davieG Posted 7 May 2005 Posted 7 May 2005 • The longest (common) word that can be typed on the top row of a typewriter is ‘typewriter’. • Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. • The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. • St Johns Wood is the only Underground station to share no letters with the word ‘mackerel’. • Donkeys kill more people each year than plane crashes. • Hull City is the only football league team whose name you can’t colour in with a biro. • It is possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs. • The name of every continent ends with the same letter with which it begins. • All American presidents have worn glasses, although not all have done so in public. • The theme tune to Some Mothers Do Ave Em is Some Mothers Do Ave Em in Morse Code
Tommy Posted 7 May 2005 Posted 7 May 2005 • The longest (common) word that can be typed on the top row of a typewriter is ‘typewriter’.• Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. • The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. • St Johns Wood is the only Underground station to share no letters with the word ‘mackerel’. • Donkeys kill more people each year than plane crashes. • Hull City is the only football league team whose name you can’t colour in with a biro. • It is possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs. • The name of every continent ends with the same letter with which it begins. • All American presidents have worn glasses, although not all have done so in public. • The theme tune to Some Mothers Do Ave Em is Some Mothers Do Ave Em in Morse Code 104526[/snapback] Think of the poor sod who found that out the hard way
john_lcfc Posted 7 May 2005 Posted 7 May 2005 • The name of every continent ends with the same letter with which it begins. 104526[/snapback] africa asia australasia antartica europe hmm north america south america are the other continents i believe now i no america starts and ends with a but technically the north south bit screws it up B)
shen Posted 7 May 2005 Posted 7 May 2005 • The name of every continent ends with the same letter with which it begins. 104526[/snapback] africa asia australasia antartica europe hmm north america south america are the other continents i believe now i no america starts and ends with a but technically the north south bit screws it up B) 104545[/snapback] Officially America counts as 1 continent. But many people see North and South America as separate continents.
Anish Posted 8 May 2005 Posted 8 May 2005 • The name of every continent ends with the same letter with which it begins. 104526[/snapback] africa asia australasia antartica europe hmm north america south america are the other continents i believe now i no america starts and ends with a but technically the north south bit screws it up B) 104545[/snapback] Officially America counts as 1 continent. But many people see North and South America as separate continents. 104575[/snapback] I've always thought of them as 2 continents.
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