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Forum: Anything Goes 22-07-2010, 14:52

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day Swaziland is an absolute monarchy, but the king always rules jointly with his mother, who is known as The Great She-Elephant. What one owes to one's mother is never repaid. BASQUE PROVERB

Forum: Anything Goes 16-07-2010, 19:27

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day Abnepos is Latin for 'great-great-grandson'. You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. IRISH PROVERB

Forum: Anything Goes 15-07-2010, 10:21

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day heres another ... :D:D:D:D:D Abkhazian, spoken in the Caucasus, is said to be the world's hardest language to learn, with 70 sounds but only two vowels. Each verb has several million forms. ...

Forum: Anything Goes 24-06-2010, 21:12

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day Onions, asparagus, daffodils, yams, hyacinths, garlic, leeks, tulips, chives and the Joshua tree of California (which can grow to be 40 feet tall) are all kinds of lily. The lily was created on...

Forum: Anything Goes 23-06-2010, 22:44

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day ok folks .. heres the excuse for not cutting the grass ... wish id known that before i cut the grass on monday and tuesday ...:D:D:D Dandelions contain more Vitamin C and Vitamin A than almost any...

Forum: Anything Goes 29-05-2010, 12:22

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day heres another .. In 1883, Sitting Bull was invited as guest of honour to address a celebration of the completion of the Northern Pacific Railway. Speaking in Sioux through a translator, his...

Forum: Anything Goes 15-05-2010, 19:36

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day heres another .. While their owners are alive, the noses and ears of human beings, the teeth of rodents, the antlers of deer and the skulls of giraffes never stop growing. You've got to do...

Forum: Anything Goes 12-05-2010, 00:56

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day heres another from the bbc website ... The ancient Greek punishment for adultery was to shove a radish up the adulterer's bottom. I live too near a wood to be scared by owls. GREEK PROVERB

Forum: Anything Goes 24-04-2010, 12:03

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day Approximately 20 million golf balls are lost in water hazards on British golf courses every year. One of the advantages bowling has over golf is that you seldom lose a bowling ball. DON CARTER

Forum: Anything Goes 23-04-2010, 21:49

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day so which numbskull repealed it ...:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::D King James II of Scotland (1430-60) made golf illegal on pain of death. Golf always makes me so damned angry. KING...

Forum: Anything Goes 20-04-2010, 15:12

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day Nobody knows where the word "golf" comes from. Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing. DAVE BARRY

Forum: Anything Goes 17-04-2010, 16:33

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day heres another .. Goldfish are much more intelligent than they look and enjoy music. Goldfish don't bounce. BART SIMPSON

Forum: Anything Goes 05-04-2010, 13:23

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day another one ... All centipedes are predators. They kill their prey with poisonous claws attached to their heads. The Giant Centipede is 30cm long and kills small mammals and reptiles. It is...

Forum: Anything Goes 04-04-2010, 22:44

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day another one ... During World War II, Germans owned most of the delicatessens along the coast of Long Island, New York. It was not uncommon for U-boats patrolling the Atlantic to surface and send...

Forum: Anything Goes 29-03-2010, 19:13

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day i liked the quote at the end of it ...:D:D:D The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V of Germany (1500-58) was said to have spoken French to men, Italian to women, Spanish to God and German to horses. ...

Forum: Anything Goes 18-03-2010, 21:54

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day and also .... Origins and History of the Shillelagh Stick Sticks have been used as weapons since fighting began, however the skilled use of hardwood clubs by the people of Shillelagh led to these...

Forum: Anything Goes 18-03-2010, 21:43

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day you mean something like this ... :D:D:D my cousin made it for my dad when he was ill one year .. brought all the way back from ireland .. and its lived in the living room ever since ... and no one...

Forum: Anything Goes 17-03-2010, 21:24

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day An Irishman will always soften bad news, so that a major coronary is no more than 'a bad turn' and a near hurricane that leaves thousands homeless is 'good drying weather'.Hugh Leonard There are...

Forum: Anything Goes 16-03-2010, 10:50

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day another one for you :D:D:D Gerald R Ford (1913-2006), 38th President of the USA, is the only US President who was never elected as either President or Vice President. I guess it just proves...

Forum: Anything Goes 16-03-2010, 01:01

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day got these from this website: ireland facts (http://www.ireland-fun-facts.com/ireland-facts.html) In olden days, a pig was often allowed to live in the house with the family on an Irish farm. He...

Forum: Anything Goes 14-03-2010, 20:28

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day im a lancashire lass with irish ancestry .. though it is northern irish .. mother and father from co armagh .. which you may know the area .. i'll come up with something for st paddys day .. ...

Forum: Anything Goes 14-03-2010, 20:23

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day well to say ive ran for being a councillor and failed twice i must say (before anyone else gets in with it) .. i mustnt have dieted enough ..:D:D:D:D:D

Forum: Anything Goes 14-03-2010, 20:22

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day here you go dave .. another from the bbc website ... Only two people have ever won both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) and Al Gore (1948-). No diet will remove...

Forum: Anything Goes 03-03-2010, 21:00

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day ok folks a new one for you ... In ancient Greek, paignia dorkalidon (lit. 'antelope playthings') are dice made from the vertebrae of a gazelle. Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its...

Forum: Anything Goes 22-02-2010, 21:36

Replies: 111 QI fact of the day Views: 5,872 Posted By shillelagh Re: QI fact of the day heres another ...:D:D:D There are 47 species of feline, including lions, tigers, pumas, bobcats, ocelots, jaguars, leopards, cougars, cheetahs, lynxes and domestic cats. The smallest feline...

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