Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Drago is the oldest Son of the mighty thunder god Thor.
Odd factoids
- Thread starter Blue Hills
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Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
The original 2 CV (deux chevaux) was designed by hairdresser Henri Boutillard in 1908. Due to a spelling mistake the patent was never legally accepted and Citroen went on to build many thousands over the next 80 years.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
The Citroen 2CV used the suspension and wheels from a Sliver Cross pram, and the engine from a model boat to enable quick mass production with which to mobilise the Army. Alas, it was not produced in sufficient numbers to prevent Abraham Lincoln amd his Nazi hordes from simply strolling around the ends of the Maginot Line.
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
The Lincoln Continental was eponymously named as it was the same length, hood to trunk, as the former President, top hat to toe.
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
The Mighty Thunder God was so name from his trips to the smallest room in the house. (It's genetic @Drago )
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
before he went metric 26 x 25 was known as 10.23 X 9.84 …...true that
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
The Frenchman Pierre Metric was murdered after unleashing his newfangled system of measurement upon the world. John Imperial and his assistants Whitworth and Winchester were suspected of having committed the murder, but the murder weapon, a 3/8" breaker bar, was never found and no charges were ever brought.
A true fact (unlike Drago's)
The game of cricket was invented by the English..Originally the bowler would hurl a wooden bat at the defender who, in turn, would try to stop it by throwing a hard ball at it.
Them Australians got involved and changed the game to what we now have.
The game of cricket was invented by the English..Originally the bowler would hurl a wooden bat at the defender who, in turn, would try to stop it by throwing a hard ball at it.
Them Australians got involved and changed the game to what we now have.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
In the early version of Oz rules cricket the stumps were painted on the umpires face.
classic33
Leg End Member
It's also where the "Three strikes and you're out" phrase comes from. Every time the bat was missed, the bowler receieved a strike off one of the three stumps which was removed from play( Sticky Wicket). No stumps left, you were out.
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
90s American musician MC 900 ft Jesus died last week in a freak accident outside JFK.
Threevok
Growing old disgracefully
- Location
- South Wales
Johnathan Ross has just opened a 24 hour Noodle Bar in London called "Wok Around the Clock"
