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AARRRGH

Right, I'll go first.

Two things.

The difference between e.g. and i.e. -

I like cars, e.g. Fiat, Ferrari, Porsche and Toyota.
I like Fiat, Ferrari, Porsche and Toyota, i.e. cars.

The difference between decimate and obliterate.
Decimate: destroy 10% of something
Obliterate: destroy 100% of something

Supercell

There was 5 days of snow lying >1cm @ 09:00 last winter in Annamoe...

Doctor DooM

The only big cat that purs is a cheetah.

rossie1977

when steven gerrard made his league debut for Liverpool as a sub against Blackburn Rovers in November 1998 at Anfield he entered the field of play without a name or number on the back of his shirt; nobody knew who the hell he was, i sure didn't as i couldn't first see his face and i was only a few rows from the dugout that evening.

biko

The Great wall of China is actually not visible from outer space.

Glowing

Up to 11,000 greyhounds are 'unaccounted for' every year in Ireland - and they make great family pets.

Zaph

Glowing wrote:

Up to 11,000 greyhounds are 'unaccounted for' every year in Ireland - and they make great family pets.

Good eatin' on a greayhound

Steez

A panther is actually a leopard, except it suffers from a condition called mellanomin (im not arsed looking up the proper spelling) that causes its coat to be all black instead of spotted.

Terry

Alot is not a word.
I keep saying that, but nobody seems to listen.

Fremen

The human head weighs eight pounds

baztard

Your average double decker bus costs about €500,000

wyk

I've corpses under my porch.... you got a problem with that?

Wez

dublindude wrote:

Right, I'll go first.

Two things.

The difference between e.g. and i.e. -

I like cars, e.g. Fiat, Ferrari, Porsche and Toyota.
I like Fiat, Ferrari, Porsche and Toyota, i.e. cars.

The difference between decimate and obliterate.
Decimate: destroy 10% of something
Obliterate: destroy 100% of something

Zaph

Terry wrote:

Alot is not a word.
I keep saying that, but nobody seems to listen.

And when you misplace something you lose it, not loose it. Nobody seems to care about that one either.

The Bollox

I found a spider in the bath last night

Cuddlesworth

Photos steal your soul.

smemon

a secret

The Hill Billy

A crop of radishes will be ready to harvest 4 to 5 weeks after planting them.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Pigeons are the only birds that can suck

Zaph

Penguins suck at flying

emeraldstar

zaph wrote:

And when you misplace something you lose it, not loose it. Nobody seems to care about that one either.

Or the fact that "should of/would of/could of" do not have any meaning.

**Timbuk2**

When you want to say that you are something, it's you're, not your. (You'd be surprised how many people make that mistake)

The Bollox

there means a place
their means something a person owns
they're means a group of people

tolosenc

Yore Ma!, carnally.

cast_iron

The Bollox wrote:

there means a place
their means something a person owns
they're means a group of people

Amongst numerous other mistakes, "means" should be replaced with "refers to" in the above statements.

The Bollox

ah now that's just nitpicking!

Photi

Fremen wrote:

The human head weighs eight pounds

What's in the baax?

Pherekydes

Photi wrote:

What's in the baax?

The head of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.

Schism

The contents of my pockets right now.

Heavy rain can actually kill ducklings.

Kevski

Before he decided to kill people, Hitler's job was painting pictures on postcards.

arybvtcw0eolkf

There are no statues in O'Connell St (Dublin).

Israeli's sixth president was born and raised in Ireland.

And finally (for now) my great grandfather was taken prisoner of war in France (WWI) and later escaped.

Love2love

Mairt wrote:

And finally (for now) my great grandfather was taken prisoner of war in France (WWI) and later escaped.

My great grandfather was taken prisoner of war in France too but he ended up gassed and he is buried in Belgium

Terry

Mairt wrote:

And finally (for now) my great grandfather was taken prisoner of war in France (WWI) and later escaped.

I am the only male on my father's side of the family not to serve in the Irish armed forces in some capacity.
An uncle was a recruiting officer for the FCA.

ScumLord

No I don't know anything. I'm stupid.

Love2love

Terry wrote:

I am the only male on my father's side of the family not to serve in the Irish armed forces in some capacity.
An uncle was a recruiting officer for the FCA.

Shame on you. :eek:

littlejp

dogs can't look up.

Zebra3

My grandad died in Auschwitz concentration camp.













He fell out of his watchtower and broke his neck.

The Bollox

Mairt wrote:

There are no statues in O'Connell St (Dublin).

yes there is. there's a very shítty looking statue of some guy (not sure who) between the spire and the bridge and I don't mean O'Connell himself

[edit] it's Jim Larkin

and to Littlejp, dogs can look up, I thought about this over the past few days and put it to the test

Love2love

Zebra3 wrote:

My grandad died in Auschwitz concentration camp.













He fell out of his watchtower and broke his neck.

What a coincidence, my grandfather was the one WHO built the watchtower that your Grandfather fell out of.

FlutterinBantam

The Eastern entrance of the Panama Canal is further West than the Western entrance.

mastermind2005

Time is not real... its actually only a perception.

Terry

The Bollox wrote:

yes there is. there's a very shítty looking statue of some guy (not sure who) between the spire and the bridge and I don't mean O'Connell himself

[edit] it's Jim Larkin

and to Littlejp, dogs can look up, I thought about this over the past few days and put it to the test

Big sick ugly?

Not the same name, but it made me think of him.

ROCKMAN

The reason Germany's away shirt (soccer) is green . Is gesture of respect to IRELAND...
(ONLY TEAM THAT WOULD PLAY THEM AFTER WW2)

Zebra3

ROCKMAN wrote:

The reason Germany's away shirt (soccer) is green . Is gesture of respect to IRELAND...
(ONLY TEAM THAT WOULD PLAY THEM AFTER WW2)

Not true.

Ireland were, I think, the fourth team to play the FRG after WWII.

Edit....

From the German national team page on Wikipedia:

The green away jersey comes from the fact that the DFB's (Deutscher Fußball-Bund) official color is green yet a very common myth associated with Germany's use of a green-coloured away jersey is in recognition of the fact that Ireland were supposedly the first nation to play Germany in a friendly game after World War II. This is false. Their first match after WWII was in fact against the Swiss.

Love2love

ROCKMAN wrote:

The reason Germany's away shirt (soccer) is green . Is gesture of respect to IRELAND...
(ONLY TEAM THAT WOULD PLAY THEM AFTER WW2)

Wrong, that is just us Irish thinking everyone loves us!
Switzerland were the first country to play West Germany officially after WW2 and even unofficially before FIFA readmitted them in either '49 or '50.

ROCKMAN

Zebra3 wrote:

Not true.

Ireland were, I think, the fourth team to play the FRG after WWII.

Edit....

From the German national team page on Wikipedia:

I stand corrected ....... live and learn
Thank you and love2love

The Bollox

Terry wrote:

Big sick ugly?

Not the same name, but it made me think of him.

Colonel Sanders

I am actually your Da!!!

Dev 17

Small parts of the Republic of Ireland are further North than Northern Ireland.

The antidote to certain grades of nerve gas are actually poisonous themselves to a certain degree.

Terry

The Bollox wrote:

Ahh, someone will get it.

Sam Vimes

O connell bridge is wider than it is long

there's a statue of james joyce in trieste in the north of italy. Apparently he lived there or something. I was wandering around the city pissed and came across it. Thought i was seeing things

Pherekydes

Maine is the only US state with one syllable in its name. (For northsiders: it's not May-in)

Alaska is the most easterly state in the US.