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FanadMan

Bandana boy wrote: »

Beef Sausages are very very different from pork Sausages but can be very tasty in their own right,
For a start I would roast in an oven or grill rather than Fry , Lidl or Aldi do a Beef and Black pepper sausage that is pretty decent.

Oooh - have to check local Lidl for some. Prob way cheaper than the butchers and might be a nice change.

AlanG

Greenland left the EU (EEC) in 1985 - Approximately halving the land territory of the EEC at the time.

IvyTheTerrible

Candie wrote: »

In ancient Greece it was considered healthier to exercise in the nude, and men in particular were encouraged to attend organized exercise sessions. Gymnasium is roughly translated as 'naked exercise school'.

The Greeks thought Persians were inferior because they were actually too white. Because the Greeks exercised nude, they were very suntanned and for them, it was a sign of virility and strength. The Persians, being paler, were therefore considered weak.

Snotty

begbysback wrote: »

Dear god - when was a pulse invented?

Oh it still happens and there are reported cases from all around the world in the last few years. Won't list example here, but Google waking up in a morgue.
And that is with today's medical expertise, in days gone by, they knew dead bodies could infect the healthy so there was no reason not to bury someone straight away, especially the poor.


On a similar note.
The Lazarus syndrome is an actual medical phenomenon where people are resuscitated but it fails to get their circulation going (and so the pulse) , but once they give up on resuscitation, blood circulation begins again. For that reason medical procedure is to not certify death until atleast 10 minutes after resuscitation has failed.

Mackman

The Principality of Hutt River is a farm 500km north of Perth Australia which declared war on Australia to gain sovereignty back in 1977 over a dispute with the Australian Government about taxes.

On the 2nd of December, Leonard Casley notified the Australian government of his declaration of war, and notified them of the cessation of hostilities a few days later. Because the authorities never responded, the Principality of Hutt River maintains that they are undefeated in War and have successfully secessed from Australia.

Desipite no-one taking him seriously, and being arrested in Germany for trying to use a "Hutt River Diplomatic Passport", His Royal Highness Prince Leonard I of Hutt, still fights his battle in the Australian Courts who say he owes over $2mil in back taxes.

If you visit the principality, you can have your passport stamped, and exchange your Australian dollar for Hutt River Dollars. :pac:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Hutt_River

(Beef sausages arent so bad, you get used to them, quite good as hot dogs )

Cookie_Monster

Forty is the only number spelled alphabetically

One is the only number spelled reverse-alphabetically

osarusan

The parish of Aspatria, in Cumbria, takes its name from Ash-of-Patrick - the legend being that St. Patrick, who used to drive his ash staff into the ground while proselytising, spent so much time in the area that his staff had taken root and was growing by the time he finished.

New Home

Candie wrote: »

In ancient Greece it was considered healthier to exercise in the nude, and men in particular were encouraged to attend organized exercise sessions. Gymnasium is roughly translated as 'naked exercise school'.

I remember reading somewhere that in the early Olympics (I must look it up again to remember which one it was exactly) men used to be clothed, until a woman took part pretending to be a man (women were not allowed to race) and was discovered. Since then, and for aaaaages afterwards, Olympians were obliged to be naked to stop female interlopers.

BBDBB

osarusan wrote: »

The parish of Aspatria, in Cumbria, takes its name from Ash-of-Patrick - the legend being that St. Patrick, who used to drive his ash staff into the ground while proselytising, spent so much time in the area that his staff had taken root and was growing by the time he finished.

Locals pronounce Aspatria - Spee-yat-tree

diomed

It doesn't mean bend over .

It is the heraldic term for "a bend (diagonal stripe) which is golden or yellow in color".
It was the ancient former arms of the Grosvenor family which were adjudged against them in 1389 to the Scrope family in the most famous case ever heard before the Court of Chivalry, known as Scrope v Grosvenor.

Hundreds of years later, in 1887, Hugh Grosvenor (1st Duke of Westminster), named a horse Bend Or (why? It was no longer his coat of arms).
The horse won ten races including the English Derby at Epsom.

A challenge came from the owners of the second in the English Derby, Robert the Devil, against Bend Or's win on the grounds he was entered under the wrong description.
It was suggested that two foals had been mixed up and that it was the horse registered as Tadcaster that won the Derby.
The accusation came from a groom who formerly worked for the Duke, the richest man in England.

The objection was overruled by the Jockey Club, but controversy still remains today.
Recent research (Mim Bower, Cambridge University) compared DNA of Bend Or to that of Tadcaster's relatives suggested the two had indeed been switched as foals. (suggested = proved).

Almost every racehorse you see today is descended from Bend Or (including Ireland's top sire Galileo).
But they are all descended from Tadcaster.

the purple tin

Candie wrote: »

In ancient Greece it was considered healthier to exercise in the nude, and men in particular were encouraged to attend organized exercise sessions. Gymnasium is roughly translated as 'naked exercise school'.

