Spotty's Little Known Facts

[Montreal Wanderer]

I have won money on a couple of little known British geographical facts. Bristol and Liverpool are botheast of Edinburgh, while Chester is south of Dublin. Now you too can make a buck. Well, pound perhaps.

Bristol, yes. But Liverpool: is it really east of Edinburgh?

Easily verifiable. Liverpool longitude is 3' 0" W, while Edinburgh is 3' 10" W. So yes, it is east of Edinburgh by 10 minutes.

[Bruce Rioja]

The body of Jean Jordan, the first of Peter Sutcliffe's victims to be murdered outside of Yorkshire (he killed her in the allotments off of Princess Road in Manny) was discovered by Bruce Jones, the actor that went on to play Les Battersby in Corrie.

[bobo the clown]

The body of Jean Jordan, the first of Peter Sutcliffe's victims to be murdered outside of Yorkshire (he killed her in the allotments off of Princess Road in Manny) was discovered by Bruce Jones, the actor that went on to play Les Battersby in Corrie.

mmmmmmm

He who finds ... and all that. Dodgy character is Bruce Jones.

[Bruce Rioja]

The body of Jean Jordan, the first of Peter Sutcliffe's victims to be murdered outside of Yorkshire (he killed her in the allotments off of Princess Road in Manny) was discovered by Bruce Jones, the actor that went on to play Les Battersby in Corrie.

mmmmmmm

He who finds ... and all that. Dodgy character is Bruce Jones.

I read Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son some years ago. It describes in utterly sickening detail exactly what happened to poor Jean Jordan, including what Sutcliffe did when he returned to her dead body looking for 'that' Five Pound note. Bruce Jones is probably no angel, but I'm doubting he's capable of even imagining some of the things that Sutcliffe subjected his victims to.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

This bloke has a message for us. "We Are Among You"... it is a little known fact that really ought to be more widespread because forewarned is forearmed.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

There're more where he came from.... A Collection of Really Freaky Nutters Can Be Found Here

It amazes me sometimes that we survive as a species.

[TANGODANCER]

Mention of Morris dancing on another thread prompted this. It's accepted amongst some historical sources that it had its origins amongst the Moors and Christians celebrations in Spain. Some troupes still have a guy with a blacked face (or did) and the whacking each other with balloons on sticks is meant to interpret battle. Just thought I'd add it in.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Mention of Morris dancing on another thread prompted this. It's accepted amongst some historical sources that it had its origins amongst the Moors and Christians celebrations in Spain. Some troupes still have a guy with a blacked face (or did) and the whacking each other with balloons on sticks is meant to interpret battle. Just thought I'd add it in.

There are different styles of Morris Dancing. I think (typing before checking, never good in these internet days) that it is the Border tradition rather than the Cotswold, North Western, or Molly styles that have the sides with blackened up faces.
They're also the sides that have the best Hobby horses, usually with clacking mouths that scare the beejeezus out of tiny children

[Montreal Wanderer]

Mention of Morris dancing on another thread prompted this. It's accepted amongst some historical sources that it had its origins amongst the Moors and Christians celebrations in Spain. Some troupes still have a guy with a blacked face (or did) and the whacking each other with balloons on sticks is meant to interpret battle. Just thought I'd add it in.

Some historical sources? I would suggest all reputable sources say it stemmed from "Moorish dance", and that claims of Rumanian, etc. origin are spurious. How this version became uniquely English is less clear.

[TANGODANCER]

Mention of Morris dancing on another thread prompted this. It's accepted amongst some historical sources that it had its origins amongst the Moors and Christians celebrations in Spain. Some troupes still have a guy with a blacked face (or did) and the whacking each other with balloons on sticks is meant to interpret battle. Just thought I'd add it in.

There are different styles of Morris Dancing. I think (typing before checking, never good in these internet days) that it is the Border tradition rather than the Cotswold, North Western, or Molly styles that have the sides with blackened up faces.
They're also the sides that have the best Hobby horses, usually with clacking mouths that scare the beejeezus out of tiny children

Quite so LLS. A good place to see them in action is a sunny weekend in Haworth. Matter of fact it's a really good way to spend a day (ending with the fish and chips at the top of main street)

[Gary the Enfield]

Mention of Morris dancing on another thread prompted this. It's accepted amongst some historical sources that it had its origins amongst the Moors and Christians celebrations in Spain. Some troupes still have a guy with a blacked face (or did) and the whacking each other with balloons on sticks is meant to interpret battle. Just thought I'd add it in.

There are different styles of Morris Dancing. I think (typing before checking, never good in these internet days) that it is the Border tradition rather than the Cotswold, North Western, or Molly styles that have the sides with blackened up faces.
They're also the sides that have the best Hobby horses, usually with clacking mouths that scare the beejeezus out of tiny children

Quite so LLS. A good place to see them in action is a sunny weekend in Haworth. Matter of fact it's a really good way to spend a day (ending with the fish and chips at the top of main street)

As a real alternative I saw these guys at the High Voltage Festival in 2011. Ladies and Gentlemen, The Heavy Metal Morris Dancers.

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[Bruce Rioja]

Up here there are the Bacup coconutters. They black-up and everything. See.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNbGYRSsV8g" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I'll raise a glass tonight to both Heavy Metal Morris Dancers and the Baccup Coconutters. Superb.

[TANGODANCER]

Some tricky footwork and accoustics going on here. Not sure about the guy with the balloon though..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGtZ0kdXUH8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Think the heavy metal lads get the prize.

[mrkint]

The current American flag was designed by a schoolboy for a class project. He got a B- for it. When it became the national flag the teacher revised his mark to an A.

[Prufrock]

Presumably he got a B- because he drew 50 stars on it for no reason apparent at the time?!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Presumably he got a B- because he drew 50 stars on it for no reason apparent at the time?!

Shirley the design limits are somewhat constrained... Unless of course you want to sprinkle blue stars all over red and white stripes in some random sequence?

[Montreal Wanderer]

Presumably he got a B- because he drew 50 stars on it for no reason apparent at the time?!

True, Heft submitted his design after Alaska became a state but before Hawaii. Since the flag already existed with 48 stars in rows 6 x 8 there were not too many options with 50 stars, preserving symmetry. Heft's design was unsurprisingly identical to others submitted to Congress at the time.

[mrkint]

aye. he also patented US flags with up to sixty stars on it.

[Montreal Wanderer]

aye. he also patented US flags with up to sixty stars on it.

One hopes that is not for the ten Canadian provinces....