Did you know...................???

[Macdemon]

Did you know it's MORE expensive to get a train to Harpenden near St. Albans from Brighton & Hove that it is to fly to Switzerland.

 

Tis true.

 

Post you AMAZING & UNBELIEVABLE facts here to astound the group.

 

It's over to you...............................

Edited 20 August, 2017 by Macdemon
Addition

[Ootohere]

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How much is a flight to Switzerland from Brighton & Hove?

[mac11irl]

2 minutes ago, Awayoffski said:

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How much is a flight to Switzerland from Brighton & Hove?

I want to know does it include the cost of the train to Hove International Airport

[Ootohere]

Brighton to St Albans off peak single on Monday £28.20, no idea how much more to Harpenden.

[Breezy_Pete]

A ham and cheese sandwich has about 20 times the energy content of an alkaline 'D' cell. See here

[KenONeill]

Gas-fired central heating systems emit more NOx than diesel engined road vehicles.

Edited 21 August, 2017 by KenONeill

[Aspman]

The length from your wrist to your elbow is the same as the length of your foot.

[Guest]

You cannot lick your elbow. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.... and now you're trying to do just that! 

[BJM]

9 minutes ago, Fin69 said:

You cannot lick your elbow. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.... and now you're trying to do just that! 

 

Urban myth.

Most people can't but there are loads who can.

Check out YouTube for example  e.g. Girl licks elbow

[Macdemon]

6 hours ago, Fin69 said:

You cannot lick your elbow. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.... and now you're trying to do just that! 

 

I can if I amputate my arm haha.  

[mac11irl]

10 hours ago, Aspman said:

The length from your wrist to your elbow is the same as the length of your foot.

Tip to tip of middle fingers outstretched is the same as your height when standing upright.

[mac11irl]

Also the lengths of metacarpals increase in line with fibonachi's (spelling?) Sequence.. roughly 

 

A ratio of 1:1.62

[Macdemon]

There are NO motorways in Dorset.

[Guest FurryFriend]

Did you know that to fly from Newcastle to Inverness you fly from Newcastle  to Dublin, wait 9 hours, then fly Dublin to Southampton, wait 11 hours, and then fly Southampton to Inverness..... 

And nobody at Newcastle airport has any idea why they don't fly to northern UK. destinations! 

[Guest FurryFriend]

3 minutes ago, Macdemon said:

There are NO motorways in Dorset.

There are none in Cornwall either! 

[Macdemon]

When written down, the word 'almost' is the longest word in the English language to have all it's letters in alphabetical order. 

[roo]

A serving size bowl of frosties and a serving size bowl of special K have the same amount of calories (113).

Edited 23 August, 2017 by roo

[KenONeill]

13 hours ago, Macdemon said:

There are NO motorways in Dorset.

 

13 hours ago, FurryFriend said:

There are none in Cornwall either! 

Or, indeed, North of Perth in Scotland.

[Aspman]

Scottish motorway (very NSFW language)

 

 

 

 

[wonkyewok]

An AA cell pumps more electrons in its life than are moved in a bolt of lightning.

[KenONeill]

12 hours ago, Aspman said:

Scottish motorway (very NSFW language)

 

Of course, what he should actually have done was shouted "mint sauce" at it!

[mac11irl]

Funnily, i just had a lovely lamb in mint sauce with potato gratin for me dinner

[Auric Goldfinger]

On 21/08/2017 at 09:02, Wino said:

A ham and cheese sandwich has about 20 times the energy content of an alkaline 'D' cell. See here

 

The batteries in the sky remote have died and I've no replacment batteries so I tried Wino's statement and I've stuffed a Ham and Cheese sandwich into the Battery compartment and I can condfirm that the Remote still doesn't work so Wino's statement must be false..........

[Breezy_Pete]

2 minutes ago, Auric Goldfinger said:

 

The batteries in the sky remote have died and I've no replacment batteries so I tried Wino's statement and I've stuffed a Ham and Cheese sandwich into the Battery compartment and I can condfirm that the Remote still doesn't work so Wino's statement must be false..........

 

Are you crazy man?!

I wrote that post at 9am on Monday morning; isn't it obvious I was drunk!

[gadgetman]

A man's nipples are 9 inches apart