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I've just learnt that young girls will no longer get cheaper car insurance than young boys, even though statistics prove that young boys are more likely to be involved in a major accident than young girls.
Completely ridiculous.
Stop all young chaps (<24) driving at night and you could halve road deaths.
But take all young ladies off instead and it would barely make a difference.
For once, the term political correctness gone mad actually has a meaning.
ExiledStirling
01-03-2011, 06:05 PM
Completely ridiculous.
Stop all young chaps (<24) driving at night and you could halve road deaths.
But take all young ladies off instead and it would barely make a difference.
For once, the term political correctness gone mad actually has a meaning.
All of this except I would state for anyone under 24 no driving at night until they had held a full licence for a year.
Barbara4003
01-03-2011, 06:10 PM
It's ridicerous (said in my best Tigger voice).
ExiledStirling
01-03-2011, 06:12 PM
It's ridicerous (said in my best Tigger voice).
Bounce
ExiledStirling
01-03-2011, 06:15 PM
She reminds me of my first real love, look wise.:love:
And you had a go at me for fancying Davina McCall in a drunken moment.
The Iceland bint does not even pass the 8 pint test.
saxoneagle
01-03-2011, 06:16 PM
I've learnt that my wife and I will be spending the next month apart :p
After she puked all over her bed last night and I cleaned her and it up and then she puked all over my bed while I was re-making hers this might be a good opportunity for me :D
leicester1
01-03-2011, 09:03 PM
I learnt today,we finally have no Sky tv anymore......
Biggineagle
01-03-2011, 09:05 PM
I've learnt that my wife and I will be spending the next month apart :p
After she puked all over her bed last night and I cleaned her and it up and then she puked all over my bed while I was re-making hers this might be a good opportunity for me :DPerhaps dont take your makeup off at night before you go to bed??;)
Ant.Palace
01-03-2011, 10:11 PM
I learnt today,we finally have no Sky tv anymore......
What's up with it?
Sp1Eagle
01-03-2011, 10:30 PM
I've just learnt that young girls will no longer get cheaper car insurance than young boys, even though statistics prove that young boys are more likely to be involved in a major accident than young girls.
Doesn't seem fair to me. Glad I'm not young anymore.
:rolleyes:
Not ALL boys crash. TBH women are bad drivers. Don't know why but they are.
:rolleyes:
leicester1
01-03-2011, 10:45 PM
Ant......can't afford to keep it....
mrgins
01-03-2011, 10:54 PM
I learned exactly what they did to my knee on video today
Ant.Palace
02-03-2011, 07:51 AM
Ant......can't afford to keep it....
Oh, i thought it had broke. Sorry.:)
Ant.Palace
02-03-2011, 07:56 AM
1f8e
I learned exactly what they did to my knee on video today
I've learnt even MrG has learnt ways of stringing things out further than thought previously possible.:hi:
Eye-dee
02-03-2011, 10:51 AM
That waiting in for an important parcel is very boring :(
mrgins
02-03-2011, 01:55 PM
Did you watch the video?
Mr Statto
02-03-2011, 04:28 PM
that Ireland have a batsman who has scored the fastest World Cup century, while achieving the highest run chase in World Cup history!
Eye-dee
02-03-2011, 04:57 PM
Did you watch the video?
Who, me?
mrgins
02-03-2011, 05:29 PM
Who, me?
Who the **** are you?:D
I meant Ant
Big-Griff
02-03-2011, 06:18 PM
Ive learnt that the wife cooks a wicked stew..............good work missis.......:p
Biggineagle
02-03-2011, 06:44 PM
The Space Station travels at 17000 mph. Saw it about six tonight , now over New Zealand way. Didnt look to be going that fast:D
Gilbo
02-03-2011, 06:59 PM
Eating a frankly offensive amount of leftover Papa John's gives you a stomache ache :sob:
Ant.Palace
03-03-2011, 07:02 AM
Who the **** are you?:D
I meant Ant
No.
I'm waiting 'til i'm really, really, really bored.:hi:
sexyrazor
03-03-2011, 11:55 AM
Levi Roots' real name is Keith Graham!
Ant.Palace
03-03-2011, 11:58 AM
Levi Roots' real name is Keith Graham!
That's a bit dissapointing!
sexyrazor
03-03-2011, 12:09 PM
That's a bit dissapointing!
I know - his middle name is Valentine though.
Plus he won a MOBO award before him and his sauce became famous!
eagleight
03-03-2011, 12:26 PM
I learnt today that there really is money in the Batchelors super noodles packets, my boss won a tenner today. Begs another question why does money always go to those with money? I could have bought a thousand packs and not won!
Biggineagle
07-03-2011, 09:17 PM
That I saw a largish green meteor tonight, bout 10.10 pm in a NE direction. I didnt know they existed. Couldve been space rubbish I suppose. Oh well!!
Doris.x
10-03-2011, 10:29 AM
That I am the official designated tea-maker at work because no-one else has been risk-assessed :eek:
When was my risk assessment then?.... :rolleyes:
Eye-dee
10-03-2011, 10:36 AM
That I am the official designated tea-maker at work because no-one else has been risk-assessed :eek:
When was my risk assessment then?.... :rolleyes:
Please tell me you are joking.
Doris.x
10-03-2011, 10:43 AM
Please tell me you are joking.
I wish I could......:(
They were deadly serious!! :grrr:
FORZA SELHURST
10-03-2011, 10:45 AM
They're pulling your leg Doris.
nathe
10-03-2011, 10:47 AM
They're pulling your leg Doris.
