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docanwot Posted Jul 20, 2007
6 grammes is exactly the weight of a seal's (salty) egg when fried in olive oil!
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kuzushi Posted Jul 20, 2007
Well, just one then. No more. Don't want you dying on us.
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Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Posted Jul 20, 2007
Olive Oyl was Popeye's girlfriend.
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Jul 20, 2007
I died. In 1993. But came round after a while.
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Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Jul 20, 2007
While you were dead, someone was born.
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Ivan the Terribly Average Posted Jul 21, 2007
Tennis elbow is much more common than badminton elbow.
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Jul 21, 2007
The wombles, formally of wimbledon were common. I got the words in my head when I first saw/heard the program, and was convinced it was a social commentary on the wombles being very common. I wonder wehre the wombles live now, probably a council flat on an estate.
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kuzushi Posted Jul 21, 2007
THE FIRST AND LAST DAYS OF ANY YEAR ARE USUALLY THE SAME.
1st January 2007 was a Monday and 31st December 2007 will also be a Monday. Some wombles know this and some don't.
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The Groob Posted Jul 29, 2007
On once occasion when the Wombles appeared on Top of the Pops, the womble suit wearers were actually members of the group Steeleye Span.
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Researcher U197087 Posted Jul 29, 2007
Dexy's Midnight Runners played "Jackie Wilson Says" on ToTP with a picture of darts supremo Jocky Wilson in the background. This was purported to be a deliberate gag but it wasn't.
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kuzushi Posted Jul 29, 2007
A lot of people used to like Pan's people.
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The Groob Posted Jul 29, 2007
Talking of Peter Pan ( 
), JM Barrie *didn't* invent the name Wendy.
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Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Posted Jul 30, 2007
Wendy's (the burgher chain) has around 6000 branches worldwide.
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Icy North Posted Jul 30, 2007
A beefburger contains beef, but a hamburger doesn't contain ham.
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A Super Furry Animal Posted Jul 30, 2007
"Beefburgers" are son named from the little-known town of Beefburg in Germany.
RF
Warning: Some of the facts in this post may not be true. May contain nuts.
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Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Posted Jul 30, 2007
Pistachio trees are native to Iran, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.
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Orcus Posted Jul 30, 2007
My next door neighbour used to have a dog that was a cross between a collie and an afghan hound.
It was possibly the strangest looking dog I've ever seen.
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Icy North Posted Jul 30, 2007
The Channel 4 docudrama "Tony Blair - Rock Star" featured Blair prouncing around in Afghan coat and Y-fronts, playing air-guitar.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/uk_politics/4669322.stm
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Ivan the Terribly Average Posted Jul 31, 2007
Australian scientists have developed a way for air guitarists to produce actual sound.
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1787276.htm
*thinks: there's my taxes well-spent*
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- 141: docanwot (Jul 20, 2007)
- 142: kuzushi (Jul 20, 2007)
- 143: Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque (Jul 20, 2007)
- 144: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (Jul 20, 2007)
- 145: Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune (Jul 20, 2007)
- 146: docanwot (Jul 21, 2007)
- 147: Ivan the Terribly Average (Jul 21, 2007)
- 148: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (Jul 21, 2007)
- 149: kuzushi (Jul 21, 2007)
- 150: The Groob (Jul 29, 2007)
- 151: Researcher U197087 (Jul 29, 2007)
- 152: kuzushi (Jul 29, 2007)
- 153: The Groob (Jul 29, 2007)
- 154: Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque (Jul 30, 2007)
- 155: Icy North (Jul 30, 2007)
- 156: A Super Furry Animal (Jul 30, 2007)
- 157: Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque (Jul 30, 2007)
- 158: Orcus (Jul 30, 2007)
- 159: Icy North (Jul 30, 2007)
- 160: Ivan the Terribly Average (Jul 31, 2007)
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