Facts you made up

[D.A.F.C]

Guy Fawkes invented HP sauce.

[GordonD]

The game 'Operation' was invented by the electric chair operator at Alcatraz after one particular 'Bring Your Daughter to Work Day'. The prototype used live mains current but he was persuaded to switch to batteries by his wife.

[MEADOWXI]

On 27/04/2017 at 23:09, wellinwigan said:

Captain Birdseye is made up completely of fish fingers

Captain Birdseye has not held this rank since 1999,

 

In that year he was promoted to Commodore Birdseye,

And in 2010 again promoted and is now Rear Admiral Birdseye.

Unfortunately in 1998 he ordered 1 Billion packaging boxes in error and cannot afford to change the name on the box till the old packing stock is used up,

this is expected to happen sometime in 2024.

[Hedgecutter]

The pronunciation of 'school' as skool rather than shool relates to a private school funded by Andrew Carnegie. In order to not embarrass the powerful Carnegie during his opening ceremony speech, who originally had poor literacy from his Scottish start in life, the high standing school officials publicly copied his 'skool' pronunciation. As the school became synonymous with excellence, the change quickly spread throughout the educational world.

[Gaz]

1 minute ago, Hedgecutter said:

The pronunciation of 'school' as skool rather than shool relates to a private school funded by Andrew Carnegie. In order to not embarrass the powerful Carnegie during his opening ceremony speech, who originally had poor literacy from his Scottish start in life, the high standing school officials publicly copied his 'skool' pronunciation. As the school became synonymous with excellence, the change quickly spread throughout the educational world.

This is a great one, because it's completely believable. Unlike most of the drivel on this thread.

[D.A.F.C]

This is similar to the first mayor of New York who had a stutter and they named it twice until Frank Sinatra exposed it due to his mafia connections which in turn drove Joe Bananas.

 

[Hedgecutter]

Dundee Utd's club colours and nickname were both inspired by an accident at one of the city's marmalade factories, with the Dundee Courier using the headline 'Tangerine Terror at Keillers' and a photo of workers wearing their stained orange shirts (although photo was b&w).

[Ya Bezzer!]

In the early days of aviation before master-craftsmen had perfected hand carving wooden propellers, young street children were often paid to hang on tightly to the engine drive and therefore provide the lift with their whirling bodies.  This is the origin of the still used phrase "going for a spin".

The practice was stopped in 1908 when flight pioneer Glenn Curtis flew his 'June Bug' biplane from Boston to Cincinnati and sent an young Irish immigrant with slippy fingers into a parabolic orbit.

[tamthebam]

In the early 1960s Tennants and McEwan's decided one and for all to test who made the best lager. They both sent samples to an independent analyst. The analyst said it would take a fortnight to test the samples. 

After a fortnight there was a joint press conference called. Representatives of Tennants and McEwan's waited anxiously for the result to be delivered. Finally the envelope containing the test results arrived. A neutral spokesperson carefully opened the envelope and read out the following statement:

"As an independent analyst I have carefully tested both samples you gave me and can conclusively say that....

 

 

 

 

 

.....neither horse is fit for work..."  

[D.A.F.C]

Tennants ran out of water 50 years ago and used piss from the workers but as nobody in the West coast seemed to mind they kept it quiet to this day.

[D.A.F.C]

Captain Birdseye has not held this rank since 1999,
 
In that year he was promoted to Commodore Birdseye,
And in 2010 again promoted and is now Rear Admiral Birdseye.
Unfortunately in 1998 he ordered 1 Billion packaging boxes in error and cannot afford to change the name on the box till the old packing stock is used up,
this is expected to happen sometime in 2024.

In a cruel twist he also had to play the hapless sailor uncle Albert in only fools and horses knowing all the time that he was the greatest sailor and chef of all time.

[dee_62]

David Jason, who played Del Boy, hates everything to do with the programme so much, that he once killed a man for shouting "luvvly jubbly" across the street at him.

[JakeSAFC]

Tommy Robinson studied medicine at Harvard University.

[Fullerene]

23 hours ago, Hedgecutter said:

Dundee Utd's club colours and nickname were both inspired by an explosion at one of the city's marmalade factories, with the Dundee Courier using the headline 'Tangerine Terror at Keillers' and a photo of workers wearing their stained orange shirts (although photo was b&w).

Oh dear - the Arabs being blamed for acts of terrorism even way back then.

[tamthebam]

A strict American Christian sect who believed that thunderstorms were God's way of showing His disapproval of masturbators, once invited Ed Sheeran to play a concert in their local church in the hope his appearance would end a prolonged drought. 

[D.A.F.C]

David Jason, who played Del Boy, hates everything to do with the programme so much, that he once killed a man for shouting "luvvly jubbly" across the street at him.

Trigger also got his screen name from shooting at 84 people for calling him by his real name dave. Thankfully he was a terrible shot.

[wellinwigan]

The majority shareholder at parkhead is actually Rolf harris

[Fullerene]

19 hours ago, D.A.F.C said:

Trigger also got his screen name from shooting at 84 people for calling him by his real name dave. Thankfully he was a terrible shot.

"Only fools and horses" the movie is currently in development.

 

It will be directed Ridley Scott and involve Del Roy, Rodney, Trigger and maybe others on board an intergalactic space craft being awoken from their hyper sleep to answer a mysterious distress signal from an uninhabited planet.

 

Still at a very preliminary stage.

[D.A.F.C]

6 minutes ago, Fullerene said:

"Only fools and horses" the movie is currently in development.

 

It will be directed Ridley Scott and involve Del Roy, Rodney, Trigger and maybe others on board an intergalactic space craft being awoken from their hyper sleep to answer a mysterious distress signal from an uninhabited planet.

 

Still at a very preliminary stage.

Roy Slater created Peckham.

 

[BFTD]

18 minutes ago, Fullerene said:

"Only fools and horses" the movie is currently in development.

 

It will be directed Ridley Scott and involve Del Roy, Rodney, Trigger and maybe others on board an intergalactic space craft being awoken from their hyper sleep to answer a mysterious distress signal from an uninhabited planet.

 

Still at a very preliminary stage.

More interested in that than Prometheus 3 TBH.