Author Topic: what I have learned today. (Read 858657 times)

mcshroom · « **Reply #300 on:** 07 September, 2014, 05:23:30 pm »

Quote from: nikki on 07 September, 2014, 04:36:10 pm

Why I've been finding so many dead wasps in my bedroom over the last few months.

Is this yours?
http://metro.co.uk/2014/08/27/enormous-wasp-nest-takes-over-bedroom-after-homeowner-forgets-to-shut-the-window-4847499/

nikki · « **Reply #301 on:** 07 September, 2014, 11:56:49 pm »

Eek! I really hope not!

Kim · « **Reply #302 on:** 07 September, 2014, 11:58:42 pm »

Just make sure you always check your pants...

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #303 on:** 18 September, 2014, 07:15:23 am »

That the fictional Oxfod college St. Scholastica's is named not as part of some elaborate literary-academic punnage by Val McDermid but rather after a real saint. FSVO "real", obv.

clarion · « **Reply #304 on:** 18 September, 2014, 11:07:55 am »

That Christ's Hospital, despite having one of the most awful school uniforms ever conceived, does specify Doc Martens as part of it.

Kim · « **Reply #305 on:** 18 September, 2014, 12:56:17 pm »

That if you take a strong magnet to a stainless steel sink, it does exactly what it should and is only attracted to the bends.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #306 on:** 18 September, 2014, 03:17:18 pm »

That the "scorching plains of New Mexico™" are anything but this morning

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #307 on:** 01 October, 2014, 03:52:22 pm »

Dante Gabriel Rossetti was obsessed with wombats

Wascally Weasel · « **Reply #308 on:** 01 October, 2014, 04:57:46 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 01 October, 2014, 03:52:22 pm

Dante Gabriel Rossetti was obsessed with wombats

Isn't everyone?

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #309 on:** 01 October, 2014, 05:23:40 pm »

Quote from: Wascally Weasel on 01 October, 2014, 04:57:46 pm

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 01 October, 2014, 03:52:22 pm
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was obsessed with wombats

Isn't everyone?

Yes. Yes. Yes, they are.

Juan Martín · « **Reply #310 on:** 10 October, 2014, 01:09:48 pm »

Prince Peter Kropotkin; notable anarchist type, spent nearly 20 years living in Bromley. And I thought that Camille Pissarro painting in Sydenham was weird.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #311 on:** 10 October, 2014, 01:16:46 pm »

Quote from: Juan Martín on 10 October, 2014, 01:09:48 pm

Prince Peter Kropotkin; notable anarchist type, spent nearly 20 years living in Bromley. And I thought that Camille Pissarro painting in Sydenham was weird.

No stranger than Ho Chi Minh having worked on the Newhaven-Dieppe ferry...

Juan Martín · « **Reply #312 on:** 10 October, 2014, 01:57:11 pm »

I like the ferry bit and Newhaven. But for me, finding a bloke from French Indo China in France is less strange. However, if you can find a credilble wombat connection I could probably be swayed. (Nips off to google Ho Chi Minh and wombats)

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #313 on:** 10 October, 2014, 07:29:02 pm »

I have learned that there are some total gitwank parents out there. How else can one explain the presence of drivers in the Ginetta Juniors championship with first names like Lando, Senna and Flashman?

fuzzy · « **Reply #314 on:** 10 October, 2014, 10:58:55 pm »

Is that learning to unicycle is a bastard on the shins

I am trying to perfect the mount. The method I am attemting involves standing behind my steed, saddle in close proximity to crutch, unicycle at a 45^o angle anead, pedals parallel to the ground, put foot on rear pedal and push down- the unicycle moves backwards under you. I am not always sucessful in getting my other leg out of the way as the unicycle moves back, resulting in a sudden pedal/ shin interface.

No pain no gain apparently

Pingu · « **Reply #315 on:** 10 October, 2014, 11:22:42 pm »

From another thread I learnt the word foulard.

Dibdib · « **Reply #316 on:** 10 October, 2014, 11:35:07 pm »

Quote from: fuzzy retd. on 10 October, 2014, 10:58:55 pm

Is that learning to unicycle is a bastard on the shins

I am trying to perfect the mount. The method I am attemting involves standing behind my steed, saddle in close proximity to crutch, unicycle at a 45^o angle anead, pedals parallel to the ground, put foot on rear pedal and push down- the unicycle moves backwards under you. I am not always sucessful in getting my other leg out of the way as the unicycle moves back, resulting in a sudden pedal/ shin interface.

No pain no gain apparently

The way I learnt was to stand with arse on saddle and non-dominant foot on the pedal, full extension, with the unicycle at an angle in front of you. Then launch forward from your dominant leg, foot on the pedal, and start pedalling to keep the unicycle under you.

fuzzy · « **Reply #317 on:** 10 October, 2014, 11:50:21 pm »

Quote from: Dibdib on 10 October, 2014, 11:35:07 pm

Quote from: fuzzy retd. on 10 October, 2014, 10:58:55 pm
Is that learning to unicycle is a bastard on the shins

I am trying to perfect the mount. The method I am attemting involves standing behind my steed, saddle in close proximity to crutch, unicycle at a 45^o angle anead, pedals parallel to the ground, put foot on rear pedal and push down- the unicycle moves backwards under you. I am not always sucessful in getting my other leg out of the way as the unicycle moves back, resulting in a sudden pedal/ shin interface.

No pain no gain apparently

The way I learnt was to stand with arse on saddle and non-dominant foot on the pedal, full extension, with the unicycle at an angle in front of you. Then launch forward from your dominant leg, foot on the pedal, and start pedalling to keep the unicycle under you.

I'll give that a go next week

mcshroom · « **Reply #318 on:** 11 October, 2014, 02:34:29 am »

In the meantime, football shin pads sound like a good idea

LittleWheelsandBig · « **Reply #319 on:** 11 October, 2014, 06:24:05 am »

You're doing better than me with the unicycle. I learned to ride one by starting with both feet on the pedals and holding onto a wall or suchlike, as a first step. I've never learnt how to start from flat ground...

SteveC · « **Reply #320 on:** 11 October, 2014, 02:54:31 pm »

Saw a street theatre artist once who only had the one 'trick'.
Get out of a straight jacket while on a giraffe unicycle.
He did need help getting onto the unicycle, though!

andrewc · « **Reply #321 on:** 11 October, 2014, 06:58:19 pm »

That microwaving shaving soap is a very bad idea........

My plastic tub of Proraso was now holding a piece of soap shaped like a polo mint, all around the edges & none in the middle. I decided to heat it up in the hope that it would melt & then cool into a nice flat puck.

A couple of minutes in the microwave on medium, covered by a paper towel. The haze in the kitchen alerted me first... luckily the towel took most of the splatter!

I've now got a microwave that smells of menthol & eucalyptus

woollypigs · « **Reply #322 on:** 11 October, 2014, 07:00:06 pm »

That will be a funny flavouring to your Saturday night TV dinner

Wowbagger · « **Reply #323 on:** 11 October, 2014, 08:26:25 pm »

I didn't get where I am today by putting shaving soap in the microwave...

nicknack · « **Reply #324 on:** 12 October, 2014, 12:32:53 pm »

That Handsel Day is the first Monday of the year.