Spotty's Little Known Facts

[Lost Leopard Spot]

PS. I've got a BIG telescope. Next time you manage to find yourself outside the borders and you're fed up with leek tossing, I might let you have a look through it.

now that's a clumsy come-on!!

If you are feeling left out, and if you make the trek north, I'll let you too furtle with my massive instrument. I'm not proud.

can we look at uranus?

I was examining it only last night. The rings have turned even more blue and seem to be contracting. I've no idea if that is good or bad.

[thebish]

PS. I've got a BIG telescope. Next time you manage to find yourself outside the borders and you're fed up with leek tossing, I might let you have a look through it.

now that's a clumsy come-on!!

If you are feeling left out, and if you make the trek north, I'll let you too furtle with my massive instrument. I'm not proud.

can we look at uranus?

I was examining it only last night. The rings have turned even more blue and seem to be contracting. I've no idea if that is good or bad.

did you discern Jesus?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

now that's a clumsy come-on!!

If you are feeling left out, and if you make the trek north, I'll let you too furtle with my massive instrument. I'm not proud.

can we look at uranus?

I was examining it only last night. The rings have turned even more blue and seem to be contracting. I've no idea if that is good or bad.

did you discern Jesus?

Not yet. But, according to the fresh expressions movement in Christianity, I should be doing just that, anytime now. That's a little known fact. I might have to sign up.

[thebish]

apparently there will be a supermoon* tonight - it will appear bigger and brighter... (it's an optical illusion)

*a perigee full moon

[Gooner Girl]

PS. I've got a BIG telescope. Next time you manage to find yourself outside the borders and you're fed up with leek tossing, I might let you have a look through it.

now that's a clumsy come-on!!

If you are feeling left out, and if you make the trek north, I'll let you too furtle with my massive instrument. I'm not proud.

can we look at uranus?

You two and your flirty banter! Get a room!

[Lord Kangana]

Is it possible to be in a third group, those-that-saw-a-few-episodes-of-the-sopranos-and-thought-it-was-just-alright-and-nothing-special?

[bobo the clown]

Is it possible to be in a third group, those-that-saw-a-few-episodes-of-the-sopranos-and-thought-it-was-just-alright-and-nothing-special?

Hopefully.

[TANGODANCER]

Here's something I just saw on TV tonight that destroyed some illusions.. Jennifer Beals doing all that hotshot dancing in Flashdance....wasn't true. She didn't do any of it. Another woman did the nightclub dance with the waterspash, and the finale stuff in front of the board was actually done by three different dancers, one of them a bloke. It's the truth. We live and learn.

[Dujon]

Even I knew that, TANGO! Mind you I didn't pick the bloke.

[TANGODANCER]

Even I knew that, TANGO! Mind you I didn't pick the bloke.

I never did know. Ah well, at least they didn't double Fred and Ginger, Cyd Charrise, Eleanor Powell etc. Can't take that away from me. Was watching the man last night..Mature viewers only.

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[PC1978]

I seem to recall from college that astronomically speaking, we are in the Southern Hemisphere. That is why when mapping other planets, South is at the top. Not sure how much truth there is in that though.

Now I might be wrong PC1978, but it was my understanding that astronomical maps show south at the top due to the fact that that is the way most astronomers observe the universe as the instruments they use through their optical properties show an upside down universe. It is too wasteful of light to compensate and reverse the images to show correct orientation, and therefore the maps show what you see...

You may well be right. I was just repeating what I got told at college years ago, never had much faith in the lecturers there!!!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Most people know what hibernation is : to sleep through the winter. It is a little known fact that there is a word for its opposite - sleeping through the summer. Estivation (sometimes spelled aestivation).
What is more remarkable is that 99% of people who know what estivation means (which in turn is estimated to be less than 1% of the population) cannot name an animal that estivates.
I'm here to put you out of your misery. There are at least four species that estivate:
Madagascan fat-tailed lemurs
Lungfish
North American desert tortoise
Bolton Wanderer's supporters.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

It is a little known fact that cows have best friends in amongst their herds. Milk producers like Friesians are much more likely to form friendships than meat producers like Herefords.

It is a little known fact that grazing animals face the same way, and that many species align themselves on a north-south axis. This was discovered in 2008 when a German scientist studied the images of 8,510 cows (whilst resting or grazing: the cows, not the scientist) on Google Earth. This was later confirmed across different species when 2974 wild deer were studied in 277 Google Earth images from the Czech Republic, and an unknown number of zebra were looked at in a separate study.

Quite a lot of people know about the concrete cows of Milton Keynes, but it is a little known fact that the herd next to the A422 is a replica herd. The originals have migrated and can be found in the Town Centre Shopping Mall. Not only do they not look very cow like but they also are not aligned north-south, nor (despite nominally being milkers) have they formed any intimate friendships amongst themselves.
The replica herd, stuck out in the countryside, have suffered many indignities over the years, not least of which were acquiring concrete cowpats, one of the cows being mounted by a well endowed papier-mâché bull, and one of the calves being kidnapped (or calfknapped).

[Montreal Wanderer]

It is a little known fact that cows have best friends in amongst their herds. Milk producers like Friesians are much more likely to form friendships than meat producers like Herefords.

It is a little known fact that grazing animals face the same way, and that many species align themselves on a north-south axis. This was discovered in 2008 when a German scientist studied the images of 8,510 cows (whilst resting or grazing: the cows, not the scientist) on Google Earth. This was later confirmed across different species when 2974 wild deer were studied in 277 Google Earth images from the Czech Republic, and an unknown number of zebra were looked at in a separate study.

