classic33
Leg End Member
That really takes the biscuit.
Odd factoids
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Contrary to popular belief potatoes were originally grown in ancient Egypt. We cant be certain of the date but the first crop was harvested in the summer of 2096 BC.
They were not grown for human consumption but were animal feed.
At first they were all perfectly square but the farmers complained that a) the animals found that shape boring and b) the corners dug into the delicate mouths of cattle.
At the time Egypt was run by a consortium of Pharo Smith and Pharo Walker. They decreed that henceforth all potatoes should be oval(ish) and random shapes.
This decree has never been revoked and the original copy can be seen in the London museum (you have to make an appointment to view it).
They were not grown for human consumption but were animal feed.
At first they were all perfectly square but the farmers complained that a) the animals found that shape boring and b) the corners dug into the delicate mouths of cattle.
At the time Egypt was run by a consortium of Pharo Smith and Pharo Walker. They decreed that henceforth all potatoes should be oval(ish) and random shapes.
This decree has never been revoked and the original copy can be seen in the London museum (you have to make an appointment to view it).
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Potatoes were a root (sorry) cause of WWII.
To cut a long story short - potatoes allowed peasants to survive invading armies, Frederick the Great encouraged potato cultivation which enabled the peasants to survive repeated invasions during the Seven Years War, this gave rise to the myth of Prussian military strength which gave the Prussian-backed Kaiser the confidence to start WWI, which led to WWII
To cut a long story short - potatoes allowed peasants to survive invading armies, Frederick the Great encouraged potato cultivation which enabled the peasants to survive repeated invasions during the Seven Years War, this gave rise to the myth of Prussian military strength which gave the Prussian-backed Kaiser the confidence to start WWI, which led to WWII
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
St George slew the dragon on a hill just outside Uffington , Oxfordshire
The Three Lions:
The heraldic badge of the English football team. Wonderful stirring stuff. Get behind the flag lads, kiss that proud ‘Three Lions Badge’
As far as Heraldry goes they are, historically, three leopards.
Big cats sideways on looking ‘off stage’ as it were, are lions.
If the cats are sideways on with their heads turned and looking AT you, are leopards.
The heraldic badge of the English football team. Wonderful stirring stuff. Get behind the flag lads, kiss that proud ‘Three Lions Badge’
As far as Heraldry goes they are, historically, three leopards.
Big cats sideways on looking ‘off stage’ as it were, are lions.
If the cats are sideways on with their heads turned and looking AT you, are leopards.
classic33
Leg End Member
Lion passant guardant!
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Lions urinate in gardens?
classic33
Leg End Member
You ever tried stopping one doing so?
Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
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- Bedford
So did the guy who carved the Uffington White Horse in the chalk hill make a mistake? Was it supposed to be a dragon?
Oooops!
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Dragon hill is near to but not the same as the one with the white horse .
raleighnut
Legendary Member
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- One of the 'Elite'
