General Chat

Bees around a honey pot!!

Don't know about anyone else, but I haven't seen that.

It's easier to let the cat out of the bag than to put him back in again.

The Doomsday Book recorded 5,000 water mills in England in 1086.

If you have been in the lead, ALL day during a competition......there will be SOME blighter that turns up late on, and will beat you by three points, as happened to me, today.......still I suppose being second (in my class)in a county competition is not to be sneezed at,
Eh?
but being first in the veterans was SOME consolation, as well as winning a small pack of "fosters" in the raffle.......LOL

Bob

Well done, Bob!!

The TVR on TVR sports cars stands for TREVOR!
Trevor Wilkinson founded the company.

Where can I apply for a job with no work attached?

The Canary Islands are named after dogs, not canaries !

not so useless really -

did you know that there is an indicator on your car dashboard which tells you which side of your car the petrol cap is situated? There is a little drawing of a petrol pump and alongside is an arrow pointing to which side the cap is situated - not a lot of people know that - take a look!!!

*blushes* I have a little note tucked into the sunvisor, Ann, lol.... I never know which side it's on otherwise, as both our cars are different. You feel such a prat when you get out and it's on the *wrong* side, lolol

Love

Daff xxxx

well now you know!!!! throw that note away - you no longer have to be a prat!!!!

Yep...... and thank you..... Now all I have to do is put a note on the sunvisors reminding me.... lolol ;¬))

oh, and to stick to the theme of the thread.....

On average, a drop of Heinz tomato ketchup leaves the bottle at a speed of 25 miles per year!

Love

Daff xxxx

there are only six signatures of William Shakespear in existence and three of those are on his Will!!!

a giraffe is the oly animal that can blink both eyes at the same time

During the battle for Stalingrad, the German army lost more men attacking a single house defended by sergeant Pavlov's platoon than it did occupying Paris three years later. Pavlov survived the war and became a monk.

xxxxx

I have a poorly knee

Two words 'Sit Still' contain the letters - Sx2; Ix2; Tx2 & Lx2.

This thread is proving intresting to two 11 year olds who are making airfix models and geting me to read out the best bits.

They managed to prove that the measurement between the elbow and wrist crease is the same size as their feet!
Also realised that they could not lick their elbows.lol

Teresa

The calendar is exactly the same every 28 years. Ie in 1982 June 7th was on a Monday.

The work 'Bookkeeper is the only word with double O, double K and double e in it.

and
"Unquestionably"

unquestionably contains ALL the Vowels