Uninteresting Trivial Facts

[DavidM]

My neighbour took his dog for a walk ,  and it was killed by an adder 

[tonyXIII]

On 8/18/2018 at 3:03 PM, graveyard johnny said:

brought home a fancy tin of voice enhancing sweets from town today, opened them to find out they are just glorified liquorice imps!

"voice enhancing sweets"? Really?

What's your phone number? I can do you some fantastic deals on your pension. I can arrange for you to retire on ten times your current salary. These deals are absolutely foolproof and your pension will be safeguarded.

 

[Bearman]

Want to be a millionaire by this time next year?.

I have the answer.

 

All you have to do is save £20,000 every week and hey presto your rich!

Edited August 20, 2018 by Bearman

[Farmduck]

1 hour ago, Bearman said:

Want to be a millionaire by this time next year?.

I have the answer.

 

All you have to do is save £20,000 every week and hey presto your rich!

It sounds too good to be true but I'm game so sign me up. How much do you charge for this incredible service?

[Farmduck]

One in every 906,392 Australians has the surname Quaedvlieg.

Edited August 22, 2018 by Farmduck

[graveyard johnny]

1 hour ago, Farmduck said:

One in every 906,392 Australians has the surname Quaedvlieg.

is that an average taking everyday births, deaths and marriages in to consideration?

[Farmduck]

14 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

is that an average taking everyday births, deaths and marriages in to consideration?

It's gone 1:00am here so I haven't checked today's figure yet.

Just checked. 1 new Quadflieg, but no Quaedvliegs yet. I'll update as new figures become available.

[graveyard johnny]

46 minutes ago, Farmduck said:

It's gone 1:00am here so I haven't checked today's figure yet.

Just checked. 1 new Quadflieg, but no Quaedvliegs yet. I'll update as new figures become available.

the min by min fluctuation of everyone elses surnames must mean the statistic has changed before you can even type a reply?

[Farmduck]

8 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

the min by min fluctuation of everyone elses surnames must mean the statistic has changed before you can even type a reply?

Yes, that's why I only cover Qua to Qub. We have other staff working on the others.  Gotta go, there's a new Qubski coming in.

[MattSantos]

Whilst googling the lyrics to the Minder theme tune, my Google (routed through an Indian server) suggested i wanted to use Minder, a Muslim version of tinder by the looks of it.

I good be so good for you...

[DavidM]

Gruntled , as well as disgruntled , is a word 

[graveyard johnny]

reg varney was not the 1st person in Britain to get robbed while using a cashpoint machine

[Futtocks]

One for John Drake; in Croatian, the word 'dalek' means ‘far-away thing’.

[Futtocks]

Jet Black (aka Brian Duffy), drummer for The Stranglers, celebrated his 80th birthday today.

[graveyard johnny]

12 hours ago, Futtocks said:

Jet Black (aka Brian Duffy), drummer for The Stranglers, celebrated his 80th birthday today.

celebrates 

[Spidey]

Stayed in High Wycombe at the weekend and went around a Magic Roundabout a few times, knew they existed before visiting just didn’t know where they were

Edited August 28, 2018 by Spidey

[Bleep1673]

It was on BBC News this morning, so it must be true...

I partially extended block of flats called AQUA HOUSE were flooded at the weekend.

[Futtocks]

In the shop today, doing voluntary work (the last day there, before my new job starts next week), and I was chatting to a young girl about a camera she liked the look of. When she asked me how you got the photos from a camera to a memory stick, I had to explain about sending a film cartridge off to be developed.

She was impressed by my knowledge of the workings of prehistoric artefacts, and somewhat appalled by the whole idea... and I just felt very old.

[Farmduck]

Left-handedness is twice as common in twins than in the general population.

[tonyXIII]

Left-handedness is sinister.

NB that looks daft on its own, but was in response to Farmduck's post about left-handedness among twins, which is now on the previous page.

Edited August 30, 2018 by tonyXIII

[graveyard johnny]

the woman next door has a daughter called summer, her name is donna, I heard her husband shouting upstairs - "donna, summer, can one of you help me get the washing in" as it started raining the other day

 

Edited September 5, 2018 by graveyard johnny

[Phil]

On 8/19/2018 at 8:26 PM, tonyXIII said:

"voice enhancing sweets"? Really?

What's your phone number? I can do you some fantastic deals on your pension. I can arrange for you to retire on ten times your current salary. These deals are absolutely foolproof and your pension will be safeguarded.

 

Where do I sign up? 

[tonyXIII]

1 hour ago, Phil said:

Where do I sign up? 

In fairness to graveyard johnny, who first mentioned "voice enhancing sweets", I used to enjoy the "voice tablets" we got from Morrisons in Scarborough. Callard & Bowsers? Proper, old-fashioned boiled sweets they were. (still are?)

 

[Phil]

16 minutes ago, tonyXIII said:

In fairness to graveyard johnny, who first mentioned "voice enhancing sweets", I used to enjoy the "voice tablets" we got from Morrisons in Scarborough. Callard & Bowsers? Proper, old-fashioned boiled sweets they were. (still are?)

 

Aye I remember ‘em 

[DavidM]

Han Solo’s jacket from Empire Strikes Back up for auction with an estimate of .... a million quid !