Odd factoids

[Drago]

The original Austin Allegro was to be powered by Steve Austin, the Bionic Man. Alas, the models were so badly built that the first time the car pulled away Steve Austin tore out of the engine bay and went running up the road.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The Austin allegro was known as the $6 dollar car. Each car using a millionth of Steve Austin.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The Ford Focus was the output of a Labour Government Focus Group. It had the acceleration of a milk float, the comfort of a bed of nails, and safety features of the gillotine.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Bill Withers faked his death. It's no coincidence he was never seen together with Tim Martin, owner of Witherspoons.

 

[Drago]

Bill Withers did not wither are all. Right up the the moment he was killed by an anvil falling on him, he was a 300 lb bodybuilder.

 

[Chris S]

Ulrika Johnson is Boris Johnson's long lost twin sister.

 

[Drago]

Boris Johnson invented baby lotion.

 

[raleighnut]

Boris Johnson invented baby lotion.

And he's used it to great effect

 

[Drago]

Boris johnsons unruly - and suspiciously thick for a man in his 50's - mop of hair arose as a result of a dare in 1974, when the neighbours kid dared him to stick his tongue in the wall socket.

 

[PeteXXX]

Wall sockets were invented before walls. Before that, they just dangled there, unsupported.

 

[Drago]

Walls were originally made from Ice Cream, hence the modern brand of Walls Ice Cream. This was a perfectly satisfactory state of affairs, although during a heatwave everyone was very sticky and homeless.

 

[Andy_R]

The movie Speed (1994) incorrectly credits Jan de Bont as director. Speed did not have a director, because if it had any direction it would have been called Velocity.

 

[Drago]

Keanu Reeves is Sandra Bullock in drag. In the case of Speed, she did this to pocket 2 fees.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Back in the middle ages there was a cotton shortage, that lasted a decade. This meant that holes in garments couldn’t be darned and the number multiplied. During the winter, peasants discovered that the shirts with the most holes were actually warmer. Hence the string vest came about. Rab C. Nesbit being a canny Scotsman submitted a patent for it.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Walls were originally made from Ice Cream, hence the modern brand of Walls Ice Cream. This was a perfectly satisfactory state of affairs, although during a heatwave everyone was very sticky and homeless.

The Berlin Wall melted during the heatwave of 1989 and henceforth east and west Germany were united.