NationStates Jolt Archive

This is a great time waster:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4566526.stm

read and enjoy!

This is a great time waster:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4566526.stm

read and enjoy!
thank you

28. The British buy the most compact discs in the world - an average of 3.2 per year, compared to 2.8 in the US and 2.1 in France.
Presumably that's per person, unless the record companies were right about piracy.

interesting...

63. It takes less energy to import a tomato from Spain than to grow them in this country because of the artificial heat needed, according to Defra.
That's a bit frightening, actually.

67. Giant squid eat each other - especially during sex.

well duh.

When faced with danger, the octopus can wrap six of its legs around its head to disguise itself as a fallen coconut shell and escape by walking backwards on the other two legs, scientists discovered.
How inconspicuous. A tentacled, slimy, underwater, moving coconut shell.

I thought this was daft

3. While it's an offence to drop litter on the pavement, it's not an offence to throw it over someone's garden wall.

23.In America it's possible to subpoena a dog.

Yet another thing to like about the crazy legal system.

Possibly the most absurd one:

100. Musical instrument shops must pay an annual royalty to cover shoppers who perform a recognisable riff before they buy, thereby making a "public performance".

Thank you ASCAP. I will now defile your shoes.

67. Giant squid eat each other - especially during sex.

well duh.
Hehehe! :D

loved this ;)

Possibly the most absurd one:

100. Musical instrument shops must pay an annual royalty to cover shoppers who perform a recognisable riff before they buy, thereby making a "public performance".

Thank you ASCAP. I will now defile your shoes.
So how does ASCAP harass street musicians? I've stood out on corners with a couple other guys and played recognizable music.

Thank you ASCAP. I will now defile your shoes.

PRS, not ASCAP, shurely? Your American bias is showing through.

54. Deep Throat is reportedly the most profitable film ever. It was made for $25,000 (£13,700) and has grossed more than $600m.

I'm not sure what Deep Throat is but it sounds like a Porn movie. Can anyone fill me in?

54. Deep Throat is reportedly the most profitable film ever. It was made for $25,000 (£13,700) and has grossed more than $600m.

I'm not sure what Deep Throat is but it sounds like a Porn movie. Can anyone fill me in?

If only we had some kind of interweb, then you could find out such information for yourself by using an Internet Movie Database or some kind of searching program.

20. The Queen has never been on a computer, she told Bill Gates as she awarded him an honorary knighthood.

The Queen is such a n00b

I'm not sure what Deep Throat is but it sounds like a Porn movie.
Which is why it has grossed more than $600mil.

20. The Queen has never been on a computer, she told Bill Gates as she awarded him an honorary knighthood.

The Queen is such a n00b

Really? It is recorded that she sent her first e-mail in 1976... something here doesn't seem to add up.

69. First-born children are less creative but more stable, while last-born are more promiscuous, says US research.

Ummm I'm the 9th!:(

71. Jimi Hendrix pretended to be gay to be discharged from the US Army.

Muwhahahaha

89. Spanish Flu, the epidemic that killed 50 million people in 1918/9, was known as French Flu in Spain.

that's just stupid, along with the number of cheeses from the u.k.

2. Mohammed is now one of the 20 most popular names for boys born in England and Wales.
No wonder at all, it's such a popular traditional Welsh name.

Baboons can tell the difference between English and French
By the smell, no doubt.

Devout Orthodox Jews are three times as likely to jaywalk as other people

Kind of refutes the claim that we Jews are the smartest of people. Damn.

11. One in 10 Europeans is allegedly conceived in an Ikea bed.
Which is how being a cheapskate has become an inheritable trait.

15. Lionesses like their males to be deep brunettes.
... but the lions, being gentlemen, prefer blondes.

18. If all the Smarties eaten in one year were laid end to end it would equal almost 63,380 miles, more than two-and-a-half times around the Earth's equator.
After they have been eaten? Like hell it would.

22. The length of a man's fingers can reveal how physically aggressive he is, scientists say.
I suppose people with shorter fingers are considered less aggressive because they have trouble reaching their victim's throats?

