Tony Ferrino Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 10 hours ago, 19QOS19 said: To help the Nazi frontline soldiers stay awake during Blitzkrieg they were issued with what is commonly known now as crystal meth. Michaela Strachan spent last night nursing her dogs through a crystal meth trip after they ate human shit from a user. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 14 hours ago, Fullerene said: William Shatner did a cover of that one with help from Joe Jackson. The Shatner version is the definitive one imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 The season 4 episode of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" called "Sweet Dee Has a Heart Attack" features a sub-plot where Frank (Danny DeVito) ends up in a mental hospital very reminiscent of the on in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". So, 2 fun facts for the price of 1...Danny DeVito was in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and the Native American in the episode is Tim Samson...the son of Will Samson who played "The Chief" in the movie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 In Napoleonic times, a ship could haul itself out of a dead calm using anchors. This was called warping, and ships doing it were travelling at warp speed. A dog paddling alongside could outpace such a ship. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 8 minutes ago, scottsdad said: In Napoleonic times, a ship could haul itself out of a dead calm using anchors. This was called warping, and ships doing it were travelling at warp speed. A dog paddling alongside could outpace such a ship. The two sides of a ship are called Port and Starboard. Starboard is a corruption of Steer Board which did the same thing as a rudder. To avoid it getting damaged the ship would tie up to the port on the other side. The log book refers to when a log was thrown into the water to calculate the speed of the ship. The bridge of ship refers to paddle ships where a walkway was built between the two paddles, it actually was a bridge and it was where ship was controlled. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamski Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 The total mass of coronaviruses currently infecting all humans is somewhere in the region of 4kg: about the same as a domestic cat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maicoman Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 On 15/08/2021 at 09:34, 19QOS19 said: To help the Nazi frontline soldiers stay awake during Blitzkrieg they were issued with what is commonly known now as crystal meth. Sure that i read that they gave soldiers "speed" in the first world war to keep them awake 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 7 hours ago, maicoman said: Sure that i read that they gave soldiers "speed" in the first world war to keep them awake Captain Scott and Ernest Shackleton both took cocaine on their voyages to the Antarctic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 13 hours ago, Fullerene said: The two sides of a ship are called Port and Starboard. Starboard is a corruption of Steer Board which did the same thing as a rudder. To avoid it getting damaged the ship would tie up to the port on the other side. The log book refers to when a log was thrown into the water to calculate the speed of the ship. The bridge of ship refers to paddle ships where a walkway was built between the two paddles, it actually was a bridge and it was where ship was controlled. Port used to be known as Larboard, a corruption of Loading Board which represented the side of the ship from which things were loaded. Larboard was too easily confused with starboard, so was changed to Port. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 8 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Port used to be known as Larboard, a corruption of Loading Board which represented the side of the ship from which things were loaded. Larboard was too easily confused with starboard, so was changed to Port. It has been suggested that POSH stood for Port Out Starboard Home. This referred to the more expensive cabins on a ship travelling from the U.K. to India. These were more sheltered from the afternoon sun. Unfortunately there is no evidence this origin of the word is actually true. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Jennifer Aniston has a bit part in a film reckoned to be one of the worst of all time, E.T. ripoff "Mac and Me" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 12 hours ago, Adamski said: The total mass of coronaviruses currently infecting all humans is somewhere in the region of 4kg: about the same as a domestic cat. So basically Coronavirus is the Smudger of the virus world. Makes sense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 1 minute ago, tamthebam said: So basically Coronavirus is the Smudger of the virus world. Makes sense. Are you suggesting Smudger is domesticated? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 The first four UK singles from Sash! featured vocals in four different languages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 On 18/08/2021 at 15:43, Arch Stanton said: The season 4 episode of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" called "Sweet Dee Has a Heart Attack" features a sub-plot where Frank (Danny DeVito) ends up in a mental hospital very reminiscent of the on in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". So, 2 fun facts for the price of 1...Danny DeVito was in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and the Native American in the episode is Tim Samson...the son of Will Samson who played "The Chief" in the movie. In "One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest", the person who plays the administrator of the hospital was the actual administrator of the hospital in real life. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 On 19/08/2021 at 11:42, tamthebam said: Jennifer Aniston has a bit part in a film reckoned to be one of the worst of all time, E.T. ripoff "Mac and Me" Never seen it, but apparently it's a bit of a tear-jerker when they take it to the vet to get put-down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: Never seen it, but apparently it's a bit of a tear-jerker when they take it to the vet to get put-down. Is this a really bad attempt at a whoosh? You're better than this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 This sounds completely made up but is apparently true. Corinne Drewery of 1980's synthpop group Swing Out Sister now runs a hospital for injured hedgehogs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 On 19/08/2021 at 11:42, tamthebam said: Jennifer Aniston has a bit part in a film reckoned to be one of the worst of all time, E.T. ripoff "Mac and Me" How dare you, it looks epic! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 The line in a fraction between the numerator and denominator is called the vinculum. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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