Odd factoids

[Drago]

During down time, senior Royal Navy Admirals used to play battleships with real battleships.

Sadly, due to defence cuts, the modern equivalent called Rowing Boats isn't quite as enthralling to watch.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

In Yorkshire, they used to send battle axes into battle. They were often called Edna, as that’s what they’d aim at.

 

[Drago]

Dame Edna Everage was once arrested for shoplifting, having been caught in the butchers shop hiding a sausage up her skirt.

 

[simongt]

Dungeons

Dungeon is a derivation of 'Donjon' which was the main building in the castle layout; usually what we now refer to as the keep.
As it was the safest and most secure place to keep prisoners; some of the political variety, the name derived into dungeon.

 

[Drago]

Bizarre TV programme, The Prisoner, starred Patrick McGoohan, who invented Google.

 

[bruce1530]

Patrick McGoon was one of the original 5 Goons. However, he left the team following the break up of a love triangle involving himself, Milligan and Secombe.

 

[Drago]

Eric Pickles works weekends as a Harry Secombe impersonator at Songs of Praise re-enactment meetings.

 

[bruce1530]

Eric Pickles is a keen cyclist, and invented a new method for cleaning a chain. This technique, which involves wiping the chain with a rag dipped in vinegar, is known as "The Pickle Method".

 

[Drago]

Branston Pickle was co invented by Richard Branson and Eric Pickles.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Branston Pickle is daughter of Richard and Eric and hopes to become an opera singer

 

[Drago]

Thr Rock Opera, Tommy, was witten about Tommy Cooper.

 

[bruce1530]

The Mini Cooper was designed to accommodate 4 half-scale models of Tommy Cooper

 

[Drago]

The famous combination boiler, the Baxi Bermuda, was made from melted down Ausit Maxi's in the Seychelles.

 

[FishFright]

Renowned campanologist Paul McCartney keeps his bell collection in the Seychelles. His was soo keen on the place he immortalised it in song...

Seychelles , my bells .....

Unfortunately he then lapsed into French so no one knows what happened next.

 

[Drago]

Paul McCartney uses hair dye from the US Presidential Range. Until recently he used the Ronald Reagan shade.