Quite a lot of people know about the concrete cows of Milton Keynes, but it is a little known fact that the herd next to the A422 is a replica herd. The originals have migrated and can be found in the Town Centre Shopping Mall. Not only do they not look very cow like but they also are not aligned north-south, nor (despite nominally being milkers) have they formed any intimate friendships amongst themselves.
The replica herd, stuck out in the countryside, have suffered many indignities over the years, not least of which were acquiring concrete cowpats, one of the cows being mounted by a well endowed papier-mâché bull, and one of the calves being kidnapped (or calfknapped).

It's a little known fact that Spotty gets some of his material from the plethoranet. which should make them better known, or old BBC stories

[Lost Leopard Spot]

It is a little known fact that cows have best friends in amongst their herds. Milk producers like Friesians are much more likely to form friendships than meat producers like Herefords.

It is a little known fact that grazing animals face the same way, and that many species align themselves on a north-south axis. This was discovered in 2008 when a German scientist studied the images of 8,510 cows (whilst resting or grazing: the cows, not the scientist) on Google Earth. This was later confirmed across different species when 2974 wild deer were studied in 277 Google Earth images from the Czech Republic, and an unknown number of zebra were looked at in a separate study.

Quite a lot of people know about the concrete cows of Milton Keynes, but it is a little known fact that the herd next to the A422 is a replica herd. The originals have migrated and can be found in the Town Centre Shopping Mall. Not only do they not look very cow like but they also are not aligned north-south, nor (despite nominally being milkers) have they formed any intimate friendships amongst themselves.
The replica herd, stuck out in the countryside, have suffered many indignities over the years, not least of which were acquiring concrete cowpats, one of the cows being mounted by a well endowed papier-mâché bull, and one of the calves being kidnapped (or calfknapped).

It's a little known fact that Spotty gets some of his material from the plethoranet. which should make them better known

Arrrrgh... *Content blocked by your Organisation* Where in the blithering crins were you directing me to?
I can tell you this for free, whatever plagiarising I may or may not be up to it isn't from dodgy websites I can't access.

[Montreal Wanderer]

It is a little known fact that cows have best friends in amongst their herds. Milk producers like Friesians are much more likely to form friendships than meat producers like Herefords.

It is a little known fact that grazing animals face the same way, and that many species align themselves on a north-south axis. This was discovered in 2008 when a German scientist studied the images of 8,510 cows (whilst resting or grazing: the cows, not the scientist) on Google Earth. This was later confirmed across different species when 2974 wild deer were studied in 277 Google Earth images from the Czech Republic, and an unknown number of zebra were looked at in a separate study.

Quite a lot of people know about the concrete cows of Milton Keynes, but it is a little known fact that the herd next to the A422 is a replica herd. The originals have migrated and can be found in the Town Centre Shopping Mall. Not only do they not look very cow like but they also are not aligned north-south, nor (despite nominally being milkers) have they formed any intimate friendships amongst themselves.
The replica herd, stuck out in the countryside, have suffered many indignities over the years, not least of which were acquiring concrete cowpats, one of the cows being mounted by a well endowed papier-mâché bull, and one of the calves being kidnapped (or calfknapped).

It's a little known fact that Spotty gets some of his material from the plethoranet. which should make them better known

Arrrrgh... *Content blocked by your Organisation* Where in the blithering crins were you directing me to?
I can tell you this for free, whatever plagiarising I may or may not be up to it isn't from dodgy websites I can't access.

Well, then check the BBC link I also gave but you appear to have omitted. Plethoranet just reproduced their article.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Well, then check the BBC link I also gave but you appear to have omitted. Plethoranet just reproduced their article.

Nah that's not my source, and anyway I've collated more information than that. The beeb failed to tell you about friendly Friesians, and make no mention whatsoever of concrete cattle in Milton Keynes.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Well, then check the BBC link I also gave but you appear to have omitted. Plethoranet just reproduced their article.

Nah that's not my source, and anyway I've collated more information than that. The beeb failed to tell you about friendly Friesians, and make no mention whatsoever of concrete cattle in Milton Keynes.

Ah, well I did say some, not all, of your materials. The concrete cows of MK are fairly well-known including the attempt to improve them by painting them, which some consider vandalism.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Well, then check the BBC link I also gave but you appear to have omitted. Plethoranet just reproduced their article.

Nah that's not my source, and anyway I've collated more information than that. The beeb failed to tell you about friendly Friesians, and make no mention whatsoever of concrete cattle in Milton Keynes.

Ah, well I did say some, not all, of your materials. The concrete cows of MK are fairly well-known including the attempt to improve them by painting them, which some consider vandalism.

But did you know that they are not the originals and only substitutes. That was the gist of my little known fact. I openly acknowledged their universal appeal... even Canadians have herd (sic) of them.

[thebish]

Well, then check the BBC link I also gave but you appear to have omitted. Plethoranet just reproduced their article.

Nah that's not my source, and anyway I've collated more information than that. The beeb failed to tell you about friendly Friesians, and make no mention whatsoever of concrete cattle in Milton Keynes.

Ah, well I did say some, not all, of your materials. The concrete cows of MK are fairly well-known including the attempt to improve them by painting them, which some consider vandalism.

But did you know that they are not the originals and only substitutes. That was the gist of my little known fact. I openly acknowledged their universal appeal... even Canadians have herd (sic) of them.

ahhh - but in Canada they are called man-made sea-bovines...