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I bet you didn't know that this thread would have a part 2

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Well, I guess evaporation would have been minimal. :pac:

secondrowgal

That quintessentially Americanism “wow” is actually Scottish. First used in the 16th Century in Scotland.

And the even more quintessentially British “stiff upper lip” is actually American and can be found in Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

Ted_YNWA

BaZmO* wrote: »

When the Titanic wreck was discovered at the bottom of the sea, the swimming pool still contained water, 100 years after it sank!!!

New Home wrote: »

Well, I guess evaporation would have been minimal. :pac:

It was one of the few that had nobody peeing in it last year.

New Home

"We love our ool because there's no p in it".

Capt'n Midnight

You can't tell when a pterodactyl is urinating. Because the pee is silent.

I Am Nobody

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

You can't tell when a pterodactyl is urinating. Because the pee is silent.

That one is so bad it's good!

LostinBlanch

Erwin Schrodinger, the fella that had the cat named after him, was personally headhunted by Dev who met him in Geneva in 1939 and arranged visas for himself, his wife, and his mistress. :eek: They escaped Austria and made it to Rome where Dev phoned him and told him to meet him in Geneva where he sorted out visas for the three of them. They all lived in the same house on Kincora Road in Clontarf while Schrodinger worked in the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies in Trinity.

He also found the time to ride all around him, as it increased his creativity

He became a naturalised Irish citizen and stayed for seventeen years before returning to Vienna in 1956. He described his time in Ireland as some of the happiest years of his life and said Ireland was “the only place in the world where a person like me would be able to live comfortably and without direct obligations, free to follow all his fancies.”

Wibbs

I suppose for Schrodinger he could always say he was with both women and neither, at the same time.

joeguevara

LostinBlanch wrote: »

Erwin Schrodinger, the fella that had the cat named after him, was personally headhunted by Dev who met him in Geneva in 1939 and arranged visas for himself, his wife, and his mistress. :eek: They escaped Austria and made it to Rome where Dev phoned him and told him to meet him in Geneva where he sorted out visas for the three of them. They all lived in the same house on Kincora Road in Clontarf while Schrodinger worked in the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies in Trinity.

He also found the time to ride all around him, as it increased his creativity

He became a naturalised Irish citizen and stayed for seventeen years before returning to Vienna in 1956. He described his time in Ireland as some of the happiest years of his life and said Ireland was “the only place in the world where a person like me would be able to live comfortably and without direct obligations, free to follow all his fancies.”

It has come out that he was a huge Bon Jovi fan with his favourite song 'Wanted Dead and Alive'. The most confusing time of his life was when he accidentally knocked down his neighbours cat. He said he didn't know whether to feel guilty or not.

LostinBlanch

Wibbs wrote: »

I suppose for Schrodinger he could always say he was with both women and neither, at the same time.

Well the wife was happy enough with the arrangement she was off having her own affairs. Holy Catholic Ireland was more welcoming of this arrangement than Oxford was. He tried to leave Austria for Oxford, but all the academics there were so scandalised by him openly living with his wife and mistress in the same house, that they told him that there was no position for him so they had to go back to Austria until Dev brought him to Dublin.

Sleepy

Chinese explorer Zheng He's ship compared to Christopher Columbus' Santa Maria. They both lived in the same era:

Capt'n Midnight

The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies has three schools for Cosmic Physics, Theoretical Physics and Celtic Studies because of the way they naturally go together

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Variety is the spice of life, Capt'n...

Cordell

Sleepy wrote: »

Chinese explorer Zheng He's ship compared to Christopher Columbus' Santa Maria. They both lived in the same era:

Apparently he was in fact overcompensating for something

Zheng He[a] (Chinese: 鄭和; 1371 – 1433 or 1435) was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China's early Ming dynasty.

ohnonotgmail

fascinating programme on BBC2 now. it is about animals and counting. they were able to prove that ants can count. they counted the number of steps that an ant took when walking back to the nest from a particular point. they then attached little sticks to each of the ants legs so they were basically walking on stilts. they then left the ant at the same spot. the ant then walked the same number of steps back to the nest. but of course the steps were now longer so they walked past the nest but it showed that the ant knew how many steps to take.

Realt Dearg Sec

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

fascinating programme on BBC2 now. it is about animals and counting. they were able to prove that ants can count. they counted the number of steps that an ant took when walking back to the nest from a particular point. they then attached little sticks to each of the ants legs so they were basically walking on stilts. they then left the ant at the same spot. the ant then walked the same number of steps back to the nest. but of course the steps were now longer so they walked past the nest but it showed that the ant knew how many steps to take.

