Odd factoids

[Ming the Merciless]

Doctor do fark all is so lazy we are not even sure they are a qualified doctor. They mostly spend their time on the sofa talking to themselves.

 

[Drago]

Harold Shipman was the twin bother of Gerry Adams.

Gerry Adams himself looked at going into meicine, butnitmwas determined that his bedside manner was too cheery.

 

[Threevok]

Gerry Anderson was Rick Astley's choreographer

 

[Drago]

Famous rock flautist, Ian Anderson, really does have only one leg, having lost one after drunkenly falling asleep on the Eat Coast Mainline. Anderson spent most of the 70s on one leg after Freddie Mercury stole the peg leg to use as a microphone stand.

 

[Threevok]

Freddy Mercury took his name from Hg Wells

 

[PeteXXX]

Wells is a city in Somerset.
It got its name as the population are known to walk around saying "Well well well" all the time.

 

[Drago]

Orson Welles was born in a well. This is considered an awesome factoid, or in the vernacular of his local town, "orson", and thus he was named.

 

[Threevok]

Orson Welles' real surname was "Cart"

 

[Drago]

In America, the Indy Cart race series started with racers racing a horse and cart while dressed like Indiana Jones. Round and round they'd go, whipping and fighting one another, and the last one remaining was the winner.

 

[bruce1530]

Supper Mario Cart is a video game adventure, where the object of the game is to direct a little plumber and his brother home in a little car to get their evening meal.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Supper Mario Cart is a video game adventure, where the object of the game is to direct a little plumber and his brother home in a little car to get their evening meal.

Dinner Mario Cart never took off because everyone was full up already.

 

[bruce1530]

Masonic the Hedgehog is a video game about a hedgehog who runs around with with his trouser legs rolled up, attacking people by giving them funny handshakes.

 

[PeteXXX]

Ma Sonic was Mario's mummy.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Mario's Mummy was a PG-rated version, and not recommended for younger children.

 

[Drago]

Mario's Mummy had an affair with a giant mushroom. Luigi is the result of this bizarre coupling.