Author Topic: Your Wikipedia find of the week (Read 113075 times)

rogerzilla · « **Reply #100 on:** 08 July, 2012, 08:53:50 am »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_badger

Fantastic urban myth. Still Kim, can you afford to take that chance?

Jules · « **Reply #101 on:** 08 July, 2012, 09:38:05 am »

Hopefully you are both already aware of ... (NSFW!)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/4r7wHMg5Yjg&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/4r7wHMg5Yjg&rel=1</a>

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #102 on:** 20 July, 2012, 07:35:32 pm »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2008_Iceland_national_handball_team.jpg

Wowbagger · « **Reply #103 on:** 20 July, 2012, 07:41:58 pm »

Isn't that one for the circumcision thread?

a lower gear · « **Reply #104 on:** 20 July, 2012, 08:02:43 pm »

Quote from: PeteB99 on 12 June, 2012, 02:06:17 pm

Something I came across researching a ships history for a weather project.

The shortest recorded war in history lasted 38 minutes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zanzibar_War

The war with quite possibly the most bizzare name was the War of Jenkins's Ear:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins%27_Ear

Also odd was the Toledo War between the US states of Michigan and Ohio in which one man was stabbed with a penkife:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War

clarion · « **Reply #105 on:** 20 July, 2012, 08:44:23 pm »

The Football War is a contender for the weirdest title, and was a very short one, too.

Pingu · « **Reply #106 on:** 25 July, 2012, 10:41:54 pm »

Snot Otter

Jaded · « **Reply #107 on:** 25 July, 2012, 10:49:44 pm »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18892510

Tim Hall · « **Reply #108 on:** 09 August, 2012, 02:31:00 pm »

Stuff about flying ants, prompted by yesterday's invasion of the little critturs. Here for more details, which includes this snippet:

Quote

quickly converted into single-purpose sexual missiles

I'm just a love machine.

Bledlow · « **Reply #109 on:** 09 August, 2012, 02:42:26 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 20 July, 2012, 08:44:23 pm

The Football War is a contender for the weirdest title, and was a very short one, too.

I remember that!

Football was just the trigger though. It was no more about football than WW1 was about Franz Ferdinand & Sophie.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #110 on:** 12 August, 2012, 08:29:43 pm »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy_brown

Does exactly what it says on the tin. Literally.

Peter · « **Reply #111 on:** 12 August, 2012, 08:53:51 pm »

Roger, how on earth did you find that out? What was the chain of thoughts/events?!

rogerzilla · « **Reply #112 on:** 12 August, 2012, 11:36:25 pm »

I cheated; I read it in the book "Periodic Tales" today and looked it up so see if it was true.

Peter · « **Reply #113 on:** 13 August, 2012, 12:08:21 am »

Amazing! Thanks.

Efrogwr · « **Reply #114 on:** 13 August, 2012, 11:14:05 am »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 12 August, 2012, 08:29:43 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy_brown

Does exactly what it says on the tin. Literally.

Look up Indian Yellow. That's horrible, too.

Periodic Tales is a cracking read.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #115 on:** 16 August, 2012, 07:43:48 pm »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_40#D326_.2840_126.29

TYhe most cursed diesel locomotive ever.

Tim Hall · « **Reply #116 on:** 17 August, 2012, 05:43:43 pm »

Last Saturday while I slept off the effects of the FNRTTC, Mrs Hall went to Sainsbury's. And backed into another motor. It's a Vauxhall VX2300 GLS, something I'm not familiar with, so I looked it up on t'web. Wikipedia has an article about shite old Vauxhalls and scrolling down has a picture of a shiny VX2300 GLS. The very one that Mrs. Hall clouted.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #117 on:** 17 August, 2012, 06:33:06 pm »

Quote from: Tim Hall on 17 August, 2012, 05:43:43 pm

Last Saturday while I slept off the effects of the FNRTTC, Mrs Hall went to Sainsbury's. And backed into another motor. It's a Vauxhall VX2300 GLS, something I'm not familiar with, so I looked it up on t'web. Wikipedia has an article about shite old Vauxhalls and scrolling down has a picture of a shiny VX2300 GLS. The very one that Mrs. Hall clouted.

Gosh! I hope it's going to be all right.

mattc · « **Reply #118 on:** 17 August, 2012, 06:37:30 pm »

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=shite+old+vauxhalls&title=Special%3ASearch

Disappointing

rogerzilla · « **Reply #119 on:** 17 August, 2012, 07:47:13 pm »

I'm not sure whether this is in the Paralympics or not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_tossing

mattc · « **Reply #120 on:** 27 August, 2012, 10:41:55 am »

I was looking into recycling tyres and found this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_fire

1989 – In Heyope (near Knighton, Powys, Wales) a fire involved approximately 10 million tires burnt for at least 15 years.[5]

clarion · « **Reply #121 on:** 07 September, 2012, 01:16:23 pm »

I was looking at the entry for Shakin' Stevens (I don't know why*), and found out that he had played gigs for the YCL.

ETA: * Actually, I do. I was looking up Stuart Colman, who was a member of Pinkerton's Assorted Colours, one hit wonders mentioned in PopMaster, and also Flying Machine, another one hit wonder, before unexpectedly becoming a Radio 1 DJ playing rock & roll, then championing (and later producing) a rockabilly cult icon called Michael Barratt

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #122 on:** 07 September, 2012, 01:35:41 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 07 September, 2012, 01:16:23 pm

I was looking at the entry for Shakin' Stevens (I don't know why*), and found out that he had played gigs for the YCL.

ETA: * Actually, I do. I was looking up Stuart Colman, who was a member of Pinkerton's Assorted Colours, one hit wonders mentioned in PopMaster, and also Flying Machine, another one hit wonder, before unexpectedly becoming a Radio 1 DJ playing rock & roll, then championing (and later producing) a rockabilly cult icon called Michael Barratt

Yorkshire Clarion Library?
Young Conservative League?
Yuppie Cotswold Life?

clarion · « **Reply #123 on:** 07 September, 2012, 01:43:21 pm »

Young Communist League, as any fule kno

Andrij · « **Reply #124 on:** 08 September, 2012, 05:30:30 pm »

Conflict Kitchen

Only around a 3 hour drive from my parents. May visit if they're still running next time I'm back in the US.

Before someone calls me mad, the trip would be combined with one or two minor detours along the way, such as visiting extended family.