Odd factoids

[NorthernDave]

Following the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a buffet lunch was held where cubes of cheese and pickled onions were served by hedgehogs.

Unfortunately they kept wandering off, so they were replaced at future events by half a grapefruit covered in tinfoil.

 

[Drago]

In Belgium, hedgehogs were the dominant life form until 2008.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Bacon is the food of the universe. When aliens arrive at your front door, get the bacon on, and all will be well.

 

[classic33]

Deep in the outer reaches of the solar system, the alien battle fleet waited patiently for the order to attack Earth. Tharg, the aliens chief strategist, was tasked with obtaining as much information about the earthlings as possible, in order to facilitate a swift and bloody invasion.

Tharg sat in his cabin and scanned the ether, seeking electromagnetic emissions from Earth with could be analysed for information. The console beeped, and Tharg looked up at the screen. "Odd factoids", read the message. At last, all the information the aliens needed, from an authoritative source.

12 days later the alien fleet lay defeated at the bottom of the atlantic ocean, their downfall brought about by a misunderstanding over the origin of bacon.

The ]I]"Dead Ringer"[/I] will have them worried.

 

[classic33]

Sean Bean (the actor) always has a Fray Bentos pie on hand when filming abroad, he loves them.

 

[Dave7]

Sean Bean (the actor) always has a Fray Bentos pie on hand when filming abroad, he loves them.

A survey of all members of CC shows that not a single one of them likes Fray Bentos pies.

 

[Drago]

Sean Bean is the older brother of Me Bean.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Magic Bean was a famous pantomime star of the 1940s until he grew up. And up.

 

[Drago]

Magic was I vented by Paul Daniel's in 1983. Unfortunately, he was unsuccessful in casting a spell that would make his hair grow back.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Well it did, but not a lot, to be fair.

Anyhow, moving on with the factoids...
Drago's posts come with the services of an online interpreter.

 

[colly]

'Tom Puddings' was the name given to small coal carrying barges that were towed along the Aire and Calder Canal by steam tugs.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Meanwhile on the ale and cider canal...

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Honestly! Everyone in the Western Hemisphere knows all about Tom Puddings.

Now his sister Sue T Pudding, she was a girl...

 

[Drago]

Eric Pickles is a direct Male line descendent of Tom Pudding.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Tom Pudding is the cousin of Dick Spotted