Golden Duck Posted July 21, 2017 #351 Share Posted July 21, 2017 On 7/16/2017 at 5:05 AM, acute said: I watch QI, and I know Morse Code, but I never noticed that! Di-dah-dah dit di-dah-di-dit di-dah-di-dit dah-di-dit dah-dah-dah dah-dit dit dah-di-dah-di-dah-dah. The theme for Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em spells out the title of the show in Norse code 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Duck Posted July 21, 2017 #352 Share Posted July 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Golden Duck said: The theme for Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em spells out the title of the show in Norse code Morse code. MORSE 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted July 21, 2017 Author #353 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Street artist 'Banksy' is almost certainly Robert Del Naja, the 52-year-old lead singer with Bristol-born Trip-Hop band 'Massive Attack'. He also co-wrote Neneh Cherry's single "Manchild". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted July 21, 2017 Author #354 Share Posted July 21, 2017 More innocent civilians have been killed in Syria & Afghanistan during the first 6 months of Trump's presidency, than died during the 8 years of Obama. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted July 22, 2017 Author #355 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Thanks to the BBC being forced to release wage details, we now know..... If you went to a private school (as opposed to a state-funded school) you are 6 times more likely to be a well-paid news presenter, or 9 times more likely to be a top TV journalist. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Noteverythingisaconspiracy Posted July 22, 2017 #356 Share Posted July 22, 2017 On 21/7/2017 at 5:10 AM, Golden Duck said: The theme for Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em spells out the title of the show in Norse code As a Norse man I'm never going to tell you what it means in Norse code. NEVER ! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt221 Posted July 26, 2017 #357 Share Posted July 26, 2017 It was believed that Thor travelled in a chariot pulled by goats 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted July 26, 2017 #358 Share Posted July 26, 2017 On 21/07/2017 at 11:47 AM, acute said: More innocent civilians have been killed in Syria & Afghanistan during the first 6 months of Trump's presidency, than died during the 8 years of Obama. I am amazed that there are any civilians left in either country 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt221 Posted July 26, 2017 #359 Share Posted July 26, 2017 It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka CAT Posted July 26, 2017 #360 Share Posted July 26, 2017 36 minutes ago, Matt221 said: It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted July 27, 2017 Author #361 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Canned food was invented in 1812, but the can opener wasn't invented until 58 years later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt221 Posted July 27, 2017 #362 Share Posted July 27, 2017 The animatronic shark used in Jaws is was affectionately called Bruce 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted July 28, 2017 #363 Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) 18 hours ago, acute said: Canned food was invented in 1812, but the can opener wasn't invented until 58 years later. as canned food was invented for use by the military, they usually used bayonets. Edited July 28, 2017 by Manfred von Dreidecker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted July 28, 2017 #364 Share Posted July 28, 2017 according to someone who has gone to a lot of effort to crunch a lot of numbers, the cost of the not so far entirely successful (but just give it a little longer) campaign to impose Freedom in Afghanistan and Iraq to date amounts to $18,809 per citizen of the U.S. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt221 Posted July 28, 2017 #365 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted July 29, 2017 Author #366 Share Posted July 29, 2017 When a packet of crisps/chips says "Packaged in a protective atmosphere" that atmosphere is nitrogen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted July 30, 2017 Author #367 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Publishers of Road Atlases often include Trap Streets. These are deliberate inaccuracies, put there to identify copyright infringements. They may straighten a road, exaggerate a bend, add a roundabout, or alter the junctions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Monk Posted July 30, 2017 #368 Share Posted July 30, 2017 On 21/07/2017 at 5:34 AM, acute said: Street artist 'Banksy' is almost certainly Robert Del Naja, the 52-year-old lead singer with Bristol-born Trip-Hop band 'Massive Attack'. He also co-wrote Neneh Cherry's single "Manchild". Nah, he's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Monk Posted July 30, 2017 #369 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Churchill's famous "We shall fight them on the beaches..." recorded speech was not actually made until 1949 - although he did still make the speech (unrecorded) to the House of Commons in 1940. