Things you only found out today

[The Bear]

34 minutes ago, Parafox said:

It's flat, isn't it?

True.

 

A disc held up by four elephants, all standing on top of a giant turtle's back. 

[leicsmac]

2 minutes ago, The Bear said:

True.

 

A disc held up by four elephants, all standing on top of a giant turtle's back. 

De Chelonian Mobile.

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, The Bear said:

True.

 

A disc held up by four elephants, all standing on top of a giant turtle's back. 

The Great A'Tuin

[Trav Le Bleu]

3 hours ago, The Bear said:

Earth isn't round either. It's an Oblate Spheroid which bulges around the equator due to the rotation of the planet. 

All the planets, except Mars, are.

[The Bear]

11 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

All the planets, except Mars, are.

Well if we're gonna start talking triaxial ellipsoids, no-one likes a boff pal. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, The Bear said:

Well if we're gonna start talking triaxial ellipsoids, no-one likes a boff pal. 

I like a boff now and then.

 

[Sampson]

Is boff a very Leicestershire word? It was the standard insult for a smart kid when I was in school and used way more than calling someone a nerd or geek for example, but I've never heard of it used since I moved out Leicestershire and googling it I find very few references to it as general British slang.

Edited Sunday at 11:18 by Sampson

[Jattdogg]

18 hours ago, The Bear said:

Earth isn't round either. It's an Oblate Spheroid which bulges around the equator due to the rotation of the planet. 

Earth ate all the pies, Earth ate all the pies!

[CornwallFox]

53 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Is boff a very Leicestershire word? It was the standard insult for a smart kid when I was in school and used way more than calling someone a nerd or geek for example, but I've never heard of it used since I moved out Leicestershire and googling it I find very few references to it as general British slang.

Boffin is the sort of word the sun uses when trying to report on anything vaguely scientific

[Sampson]

5 minutes ago, CornwallFox said:

Boffin is the sort of word the sun uses when trying to report on anything vaguely scientific

Sure, but I mean it was specifically very common to call someone a "boff" (not a boffin) when I was school instead of a nerd or a geek. But never heard "boff" used outside of Leicestershire.

Edited Sunday at 12:06 by Sampson

[ozleicester]

17 hours ago, The Bear said:

True.

 

A disc held up by four elephants, all standing on top of a giant turtle's back. 

Its Turtles...all the way down

[davieG]

41 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Sure, but I mean it was specifically very common to call someone a "boff" (not a boffin) when I was school instead of a nerd or a geek. But never heard "boff" used outside of Leicestershire.

None of those were used at my school but that's probably due to none being bright enough to fit them

[Doozer]

10 hours ago, Sampson said:

Is boff a very Leicestershire word? It was the standard insult for a smart kid when I was in school and used way more than calling someone a nerd or geek for example

When I was at secondary school in Leicester in the 70s boff was definitely used as a perjorative term for 'high achievers'. At my school the opposite of the boff was the 'SCISP'. Kids who weren't considered bright enough to do separate biology, chemistry and physics O'levels did a combined CSE called the 'Schools Council Integrated Science Project' (SCISP).

Edited Sunday at 21:53 by Doozer

[The Bear]

No one ever said boff in my school in Burton. Must be a Leicester shite thing. 

[Zear0]

[The Bear]

3 hours ago, The Bear said:

No one ever said boff in my school in Burton. Must be a Leicester shite thing. 

I just want to say that was supposed to be “Leicestershire". Bloody auto correct! 

[bovril]

3 hours ago, The Bear said:

No one ever said boff in my school in Burton. Must be a Leicester shite thing. 

Wow, really showing your true colours here 

[davieG]

5 minutes ago, The Bear said:

I just want to say that was supposed to be “Leicestershire". Bloody auto correct! 

of course.

[Kopic]

Found out AdBlue is piss today.

[Heathrow fox]

23 minutes ago, Kopic said:

Found out AdBlue is piss today.

Except it’s not

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, Kopic said:

Found out AdBlue is piss today.

You drank it?

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, Kopic said:

Found out AdBlue is piss today.

Just checked and yes, it does have urea in it.

 

To be honest I thought you were saying that AdBlue was a load of b*****ks and you didn't really need to add it to your diesel vehicle and... oh, my car won't start.

[StanSP]

On 30/07/2026 at 10:05, Tommy Fresh said:

That was it, it's up there with finding out Sean Paul is actually saying Chanderpaul

@Finneganhasn't posted in here since you revealed this on the same day as he found out about the Toxic stuff. 

 

You've broken him!