Sounds dangerous. Have they done risk assesment?
Doris.x
10-03-2011, 10:52 AM
They're pulling your leg Doris.
Apparently not......
Biggineagle
10-03-2011, 10:52 AM
Think of it as promotion Doris, and it gets you out of other work. Take your time over your creation.:D
Doris.x
10-03-2011, 10:54 AM
Think of it as promotion Doris, and it gets you out of other work. Take your time over your creation.:D
I'd be forever in the kitchen then and get no work done
I have a cuppa about every 20 mins! :D :D
(I'm a tea alcoholic!)
Ant.Palace
10-03-2011, 11:06 AM
Poor Doris. :(
Eye-dee
10-03-2011, 11:21 AM
I'd be forever in the kitchen then and get no work done
I have a cuppa about every 20 mins! :D :D
(I'm a tea alcoholic!)
I hope you mean a teaholic :(
Palestinian
10-03-2011, 11:46 AM
That I am the official designated tea-maker at work because no-one else has been risk-assessed :eek:
I’ve learned today that some on the BBS work in a gap in the space – time continuum which means that they daily travel back to the 1970s for work.
Don’t do it Doris; and go and buy yourself a large flask to feed your addiction while watching your colleagues slowly dehydrate.
Jules
10-03-2011, 11:54 AM
I hope you mean a teaholic :(
I remember reading a job application where the guy described himself as a work alcoholic.
Doris.x
10-03-2011, 03:59 PM
I hope you mean a teaholic :(
Sorry Eye-dee, that IS what I meant :clown:
1f7b
Doris.x
10-03-2011, 04:00 PM
I’ve learned today that some on the BBS work in a gap in the space – time continuum which means that they daily travel back to the 1970s for work.
Don’t do it Doris; and go and buy yourself a large flask to feed your addiction while watching your colleagues slowly dehydrate.
I would but I don't think they make flasks as big as I'd need! :D
kabbott
10-03-2011, 04:34 PM
I hope you mean a teaholic :(
Tea-totaller? :D
m355y
10-03-2011, 06:35 PM
This is going to sound utterly stupid but hey. I've learnt how tall I am. It was just a kind of throwaway after work 'let's measure our height' thing when we found a tape-measure under a desk but it's totally floored me.
I'm short. My parents said I was short - I'm the runt of the litter. Everyone in my family's taller than I am, I never bothered to find out exactly how tall I was. I'd guessed, for years and years, about 5ft 7. Then I realised that for some reason a lot of people at work who looked quite tall were a bit shorter than me, and I'm about 5ft 9. There was this guy at work who said he was 6ft 2 and I thought he was having an absolute laugh because I'm probably about 5ft 10 and he's barely any taller than me. Maybe I'm 5ft 11 at a stretch.
Nah, the tape measure says I'm 6ft 1 and a half. So there we go.
Seriously, what the f*ck? How can I have lived my life for this many years convinced that I was was 6 inches shorter than I actually am? I have eyes, I must have realised I couldn't possibly be that size? It's actually quite scared me. I must be truly, truly dumb.
Mr Statto
10-03-2011, 07:10 PM
This is going to sound utterly stupid but hey. I've learnt how tall I am. It was just a kind of throwaway after work 'let's measure our height' thing when we found a tape-measure under a desk but it's totally floored me.
I'm short. My parents said I was short - I'm the runt of the litter. Everyone in my family's taller than I am, I never bothered to find out exactly how tall I was. I'd guessed, for years and years, about 5ft 7. Then I realised that for some reason a lot of people at work who looked quite tall were a bit shorter than me, and I'm about 5ft 9. There was this guy at work who said he was 6ft 2 and I thought he was having an absolute laugh because I'm probably about 5ft 10 and he's barely any taller than me. Maybe I'm 5ft 11 at a stretch.
Nah, the tape measure says I'm 6ft 1 and a half. So there we go.
Seriously, what the f*ck? How can I have lived my life for this many years convinced that I was was 6 inches shorter than I actually am? I have eyes, I must have realised I couldn't possibly be that size? It's actually quite scared me. I must be truly, truly dumb.
Have you never been swimming in a 6' deep pool and realised you could touch the bottom (on tiptoe) & still have your head above water?
Biggineagle
10-03-2011, 08:37 PM
I’ve learned today that some on the BBS work in a gap in the space – time continuum which means that they daily travel back to the 1970s for work.
Don’t do it Doris; and go and buy yourself a large flask to feed your addiction while watching your colleagues slowly dehydrate.
That will be me then lol
Maidstoned Eagle
11-03-2011, 06:07 AM
The Rastamouse is great fun, especially when a 3 year old and a 6 year old start confusing their mum by speaking in a very broad Patois. :)
CPFC_DAVE77
11-03-2011, 09:54 AM
I'm learning Russian, I have learnt quite a few words. I have no idea why I am learning this language other than I felt like it and I must be a bit wierd.
Eye-dee
11-03-2011, 10:01 AM
I'm learning Russian, I have learnt quite a few words. I have no idea why I am learning this language other than I felt like it and I must be a bit wierd.
Are you going to be a spy?
CPFC_DAVE77
11-03-2011, 10:02 AM
Are you going to be a spy?
Nyet.
GodstoneEagle
11-03-2011, 03:41 PM
Today would be the 709th wedding anniversary of Romeo and Juliet.
Palestinian
11-03-2011, 03:57 PM
Are you going to be a spy?
Nyet.
Is that short for not yet?
