Odd factoids

[Drago]

Adele was born Arthur.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Arthur Daley was a professional diver but he gave it up, and started selling second hand cars

 

[colly]

Arthur Daley also was very laid back. he never had a minder.

What he did have was a 'Don't minder'

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Yukon Boy also has multiple feet on each leg.

Based on me

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Based on me

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The very disturbing factoid is that there are the dangly bits between each pair of legs too

 

[classic33]

The very disturbing factoid is that there are the dangly bits between each pair of legs too

And down the legs!

 

[bruce1530]

Arthur Daley won an Olympic gold medal in the decathlon.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

He then started a shop chain called Decathlon

 

[Ming the Merciless]

London’s 21,000 black cabs are among its dirtiest vehicles, diesels that pump out 16% of all transport nitrous oxide (NOx) in central London

 

[bruce1530]

London’s 21,000 black cabs .... pump out 16% of all transport nitrous oxide (NOx) in central London

Nitrous Oxide is also known as “Laughing Gas”.

This explains the permanently cheery disposition of every London cabbie.

 

[Drago]

London cabbies have to take an IQ test prior to being hired. Only those that fail the test are hired.

 

[Dave7]

In 1765 diesel taxis were banned from central London. Only horse drawn taxis are now allowed.
So far no government has enforced this law. When Boris was asked about this he replied "erh uhm ahh".

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Horse drawn taxis are now banned from the low emissions zone.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Rabbit in your headlights dates from the early days of lights. Before electricity was discovered down the back of Edison's sofa; rabbits were put in car headlights and forced to hold candles. The rabbits were scared of dripping wax and so were frozen in fear.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Dripping wax was an early forerunner of proper wax.