Because my English teacher, who was 5 feet 11 inches tall and had a mole on his left arm, said so! He had also never been in the Charge of the Light Brigade, but he liked quoting the poem.
What the heck is a league, anyway?
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Because my English teacher, who was 5 feet 11 inches tall and had a mole on his left arm, said so! He had also never been in the Charge of the Light Brigade, but he liked quoting the poem.
What the heck is a league, anyway?
It was a typo... The word was originally meant to be 'Leg'... You know use your legs...
Why do we ask so many stupid questions?
Are you hoping I know enough to ask an intelligent one?
BECAUSE THEY HELP US TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEANINGLESS TRIVIA AND MEANINGFUL TRIVIA.
Why are there always plenty reasons for war?
Because there so many religions.
What is the difference between a Beano, a Bunfight and a Jamboree?
Is there one or is a a difference that makes no difference and so moot?
Why do we ask stupid questions?
Becuase without stupid questions, this 'ere thread would be a bit of a damp squib!
Why do we ask the questions we ask when we know that the answer is going to be stupid?
Because stupidly, we still need to know.
Did they call Henry the 8th, 8, because he had 8 wives?
Actually, it was the number of time he had meals per day. He could thus have been referred to as Henry the 8Ate
Why is history always considered factual?
Because we haven't considered whether it was written by the victor or the vanquished, both of whom seem to have a mildly different viewpoint. See British History.
Why did Boadicea change the spelling of her name to Budcca....Buddi...Budeccah...Bud. Just why did she do it?
Snobbery of the rich and famous
Why do we drive to the gym to run laps?
Just in case the gym runs away and we have to chase it.
Is it true the ocean never ends?
Yes, it does. When you get to the bottom, easily recognisable by rock, sand, the detritus that mankind has dumped there for millenia, and all of which you can't see because it's dark.
Why do some foods need artifical flavouring to make it taste like something else?
So you think it's real food.
Is heaven above ground or beneath?
We don't know, since some (but not me) propound the theory that we are all already dead, and this is Hell. 'Tis a view common in Sheffield, which is like Dante's Inferno with parks.
Why do so many restaurants print their menu in French, when the waiter comes from Blackpool, the Manager (Maitre d') from Birmingham and the chef is Lithuanian?