Odd factoids

[bruce1530]

the Scottish branch of the RSPCA was founded,

Pedant: There is no Scottish branch of the RSPCA. The SSPCA is a different organisation. Rather annoying, as many Scots believe the RSPCA to be a UK-wide organisation, and so it does benefit to some extent from donations and legacies from Scotland, even though none of its work is done there.


Anyway - you’re all wrong. Bagpipes were originally (and still are) made from haggis skins.

 

[classic33]

After George Orwell's death, the CIA secretly bought the rights to 1984 and Animal Farm and clandestinely produced the first film version of 1984 and the critically acclaimed animated film version of Animal Farm.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

The British CID later went on to sell British Gas shares

The Castilian one looked like Charlton Heston.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Bagpipe tuner is the easiest job in the world.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

When trying to perfect concentrated foods for space flight, a scientist was interrupted before they got chance to rinse their porridge bowl and spoon. This led to the discovery of superglue.

 

[classic33]

Bagpipes are the only known musical instrument in history to have been used as a weapon of war.

 

[bruce1530]

Bagpipes are the only known musical instrument in history to have been used as a weapon of war.

The “military spec” bagpipe, developed by the Royal Ordnance Factory in Bishopton (just outside Glasgow) has a small grenade launcher fitted to each of the 3 drones. It also has a sniper’s rifle installed in the chanter.

However, the designers failed to realise a fatal design flaw - as the drones are positioned “over the shoulder”, the grenade launchers were rear-firing, and decimated the ranks of foot-soldiers who were following the pipers into battle.

 

[Threevok]

Bagpipes were originally designed as a breathing apparatus for fighting on peat moors and were the inspiration for bog snorkeling

 

[classic33]

Bagpipes may not be Scottish in origin, historians believe that bagpipes originate from ancient Egypt and were brought to Scotland by invading Roman Legions.

Others maintain that the instrument was brought over the water by the colonising Scots tribes from Ireland.

 

[classic33]

The “military spec” bagpipe, developed by the Royal Ordnance Factory in Bishopton (just outside Glasgow) has a small grenade launcher fitted to each of the 3 drones. It also has a sniper’s rifle installed in the chanter.

However, the designers failed to realise a fatal design flaw - as the drones are positioned “over the shoulder”, the grenade launchers were rear-firing, and decimated the ranks of foot-soldiers who were following the pipers into battle.

They also failed to take into account, that not all who would be using them had a good a set of lungs as the inventor. This caused many to fire short, as is evidenced by the gap left between the piper and the troops following.

 

[classic33]

The majority of your brain is fat.

You can literally call someone a fathead, but it's still unkind: According to Psychology Today, 60 percent of human brain matter is made of fat.

 

[Kempstonian]

Bagpipes may not be Scottish in origin, historians believe that bagpipes originate from ancient Egypt and were brought to Scotland by invading Roman Legions.

Others maintain that the instrument was brought over the water by the colonising Scots tribes from Ireland.

So now we don't know who to blame then.

 

[Kempstonian]

Pedant: There is no Scottish branch of the RSPCA. The SSPCA is a different organisation. Rather annoying, as many Scots believe the RSPCA to be a UK-wide organisation, and so it does benefit to some extent from donations and legacies from Scotland, even though none of its work is done there.


Anyway - you’re all wrong. Bagpipes were originally (and still are) made from haggis skins.

Not since the great haggis plague of 1997. There aren't enough wild haggis left now, so artificial skins are used.

 

[Seevio]

Bagpipes may not be Scottish in origin, historians believe that bagpipes originate from ancient Egypt and were brought to Scotland by invading Roman Legions.

Others maintain that the instrument was brought over the water by the colonising Scots tribes from Ireland.

I'm not sure about the Egypt thing. After all, wild haggis are native to Scotland. I don't think there are any records of them in the middle east.

 

[Kempstonian]

Bagpipe tuner is the easiest job in the world.

Its also the only job where tuners get paid to make the instrument (I use the term loosely) play out of tune.