A sheep, a werewolf and a walrus walk into a bar.

Give me your weird and random facts that you heard today (or in the future) 

TIL that Burger King is Australian (started as Hungry Jacks, which it's still called there)

TIL the above is not true. Hungry Jacks is a Burger King subsidiary.

TIL I should really double check things.

TIL that these nutcracker statues are literally nutcrackers.


You put a nut in the mouth and push down the handle in his back to crack it. I thought that was so you could pretend it was talking like a puppet.
I also hought they were called nutcrackers because they were in the Nutcracker ballet or something.

Oooh! Class

(26-12-2021, 05:47 PM)Butty Brennan Wrote: [ -> ]TIL that these nutcracker statues are literally nutcrackers.


You put a nut in the mouth and push down the handle in his back to crack it. I thought that was so you could pretend it was talking like a puppet.
I also hought they were called nutcrackers because they were in the Nutcracker ballet or something.

I thought the same until very recently.

(26-12-2021, 05:47 PM)Butty Brennan Wrote: [ -> ]TIL that these nutcracker statues are literally nutcrackers.


You put a nut in the mouth and push down the handle in his back to crack it. I thought that was so you could pretend it was talking like a puppet.
I also hought they were called nutcrackers because they were in the Nutcracker ballet or something.

I only discovered this 2 weeks ago too!

^^^^
I never knew this until I read this thread. ..

Those yokes give me the creeps. There's something really freaky looking about them.

(27-12-2021, 02:44 PM)Zaph Wrote: [ -> ]Those yokes give me the creeps.  There's something really freaky looking about them.

They are quite harmless. Just don't ever put your finger into their mouths whatever you do

I can't believe most of this thread is people saying they didn't know nutcrackers are nutcrackers! 

Some lad who plays for United called Dalot is from Portugal... This is the extent of my evenings learnings... Needless to say my ManU supporting father is in control of the remote and I'm trying to be sociable (thought I was getting Darts not Soccer; rather a let down when I emerged from the cold of my room )

Today I learnt alot of songs, genres and singers I never heard before, cos of FoG

(27-12-2021, 09:58 PM)BuileBeag Wrote: [ -> ]I can't believe most of this thread is people saying they didn't know nutcrackers are nutcrackers! 

TIL that BuileBeag can be a big meanie

(27-12-2021, 09:58 PM)BuileBeag Wrote: [ -> ]I can't believe most of this thread is people saying they didn't know nutcrackers are nutcrackers! 

Some of us are just not nuts

TIL that the green triangle and toffee penny from quality street are available in dessert pot form.
 


They've been around for years and it's the first I've heard of it. After Eight have a version too.

TIL that Elmo has an ongoing beef with a rock and it's hilarious

(27-12-2021, 09:58 PM)BuileBeag Wrote: [ -> ]I can't believe most of this thread is people saying they didn't know nutcrackers are nutcrackers! 

til that people dont know that nutcrackers are nutcrackers
also what happens if you press windows button and 1

(05-01-2022, 01:08 AM)nothing Wrote: [ -> ]TIL that Elmo has an ongoing beef with a rock and it's hilarious

is that his real name i thoighu it was Mark Sinclair

(05-01-2022, 06:51 PM)Tigger Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-01-2022, 01:08 AM)nothing Wrote: [ -> ]TIL that Elmo has an ongoing beef with a rock and it's hilarious

is that his real name i thoighu it was Mark Sinclair

That's Vin Diesel.  The Rock is Dwayne Johnson.

(05-01-2022, 06:51 PM)Tigger Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-01-2022, 01:08 AM)nothing Wrote: [ -> ]TIL that Elmo has an ongoing beef with a rock and it's hilarious

is that his real name i thoighu it was Mark Sinclair

This is about Elmo from Sesame Street and Zoe's pet rock Rocco, also on Sesame Street

(05-01-2022, 07:13 PM)Zaph Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-01-2022, 06:51 PM)Tigger Wrote: [ -> ]is that his real name i thoighu it was Mark Sinclair

That's Vin Diesel.  The Rock is Dwayne Johnson.