GodstoneEagle
11-03-2011, 04:55 PM
Is that short for not yet?
No, it's short for
Now
You're
Espionage
Target
because eye-dee just revealed his identity. Watch out for the red laser dot shining through the window, or the eastern european man with the pointy umbrella...
Palestinian
11-03-2011, 05:36 PM
No, it's short for
Now
You're
Espionage
Target
because eye-dee just revealed his identity. Watch out for the red laser dot shining through the window, or the eastern european man with the pointy umbrella...
I have now learnt that I am likely to be a target of both the Taiiban and now 003.5 Eye-Dee. This could be my last post as a resu......
mexicaneagle
11-03-2011, 05:37 PM
A giraffe could take off a lion's head with one kick.
Barbara4003
11-03-2011, 05:37 PM
I think a Chinook just flew over my house :eek:
It might have been just a normal helicopter, but it sounded more like a Chinook.
I think a Chinook just flew over my house :eek:
A warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies?
:confused:
Barbara4003
11-03-2011, 05:42 PM
A warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies?
:confused:
Oh. No that's not what I meant.
I meant one of those funny helicopters with two lots of blade things. Chinuck? Chinock? Chinup? :D
1f7c
FORZA SELHURST
11-03-2011, 05:46 PM
I think a Chinook just flew over my house :eek:
It might have been just a normal helicopter, but it sounded more like a Chinook.
They often fly over me quite low, I've no idea why.
Barbara4003
11-03-2011, 05:47 PM
They often fly over me quite low, I've no idea why.
Do you live near the sea?
FORZA SELHURST
11-03-2011, 05:49 PM
Do you live near the sea?
Compared to you probably. Come to think of it there is an army place not that far from me and they do go in that general direction. Can't imagine what they are up to though.
They often fly over me quite low, I've no idea why. Are you very tall?
FORZA SELHURST
11-03-2011, 05:52 PM
Are you very tall?
Not especially. :) I was going to say you really know about it when they fly over you and you're in no doubt about it being a chinook. Tend to be going quite fast as well but that may be a perception thing as they're so low.
I mention them going so low as there was a genuine nuisance value to it at one point.
Maybe you bear a strong resemblance to a tank?
FORZA SELHURST
11-03-2011, 05:55 PM
I need me one of those RPG things I thinks.
Barbara4003
11-03-2011, 05:59 PM
I've never noticed them over sleepy Sanderstead before. The Quakers are obviously rebelling and causing a kerfuffel ;)
FORZA SELHURST
11-03-2011, 06:00 PM
Perhaps they're not getting their oats.
Barbara4003
11-03-2011, 06:04 PM
Perhaps they're not getting their oats.
:D :lux:
Doubt they've heard that one before ;)
Mr Statto
11-03-2011, 08:02 PM
I've never noticed them over sleepy Sanderstead before. The Quakers are obviously rebelling and causing a kerfuffel ;)
I can remember seeing them over Coulsdon occasionally in my youth.
mrgins
11-03-2011, 09:23 PM
I think a Chinook just flew over my house :eek:
It might have been just a normal helicopter, but it sounded more like a Chinook.
Did it go wocka wocka wocka?
Barbara4003
11-03-2011, 09:26 PM
Did it go wocka wocka wocka?
Sort of.
More a sort of chugga chugga chugga, I'd have said.
mrgins
11-03-2011, 09:34 PM
kind of like chuggawokka?
Barbara4003
12-03-2011, 12:02 PM
Today I've learnt that I'm not totally au fait with referencing :(
It's beyond my powers of capability :(
Ant.Palace
12-03-2011, 12:17 PM
Sort of.
More a sort of chugga chugga chugga, I'd have said.
Must have been the Flying Scotsman then.
Barbara4003
12-03-2011, 12:18 PM
Must have been the Flying Scotsman then.
It was definitely a chinook thingy. One of my neighbours confirmed it to me this morning :)
Ant.Palace
12-03-2011, 12:22 PM
It was definitely a chinook thingy. One of my neighbours confirmed it to me this morning :)
A saw a display by a Chinook at Redhill airfair. It's amazing what they can do, definately the highlight of the show.
Nork1
18-03-2011, 01:23 PM
Today I learned that it's Red Nose Day EVERY day at Charlton.
little al
19-03-2011, 05:31 AM
This week, I have learned that I would make a pretty good nurse.
Eye-dee
19-03-2011, 09:10 AM
This week, I have learned that I would make a pretty good nurse.
Don't know about pretty, mate :D
Eye-dee
19-03-2011, 10:12 AM
There will be at least two Ivans in The White Horse tonight when I take my mate, Ivan from Belgium, to The Palace Experience :D
mrgins
19-03-2011, 01:14 PM
This week, I have learned that I would make a pretty good nurse.
Just had a godawful mental image of you in a nurses out fit!:eek:
Biggineagle
21-03-2011, 10:04 AM
Why the whole place is covered in ash.
"FIREFIGHTERS are still at the scene of a barn fire in West Wickham which saw 70 tonnes of hay alight overnight.
The blaze at Wickham Court Farm, Layhams Road, started burning at around 2am and it is understood that at its height there were 12 fire engines at the scene."
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/8921769.UPDATE___Firefighters_at_barn_blaze_in_Wes t_Wickham/
leicester1
21-03-2011, 05:31 PM
That after a long cold winter,it feels good to leave the old coat at home and go to work at 6am in my jumper....Spring is in the Air.:p
Ant.Palace
22-03-2011, 01:33 PM
Between 1941 and 1944 the Americans produced thirty one and a half million jerry cans for the war effort.
