Random things you always wondered about...

moc moc a moc

Right lads and lassies, it's about time we pooled our collective wisdom and used the awesome resource of random knowledge of trivia commanded by the denizens of Boards/Ireland to figure out some of the smaller oddities of life, particularly those that probably wouldn't warrant a thread on their own.

Here's how I'm hoping it works: post up a trivial query that has been at the back of your mind but you have not been able to figure out yourself. Hopefully someone out there among the unwashed of AH will be able to offer some insight, and in return, you might be able to help out another fellow ponderer.

Here is mine: What's the story with scangers and the trousers tucked into the socks thing? Is it a fashion statement of some sort? An identifying mark to fellow scangers, along the lines of the old handkerchief codes in gay culture? Is there a practical reason for this odd carry-on?

One More Toy

Why are there no doors on freezers in shops?

lazybones32

The collective wisdom of AH?!

Anyway, the sock thing is mostly used by a sub-culture (who I must be very careful not to insult) who like to live in caravans and fear working in legal employment. I think this trend has crossed the Atlantic, from black culture, where I can't remember - but was told -what it signifies.

It's a fad - like MC Hammer's baggy pants; kriss kross's wearing clothes backwards...wear your disdain for it as a badge of maturity.

German pointer

The socks is also handy for putting things that don't belong to you out of sight quickly

Charlie19

Why do deaf people only watch TV in the early hours of the morning.

Lemsiper

Charlie19 wrote: »

Why do deaf people only watch TV in the early hours of the morning.

They don't. Signed programmes are broadcast at night to allow deaf/hard of hearing viewers record them without disrupting schedule.

efb

Lemsiper wrote: »

They don't. Signed programmes are broadcast at night to allow deaf/hard of hearing viewers record them without disrupting schedule.

I always felt if should be a select feature (red button) during the programs regular time slot

efb

One More Toy wrote: »

Why are there no doors on freezers in shops?

The way the air circulates in the freezer keeps them at the required temperature, so shoppers don't have the hassle of opening/closing doors, and it doesn't fcuk up the food like where a door was left open

efb

moc moc a moc wrote: »

Right lads and lassies, it's about time we pooled our collective wisdom and used the awesome resource of random knowledge of trivia commanded by the denizens of Boards/Ireland to figure out some of the smaller oddities of life, particularly those that probably wouldn't warrant a thread on their own.

Here's how I'm hoping it works: post up a trivial query that has been at the back of your mind but you have not been able to figure out yourself. Hopefully someone out there among the unwashed of AH will be able to offer some insight, and in return, you might be able to help out another fellow ponderer.

Here is mine: What's the story with scangers and the trousers tucked into the socks thing? Is it a fashion statement of some sort? An identifying mark to fellow scangers, along the lines of the old handkerchief codes in gay culture? Is there a practical reason for this odd carry-on?

knives and other concealed paraphernalia

eternal

What do you say to a person straight after coital relations?

efb

eternal wrote: »

What do you say to a person straight after coital relations?

close the door on your way out.

eternal

efb wrote: »

close the door on your way out.

You old romantic :pac:

Cookie_Monster

How do they get the figs into fig rolls

eternal

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

How do they get the figs into fig rolls

Roll the pastry mixture around the fig and bake it in industrial ovens.

kneemos

Why does my nipple become erect when I touch it?(male).

Flippyfloppy

kneemos wrote: »

Why does my nipple become erect when I touch it?(male).

That's not your nipple
It's you knee

Cookie_Monster

kneemos wrote: »

Why does my nipple become erect when I touch it?(male).

it's just copying your penis

ArseBurger

eternal wrote: »

Roll the pastry mixture around the fig and bake it in industrial ovens.

Nope. It's a tube inside a tube mechanism.

Same way they make multitube confectionary.

See it here

madpaddy88

did adam and eve have belly buttons??

Shenshen

What does lava smell like?

EDit

Why are there no (or a very small number of) squirrels in Ireland?

CINCLANTFLT

Wiping your arse... Back towards front or front towards back? A surprisingly emotional subject!

Kev W

madpaddy88 wrote: »

did adam and eve have belly buttons??

No, they didn't exist.

Fat Christy

efb wrote: »

The way the air circulates in the freezer keeps them at the required temperature, so shoppers don't have the hassle of opening/closing doors, and it doesn't fcuk up the food like where a door was left open

But it's fcuking cold!! That's one thing I hate about food shopping. Nearly free to death trying to pick up some cheese!

yeppydeppy

If you get banned from a thread can you appeal to be let back in after a certain amount of time?

