what I have learned today.

[PaulF]

The Tutti Pole is a real place

[Mr Larrington]

The Tutti Pole is a real place

Was this every in doubt   Unlike Rosie's...

[Vince]

There is such a thing as a Gin Pennant! 

Well, duh   

And that pennant is way to fancy 


gin_pennant by The Pingus, on Flickr

They're not uncommon - I have one of these.

[Torslanda]

That our new neighbours constant rowing, shouting, screaming, threats of physical violence is only interrupted by sleep and meals. Am seriously contemplating arson . . .

 . . . or moving.

That Torslanda lives next door to Sir Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent.

If only . . . Stella Street is a haven of peace and harmony by comparison!

And now it's not just threats. I think they're knocking lumps out of each other.

[Andrij]

There is such a thing as a Gin Pennant! 

Well, duh   

And that pennant is way to fancy 


gin_pennant by The Pingus, on Flickr

They're not uncommon - I have one of these.

I may need to fly one of those next time I do the DunRun.   

[Mr Larrington]

I have learned that "numbawan pikinini blong Missis Kwin" is Tok Pisin for "Prince Charles".

[David Martin]

Today I learned that antibiotic resistance is not new, and that the death of a formerly homeless orphan as a soldier in WWI is giving new insights into treatments today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-fbd9JpiMs&feature=share is the video - very strange to have my world and that of those I never knew but whom I remember at this time brought into such close juxtaposition.

[Torslanda]

I have learned that "numbawan pikinini blong Missis Kwin" is Tok Pisin for "Prince Charles".

I always thought that was Phil the Greek . . .

[Mr Larrington]

I have learned that "numbawan pikinini blong Missis Kwin" is Tok Pisin for "Prince Charles".

I always thought that was Phil the Greek . . .

Him "longpela blong Missis Kwin"

[Andrij]

12) Romanian officers below a certain rank were forbidden to wear eye shadow

This proscription was among the first orders they received at the outset of the war, so one would assume the practice was common.  Senior officers clearly continued to enjoy the privilege – sky blue or lilac lids worn with a monocle, perhaps. 
Historian Norman Stone describes the Romanian army as being particularly reluctant to adopt more practical uniforms suited to trench warfare, preferring to remain “smartly turned out, powdered and painted”.

From: http://www.historyextra.com/feature/first-world-war/15-things-you-didn%E2%80%99t-know-about-fashion-first-world-war?utm_source=Facebook%20referral&utm_medium=Facebook.com&utm_campaign=Bitly

[David Martin]

A new word or acronym. FUFO. Which means to throw a spanner in the works such that folk only discover after you have left the building, typically last thing on a Friday and relating to things that will happen on Monday.
Earlier today I thought I'd been FUFO'd but fortunately the student who brought me the news was mistaken.

[clarion]

Yep, FUFOmails are pretty common.

[Chris S]

Today, I learned what a Butt Wink is, and why you shouldn't do it.

[Torslanda]

I have learned that "numbawan pikinini blong Missis Kwin" is Tok Pisin for "Prince Charles".

I always thought that was Phil the Greek . . .

Him "longpela blong Missis Kwin"

Something else I have learned, thank you.

[Pingu]

Seals shagging penguins (with video).

[Cudzoziemiec]

That some cancer cells can be killed by injecting them with 'muted' herpes virus, and that this works not by the direct action of the virus on the cells but by triggering an immune response, meaning it is effective even against those tumours not injected. Or so they claim.

[Mr Larrington]

What caberboard is.

I'd never heard of it until ten minutes ago.

[David Martin]

OK, who else just googled it?

[Kim]

OK, who else just googled it?

I was going to, but I decided it probably wasn't going to be a sheet material produced through some improbable ballistic process involving burly men in kilts, and that life would generally be more satisfying if I were to maintain that illusion.

[billplumtree]

That Tromsø is pronounced Troms-er, and not Troms-oh.  As in, "Donald, where's yer Tromsøs?"

[Efrogwr]

OK, who else just googled it?

I did. I knew what it is; I didn't know what it's called.

[Mr Larrington]

That no matter how much Anbaric String there is in that Cotswold Outdoor carrier bag over there --->, you still haven't got the right bit.

Bah!

[Wombat]

Related to Mr L's.  That no matter how cleverly you arrange your multiple channelled super anbaric noise making machinery on its clever new wall brackets, the most sticky outy connector will always be sticky outy right where the bloody bracket sticks out.  Home cinema amp being rearranged in newly decorated living room, and the bloody optical connection where the Sonos thingy connects is right by the bracket.  Grrr...  I now regret buying a fairly fancy optical connector that loooks more like the flex for an electric iron, all braided and red/black striped, and about 10mm diameter.  ho hum, at least I can make lots of lovely sounds again...

[Guy]

When Francis Drake went on his round the world cruise he took a copy of "Foxe's Book of Martyrs" with him, and during the dull parts of the cruise he whiled away the time by colouring in the pictures.

[Mr Larrington]

S/PDIF cables, a.k.a. The One Which Always Falls Out.  Though loudsqueaker cables are also prone to this; I had cause to investigate the lack of sound on one in the Grand Bedchamber yesterday and found a squeaker conductor to have come out of the squeaker in spite of said squeaker not having moved for a decade

Plus HD TV is still not working properly chiz.  And the AV receiver isn't receiving everything it should be either but that's probably for CTRL-ALT-DEL (or avforums).