"The original St Nick wore green Coca Cola made his outfit red
The first image of father Christmas in red was an ad for coca cola in the 20's"
Pre coca cola he wore many colours including red, green and blue. Coca cola put him in their red livery and he's been associated with red and white since. |
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By *odareyouMan
over a year ago
not far from iceland,,,,,, tescos is nearer though :-) (near leeds) |
"Humans, dolphins and chimps are the only animals that have sex for recreational purposes only"
You shagged an awful lot of animals to find that out ...
(thanks go to frankie boyle for that joke)
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By *ove2-shareCouple
over a year ago
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The pound sign,that classic symbol of britishness used by UKIP. is in fact a crossed L as it was the mark of italian bankers from Lombardy who were based in London and helped set up our banking systems (in what is now called Lombard street)
Lombardy however was named after a german tribe the Lombards who settled there, and thier original name was the Langobards (longbeards).
The term Dutch courage comes from dutch merchants who were willing to trade in London during the plague.
The name for Wales comes form the Saxon word for foreigner Wealsa. |
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"The clitoris is the only body part in the entire animal kingdom which functions only for pleasure
Only body part? I thought nipples on a man have no function but are certainly pleasurable when stimulated correctly!
Not true for ALL men..."
Big chief sitting bull breast fed his children |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"ir dwellimh animal n mediaval england any water dwelling creature was considered to be a fish, including beaver and hippopotamus. The catholic church even agreed that beaver was fishi so its ok to eat beaver on a fri
That said many scientists say there is no such thing as a fsh as its too wide a definition to mean anything,anymore than a definition for all land dwellimg creatures would make sense.  "
Did you add in eating beaver on a Friday as a bit of sublimnal suggestion? |
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The boy of about thirteen playing keepy-up with a football in his back garden whilst his parents call him for his tea (the McDonalds ad during the USA 1994 World cup) is Scott Parker. |
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By *londeCazWoman
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"The boy of about thirteen playing keepy-up with a football in his back garden whilst his parents call him for his tea (the McDonalds ad during the USA 1994 World cup) is Scott Parker."
Is that someone famous????? |
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"The boy of about thirteen playing keepy-up with a football in his back garden whilst his parents call him for his tea (the McDonalds ad during the USA 1994 World cup) is Scott Parker.
Is that someone famous?????"
He now plays for England and he's played both games in the Euros. He's even been England captain before? |
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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago
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"The boy of about thirteen playing keepy-up with a football in his back garden whilst his parents call him for his tea (the McDonalds ad during the USA 1994 World cup) is Scott Parker.
Is that someone famous?????
He now plays for England and he's played both games in the Euros. He's even been England captain before?"
Ah, football.....that's just increased my football knowledge by about 100% |
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"you can lead a horse to water,but a pencil must be lead
Pencil lead is in fact graphite "
smart arse lol ,ok,spelling mistake on my part
"you can lead a horse to water,but a pencil must be led"
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By *ove2-shareCouple
over a year ago
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"ir dwellimh animal n mediaval england any water dwelling creature was considered to be a fish, including beaver and hippopotamus. The catholic church even agreed that beaver was fishi so its ok to eat beaver on a fri
That said many scientists say there is no such thing as a fsh as its too wide a definition to mean anything,anymore than a definition for all land dwellimg creatures would make sense.
Did you add in eating beaver on a Friday as a bit of sublimnal suggestion?"
yep it was deliberate but hardly subiminal,
talking of which, another piece of triv, there is a company down in west sussex called beaver tool hire, which has aways ticked my fancy (and sounds like it tickles others too) |
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By *ove2-shareCouple
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"Little baby Jesus (ahhhhh) was actually born in October, not December. "
there is a baby jesus born every day of the year, usuay in Latin america, tho the name is quite common in spain as well.
talking of which a guy called Jesus Lopez was shot in south america for scoring a goal, whilst a guy called escobar(not the drug dealer)was killed for letting a goal in,
there was even a four day war between honduras and el savador over football called the football war, while one of Sadam Husseins relatives a general and football manager is said to have threatened to kill his whole team, so maybe Shankly was right when he said that `football isnt a matter of life and death, its much more important' |
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"Hugo Boss was the designer of the Nazi party uniform
The air inside the Eiffel Tower weighs more than the Eiffel Tower itself
Got any good ones? "
the little tear tab on packets to enable you to open them easily was devised by a secretary at Wrigleys who kept breaking nails opening her chewing gum.
also Post-it notes were invented by accident.
Scotch 3M were developing a new paper glue which quite frankly turned out to be crap... and some smart arse turned the idea into a best seller.... |
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The Red Sea is, in fact, not the Red Sea. The name comes from the reflection at dusk of the mountains on the east bank of the Gulf of Aquaba (the top end of the Red Sea with Sharm El Sheikh at the bottom and Taba/Eilat/Aquaba at the top) on the water, when viewed from the Sinai side of the gulf. The red mountains now form the west coast of modern day Jordan and Saudia Arabia. The area normally called The Red Sea is way off to the south....and doesn't go red at dusk |
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By *ove2-shareCouple
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"The Canary Islands are named after dogs..
Must be somewhere near Millwall then"
thats the isle of dogs, millwall were founded on the west side by scottish presbiterian shipbuiders who came down to build a ship for brunel (the west side of the ise used to have loads of mills hence a wall of mills or miwall.
The origins of the isle of dogs name however is less clear with various claims including it being a playground for charles ii hunting dogs and it being a corruption of isle of docks.
