Really TRUE odd factoids

[colly]

I think when you have to start fact checking these things then it spoils the fun!

That is definitely TRUE.

 

[Dave7]

For the not so young who remember 78 rpm records...... they were made of shellac which is a natural resin from the wings of female Lac bugs.
Because it is a soft substance it was mixed with things like lime stone.

 

[Andy in Germany]

For the not so young who remember 78 rpm records...... they were made of shellac which is a natural resin from the wings of female Lac bugs.
Because it is a soft substance it was mixed with things like lime stone.

Shellac was used in carpentry to make high quality shiny wooden surfaces.

I use it in model making with card, because it makes the card incredibly tough and disinclined to warp.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Shellac was used in carpentry to make high quality shiny wooden surfaces.

I use it in model making with card, because it makes the card incredibly tough and disinclined to warp.

We used it in electrical repair from time to time. It came in a container about the size of a cherry blossom polish tin. We'd spread a few flakes onto the place where the original insulation had been damaged and then heat up a piece of saw blade to red heat and use that to melt it in situ.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

The largest battle of the American Revolution was the Great Siege of Gibraltar by French and Spanish troops

 

[lenfield]

There are 93 penises depicted on the Bayeux tapestry.

 

[T4tomo]

There are 93 penises depicted on the Bayeux tapestry.

and 6 women, IIRC

 

[Beebo]

There are 93 penises depicted on the Bayeux tapestry.

88 horse 5 human apparently.

 

[colly]

There are 93 penises depicted on the Bayeux tapestry.

That's a bunch of cock. If you dont mind
me saying so.

 

[Dave7]

There are 93 penises depicted on the Bayeux tapestry.

We know. Where do you think @Mo1959 goes for her cycling route ideas.
(You have to be on the old farts section to get that).

 

[Punkawallah]

That's a bunch of cock. If you dont mind
me saying so.

Don’t remember seeing chickens on it?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

On the extremely important and critical subject of penises - or is it peni?? - on the Bayeux Tapestry

I found this very important discussion of the subject

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn05wyld45wo

loved the bit that it cannot be a penis because it is yellow at the end!!

 

[colly]

On the extremely important and critical subject of penises - or is it peni?? - on the Bayeux Tapestry

I found this very important discussion of the subject

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn05wyld45wo

loved the bit that it cannot be a penis because it is yellow at the end!!

I feel we should agitate and organise to have the plural of penis to be ...'penis'. As in, one sheep, many sheep.

You may ask why I feel this. Ask away. I have no answer.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

On the extremely important and critical subject of penises - or is it peni??

Belive it or not, the correct Latin plural is penes!

The style of plural you suggest applies to second declension masculine nouns, such as dominus becoming domini.

However, penis is a third-declension noun in Latin, which forms its nominative plural with the suffix -es, so penes.

I now feel obliged to add this...


View: https://youtu.be/IIAdHEwiAy8?is=7ZyWs2r_r0ytgKhh

 

[Dave7]

On the extremely important and critical subject of penises - or is it peni?? - on the Bayeux Tapestry

I found this very important discussion of the subject

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn05wyld45wo

loved the bit that it cannot be a penis because it is yellow at the end!!

With regard to the plural of penis, that is a hard one !!
I asked our @Mo1959 and she said "that's easy, its willies"......maybe that's your answer.
Re' penis' being yellow at the end......I assumed they all were, together with a yeasty smell. I am now worried