23. In America it's possible to subpoena a dog.
...provided the dog is a full US citizen.

52. You're 10 times more likely to be bitten by a human than a rat.
Well duh! Should I count how many times I've been bitten just because the girl thought it was kinky? :)

60. Newborn dolphins and killer whales don't sleep for a month
I know how they feel.

61. You can bet on your own death.
If I die, do I win?

54. Deep Throat is reportedly the most profitable film ever. It was made for $25,000 (£13,700) and has grossed more than $600m.

I'm not sure what Deep Throat is but it sounds like a Porn movie. Can anyone fill me in?
You want me to 'fill you in' on a porn film? :D
Yes it is a porn film.

2. Mohammed is now one of the 20 most popular names for boys born in England and Wales.
No wonder at all, it's such a popular traditional Welsh name.
Those bloody Welshies.

Baboons can tell the difference between English and French
By the smell, no doubt.
It's all that cheese the English eat.

Devout Orthodox Jews are three times as likely to jaywalk as other people

Kind of refutes the claim that we Jews are the smartest of people. Damn.
I wonder what the statistics are? Do you reckon more Jews are killed in road accidents?

11. One in 10 Europeans is allegedly conceived in an Ikea bed.
Which is how being a cheapskate has become an inheritable trait.
You know Ingvar Kamprad joined the Swedish Nazi Party? In 1945.

15. Lionesses like their males to be deep brunettes.
... but the lions, being gentlemen, prefer blondes.
Gentlelions, surely?

18. If all the Smarties eaten in one year were laid end to end it would equal almost 63,380 miles, more than two-and-a-half times around the Earth's equator.
After they have been eaten? Like hell it would.
I dunno. It'd be smart(ie) shit, I'm sure it could find a way.

22. The length of a man's fingers can reveal how physically aggressive he is, scientists say.
I suppose people with shorter fingers are considered less aggressive because they have trouble reaching their victim's throats?
My sparkling wit is at a loss here.

23. In America it's possible to subpoena a dog.
...provided the dog is a full US citizen.
I bet they only do it with the smaller dogs. Would you want to try and force an Irish wolfhound to appear in court?

52. You're 10 times more likely to be bitten by a human than a rat.
Well duh! Should I count how many times I've been bitten just because the girl thought it was kinky? :)
What if you're a rat?

60. Newborn dolphins and killer whales don't sleep for a month
I know how they feel.
Is this because someone dissolved tons of sleeping tablets in their tanks?

61. You can bet on your own death.
If I die, do I win?
No. Officially, it's a tie.

54. Deep Throat is reportedly the most profitable film ever. It was made for $25,000 (£13,700) and has grossed more than $600m.

I'm not sure what Deep Throat is but it sounds like a Porn movie. Can anyone fill me in?
It's not just a porn movie, it's the porn movie!

69. First-born children are less creative but more stable, while last-born are more promiscuous, says US research.

What about if you're an only child?

So how does ASCAP harass street musicians? I've stood out on corners with a couple other guys and played recognizable music.

I doubt you'll find a police officer that will enforce that, but it is in fact illegal in most western nations.

What about if you're an only child?
You are in a stable, but uncreative relationship with multiple partners who you regularly have sex with.

I'm glad this year we've discovered so many valuable statistics, such as the percentage of children who think broccoli is a baby tree and how many more times likely Jews are to jaywalk than other people... Is anyone reminded of Gulliver's Travels and that one land where they do all of those ridiculous experiments that mean absolutely nothing?

23.In America it's possible to subpoena a dog.

Yet another thing to like about the crazy legal system.Yes, a bloodhound. A bloodhound's evidence is admissable in court.

I thought this was daft

3. While it's an offence to drop litter on the pavement, it's not an offence to throw it over someone's garden wall.
Probably an issue of the intervention of gravity...?
:confused:

54. Deep Throat is reportedly the most profitable film ever. It was made for $25,000 (£13,700) and has grossed more than $600m.

I'm not sure what Deep Throat is but it sounds like a Porn movie. Can anyone fill me in?
Entendre, anyone?