2032
nathe
22-03-2011, 01:51 PM
I've been learning all about Transient Global Amnesia
Ant.Palace
22-03-2011, 02:04 PM
I've been learning all about Transient Global Amnesia
I did that the other day.
nathe
22-03-2011, 02:11 PM
It's rather fascinating. One minute you're normal the next minute you lose your short term memory for 8 hours
Ant.Palace
22-03-2011, 02:23 PM
It's rather fascinating. One minute you're normal the next minute you lose your short term memory for 8 hours
Fascinating and worrying at the same time.
nathe
22-03-2011, 02:24 PM
Fascinating and worrying at the same time.
Very scary at the time. But i do find it interesting. It was only his short term memory affected. His long term memory was fine.
Ant.Palace
22-03-2011, 02:26 PM
Very scary at the time. But i do find it interesting. It was only his short term memory affected. His long term memory was fine.
Is your dad all ok now?
nathe
22-03-2011, 02:29 PM
Seems to be completely normal. And the MRI was all clear.
Ant.Palace
22-03-2011, 02:32 PM
Seems to be completely normal. And the MRI was all clear.
Glad to hear it. :)
So is the only downside that he won't remember about 8 hours of his life?
nathe
22-03-2011, 02:42 PM
Yep. He will never remember that 8 hours and there is a small possibility that it may happen again.
mrgins
24-03-2011, 10:36 PM
that if you pick your nose while typing, your fingers stick to the keyboard!:eek:
Ant.Palace
24-03-2011, 10:44 PM
that if you pick your nose while typing, your fingers stick to the keyboard!:eek:
:D :lux:
P.S. that's disgusting!
Chester
24-03-2011, 10:49 PM
Having forgot it was my mums birthday it took interflora less than 50 mins for them to deliver a bunch of flowers to her from when i placed the order on line. As i was on the phone to her for the duration and when the person turned up with them she was none the wiser. Genius :lux:
Ant.Palace
24-03-2011, 10:54 PM
Having forgot it was my mums birthday it took interflora less than 50 mins for them to deliver a bunch of flowers to her from when i placed the order on line. As i was on the phone to her for the duration and when the person turned up with them she was none the wiser. Genius :lux:
:lux:
Interflora have saved me before too. :p
Eye-dee
25-03-2011, 07:56 AM
That hot Hot Cross Buns are lovely, especially when they are free from your mate at the bakers :D
Ant.Palace
25-03-2011, 08:01 AM
That hot Hot Cross Buns are lovely, especially when they are free from your mate at the bakers :D
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm fresh hot cross buns.............
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3856/imagescaebpp2z.jpg
nathe
25-03-2011, 08:04 AM
That hot Hot Cross Buns are lovely, especially when they are free from your mate at the bakers :D
You have also learnt that Jude Law is a man
Eye-dee
25-03-2011, 08:07 AM
You have also learnt that Jude Law is a man
Learning about the hot cross bun was nicer :)
Ant.Palace
25-03-2011, 08:14 AM
You have also learnt that Jude Law is a man
Where's the bloody Rachel Weis photos??
nathe
25-03-2011, 08:16 AM
Where's the bloody Rachel Weis photos??
Having trouble putting them up. But someone else has put up a picture on the 'who was the last famous person you saw' thread
Eye-dee
25-03-2011, 08:31 AM
Having trouble putting them up. But someone else has put up a picture on the 'who was the last famous person you saw' thread
Email it to yourself if you are having dongle trouble.
Away Day Eagle
25-03-2011, 08:36 AM
That hot Hot Cross Buns are lovely, especially when they are free from your mate at the bakers :D
From the Village Bakers I assume ?
:love:
Ant.Palace
25-03-2011, 08:42 AM
Having trouble putting them up. But someone else has put up a picture on the 'who was the last famous person you saw' thread
Yeah, great back shot. :(
Barbara4003
25-03-2011, 09:13 AM
Yesterday I learnt that the title 'Propaganda Minister' in German is 'Propaganda Minister'.
Pesky Germans just want to be English really.
Ant.Palace
25-03-2011, 09:16 AM
Yesterday I learnt that the title 'Propaganda Minister' in German is 'Propaganda Minister'.
Pesky Germans just want to be English really.
Wasn't that role invented by the nazis?
Barbara4003
25-03-2011, 09:21 AM
Wasn't that role invented by the nazis?
Could well have been. I was watching Hitler's Henchmen and it was about Goebbels, who was the Propaganda Minister before the war (and possibly during the war).
1fc2
FORZA SELHURST
25-03-2011, 09:21 AM
Yesterday I learnt that the title 'Propaganda Minister' in German is 'Propaganda Minister'.
Pesky Germans just want to be English really.
http://www.lazypalace.com/img01/iconic-photos05.jpg
Barbara4003
25-03-2011, 09:36 AM
Is that Wallis Simpson?
Ant.Palace
25-03-2011, 09:42 AM
Is that Wallis Simpson?
Mrs Simpson to you.
Doris.x
25-03-2011, 10:47 AM
I've learnt that I've still got fish in my pond :p
Doris.x
25-03-2011, 10:49 AM
I've also learnt to be careful when filling the sugar bowl and not to pour it in the milk jug :rolleyes:
Barbara4003
25-03-2011, 11:19 AM
I've also learnt to be careful when filling the sugar bowl and not to pour it in the milk jug :rolleyes:
Some H&S Assessed official tea-maker you are
;)
Eye-dee
25-03-2011, 01:37 PM
From the Village Bakers I assume ?
