Uninteresting Trivial Facts

[CornwallRL]

Did you know in Spain, it is considered lucky to eat 12 red grapes, on New Year's Eve, while wearing red underwear, you have received as a gift.

Pretty niche.

 

Source: Wikipedia. 

[Futtocks]

 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

7 hours ago, Futtocks said:

 

Yeah these signs are new and there's been quite a lot of controversy about them. I think the council are changing them. Personally I like them!

[Desert Skipper]

On 16/01/2022 at 07:31, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Yeah these signs are new and there's been quite a lot of controversy about them. I think the council are changing them. Personally I like them!

I’d be very surprised if anyone complained about them. Surely we’re not to the point where a harmless bit of inter-city banter triggers faux-outrage? 

[voteronniegibbs]

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Edited August 2, 2023 by voteronniegibbs

[Desert Skipper]

7 hours ago, voteronniegibbs said:

I don't recall the Inter City Firm engaging in "banter"  

I did think that might be misinterpreted when I was typing it! 

[Shadow]

We have 17 passive aggressive notes in the kitchen at work.

[Gerrumonside ref]

34 minutes ago, Shadow said:

We have 17 passive aggressive notes in the kitchen at work.

My favourite used to be about the washing up at an old workplace:

Respect your colleagues!

Respect your cleaners!!

Respect yourself!!!

[Futtocks]

I just bought a new washbag, and realised that I'd had the old one since the mid-Eighties.

[Josef K]

I apologise if this has been mentioned before but should eggs be left in the fridge. Also can you freeze cheese ?. 

[Futtocks]

1 hour ago, Josef K said:

I apologise if this has been mentioned before but should eggs be left in the fridge. Also can you freeze cheese ?. 

Eggs - up to you. They'll keep a little longer when chilled, but eggs should really be used as fresh as possible, so why bother taking up fridge space? Just buy them when you need them.

Cheese - freezing (then defrosting) can ruin the texture of some cheeses, particularly the harder ones.

Edited January 27, 2022 by Futtocks

[Josef K]

50 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

Eggs - up to you. They'll keep a little longer when chilled, but eggs should really be used as fresh as possible, so why bother taking up fridge space? Just buy them when you need them.

Cheese - freezing (then defrosting) can ruin the texture of some cheeses, particularly the harder ones.

I freeze my bread and i only take out what i need instead of wasting a whole loaf. 

[Wolford6]

John Curry and Alan Bates had a long-term love affair.

[Wolford6]

Shaun Edwards' son is a Conservative Councillor in London.

[Shadow]

32 minutes ago, Wolford6 said:

Shaun Edwards' son is a Labour Councillor in London 

Fixed it for you 

Edited May 8, 2022 by Shadow

[Wolford6]

Oh well, apologies for the mistake. That fact is now certainly uninteresting.

[RayCee]

We have three bar stools at our breakfast bar.

[Dunbar]

I have two related facts (and I haven't read 353 pages to see if they have been mentioned before so apologies if they have).

Now, initially it may seem interesting but bear with me.

1. I learned recently the astounding fact that due to the explosion in population over the last several decades that there are more human beings alive today than have ever died... i.e. that the majority of the human population that ever lived is alive today. Incredible when you think about it.

2. I more recently learned that number 1 isn't true.

[graveyard johnny]

our beloved moderator John Drake is NOT the illegitimate love child of Charlie Drake and neither does he have webbed feet like a drake does 

[Shadow]

1 hour ago, graveyard johnny said:

our beloved moderator John Drake is NOT the illegitimate love child of Charlie Drake and neither does he have webbed feet like a drake does 

Nor yet was Gabrielle Drake his mother

[The Hallucinating Goose]

10 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

our beloved moderator John Drake is NOT the illegitimate love child of Charlie Drake and neither does he have webbed feet like a drake does 

What are you trying to say about the webbed feeters of the world? Are you disrespecting us? Are you making fun of us?! Farmduck! Farmduck! You know you're going the right way for a real pecking! You want that big guy?! Honk! Honk!

Edited May 28, 2022 by The Hallucinating Goose
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[Farmduck]

20 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

What are you trying to see about the webbed feeters of the world? Are you disrespecting us? Are you making fun of us?! Farmduck! Farmduck! You know you're going the right way for a real pecking! You want that big guy?! Honk! Honk!

 

[Farmduck]

Pre-saving has been invented.

I'm still trying avoid pre-ordering anything but today I learned you can pre-save. A YT video guy I watched has just released a new single and, even though it's not on Spotify yet, you can pre-save it there, presumably so that when it becomes available it will be added to your whatever. (Not a Spotify user so don't know what they call it. A rotation? A spotbag? A shopping trolley?)

[hindle xiii]

Steve Rider now looks like Frank Drebin.

[Futtocks]

Faith no more's album Angel Dust was released 30 years ago this month.

I remember queuing up in HMV to get my copy of their previous album signed, so now I feel rather old. For the record, most of the band looked like they really didn't want to be there - Mike Bordin was the only one who smiled at me as he applied his illegible squiggle to the LP cover, so I have a soft spot for his drumming.