Quite Interesting

[Nicos]

What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.


can I take a break now??..I think I want to go and do some more ironing- or clean my loos...or something!!!!

[Nicos]

OK- last one...no wonder the blighters can find our veg!!!!

Slugs have 4 noses.

[OllieMartin]

Are these all facts that you know or are you constantly looking them all up?

Sharks have two penises (the males ones do anyway! )

[Hilary B]

There are a few 'facts' in there that I dispute.
The term "son of a gun" refers to the fact that ocasionally ladies of negotiable affection stayed on board Navy ships which sailed away, with inevitable results. The only way to provide a bit of privacy for the birth of a baby was to hang a sail curtain between the guns.

[bobleponge]

On a similar vein,
A square meal derives from the navy too. In days of yore the chefs aboard used to make a pastry plate, square in shape, called a Trenchard. The food used to all be placed inside and the whole lot was eaten.

[Nicos]

Are these all facts that you know or are you constantly looking them all up?
)

oh- I'm just a fountain of rubbish- hadn't you noticed????

D'oh...course I'm looking them up!!!

..interesting though eh??

...and yup- I'm about 1/2 way through the you tube QI snippits too..brill eh???

[Nicos]

On a similar vein,
A square meal derives from the navy too. In days of yore the chefs aboard used to make a pastry plate, square in shape, called a Trenchard. The food used to all be placed inside and the whole lot was eaten.

Oh...I do that too- squares of puff pastry ( from th UK)

spicy left overs in the middle with a creamy sauce...yum!!!

[Glutton4...]

Don't send Nicos back to work. We're having a 'fact-off'!

The most prolific mother was the wife of Feodor Vassilyev of Russia, her name is unknown. She gave birth to 69 children including 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 quadruplets between 1725 and 1765m in total 27 births.

I know I've found this thread rather late, but I have to say a humungous OUCH to the above - that has got to be the most interesting useless piece of information I have ever read!

Honestly - did she run out of names or what? How did she remember Birthdays?








Did she ever say 'No!'

[OllieMartin]

I know I've found this thread rather late, but I have to say a humungous OUCH to the above - that has got to be the most interesting useless piece of information I have ever read!

Honestly - did she run out of names or what? How did she remember Birthdays?

Did she ever say 'No!'

The Hull phrase, "like wanging a welly down walton street" springs to mind!

[Glutton4...]

I have a friend who refers to 'Sausage' and 'High Street' in the same way ...

[snuffer]

If you put money into the little windows on the advent calendar starting with 1p on the first day and doubling it everyday until the 25th of December, on day ten there would be £5.12 behind the window, on day fifteen there would be £163. 84 and on Christmas day there would be £167772.16.

That's my kind of advent calendar.

[OllieMartin]

If you put money into the little windows on the advent calendar starting with 1p on the first day and doubling it everyday until the 25th of December, on day ten there would be £5.12 behind the window, on day fifteen there would be £163. 84 and on Christmas day there would be £167772.16.

That's my kind of advent calendar.

That'd beat chocolates!

You should put this on the Christmas related QI thread: http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...cts_41781.html

[RedThorn]

A fear of long words is, ironically, called "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia"

[RedThorn]

A left-handed individual is colloquially referred to as a "leftie." In more technical contexts, 'sinistral' may be used in place of 'left-handed' and 'sinistrality' in place of 'left-handedness.' Both of these technical terms derive from sinister, a Latin word meaning 'left'.

I'm handed by the way. Left handed People also live on average 5 years less that right handed people

[RedThorn]

The English word "battologize" means to repeat a word or phrase to an excessive degree. Battologize is derived from the ancient Greek word "battologia", which means "stammering(repeated or stuttering) speech". Battologize most likely shares a root with the English word "batter" (battering-ram, battery[assault]), which means "To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows."