BillyAnchor Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Burt Bacharach was touring Europe and got lost in Edinburgh and found himself over the Forth in Fife. Stopping to watch an under 10s football match he was shocked by the side burns on one of the players, a young Alfie Conn. He drove back to Edinburgh with a tune in his head and that night wrote the song "What's it all about Alfie". Cilla Black later butchered it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 41 minutes ago, BillyAnchor said: Burt Bacharach was touring Europe and got lost in Edinburgh and found himself over the Forth in Fife. Stopping to watch an under 10s football match he was shocked by the side burns on one of the players, a young Alfie Conn. He drove back to Edinburgh with a tune in his head and that night wrote the song "What's it all about Alfie". Cilla Black later butchered it. Oh so close. Everybody knows that while Burt Bacharach wrote the music but it was Hal David who wrote the lyrics. What is less well known is that this musical duo wrote the song "Raindrops keep falling on my head" while visiting Fort William. Nobody knows what inspired them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Fullerene said: Oh so close. Everybody knows that while Burt Bacharach wrote the music but it was Hal David who wrote the lyrics. What is less well known is that this musical duo wrote the song "Raindrops keep falling on my head" while visiting Fort William. Nobody knows what inspired them. Damn I hate getting my facts wrong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Nosejob Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Vena Stubblefield, the mother of James Brown’s “Funky Drummer” Clyde Stubblefield, made a fortune from her invention of the hole punch. Prior to its availability, secretaries would have to poke holes in sheets of paper using a fountain pen so that they could be placed in a ring binder. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priti priti priti Patel Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Omid Djalili sells inflatable mattresses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 5 hours ago, Funky Nosejob said: Vena Stubblefield, the mother of James Brown’s “Funky Drummer” Clyde Stubblefield, made a fortune from her invention of the hole punch. Prior to its availability, secretaries would have to poke holes in sheets of paper using a fountain pen so that they could be placed in a ring binder. I was told they had a special gun with very narrow bullets for this. It was very dangerous to use and everybody else had stand perfectly still just in case. Incidentally that is where the word "stationery" comes from. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Dogs can’t hear F# 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 The Super bowl was originally called the Hyper bole, but it was decided the name was too OTT. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Dale Winton was the last person to be executed by firing squad in Nepal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 This is the first post in this thread since last year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Anti pine tree sentiment has been growing in Serbia recently with messages like 'Needles suck', 'Deciduous you not - LOL!' and 'Die wrong shaped tree!' carved into Douglas Fir, Scots Pines and Sitka Spruce across the country. Piles of smashed and defecated on pine cones have also been found. A Serbian police spokesman Bogdan Marjanovic said "I like some trees. Don't you think there is something particularly graceful and beautiful about a mature Oak? That's my view. Anyway we have no idea who or why anyone is doing this and anyone saying it's me is completely out of order.' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 On 31/01/2021 at 00:59, Tony Ferrino said: The Super bowl was originally called the Hyper bole, but it was decided the name was too OTT. The original trophy was actually a soup bowl. Nobody wanted to admit to it. Bit of a long story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Jim Cornette won the French Open in 1981 when he was 19. When he joined the NWA he demanded that as part of his gimmick, he would get to use the tennis racket he won the tournament with as a weapon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Guardsmen in the British Army have to hunt, kill and skin a bear with their bare hands to make their bearskin hats. The Black Watch do the same with budgies for their hats. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 World War One was peaceful until they played a game of football on Christmas Day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 minute ago, D.A.F.C said: World War One was peaceful until they played a game of football on Christmas Day. Up till then they were only playing pitch and toss. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Zen Archer Esq. said: Up till then they were only playing pitch and toss. Yep, Franz Ferdinand nutmegged the Kaiser during five a kicky and the Germans took offence and invaded Belgium. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 11 hours ago, TheScarf said: Jim Cornette won the French Open in 1981 when he was 19. When he joined the NWA he demanded that as part of his gimmick, he would get to use the tennis racket he won the tournament with as a weapon. Which of their records did he play on? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 12 minutes ago, GordonD said: Which of their records did he play on? Straight outta Wimbledon (just one conettte-o remix) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Liz Hurley celebrating the 1 millionth post on her P and B thread with a nudie peak show was quite the surprise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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