"B*lt my hat's arse!" - AMAZING things you've only just found out

[Sebastian Cobb]

Not amazing in a good way, but around 40% of accidental overdoses on painkillers are related to dental pain.

[studpuppet]

From Wikipedia:

McVitie's chocolate-coated Penguin biscuits are made with the same biscuit mix as their bourbon biscuit, but the filling is different.

[touchingcloth]

That French bit from Psycho Killer just means "what is it?"*, but is spelled "qu'est-ce qui se".

*une hole blanc.

[dissolute ocelot]

That French bit from Psycho Killer just means "what is it?"*, but is spelled "qu'est-ce qui se".

*une hole blanc.

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

The band Husker Du were allegedly named after nonsense they came out with while trying and failing to sing the French bit of Psycho Killer. Husker Du is a Danish children's game, give or take an umlaut. My guess is that they thought Husker Du sounded like "ce soir-la" as in "Ce que j'ai fait, ce soir-là / Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir-là / Réalisant mon espoir / Je me lance vers la gloire." ("Something something my name's Lance and I'm glorious!")

[touchingcloth]

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

That's the one. I realised an 020210u5 thing that I didn't know what he was singing in that line, so I was trying and failing to google all of the phonetic variations of kisscusay I could think of. Kiss c'c'est.

The band Husker Du were allegedly named after nonsense they came out with while trying and failing to sing the French bit of Psycho Killer. Husker Du is a Danish children's game, give or take an umlaut. My guess is that they thought Husker Du sounded like "ce soir-la" as in "Ce que j'ai fait, ce soir-là / Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir-là / Réalisant mon espoir / Je me lance vers la gloire." ("Something something my name's Lance and I'm glorious!")

Bob Moüld was named after

Spoiler alert

some mould.

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[seepage]

The majority of the World's spectacle frames and lenses are made by a single company, EssilorLuxottica, who own most glasses brands or are licensed to them.

[Zero Gravitas]

The majority of the World's spectacle frames and lenses are made by a single company, EssilorLuxottica, who own most glasses brands or are licensed to them.

And sunglasses, if you've ever been into a sunglasses retail outlet they most likely own it.

[phantom_power]

Figs aren't technically vegan

[touchingcloth]

Figs aren't technically vegan

What? Because of bees? Manure? Or have you been eating those ones that grow on mice's backs again?

[phantom_power]

What? Because of bees? Manure? Or have you been eating those ones that grow on mice's backs again?

Most figs contain at least one liquified wasp, apparently

[touchingcloth]

Waiter! Waiter! There's a liquified fly in my soup!

[Paul Calf]

Morrissey is playing the London Palladium this October? I mean, who the fuck are his fans these days? There can't be that many closeted curious neo-Nazi skinheads who get woody at the idea of geriatric softcock.

[cheesebot]

Morrissey is playing the London Palladium this October? I mean, who the fuck are his fans these days? There can't be that many closeted curious neo-Nazi skinheads who get woody at the idea of geriatric softcock.

see you there?

[pigamus]

Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred and Anthony Ainley all share(d) the same birthday. Today. Ridiculous.

[touchingcloth]

Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred and Anthony Ainley all share(d) the same birthday. Today. Ridiculous.

As were Ron Paul, Phil Lynott, Robert Plant, Fred Durst, David Walliams, Any Adams, Jamie Cullum, and Jyrki Jokipakka.

[pigamus]

Got to be at least another Doctor Who one hasn't there

[Angst in my Pants]

Got to be at least another Doctor Who one hasn't there

Dalek operator Barnaby Edwards

[touchingcloth]

Dr who, sorry?

[George White]

https://youtu.be/YFVZufT8B9Y?t=4442 The 1978 Nottingham Forest squad appear in the Bruce Li Bruceploitation film The Gold Connection, as Li watches TVB Pearl's broadcast of the European Cup win against AEK Athens at City Ground.

[Paul Calf]

Forest should have had a third Euro Cup in 1984.

Fucking Anderlecht cheating bastards.

[Darles Chickens]

Dr who, sorry?

Saturday evening BBC1 shows from the 80s?

[touchingcloth]

I'm not familiar with him. NHS?

[Paul Calf]

Forest should have had a third Euro Cup in 1984.

Fucking Anderlecht cheating bastards.

This isn't just an opinion by the way. It's documented fact:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/dec/11/nottingham-forest-anderlecht-match-fixing-scandal-1984

At Forest they always suspected their 3-0 defeat in the second leg of the Uefa Cup semi-final in April 1984 was fixed. The truth finally emerged in 1997 when the Belgian club admitted their former president, Constant Vanden Stock, had used a local gangster to pay the Spanish referee £18,000.
Anderlecht were banned for a year from Uefa's competitions, which seems remarkably lenient in hindsight, but one of the great match-fixing scandals of its time still remains in the small print of the sport's history books.

[Zero Gravitas]

When you block the intake of a hoover, or a hair dryer and it starts making a weird noise: the motor is actually doing less work and drawing less current, the sound is the fan speeding up as the pressure in the chamber drops.

[Fr.Bigley]

When you block the intake of a hoover, or a hair dryer and it starts making a weird noise: the motor is actually doing less work and drawing less current, the sound is the fan speeding up as the pressure in the chamber drops.

What if you do a shit in it? What happens then?

[touchingcloth]

It's actually doing more work, because it's trying to suck in an apple, your hand, a penis.

[badaids]

Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred and Anthony Ainley all share(d) the same birthday. Today. Ridiculous.

Actually, likelihood of shared birthdays in even a small group of people is ridiculously high, statistically speaking.

I only learned this recently and is another thing for the fuck my hat thread.

[pigamus]

Yeah well you can prove anything with facts can't you

[seepage]

Actually, likelihood of shared birthdays in even a small group of people is ridiculously high, statistically speaking.

I only learned this recently and is another thing for the fuck my hat thread.

>=50% chance of 2 people sharing a birthday if there are >=25 people in the group, iirc?

[badaids]

>=50% chance of 2 people sharing a birthday if there are >=25 people in the group, iirc?

I think it's a few less than that, but something like it yes.