:love:
Indeed. Best bakers in town :)
Eye-dee
25-03-2011, 01:40 PM
http://www.lazypalace.com/img01/iconic-photos05.jpg
Talking of Hitler, found out that just before he topped himself he was a wreck and looked terrible. He looked like he had lost his teeth and he kept his arm behing his back so people didn't see it was shaking so much. Never seen that piece of film before.
Doris.x
25-03-2011, 06:12 PM
Some H&S Assessed official tea-maker you are
;)
:D
Biggineagle
29-03-2011, 04:47 PM
About 15 mins ago my upper eyelid felt a bit wierd, touched it with my finger and I felt a lump, now threequarters of eyelid is purple and aches.
How Strange .
Ant.Palace
29-03-2011, 04:48 PM
About 15 mins ago my upper eyelid felt a bit wierd, touched it with my finger and I felt a lump, now threequarters of eyelid is purple and aches.
How Strange .
Did your mum slap you this morning?
Biggineagle
29-03-2011, 05:02 PM
Did your mum slap you this morning? Yeah, the usual row over me scooter.:p
Thanks for the sympathy I could be dying here.
Mr Statto
29-03-2011, 05:06 PM
That I share my birthday with Edward IV
m355y
29-03-2011, 05:35 PM
1. The number one on the day I was born is horrendous.
2. I hate having a cough/cold
3. Other people hate it even more when I accidentally cough in their face and project mucus onto the end of their nose. for some reason.
4. My car needs its tire pressures sorting because it's turning into a hovercraft.
5. Seeing a colleague fart and then his face when he realised he'd followed through is going to be one of the most outstandingly insanely superb moments of my life I'm going to treasure forever. His cowboy walk as he shuffled to the toilet the icing on the cake.
6. Volunteering yourself for something because you feel sorry for having to delegate the dirty jobs all the time isn't usually a good idea.
7. I can sound vaguely intelligent in the right mood.
8. And incomprehensibly mumblingly shite in the wrong mood.
9. Horses can sleep lying down after all, I always thought they couldn't lie down because they couldn't get back up.
10. Sarah's continuing to improve, thank god.
Eye-dee
29-03-2011, 09:38 PM
About 15 mins ago my upper eyelid felt a bit wierd, touched it with my finger and I felt a lump, now threequarters of eyelid is purple and aches.
How Strange .
That is odd :(
FORZA SELHURST
29-03-2011, 09:41 PM
That is odd :(
He's got leprosy.
Barbara4003
29-03-2011, 09:50 PM
I just learnt that all gondolas in Venice have to be black.
I never really noticed that last time I went.
Happy Dayz
29-03-2011, 09:56 PM
I have learnt today that Charlton are in the bottom half of their league and are not safe from the drop to the 4th Division!
Eye-dee
30-03-2011, 06:56 AM
I have learnt today that Charlton are in the bottom half of their league and are not safe from the drop to the 4th Division!
A Charlton bloke at work insists they can't go down. I find that amazing after their recent run :confused:
Pistol Knight
30-03-2011, 09:58 AM
I learnt that "The Metro" is a 2 bob rag (already knew it, but it has been confirmed)
ExiledStirling
31-03-2011, 08:32 PM
I just learnt that all gondolas in Venice have to be black.
I never really noticed that last time I went.
Positive discrimination gawn mad.
I learnt today I have two fantastic neighbours.
Having lost my house keys and about to call a locksmith my two neighbours then proceeded to spend over two and half hours , and while darkness began to fall , before finally opening the door and in the process replacing the lock and refusing to take any money for their at times frustrated efforts (or the new lock), while one ensured I had cigarettes as I had run out and also gave me a couple of beers while they laboured away. It was the first time I had met one of the neighbours as well.
Sometimes you are reminded how most people are wonderful at heart.
Pistol Knight
31-03-2011, 08:41 PM
1f51
They have copies of you new key and they have seen whats in your house
Sleep well :)
ExiledStirling
31-03-2011, 08:54 PM
They have copies of you new key and they have seen whats in your house
Sleep well :)
Oh shit :(
leicester1
31-03-2011, 08:59 PM
Pretty interesting for me if it is true......i recieved a short semi-autobiography and history of the Leicestershire railways from a relative of mine.
Near the end of the book it mentions a member of my family marrying into the famous Stephenson family who built up the railways and the famous train engine Rocket.
The member of my family who entered the Stephensons orbit helped with putting up the High-Level bridge in Newcastle,next generation a son of our family name was given the same name to celebrate marrying into the Stephensons and he became a bridge inspector.......at the end of the paragraph is mention of another present member of our family who was given the exact same name as the relative in the middle 1800's..........me.:eek:
Pistol Knight
31-03-2011, 09:02 PM
Well you are full of hot steam :)
leicester1
31-03-2011, 09:04 PM
Full of something...... after Fish,Chips n Beans.:p
ExiledStirling
31-03-2011, 09:11 PM
Well you are full of hot steam :)
Well luckily the neighbours see me as a top bloke. How little do they know :) (other than breaking into houses :D )
FORZA SELHURST
03-04-2011, 09:01 PM
http://www.freewebs.com/poirot/Captain%20Hastings.BMP
According to wikipedia Hugh Fraser (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Fraser_%28actor%29) - who was 'Captain Hastings' in 'Poirot', I say - was in a folk band that did the original music for Rainbow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_%28TV_series%29). They were supplanted by Rod, Jane and Freddy (sexcases I say) but the original theme remained.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SXkIEcahm3o/ShpzsErjv1I/AAAAAAAAATQ/KeopIgLE2yg/s320/georgezippybungle.jpg
mickiet09
04-04-2011, 10:06 AM
Herring gulls have pink legs, but Lesser Black Backed gulls have yellow legs.