Ancient Greece also gave us the Brazen Bull - an instrument of torture and death like no other. Invented by Perillos of Athens at the behest of Phalaris of Sicily, it comprised of a hollow bronze bull complete with acoustic devices. A person condemned to death would be locked inside the hollow bull and a fire lit underneath, and the screams of agony would be converted into something akin to the mellow bellow of a bull lowing as they cooked to death within.

The inventor was asked to climb inside to demonstate these acoustics, the door was slammed shut and he was given a taste of his own torture. Before he died, he was taken out and thrown off a cliff. Some people are just really ungrateful.

Maybe he overcharged them.

Realt Dearg Sec

the purple tin wrote: »

Candie wrote: »

In ancient Greece it was considered healthier to exercise in the nude, and men in particular were encouraged to attend organized exercise sessions. Gymnasium is roughly translated as 'naked exercise school'.

Ancient Greece also gave us the Brazen Bull - an instrument of torture and death like no other.  Invented by Perillos of Athens at the behest of Phalaris of Sicily,  it comprised of a hollow bronze bull complete with acoustic devices. A person condemned to death would be locked inside the hollow bull and a fire lit underneath, and the screams of agony would be converted into something akin to the mellow bellow of a bull lowing as they cooked to death within.

The inventor was asked to climb inside to demonstate these acoustics, the door was slammed shut and he was given a taste of his own torture. Before he died, he was taken out and thrown off a cliff. Some people are just really ungrateful.

Maybe he overcharged them.

The whole story is a load of bull.

Ipso

osarusan wrote: »

The parish of Aspatria, in Cumbria, takes its name from Ash-of-Patrick - the legend being that St. Patrick, who used to drive his ash staff into the ground while proselytising, spent so much time in the area that his staff had taken root and was growing by the time he finished.

I read that there is a chance that Patrick was from Cumbria and not Wales, from what I remember it is down to how he used to write about a wall that has been interpreted as Hadrians Wall.
I'll see if I can dig something more substantial up.

tomwaterford

What is believed to be One of the most prolific and controversial serial killers of the 20th century with suspicion of 160+ murders was born in Antrim


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bodkin_Adams

Capt'n Midnight

Francois Isaac de Rivaz made the first hydrogen powered car back in 1807. It even had electric ignition.

Purple Mountain

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Under Brehon law, a man who didn't have sex with his wife due to disinterest was subject to a fine.

Jack Duckworth be fooked so...

uch

A fella called Alan was the 1996 Dublin canal angling champion

aoh

The entire reason CS Lewis wrote the lamppost into Chronicles of Narnia was because JRR Tolkien insisted that no good Fantasy writer would include something as arbitrary as a lamppost in their novel. CSL 1 JRR 0

steddyeddy

Candie wrote: »

In ancient Greece it was considered healthier to exercise in the nude, and men in particular were encouraged to attend organized exercise sessions. Gymnasium is roughly translated as 'naked exercise school'.

Ancient Greece also gave us the Brazen Bull - an instrument of torture and death like no other. Invented by Perillos of Athens at the behest of Phalaris of Sicily, it comprised of a hollow bronze bull complete with acoustic devices. A person condemned to death would be locked inside the hollow bull and a fire lit underneath, and the screams of agony would be converted into something akin to the mellow bellow of a bull lowing as they cooked to death within.

The inventor was asked to climb inside to demonstate these acoustics, the door was slammed shut and he was given a taste of his own torture. Before he died, he was taken out and thrown off a cliff. Some people are just really ungrateful.

There's some stories that suggest Perillos himself met his end inside the bull when he was overthrown.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

My uncle played the trombone.

Roger Hassenforder

Most of the watches in the Argos catalogue are at 10:08

steddyeddy

Anders Shy Aircraft wrote: »

My uncle played the trombone.

If my aunty had balls she'd be my uncle.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

steddyeddy wrote: »

If my aunty had balls she'd be my uncle.

But we knew that.

Roger Hassenforder

steddyeddy wrote: »

If my aunty had balls she'd be my uncle.

She did wear the trousers in that house

steddyeddy

steddyeddy wrote: »

There's some stories that suggest Perillos himself met his end inside the bull when he was overthrown.

Poetic justice, if so.

eisenberg1

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Under Brehon law, a man who didn't have sex with his wife due to disinterest was subject to a fine.

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Jack Duckworth be fooked so...

Or not.....

tayto lover

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Under Brehon law, a man who didn't have sex with his wife due to disinterest was subject to a fine.

Does someone else's wife count?

Wibbs

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

Most of the watches in the Argos catalogue are at 10:08

yep 10:08:42 because that became an industry standard, because it showed off the hands on an analogue watch well and also worked well for digitals too. IIRC it was Seiko who first made it a thing across their range in advertising literature, with the rest of the industry following suit.

corner of hells

The HSE allows you only four viagra a month or 48 rides a year.
Less if you factor in headaches and the red army.

Realt Dearg Sec

corner of hells wrote: »

The HSE allows you only four viagra a month or 48 rides a year.
Less if you factor in headaches and the red army.

You could just take the Viagra at some other time...