I'm pretty sure that was the joke Tigger meant. Vin Diesel and The Rock don't get along very well, hence why The Rock wasn't in the most recent F&F movie

Also, TIL that Vin Diesel's real name is Mark Sinclair

(05-01-2022, 07:25 PM)aaronjennings Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-01-2022, 07:13 PM)Zaph Wrote: [ -> ]That's Vin Diesel.  The Rock is Dwayne Johnson.

I'm pretty sure that was the joke Tigger meant. Vin Diesel and The Rock don't get along very well, hence why The Rock wasn't in the most recent F&F movie

Didn't know that, never seen any of those films.  I think the only Vin Diesel film I've ever seen is Pitch Black.  Really good film, if science fiction/horror films are your thing.

(05-01-2022, 10:49 PM)Zaph Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-01-2022, 07:25 PM)aaronjennings Wrote: [ -> ]I'm pretty sure that was the joke Tigger meant. Vin Diesel and The Rock don't get along very well, hence why The Rock wasn't in the most recent F&F movie

Didn't know that, never seen any of those films.  I think the only Vin Diesel film I've ever seen is Pitch Black.  Really good film, if science fiction/horror films are your thing.

Pitch black is awesome but Elmo should have not don't the swmequels they were less awesome

(06-01-2022, 12:55 AM)Tigger Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-01-2022, 10:49 PM)Zaph Wrote: [ -> ]Didn't know that, never seen any of those films.  I think the only Vin Diesel film I've ever seen is Pitch Black.  Really good film, if science fiction/horror films are your thing.

Pitch black is awesome but Elmo should have not don't the swmequels they were less awesome

One was a prequel but the point remains valid

  Today I learned what G.O.A.T. means... and I must apologize    for thinkng someone was calling me an animal on boards awhile back ...I even looked in the mirror for goatlike tendencies - do I look like a goat?  "Na-aah-ahh- aaa!"



I'm not dat cute!

(06-01-2022, 02:13 AM)DejaBoo Wrote: [ -> ]   Today I learned what G.O.A.T. means... and I must apologize    for thinkng someone was calling me an animal on boards awhile back ...I even looked in the mirror for goatlike tendencies - do I look like a goat?  "Na-aah-ahh- aaa!"



I'm not dat cute!

in Survivor forum discussion there is much discussion on bothe the Goat and The GOAT and there is also a GOAT Goat.

TIL there is a Survivor forum, but where??? 

...better yet, is there a goat forum, cos I would be up for posting cute animals!

(06-01-2022, 11:14 AM)Declan A Walsh Wrote: [ -> ]TIL there is a Survivor forum, but where??? 

there are a few but since survivor sucks went toxic reddit is yer best bet

(06-01-2022, 05:13 PM)DejaBoo Wrote: [ -> ]...better yet, is there a  goat forum, cos I would be up for posting cute animals!

I think posting cute animals should be allowed even without a goat forum

(06-01-2022, 07:16 PM)dawg Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-01-2022, 05:13 PM)DejaBoo Wrote: [ -> ]...better yet, is there a  goat forum, cos I would be up for posting cute animals!

I think posting cute animals should be allowed even without a goat forum

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!

Today on Graham Norton, I learnt  popular text emoji "meanings" ...that I never knew before.

 (adding to the list  of "things I just don't want to know" and praying I never made the mistake of using food references before)

TIL that Danny La Rue was Irish, from Cork.

TiL that the Sean O'Casey Bridge in Dublin, couldn't be opened for 4 years from 2010 because someone lost the remote control

TIL that chopped garlic can turn green or blue, and it's still perfectly safe to use/eat!

Til that some 'brown' bread isn't really brown bread. Wholemeal is real brown bread. Wholewheat flour is fake brown bread- white pretending to be brown.

edit-- I forgot to mention that wholegrain bread is usually fake brown as well. Who would think a sliced pan could be so tricky.

(14-02-2022, 09:46 AM)Butty Brennan Wrote: [ -> ]..... Who would think a sliced pan could be so tricky.

Old Mr Brennan for one









Ooooh, was that a rhetorical question, BB ? 

TIL that Gods name is the sound of your breath rushing thru your lungs, if that is the case my God is djRapper - G-Wheezy-Rattle-Cough!

TIL the meaning of the word praxeology, and that such a word even exists.