Goldberg Basher
04-04-2011, 01:07 PM
I need more sleep
FORZA SELHURST
08-04-2011, 04:32 PM
Lewis Collins (Bodie out of the professionals) is a scouser.
Barbara4003
08-04-2011, 04:35 PM
Lewis Collins (Bodie out of the professionals) is a scouser.
I was going to name my daughter Lewis after him, had she been a boy :)
FORZA SELHURST
08-04-2011, 04:36 PM
If she had been a boy she wouldn't have been your daughter. :)
Barbara4003
08-04-2011, 04:59 PM
If she had been a boy she wouldn't have been your daughter. :)
:D
little al
09-04-2011, 08:19 AM
I have just learnt that Antartica is the largest desert in the world. Apparently it is classified as a desert due to very low precipitation rates.
The Sahara is the world largest hot desert, similar in size to Europe.
ExiledStirling
11-04-2011, 03:33 PM
I have learnt today never to buy another HP printer.
It took ages to install the software when I got it and has taken even longer to uninstall (over 15 minutes ).
All it is a printers ffs
Big-Griff
11-04-2011, 03:56 PM
I have learnt that its nearly home time...:lux:
mrgins
11-04-2011, 10:27 PM
I have learned nothing:(
Princess
13-04-2011, 01:20 AM
I have learnt that patience is a virtue.
CT_Palace
13-04-2011, 02:18 AM
Get stuck in traffic did you?
Princess
13-04-2011, 06:44 AM
Not so much traffic just roadworks. Sections of the M1 and M25 were closed :grrr:
Doris.x
13-04-2011, 07:24 PM
I have learnt today that Jersey has a population of 92,000 yet has 101,000 cars!
FORZA SELHURST
13-04-2011, 08:12 PM
They have a lot of 'guest workers'.
Ant.Palace
13-04-2011, 08:26 PM
I have learnt ice cream was invented in China, not Italy like i thought.
mrgins
13-04-2011, 11:11 PM
once again, I have learned nothing :(
Doris.x
13-04-2011, 11:25 PM
I have learnt that mrgins doesn't get out and about much :D
Ant.Palace
14-04-2011, 07:12 AM
I have learnt that mrgins doesn't get out and about much :D
That's because he's always on here.
mrgins
14-04-2011, 11:07 PM
once again, nada:(
Princess
14-04-2011, 11:09 PM
I've learnt that you can get the elephant out of the room.
1f80
Big-Griff
15-04-2011, 11:10 AM
Today I have learnt there is more to this than meets the eye!!!
Nork1
15-04-2011, 04:20 PM
Today I learned that falling over drunk aged 44 hurts 2 days later.
mrgins
15-04-2011, 06:43 PM
I learned something!:lux:................
Rats, I forgot wot I learned
Ant.Palace
15-04-2011, 06:58 PM
I learned something!:lux:................
Rats, I forgot wot I learned
You've learnt you have a shit memory.:hi:
Princess
15-04-2011, 10:52 PM
Leopards can't change their spots.
mrgins
15-04-2011, 11:47 PM
You've learnt you have a shit memory.:hi:
I do?
No, thats what YOU learned!
Eye-dee
17-04-2011, 10:50 AM
That Palace are big in Fells Point, Baltimore, as a text from my mate shows :)
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x8/IvanDunne/IMAG11782.jpg
apple_rain
17-04-2011, 12:58 PM
I've learnt that you can get the elephant out of the room.
I've learnt to understand Princess.
mrgins
17-04-2011, 06:23 PM
I've learned that Ali is a genius!:D
Princess
17-04-2011, 06:25 PM
I learnt a long time ago that ginnybaby is a smart ass!!
ExiledStirling
03-05-2011, 07:20 PM
That my posts kill threads..currently in GCC I am the last to post in 5 current active threads that were busy until I posted :(
:D
FORZA SELHURST
03-05-2011, 07:23 PM
I'll assist you in not killing this one. :)
ExiledStirling
03-05-2011, 07:25 PM
I'll assist you in not killing this one. :)
Good. How do we work together to get it moved back to GCC.
It is so wrong it is in CCG.
FORZA SELHURST
03-05-2011, 07:27 PM
Ant started a new one in GCC but it got merged with this one so chance are they don't want it in there.
ExiledStirling
03-05-2011, 07:29 PM
Ant started a new one in GCC but it got merged with this one so chance are they don't want it in there.
I gathered that ... but why?
How do you start a revolution as I have no idea.
FORZA SELHURST
03-05-2011, 07:34 PM
I seem to be increasingly being drawn in to CCG these days. :(
At least you don't have to talk about yourself in the third person on this thread.
ExiledStirling
03-05-2011, 07:42 PM
I seem to be increasingly being drawn in to CCG these days. :(
At least you don't have to talk about yourself in the third person on this thread.
I am sure they do not agree. ExiledStirling certainly has doubts.
Big-Griff
07-05-2011, 10:19 PM
i learnt that the FA have no balls
ExiledStirling
08-05-2011, 08:04 PM
I learnt (a couple of days ago tbf) that Ian Dowie is still an ugly ******;
Text I received from Hearts supporting BBSer JamboEagle the other night;
'Alrite ma man. Had ex Palace manager Ian Dowie at the side of my pitch last night. One ugly boy'
:D
Big-Griff
23-05-2011, 04:13 PM
home made curry keeps ya regular!!
