Useless fact of the day post!!!

[Kamikaze]

The phrase "getting plastered" comes from the 18th century. Wine was used as a preservative in plaster, as well as horse hair and manure. At the end of every day the plasterers would drink any wine left over, hence the phrase "getting plastered"

 

[timo1]

Here is a good bit of pub ammo...Ever wondered by there is a black strip in the middle of a lollipop man / womans err..lollipop? So they can write the registration number of cars that fail to stop using chalk that they should have in their pocket and duly report the rascals to the Police.

 

[timo1]

Local authority park keepers have the authority and are duty bound to confiscate cigarrettes from children they suspect to be under 16 years of age.

 

[barleski]

Im definitely undecided ?

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Im definitely undecided ?

You sure about that?

 

[barleski]

uuuummm, Dunno ?

 

[Kamikaze]

According to Genesis the chicken came before the egg.

 

[Guest123]

According to Genesis the chicken came before the egg.

WTF does Phil Collins know.......:ciappa:

 

[millwall ken]

According to Genesis the chicken came before the egg.

Of course the chicken came before the egg. It would of started its evolutionary process as a flying bird - it probably had fangs and a mohican hairdo as well. In the same way as snakes started off with legs.

 

[barleski]

jib/eca/union deskilling proviso
The least expected happens when you least expect it

 

[white armour]

According to Genesis the chicken came before the egg.

Disagree, dinosaurs laid eggs first. The dinosaurs evolved into the birds (and hence the chicken) we know today.

I know stuff me.

Regards wa

 

[Adam W]

Disagree, dinosaurs laid eggs first. The dinosaurs evolved into the birds (and hence the chicken) we know today.

I know stuff me.

Regards wa

I agree in your disagreeance - whatever laid the first egg which a chicken came out of wouldn't have been a chicken.
If Kamikaze is talking about the first book of the bible then the chicken was 'created' by 'God' which I find hard to believe since the theory of evolution was invented by Charles Darwin who according to Wikipedia was born in 1809 - at least 1809 years since the events in the old testament. Ox and --- (donkey) maybe, but I don't recall the bible ever mentioning the chicken.

 

[barleski]

you can get both chickens and eggs at the supermarket and according to my local farmer free range potatatoes

 

[telectrix]

all them potatoes running round enjoying themselves.

 

[telectrix]

if you laid all the electricians in the world end to end, they'd still moan about the JIB and NICEIC

 

[Kamikaze]

What baffles me more than the chicken & egg conundrum is the birds and bees. I mean, there is this enormous size difference. What's going on there then?

 

[barleski]

birds and bees is a different kettle of fish. You'll have to ask your mam or dad about that lot not a spark

 

[Kamikaze]

Bob's your uncle
The meaning of "Bob's your uncle" was derived back in 1887. The then PM, Robert Cecil appointed Arthur Balfour to the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland. However, Balfour was better known to Cecil as uncle Bob. This enraged the British public who regarded it as a blatant act of nepotism. The term Bob's your uncle, then became a sarcastic phrase used where the outcome of events looked to be preordained by favoritism. As people forgot the scandal the phrases persisted eventually coming to its usage today.

 

[oxocube]

Edward Woodword, if you remove the d's and r's his name becomes Ewa Woowo.

 

[RexT]

Hi guys,

How about 'The harder politician work to save us money, the more it costs?'

Best wishes

Rex