Things you only just found out about.

[bovril]

22 hours ago, FoxyPV said:

14 years ago it was deemed one of the best in the world 

 

 

What is the correlation???

if we're thinking of the same rankings, I think was last but one for actual health outcomes ahead of the US. 

[RonnieTodger]

It’s La Marseillaise at the start of All You Need is Love 

[Arkie Bennett]

On Tipping Point, the mystery prize counter and the double counter are different colours.

[Blarmy]

Club Sandwich - club means Chicken and Lettuce Under Bacon. 

[davieG]

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Did You Know? The History of the Middle Finger...

Well, now...,.. here's something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to share with my intelligent friends in the hopes that they too, will feel blessed in having gained more knowledge. History is way more fun when you know more fun facts about it, don’t you agree?

Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as 'plucking the yew' (or 'pluck yew'), Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, See, we can still pluck yew!

Over the decades Americans have since changed up the words , the 'pluck yew' is now "f**K you" and the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute! It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as 'giving the bird.' And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing.

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[STEVIE B]

On 10/09/2024 at 09:43, Daggers said:

Wait till you find out how to pronounce Rothwell.

Roll ? 

My mum is originally from Desborough (she soon escaped !), l recall her using that pronunciation many times. 

[Free Falling Foxes]

Our electric iron does this when you let go of it.......

 

 

[Dahnsouff]

That’s a fancy ass iron or the opening sequence of Terminator Origins. 

[Parafox]

That I used to work with the nephew of this forgotten local champion:

 

Norman Dagley - Wikipedia

[Fox1970]

When people stop talking when I walk into a room, I always thought it was because they can't wait to hear what I am going to say...

[Houdini Logic]

It's squeamish and not screamish 

[Daggers]

11 hours ago, Houdini Logic said:

It's squeamish and not screamish 

Given the world of idiots couldn’t read marque properly and transformed it into marquee over successive seasons, good luck with that one. 

[Stuntman_Mike]

Tamworth was once the capital of England 

[Daggers]

Some people misspell "crap hole" as "capital"

[bovril]

13 minutes ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

Tamworth was once the capital of England 

Surely of Mercia, not England. 

[davieG]

Real Madrid’s starting 11 doesn’t have a single Spanish player in it. 

[Guest Lako42]

RVN has terrible judgement 

[Parafox]

1 hour ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

Tamworth was once the capital of England 

Look at it now 

[Granfan]

A fact I found out on Antiques Road Trip this morning - The USA National Anthem was originally a bawdy drinking song written in the 1780s by a Gloucester Cathedral organist called John Stafford Smith.  In the 19th Century, it crossed the Atlantic with the Brits and it was rewritten to what it is today. 

[davieG]

Wow who knew BC Game are not a reputable sponsor.

[adam1]

14 minutes ago, davieG said:

Wow who knew BC Game are not a reputable sponsor.

Just found out I can read sarcasm on the internet.

[Trav Le Bleu]

On 27/11/2024 at 19:52, Stuntman_Mike said:

Tamworth was once the capital of England 

Never again.

[Parafox]

On 28/11/2024 at 11:01, Granfan said:

A fact I found out on Antiques Road Trip this morning - The USA National Anthem was originally a bawdy drinking song written in the 1780s by a Gloucester Cathedral organist called John Stafford Smith.  In the 19th Century, it crossed the Atlantic with the Brits and it was rewritten to what it is today. 

 

I'd really like to hear the bawdy drinking version. I've Googled it but I can't find anything other than references to the original.

Edited 29 November 2024 by Parafox

[Wymsey]

There's still a stigma around men's mental health.

[HighPeakFox]

12 hours ago, Wymsey said:

There's still a stigma around men's mental health.

There always will be, as long as things like sensitivity, emotion (other than anger), kindness, and self-doubt are perceived as 'weak', 'gay' and 'not being a true man'.