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Luxury non-Titanic facts

Post by Sir William » Fri Nov 03, 2017 1:48 pm

Do members know that the word 'Hello' was not invented until the 1870s. :no:

it was invented by Edison when he was testing his new telephone inventions. :yes:
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Post by Runaway » Fri Nov 03, 2017 2:09 pm

Wrong. :no:

It happened like this. Edison and his team did about 3,000 experiments with thin wires heated by electricity in a vacuum, most of which failed. Eventually they found a technique that worked, and on the final testing day, Edison threw the switch, and the glass globe in front of him glowed brighter and brighter, until the whole room was bathed in a soft yellow light. Grinning enthusiastically, he leaned over to the globe and said "Hello?".

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Post by Sir William » Fri Nov 03, 2017 2:28 pm

It doesn't matter, he still invented the word 'Hello'. :yes:

And he didn't invent the light bulb, :wag: That was Alexander Graham Bulb. :yes:
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Post by Runaway » Fri Nov 03, 2017 2:48 pm

Oh dear we are mixed u­p. :roll:

Alexander Graham Bulb invented the telephone.
Warren de La Rue was the first to manufacture a viable light bulb.
Edison invented the pornograph but also gott*en the light bulb to a practical and commercial stage.

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Post by Doctor Cheery » Fri Nov 03, 2017 3:57 pm

:hscratch: Is it true that one plays obscene records on a pornograph? :bounce: :bounce:
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Post by Willy Nilly » Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:30 pm

Well my luxury non-Titanic fact of the day is that most toilets flush in E♭ (E-flat). You never know when this might come in handy :ho:
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Re: Luxury non-Titanic facts

Post by Runaway » Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:35 pm

You're obviously over your drainage trauma...

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Post by Sir William » Sat Nov 04, 2017 1:18 am

Doctor Cheery wrote:
Fri Nov 03, 2017 3:57 pm
:hscratch: Is it true that one plays obscene records on a pornograph? :bounce: :bounce:
No. :no:

That's a pornoPHONE.

A pornoGRAPH is much more interesting. :yes: :bounce:
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Post by Willy Nilly » Sat Nov 04, 2017 6:02 am

Runaway wrote:
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You're obviously over your drainage trauma...
Thankfully like most people, my toilet is located in the bathroom and not in the kitchen :cantlook:
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Post by Doctor Cheery » Sat Nov 04, 2017 9:32 am

Penis Nilly wrote:
Sat Nov 04, 2017 6:02 am
Thankfully like most people, my toilet is located in the bathroom and not in the kitchen :cantlook:
:wag: Dont sneer at people who have of their toilet in juxtaposition to their kitchen. :D
:magnify: A modicum of germs helps to keep the immune system on it's toes. :yes: :yes: :bigthumbsup: :bigthumbsup:
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Post by Sir William » Sat Nov 04, 2017 11:00 am

Doctor Cheery wrote:
Sat Nov 04, 2017 9:32 am
:magnify: A modicum of germs helps to keep the immune system on it's toes. :yes: :yes: :bigthumbsup: :bigthumbsup:
This is quite correct, and why there are so many allergie's and asthma's in this modern over-sanitised world. :yes:
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Post by Runaway » Sat Nov 04, 2017 11:02 am

I don't have of any allergy's or asthma's.

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Post by Sir William » Sat Nov 04, 2017 11:04 am

No - that's because we all utilised to play in shit when we were lads. :yes: :clap:
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Post by Sir William » Sat Nov 04, 2017 11:12 am

I bet you members didn't know that brass is an antibiotic. :no: :yes:

That's another reason why there are now so many allergie's and asthma's in the world since brass door handles went away. :yes:
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Post by Runaway » Sat Nov 04, 2017 11:17 am

I didn't know that.
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Post by Sir William » Sat Nov 04, 2017 11:29 am

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Post by Doctor Cheery » Sat Nov 04, 2017 11:32 am

:? :? Me too! We must give thanks for being blessed with such a wise, knowledeable , and perspecacious twa specimen of chairpersonship.. :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Post by Runaway » Sat Nov 04, 2017 11:37 am

He provides us with a model of behaviour and knowledge to aspire to.
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Post by Doctor Cheery » Sat Nov 04, 2017 11:52 am

:snigger: Hear, Hear!! :yes: :yes:




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Post by Sir William » Sat Nov 04, 2017 2:42 pm

:oops: :oops:
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Collective nouns for stringed instruments

Post by Sir William » Mon Nov 06, 2017 1:38 pm

The collective noun for violins is a 'String' of violins.

The collective noun for double bases is a 'Bombardment' of double bases.

But the collective noun for violas is 'Some' :yes:

And strangely enough, there is no collective noun for violoncellos. :search:
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Post by Willy Nilly » Mon Nov 06, 2017 3:53 pm

Is there a collective adjective for collective? :search:
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Post by Doctor Cheery » Mon Nov 06, 2017 4:52 pm

Sir William wrote:
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The collective noun for violins is a 'String' of violins.

The collective noun for double bases is a 'Bombardment' of double bases.

But the collective noun for violas is 'Some' :yes:

And strangely enough, there is no collective noun for violoncellos. :search:
:read: :read: Thank you Mr Chairperson, you have of brought a matter of considerable importance to our notice. :yes: :yes:
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Post by Willy Nilly » Mon Nov 06, 2017 5:12 pm

I :thanks: very much I do.
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Re: Luxury non-Titanic facts

Post by Runaway » Mon Nov 06, 2017 5:26 pm

Favouritism. :grump:

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