Odd factoids

[Mad Doug Biker]

The difference between Brussel Sprouts and Bogies is that schoolboys won't eat sprouts

TBT knows that the nasal variety are spelled 'bogeys', but a 'bogie' is a thing the wheels of a train sit in.

Those schoolboys must have teeth of steel! 😆

 

[Drago]

Colonel Bogey was thus named for his constantly streaming nose. You can guess how Major Squits got his name,

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Irritable bowel syndrome was first diagnosed in Prime Minister H. H. Asquit.

Don't ask what the H. H. stood for.

 

[PeteXXX]

IBS invented Universal Credit.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Universal Credit is not accepted in the Andromeda galaxy

 

[Drago]

Galaxy chocolate is not sold in the Andromeda Galaxy as part of the manufacturers battle against obesity.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Mars bars taste of gravel. The Perseverance rover is taking samples for a possible new factory.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Perseverance Rover refers to the canine pilot of the wheeled vehicle.

Nasa have never revealed his presence officially for fear of being charged for not poopascooping.

 

[Drago]

Rover was originally founded to make cars for dogs.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Most Rover cars were dogs, and would cock a wheel and squirt oil at passing lampposts

 

[Drago]

Dogs were invented by Mahatma Gandhi in 1978 as a low cost alternative to cows.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Joan of Arc's husband was called Noah.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Noah’s first Ark burnt down in mysterious circumstances

 

[Drago]

The Ark of the Covenant contained Moses' sandwiches. He invented the whole god commandment thing as a ruse to get the Jews to carry it around for him.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Noah’s first Ark burnt down in mysterious circumstances

Yes, he left it in Glasgow and it mysteriously burned down on the spot which just happened to be where people were wanting to build student flats. 🙄