ExiledStirling
23-05-2011, 05:51 PM
The weather up here is shit at the mo, loads of trees already down, so blocked roads and it is apparently going to get worse.
My god if this weather had arrived on saturday I would have packed my bags ready for my trip to Heaven.
Instead I am left wondering whether the roads will be open tommorrow so I can get into work.
CT_Palace
23-05-2011, 05:58 PM
I learnt what the weather was like in Stirling today, but I'm not sure what Exiled learnt.
ExiledStirling
23-05-2011, 06:03 PM
I learnt what the weather was like in Stirling today, but I'm not sure what Exiled learnt.
:D
Mr Statto
03-06-2011, 07:23 PM
Today I learnt that the Things you have learnt today thread had been moved to CCG. I also learnt that when a thread moves then you are no longer subscribed to it!
ExiledStirling
03-06-2011, 07:28 PM
I learnt today that the "Did you know?" thread in GCC is a direct rip off of this thread.
Shame on you mrgins :)
mrgins
04-06-2011, 12:16 AM
I learnt that ExiledStirling is upset :sob:
Hedgehog
04-06-2011, 12:18 AM
1f6f
I learnt that learnt is not in the American dictionary (it's learned here)
ExiledStirling
04-06-2011, 08:00 AM
I learnt that ExiledStirling is upset :sob:
I learned today that mrgins sheds crocodile tears :(
Ant.Palace
04-06-2011, 09:10 AM
I learned today that mrgins sheds crocodile tears :(
What do you expect from someone who licks people.
FORZA SELHURST
04-06-2011, 09:12 AM
I'm not a fan of this moving things to CCG caper.
Ant.Palace
04-06-2011, 09:15 AM
I'm not a fan of this moving things to CCG caper.
It's bollocks isn't it.
mrgins
04-06-2011, 09:55 PM
It's ok, my DID YOU KNOW? thread is a much better replacement
ExiledStirling
04-06-2011, 09:57 PM
It's ok, my DID YOU KNOW? thread is a much better replacement
DID YOU KNOW it isn't? :)
mrgins
05-06-2011, 12:36 AM
No, I didn't, but I did learn that when I try to write English words, I get cut down for not using American:sob:
Big-Griff
13-06-2011, 11:23 PM
Ive learnt that Night shifts are verry long!
ExiledStirling
20-06-2011, 02:58 PM
That Muslims up here when unsure which way is East can use the direction a satellite dish points at prayer time so that are facing Mecca.
Rupert Murdoch , Allah love him.
Mr Statto
20-06-2011, 06:43 PM
That Muslims up here when unsure which way is East can use the direction a satellite dish points at prayer time so that are facing Mecca.
Rupert Murdoch , Allah love him.
Don't satellite dishes generally point south (towards the equator)? That said, you can obviously still work out what's the right direction
CT_Palace
20-06-2011, 06:45 PM
Don't satellite dishes generally point south (towards the equator)? That said, you can obviously still work out what's the right direction
Not in the southern hemisphere they dont.
ExiledStirling
20-06-2011, 07:05 PM
Don't satellite dishes generally point south (towards the equator)? That said, you can obviously still work out what's the right direction
The muslim woman in my local shop told me this when I ventured the question ''how do you know what direction to pray when you are about and about and have no compass' . She told me then about the direction of the satellite dish. I thought she meant the actual direction it was pointing in, but maybe I misunderstood.
The other thing I learnt was that not only do they read from right to left, which I already knew, but they read the book from what we would call the back. She explained it was because they use the right hand for all good things..she then went quiet so I added ... and the left is for more personal things..she smiled and seemed releived I had let her off the hook coming up with an explanation.
Mr Statto
20-06-2011, 08:01 PM
Not in the southern hemisphere they dont.
They still point towards the equator though - I believe (though I'm happy to be corrected if necessary) that all geostationary satellites are over the equator
CT_Palace
20-06-2011, 08:35 PM
They still point towards the equator though - I believe (though I'm happy to be corrected if necessary) that all geostationary satellites are over the equator
absolutely correct!
Big-Griff
27-06-2011, 07:45 PM
Ive learnt that an amazing amount of cobblers is discussed on the bbs!!
Ant.Palace
27-06-2011, 07:48 PM
Ive learnt that an amazing amount of cobblers is discussed on the bbs!!
You've only just learnt that!!? :eek:
FORZA SELHURST
27-06-2011, 07:52 PM
Where are these shoe-making threads you speak of?
Ant.Palace
27-06-2011, 08:05 PM
Where are these shoe-making threads you speak of?
It's somewhere between silly cycling and capers.
Big-Griff
27-06-2011, 09:52 PM
ive learnt that a drinks to wet without one
mrgins
28-06-2011, 12:16 AM
i have learned nuttink
CT_Palace
28-06-2011, 12:18 AM
Have a look at the page3 thread mate. there's a couple of did you knows there that you may not have see/heard before
Big-Griff
28-06-2011, 12:21 AM
There sure is!!
evvo111
09-07-2011, 05:13 PM
Found this site and was truly shocked:
http://www.gandhism.net/files/2gandhiposter.pdf
Princess
09-07-2011, 09:47 PM
I've learnt not to count out loud!
apple_rain
09-07-2011, 10:03 PM
I've learnt that the weeds in my garden grow too fast!
