10 Things We Didn't Know This Time Last Week

[Virgil]

Not trying to pick a fight or anything, but what is the difference between eating the meat of a cow and eating the meat of a horse besides the thing that horses are cuter/more noble/can be given human properties more easily/whatever? I vaguely remember that you were quite anti-vegetarian in some topic so why such a change of statement? I might of course be mistaken, in that case, deep apologies.

Horses are cute. I am anti-veg, or to be more accurately I'm carnivorous. I guess the real answer is custom. I am unaccustomed to eating horse meat. Actually if I had a cow for a pet it would be difficult for me to eat beef. I could never slaughter an anmal if I had to do it myself. It's a good thing we have supermarkets.

When I was at college we had part of a course dedicated just to this subject - the problem is they are not properly compacting or not using true Gran A for backfill. The potholes will still occur but the severity can be reduced if you use the correct construction techniques

Thanks.

[Scheherazade]

1. Squatters take over islands, as well as homes.

2. White wine has more calories than red wine.

3. Some ants reproduce without sex.

4. About 15% of the world's wine bottles have screw caps.

5. If you list your religion as Jedi on the census, the Office of National Statistics will class this as atheist.

6. Pandas prefer artificial sweetener to sugar.

7. Pigs are the fourth most intelligent animals.

8. Being sorry originally meant to be distressed and sad.

9. About one in 30 people suffers from agoraphobia.

10. A thrown shoe is considered an insult in India, as well as the Middle East, where George Bush famously dodged a lobbed loafer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/

[Virgil]

1. Squatters take over islands, as well as homes.

ooh, ooh, Can I take over a carribean island by squatting? Please.

2. White wine has more calories than red wine.

That's actually surprising. The common knowledge I was under had it the other way around. Actually this web site has it the other way around:
http://www.davidstuff.com/wine/calories.htm. Now one can't just say red wine versus white. Each individual vintage can be dry or sweeter than another or even its vintage. A dry white most likely has less sugar than a sweet red and vice versa. I guess they are roughly the same and not worth having calorie count as a deciding factor in selecting one. I prefer red.

3. Some ants reproduce without sex.

Takes all the fun out of it.

4. About 15% of the world's wine bottles have screw caps.

And they are not usually a bottle you would want.

5. If you list your religion as Jedi on the census, the Office of National Statistics will class this as atheist.

Some of those fans really have it as a religion, don't they.

6. Pandas prefer artificial sweetener to sugar.

No wonder they can't reproduce. Maybe they should talk to the ants.

7. Pigs are the fourth most intelligent animals.

Just ahead of man, who is fifth. Seriously, I know, and I really do feel guilt in eating pork. They are intelligent animals, unfortuantely very tastey. The article doesn't say what the other three are. Would have liked to know.

8. Being sorry originally meant to be distressed and sad.

Not it's a form of fake apology.

9. About one in 30 people suffers from agoraphobia.

Acutally this was sad. The human brain is so mysterious and we have just started to touch the surface of how it works.

10. A thrown shoe is considered an insult in India, as well as the Middle East, where George Bush famously dodged a lobbed loafer.

I don't know, could be a badge of honor in some quarters.

[Scheherazade]

1. Five trees make an orchard.

2. Matthew Parris once ran the London Marathon in 2hrs 32m, the fastest by an MP.

3. Paper can be made from wombat excrement.

4. Robin Hood had no Maid Marian in the early days.

5. British consumption of poultry increased 25-fold between 1950 and 2000.

6. Video Killed the Radio Star was inspired by a JG Ballard short story.

7. Wine varies in taste from day to day.

8. French women are the lightest in the EU. British women are the heaviest.

9. The Sun is dimmest it has been for a century .

10. There's a swear word in The Beatles' Hey Jude.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...ast_w_91.shtml

[Virgil]

1. Five trees make an orchard.

Why not four or six? Who decided this for everyone?

2. Matthew Parris once ran the London Marathon in 2hrs 32m, the fastest by an MP.

If he's anything like our politicians, he was probably running for his life from his constituants.

3. Paper can be made from wombat excrement.

I've seen some papers where the writing matches the paper material.

4. Robin Hood had no Maid Marian in the early days.

well, he had to steal enough before he could afford a maid. Then later he got a butler.

5. British consumption of poultry increased 25-fold between 1950 and 2000.

I wonder if this has anything to do British being the heaviest in the EU. :P (see below)

7. Wine varies in taste from day to day.

What a crock. I thought this was going to talk about howwine might vary in taste after the bottle's been openned. But it says this: "Her theory is that wine is a living organism that responds to the Moon's rhythms in the same way that some people believe humans do." What new age nonesense.

8. French women are the lightest in the EU. British women are the heaviest.

I guess they don't have chickens in France. Wth all the British women on this forum, I better be very very careful with what I say here.

10. There's a swear word in The Beatles' Hey Jude.

I can't find it. Here are the lyrics:

Hey jude, dont make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.

Hey jude, dont be afraid.
You were made to go out and get her.
The minute you let her under your skin,
Then you begin to make it better.

And anytime you feel the pain, hey jude, refrain,
Dont carry the world upon your shoulders.
For well you know that its a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder.

Hey jude, dont let me down.
You have found her, now go and get her.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.