Just down the road however is Canning town so named because of its Cannerys,  |
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"The Canary Islands are named after dogs..
Must be somewhere near Millwall then
thats the isle of dogs, millwall were founded on the west side by scottish presbiterian shipbuiders who came down to build a ship for brunel (the west side of the ise used to have loads of mills hence a wall of mills or miwall.
The origins of the isle of dogs name however is less clear with various claims including it being a playground for charles ii hunting dogs and it being a corruption of isle of docks.
Just down the road however is Canning town so named because of its Cannerys, "
Not true..it was named after Charles Canning,Governor General of India at the time of the mutiny |
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By *ove2-shareCouple
over a year ago
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"The Canary Islands are named after dogs..
Must be somewhere near Millwall then
thats the isle of dogs, millwall were founded on the west side by scottish presbiterian shipbuiders who came down to build a ship for brunel (the west side of the ise used to have loads of mills hence a wall of mills or miwall.
The origins of the isle of dogs name however is less clear with various claims including it being a playground for charles ii hunting dogs and it being a corruption of isle of docks.
Just down the road however is Canning town so named because of its Cannerys,
Not true..it was named after Charles Canning,Governor General of India at the time of the mutiny"
have just checked wikipedia (something i try to avoid)and i stand corrected on that one.it says it used to be called halllsville til after the mutiny, tho i do know the other view is still a common belief around the area.
on a related matter mt Everest should be pronounced Eve-rest and not Ever-est as it was named after a contemporary of Canning, the surveyer general of india sir george everest |
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"The Isle Of Sheppey is inhabited purely by sheep "
Perky is a 'swampie'. Wait till she sees your comment!!!!!!! Wouldn't like to be in your shoes....... pmsl!!!!! |
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"there was a time that the most popular slimmers choc in britain was called aids, but they dissapered due to bad associations with the name after the outbreak of the HIV/aids epidemic"
... and it was spelled 'Ayds'. My sister used to buy 'em...... and I used to nick 'em! |
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"Norse mythology claims the red sea got its name after the water was turned red from the blood of a slaughtered child"
Did the 'Norses' get that far then? Blimey, they put it about a bit...... Flippin Vikings! |
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By *ove2-shareCouple
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"Norse mythology claims the red sea got its name after the water was turned red from the blood of a slaughtered child
Did the 'Norses' get that far then? Blimey, they put it about a bit...... Flippin Vikings!"
whilst the extent of thier raids really only reached algeria and south italy in the med and caspian sea in the east, it is also true that thier trade networks reached down into asia minor and that many vikings acted as mercenaries for the more prosperous countries, The byxantine royal family were guarded exlisively by the Varangian guard an elite group of viking mercenaries, the most famous of whom was Harald Hardrada a giant of a man who went on to become Norwegian king and invaded england in 1066 ony to die at Stamford bridge (i blame john terry) so it is possible that some came into contact.
i suppose another possibility could have been the Norman (the name comes from where they used to be norsemen) crusaders, some of whom made pre fab boats and rebuilt them in the red sea and raided the coast.I think it was under Reynald de chatillion but i could be wrong there. |
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"there was a time that the most popular slimmers choc in britain was called aids, but they dissapered due to bad associations with the name after the outbreak of the HIV/aids epidemic
... and it was spelled 'Ayds'. My sister used to buy 'em...... and I used to nick 'em!"
OMG! what did you need to take them for; you have a fantastic figure?
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" Harald Hardrada a giant of a man who went on to become Norwegian king and invaded england in 1066 ony to die at Stamford bridge "
... who was put to death by having the Vikings own execution 'technique' - The Blood Eagle - carried out on him. One for the SM fetishists, that one. You are tied to a tree with your back to the trunk and your arms backwards around it.
They then take an axe and split you from throat to crotch and let your innards hang out and let you bleed to death...
nice.... |
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"Hugo Boss was the designer of the Nazi party uniform
The air inside the Eiffel Tower weighs more than the Eiffel Tower itself
Got any good ones? "
It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.
Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E
In Louisiana, a bill was introduced years ago in the State House of Representatives that fixed a ceiling on haircuts for bald men of 25 cents.
In Michigan, it is against the law for a lady to lift her skirt more than 6 inches while walking through a mud puddle
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"Did you know why we put up 2 fingers to say fuck off?
The british used to kill at long distance with a long bow,the French feared the long bow so much.
They used to chop the 2 fingers off archers when they captured em
That's why we give the 2 fingered salute
Look I've still got my 2 fingers to fire my bow Frenchie "
funnily enough the french don't recognise this as an offensive gesture! |
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"Chocolate can legitimately be counted as one of your "5-a-day" as it's a vegetable........ chocolate is derived from cocoa beans...... Beans are vegetables "
Dark chocolate especially, has lots of good things going for it and its not particularly fatty I've been told...apparently that doesnt count in the form of chocolate fudge cake though |
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By *ove2-shareCouple
over a year ago
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" Harald Hardrada a giant of a man who went on to become Norwegian king and invaded england in 1066 ony to die at Stamford bridge
... who was put to death by having the Vikings own execution 'technique' - The Blood Eagle - carried out on him. One for the SM fetishists, that one. You are tied to a tree with your back to the trunk and your arms backwards around it.
They then take an axe and split you from throat to crotch and let your innards hang out and let you bleed to death...
nice.... "
pretty sure he died mid battle,seem to recall it was an arrow in his neck. |
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