michael Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I have a few things to add to my head today, possibly old news to many but I thought that if we all did this we could all learn at least one new thing 1. Sex toys and pornography are illegal in India 2. You can get an articulated lorry that's fallen over back on it's wheels using a giant beach ball 3. Special Delivery is a rip off and Royal Mail suck in general I'm sure I had something else to add to this but suspect it's been lost... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyP Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 The first two I didn't know but I think the last is common knowledge. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 1. BMWs are not equipped with indicators as standard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkTheBoy Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I am definitely NOT going to india then! ....what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHanky Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Learnt about internal tables in ABAP and then almost fell sleep during the security bit of the course Also that it is always a much better plan to go north via the M40 as apposed to the crappy M1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Contrary to popular belief codeine based tablets can actually cause headaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I you could build a cylinder large enough to enclose the Eifel Tower, the air it would contain would be heavier than the tower itself. The tip of a 0.333333 inch long hour-hand on a wristwatch travels at 0.00000275 mph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I learnt all about creating secret keys and self signing certificates for a development SSL connection. Configuring Apache to front the SSL for a j2ee webapp on Tomcat, connected via apache jk connector and finally to install the created certificate in the java security keystore and load it into the securuty subsystem such that the client could authenticate and establish connection with the server. best thing, it all worked other than that I learned my next door neighbour appears to be doing well not down to hard work and shrewd business sense, but because his mother one the lottery a while back - something I was never aware of not that it matters, but that's a good bit of gossip for people that way inclined lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyP Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 1. Polar bears are left-handed. 2. Most toliets flush in the key of E flat. 3. Most car horns are in the key of F. 4. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. 5. 400 quarter-pounders can be made from 1 cow. 6. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton. 7. A full moon in nine times brighter than a half moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyW Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I learned that carrying three, 6 metre lengths of 8x2 timber over long distances can cause severe back and shoulder pain. Carrying two lengths is ok though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I learnt that 95% of forum users look up interesting facts on the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 1. Polar bears are left-handed. 2. Most toliets flush in the key of E flat. 3. Most car horns are in the key of F. 4. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. 5. 400 quarter-pounders can be made from 1 cow. 6. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton. 7. A full moon in nine times brighter than a half moon. seriously? what do you do for a living, pub quiz creator? lol related to 7. though, did you know the moon doesn't change size in the sky (visually, obviously it doesn't physically) - it's actually all an optical illusion - a tiny moon or a big orange summer moon, same size exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 However, I did learn that a Canon 400d DSLR will, over the course of five pictures, give you five different background shades despite nothing changing! I also learnt that Photoshop is a godsend in situations like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 The slovakian girl at work looks nicer with her hair up than down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markrzs Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 just to be different ..... Dirty snow melts faster than clean snow. The side of a hammer is called a cheek. Clouds fly higher during the day than at night. Honey is used as a center for golf balls. 50 million bacteria could be contained in single drop of liquid. Koala means "no drink" in the Aborigine language. Minnows have teeth in their throat. A cubic mile of seawater contains over 150 million tons of minerals. The pressure at the Earth's center is 27,000 tons per square inch. The only royal palace in the United States is in Honolulu. A Tyrannosaurus Rex can yield about 450 gallons of gasoline. The male angler fish permanently attaches himself to the female and becomes absorbed by her body. Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel. Louis Pasteur was a germophobe. The average married woman in seventeenth-century America gave birth to thirteen children. The hyena gives birth through its clitoris. A pangram is a sentence that uses all the letters of the alphabet. (The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.) The pin in a door hinge is called a pintle. Mark Twain was born on the day of the appearance of Halley's Comet in 1835, and died on the day of its next appearance in 1910. He himself predicted this in 1909, when he said: "I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 When people say "you can fit your own power shower, it's easy" - they are lying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 my golf swing improves when i wear the correct footwear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Letting your wife organise your road tax is not a sensible idea:d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 I see many have learnt how to copy and paste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Apart from the trivia I've read here I don't think I learned anything new today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanchan Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 The slovakian girl at work looks nicer with her hair up than down We need pics to verify this fact The rest I'll assume are correct, as I don't particularly like the idea of going to the centre of the Earth if it's 27,000 tons/square inch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 We need pics to verify this fact ...as I don't particularly like the idea of going to the centre of the Earth if it's 27,000 tons/square inch! not to mention it's a touch hot in there too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Already today I have learnt that I hate people more than I did yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I've learnt that MSN is a hot-bed of gossip and intrigue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ads Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I can't hold a poo in as long as I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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