So let it out and let it in, hey jude, begin,
Youre waiting for someone to perform with.
And dont you know that its just you, hey jude, youll do,
The movement you need is on your shoulder.

Hey jude, dont make it bad.
Take a sad song
and make it better.
Remember to let her under your skin,
Then youll begin to make it
Better better better better better better, oh.

Na na na na na ,na na na, hey jude...

[Sapphire]

10) It is there Virgil, in the song that is - not in the lyrics Find the song and listen to it around 3 minutes in. Right after "remember to let her under your skin". If you want to hear it, you'll hear it. If you don't, it is just a meaningless little noice and totally non-offensive

[Virgil]

10) It is there Virgil, in the song that is - not in the lyrics Find the song and listen to it around 3 minutes in. Right after "remember to let her under your skin". If you want to hear it, you'll hear it. If you don't, it is just a meaningless little noice and totally non-offensive

Why thank you Saphire. Yes I played it. It is totally meaningless. So what makes them think it's swear word? I can't make it out. Can you tell me what it is. Here's the you tube video. You can't even read Paul's lips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXG83p2nkHw

[Sapphire]

It is supposed to be the f-word...a bit of an inside joke I guess... Just to see whether they could do it (and thus making it so unrecognisable)

[Virgil]

It is supposed to be the f-word...a bit of an inside joke I guess... Just to see whether they could do it (and thus making it so unrecognisable)

Thanks.

[Scheherazade]

Why not four or six? Who decided this for everyone?

I think what they mean is that there should be at least five tree to consider a group of trees "an orchard".

It is similar to definition of a town or city, I guess.

I can't find it. Here are the lyrics:

I think it is only in the original recording. Here is the original story:

I have just been enjoying Here, There and Everywhere by Geoff Emerick, the man who was the engineer on Sgt Pepper and Abbey Road, along with many other Beatles tracks. For aficionados it is an unmissable book, a superb account of their work in the studio.

This morning I read Emerick's account of the recording of Hey Jude.

Emerick wasn't the engineer on the track - the recording didn't begin at Abbey Road - but he was called in to fix problems caused by technical deficiencies at Trident Studios.

He notes that when he listened to the mix, in the third verse:

Right between the lines "The minute you let her under your skin/ Oh, then you begin" you can clearly hear Paul curse off mic saying 'F****** hell!"

Apparently this exclamation was caused by McCartney playing a duff note on the piano.

The Beatles knew it was there, but John Lennon insisted it stay. He wanted it low in the final mix so that while most people wouldn't realise it was there, the Beatles could enjoy it.

And so it stayed. And when I put down Emerick's book I realise that the expletive can be heard, really quite clearly. You can hear it from minute 2:56 of the song.

http://timesonline.typepad.com/comme...ong-i-was.html

[Scheherazade]

1. Diamonds can be blue.

2. Birds can dance.

3. You can get a driving licence and credit card in the name of Pudsey Bear, but not a passport.

4. The annual salary for the Poet Laureate is £5,750.

5. Many mosques in Mecca point the wrong way for prayers.

6. Flu vaccines are grown in chicken eggs.

7. An outbreak of swine flu in 1976 killed one person but a vaccine to combat it killed 25.

8. Adults who are sexually attracted to teenagers are called hebophiles.

9. David Attenborough doesn't own any pets.

10. Prince was born with epilepsy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...ast_w_92.shtml

[Stargazer86]

I find number 7 to be particularly interesting in light of recent events. I'll have to share that one with the nurses where I work :P

3. What?! seriously? Is that someone's actual name? How on earth did that one even show up on the list O_o

[Scheherazade]

Pudsey Bear is the mascot for "Children in Need" in the UK:



At university, I had a Prof whose surname was Bear so it might be possible to get away with it but for passport they want to see the Birth Certificate, of course.

[Stargazer86]

Pudsey Bear is the mascot for "Children in Need" in the UK:



At university, I had a Prof whose surname was Bear so it might be possible to get away with it but for passport they want to see the Birth Certificate, of course.

Ohhh okay that makes more sense. It seemed so random when I first read it!

These are some pretty interesting lists

[Virgil]

1. Diamonds can be blue.

And so can old lady's hair coloring, but does that make it natural?

2. Birds can dance.

I claim I can dance too but no one else seems to agree.

3. You can get a driving licence and credit card in the name of Pudsey Bear, but not a passport.

I would like to see Pudsey driving. No wonder those London drivers were so wild. They'll give anyone a licence.

4. The annual salary for the Poet Laureate is £5,750.

That's it? Seems hardly enough to live on.

5. Many mosques in Mecca point the wrong way for prayers.

Who says they're really praying?

6. Flu vaccines are grown in chicken eggs.

Gives a whole new meaning to mischief night (day before Halloween) where they throw eggs.

7. An outbreak of swine flu in 1976 killed one person but a vaccine to combat it killed 25.

Sounds just like the over reaction we are having now.

8. Adults who are sexually attracted to teenagers are called hebophiles.

If I had my way, I would call them castrati.

9. David Attenborough doesn't own any pets.

The dirty little secret is that the pets own him.

10. Prince was born with epilepsy.

Prince was born with a lot of problems, the least of which is epilepsy.