Odd factoids

[NorthernDave]

Andrew Holness, the new Jamaican Prime Minister, is a distant relative of Bob Holness.

They're not the only musically inclined members of the family.
Bob's daughter Ros was in top 80s band Toto Coelo, most famous for the hit "I Eat Cannibals" which was inspired by a disastrous dinner date with Roland Gift.

 

[bruce1530]

Boxer Barry McGuigan, famous for the aforementioned Nambarrie tea bags, had the nickname “The Clones Cyclone”. This is because there were actually 3 of him - the original Barry and 2 genetically-identical copies. His trainer, Paul Daniels, would often surreptitiously swap one of the Barrys for another between rounds, without his opponent or any of the audience noticing. This may explain his success in the ring.

It is not known which of the 3 Barry clones actually won the Olympic medal.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

It is not known which of the 3 Barry clones actually won the Olympic medal.

Well it is actually (except at Olympic HQ). It was all 3 of them. The question really is which of them stood on the podium to receive the medal

 

[classic33]

In New Zealand, a satirical political party tried to get a hedgehog elected to the New Zealand Parliament.

The McGillicuddy Serious Party was unsuccessful with their tiny candidate.

They have also had a dog standing for parliament in the Hobson seat in Northland. Her policies included the abolition of cars, and turning a meat-works into an organic flea-powder factory.

 

[classic33]

A different version of you exists in the minds of everyone who knows you.

 

[classic33]

The fact that our body knows the difference between a gas and a solid and which is safe to expel at any given time is greatly under-appreciated.

 

[Chris S]

The fact that our body knows the difference between a gas and a solid and which is safe to expel at any given time is greatly under-appreciated.

Not always. Never trust a fart when you are doing sit-ups.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Boney M were origonslly called Boney H. However, when it was revesled that the H stood for Hitler there was an outcry and they queitly changed it to M, for Mussolini.

I heard they were originally Boney O, but changed it after being chased offstage by a pack of wild dogs.

 

[classic33]

The founder of Match.com, Gary Kremen, lost his girlfriend to a man she met on Match.com.

Kremen has said that whilst painful, it had showed him that the site worked.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Not always. Never trust a fart when you are doing sit-ups.

Indeed, they're only a consonant apart.

 

[Drago]

Gary Kremen is the son of Kenny Everett character Captain Kremen.

 

[classic33]

A 2011 study showed that the average person moans for 34 minutes on a Monday, compared to the 22 minutes on other days.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Britons spend longer at work than any other nation simply to accommodate the necessary moaning.

Were Britons not to moan they would all be reclassified as part time workers.

 

[Drago]

Moaning was invented by extreme right Conservative supporters as a more socially acceptable alternative to left wing bleating.

 

[classic33]

The loudest snore ever recorded was 120 decibels.

The sound of a jet taking off is at a similar level.