I think in these challenging times, we all need the footage of that ant walking around on stilts.

ohnonotgmail

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

I think in these challenging times, we all need the footage of that ant walking around on stilts.

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lapua20grain

https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1288074337501810689?s=19

lapua20grain

https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1288361144277700609?s=19

LostinBlanch

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies has three schools for Cosmic Physics, Theoretical Physics and Celtic Studies because of the way they naturally go together

That's because Dev was they guy who set it up, he wanted an Irish version of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Princeton.

From wikipedia

The School of Celtic Studies owes its founding to the importance de Valera accorded to the Irish language. He considered it a vital element in the makeup of the nation, and therefore important that the nation should have a place of higher learning devoted to this subject.

Capt'n Midnight

lapua20grain wrote: »

twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1288361144277700609?s=19

IIRC the Med would dry up at 1 meter per year if the Straits of Gibraltar were closed again.

It's dried up several times and in places there is 1Km of salt deposits.

Capt'n Midnight

Here's a quote Peter Bowles who stared as The Irish RM which TG4 are showing. Picture him in you mind. Got him, good.

Now read the quote.

"It ended up with a lady from America getting into my house, because she wanted to be my sex slave. She sold everything and had come over because she wanted to be dominated by the most evil man in the universe."
- Peter Bowles.

(radio interview with BBC Hereford and Worcester's Tony Fisher, 2nd April 2007). The full story is recounted in his autobiography, Ask Me If I'm Happy (2010), pages 420-422

Capt'n Midnight

The biggest robbery in Canadian history was from their strategic reserve of maple syrup.

fergiesfolly

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The biggest robbery in Canadian history was from their strategic reserve of maple syrup.

Bet those thieves had sticky fingers.

Capt'n Midnight

NBC were going to cancel the third series of Star Trek because it was loosing money.

But NBC was owned by RCA. And RCA owned the patent for colour TV. And colour TV's weren't cheap. And people were buying them to watch Star Trek in colour.

And that's why there was a third series.

KevRossi

A Swiss Guard (Vatican City) must be single and celibate and resign as soon as they marry. But they may wear the uniform for their wedding. Recruits to the guards must be unmarried Swiss Catholic males between 19 and 30 years of age who have completed basic training with the Swiss Armed Forces.

Along with the traditional halberd, they carry pistols and pepper spray. They also dress in plain clothes and are one of the few armies who enjoy the right to carry weapons unhindered in almost any European country. Their uniforms are also tailor made.

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KevRossi wrote: »

A Swiss Guard (Vatican City) must be single and celibate and resign as soon as they marry. But they may wear the uniform for their wedding. Recruits to the guards must be unmarried Swiss Catholic males between 19 and 30 years of age who have completed basic training with the Swiss Armed Forces.

Along with the traditional halberd, they carry pistols and pepper spray. They also dress in plain clothes and are one of the few armies who enjoy the right to carry weapons unhindered in almost any European country. Their uniforms are also tailor made.

The most instantly recognisable armed force in the world, and probably the only one who wear tights.

It's considered a sacred vocation, something one is called to, and there are Swiss families who've had a member in the Guard for centuries. Probably the only men's job with a marriage bar too.

The uniforms designer is often claimed to be Michelangelo, but in their current incarnation the uniforms were designed by a Guard Commandant back in the early twentieth century.

auspicious

It definitely shouldn't have a part 3.

LostinBlanch

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

NBC were going to cancel the third series of Star Trek because it was loosing money.

But NBC was owned by RCA. And RCA owned the patent for colour TV. And colour TV's weren't cheap. And people were buying them to watch Star Trek in colour.

And that's why there was a third series.

In the first series, the most expensive special effect was the doors that opened automatically. The production company had to pay two people to open the doors whenever any actor had to go through them, as they didn't have the technology at the time.

It's amazing how many things we take for granted were first imagined by Gene Rodenberry.

LostinBlanch

Candie wrote: »

The most instantly recognisable armed force in the world, and probably the only one who wear tights. It's considered a sacred vocation, something one is called to, and there are Swiss families who've had a member in the Guard for centuries. Probably the only men's job with a marriage bar too.

The uniforms designer is often claimed to be Michelangelo, but in their current incarnation the uniforms were designed by a Guard Commandant back in the early twentieth century.

I'll see your Swiss Guard and raise you the Greek Evzones or Presidential Guard. They'd really put the fear of God into you. :eek::D