SEPT 23 1989

trousers into socks is for shoplifting

Turtyturd

What was the first person to milk a cow up to?

Penn

When young children draw/colour in and it's obviously sh*te through our perspective, why is it not sh*te through their perspective? They know Spider-Man isn't yellow & brown, so why choose those colours? Fair enough, 2-4 year olds might not have the dexterity to colour inside the lines, but they can see and recognise colour. But even then, a child might scribble on a page and be all like "This is a house". That look like a house motherf*cker?

Omackeral

Bad Horse wrote: »

When young children draw/colour in and it's obviously sh*te through our perspective, why is it not sh*te through their perspective? They know Spider-Man isn't yellow & brown, so why choose those colours? Fair enough, 2-4 year olds might not have the dexterity to colour inside the lines, but they can see and recognise colour. But even then, a child might scribble on a page and be all like "This is a house". That look like a house motherf*cker?

With this point in mind, do scumbags know they're scumbags? You're on Jeremy Kyle, chances are you're a scrote. Are they self aware? Do they think anything when walking on to the LUAS without paying? When galloping along on a horse on the road, are they unaware that they are actual filth?

Yamanoto

Why aren't haemorrhoids called assteroids?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

If crane drivers would be good at playing teddy bear machines

Omackeral

Why is abbreviation such a long word?

Gongoozler

Turtyturd wrote: »

What was the first person to milk a cow up to?

I imagine that humans noticed that the calves were drinking from the mother and knowing that their own babies drink from their mother, they probably put two and two together.

Now as to why humans decided they wanted to drink the milk of another animal, that's another thing.

Agricola

Gongoozler wrote: »

I imagine that humans noticed that the calves were drinking from the mother and knowing that their own babies drink from their mother, they probably put two and two together.

Now as to why humans decided they wanted to drink the milk of another animal, that's another thing.

They realized it was nutritious and since there was no Lidl or Aldi back then/they were half starved anyway, they thought they'd give it a whirl.

Valetta

Gongoozler wrote: »

I imagine that humans noticed that the calves were drinking from the mother and knowing that their own babies drink from their mother, they probably put two and two together.

Now as to why humans decided they wanted to drink the milk of another animal, that's another thing.

Pull the udder one.

What does an occasional table do the rest of the time?

kneemos

Valetta wrote: »

Pull the udder one.

What does an occasional table do the rest of the time?

Stands around waiting for an occasion.

shakencat

Why do some people think animals don't have all of the feels?

Sheep Lover

Is beastality is wrong, why is a sheep's arse just at the hip height for most humans?

barrymanilow

If animals could surf the internet would they watch porn of their species ?

kneemos

Sheep Lover wrote: »

Is beastality is wrong, why is a sheep's arse just at the hip height for most humans?

A worrying observation.

eternal

kneemos wrote: »

A worrying observation.

It's baaaaaad alright.

Dave0301

Sheep Lover wrote: »

Is beastality is wrong, why is a sheep's arse just at the hip height for most humans?

Looks at post.

Looks at username.

Interesting.....

donegaLroad

Why does Ireland have such a wide variety of accents compared to Canada for example, where the accent doesn't change much unless you are in Quebec or out East in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.

Penn

Did the guy who invented the Lazy Susan do so because his wife Susan kept asking him to pass her things from the other side of the table?

dandyelevan

The socks outside the trousers was an old method of keeping rats from running up ones leg during the old Threshing days.
Working trousers came with a strap at the calf of the leg for this purpose, back in the day.
Wellington boots came with straps at the sides for similar reasons.
Socks were also pulled over the trouser - ends while cycling to prevent it rubbing against the greasy chain, or getting caught up in the cotter-pin.

filbert the fox

shakencat wrote: »

Why do some people think animals don't have all of the feels?

Wha?

filbert the fox

Who was uncle Tom Cobbley?

efb

donegaLroad wrote: »

Why does Ireland have such a wide variety of accents compared to Canada for example, where the accent doesn't change much unless you are in Quebec or out East in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.

I'm sure Canadians notice difference and think ours is all the same

dandyelevan

A few questions of my own...
Why do some women cross their arms while walking ?
Why do some motorcyclists constantly check their back-wheels when driving at speed ?
Why do drivers stare to the left while waiting to enter a main road ?

kneemos

efb wrote: »

I'm sure Canadians notice difference and think ours is all the same

Surprised they don't merge into one,particularly with mass communication.

moc moc a moc

Omackeral wrote: »

Why is abbreviation such a long word?

Same reason dyslexia is so hard to spell. Some men just want to watch the world burn.