Big-Griff
09-07-2011, 10:11 PM
Ive learnt that somtimes its really not worth the bother
1f5f
mrgins
10-07-2011, 12:42 AM
Found this site and was truly shocked:
http://www.gandhism.net/files/2gandhiposter.pdf
I didn't know that:eek:
little al
10-07-2011, 09:13 AM
I have learnt that this thread is still alive.
Ant.Palace
10-07-2011, 09:15 AM
I have learnt that this thread is still alive.
Off the boil maybe, but still simmering.
little al
10-07-2011, 09:18 AM
It is still my 2nd most read/posted on thread. Googleperving wins.
Ant.Palace
10-07-2011, 09:29 AM
My 'Official Barbara' thread and 'Show off your pets' are my best efforts to date.
Mind you the 'Castles' thread may have legs yet.
Zohar Returns
15-07-2011, 02:57 PM
I have today learnt that if you do not have the Euro symbol on your keyboard then if you type control, alt, shift f4 it will replace the $ sign with a €!
evvo111
10-08-2011, 08:54 PM
According to popular belief a cat will always land on it's 4 feet and buttered toast will always end up hitting the floor buttered side down. So if a cat has some buttered toast tied to it's back (butter side down) and the cat jumps out the window it'll never hit the floor (according to QI- jokingly).
http://www.funnymos.com/cats-anti-gravity-device.html
Big-Griff
22-08-2011, 10:42 PM
Ive learnt that starting back on nights is a real pain in the arse!
Florence
09-09-2011, 09:44 PM
I've learnt that drinking two coffees in quick succession makes me bounce about.
Big-Griff
30-09-2011, 08:51 PM
Ive learnt the Gus Poyet has tied his future to a second rate team of crap!
Hedgehog
15-10-2011, 11:36 PM
Today I learned that it is "Smoke and mirrors" and not "smoking mirrors".
Never actually seen it written before - just assumed it was smoking mirrors for some reason. Does make more sense - but then I've never thought about it that hard TBH.
Big-Griff
16-10-2011, 12:39 AM
Ive learnt that doing your best and going the extra mile makes you all the more bitter when you get screwed over!
Hedgehog
16-10-2011, 12:46 AM
Ive learnt that doing your best and going the extra mile makes you all the more bitter when you get screwed over!
I sense a story behind that one!
CT_Palace
16-10-2011, 12:56 AM
I sense a story behind that one!
Agreed. Pray tell Griff.
Big-Griff
16-10-2011, 01:02 AM
Its a work thing gents..........................................ill get over it................or do the off, one or the other anyway!!!
CT_Palace
16-10-2011, 01:07 AM
Same crap as before?
Big-Griff
16-10-2011, 01:31 AM
Yep..............just gets to me the more I brood on it...............:grrr:
evvo111
16-10-2011, 06:16 PM
Things aren't what they used to be. http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-020.pdf
Big-Griff
16-10-2011, 06:17 PM
me and evv0111 have the same avitar
evvo111
16-10-2011, 06:18 PM
me and evv0111 have the same avitar
Blokes with class have the best avitar's :p
Big-Griff
16-10-2011, 06:19 PM
you know that...:p
Mr Statto
16-10-2011, 06:23 PM
Today I've learnt (through observation of Mrs Statto, not at first hand!) that cleaning an oven for the first time in 10 years is bloody hard work!
Big-Griff
16-10-2011, 06:24 PM
today i have learnt that Mr Statto is an observer of hard graft!!............:D
Mr Statto
16-10-2011, 06:42 PM
Well I did do a bit of scrubbing & scraping, but Mrs Statto did most of the hard work while I watched the Grand Prix, rugby & BTCC!
SJ'sLoveMonkey
16-10-2011, 06:44 PM
That Watford have the quietest fans I have seen for yonks!
Big-Griff
16-10-2011, 06:48 PM
that i understand nowt about nfl
evvo111
16-10-2011, 08:30 PM
Mr Hitler (and therefore the Nazi's) were anti-smoking,
"the wrath of the Red Man against the White Man, vengeance for having been given hard liquor."
http://constitutionalistnc.tripod.com/hitler-leftist/id1.html
Eye-dee
17-11-2011, 08:44 AM
That they are digging my road up again, having just re-opened it after six weeks and repaired all the holes :(
Mr Statto
17-11-2011, 10:42 AM
9e4
I learnt yesterday that I wasn't in between 9 & 11, even though I didn't leave the house until I picked Amy up from football at 4pm
curly c.p.f.c
26-11-2011, 11:54 PM
Murray is rubbish at penalties
tonkers
27-11-2011, 03:02 PM
Murray is rubbish at penalties
Was just thinking the same!!
little al
31-12-2011, 06:44 PM
That this thread has died :(
Princess
31-12-2011, 06:49 PM
I've learnt that biting your lip is painful so I'm glad I don't need to now!
mrgins
31-12-2011, 07:34 PM
that life's a bitch
mrgins
24-01-2012, 05:33 PM
...but that I'm a dragon slayer:lux:
Princess
25-01-2012, 03:45 PM
That losing a big game like last night gives me a huge capacity to sulk!
Nelson Muntz
25-01-2012, 03:47 PM
Chris Coleman is a ****.
CT_Palace
25-01-2012, 05:10 PM
Murray is rubbish at penalties
that you can add a few names to that (unfortunately :sob:)
ExiledStirling
29-03-2012, 09:46 PM
That this thread has died a slow and unnecessary death since it was moved to CCG
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