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted July 31, 2017 Author #370 Share Posted July 31, 2017 (edited) On 21/07/2017 at 5:34 AM, acute said: Street artist 'Banksy' is almost certainly Robert Del Naja, the 52-year-old lead singer with Bristol-born Trip-Hop band 'Massive Attack'. 14 hours ago, Black Monk said: Nah, he's not. I beg to differ! The appearance of Banksy's art correlates with Massive Attack's tour dates, and rapper Goldie accidentally referred to Banksy as "Rob". Also, Robert Del Naja just happens to be a former graffiti artist! Edited July 31, 2017 by acute . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Goatman Posted August 1, 2017 #371 Share Posted August 1, 2017 (edited) Only female cats can be calico, while male calicoes do exist, they are typically sterile. School lunch meats are in the same classification as dog chow, "canner meat" is the lowest rank of meat. And people wondered why I always packed my lunches... The Srawberry Squid has two types of eye, a "normal" eye, used to scan the waters above for predators, and a larger eye with a dome, used to scan the waters below for prey. Another kind of squid, the Humbolt (sometimes called "Black/Red Devils") are man-sized, aggressive towards divers, and hunt in packs. And not in the sense that they swim in groups and each squid goes after its own prey, it in the sense that several squids will gang up on the same target. Pigs rank higher in intelligence than dolphins, and are capable of playing games. Mantises only rarely eat their mate, it's NOT a common occurrence, contrary to popular thought. Edited August 1, 2017 by AustinHinton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted August 1, 2017 Author #372 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Strawberry squid? So... why does squid ink only come in black? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted August 1, 2017 #373 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Because Black is the new Pink ... ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted August 1, 2017 #374 Share Posted August 1, 2017 On 7/21/2017 at 5:34 AM, acute said: Street artist 'Banksy' is almost certainly Robert Del Naja, the 52-year-old lead singer with Bristol-born Trip-Hop band 'Massive Attack'. He also co-wrote Neneh Cherry's single "Manchild". I'm afraid it's far from being almost certain. Identity He does all this and he stays anonymous. I think that's great. These days everyone is trying to be famous. But he has anonymity. — Brad Pitt.[114] Banksy's name and identity remain unknown – it has been stated that the reason for this secrecy is that graffiti is a crime.[115] A commonly cited 2008 Mail on Sunday investigation of several former schoolmates and associates stated that the artist is believed to be Robin Gunningham, a former pupil at the public Bristol Cathedral School.[116][117] This suggestion was corroborated in 2016 by a study of the locations in which Banksy's art has been found, which found that the incidence of Banksy's works correlated with the known movements of Gunningham.[118][119] There has also been speculation that Banksy is a team of seven artists.[120] In October 2014 an internet hoax circulated that Banksy had been arrested and their identity revealed.[121] In August 2016, Scottish journalist Craig Williams published an investigative piece in which he connected the timing of Banksy's murals with the touring schedule of the trip hop band Massive Attack.[122] Williams put forward the suggestion that Banksy's work could be the work of a collective, and that Banksy themselves may be Massive Attack's frontman, Robert Del Naja.[123][124] Del Naja had been a graffiti artist during the 1980s prior to forming the band and had previously been identified as a personal friend of Banksy.[122] In June 2017, English musician Goldie referred to Banksy as Rob (or Robert), during an interview with Scroobius Pip. It has been argued that Goldie could have been referring to either Robert Del Naja, Robin Gunningham, or neither of them.[125] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted August 1, 2017 Author #375 Share Posted August 1, 2017 4 hours ago, Manfred von Dreidecker said: I'm afraid it's far from being almost certain. I agree, Manfred. I hereby withdraw the phrase "almost certainly" and replace it with "possibly". I forgot that Gunningham's name is Rob! But, we still need to know more. If Banksy's art matches up exactly with Massive Attack's tour dates, Robin could be a fan of theirs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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