Spotty's Little Known Facts

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I thought Blow was cocaine?

Another manifestation of the popular method of smoking grass/ hashish is the Doobie. Hence, the Doobie Brothers.

Blow has always been cannabis as far as I know. Cocaine was something quite exotic and well beyond my social circle when I was a lad. It might also be called blow, I don't know. I'll ask David Cameron or Boris Johnson, it's more their end of the market than mine.

[Gary the Enfield]

I thought Blow was cocaine?

Another manifestation of the popular method of smoking grass/ hashish is the Doobie. Hence, the Doobie Brothers.

Blow has always been cannabis as far as I know. Cocaine was something quite exotic and well beyond my social circle when I was a lad. It might also be called blow, I don't know. I'll ask David Cameron or Boris Johnson, it's more their end of the market than mine.

I was thinking of this......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blow_(film" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

[mrkint]

The Italian word for the @ symbol translates as 'snail' into English.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I thought Blow was cocaine?

Another manifestation of the popular method of smoking grass/ hashish is the Doobie. Hence, the Doobie Brothers.

Blow has always been cannabis as far as I know. Cocaine was something quite exotic and well beyond my social circle when I was a lad. It might also be called blow, I don't know. I'll ask David Cameron or Boris Johnson, it's more their end of the market than mine.

I was thinking of this......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blow_(film" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

This'll explain it. A definition from the freedictionary.com

7. (Law / Recreational Drugs)
a. Brit a slang name for cannabis [2]
b. US a slang name for cocaine See also blow away, blow in, blow into, blow off, blow on, blow out, blow over, blow through, blow up
[Old English blāwan, related to Old Norse blǣr gust of wind, Old High German blāen, Latin flāre]

It's a Brit/Yank dichotomy

[Lost Leopard Spot]

The Italian word for the @ symbol translates as 'snail' into English.

What is Italian for snail?

And what is that (@) called in English: I always make the mistake of calling it an ampersand, but that's one of these - &

[mrkint]

chiocciola

[mrkint]

The Italian word for the @ symbol translates as 'snail' into English.

What is Italian for snail?

And what is that (@) called in English: I always make the mistake of calling it an ampersand, but that's one of these - &

It can be called an ampersat, which mind confuse more than diffuse. It can also be called an apetail. Or an at symbol.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I'm starting a trend, I'm going Italian. When asked my email address in future it'll be something like: lostleopardspot snail thewanderer dot com

[Winter Hill White]

91% of pickpockets on the Delhi metro are women.

Over half the butchers in Finland are women. In the UK, there are only three women butchers.

(not including Pat from EastEnders)

[Lost Leopard Spot]

91% of pickpockets on the Delhi metro are women.

Over half the butchers in Finland are women. In the UK, there are only three women butchers.

(not including Pat from EastEnders)

Wow, really, three?
Do you know who they are? Are they artisan butchers (like my farmer neighbour butcher, who grows, slaughters and butcher's his own)?

[Winter Hill White]

91% of pickpockets on the Delhi metro are women.

Over half the butchers in Finland are women. In the UK, there are only three women butchers.

(not including Pat from EastEnders)

Wow, really, three?
Do you know who they are? Are they artisan butchers (like my farmer neighbour butcher, who grows, slaughters and butcher's his own)?

It was in something I read a while back - the woman butcher being interviewed had a degree in theology bizarrely. I'll try and dig the article out.

Ah - found it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/ ... -mens-work

[Gooner Girl]

91% of pickpockets on the Delhi metro are women.

Over half the butchers in Finland are women. In the UK, there are only three women butchers.

(not including Pat from EastEnders)

Wow, really, three?
Do you know who they are? Are they artisan butchers (like my farmer neighbour butcher, who grows, slaughters and butcher's his own)?

It was in something I read a while back - the woman butcher being interviewed had a degree in theology bizarrely. I'll try and dig the article out.

Ah - found it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/ ... -mens-work

Fascinating article, thanks for the link. I hope by the time my daughter is old enough to look for work being female won't be seen as a barrier to any career she wants.

[malcd1]

Here is one I found very hard to believe until I checked.

The 10th President of the United States, John Tyler (born in 1790) still has two living grandchildren.

Just to put that into perspective, Barack Obama is the 44th President.

[thebish]

91% of pickpockets on the Delhi metro are women.

Over half the butchers in Finland are women. In the UK, there are only three women butchers.

(not including Pat from EastEnders)

Wow, really, three?
Do you know who they are? Are they artisan butchers (like my farmer neighbour butcher, who grows, slaughters and butcher's his own)?

LLS!!!!

[Montreal Wanderer]

91% of pickpockets on the Delhi metro are women.

Over half the butchers in Finland are women. In the UK, there are only three women butchers.

(not including Pat from EastEnders)

Wow, really, three?
Do you know who they are? Are they artisan butchers (like my farmer neighbour butcher, who grows, slaughters and butcher's his own)?

LLS!!!!

Where's Bobo when you need him - our resident apostrophe expert?

[Montreal Wanderer]

Here is one I found very hard to believe until I checked.

The 10th President of the United States, John Tyler (born in 1790) still has two living grandchildren.

Just to put that into perspective, Barack Obama is the 44th President.

Well, he had two wives and 16 children so the odd were good some might still be around....

[Lost Leopard Spot]

91% of pickpockets on the Delhi metro are women.

Over half the butchers in Finland are women. In the UK, there are only three women butchers.

(not including Pat from EastEnders)

Wow, really, three?
Do you know who they are? Are they artisan butchers (like my farmer neighbour butcher, who grows, slaughters and butcher's his own)?

LLS!!!!

Oh triple shxt!

[Bruce Rioja]

Potatoes were the first vegetable grown in space, when they were grown on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1995.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Potatoes were the first vegetable grown in space, when they were grown on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1995.

Grew vegetables! In space! How come all the soil didn't float about and get in the astronaut's hair?

I read a fascinating article way back before the internet existed about the Mercury astronauts and some of the problems they faced. One of them, Gordon Cooper (if I remember right), had a terrible time because the bag that collected his pee sprung a leak and he was by the end of his mission virtually swimming in a sea of piss droplets. It got so bad he had to lower his helmet visor so as not to keep breathing them in.

[Bijou Bob]

There were only thirteen episodes of Mr Benn.