Matt221 Posted August 10, 2017 #401 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Guam was a Spanish colony for 300 years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted August 10, 2017 #402 Share Posted August 10, 2017 (edited) SMERSH, the you might think implausibly named Soviet Department of Fiendish Things that was, in the earlier books at least when Ian Fleming still tried to provide at least a veneer of plausibility, before all the business about supervillains in volcanoes and what have you, the main opponent of agent "James Bond", did actually exist. Its name derives from SMERt' SHpionam (Смерть шпионам ) and its Motto really was Death to Spies! Edited August 10, 2017 by Manfred von Dreidecker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted August 10, 2017 Author #403 Share Posted August 10, 2017 NASA is the name of the opposition party in Kenya. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted August 11, 2017 #404 Share Posted August 11, 2017 23 hours ago, Manfred von Dreidecker said: SMERSH, the you might think implausibly named Soviet Department of Fiendish Things that was, in the earlier books at least when Ian Fleming still tried to provide at least a veneer of plausibility, before all the business about supervillains in volcanoes and what have you, the main opponent of agent "James Bond", did actually exist. Its name derives from SMERt' SHpionam (Смерть шпионам ) and its Motto really was Death to Spies! Sadly however, there is no organisation known as SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion). Oh wait, yes there is. it's called the U.S. Government. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted August 12, 2017 Author #405 Share Posted August 12, 2017 (edited) One in three North Koreans will report their fellow citizens to the authorities, for dissenting behaviour such as listening to South Korean radio broadcasts. Edited August 12, 2017 by acute . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt221 Posted August 12, 2017 #406 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Alice cooper has a golf handicap of only three. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted August 14, 2017 Author #407 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Donald Trump's direct ancestors are from the Outer Hebrides in Scotland, and the German village of Kallstadt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted August 14, 2017 Author #408 Share Posted August 14, 2017 (edited) In 2007, man-of-the-people Jacob Rees-Mogg married Helena de Chair, the daughter of Somerset de Chair and Lady Juliet Tadgell, the only child of the eighth Earl Fitzwilliam. Edited August 14, 2017 by acute . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted August 15, 2017 #409 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Somerset de Chair is a made up name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted August 15, 2017 Author #410 Share Posted August 15, 2017 14 minutes ago, Manfred von Dreidecker said: Somerset de Chair is a made up name. Huh! I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted August 15, 2017 Author #411 Share Posted August 15, 2017 (edited) Since British Rail privatization, punctuality has improved by 11%, while fares have increased by 250%. Edited August 15, 2017 by acute . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted August 15, 2017 #412 Share Posted August 15, 2017 It is a little known fact, particularly if you read left wing newspapers, that fares on the supposedly "privatised" railways are in fact set by the Government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted August 15, 2017 Author #413 Share Posted August 15, 2017 (edited) From the Parliament website: "Around 45 per cent of fares are subject to regulation (by the Secretary of State in England, Welsh Minister in Wales and Scottish Ministers in Scotland). Regulated fares are set by a formula based on the RPI figure for the previous July, and for many years with a degree of flexibility (called the ‘fares basket’ or ‘flex’). All other fares are set commercially by train operators." Edited August 15, 2017 by acute . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted August 15, 2017 Author #414 Share Posted August 15, 2017 44 minutes ago, Manfred von Dreidecker said: It is a little known fact, particularly if you read left wing newspapers, that fares on the supposedly "privatised" railways are in fact set by the Government. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Goatman Posted August 17, 2017 #415 Share Posted August 17, 2017 The Mola Mola, largest bony fish, and butt of many marine Biologists jokes. Why? because these guys cannot swim very well, are kinda dumb, chewtoys of seals and sharks and its often joked the only reason they haven't died out is because they lay a stupendous number of eggs, more than nearly any other animal. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted August 17, 2017 Author #416 Share Posted August 17, 2017 A criminal's DNA profile on the UK's National DNA Database consists of a string of 20 digits and a male/female marker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted August 18, 2017 #417 Share Posted August 18, 2017 9 hours ago, acute said: A criminal's DNA profile on the UK's National DNA Database consists of a string of 20 digits and a male/female marker. really? Just male/female? Have the political correctness authorities heard about this? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted August 18, 2017 Author #418 Share Posted August 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Manfred von Dreidecker said: really? Just male/female? Have the political correctness authorities heard about this? Ah yes... the PC PC's! I believe there are only 2 sexes at birth. Even an Intersex state renders an M or F identifier, chromosomally speaking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted August 18, 2017 #419 Share Posted August 18, 2017 On 2017-8-15 at 9:57 AM, Manfred von Dreidecker said: Somerset de Chair is a made up name. So is Winter Nockeditover! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted August 18, 2017 #420 Share Posted August 18, 2017 From the department of "Can't sing, can't act, can dance a little" and "Guitar groups are on the way out", the review of the very fist episode of Star Trek to be broadcast, in September 1966, from Variety magazine: "Star Trek obviously solicits an all-out suspension of disbelief, but it won't work. Even within its sci-fi frame of reference it was a dreary mess of confusion, trudging on for a whole hour with hardly any relief from violence, killings, hypnotic stuff and a distasteful, ugly monster. By a generous stretch of the imagination, it could lure a small coterie of the smallfry in terms of audience ... The performers are in there pitching, but the odds are against them in all departments - script, direction and overall production. William Shatner appears wooden. " 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted August 20, 2017 Author #421 Share Posted August 20, 2017 The Ku Klux Klan has coined many words beginning with Kl, including: Klabee – treasurers. Klavern – local organization. Imperial Kleagle – recruiter. Klecktoken – initiation fee. Kligrapp – secretary. Klonvocation – gathering. Kloran – ritual book. Kloreroe – delegate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted August 20, 2017 #422 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Some of those are a bit of a stretch, but I've got to give them credit for kloran. What about Klorets? (Mints they carry for when they feel they need their breath freshening. The same horrible stuff still comes out of their mouth, but at least it smells nice. ) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Goatman Posted August 20, 2017 #423 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Sexton Beetles, these guys are known as "burying" beetles because they sniff out dead vertebrates and dig under them until the body has fallen into a pit, where the beetle lays its eggs and feeds its young on the decaying corpse. Sexton beetles are good parents. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted August 22, 2017 Author #424 Share Posted August 22, 2017 The Richter Scale is not commonly used by seismologists anymore, because it doesn't take all of the different shockwaves into account. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted August 23, 2017 Author #425 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Since Google bought YouTube, you can get to YouTube by searching y on Google. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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